Is my head in the clouds ???? lol

Bella79

Hi all we have seen a house that we love however if we buy it needs some work

total rewire
every room skimming
new skirting boards
fire and surrond
new kitchen
new bathroom
central heating
new guttering
cost of paint etc (aunties a decorater so no labour costs :@)
also rest of house is d/g but the big round bay on front of house isnt how much are these roughly ??

Aslo there is a utitlty room its been built in brick then renderd over with concrete !! can this render be removed ??

i want to do it to a nice stand but im not going desinger prob most things from b&q lol
we will have 20k do u think thats enough to get the above things done so we can live in it ?

id say its a large 3 bed detached

theres other stuff too like repointing , front needs block paving , but these things can wait

phew !!

wallbash

How long is a bit of string :rotfl:
£20000 is a healthy budget , but you could spend that on a kitchen!

If I had the money ... I could do it ( don't laugh . I have the receipts to prove it )

But you have to be very realistic.
Could you put in a kitchen ?? .... or more important HAVE you already
Have you the experience/ skill.


I survived on pot noodles for three months
I won't tell you what the bucket was for in the smallest room upstairs

Bella79

lol ......well my hubby likes to think he has the skills ........erm lol
we cold do the kitchen at a push rope my dad in lol and hubby can tile but thats about it everything else like electriacl and central heating etc needs to be done proff
think my hubby jst wants a blumin tool belt lol

bagpuss_fan

Sounds like it's in the same state as my house was!!

Get quotes (at least 3 separate ones for wiring, plumbing etc). Prices vary so much all over the country but we've spent over £20k on ours and there's still stuff to be done - we've been here 3 years!!!

We used a small local companies and I wished we hadn't for the electrics, they were OK at first, but we had to constantly stay on their case - it's difficult to complain when they're telling you they can't come coz they're at the old folks home who don't have any power at all!!!

Could you render the utility room to make it look nicer? Are you sure it matches the house underneath? maybe it's made out of concrete blocks!

Do you know anyone with an account at Howdens? We went into B & Q and they did a "vision" of what we wanted in the kitchen on their computer, then we took the picture to Howdens to order the units (through our friends account). Naughty I know, but it was much cheaper. We fiddled around with it too (you can get away with a cheap sink as long as you have good taps etc)

We did the windows later, the garden has never been done and our gable end still needs re-pointing! The carpets were a shocker I have to say (we have very large rooms), but we got excellent deals in the local shop by using the stuff they had in stock, rather than getting them to order it in.

Good luck, and have fun with your new house!

woodbutcher_2

Think it depends on how much of the work you are going to do yourselves.If you are getting trades in then no,i don't think it can be done.Work always costs more and takes longer than you imagine.So i suppose it depends on how badly you want it and whether you are prepared to live in a building site while the work is being carried out.I have renovated several houses and it can get you down a bit when there are no facilities but the end result is the driving force.I do this sort of work for a living but am getting to the stage where i dont want to be living "on site" anymore.I have recently sold my last renovation project and narrowed my choice of new house down to two.One was £11000 dearer than the other but needed less work.This is the one i bought in the end because the thought of living with no bathroom and kitchen again becomes less appealing with time.I can do this house bit by bit as the major works like plumbing,electrics and plastering have been done.Having said that,i am getting a real urge to take a sledge hammer to some walls.I never learn but that's the fun of renovation.

Good luck.