stepahead
Standard Member
We want to start improving our house we bought last year and are wondering if there's a recommended order of rooms/jobs. It's a small 3 bed semi, structurally sound but needs fully modernising eg, still got the original kitchen and bathroom from when it was built 30 years ago, old hot water storage tank in the airing cupboard, original windows and doors, old carpets, fittings etc.
There's a few immediate small repairs which we'll need to attend to, but after that it's all mostly cosmetic. In an ideal world we'd love to have it all done in one go but don't have the full funds available right now. We've a starting pot of £10k which we're adding to every month, so it'll be more of a gradual improvement project over the next couple of years.
I understand it might just come down to personal preference, but from a practical point of view is there an order of room/job we need to be approaching this from? As you can probably tell, neither of us are DIY'ers but would be willing to muck in with some of the smaller jobs/painting etc.
Also the reality is we're probably looking at mid-level/mid-quality improvements throughout as we simply don't have the budget for top-end everything. And IF ever we needed/chose to sell (unlikely but still..) then our desireable location and high demand for property here would attract enough interest/offers without having to compete with someone elses kitchen, bathroom etc.
These would be the main areas/rooms and any recommendations / advice would be much appreciated. Thank you.
Downstairs:
There's a few immediate small repairs which we'll need to attend to, but after that it's all mostly cosmetic. In an ideal world we'd love to have it all done in one go but don't have the full funds available right now. We've a starting pot of £10k which we're adding to every month, so it'll be more of a gradual improvement project over the next couple of years.
I understand it might just come down to personal preference, but from a practical point of view is there an order of room/job we need to be approaching this from? As you can probably tell, neither of us are DIY'ers but would be willing to muck in with some of the smaller jobs/painting etc.
Also the reality is we're probably looking at mid-level/mid-quality improvements throughout as we simply don't have the budget for top-end everything. And IF ever we needed/chose to sell (unlikely but still..) then our desireable location and high demand for property here would attract enough interest/offers without having to compete with someone elses kitchen, bathroom etc.
These would be the main areas/rooms and any recommendations / advice would be much appreciated. Thank you.
Downstairs:
- Entrance and hallway
- Living room
- Kitchen
- Utility room and toilet
- New combi boiler
- Stairs and landing area
- Bathroom
- Main bedroom
- Bedroom 2
- Bedroom 3
- Fascias soffits and guttering
- Rendering round bottom of house
- New windows and external doors
- House fully re-painted
- Garden re-modelled