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Wardrobes a 'Must' In any Modern Home

Friday 19 October 2018, 7:01PM

By Beckie Wright

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Many of The Wardrobe Company's clients in recent years have been property investors who buy properties, renovate and sell, and who see value in adding wardrobes where none existed previously. Buyers may consider bedrooms without wardrobes to be too small because they are mentally adding a chest of drawers to the room.

The cost of a full wardrobe depends on whether there are drawers included. Drawers add to the labour cost, and although drawers are desirable in many wardrobes, The Wardrobe Company finds that shelving within the wardrobe works better in children's bedrooms. It makes it much easier to find their clothes rather than rooting around in drawers. Other costs are dependent on whether you want shelving, hanging, double hanging and so on.

Wardrobes aren't just retro-fitted in older style properties. It's very common to add them to more recent homes. In that case, it's often not necessary to use a builder, as The Wardrobe Company can build a wing wall, and they don’t need a builder for that.

Adding a wardrobe to a room gives buyers the impression that the space is a bedroom, and in that instance you have created income. Extra bedrooms equals increased rental return or increased saleable price. The other thing they do is to add shelving to cupboards, creating a much more usable space.

Wardrobes are also becoming increasingly important in inner city apartments, which are gaining in popularity, with buyers asking themselves how much it would inconvenience them if they didn't have a wardrobe. Owner-occupiers are an ever-increasing market in the central city and for them usable space is important. It is their long-term home and therefore a bedroom with a usable wardrobe can be an important factor.

The walk-in wardrobe is the ultimate luxury addition to an existing home and some customers go all the way with their renovations. They can become dressing rooms, and can be almost as important in the buying decision as an en suite for some home buyers, so for more information on wardrobe design, wardrobe systems and walk in wardrobes please go to http://www.thewardrobecompany.co.nz .