My Renovation

[Coley88]

We’re due to purchase this house shortly.

Its very old fashioned and needs renovating.

We have £70k to remodel.

If anyone has any ideas, I’d be eternally greatful.

We plan to live in it for 6 months and get professional advice. I still cannot help planning.

Side note - the garage is circa 2ft lower than the rest of the ground floor. There’s no access from the room above the garage to the house, it’s via a staircase into the utility.

We’re looking for more open plan living and happy to loose the garage as a garage.





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Edited by Coley88 on Monday 2nd September 21:10

[Coley88]

Thanks for the input.

I’m thinking something along the lines of the following.



But happy to hear any further or better ideas.

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PositronicRay said:

To make the best of the area I'd be listening to some professionals. I've seen too many badly conceived but fashionable layouts.

6 months living before any decisions is sensible.

We’ll be doing both, can’t help but try to get some ideas down.

I’d love to hear more ‘ideas’. Thanks

[Coley88]

Yes, the room above the garage would be the master with an en-suite and walk-in wardrobe.

I’m fairly happy with the design of the upstairs layout.

The ground floor is the one causing me the “headache”.

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£70k won’t build a new house unfortunately

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mikeiow said:

Coley88 said:

£70k won’t build a new house unfortunately

Not sure it would do all the knocking through etc that you are planning, unless you are doing all the work yourself?

New quality kitchen, windows, outside painting could easily eat half of that without even starting to take walls down.....& I seriously would not plan to remove the garage. Unless it is your forever home & you really don't want one, of course!

Whilst I agree in a way.

I don’t keep my car in the garage, all I’d use it for is a dumping ground, bikes, mower etc, a decent shed would do all of that.

I have a warehouse for work, so I don’t necessarily need lots of storage for rattan furniture during the winter.

All steel I can have supplied and cut for nothing.

Perhaps it would be easier to build an extension??

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mikeiow said:

Hey, if you don't want a garage, don't keep it!

All entirely your call, my best suggestion is to not jump in too fast - live in it a while (which I think you suggested you would), then figure out what you want

Is it a long-term live in jobbie? If not turning for some profit within 2-3 years, then take time to get it exactly how you want it.
I like the upstairs idea to move master over garage & get relatively easy to do en suite plus 'walk-in wardrobe'.
Budget for the plumbing - I assume the garage has zero heating at present, & perhaps not much insulation to outside. If you can raise the level and pop wet UFH that end, I doubt you would regret it.

On the heating....it currently has electric heaters throughout (I know), which will certainly have to go. Lucikily here’s a gas feed into the garage which was luckily installed st the time of the extension.

On the en-suite, that’s a good shout, thanks, there’s a toilet below so hopefully the plumbing won’t be too difficult for a wet room

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SpeckledJim said:

A pretty palatial single-story rear extension, for me.

The house is nice as it is, and I'd expect the extra living space will pay back.

Thanks for the ideas guys.

Really appreciated.

No doubt we’ll have some better ideas when we’re in!

[Coley88]

Here’s the floor plan from another agent which is slightly better

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Du1point8 said:

maybe look at the outside too?

https://www.backtofrontexteriordesign.com/before-a...

They look like exactly what I need.

Thank You!

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covmutley said:

That seems to flow better on ground floor.

I was going to suggest swapping study to an ensuite to bedroom 2. Nice to have 2 ensuite rooms?

You can build a small house for £70k, so it must be possible. Unless you are putting in £20k kitchen, 10k bathroom etc.

We knocked through living and dining room as part of an extension and it cost a days labour plus £250ish for a (3m?) Steel beam.

Thanks, I was half thinking that.

The main choice will depend whether we have an extension or covert the garage, which will probably be dictated by whether we’re to have a 10% or 15% deposit on the mortgage

After seeing that back to front design link, I’d also like new windows throughout, the outside rendering with new facias and guttering.

All steel beams I can get for nothing and I have the 180m2 of new solid oak flooring which will help save a few quid.

Unfortunately there currently no central heating, it’s all electric. There is gas into the property, but that will be a new boiler all new pipe work & radiators throughout - not cheap

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SAB888 said:

ChrisNic said:

Haven’t I seen this somewhere before in another thread?

Yes, you have.

The original thread was deleted as my original post wasn’t clear and a bit of a ramble.

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SAB888 said:

Try using the correct layout, it won't help using the wrong one!

A few months on I thought I’d update the topic.

This is the final design, although there will be a few minor tweaks.

Planning is all granted and we’re starting the excavation next week .

P.s the budget has drastically increased.

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SpeckledJim said:

Very nice. Is that projected to come in within your original budget?

No, not even close :-/

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JP18 said:

I hope there’s going to be a build thread for this!!

It would be rude not to.

As I go....or at the end?

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dundarach said:

I thought it was nice as was, but then again nothing (in my mind) defines a chav better than a nice family room and bi-folding doors....

God I hate to see that.

But not my house, crack on son, crack on....

They`re sliding doors as opposed to bi-fold.

The two centre doors will slide either side.

Edited by Coley88 on Monday 3rd June 17:30

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Chicken Chaser said:

OP I see that you've added a 3rd reception room where the garage was. I would have said that the kitchen diner lounge area looks too big and would have looked to have sited the table in the bit at the back and made a snug out of the bit where the table is.

You must be easily looking at 6 figures for that work now but it'll be a massive house once complete.

On the plans, they have the Snug (I hate that word) and dining room in the wrong place. The kitchen will be a kitchen / diner & the area currntly marked as dining will house another sofa - hence why we`re planning on keeping the door where it is.

Thanks for the input, i`ll be sure to keep the thread updated

[Coley88]

The dig out is well and truly underway.

I may go for a smaller retaining wall with a slope or a terrace as opposed to a full height wall, any input greatly appreciated.







Current kitchen plans too

Edited by Coley88 on Friday 21st June 21:22

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Bit more of an update this week, footings going in on Thursday.




throw the dice

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Bit more of an update




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