Husband and I were divorcing in 2019, sold marital home & bought two separate properties but have since earlier this year decided to reconcile and are looking to purchase a home together. The home I bought was a complete wreck but ticked all the other boxes (excellent primary and secondary schools nearby, could walk into town, big garden) so I went ahead and endured the most stressful and massive renovation ever (builders took the piss and it took forever to complete, costs spiralled during renovation as just after covid/Brexit). House is now done and to a lovely standard but I swore at the time never would I ever again do a renovation to that scale (house was reduced to a shell and rebuilt again internally). We have two properties that we both really like. The first one is a builders house and was built from scratch maybe 15 years ago. We would need to overhaul the interiors and we aren’t keen on the flooring throughout but otherwise it’s a lovely house but the price wouldn’t allow us to do too much to the house as it’s the upper end of what we want to pay, £950k. House nr 2 isn’t on the market yet, essentially it’s a perfect example of the worst house on the best street in town. It needs a complete overhaul, atleast £300 k thrown at it as everything needs done it’s completely stuck in the 70s and a warren of tiny rooms. We are fortunate in that we don’t need to sell my property which is close by and we could live in it but I’m just not sure whether it’s wise to put ourselves through all that stress again. This house is on for £700 k currently but due to the amount of work it needs we’d likely go in at £600 k to account for all the work. I’m now wiser due to my previous experience and my hubby recently retired so although the most he can do us decorate and small Diy jobs, he can oversee the project full time. This is really an appeal for anyone who has tested themselves and their relationships during a massive renovation - would you do it all over again ??