My partner and I are FTB and love a house's layout and location but the more we think about it, the more we will need to do and it's beginning to feel like it's a bit overwhelming and that it might be too much.
How much work is 'reasonable' when moving into a propety?
The house was built in 80's and has been in the same family for 25 years. It doesn't look like carpets / wallpaper / bathroom has been changed since then but as far as we can tell no damp or structural issues. Heating was put downstairs 10ish years ago, with combi boiler, and electrics have been updated in last 12 months.
Current list we want to do in order of essential:
-Put radiators upstairs (property has gas radiators downstairs and electric heating upstairs).
-Probably update boiler to needed capacity for this
-up loft insulation from 100 to 270ml
-board loft
-install outdoor tap
-update bathroom
-new flooring
-strip wallpapers and redecorate
-check cavity wall insulation (unlikely from EPC but not sure) and if not there get added.
- add fencing and steps to 2 level garden for child safety
We hoped to spend about £15k on work and redecorating but it's starting to feel like it will be a lot more than this.
Does this sould like too much for a first time buy in a non new build, or does it sound like it's too much work?