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Common faux pas include adding more bedrooms to add more zeros to the sales price, yet few families need seven bedrooms so all you’re doing is shutting off a chunk of your target market.  Others cut corners on everything from flooring to interior carpentry in order to maximize the profit margin, another mistake as a discerning purchaser will have an eye for the detail and catch you out.”

Paul continues, “A big self-build offence is to try and play it too safe and be bland and unadventurous in décor and furnishings.  Each room needs a certain ‘wow’ factor in order to stand out from the crowd and a sea of magnolia just won’t cut it.  Lastly, never underestimate the worth of home automation.  This is the 21st century, so allocate a sizeable budget to wiring the property for sound, cinema, security – the lot.  During the build process the cabling can be concealed, afterwards it becomes a headache, one which the future owner won’t want to take on.”

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