Transition stage whats best to use for temporary flooring

[vivimimi]

We are purchasing a house that needs complete renovation. Currently we are renting. Currently the kitchen is tiny, we plan to do rear extension. We want to do the works in the new house in 2 stages.

1. Do basic refurb, doors, plastering, plumbing, heating; will take 30/45 days
2. We shall start planning application for rear extension, typically takes 4/5 months; then build the rear extension; will take another 2/3 months

So we will have a situation of 6/9 months from the time we move in where our kitchen and a bathroom will be temporary. i.e. When we do extension the Kitchen will need new flooring, wall tiles and units at the time.

How to manage this transition time. We have to move in after stage 1) to save us paying twice (rental & mortgage).

What flooring (for both kitchen & bathroom) can we use (so that either they can be either reused or so cheap that we don't mind to get rid after 9months)

What about kitchen units. Thinking if we can use proper units the 60cm ones can be reused, may be we will lose the side cuts.

Any ideas on these please.

paint the floors be tempted to get 2nd hand dresser and table

You can sometimes buy kitchens that people are having removed from eBay / facebook marketplace. I’d be loathe to buy something new just to rip it out again.

Just scrub & disinfect your existing kitchen units and use them until after the extension. Don't refit a kitchen twice in a year. I would go with cheap vinyl flooring if you must put something temporary down. It won't last but it doesn't need to. Personally I wouldn't spend a penny more than you have to on a temporary kitchen.

If the kitchen is skeletal currently, IKEA have some basic standalone kitchens and island units, or consider just using a wallpaper or picnic table with plastic crates underneath if you need a makeshift work surface.

We are doing the same but mid build. We just cleaned everything twice. We know it's clean but it looks awful ( think 50 year old vinal and older cabinet, yes only 1) it's not been nice but we have coped and all the money I saved means I get to splurge on a couple of luxury bits I wouldn't have been able to do otherwise. It's amazing how fast it all goes.

You can get roll ends of Lino or carpet really cheap which would do just fine for a short period

www.flooringsuperstore.com/remnants/vinyl-remnants

Thank you all, brilliant ideas.

• paint floors (didnt think of that) @rwalker
• roll ends of Lino @TorysSuckRevokeArticle50
• IKEA standalone units @AmberleighMouse
• second hand units @Ikeameatballs

@Slightlysurvivingtillsaturday we are on the same boat

We currently have an offcut of vinyl on our en-suite floor and have done for a long time. It is last on our list of things to do and was originally carpeted. Vile. So we removed the carpet and put down the vinyl. It doesn't fit well but better than bare floors or carpet.

Kitchen wise I wouldn't want to pay twice and we did a kitchen extension and brand new kitchen. The money you spend on the temporary kitchen could be used for the new kitchen instead.

I had a whole Pinterest board of kitchen items and was swapping things out so that I could afford other things. ie Beko £200 integrated dishwasher allowed me to have Die Dietrich multi-zone induction hob at £850. This was 6 years ago. No regrets.