#Phil Spencer s top 20 ways to add value to your home

From extensions and kitchen upgrades to soft furnishings, Christopher Middleton hears Phil Spencer's tips on how to set your house apart from all the others and get it sold.

If anyone should have an idea where the property market is heading, it s Phil Spencer .

For the past 10 years, he and the unstoppable Kirstie Allsopp have been finding and buying houses in the full glare of national television, as presenters first of Location, Location, Location and later Relocation, Relocation.

He s seen prices soar and he s seen prices plummet; so which way does he see them going next?

It is very difficult to fathom what is going on at the moment, he says. One set of stats says the market is going up and another says it s going down.

Then you have to look at the year we have had so far. First, there was the snow, then the general election. Next, everyone said wait until the World Cup is over, now everyone s saying wait until the summer is over. In September, though, I am convinced things will become clearer.