Property's appeal not boosted by vintage fixtures and fittings

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Homeowners, including buy-to-let landlords, have been advised that they should not furnish their property to a specific taste, in order to keep it desirable to buyers or tenants.

According to Dean Keyworth, former chairman of the British Interior Design Association (BIDA), adding vintage fixtures and fittings will not serve to increase the appeal of a property.

He maintained that such features, which he denotes as being from the sixties and seventies, are "of very personal taste" and could be at odds with the building's style, as the majority of UK housing is Victorian or Edwardian.

Mr Keyworth commented: "Vintage fixtures and fittings will not add to the value of a property, or to its appeal because they are of very personal taste.

For those people buying a property with these features already in place, he advised: "I would not worry too much about keeping it forbuilding value because most of the housing in this country is Victorian or Edwardian which would not have had light fittings anyway, so the lighting would very rarely be original to the building."

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