Wall Coatings & The Credit Crunch

It seems every day we apparently teeter on the brink of financial apocalypse (or so they'd have us believe), everybody is tightening up there fiscal belts and cutting back on so called 'luxury items' such as holidays, new cars and indeed general domestic maintenance.

There have been better times especially for estate agents who over the last 12 months on average have seen house prices fall on average 8.6% which is a drop in the home ownership ocean compared to the predicted 20% decline over the next 2 years if the doom and gloom merchants are to be believed.

So unless the situation demands the sale of a property, home owners are laying low to hopefully ride out the storm rather than realising any potential loss; as are buyers who are most definitely sitting on their hands in anticipation of the market stabilising and the financial sector becoming slightly more flexible in terms of lending criteria.

Recent studies show that any given property is up to 3 times more likely to sell in the same period if well maintained, a staggering 5 times more likely to sell if it presents a good initial appearance, otherwise known as 'kerb appeal'. So it seems that with of our properties . . . first impressions really do count. Not only would a facelift in the form of an external wall coating provide an excellent solution to that key issue, but with the self cleaning properties of the product this also offers a trouble free answer to that all important image.

So when that time to trade up or down does arrive potential pitfalls especially for older properties such as exterior maintenance issues can be avoided by using our textured wall coating systems. This really can help to put a potential buyer or even sellers mind at rest by not only reducing hassle for the foreseeable future but also with the written guarantee which is fully transferrable to any new owner and details of any work carried out can be included in the home information packs which arguably will increase the value . . . but will certainly make the building more saleable. Maybe this could provide a much needed edge in an ever more tough housing market . . .

With the external wall coating industry in an ever more competitive market place products have improved and with the recent reduction in VAT, ultimately the value for money that this ANDURA exterior wall coating solution presents really is second to none:

Asset protection anyone? . . .