According to the latest Lloyds TSB Personal Loans survey, added than one third (34 per cent) of UK acreage agents affirmation ‘going green' with environmentally affable home improvements could advice homes advertise faster during the bread-and-butter downturn.
Lloyds TSB Personal Loans surveyed 500 UK acreage agents and over 1000 home owners to accept how ambitious sellers are responding to the cooling apartment market*.
The allegation acknowledge that 34 per cent of acreage agents accept environmentally affable home improvements, such as insulation and solar panels, would advance affairs of a auction during a slower climate. One in ten acreage agents questioned by the case said they had apparent an access in abeyant buyers enquiring about the ecology accreditation of a property.
More than one in ten homeowners analytic to advertise their acreage has fabricated environmentally affable improvements to their homes in contempo months. Both ambitious sellers and acreage agents accede that the a lot of admired environmentally affable improvements are attic insulation (56 per cent), and/or installing an activity able boiler (73 per cent).
TV presenter and acreage finder, Phil Spencer, commented on the research: "With the acreage bazaar slowing down in contempo months, ambitious sellers are analytic for a point-of-difference. Environmentally affable improvements accommodate something added if it comes to affairs but aswell agency families are acceptable to save money through activity efficiency. Times accept changed, the market's not traveling to advice you – you're traveling to accept to do it yourself."
Other environmentally affable improvements that accepted accepted with acreage agents and homeowners include:
- Cavity bank insulation
- Draft proofing
- Solar panels
- Double even toilets
- Redecorating application ecologically-friendly abstracts (e.g. paints, dupe etc)
- Wind turbines
To advice homeowners add amount to their home Lloyds TSB claimed loans has teamed up with Phil Spencer to actualize the Move or Improve Guide, alms applied admonition and cabal tips on the do's and don'ts of home improvement. An audio home advance podcast is accessible to download chargeless of charge.
* 1081 homeowners surveyed by Tickbox.net in June 2008. 500 UK acreage agents surveyed by The Survey Shop in June 2008.
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