They say never judge a book by its cover, but it turns out that quite a few people judge properties by the colour of their front doors.
Research by property company Sellhousefast.uk found that something as simples as changing the colour of your front door can affect its value by up to £4,000.
The company analysed over 1,000 UK properties on Zoopla with three bedrooms and a garden, and calculated the average price as £275,000.
10 properties of each door colour were picked at random to see if there was a price difference on average.
From their analysis, blue was revealed as the most valuable front door. adding a whopping £4,000 to your house value. Shortly behind blue is white, which adds roughly £3,400 to the value of your house.
The least valuable door colour is a brown door which actually reduces the value of your house by £700.
What different colours mean
- A red front door is seen as very traditional, like a post-box, and conveys a vibrant, passionate personality inside.
- A green front door conveys a trusting, grounded personality and represents growth.
- A white front door is seen as more modern, clean, and organised in some respects, and peaceful in others.
- A brown front door, usually wooden, promotes a more natural sense, strong and stable.
- A black door can be mysterious but can also be stylish and sophisticated.
- A blue front door can promote a feeling of serenity and promotes an appealing sense of freedom.
Alex Willcocks of Burbeck Interiors:’Extreme colours for doors are great if you want to inject your personality into your property but aren’t great for selling houses. I would recommend painting your front door a neutral colour, or for a more modern property, opt for a more contemporary style as a focal point.’
Lee Chambers MSc MBPsS, an Environmental Psychologist and Wellbeing Consultant said: ‘Colour is a powerful tool to communicate action, influence choice and even change people’s mood. It can even influence physiological reactions.
‘While in office design, we use green in regenerative environments, and blue in productive environments, the colour of your front door can influence a buyers initial perception.
‘Our eyes are drawn to entrance points, so a front door is often one of the first things we notice.’
We’d certainly notice an extra four grand in the bank, especially when all we need to do is buy a tin of paint.
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