It’s true the heart of the home is the kitchen. It’s the place that families come together, friends gather over coffee and wine, and pets get under foot! It’s also the room that sells homes.
Boost Buyer Appeal with a Millbrook Kitchen
When your house goes on the market, you want to make it easy for buyers to fall in love with it. You want to generate excitement and enhance the best elements of your property. However, if your kitchen is dated and doesn’t function well, the most lived-in room of the house could prove a major stumbling block to a successful sale.
At Millbrook Kitchens, we’re expert at renovating a kitchen ready for sale, and we know all the tips and tricks so you don’t have to worry about over-capitalising. In fact, our kitchens have been known to add $20,000 – $40,000 to the sale price of your home! As our director, Andrew Silcock, succinctly states, ‘It’s the only place you need to spend money to make money.’
In fact, we’re quietly chuffed when we see real estate adverts and one of their key selling points is a Millbrook kitchen!
Kitchen Designs that Sell Homes
We’re very proud to have four inhouse designers and they’re our secret weapon when it comes to prepping a home for sale! Strategic and creative, our designers will never stint on quality, but they will guide you on money best spent when designing a kitchen that’s intended for sale.
Value will always be added with a thoughtfully designed Millbrook kitchen, but they don’t need to be over-specified. Take, for example, our drawer runners and our hinges. All are guaranteed for twenty years, so quality is a given. However, they range in price from $40 – $120.
Sure, if it’s your ‘forever kitchen’, you might invest in hardware that is priced in the higher bracket. But when the intent is to sell the property, why not keep your money in the bank and retain a clear conscience with our quality budget options?
Faux Real: Melamine that Looks Just Like Timber!
With incredible advances in technology, we deliver new kitchens that look luxe without the price tag! Combining refined aesthetics with modern performance, we can produce bespoke kitchens that deliver a champagne look on a beer budget – perfect for resale!
In fact, Andrew Silcock recently found himself in the slightly embarrassing situation when he walked into the workshop and commented, ‘I didn’t know we were doing a job in an oak veneer.’ We weren’t. It was timber-look Melamine! But if our top dog can be fooled by a product that replicates woodgrain so perfectly, we’re taking it as a win!
However, it’s not just our faux timbers that are having a moment. So too are stone benchtops, and while Formica remains an option, we’re delighted that 80% of our kitchens feature the real deal, an upgrade that not only sells houses, but one we can specify for little more than the cost of Formica.
Sell the Kitchen. Sell the Home
A beautiful kitchen isn’t just a home upgrade. It’s a powerful selling point. And when the design is right and the joinery is exceptional, your new kitchen will capture buyer’s hearts, spark competition and drive up the sale price!
Don’t let your outdated kitchen hold your home back. Call us today and install a kitchen that sells.