How much would it cost to completely redo this house?

[VivienneGlee]

Ball park obviously.

Dh and I are relocating further North. Disappointed with what is out there. Dh promised me a larger house but we’re not really looking at that much of an upgrade in reality.

Never thought I would be open to a project but am now considering.

Very roughly - how much do you reckon it would cost to redo this house.

I’ve come up with £200k based on nothing.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/146908985#/media?id=media0&ref=photoCollage&channel=RES_BUY

I would put the kitchen and bathrooms on 0% finance

Wow OP. Can I come and live there with you?

On the electrics and roof issue I suspect neither will be an issue with the installation of solar panels. You wouldn’t put them up on a roof that needed repair and feed into electric that needed upgrading. Most of the rooms look like a lick of paint would do. The kitchen needs doing but you might be able to get something freestanding and hand made by a joiner to save on costs?

@VivienneGlee if you don't understand the grade 2 listing, it'll cost you your stable MH.

it will also cost you loads & take 'fucking forever'.

Dont do it to yourself.

Leam Spa is not cheap for trades (it’s not North either lol). I’d say that house has a lot of neglect and lot wrong with it. You’re looking North of £350k (no pun intended there!).

@Bideshi

you got lucky with you area/assessor.

one thing one of my friends battled with for 5 years was replacing the stairs down to their cellar. They were (obviously) very old wood, and more like a ladder than stairs. They had 2 small boys & the door was off the kitchen. Planning would not accept actual stairs be put in - at all. Even though they were never seen and even though it was an incredibly unsafe way to access the basement.

and the stuff on the exterior was completely batshit & ££££££££

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What a beautiful house.

Even if I could afford the house and the renovation, I'd never buy it, as ongoing maintenance costs would be huge. Imagine replacing a roof that size.

I live in a grade 2 listed building. I assume some that are making comments here don't. You don't need specialist contractors or builders. You may need to ensure you meet some requirements. It depends on what it's listed for? I suspect retaining fires, floors, some of the features. There has been some work which suggests a few things. It has a new boiler but the old radiators remain. Are they part of the listing? Some of the windows are new, again, have the listing retained them? My old original windows are. They're lovely but cold. It's beautiful. Depends on whether you are willing to do some work. My assessment is: garden needs clearing and some attention, it's very cluttered that would go on sale, walls etc look solid so mainly decoration. Key areas I'd look for - electrical inspection dates as if the old wiring is still in it's ££ and very disruptive and impactful, heating, insurance costs, the cellar has damp may need a cell tank putting in. Otherwise, doesn't look that scary to me but we renovated a listed house with significant feature requirements to be kept, no heating, no wiring, no running water. It was interesting for a few years. Was it worth it? Absolutely.

What a beautiful house. And what a sad and sorry state it has got into. It is doable but it's going to cost more than £200k.

First of all, how are you funding the project? Do you have cash? Is it mortgageable?
Second: Will you need specialist planning permission for any alterations (interior as well as exterior)?
Third: it's near a river that floods - will you be able to get insurance that is not astronomic.
Fourth: Access. Parking for the army of contractors who will become part of your life for the next couple of years. Include rubbish disposal, scaffolding etc. Is there access at the back? PP mentioned yellow lines at the front?

You need a good surveyor. Maybe ask other homeowners in the immediate area locally what renovations they had to do. I don't like the look of the cracks in the ceilings of nearly every room. I can see damp penetration in most of the rooms. The flooring on the ground floors looks broken and uneven in places - I suspect settlement/subsidence. The cellar is a total disaster. The roof slates have been patched it might need total replacing. Is the solar panelling still viable? The end wall and chimney stacks need attention. The whole house might need repointing and re-rendering with specialist materials. If you have to replace the windows they have to be wood and matched like-for-like on a Grade 2 listed.

It will be very hard work and a labour of love but worth it in the end. My guess £450-500k

I have no idea OP but by god, what a stunning house! Bags of potential!!

Please buy it and regularly update us on your progress so I can live vicariously through you

Leamington is not a dump OP, ignore that comment.

Am I right in thinking that OP can find out (possibly online) via the local council what the building is listed for??

Missed it OP but will it be a cash purchase or mortgage? If mortgage, is it classed as habitable? Can you look at financing the renovation via a bridging loan or similar? Have you been to view it?

I think these figures are a very low estimate.

Believe me I wish I could. Just found a barn conversion that is move in ready and much more realistic. And much less special.

After the sale of our flat we will have around £300k. Dh and I will take out a £600k mortgage at the very most. Less is preferable. Want to take the pressure of ourselves

Sorry for posting again OP. I’m a bit excitable - ha!
Have you thought about the possibility of gaining planning for a second house in the rear??
Looks like it wouldn’t be completely out of the realms of possibility when comparing it to the neighbouring properties.

If you could find a way of financing it, building a second home and selling it may go a fair way towards paying for the renovations on the first??

Ignore me if this is a stupid suggestion 😂

We've done similar projects like this 3 times, all with Grade II listed properties. Internal and cosmetic changes really generally aren't such a big deal. I would absolutely go for it but it's impossible to give an estimate without a surveyor/ builder/ architect

Have owned and renovated listed properties and several non-listed old properties. £200k won't touch the sides of that.

Ah that’s a shame. I’m off to purchase some scratch cards anyway… if luck is on my side I might buy it 😂

If a building is listed it’s all listed. No such thing as an interior being listed or not. The whole lot is listed, even the ugly 50s extension, and the nasty 70s windows. It’s all listed.

Stunning house. I love Leamington and that area. A family used to live on that road.Warks is expensive though. Just for a ball park figure, we fully gutted and renovated our house, half the size of that one and that was around £100k and a lot of that we did on the cheap or ourselves.

Happy house hunting!

Ps
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/150463067#/?channel=RES_BUY

How about this?

Or
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/147670607?utm_campaign=property-details&utm_content=buying&utm_medium=sharing&utm_source=copytoclipboard#/&channel=RES_BUY

That is honestly one of the loveliest houses I’ve ever seen!

Presumably a garden retreat created for a child called James?

It's a beautiful house but everyone's right - an utter money pit. What a shame, OP. You have great taste.

We’re only in a conservation area with the front elevations on our street subject to more stringent planning controls. The number of neighbours who’ve had to battle with the council planners over doing loft conversions is no joke. Even on our relatively short street people have had different advice from the same planning office & e.g. had to remove velux windows to get their building certificate, even though houses done around the same time were allowed to keep theirs. It’s mind-bending and one of the reasons we haven’t converted ours.

Yeah, do that. Less special, but a whole lot less of a headache. That has value too.