Improvements that can devalue your home

There are some projects which even if completed successfully could still damage the value of your home. Unless you know what these home improvements are you risk wiping thousands off the value of your house at best, and making it impossible to sell at worst.

Home ‘improvement’: Installing laminate flooring
Do, deliberate, or ditch? Deliberate

Like the lino from the 70s that most of us have ripped up in disgust, laminate flooring has quickly become one of those things that homeowners love to hate.

Sure, it’s easy to clean and relatively hard-wearing but even the expensive types now often end up on home-buyers ‘that’ll have to go’ lists.