How to estimate renovation costs on property you are viewing?

Davesnave

Berrynarbour has a good number of these bungalows with a decent plot, including those that are chalets with an upstairs, so you might get better value waiting for one that's been converted or built closer to what you want.

Having refurbed and extended a similar sized bungalow and dumped the idea of creating an upstairs on value per usable m2 grounds, I'm not convinced it would be worth it anyway.

It also depends on which way the wind is blowing with the council. Two planning officers at my local district council disagreed over whether to grant me permission to go up, but the one that agreed with the idea came first, so the other had to defer to his judgement recorded at our meeting, though he tried hard not to!:rotfl:

iksbedd

Doozergirl wrote: »

Google is your friend.

North Devon District Council. Planning Application 46085 submitted 10/3/2008.

For a start, on the face of it, the permission has expired and the 2011 application to extend it was withdrawn. You need to establish if the permission is extant by virtue of work having started and being registered with building control. Otherwise you're back at square one.

You can get an idea of price from those plans. It's obvious from photos that the roof has to come off. I'd start with a ballpark of £100k plus VAT with getting the roof off, extending and adding kitchen and bathroom. Does that sound comfortable?

You'll also need somewhere to live as it will not be habitable. I guess the annexe is handy.

Yes, this is one of the queries I have with the agent.

it sounds a lot right now!

iksbedd

Doozergirl wrote: »

Google is your friend.

North Devon District Council. Planning Application 46085 submitted 10/3/2008.

For a start, on the face of it, the permission has expired and the 2011 application to extend it was withdrawn. You need to establish if the permission is extant by virtue of work having started and being registered with building control. Otherwise you're back at square one.

You can get an idea of price from those plans. It's obvious from photos that the roof has to come off. I'd start with a ballpark of £100k plus VAT with getting the roof off, extending and adding kitchen and bathroom. Does that sound comfortable?

You'll also need somewhere to live as it will not be habitable. I guess the annexe is handy.

Having never done a refurb, would it be possible to do it bit by bit? Split it in anyway - perhaps extend downstairs and re-do roof but not put in new ktichen, bathroom etc?

lees80

iksbedd wrote: »

Having never done a refurb, would it be possible to do it bit by bit? Split it in anyway - perhaps extend downstairs and re-do roof but not put in new ktichen, bathroom etc?

It's always possible to do things bit by bit, but almost always more difficult and expensive.
£100k is probably about right, plus another 10-20% for the things that you will inevitably end up adding on as you go -trust me, it will happen!

purplebutterfly

Princessladonna wrote: »

Hi, we are in the process of purchasing a property that needs extensive renovation work. We have taken three builders out on viewings with us to give us rough estimates. Tbh I underestimated how much it would all cost, so I’m glad I took one out with me.

Do builders charge for this? We're about to start house-hunting for the first time and will definitely need advice on costs of work

foxy-stoat

purplebutterfly wrote: »

Do builders charge for this? We're about to start house-hunting for the first time and will definitely need advice on costs of work

I would only get a builder out to quote on a second or third viewing and you are very serious about buying it, ie your property has been sold or under offer, your offer is accepted by the vendors and your searches are done, mortgage in place and you have the funds to carry out major works, and a few tens of thousands cash that are put aside for work.

Doozergirl

iksbedd wrote: »

Having never done a refurb, would it be possible to do it bit by bit? Split it in anyway - perhaps extend downstairs and re-do roof but not put in new ktichen, bathroom etc?

You might need a kitchen?!

But you could build the roof and not fit it out, although it would be sensible to be running cables, soil stacks etc.

FreeBear

Davesnave wrote: »

Berrynarbour has a good number of these bungalows with a decent plot, including those that are chalets with an upstairs, so you might get better value waiting for one that's been converted or built closer to what you want.

Sis has a chalet bungalow, and the upstairs can get ruddy cold in the winter. Virtually no insulation on the walls, and very difficult to gain access to put some in. Unless the conversion had been done recently (within the last 10 years ?), I'd go for something that hasn't been !!!!!!ed about with.

purplebutterfly

foxy-stoat wrote: »

I would only get a builder out to quote on a second or third viewing and you are very serious about buying it, ie your property has been sold or under offer, your offer is accepted by the vendors and your searches are done, mortgage in place and you have the funds to carry out major works, and a few tens of thousands cash that are put aside for work.

I understand what you are saying (and it makes perfect sense ) however I don't want to have an offer accepted only to find out at that point that I can't afford the necessary work. I don't want to mess anyone around by pulling out of an agreed sale. We are cash buyers but that cash is our maximum available funding, so any work needs to be factored in to our offer.

Overdash

Doozergirl wrote: »

Google is your friend.

North Devon District Council. Planning Application 46085 submitted 10/3/2008.

For a start, on the face of it, the permission has expired and the 2011 application to extend it was withdrawn. You need to establish if the permission is extant by virtue of work having started and being registered with building control. Otherwise you're back at square one.

You can get an idea of price from those plans. It's obvious from photos that the roof has to come off. I'd start with a ballpark of £100k plus VAT with getting the roof off, extending and adding kitchen and bathroom. Does that sound comfortable?

You'll also need somewhere to live as it will not be habitable. I guess the annexe is handy.

Hey for future reference, could you tell us where u pulled the Planning Application information from? Thanks