Hi, we're trying to figure out if we can afford to do lots of building work on a 3 bedroom victorian house which we've made an offer on. We have 30,000£ approximately to spend outright & then hope to manage to find ways to spend 20,000£ more if needed gradually or by using IKEA credit kind of thing.
What in your opinion of these jobs has to be done asap and what can wait until we've moved in / or can be delayed?
Also: where do you think and in what way can we cut costs? Any smart ideas on anything on this list to do it well / cut down costs much much appreciated
--plumbing / piping
--boiler
--electrics including change position of radiators
--ripping out existing cabinets etc
--plastering
--painting
--bathroom upstairs
--toilet downstairs (can be delayed)
--wardrobes (can be delayed)
--windows (can be delayed)
--floors whole house
--shelving (can be delayed?)
--resalvaged tiles around fireplace (delay?)
--straightening up floor in one room which might (survey will tell) create problem in ceiling downstairs (this is the one job that mostly worries us in case it's a structural / very expensive / nightmare problem)
--tiny kitchen (for now IKEA / no extension)
OK I'm bracing for your answers / suggestions. If you think I'm way off with my budgeting let me know.
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stilllovingmysleep · 05/06/2015 18:16
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