The order of things

transgression1

Hey

Will be moving to a new house soon that is a bit dated (1930's property, renovated in the 80's judging by the decor). I want to gut the place and then re carpet and plaster, hanging new internal doors, new external glazing and new kitchen. Theres also a few minor bits of more major (??) works, such as replacing a couple of radiators(in the kitchen for those tall thin ones that dont take up the length of a wall) moving a boiler downstairs etc.

In my head, the best way to do it would be:

Gut the place
Move boiler & prep area for new radiators (same posiition no new pipework needed AFAIK)
Plaster walls & prepare surface for painting
New flooring
Decorate

Kitchen and Windows will be a few months down the line so I will just have to deal with the mess when that occurs. Is this the best plan of action or have I got the order of things wrong?

Davesnave

What about the electrics? Have you sufficient sockets and are they in the right places?

Deciding you need more after this work wouldn't be good, nor might it be great to find a larger requirement for power when you reach the kitchen, if the consumer unit is distant from that.

brightontraveller

If gutting out a property I would nearly always rewire and re-plumb it plastering and painting are generally the last things to do along with fitting skirting hanging doors ? You want your windows doorframes etc in so they can plaster to them, I’d check what the roofs like make sure the property is water tight and work from the top floor down if possible ( no point making a ground floor all nice then lugging materials through them ?) Consider also sound proofing between floors walls etc if your gutting it
and adding data, speaker, coax /satellite and alarm cables the cost when gutted a few hundred the cost when not 1000s