Top tips for boosting your most valuable investment - apparently...

They're as regular as government sleaze allegations but the headline-grabbing articles punted by the property sections of newspapers and magazines, offering the Top 10 tips of boosting the value of your property, are devoured indiscriminately by most readers.

So here's the list from one recent offering, with details of what we've done in the last 11 months:

1. Build an extension - DONE IT!
2. Knock the living and dining room into one - DONE IT!
3. Convert the loft - DONE IT!
4. Add central heating - DONE IT!
5. Create off-road parking - DONE IT!
6. Fit a new kitchen - DONE IT!
7. Lay new flooring - DONE IT!
8. Install a new bathroom - DONE IT!
9. Smarten up the front - DONE IT!
10. Improve the garden - DONE IT!

So, that's it then!