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old stone house

castle300 · 2011-11-04 09:44:27

HI I'm looking at buying an very old stone walled house. Some wall have dry lining on them, otheres don't. Do you have any advice on this? It was renovated last in the 80s. Its 200 years old The rooms are 12foot high. My fear is around the cost of upgrading it /heating it. What should I focus on? thanks

04-11-2011 9:44am

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castle300

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HI I'm looking at buying an very old stone walled house. Some wall have dry lining on them, otheres don't. Do you have any advice on this?
It was renovated last in the 80s. Its 200 years old

The rooms are 12foot high. My fear is around the cost of upgrading it /heating it. What should I focus on?

thanks

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#2 04-11-2011 10:15am

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castle300 wrote: »

HI I'm looking at buying an very old stone walled house. Some wall have dry lining on them, otheres don't. Do you have any advice on this?
It was renovated last in the 80s. Its 200 years old

The rooms are 12foot high. My fear is around the cost of upgrading it /heating it. What should I focus on?

thanks

I did this a few years ago and all I can say is god bless you I hope you have plenty of cash

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#3 04-11-2011 10:20am

castle300

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HI Carpenter : Do you have any breakdown of costs / what had to be done?

I hope things have got a little cheaper now!!

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#4 04-11-2011 10:23am

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castle300 wrote: »

HI Carpenter : Do you have any breakdown of costs / what had to be done?

I hope things have got a little cheaper now!!

If its a typical 'old world' cottage as the auctioneers call them then you would be looking at 50k -60k

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#5 04-11-2011 10:23am

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castle300 wrote: »

HI Carpenter : Do you have any breakdown of costs / what had to be done?

I hope things have got a little cheaper now!!

As you can see by my user name I did all the work myself so can only advise on material and heating and yes prices would have dropped a lot where is the house

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#6 04-11-2011 10:52am

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castle300 wrote: »

HI I'm looking at buying an very old stone walled house. Some wall have dry lining on them, otheres don't. Do you have any advice on this?
It was renovated last in the 80s. Its 200 years old

The rooms are 12foot high. My fear is around the cost of upgrading it /heating it. What should I focus on?

thanks

you always start with structure/ building fabric, then heating and not the other way around!!
I would recommend you get an architect in with experience of old buildings, and the same goes for any builder you use.
here's a few tips on avoiding dampness http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=74483139&postcount=4
I would steer clear of dry-lining if possible but this depends on the actual house. ..

best of luck

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