If you’re looking to make improvements to your home, are you looking at improvements that are going to have the biggest return on investment, either increasing the value for you or increasing the value for others when and if you come to sell your property? Definitely not the most exciting upgrade, but money well spent would be upscaling your garage door.

Wood is the classic choice but isn’t as weather resistant as more durable materials like steel, wood composites and aluminium that can also have additions like energy-saving glazing and insulation. The improvements that give you the most value are normally external improvements. You could also have a manufactured stone veneer. It has the same look as real stone but is a man-made composite material shaped on moulds and is installed in the same way as real stone. A composite deck or patio will also add value.