How much to refurbish 4 bedroom property?

Skag

I have a BTL HMO property in Brighton, is let to students and will be in the future.
I replaced the kitchen one year ago, the boiler, and done some fixings here and there. However I'd like to do a greater refurb such as do up the bathroom and redecorate it.
I'd like to get someone to suggest how to redecorate it (like an interior designer?) and obviously someone to do the job.

The rooms themselves are in ok condition, I would say they just need to look nicer (no condensation or damp anywhere, and also wooden floor).

Where do I start? Should I search for interior designers? Or should I go to checkatrade and find someone who does everything?
Also, very roughly how much will this cost?

chunkytfg

If its for students do you really want it nice? Functional, clean very wear resistant would be my priorities!

Doozergirl

chunkytfg wrote: »

If its for students do you really want it nice? Functional, clean very wear resistant would be my priorities!

Have you seen what they market to students these days?

I've been working around Birmingham University for the last 15 months and everything springing up is new halls of residence and privately built blocks of student studio apartments. All modern buildings, heavily styled, with dedicated fibre broadband etc. Boom time in that market!

It's high yield rental and students expect something for their money these days.

An interior designer might be a good idea if you're looking for good use of space and a uniform look for the house.

Skag

Doozergirl wrote: »

Have you seen what they market to students these days?

I've been working around Birmingham University for the last 15 months and everything springing up is new halls of residence and privately built blocks of student studio apartments. All modern buildings, heavily styled, with dedicated fibre broadband etc. Boom time in that market!

It's high yield rental and students expect something for their money these days.

Exactly. I don't need it to be sparkling beautiful, I just want it to worth its money, with little effort, i.e. be a nice house.

Doozergirl wrote: »

An interior designer might be a good idea if you're looking for good use of space and a uniform look for the house.

So where do I start? Google? Or builders that offer interior design? Or both?

Doozergirl

Well, I'm a builder that offers interior design, but I don't known anyone like me!

An interior designer can find a builder, so I'd go that route. Your average 'builder chic' stretches as far as what builders merchants sell.

brightontraveller

Really does depend on where it is ? Some areas in Brighton are sort after some not so? Are you near the big employers that makes them very desirable e.g. American express, Hospital etc even if you don’t let too employees of companies if there near and you have off road parking that too can be let out (£30 per week per car )

Beware of the interior designers in Brighton there are a lot of fluffy ones there? Before you spend anything look at its selling points to students e.g. near public transport , near university ,near nightlife , pubs bars, shops, beach etc and to parents low running cost, low energy appliances, lighting secure, alarm, cctv etc At the start its there parents that are often looking for them so things attractive to them are important also? There are also niches within students we renovated a property that all rooms where completely sound proofed let exclusively to music students and whom were happy too pay the premium rent for sound proofed rooms ?

Look at who you target and what’s key to them “students” is a broad term IT ones would have different needs to say those in Art’s. look at what you want and what those criteria need to be to attract them to maximize your return. If you don’t know that then no designers going to give you what you want and chances are you’ll end up wasting money on them anyone can let out cheap ? the skill is not doing so ?



Description is also key a big cold room with no double glazing becomes a light and airy room with plenty of natural light ideal for artist ?

albert_s

do not use checkatrade or any other service like that, would be my advice,
tradesmen pay to be on those sites, so they also have control of the reviews that are on there about them, if you get my drift.