Full reno costs on 3/4 detached bungalow

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I know, I know this’ll be difficult but looking to fully reno a standard size (not small not big) 3 double bed, 1 box room, and en-suite plus two bathrooms/shower room, small snug and knock through of current living, dinning and sunroom to create a living kitchen and dinning space.

new windows and door furniture at the front of the house (4 windows) plus new wooden garage door and 2 sets of bifolds at the back.

It’s 60’s, dated, probably redone in late 80’s, but very well maintained.

looking to totally rip out, re-plaster, and redecorate with new flooring (probably hardwood) throughout (inc hallway and landing) plus one new bathroom and new shower room as well as the work above on the kitchen dinner.

No rewire at present but possibly installing air source heat pump and under floor heating.

Anyone had quotes recently (as in last 3 months) for anything remotely similar??

Nb. We’re Not London or South East

Depending on where you are and finish, I would say 150-200 minimum. I would expect a rewire and all new plumbing for a property of that age too.

We’ve just finished a reno slightly smaller and spent over 100k. £150k I reckon. Can you do anything yourself to keep costs down? So many variables of course.

£150k I would say as a very rough guess from much smaller bits of work I have had done throughout the house

We're doing similar project at the moment and it's worked out at about £180k - that includes a replacement staircase so yours would be less than that. But does include UFH and ASHP.

We’re in Scotland and coming to the end of a v similar sounding Reno (thank god!) and we’re at £120k just now with another £3-£5k to go

So no new kitchen, no rewire and nothing major structura (eg loft conversion)? I wouldn't have thought anywhere near six figures personally.

£200k plus extras and £50k contingency. Lean-too’s are £100k at the moment. Labour supply is short too, so depends how quickly you need it.

She isn't extending.

I would say absolute minimum 100k

Thanks all.

Not extending @jacult we knew we didn’t have the budget for that on top and honestly would maybe be overkill as we don’t intend on this being the forever. Just knocking through the three room at the back and opening up the back wall with bifolds/French doors.

@NashvilleQueen of definitely a new kitchen, hoping no rewire we think it was done late 80’s. Knocking through and we’ll need 1 steel so don’t know how major that counts in the structural book.

@FoxandFeathers we could but we really really don’t want to 😂. This will be our third and we were hoping to outsource the majority of it. My Dad helped ALOT with the first two also and he’s just not in good enough health to expect that now.

Okay we have just over £112,000 might be tight then 🤣.

Was thinking perhaps the en-suite and shower room (which I’m actually not sure we need - might make into a storage room) we could get plastered and the plumbing put in but not fit it out tile/decorate until next yr. We’ve been in a rental with one bathroom for two years so I think we’ll cope.

If the wiring was last done in the 1980s then you should probably factor in at least a partial rewire. That's 35(ish) years ago now. Some of it will have deteriorated, there almost certainly won't be enough sockets now. And it's a lot easier to do a rewire as part of a renovation than do it as a separate project later on as it causes so much mess and disruption.

I was going to say about 100k . I'm SE

Have you looked online and at local places of different kitchens, windows and flooring? I saved 50-70% off quotes by DIY, using individual trades and supplying well priced items myself. It depends how much you do and manage yourself. The more hands off you are the more you pay.

I reckon it's doable on your budget, if you're really careful.

I would consider rewiring though, and certainly wouldn't assume it was done in the 80's. It really wouldn't make sense to replaster now, then rewire later down the line.

We're SE and looking to do a small extension and fully renovate the inside of a 4-5 bed house that isn't well maintained incl. moving the stairs and knocking down a couple of walls and our budget is £160k. Our architect and the builders we have spoken to seem to think that's doable 😬 Waiting for the building regs drawings for materials and depth of foundations etc for more accurate costs.

We are making as many economies as we can, such as paying a decorator to make good and line the walls instead of replastering (we were quoted £2.5k per room to plaster, and stripping and lining is £400 per room).

We budgeted £12k for a full rewire but the electrician did a full electrical check and said the wiring has been redone in the 80s and is in good condition. So we are saving £7k and just having the fuse box replaced and new sockets and switches added, and all lighting replaced.

Thanks again all.

@RidingMyBike it was a power of attorney sale and the children said their parents had renovated after they bought it (late 80’s) and that had included re wiring. A new boiler and windows in the back were put in about 10 years ago but I do think we need to go for the ASHP and UFH now. I’m estimating we’ll be here about 5 years.

Our Bungalow, in the S/E, 20 years younger, but very similar in terms refurb of amount of rooms/bathrooms and including garden landscaping, has cost us north of £200 k so far - and is not totally finished yet…
Building costs and trades are v expensive & even allowing for an expensive survey, there always are nasty surprises resulting in additional costs. We have done all of the decorating ourselves, but check out the prices of materials, coving,skirting boards paint & finishes in your local DIY stores so you can factor current prices in.
I hope that you will find that not being in the S/E will make a difference.
Good luck.

Definitely get the wiring double checked in that case. We've bought twice in similar circs (not probate but elderly widowers selling) and we were told both had been rewired in a similar timeframe. Both had just shoved new wiring into one part, the older wiring was still in use, fuse box was dangerous. And there were nowhere near enough sockets.

Sellers' perceptions of when things were done can also be interesting. The 'new windows' were actually 15 years old once the FENSA certificates appeared!

I'd assume you need a full rewire, budget accordingly and then hopefully end up not needing to spend all of it if wiring turns out to be in better condition.

Good luck!

£2,000 a sq metre. Base of on that.

Exactly our experience re the electrics. I really thought my chain was being pulled when the agent said that having a distribution board so old it had wired fuses didn't suggest it needed a rewire, when our previous 1960s house had had to have a rewire back in the 1990s because our lender said the wiring wasn't up to new standards which this house wouldn't meet either nearly 30 years later. The 'new' boiler here was 6 years old when we got the paperwork. I think sellers honestly just forget how long ago work was done. I know I do. Time flies.

OP, I'd say, absolute minimum 100K. We're in the NW where trades are cheaper than average, and I think if we hadn't done a lot of the work ourselves and already had 90% of the kitchen units, we'd have spent at least that on a similar house to yours, with somewhat less structural work but work on the roof added, as the house is a good bit older (1920s). We still have the bathroom and shower room to go, also digging out and resurfacing the drive and laying hardwood floors in most rooms- just the wood for that will cost, I estimate, about one to one and a half grand per room- the labour will be all ours.
There will be nasties- hopefully only minor ones- that turn up as well as you do the work too. There always are.🙄

(no point replastering unless you rewire, unless the wiring is only a few years old and you have a socket wherever you want one)

Completing a three bed bungalow renno here. As others have said £100-£150k if you’re not doing any of the work yourself. And as others have said, if you’re re-plastering, new kitchen, bathroom etc you’d might as well re-wire now too. My bungalow was re-wired in the 80s and I’ve had it re-done.

Rough guide of 175-200k for a decent standard. You could probably do it a lot cheaper if you do some of the work yourselves (painting and decorating etc....) and also project manage it yourself and get the separate trades in. Also it depends on what kitchen and bathrooms you choose they can cost between 5k-100k plus fitting depending on what you want.

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Thanks so much for sharing your experience so that I could have a realistic budget .