Or is dh over getting house ready to sell?

[Shitpipe]

Recently found out our extension won't be happening. So we need to move.

House is 1970s semi in popular area. It's a ftb house. We were ftb 15 years ago. Valued at 145.

To get ready to sell dh wants to:
Do new kitchen
New boiler
Laminate floor throughout whole house
Paint all rooms
Get rid of built in bookshelves
New wardrobe doors in our bedroom
Wallpaper hall and landing to hide the plaster crack

I accept new kitchen/boiler. Kitchen is no longer fit for purpose.
I think carpets could have a deep clean. Although they're a bit tufty where cats have had a go.
Agree with paint.

I think he's being over the top. H

Another thing to think about - Will getting all of this work done mean that your buyers will miss out on the stamp duty holiday?

What would a house with a new kitchen go for and how much would you knock off for having this kitchen?

Yeah, that kitchen is knackered! If you can do it for under £2K do it.

Also very cheap plain carpet through living room & dining room. Plain vinyl in kitchen if that’s also horrid.

Then massive declutter (most books, most of the stuff in the dining room, maybe even taking out the Kallax altogether) and a lick of paint.

Don’t spend more than £2,500 and do it ASAP. How long delivery time for B&Q kitchen?

6 weeks for a kitchen. But he's found a place in Liverpool that does them cheap too.
Kalax def going. Just need the kids to sort their stuff, we've had it since they were little. The final column is my office, but I can take stuff to work. Whole house needs de cluttering. But then, that's part of the problem with a small house. Ds room fits a single bed and a wardrobe over the stairs. The previous owners had a toddler bed in there. Tbf, we looked on a sunny afternoon in May and were just bowled over by how light it was and how much bigger than our 2 bed rental.

I need the table cos I work there every night!

we looked on a sunny afternoon in May and were just bowled over by how light it was and how much bigger than our 2 bed rental

That’s the feeling you need to inspire in your purchasers. So everything out for viewings and photos temporary storage unit etc.

We lived in a small 3 bed like yours- 2 ‘double’ beds and a single box room. We had 4 of us (2 DC under 6) when we moved. Our neighbours fitted 7 of them in the same space - 5DC! Including boy-girl twins! And when they came to sell they literally took EVERYTHING out - and on viewing days filled their car up with the necessary every day stuff too. It worked

Yeah, there are people here who've had 3 kids. God knows how. Almost every house on the close has been extended too. We're just unlucky. I really love our neighbours. We have street parties in non ld and go over at Xmas etc.

Why can’t you extend after all? You do sound as if you love it there (and good neighbours are hard to find!)

Read my other thread about the sewage pipe issues. There's no way we can get the house we want if we extend.

Ah! Your username makes sense then

Things I would do: declutter, fresh lick of paint, clean carpets possibly new boiler if really old. I wouldn't replace the kitchen as everyone has different tastes so someone might just rip it out same with the bathroom. Also laminate flooring is a bit marmite so not everyone would be happy with your choice.
A clean, tidy house with potential is fine to sell. So yes to small jobs no to major alterations as you won't get your money back.

Yes. Nc cos I'd already told the world my woes when I posted on Friday!

@PicaK

He's wrong. Kitchens have to be wow fabulous or just not worth doing. Paint, clean, tidy, leave the book shelves, get boiler serviced. Job done

Agree - you'll just end up putting in something cheap and cheerful that the new owners will inevitably want to replace anyway. If I knew you'd just done your place up quickly to sell it I'd assume you'd done it cheaply based on some of the viewings I've been on!

I would definitely put in a new kitchen but I would look at secondhand or really cheap ones that look good just to get it sold. Give everything a thorough clean and maybe again go for a very cheap carpet.
I like the book shelf.
A lot of people want their own kitchen and colour schemes and flooring so I wouldn’t spend a huge amount.
There will be a ceiling price for your house. I would get a few estate agents in and have a serious discussion about how much or how little you need to do and what will give the best return.
Spending £1000 on a kitchen that will give you £3000 up lift in the price is good
Spending £1000 on flooring that will give you an extra £500 is not going to be worth it.
Or just reducing by the amount you would have spent on it will mean you won’t blow your budget and you could sell straight away and get a good discount on the next place.

Why would you rip out build in bookshelves? Unless they are particularly ghastly, this would surely be a good thing?

I think so. Dh doesn't get it.

I like your bookshelves too.

I think as long as the roof is sound, the windows and doors good, the boiler modern and the electrics checked, and it's clean, I think any cosmetic things do not need doing. The new owner will want to do that themselves. Just declutter, clean and fix any obvious issues. I sold a house quickly that had all the main things done but nothing cosmetic at all.

We dismantled the stone fireplace and stone TV area, changed all the skirting boards and doors years ago and got bookshelves built in the alcove. They can hold books 3 deep and not collapse. Then we had kids and everything stopped and all the money went on childcare.

@30PercentRecycled

People feel like they've got a bargain when they get a fixer upper even if the amount you knock off the price is exactly the same as it will cost them to do it up.

Plenty of people will find the house more attractive as it is because they aren't paying for your taste and can justify making it their own.

This

I was looking a houses recently. One I looked at had a stunning new kitchen but had all the old electrics etc. I bought the fixer up so I could replace everything from scratch.

I would definitely speak to an estate agent - because the fact that you cannot extend is doing to really be an issue with selling as well

I think ripping out the bookshelves would be a terrible idea. A lot of people like them. I know I do.

We can extend side and some of the back and can do 2 storey at the side and most of the back, so don't think that would scupper a sale. It just wouldn't have been what we'd envisaged.

I'm just worried that we'll end up in a slightly bigger house, but one that I won't like as much. This gets sun from v early morning until sundown. It's a cul de sac, but slightly on a hill, so I get to see a lot of sky. The street is wide.

I basically want that, but 4 bedrooms, a bigger kitchen and sort of kitchen room/den/ thing.

I'm also v intimidated by estate agent pictures. I can't ever imagine our house being that empty or nice looking!

I'm looking at properties, huge negatives are laminate flooring throughout, it's usually cheap, built in wardrobes, a plus would be built in bookcases. In other words everyone is looking for different things, as long as it's clean and priced accordingly it will sell. You may be asking people to pay for things they would want to change.