What do you think f this house?

[Aquabi]

How much would it cost to gut and redo to a decent standard?

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/155448731#/media?id=media5&channel=RESBUY

with a bit of tlc it could be special. I’m picturing the climbing roses already. The newly designed plans seem prohibitively expensive though.

Maybe I’m missing something. But no, I have no issue with where is is placed. It has a driveway. Maybe I am being dim

It could be doable over time without the extension.
Clean lines like in your pics are expensive as it needs detail and craft to pull off.
But rewire and plumbing and heating would wipe out 100k
Slabbing insulation &Plastering
After that a trim woodwork
Damp/mold on the garden room so insulation or leak or poor floors.
Plus the black spot over the skylight says flat roof problem.

The extension is on the west(?)side which would overshadow the garden. And downstairs did not get much extra space as it had a bedroom.

if you were prepared to camp in the house as is and focus on doing up to rent the annex half out to boost reno budget

Annex ground floor would be kitchen diner so reno and rental match
And do up the bathroom and two bedrooms as a master suite.

But it depends on what the survay said.
Plus the flat roof would be an insurance problem

And the leylandii headge is talking off south of your south facing garden

I think if you bought a house that looks like it does at close to £900k, you need to really factor in the spec for a house in that price bracket. If you ever needed to sell, a house with a budget kitchen/bathroom that’s up for over £1million is not going to go down well. Similarly, you’ll want to spend our on modernising it so underfloor heating, air source heat pump etc (may be a clause within the planning). If it is your dream home, that’s less of an issue but I’d probably accept I can’t afford it and get something better value for money.

The only way it's doable at a low cost of you were undertaking the work yourself.
I've had a few doer uppers but my DP is a joiner and will turn his hand to most things as will I.
Personally, I think if you're not at all handy this is just a money pit as are most renovations if you're not saving costs by doing a lot of it yourself.

@Aquabi have you considered buying it and then renting one half out for a year or so to generate an income/ some savings? You’d have to love it to cope with being an impromptu landlord for a short time and you’d probably need to do a quick reno on the side you want to rent out, but the house is basically set up for it already.

I really do advise learning to be handy. There is so much work there that an amateur could easily do. Youtube vids are very helpful here. Teenagers, if you, your friends or family have them, are good for lifting, shifting, sweeping, tea making if remunerated.

I think it's lovely.

It's not listed so that's good. The location is great.
A lot of the work is cosmetic and you wouldn't need to do it all at once, you'd just to make it habitable to start with.

How much it will cost depends on all sorts of things: whether the roof needs doing, ditto the wiring. It's got mains sewage, water and electricity so I wouldn't worry about that.

If you're doing a kitchen you can spend £10k and get cheaper cabinets or go to Plain English and spend £50k, so how much it will cost depends on the finishes you choose etc. I reckon you could do it for £100k.

Go for it!

I know it's a Cotswold cottage and it's in a little hamlet, but being so close to the other houses would put me off a bit if paying that price +££££££s for renovations. However the location couldn't be better between Moreton and Stow. Wow.

That said, a cottage like this on its own out on a field in that area probably doesn't exist! Just my preference for a bit of isolation (for the price).

It is gorgeous though and looks like two cottages merged into one in the past maybe? Sorry I'm just commenting in passing, haven't a clue about the costs of renovations.

Do you want to do up what is already in place, or the overhaul as in the plans in the advertisement?

What a stunning house - all that original brickwork and fireplaces.

Would you want to have the annexe remain as an annexe?

Just wondering if you did have that separate (for now at least) if renting that out to make some money to renovate would be an option?

£450k at least IMO

It's such a beautiful house!

I have no idea about how much doing up a house would cost as we rent but I think you should go for it, it's gorgeous.

Could you do the kitchen and bathroom upon buying and do the rest bit by bit?

I love looking at houses!

Sorry to say don't think 100k would touch it realistically I would say you're looking at anything from 300 to 500k. You'll be surprised how fast money can be spent specially when it comes to structural stuff.

It is a beautiful house @Aquabi but the first thing that sprung to mind was "money pit".

Minimum £250K to renovate properly. There are signs of mould/damp and it has not been well looked after.

If you go in with £100K then yes, you could do the priority bits and then save up. But you will then be in a cycle of constant saving and work.

Lovely cottage. I’d want some lovely flowery wallpaper in the bedroom.

That could be a lovely house but to do a decent job would be £300k+ and that's without adding all the unexpected things you'd find. I would not even attempt it with £100k.

The one in Draycott for the same price is prettier and not a complete wreck.

It's a lovely house but, neither dh nor I are handy and I wouldn't touch it unless I had £200k plus for Reno, £300k seems more likely. You won't ever get a deal doing up an old property.

Ah it has so much potential but I’d not go near it with a 100K budget to renovate. Money disappears on seemingly totally invisible things when you’ve got a doer upper.
Sorry!

And as @PoppyP19 said, I've been given exactly that advice you do have to reno to suit the market standard for that property in case you need to sell.

I would budget £400K to do it anywhere near what you're picturing.

It needs gutting - kitchen alone will be upwards of 100K I'd think.

Could definitely be gorgeous but it's a multi year project with a massive budget

The house obviously needs a new kitchen and bathroom, but unless I've missed something, the rest looks to be more cosmetic and I can't see the need for a refurbishment on the level that is being suggested. Surely there's no need to knock down walls or do any major structural work? I always think it's such a shame when people knock all the character out of a lovely old house and turn the ground floor into a bleak featureless box. It wouldn't worry me taking on a house like that, and our current house was in far worse condition when we bought it. Assuming there isn't essential structural work that isn't obvious, then we could transform it into our ideal for around £50,000.

Lovely house, I would say you would be starting at £100k for the minimum to put in new windows, doors, electrics and plumbing before you start on anything else. Kitchen would be £50k. What is the roof like? That would be a concern for me and the damp needs sorting. Over time and if you could live in it for a few years go for it.

It’s rarely the superficial finishes and the nice stuff you actually live with that cost the money. Paint & paper are cheap in the grand scheme of things; flooring & wall finishes can usually be sourced in sales etc, decent quality bathrooms can be bought online, there are plenty of budget kitchen options that look and feel just as good as high end these days. Achieving a neutral cosy country type look shouldn’t cost a fortune.

All the money will go on the labour & materials for structural, remedial and second fix stuff - every penny disappears into the unseen bits of the building right up to finished plaster. It has the potential to be stunning, but I also think that a ballpark for renovation will be £250-300K.

Which leaves you with a shortfall, OP. It wouldn’t put me off it was my dream home, but it does depend on your current family situation, your future earning prospects and your resilience and ability to live in sub-optimal conditions and a semi-building site for quite a while (which isn’t easy - ask me how I know 😂).

Pic 7 has what looks like black round electrical boxes and old fuse/connections above the fuse board/junction box plus opened celling

2 bathrooms = dedicated fused wires for 2 showers
Kitchen fused oven + hob
New kitchen and sorting out exposed copper pipe plumbing
Pic8 old windows
Pic9 old single glaze window and rat flap in door
Pic17 "random" pug with wire disappearing into the wall /built-ins
Looks as if fire has copper piping for backboiler