Reasonable house renovation cost - how much did yours cost? Am I being had?

[themummyway]

Anyone that's done any major renos to your house... could you tell me how much it cost?

By major renos, I mean:

• Remove and refit kitchen inc. rewiring
• Knocking through walls to open up space (extension already exists)
• Fit shower in existing downstairs loo
• Complete repaint of all rooms, refit of flooring in all rooms
• Fitting new radiators/new boiler etc.
• Ripping out doors/installing new ones

& Some more structural work. Happy to provide more details if asked, but the list is rather long.

I'm being quoted c. £50k. exc. Kitchen
Details: 3bed 1930s house in London so perhaps this is reasonable...

It’s always sensible to get more than one quote, and ideally at least three.

We had a wall knocked down and a complete kitchen refit three years ago. That included some rewiring, new board and plaster on the walls, plastering round where the wall has been knocked down etc. Labour costs were around £6k. A new bathroom last year cost £5k in labour. Again, including plastering and mostly new plumbing. So that’s £11k and and we bought fitting etc on top and did the decorating ourselves. These were not the lowest quotes we received, but they certainly weren’t the highest. One renovation company wanted 9k just for the bathroom. We are SE commuter belt.

So, based on these figures, I wouldn’t think £50k is particularly OTT for what you are proposing.

@Echobelly

3 years ago we: Knocked through two walls, inserted an RSJ Replastered and repainted the new space this created Moved the downstairs toilet and installed a 'pocket door' that slides into the wall Broke up a concrete floor and replaced it with wood Removed a chimney brest Replaced the kitchen Added in a new side door and window Moved a stud wall and added in a new en-suite (not toilet) Replaced main bathroom

That cost us about £65k (London, 4-bed Edwardian house)

Did this include the cost of the kitchen?

We recently had this work done for £16k

-previous kitchen removed
-load bearing wall removed and RSJ installed
-chimney removed and RSJ installed
-new electrics, plumbing, lighting in kitchen diner
-ceiling ripped down and replaced, walls skimmed in kitchen diner
-New wall built and plastered between living room and dining room
-door way bricked up and replica wooden panelling installed and painted to cover it
-new doorway built and door hung
-flooring purchased and installed (waterproof laminate) in kitchen diner
-kitchen (DIY kitchen), acrylic worktops, appliances, tiling, skirting boards purchased and installed
-walls painted in Mylands paint

We don’t live in London though, so this would have more than likely cost a lot more there.

I think your quote sounds reasonable OP. I’ve had 2 quotes for just decorating inside my house (£20k and £26k!!). Includes paint, labour and VAT. Honestly, it’s ridiculous!! Feel worse now reading what everyone else has managed to get done from a structural/electrics point of view for less

Updated estimate from builder: apparently I'm looking in the region of £90k inc VAT

@themummyway

Updated estimate from builder: apparently I'm looking in the region of £90k inc VAT

This includes whole house being rewired + gas overhaul.

Materials + kitchen worktop also included but not the kitchen itself. Kitchen cost TBC - waiting for vendor to confirm price

2015, took stone 4 bed Victorian house that had had literally nothing done since the 70s, with last major works in the 50s back to stone and started again. Treated dry rot, wet rot, woodworm. Built breezeblock extension (to limit of Permitted Development) for kitchen. Full rewire, new gas fittings/boiler, new windows and doors. One bathroom, one shower room.

Including kitchen (Howdens Tewkesbury Framed) but not range (bought separately) and carpets/tiles throughout.

In SW England. Didn't get much change from £180k.

@themummyway your last post just made me remember that I need to ask for the price + VAT quoted separately! So if there’s a VAT reduction in the July budget, I get the benefit of it. Just before we got married, VAT dropped to 15% and we didn’t get the benefit of it where the quotes said “includes VAT”!!

We had similar in East London finished end of January. In total was about 50ishk for mostly labour and bespoke wardrobes. Not including materials for flooring, skirting boards, doors, new kitchen and interiors etc. Our original quote started at 25k. As the project went on lots of things cropped up (Victorian terrace) and we decided to do a lot more than we had originally anticipated. Whatever you are quoted double it!

Good point on VAT - here’s hoping!

We are just starting a full Reno of a 4 bed terrace including rewire, new boiler, new roof and PD side return extension. Just getting to the point of builders quotes has cost about £15k in architect, planning, structural engineer and party wall costs!

We have a £160k budget which I hope is doable for the most part (plumbing wise we are having a downstairs loo, family bathroom and an en-suite).

I’m realistic that it might not stretch to second fix but need all the structural stuff done then we can attempt some decorating ourselves or even leave the top floor to come back to potentially.

Oh and this is Nw London so everything is pricey.

@HforHotel I’d have threatened to report them for that. Every shop in the country includes VAT and they preprocessing their stores. That is so dishonest. You can better your bottom dollar an increase would have been given to you!