How much for big house repairs??

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Seen a house i like but its rundown and needs at least (from looking only)

new roof
new windows
kitchen
bathroom
has central heating

but how much do you reckon i would need to do uo (i live in manchester if that helps?!)

THANKS

my dh did the kitchen/bathroom - cheap ones from wickes cost about 8000 including all materials appliances, floors. doors etc, windows dp repaired all our sashes so quite cheap - glazing possibly 100 per window if we take them to the glaziers (but new ones cost loads - a friend has just paid about 5000 for 6 windows). New roof on a detached house about 5700
but we live in london
hope this helps - only guestimates gave up working out how much we were spending years ago

I was going to buy a place that needed modernisation, and was recommended to have a builder look around it and give a quote as part of the conveyancing. Bathrooms and kitchens depend on how expensive a range you want / how many cupboards etc, but could be up to £20k together, especially if you move the plumbing and things around. Windows depend on how many, and whether you are looking at repair/re-glazing or refitting. Fitting double glazing can cost up to £500 a window. The other thing you should bear in mind is the amount of unseen work that may be required if the house has not been maintained/updated for a while. The place I was looking at ended up with an extra £20k of costs on top of the modernisation, so make sure that both the initial price is right, and that the vendor is prepared to reduce the price if there is more work to be done. I spent £2.5k on conveyancing and then had to pull out as the seller refused to reduce.

new window cast has 2000 for 5 but it also depends if you have planning restriction on them, bathroom cast us 500, kitchen was 5000 that was 4 years ago.

My faily are builders, and like a lot of people in that trade buy properties and tart them up for resale.
They can get it done cheaper than you and thus it is frequyently the case that a place that's been renovated is about the same cost as buying and renovating, except with a lot less hassle.

They have less risk than you because they (usually) know people who are competent, and who are less likely to rip them off.
Also since they are doing it for business, they don't have to keep it habitable whilst they work which not only keeps down cost, but also avoids the misery of living in a house with defective roof, electrics et al.

At several points in the housing bubble they have noted people who have paid more for a wreck than they recokned it was worth when tarted up.

Of course if you want to do something interesting, then a wreck is a good buy because you'd be undoing the renovation anyway.

It would be wise to get a surveyor to do a full structural survey at some point, to rule out serious structural, damp and other hidden but expensive issues.

You really can do the kitchen/bathroom as cheap as you like.

We spent about £6000 on kitchen and plan to do bathroom on £2500. Both included electrics, plastering etc which you may not need to factor in depending on the state of both existing.

Roof and windows i cannot help with, but as others have said, once you have an offer accepted on the house, there is nothing stopping your from getting estimates done to give you an idea.

I'm in London btw, so i think labour is more expensive here?

When to view house today and it was like stepping back in time but still want it

It FEELS right?

Getting builder mate to do 2nd view next week to see if we can afford what he reckons its going to cost to do up then if still a goer will invest in full survey

Thanks

I really wouldn't spend money on a survey until your offer is accepted and you have a buyer for your own property. There is no rush.

(i am thinking you are the same person who has only just gone on market aren't i?)

Yes, get your offer accepted before doing the survey. Best of luck!

I'd reckon on 20 - 25K with a 5K contingency

Yes we will wait to ours has sold before splashing any cash out and i think 25k with 5k float too

our house went on yesterday at 99950 and one next door but one just sold 87000 (noy a snice as ours- we have refitted throughout)

our agent said she need to get sign down as people will ring up and wonder why you are charging more (even though he thinks we are charging a fair price)

need mine to sell asap - i can see i am going to have lots of sleepless nights over this.....

This is only a guess, but you could get windows on a 3 bed semi for 2-2.5k, roof 4-5k, kitchen depends on where you go, IKea cheap actual kitchen could only be 1.5k plus fitting, bathroom 1k gas central heating 2.5k. This is by you shopping around, could be cheaper if you buy end of line etc, don't go for dear windows etc. Oh and electrics which it sounds like you need about 2.5k

Thanks UCM
trying to convince dh that to get a run down one is better as it can be done to our tastes

there is another house 20 k more and ready to go available but looking at it i woud want to take it all out and do it anyway!!

Just wanted to add that when you get the structural survey results there will possibley be some other repairs which need doing such as rising damp/walls which need re plastering. The back of our house had terrible rising damp which involved DH digging out the concrete floor down by about 2 foot, laying a new membrane and reconcreting it, that would have cost a fair few bob to have done by someone. Also if you want to knock down any walls which are supporting you will have to have them strengthened etc. Finding that plaster has completely blown when the old wallpaper comes off and having it re done. Any wood that is rotten ie stairs/inside window frames/door frames/floorboards/skirtings.......

We bought an old house which sounds similar to the one you are thinking of and I couldn't have afforded to do it if DH didn't do most of this type of work himself. We have been here for 4 years now and it's still not finished but it's lovely to have the house we dreamed of..lots of hard work.

Roof depends on how much needs done if the whole roof 5k ish
Windows average 3 bed semi upvc 5k or wooden made to measure the price is at least triple
Kitchen 5k+
Bathroom 3k+
It also depends on what you want and where you live

I live in Manchester. My husband is useless at diy (he strggles with flat pack furniture)

All the wood in the house would need taking out, as its all been painted 10 times and is old fashioned (in a bad 70's way!)

If we get the asking price for ours we should have 30k to speand and i reckon it will take this as we would basically gut the house, skim and refit new boards and doors.

I am not so much worried about kitchens and bathrooms as we did both in our home and you can get good ones quite cheap and we have a joiner friend and a plumber friend who did it for mates rates (good when dh is so useless- bless)

its all the big stuff that worries me and until our builder mate has a look i kinda of think the worse, i am hoping its not as bad as it seems as i really like it and can see what it could be.