2013 UK Home Improvement Trends

bestathire.co.uk Your online hire and rental marketplace Home Improvement in the UK 2013 Energy Saving Improvements By Gender In the North East, improved energy efficiency from band G to Ecould incease value by over £25,000. The average home in the North West could see £23,000 added to itsvalue. A typical home in the West Midlands in band Bis estimated to be valued at nearly £17,000 more. Men plan to spend 17 per cent more on home improvements than women (£1,619 compared with £1,382). Those in their 30s plan to spend the most of any group at £1.6k £1.4k £1,907. O Popularity Oversea buyers accounted for nearly 75% of new home 7% New Bathroom Expenditure on tradesmen's services 7% New Kitchen 75% 10% Garden purchases in central London for 2012 was £7.2bn. 18% Painting • 30% Decorating in 2012. Over half (51%) of people in the UK are planning to spend some money on DIY. £3.Abn Households spent £10.5 billion on DIY in 2012- around £400 per household. - Total spending on home maintenance equalled £17.7bn in 50% 2012. Spending on tools and « equipment for home improvements totalled £3.4 billion in 2012. Under a quarter of Londoners are 25% unwilling to fork out on W Proportion ofnew build completions that are houses opposed to flats decorating their properties (20%). O Sources 67 68 75 https:/www.go.uk/government'uploads/system/uploads/attach- ment data/file/229682/House Building_release_-_June_Qtr_2013.pdf http://www.propertywire.com/news/europe/uk-energy-average-prices-201306177900html http://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/media1/press_releas- es/2013_press_releases/tsb/0605_DIY_Spending.asp http://www.talktalk.couk/home-garden/practicaladvice/diy-spending-spreehtml .......-. 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/605cdea2-fb69-1le2-a641-00144feabdco.htmläaxz2c2BL4Pv3 E7.2bn £10,5bn