{"id":14555,"date":"2021-02-25T07:10:39","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T07:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.openbusinesscouncil.org\/?p=14555"},"modified":"2021-03-01T07:29:17","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T07:29:17","slug":"most-sought-after-trades-for-renovating-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.footballthink.com\/most-sought-after-trades-for-renovating-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"Most Sought After Trades for Renovating Homes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In 2020, the UK property market enjoyed a boom as homebuyers across <\/span>the nation took advantage of the stamp duty holiday<\/span><\/a> bought into effect by the UK government in the wake of the economy sliding into a downturn. Now <\/span>the market looks set to turn<\/span><\/a>, property owners are looking to renovations to improve their homes.<\/span><\/p>\n Most property buyers in the last year were looking for private family homes. Either leaving their urban lives behind for some more space or simply needing a change. However, buying properties as an investment is still huge business.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Whether it is buy-to-let properties to supplement an income and as an investment for the future or buying derelict properties to renovate them and sell at a profit. Property investing continues to draw buyers in and enabled nearly 17,000 businesses in real estate to open in the UK last year alone.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Renovations have become business too. With most people spending the majority of their time at home in the last 12 months, trades people and home-improvement equipment were in hot demand, but which trades and tools topped the lists.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In the last year, nearly all trades related to home improvement were in high demand. Topping the list were electricians, who were in 58% more demand than they were in 2016. Next up, plumbers saw a 51% increase in pro-tradesmen hiring, followed closely by carpet and flooring specialists.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Least in demand, but still rising year-on-year were builders and curtain and blind installers, with 30% and 25% increases in demand for each.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nWhat trades people were needed in the last year?<\/b><\/h2>\n