New Home/Renovation Grants

Jo4

Sorry if I have posted this in the wrong place. Hubby and I are hoping to get the plans drew up for our new home later this year. We have our own home but we are getting a renovation grant. Basically we intend to keep 50% of the outside walls and knock everything else down. What we want to know is what you would definitely have in your house and what is a waste of space. We want our new home to have everything we need and a few luxuries but we do not want it to cost a fortune as we simply cannot afford it.

Also, our walls are boast although they have had several different treatments for this and nothing has helped except chipping and replastering every couple of years. Is there anything we could do to get a replacement grant instead of a renovation grant?

theGrinch

light..makes everything feel good
nice spacious kitchen with seating area
quality bathroom with shower if poss
downstairs cloakroom
good colour scheme for walls and flooring
storage
en suite to master bedroom would be nice
with the money you save look after an outside space.

these are basics for most dwellings above and beyond the essentials

btw can I ask why/how you got a grant? Im sure many will be interested to know

Jo4

theGrinch wrote:

light..makes everything feel good
nice spacious kitchen with seating area
quality bathroom with shower if poss
downstairs cloakroom
good colour scheme for walls and flooring
storage
en suite to master bedroom would be nice
with the money you save look after an outside space.

these are basics for most dwellings above and beyond the essentials

btw can I ask why/how you got a grant? Im sure many will be interested to know

Thanks for responding! We got a grant because our home is approx 100 years old. The roof needs replaced and the house is small. I am blind in one eye and partially sighted in the other and according to doctors I should have been totally blind in October of last year. I am only 27 years old and have been left like this after a hit and run accident almost 3 years ago(20 March 2002). I was going to my work (I worked in management) when the accident happened.

We were thinking we would like 4 bedrooms, 1 downstairs and the other 3 upstairs. In the bedroom downstairs we would like an en-suite and also in the biggest bedroom upstairs. We would like a kitchen and dining room but do not know whether we should have them separate or as a kitchen/diner, what do yous think? We would like a utility room. We would like a bathroom downstairs and a bathroom upstairs. We would like a study, a family room and a sittingroom. Apart from that a hotpress and a cloak room would be the height of it.

We live in the country and most of the houses a round us seem to be single storey but we were hoping for a storey and a half! Has anyone anything good or bad to say about a storey and a half?

Opinions welcomed!

theGrinch

thanks for the reply. I am doing my home up at the moment. when I purchased it, it was in a right state and IM still working on it 12-months later.

a seating area in the kitchen could be a breakfast bar with stools. it can work really nicely with a separate dining room. do you know the approx square footage for downstairs and upstairs and the budget you have?

Jo4

theGrinch wrote:

thanks for the reply. I am doing my home up at the moment. when I purchased it, it was in a right state and IM still working on it 12-months later.

a seating area in the kitchen could be a breakfast bar with stools. it can work really nicely with a separate dining room. do you know the approx square footage for downstairs and upstairs and the budget you have?

I do not have a budget. At the moment I only have an irish cottage. If we get to do what we want to our home, it will end up approx 2500 square foot. We are considering an integrated double garage with a room or rooms above it. This would then leave the house approx 3600 square foot. We are hoping that the house will cost no more than £80,000 in total. This seems a realistic figure according to the price of houses a round us!

What size is your house and how much is it costing you? Where is your house at, N.Ireland is cheaper to build in then England, I think!

theGrinch

Im in London...prob the most expensive place to build

>>house approx 3600 square foot

that is a seriously large house and you should have plently of space for all the room you require.


>>£80,000 in total

is a reasonable amount for new build.

I think you are on right track. you might even want to employ an architect
to draw on plans as it sound a considerable project.

good luck!

Jo4

theGrinch wrote:

Im in London...prob the most expensive place to build

>>house approx 3600 square foot

that is a seriously large house and you should have plently of space for all the room you require.


>>£80,000 in total

is a reasonable amount for new build.

I think you are on right track. you might even want to employ an architect
to draw on plans as it sound a considerable project.

good luck!

We are getting an architect to draw the plans later on in the year. I hope I am on the right track but knowing what you want and getting it are 2 totally different things!

What size is your house and how much do you think it will cost you? What have you in your house?

theGrinch

my house is 1906 - an edwardian period house. Im doing a refurb on it. looking for original features which takes up a lot of time.

i have worked with developers in london and the cost of new build is about £100 per sq ft. I have spoken to a n ireland developer and his budget was £200k for 3 houses

Jo4

theGrinch wrote:

my house is 1906 - an edwardian period house. Im doing a refurb on it. looking for original features which takes up a lot of time.

i have worked with developers in london and the cost of new build is about £100 per sq ft. I have spoken to a n ireland developer and his budget was £200k for 3 houses

Good luck with your adventure of trying to find original features. Housing in N. Ireland is definitely an awful lot cheaper. You need Kirstie & Phil to help you! Are you doing this all by yourself or have you anyone else helping as it sounds a massive undertaking!

MrSkill

There are home Improvement and renovation websites that do give Tips about home improvement grants and how you can save money renovating your house, they can also estimate what the whole process will cost for free. Try going to this website " w w w. mr-skill . co. uk " they sure can help you.

keystone

MrSkill wrote: »

There are home Improvement and renovation websites that do give Tips about home improvement grants and how you can save money renovating your house, they can also estimate what the whole process will cost for free. Try going to this website " xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " they sure can help you.

Ha Ha very funny. Spam merchant - resurrecting a five year old thread for your own pecuniary advantage. Tsk Tsk.

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