Kitchens and Kitchen extensions add value

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has published a report saying that a slowing property market has prompted people to renovate their properties.

This article from the Financial Times has data showing that installing a new kitchen or particularly a new kitchen in a new kitchen extension adds value to your home.

We put lots of kitchens into kitchen extensions that are making use of the side-return to increase the size of the room into a more usable multi-function space. The article quantifies the additional value of this kind extension.