Less than six months ago, we spent nearly £10k on redoing our dining room. It looks amazing now, with high quality furniture and flooring, it’s fab. DH led the design and declaration options and while it might not have been my first choice, I can’t deny it looks great and it’s a fabulous entertaining space that is now in keeping with the era of the property, with some original features restored along the way.
Fast forward a few months and yesterday DH said he’s been thinking and wouldn’t it actually be great if we knocked through the dining room and kitchen to make it open plan?!
Err… well no, it’s not happening. And I’m a bit pissed off that the dining room renovation was his idea which I went along with and now he’s not happy. But I can’t just say an outright ‘no’ to him, so I am going to let him down gently on the basis on cost and the fact there’s no way we can afford it.
Quite apart from the 10k already spent (and will be paying off the loan for another 24 months)… how much does it cost to knock down a load bearing wall these days? I imagine the wall will be thick as there’s a chimney stack with a fireplace on either side. Then you have a new kitchen, flooring, replastering it all, re-decoration…
I know it’s how long is a piece of string but any guesstimates please?!