What cheap quick fix solutions have you done after moving into a filthy or unrenovated house?

[frankie3]

Our bathroom smelt so bad and was so thick with grime that it was impossible to clean, so we replaced the sanitaryware with the cheapest we could find, painted all the tiles with tile paint, and pulled up the carpet and painted the floorboards white. The whole renovation cost less than £200. Four years on we are still living with our "temporary" renovation and even get complemented on it!

scrubbed and scrubbed and scrubbed. And got lots of cheap white paint from b&q. And wrapped bubble wrap round the stairs to keep the cold out.

4 years on, it is fab (although we subsequently spent a lot of £!)

How do you wrap bubble wrap around stairs to keep out the cold? Intriguing.

A friend who's a carpet cleaner gave me some of the deoderiser he uses in old people's homes, which I mixed into the paint when I did the bedroom and kitchen [boak]

Does tile paint really work?
I have always been dubious about it.

Noooo, tile paint is a pita.

The person who lived here before us used that and it was peeling off everywhere. Best to get a steam cleaner or just elbow grease ime.

The tile paint is fine in dry areas, but I wouldn't use it in a shower. I did try to clean the brown flowery 1970s tiles, but the bathroom feels so much cleaner with the painted tiles.