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Could this e made liveable for £30k

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Zoosie · 05/10/2018 22:50

this
I’ve seen it from the outside.

The conservary is a very amateur job, looks like it’s aboutbto fall down.

I think it needs an extension to kitchen to make more use of space.

Estate agents have done the annoyin stretching of photosi it’s not as big in real life.

It was obv meant to be a 4 bed so I’ve no idea why they’ve stuck the awful conservatory on.

Location is fab though!

Is there hope within our budget?

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SisterSledgeHammer · 05/10/2018 22:54

Yes! We've just renovated an absolute horror story for less than that. Every single room needed gutting.

I guess it depends on how handy you are and how much you are able to do yourselves? But £30k is do-able with a bit of graft.

annoyedofnorwich · 05/10/2018 22:56

Uh... it looks liveable already. Seeing the post title I thought it would be a renovation job!

ThanksHunkyJesus · 05/10/2018 22:57

Why what's wrong with it!? It looks fine to me.

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Zoosie · 05/10/2018 23:00

Well who wants to walk down a hall to a conservatory?!
Kitchen tiny!
Garden v overgrown! V old pictures online

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Zoosie · 05/10/2018 23:00

Kitchen v dated

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NonaGrey · 05/10/2018 23:00

You aren’t realistically going to be able to do both a kitchen extension, for a new kitchen and rebuild a conservatory for £30k.

However you could rebuild the conservatory and then save up for the extension, the kitchen looks perfectly lovable with in the meantime.

Walkingdeadfangirl · 05/10/2018 23:02

Jesus christ, what a bargain and it looks ready to move in. What the flip would you spend £30,000 on?

Merryoldgoat · 05/10/2018 23:03

It’s already perfectly habitable. Cosmetic decoration, two bathrooms and kitchen easily in budget - not sure about conservatory though...

blueshoes · 05/10/2018 23:03

Extension to the kitchen as in taking down structural and exterior walls? If so, I think £30K is a little unrealistic as on top of that work, you'd practically have to put a whole new kitchen in. That is in addition to the conservatory work.

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Zoosie · 05/10/2018 23:04

The conservatory just needs ripped out. I mean just the extension for £30k, new kitchen, bathroom, nice door, tarmac outside. The back aspect is gorgeous!!! What to make most of it!

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PurpleTigerLove · 05/10/2018 23:07

It’s perfectly livable as it is . The conservatory will not fall down . The kitchen is slightly dated but perfectly serviceable .

ThanksHunkyJesus · 05/10/2018 23:07

I doubt you'd get a decent extension, new kitchen and bathroom for £30k.

PurpleTigerLove · 05/10/2018 23:08

Buy it and do it up one room at a time as you can afford it .

ileclerc · 05/10/2018 23:08

Looks perfectly liveable! Cosmetics you do as and when you have the cash and 30k would be a huge chunk towards it.

Unless you're moving from a palace?!

PurpleTigerLove · 05/10/2018 23:09

Are you from this area ?

PickAChew · 05/10/2018 23:10

Pretend the conservatory isn't there. Unless you need it as a bedroom, there's a family room on the floor plan, so you could knock the kitchen and livingroom together to make a big kitchen/dining /living area and have the family room as a snug or formal sitting room.

MaggieAndHopey · 05/10/2018 23:11

Personally I just don't like the house, inside or outside. The garden is about all it's got going for it.

MaggieAndHopey · 05/10/2018 23:13

'perfectly liveable', 'perfectly serviceable', 'perfectly habitable'. Three quotes from this thread. Personally if I was spending £160,000, I'd want a bit more than that, even knowing I was going to be doing it up.

AhhhhThatsBass · 05/10/2018 23:16

Yes you can absolutely do that up with £30k. It’s mainly cosmetic. Worst case you do everything else with your £30 and do the conservatory later.

donajimena · 05/10/2018 23:18

Decor isn't to my taste but I think its lovely. Maybe I have low standards?

PickAChew · 05/10/2018 23:18

Depends where you live, Maggie. Even in the super cheap (as in can buy a 3 bed house with 2 decent sized gardens for 5 figures) village I used to live in, that bungalow would have been more than 160k.

Merryoldgoat · 05/10/2018 23:18

It depends on where you live Maggie - you couldn’t get a garage where I live for that money.

OP - Your budget is light if you want to extend the kitchen too, I think.

MrsMoastyToasty · 05/10/2018 23:19

It's in better condition than our house was when we moved in. We had to replace the roof, the outside waste pipe from the upstairs bathroom and boiler immediately. We had damp in the kitchen and the chimneys were blocked, the window frames were original 1930's and were rotten. The garden was waist high in weeds. A leaky water supply pipe under the floorboards which attracted slugs...and the previous owner must have been colour blind!
It looks lovely, just needs decorating to your taste, but is perfectly functional.

PurpleTigerLove · 05/10/2018 23:19

I’m sure the poster has thought about that but budget may not stretch to a house they adore .

MingaTurtle · 05/10/2018 23:21

Surely what you get for £160k depends on the area.

I think most people consider liveable to cover things like needing rewiring, having to put in central heating, dealing with damp or a leaking roof. Often described as ‘in need of modernisation’.

Our house has a dated kitchen and dated bathrooms. I’d love to extend the kitchen too. But it is completely liveable in.