FINALLY found a house I like, but obviously 30,000 other people also want it. It's a Victorian semi and needs a fair bit of work. The estate agents are obviously delighted with the amount of interest and, having been in this boat before, I can bet they're going to put it to sealed bids next week and we'll have no chance to up our offer if we get outbid. We had this before and got overexcited, bid too much and had the offer accepted, and then realised just how much work it needed. We pulled out because the vendors lied about when they could move (wasn't going to be for over 12 months due to getting a green card to move to the US, and that wasn't even a guarantee), but we were quite relieved because it would have been an absolute money pit. Don't want to be in the same situation again so I want to get a rough idea of what stuff will cost and I can work out realistically what we can afford to offer. As a FTB with absolutely no DIY knowledge whatsoever, I was hoping if I can give dimensions someone might be able to give a rough estimate!
Bathroom 8'1" (2m 46cm) x 7'2" (2m 18cm)
Currently wallpapered and carpeted (
), needs completely redoing with tiling, flooring (fine with lino etc.) and new suite. Has a hot water cylinder in which would also want taking out and replacing with a combi boiler (people have said to me around £4-5k to get a new boiler system and move it? Sounds reasonable to me but I have no idea)
Kitchen 10'1" (3m 7cm) x 7'3" (2m 20cm)
Currently wallpapered and very old flooring. Needs tiling/plastering, new flooring and units including an integrated cooker.
The rest of it I can live with for quite a while as it's just redecorating. Any advice at all would be huuugely appreciated. I know these things always end up being more expensive than you plan for but completely clueless atm.