How to save money on renovation?

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bi folding internal door for 900?
I bought one for 45 and fitted it myself, they're not hard to do.
And I found ikea the cheapest place for kitchens....

Doozergirl

What's the internal bifold door for?

Could you use a sliding door kit instead? It's a bit mich for a door in comparison to the price of everything else in the house.

pinkteapot

Decorating - it can't possibly £1k if you're DIYing it.

Stepladder - £40-50.

Rollers, brushes, sandpaper, filler, etc - £100 should be ample.

Paint - biggest tubs of trade magnolia you can buy. Presumably six rooms as you need six internal doors? 5l should do any room unless it's really large, so say 30l in total? £90 max.

So that's less than £300. I know you said skirting board too, but how did you get to £1,000?

Rambosmum

pinkteapot wrote: »

Decorating - it can't possibly £1k if you're DIYing it.

Stepladder - £40-50.

Rollers, brushes, sandpaper, filler, etc - £100 should be ample.

Paint - biggest tubs of trade magnolia you can buy. Presumably six rooms as you need six internal doors? 5l should do any room unless it's really large, so say 30l in total? £90 max.

So that's less than £300. I know you said skirting board too, but how did you get to £1,000?

For the bifolding door we are looking at something like these - http://www.vibrantdoors.co.uk/doors/internal-bifold-doors/glazed-oak-p10-roomfold---frosted

the opening is large, and I' not sure if making it smaller with stud wall would offset the saving on the door? If anyone has any ideas for a similar style (now louvered doors, they are different).

The decorating as I said includes some furniture and light fittings, though we haven't picked out what as we are looking for the best value for money.

Keep the ideas coming, these are great.

rebeccatom

We renovated our house in Manchester.

There is a Screwfix in Trafford Park which is open to all not just trade.

Paint - try and find an independent paint store. There is one in the industrial estate behind Morrisions in Chorlton. you can buy massive pots from them and it works out a lot cheaper. They will also mix any colour paint you want if you take in a example.

Kitchens - Howdens is a good option and you can really negotiate the price down. Or might be worth looking at DIY-Kitchens they do a good range and come fully assembled, then you just need to find a fitter. you might find that works out cheaper than using a high street store like B&Q or Wickes.

For skirting boards and the like, goggle timber merchants, you will find there a quite a few and they really know their stuff so are very helpful and normally good prices.

Hoploz

Definitely another vote for Toolstation from me.
Example I found: sanding pads for my little palm sander.
Home base £15 a pack
eBay £3 a pack
Toolstation £1.27 a pack
Kerr-Ching

Hoploz

How dens normally have a massive kitchen sale in October, so if you do it then you'll get a great discount.

Rambosmum

Ok, so following your suggestions we had a chat last night and are going to re-evaluate the bifolding doors and look at cheaper options, but we still want glass as the bottom half of the room can get quite dark.

We are going to take a look at Howdens for kitchens and have agreed to rip the old one out ourselves to reduce the cost of fitting.

We are also going to lay the floor ourselves and I've ordered some samples from an online shop which appears to have the kind of thing we want for cheaper than B&Q where we have found our current floor.

As for paint, we will get some tester pots from the local paint shop to see what we want (I HATE magnolia) and then look at getting it from the place in Chorlton someone suggested.

Thanks guys.

shiny76

Rambosmum wrote: »

We are going to take a look at Howdens for kitchens and have agreed to rip the old one out ourselves to reduce the cost of fitting.

Howdens were 3 times the price of our IKEA kitchen. Yes, the style was slightly different but we were happy to compromise for that kind of saving (>£6k)!

pinkteapot

Furniture - keep an eye on your local Facebook furniture selling groups. Second hand furniture can give you a huge saving if you pick and choose the pieces you buy.

Light fittings - Dunelm currently have some reductions if there's a branch near you:
http://www.dunelm-mill.com/shop/lights/ceiling-lights/