Do we have to continue works in order to sell

[what2dowith]

So, house is better than it was when we first got it, but things like new doors are needed, the front porch currently has no ceiling due to plans to extend porch (electric meter is being moved at the moment and front drive is dug up 😭) we have the planning permission already for the porch.
Our front room needs painting due to a water pipe that burst in the bathroom a couple of years ago.
The die stairs toilet is half done, needs the panelling on the walls finishing and new flooring put down. We plan to do the toilet so it's finished.
The rest of the house is fine, lived in, but fine. We had a kitchen diner extension a few years ago, the garden was all done out with new limestone patio and top of the range fake grass (needed as grass didn't grow) new fences etc.

Realistically what do we need to do? We don't really want to continue with the porch as it's more money.

Honestly, you are failing to see the obvious.

If it's not that hard to finish the toilet, why doesn't your husband do it before the first viewing? And get a decorator in to make a professional job of the front room to give him the time to finish the toilet.

I know your husband is resistant to both paying money or doing the work himself but I would be insisting on it. And if he still flat refuses then there's no point buying another house that needs work doing to it.

@Twiglets1 I think honestly he can't be arsed with the toilet ! He's saying he's got other things in the house to concentrate on first.
I'm painting the front room, I painted this whole house so I'm not paying someone to do what I can do.
We will get there, the main thing is tidying it up.

You’ve lived with a water stained front room that just needs painting, for at least a couple of years?

Are you sure you want to move to another house that needs work?

This. If these jobs are so easy just finish them. I’d never buy anywhere with half finished work. It’s a complete faff finding trades people and the fact that someone started and couldn’t be bothered to finish is a big red flag that lots of stuff will need ripping out and replacing in full.

The room isn't used. I've got two babies that take up alot of my time, and dh runs his company that also takes up alot of time. Do you have young children and a company to run with all the paperwork that comes with it ? Things aren't so easy sometimes, it's getting done now and that's all that matters.

OP, I think @HenDoNot ’s point wasn’t so much judging you for not getting to painting the ceiling (heck, I’ve got moving boxes older than my youngest child… and she’s at school now…), as wondering whether two babies and a business make buying another renovation hard going. If it’s tough finishing jobs now (and it sound like you’ve gone your hands full!!) then why seek out more jobs to argue about not finishing?