Is it a interior designer I need. Pyrite remediation next year

Psygnosis

Hi,

Hopefully come January the remediation of pyrite in our house will start it takes 3 months to complete. Its been a long battle to get this far.
We want to sell the house within the following year.
We would really need advise on choosing colour schemes, flooring etc. Also what to do with the kitchen we want to change it as its pretty bad at the moment. It came with the house high laminate stuff that is now all peeling.

Would an interior designer be able to recommend a kitchen design for us.
We are in North Co.Dublin if anyone can help.

YHT

Yes, definitely...it would be money well spent. A good Interior Designer will put together a complete colour scheme, flooring, and lighting. This will create a flow in the house and a sense of clarity, that you probably would not achieve on your own.

Psygnosis

Hi
Could anyone pm me some recommendations and not just people who setup and account to do this and pm me. Have had one of them already

Sleepy

If you're looking to sell the house, just paint all the walls white and leave the kitchen as it is.

You won't see the money you spend on the designer, fancy coloured paints or a new kitchen back as anyone looking to buy a house will want to put their own stamp on the colour and kitchens are definitely a matter of personal taste e.g.: you might love a high gloss kitchen, whereas Mrs Sleepy would utterly hate them.

A house where the kitchen needs replacing (and that's factored into the asking price) is a much easier property to bid on than one with a brand new but - in the eyes of the prospective buyer - ugly kitchen. It's hard to justify ripping out a kitchen that's perfect, just not to your taste.

Shint0

Psygnosis wrote: »

Would an interior designer be able to recommend a kitchen design for us.
We are in North Co.Dublin if anyone can help.

A good kitchen company will have their own kitchen designers/planners. Some charge a fee for the design which can sometimes be knocked off the final cost if you decide to proceed with the purchase from them.

It's simple enough to create an interior scheme that flows if you just want to keep it neutral especially if you plan to sell on but if you are really not of the creative mindset a one-off consultation could help.

I have also found that many paint shop owners are passionate about paints and might be able to assist you as well for free in choosing colours that work together.

bleary

Sleepy wrote: »

If you're looking to sell the house, just paint all the walls white and leave the kitchen as it is.
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A house where the kitchen needs replacing (and that's factored into the asking price) is a much easier property to bid on than one with a brand new but - in the eyes of the prospective buyer - ugly kitchen. It's hard to justify ripping out a kitchen that's perfect, just not to your taste.

I would tend to agree with this in most cases. It usually happens in executor sales you walk in and there is the worst kitchen newly installed, a few years ago they would have laminated the hell out of the place too and obviously expected to get double what they spent back on the property.

The only caveats I have in this case is that with new mortgage rules people may have to use the refurb budget for their deposit so a liveable house does seem to get a premium.
Second some of the work may be covered due to the pyrite, but don't go overboard

Ciara Eloise

Go to The Interiors Association website, there is a list of accredited and experienced interior designers on their members list. (sorry I can't link the site, type Interiors Associaiton into Google and Bob's your uncle).
Ciara Eloise.

Sleepy

Myself and Mrs. Sleepy just bought a house with the worst kitchen imaginable but it didn't put us off because we always knew we'd be replacing it.

If the kitchen is letting the house down that badly, maybe look into the cost of the cheapest set of new doors you can find for it (or look on-line to see if there's a second hand kitchen going that you could appropriate the doors from to stick on the carcas of you kitchen. In order to maximise the return you get for the house, you want to do everything on a shoe-string. The cheapest white / magnolia paint you can find to make the walls clean and the rooms appear large, the lowest you can get away with spending on the kitchen etc.

Houses in walk in "hang your coat up" condition aren't attracting that much of a premium over fixer-uppers in the current market so be very cautious about putting anything into a house you're looking to sell.