How much do you think it would cost to renovate this house?

[killingalltheplants]

I know it's totally a how long is a piece of string question but I just wondered if anyone had a very very general idea.

It doesn't need rewiring and it doesn't need central heating or new windows. Would want to replace all flooring (carpets upstairs, wooden or laminate flooring downstairs), knock through the kitchen to get one bigger kitchen diner, new bathroom and replaster and paint etc. Plus either remove the pebble dashing from outside or paint it, and get rid of that porch.

We are trying to decide if a bit of a project house is worth it to get the area we would like but we have no experience whatsoever of renovating and both of us are utterly shite at and hate DIY so I have got absolutely no idea how much anything beyond your bog standard painting and decorating is likely to cost. We wouldn't do any of it ourselves so I'm guessing labour will be a big investment.

Anyone want to take a wild guess?!

House: www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-68327181.html

£60k for a perfect job but you could paint it all cream and replace flooring for about ££10k to have an immediate impact. Add £3k for curtains/blinds. The bigger jobs can surely come later. Kitchen 30k, bathroom £6 to £8k.

No idea about house prices in Lee.

It's a nice area, you can always do it slowly.

Ooh that's less than I was thinking actually, we would have enough for that.

Average house prices on that road are 550k. Personally I think this house is overpriced - KFH are notorious for overpricing and having stuff sitting on the market for ages.

Trying to decide if I can face a project or not. I love the idea of it but in practice I feel like it would be a nightmare.

Think I'd be replacing that fireplace in the living room too.

30k seems like a huge budget for a kitchen that size, though obviously it depends on where you shop and which appliances you buy.

I'd be knocking through the kitchen so would hope to make it bigger

It depends on the finish you want. I'd knock that kitchen through. I'd say about 80/90k if you get people in. You could diy for a lot less but it depends if you're that way inclined.

Actually just reread your op. It's all cosmetic so if you go for a high quality finish and decent flooring then 50-60k. Be very frank with the estate agent. Sometimes they are acting on pie in the sky instructions from clueless vendors.

The house on your link doesn't have a porch nor is it pebble dash so can't be the house you are talking about.
New bathroom would be £3000, new flooring £3-5000 depending on quality, knock wall down (if not structural) £500 and £1500 if it is and you need a beam, £10-20k for new kitchen, £500-750/room to replaster, same again to repaint.
Pebble dash removal can damage the brick underneath so I'd just paint it if in good shape. £2000-5000 depending on size and woodwork and if scaffolding needed. So you are looking at near enough £40-50k. Adds up doesn't it?

You could easily spend £80k if you put in a high end kitchen and bathroom, replaster and rereneder outside. New windows and doors, might need new electrics?

Gardens also need work, a looks like the roof needs some work (above door).

Internal doors seem okay - does to need a new stair case or bannisters. What about a damp course?

I see a porch and pebble bashing? Has the link changed?

The house on your link doesn't have a porch nor is it pebble dash so can't be the house you are talking about.

Yes it does...

You could diy for a lot less but it depends if you're that way inclined.

I'm definitely, definitely not!

I'd be going for a wickes kitchen or similar, nothing particularly fancy. Not wooden worktops as I have them not and absolutely despise them.

£3k for a new bathroom is very reasonable (mine was £7k).

@ohtheroses - 3k for blinds?!?

I'd say about 80k too. But it's not really awful so you can do it bit by bit and source the best value stuff.

I'd also consider getting the electrics checked before you decide not to rewire. It's not that expensive, say 4k for the whole house and will ruin your new decorations if you then change your mind later.

Our last neighbours did similar and said it cost £100k but was west London builders and very high spec. They doubled their money selling a year later.

We've just done a small bathroom £6.5k mid range, our kitchen knocking 2 rooms into one was about £12k 10 years ago but a bit of work done myself though not masses, maybe £13k if we'ld paid for all - that price includes wood floor in there, electrics and new kitchen. Mid range, £2k cooker included in that.

Flooring we've just had carpets upstairs £1k but just very average ones, wood flooring for whole of downstairs around £3k. Repainting depended on days and by us it was £200 per person per day.

I would be tempted to get quotes as it could vary a lot. Depends on what standards you are after to, basic will obviously be a lot cheaper than top end - I tend to go for similar to what is in the area.

Curtains and blinds could be approx £50 per room from Ikea if you wanted! Made to measure John Lewis is a bit different.

Take your time and don’t do it on the cheap. I have seem many expensive houses ruined by a cheap or poorly fitted kitchen.

Spend money in things that are frequently used, or that bring you joy.

For example kitchen handles need to be hard wearing. Tiles should be beautiful😊

I'd also consider getting the electrics checked before you decide not to rewire. It's not that expensive, say 4k for the whole house and will ruin your new decorations if you then change your mind later.

Oh really is that all? I always assumed it would be much more than that.

I can well believe 3k for new blinds. Our shutters in our current flat cost nearly 2k and that was only in two rooms.

This is just a pipe dream at the moment, if we decided to go ahead we would get proper quotes.

How is it semi detached when its in the middle of 2 houses?

Also, the bedroom is photo 7 is very small?

The rooms seem very small but that might be the terrible decor. Definitely need to open up the downstairs.

It isn't a semi, I have no idea why they have said it is.

Bedroom 3 is always pretty small in these houses, I've been into a few of them. Big enough for us though - we only have 2 at the moment and one of those is a box room.

Guessing £55,000. Depends if you use VAT registered trades or not.

You'll get the job done more quickly if you can get everything done before you move in. Project manage it yourself and don't scrimp on the costs of a final clean. Literally, once the dust has settled!

I think you probably do need to do both heating and electrics. It looks to me as though the house was last renovated in the 80s and you will find that the radiators are not that efficient. The wiring will be ok, but possibly you would want more sockets, and there might be some untidy junctions under the floor. I say this because you won’t want to spend money putting the house back together cosmetically if the utilities are not up to date. We have had to similar with our house - and I think £80-£100k is a decent budget for this project