Hi,
We are trying to move house at the moment to something bigger. However, due a property shortage in our area, there is very little on the market and what has been available has been snapped up very quickly.
Many of the houses we have looked at have needed what I consider to be a 'lot of work' needed. But as we have been looking for months now and still no nearer finding what we really want, I'm beginning to wonder if we need to compromise a bit and look at taking on a house that needs some work.
I'm not talking about anything majorly structural, but have just seen a couple of houses on the market which would need new kitchen, new bathroom, new boiler/potentially extra radiators in rooms that don't have them, complete redecoration throughout.
Neither me nor DH is particularly DIY minded - DH commutes and is out of the house from 7-7 every day and doesn't fancy coming home to lots of work or a crappy house. On the plus side these houses are well below our budget so could afford to throw some money at them (though imagine we'd get through that fairly quickly) and my Dad is recently retired from the building trade and happy to come and help out (though doesn't live nearby).
We have a 2 year old, and expecting another baby in December - not the ideal circumstances to try and do up a house.
Has anyone done a similar amount of work? How long did it take? How bad was it? Would it be madness given our situation? Or are we being too picky and expecting to move into something perfect?
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cakeaddict · 15/06/2009 13:40
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