What Are The Most Surprising Turn-Offs For Property Buyers?

Spring is when the property market starts to kick into high gear, with buyers and sellers looking to move quickly to get the home of their dreams and move in with enough time to enjoy it before the end of summer.

So far, estate agents in Hounslow have noticed the same upward trend the rest of the country has, with some types of houses seeing a more rapid growth in their average prices than others.

With demand once again ramping up for large houses in particular, it is rather interesting to see which kinds of home improvements will add value to a property and which will cause buyers to stay away.

Here are some of the biggest examples of the latter.

Indoor Swimming Pools

It is certainly a unique selling point to have a pool, and with progressively hotter summers an outdoor pool has become a similarly hot commodity. However, the same trend is not found for indoor pools, jacuzzis and swimming baths.

The issue is that whilst it is very much a nice-to-have and a rather interesting talking point, many homeowners with indoor pools simply do not use them enough to make them worth it. 

Because they are also quite expensive and not always simple to maintain, many potential buyers might be put off by the extra expenses involved for something that adds little to their lives.

Smart Home Gadgets

There is a very potent debate about built-in smart home functionality, particularly when a home is designed around a particular system rather than being in addition to more conventional cooking, heating, lighting and security.

In some cases, it can be a little added investment that makes a home extremely desirable to the right buyer, but in other cases, the complexity and fears about what happens if the technology were to develop a fault make it a complete turn-off.

Smart locks, in particular, are a concern if they completely replace a set of keys with biometric security or a smartphone app.