Thinking of selling your home this year? Why not make it more attractive to buyers and get a better price for it by installing a brand new wooden floor?

A wooden floor is a great way to add value to your house. It transforms a space and adds a classic touch to any room. Add a wooden floor to a lounge and it is as you have bought the warmth of nature into it. A wooden floor in a dining room instils the room with a sense of tradition and fine dining making you and your guests feel like you are dining in a stately home. A kitchen can be transformed from a cold, unwelcoming room to a cosy farmhouse with the addition of a wooden floor. A bedroom with a wooden floor becomes somewhere stylish and slightly Hollywoodesque – especially when you add an exotic rug.

So how does this mean that a wooden floor will add value to your home? Well by updating your décor and making your house more of a blank canvas (wooden floors have personality but don’t dominate a space in the same way as a carpet may) you make it much more appealing to a wider range of people.

People also see wooden flooring as a luxury. It is more expensive to buy than a carpet and so it adds monetary value to your property too.

But which sort of wooden floor should you install to make your property more a more attractive to potential buyers.

There are so many different types of wooden floors and to be honest it depends on what you like and how much you want to invest. There are three main types of floors that you could install :, Laminate which you could install yourself; Mechanically engineered flooring which you will need a professional to install; and solid wood which will be bespoke and to the right buyer will be a real selling point.

In addition to the different types of floor there are also many colours to choose from. If you are seriously trying to sell , go for an innocuous tone. Something that has a small grain, which is consistent in colour and looks timeless is best.