Want to renovate when I move, where do I start?

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The upstairs of the house that I am moving to is very much in need of updating. I'd like to do the following:

1. Strip walls and ceiling of textured paper.
2. Skim walls and ceilings if needed (probably!!)
3. Add extra sockets to bedrooms
4. Replace all skirting boards, door frames and doors.
5. Retain bathroom suite but re-tile and add over bath shower.
6. New flooring throughout.

I think I know the order to do these things in, but I wanted to check - strip walls and ceilings, remove woodwork, add new sockets, skim, add new woodwork, redecorate, flooring. Is this correct? We will do the majority of decorating (other than ceilings). May be able to strip walls and possibly ceilings. Do we need separate trades for all this? Or is there a builder or type of company who will organise it all? How quickly can this sort of stuff be done? We will be moving in and living out of cases and boxes so as to not have to move furniture in then out again. We plan to keep the rooms as empty as possible (we will sleep in living room, and kids in the 1 downstairs bedroom we have). I'd like to contact trades this week to come next week (after we are in hopefully!!) to quote, so I need to get organised and understand who I am looking for. I've never done anything like this before and am a tad stressed about how long we will be living in chaos! I'd like to have that all done before Christmas, along with redecorating the lounge and new flooring throughout downstairs. However can't start on downstairs until upstairs is finished!

You order of work is right.

I'd usually do electrics first. But given you just need a few extra sockets, the order seems reasonable bar I;d do the bathroom last. I'd do the stripping myself as it's time consuming and needs nothing much in the way of skills.
Is there a special reason why you are replacing the skirtings, may I ask? That can cause havoc with the plaster surrounding them- older skirtings are often nailed on and getting them off is a right pain, & newer ones glued, which can be even worse. Also, cutting all the mitres is a fiddly job- annoying if you have to do it, and expensive if you have a trade do it. Can't you just sand, fill, and repaint?

You will be looking for an electrician (sockets) plumber/electrician (shower/electrician if it's electric), decorator, carpenter if you have the skirtings etc. done, floor-er, and tiler. Be cautious about plumbers who say they can tile.

I'd do the rooms first so you can start to get your gear in the rooms a.s.a.p. The bathroom I'd do last as you don't need to move furniture around to do it.
When you can get it done is a matter of how available trades are where you live. Remember that the best ones tend to have long wait times.

Thanks for the replies!
The skirtings are those awful 1960s ones, and just spoil an otherwise lovely house! I want larger torus skirting put in. If it needs plastering anyway (quite likely, and the survey suggests likely too) then it shouldn't be too bothersome. Also there will need to be some work on the walls for the electric, so I'm factoring in skimming regardless really as it's a long term home and I want a good quality finish on the plastering.
I'm guessing it is cheaper for me to have all rooms worked on at the same time rather than getting one finished before moving on to the next (would be less disruptive probably, but not the easiest)?

Book trades people now. You might get it finished before Christmas if you are lucky. Don't forget it will all need painting before you get the flooring down.

Are you going to remove the wallpaper and woodwork yourself?

If you do those bits you will only need an electrician and a plasterer. The electrician can add the extra sockets any time as long as the rooms are empty and it is before the plastering is done.

I don't think you will save anything getting all the rooms done at the same time. That only really works if you have a whole house to do and the trades can get a few months work out of it. You could get all the electrics done in one go and then do them a room at a time for the decorating? Will be easier to store the extra furniture and more space for the kids to play.

If you are putting wooden flooring in, that would go down before the new skirting boards go on.

I completed on a house a 1930s house week ago :).

I am starting with the safety aspect: having the electrics & the gas boiler/plumbing checked. Some plastering will be needed after the rewire.

Then I will do the floors (restoring hard wood) and paint the rooms.

I ripped out all the carpets myself (lots of staples/nails/wood to remove...) and the wall paper. I will also paint most of the house myself to save on cost as well.