How much to renovate this house I saw on rightmove?

[Kurtin]

DH and I have finally made the decision to move out of London. We are exploring almost every corner of England.

I have seen a house I really like on rightmove but it needs a lot of work. I am not afraid of it as we have done a total regut before but on a much smaller scale (flat) and in stages. It did come out gorgeous. But DH is less sure.

How much do you think it would cost to totally renovate this house? To a mid level spec. We’re not talking bespoke kitchens. Dh is away for work a lot so could not do any level of work himself. Plus he is not handy. My aesthetic is very we much modern country a la Neptune and Cotswold Company and this would fit the bill!

The layout would have to be rejigged in order to have the dream kitchen.

Thanks in advance.

Just ballpark of course.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/155179877#/?channel=RES_BUY

I am just after a fresher, more pristine look.

Flooring £20k
Bathrooms £40k
Kitchen/utility £70k
Furniture £25k
Repainting internal £15k
Curtains/blinds £15k
Contingency £15k

So £200k provided nothing major comes up.

Tvm @Kurtin
Somehow we missed this beauty.
Going to see if we can view before Christmas.

Are you building on at all? And will you be knocking through / needing steels??

We've just got costs back. We're in an expensive part of UK but not SE/London.

For something similar size - a full reno It was around 250k with a 10k contingency.

However this is with two knock throughs (so two 3 steels - inc one for the big sliders out ot garden. New windows to the front upstairs and down and side, new external doors to front and two sets of sliders at the back. New boiler and underfloor heating. Plus garage conversion

We didn't need rewiring but you well might. Rewire you're probably safe with thinking 15k

None of our walls outside of the rooms being knocked through (those ones will) needed replastering so that is a saving. We're just having them all skimmed. But again you may need a full replaster depending on age and quality of what is there.

This includes 2 bathrooms and a downstairs shower and a high'ish spec kitchen. Your pics are not medium spec kitchen. Neptune look is at the spendier end unforts. 50-70k is right depending on no of units. That would be appliances too tho.

We're also replacing all internal doors and skirtings as well as doing a full redecoration and reflooring throughout - wood downstairs and mid range carpet upstairs.

Landscaping was another 40k for what we wanted - got them to quote for that separately.

Also in that 240 is a full re-render and paint of the outside and new gutters - again you might not need that but there may be remedial external issues relating to brick work and damp which builders will probably want you to sort before you start with the inside.

I can send you a screenshot of the breakdown if you like?

What will be will be

Aside from renovation, it does look as if there are other buildings quite close at the back.

The only thing I would definitely want to do is move the kitchen. I don't necessarily think that would involve knocking down walls.

It’s good to know we may not be a million miles off. £900k is the absolute max we could spend. I would be okay with putting off new paving, landscaping etc.

Thanks a lot for your really helpful post. Good luck with your building work.

If the areas not pictured are consistent with the photos it doesn't look like a huge refurbishment. Unlisted, presumably? The windows look okay: I'd guess it was last done in the 2000s according to the 'modern country' aesthetic of that time. But you will only know the scale of the task by viewing in person. Since the house is empty you could ask the Estate Agent for a local builder to take a look and give you a ballpark figure.

Clearly the big ticket item is the kitchen- but you've got some good sized reception rooms that could perhaps be converted rather than knocking walls out etc. The garden looks like it has been landscaped but become overgrown.

Find out what the day rate is in N Yorks for decorators and plumbers- then compare with rates where you currently live. It's not a cheap area but probably much less expensive than London/SE to have work done. All that said however, if you are doing if yourself as your long term home, you will spend more than you expect to, because your heart will play a part in decisions (nothing wrong with that, but it means you should probably add 50% to your estimate).

You could make this house really nice, and that's a terrific area, so long as you're not too close to the A1(M).

Bear in mind with putting a kitchen into that end room, it’s a gable roof that comes very low down, so it looks like you’d struggle with any wall cabinets. However it’s a big room so it might not matter. I love the house, though.

That sitting room reno is a disaster

We haven’t ever renovated a place so no idea on cost would depend on what needs doing, electrics, roof, windows, kitchens, bathrooms etc and whether you can do any work yourselves or need to get trades in etc.

we stayed in Whixley earlier this year when visiting York - lovely little village but depends on how much of a change you’re looking for from city life. It’s within easy reach of York and Harrogate

Various amounts on upgrading the energy performance, depending on what you do. £1-15k

I can send you a screenshot of the breakdown if you like?

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As a pp said, slap some paint on the kitchen cabinets for £50 and call it a day.

This is the ultimate how-longs-yer-piece-of-string thread

Its right up my alley, different strokes for different folks I guess.

Curious what you don’t like about it though?

Not true to heritage vibe. White sofa, plus if you seek Cotswold Company vibe then it's less bleached wood more a mix with their retro modern adding older items

Always costs more than you think but I’d say 100k min but probs over that

@RM2013 That’s good to know. Dh and I enjoy a rural feel and are happy with a quieter pace during the week. Walking my dogs somewhere beautiful on a daily basis would be such a luxury.

But we do enjoy being busy at the weekends. Having York, Leeds and Harrogate close by seems perfect. Best of both worlds.

@Printedword Oh I don’t like the white sofa either. I was more highlighting the beams, joinery, floor etc.

Im not a fan of overly rustic. Touches here and there, definitely.

Yes, that was something I noticed too. I would hope a big island and decent floor cabinets would suffice. Especially if there was a separate utility for storage/spillover.

We have a galley kitchen currently so have become accustomed to not having tonnes of storage.

The dream kitchen with a gabled roof

Looking at the EPC it's going to be freezing and very hard to heat/keep warm because of the rooms being in a corridor rather than built an around a centre. So lots of windows and external walls.

And much colder than London!

Having bought a similar property back in 2016 I can say that so far it has cost about 220k just on structural things. The new roof was the only piece of work that was obvious from the survey, everything else was hidden. Rotten joists and external wood which had been painted over, rendering needing replacement, failed and inadequate double glazing, multiple damp problems… assume things are much worse than they look.

Oh and assume huge heating bills even after insulation, new roof and new windows. And you can’t just heat the rooms you use in @winter . If the rest of the house gets too cold condensation causes problems .

Please may i ask if the structural stuff came out in the survey?

I'd think £150-200K to get it to the standard you want and incorporate a larger kitchen. We're doing up a house needing slightly more work than this and want a similar standard to yourself.