How much does it cost to renovate an entire house? Link to potential house insude

[Rainingdogsandcats]

We've just been gazumped. Greedy Bastards. We need a very specific house so have spotted this house.

Obviously it needs complete do up inside. It's in the area that we want and similar sizes go for around £375-395 done up nicely.

How much realistically do you think?

New bathroom, kitchens, all carpets up and flooring, there's probably Minton tiles under that awful carpet in the hall as in the other local houses.

Complete decorate. Garden can take place over time but everything else needs doing straight away.

www.rightmove.co.uk/s6p/68624322

make sure you check the roof and tiles, gutters. it looks like it will be old and that will cost a lot even for basic repairs as scaffolding etc isn't cheap.

The parts that will cost the most money and time (and that you won’t actually see any of) are the
heating
Electric-wiring
Any building improvements needed that come up on the survey- roof, flooring (and by that I mean the wooden flooring under the real flooring, damp removal and improving the walls, replastering any ceiling problems??
Also how old are the upvc windows?? You need to ask that as they tend to deteriorate after 15 years or so

Basing it on the fact that you will need labourers to do all the work I reckon 60-70k

We once renovated a house by ourselves and had one laborer to help with knocking through a wall and fixing the roof and an electrician in and spent approx 30k.

Actually I just saw you might extend the kitchen so I reckon 90-100k

So we gutted our house and extended. I'd say 10k for plumbing and rewiring each would then need replastering, but that means you are working off a blank canvas. Decorating 2-3k, carpets similar, bathrooms/kitchens are what ever you go for, but the 10k plumbing covered the labour. Check windows, roofs etc and for any damp. It's hard work renovating but we have an amazing house now

If the one you missed is the white 5 end one on rightmove under stc- the one that you are looking at is overpriced. It would cost a lot more to do the work on this one- it is mid terrace and not an end- so worth less etc

No floorpan doesn't help. the 6th bed is 4 foot 11 wide and so not a bedroom at all- would struggle to get a decent shower room in there.

I think you’re looking at about £100k to do it properly. It’s going to need a full rewire and probably new pipes throughout. You’re bound to find other problems such as the roof, are the drains all ok? Will the floor boards be rotten when you lift them up. Expect to replaster every wall, the windows will need attention. New doors or at least renovating them. Front door.... it’s a house which needs a total overhaul but will be lovely

Going off what we spent on our house and obviously going off what spec you hope to achieve I’d say at least around £80-£100k. That would be mid range, high street type fixtures and fittings though. Kitchen from b&q that type of thing.
Can’t you get a builder to do a viewing with you and give an estimate?

Totally agree. No less than that

We spent about £40k doing up our old house which was a 4 bed semi in similar condition and my husband is a tradesman. We didn't cut costs on fittings and fixtures as it's a fools errand, we saved on labour costs.

Current house the biggest spend so far is the electrics, about £15k 😳 (not including fittings)

I'd budget £50-70k

80k. I’ve renovated two houses.

I agree with @Alsohuman I don’t understand why she received a patronising response.

I’ve renovated properties and assisted others with budgets from £10k to £210k this includes houses, and mixed use. The £10k included a new kitchen, bathroom, 3 windows, new carpets and full redecoration, it was a flip project, kitchen was end of line Homebase bargain 85% off, bathroom was from various suppliers and salvage. It was a 3 bed, two reception room, bathroom and kitchen Victorian and I made £46k profit. I could have spent more of course. You can but complete bathroom and kitchens end of line and adapt.

You don’t need to spend £10k on a bathroom for example it all depends on your finishes. You also don’t need to spend £1k per room on painting and flooring for example.

You need to check the bones are sound and safe first and up to legal requirements factor in the new additions but the house is stunning and you could live in it as it is and work through room by room as your budget allows if you want to spend more just don’t go above the street value as you risk not getting it back unless it’s your long term home.

You need a survey and Electrical report.

This house will not leave much change from 100k
It looks like it needs a rewire, some new plumbing, a new boiler, new kitchen including some possible structural alterations to make it bigger, 2 bathrooms and a total redecoration and new flooring. It may also require some replastering.
Looks like a great house.

What's the condition of the windows like?
Which side faces south?
Is that ornamental tile work or woodwork at the top?
I think that the windows if not in good repair could be a whole new can of worms esp if you wanted timber as I presume you would. That would be 1000+ for a new window I would think. When you need that top floor painting on the front, I reckon the scaffolding could be £500 upwards?

Also I’ve never instructed a contractor on a daily rate, always a fixed price!

A friend spent an extra £45k on a job the actual job should have cost £85k and their final bill was £125k.

£130k fast typing because MN keeps timing out!

I don't usually do this and I do know how annoying it is ... but that's a 1.2 million pound plus house (without renovations) here in my suburb.

Most people who buy doer uppers do them up gradually, no harm in that. I think you could spread the cost over 3 years at least.

35k for the kitchen if you want to change the layout at all. 12k per bathroom assuming you're not changing the plumbing. Do you want to lay all new flooring? Completely redecorate? Rewrite? I wouldn't think you'd get out for under 150k on a house that size. Don't forget windows!

Thank you @FAQs, I’ve come to the conclusion there are some pretty, gullible people around who don’t realise they’ve been ripped off.

25k kitchen
3k bathroom
4K carpets
4K decorating
So 36k

Amazing house, OP! I think, if you want to do it high end, you won't get much change out of £80k.

Wow. I live in the wrong part of the country! What a bargain.

No help but my DMum has those bathroom tiles ! (Yes they are deffo 1980s)

Impossible for anyone to say without knowing exactly what needs doing and without knowing about prices for tradespeople in your area.
It could need any/all of the following:

• work to the roof, is it lined and insulated, are the tiles in good condition
• windows replacing
• new boiler and extensive plumbing work to install central heating throughout
• rewiring which also means plastering

That's before you've even started on the visually obviously things: new kitchen, bathroom and general redecoration.

Would your builder friend view it with you?

AnotherEmma yes he's coming to have a look with me. I trust him, he's done work for me before.

I'm so glad I started this thread, I'm definitely taking a list of questions tomorrow. I'm excited to see it inside.

Picture 13, why have they patched a huge bit of the wall? Was there an electric/plumbing problem that required knocking a big hole in the wall? Looks like an amateur patch job too so would wonder if any work behind the wall was amateur too.

TorysSuckRevokeArticle50 I'll make sure to check that out.