How much would it cost to renovate this derelict house?

[Rounters]

Dh and I are making the move out of London.

I ideally would find a house that needs completely redoing. We gutted our current terraced house - new floors, wirings, new kitchen etc. The end result was stunning.

We are now looking to move further afield as we expand our family.

im very much on the look out for a house that needs work.

Just put of interest, how much would you say it would take to get this house to a good standard? Decent enough spec but nothing insane.

£150k? £200k?

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/163318442#/?channel=RESBUY

This is not my house but something I would love to go for.

Just trying to get a feel for prices and figuring out if I’m living in fantasyland

We renovated a huge listed house many years ago, too many years ago for the cost to be relevant but omg it was a faff. Worst thing, the windows. If you don't have huge amounts of money avoid anything listed.

It is gorgeous op. I can see why you would really want to make it work.

I love that red and cream unit in the kitchen. Probably full of rot and woodworm but I love it all the same

We bought a listed house and we found it really useful to have the survey done by a company specialising in historic buildings. This can save money mainly as they have a better understanding of how to resolve damp issues in old buildings with solid walls without spending a fortune getting modern damp courses which can actually damage the building further as well as being expensive.

Um, it’s a tricky time to buy a renovation, with UK property market wobbling about, I would be anxious to take on something that with the addition of renovation works could fall into negative equity. Are you cash buyers? You don’t mention?

Also why don’t you look in Hastings, you’ll find houses of a similar typology/size for more like 650-700k, that would at least leave you with some additional renovation cash.

We’ve just done a similar house - slightly bigger on the basis of the floor plan. We’ve spent £600k but we’ve done it to a high spec. You could do it for £500k. We haven’t touched the outbuildings yet. If you’re looking to buy land (9 acres is a lot, we have 3 and it’s a pain) you will need a small tractor - a ride on likely won’t be sufficient and you’ll spend 1 day every 2 weeks maintaining it in summer 🥴

Repairs/replacement of sash windows and a new front door could cost you £50-70k.

Nothing more to add on the costs, I think everyone is right, but thank you to the poster who suggested Hastings. I’ve just had a very enjoyable 20 mins on rightmove, some fantastic properties on the market!

This looks like it needs demolition rather than restoration. Hideous.

Not just the house but all the outbuildings and those paddocks and fences .
That's a lot to restore .

Wonder who the horses belong to ? Is it being rented ( fields) or is the owner keeping them there ?

And as it is SSTC what was the final price ?

<Nothing to add on estimates , just being nosey>

This.
We're 100k into renovating a French wreck, doing as much as possible ourselves, and have barely scratched the surface.

Even without the renovation costs, it would be a hell of a hit to your finances just to pay the utility and ordinary maintenance bills on a house and grounds of that size.

Fencing, tree felling, drainage would all mount up.

I'm sure there's a more reasonable project out there for you @Rounters but you'd need deep pockets for this one.

I would love to live by the sea. Unfortunately we are very inflexible with location. Dh is a pilot and needs to be close to Gatwick. Maybe for retirement!

or get sheep and follow the knitting thread on mumsnet 😁

500k and up. Quite a lot "up" I think.

Just the thought of getting quotes from various tradesman for that makes me want to weep.

We spent over £50k doing up a seriously grotty 2 bed flat to a good standard, and that didn’t include anything like a new roof or wet/dry rot. And this was over 10 years ago - albeit in London (not central).

Whatever ‘realistic’ figure you’re thinking of, I dare say you could double it.

You need to get quotes from actual builders. Prices vary depending on availability of materials and labour. What someone paid last year is no indication of the market.

Then when you get a quote, double it.

Based on recent experience, and depending on what you want to do, I'd say 500,000- million plus.

DH is a builder. We've just renovated a 3 bed terrace and it's cost 100 grand in materials alone.

Everything is very expensive now in terms of materials.

Would you consider buying a small plot and building your own house? It’s a lovely house but I helped my parents renovate a 300 year old farm house. Never again !

9 acres is enough land for animals. So is 3. Only a complete fool would cut 3 acres of grass as a lawn! What a waste! At least try and grow some food on it ?

That was for mummybud not the later who mentioned the sheep

Poster . Dear god!

Come to NI and your dh could fly out of the international here. You’d get an amazing property for £1.5 million