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I bought a fixer-upper flat in Glasgow Southside almost two years ago. This is a three bedroom tenement and was slightly under market value (£180K).

Pretty much everything needed done when we moved in. Since then we’ve rewired the whole place, repaired and painted all the walls, installed a built-in wardrobe for extra storage (there was basically none), and renovated the kitchen because it was barely functional.

We’ll probably move in a couple of years as we’d like somewhere bigger, so we’re trying to figure out what improvements are actually worth doing before selling.

The bathroom is usable but definitely dated. At a minimum, we’re planning to repaint where needed, replace the awful black floor tiles, reseal around the shower tray, and change the shower head. The bigger issue is that the layout is awkward and not very functional, so I’ve considered replacing the shower tray with a smaller one to improve the space. But that obviously increases the cost quite a bit, and I’m not sure it would add enough value to justify it.

I’ve also read that wood-burning stoves can increase property value by around 3–6%. We’re top floor and currently have an old gas fire that came with the flat, but we never use it. We’re debating either removing the fireplace altogether and using the alcove for storage/display space, or installing a wood-burning stove instead.

So I’m wondering: if you had to choose between improving the bathroom layout or installing a wood-burning stove, which do you think would add more value (or appeal) when selling? Or are neither really worth the investment?

I bought a fixer-upper flat in Glasgow Southside almost two years ago. This is a three bedroom tenement flat, valued at the time slightly under market value (£180K).

Pretty much everything needed done when we moved in. Since then we’ve rewired the whole place, repaired and painted all the walls, installed a built-in wardrobe for extra storage (there was basically none), and renovated the kitchen because it was barely functional.

We’ll probably move out in a couple of years as we’d like somewhere bigger, so we’re trying to figure out what improvements are actually worth doing before selling.

The bathroom is usable but definitely dated. At a minimum, we’re planning to repaint where needed, replace the awful black floor tiles, reseal around the shower tray, and change the shower head. The bigger issue is that the layout is awkward and not very functional, so I’ve considered replacing the shower tray with a smaller one to improve the space. But that obviously increases the cost quite a bit, and I’m not sure it would add enough value to justify it.

I’ve also read that wood-burning stoves can increase property value by around 3–6%. We’re top floor and currently have an old gas fire that came with the flat, but we never use it. We’re debating either removing the fireplace altogether and using the alcove for storage/display space, or installing a wood-burning stove instead.

So I’m wondering: if you had to choose between improving the bathroom layout or installing a wood-burning stove, which do you think would add more value (or appeal) when selling? Or are neither really worth the investment?