Cost of refurbishing typical 3bed with garage

jozi · 17-01-2019 02:31PM #1

We're on the look out for a new property to buy and have come across a property we are interested in. The house is a typical 3bed, approx 110m2, garage on one side with adjoining property on the other.

The house looks like it hasn't been lived in properly and need a lot of work. Sitting room, dinning room and kitchen need everything pulled down and we would likely open up and connect the 3 rooms. Upstairs the 3 bedrooms need the same treatment, the washrooms need to be joined (toilet + shower room currently two rooms) etc.

The whole house needs a good going over to make it a home! Some of the work could be done by ourselves but not the heavy lifting such as installing lintels.

I'd imagine (all) the floor boards would need to be lifted, sockets are in the skirting boards (rewiring required?) and additional to this I'd like multiple lan ports in all rooms + additional sockets.

It's quite the undertaking, I've no idea myself what kind of cost would be involved and looking for a rough estimate (I imagine 40k wouldn't last long?).

vidrew82 · 21-01-2019 05:47PM

I recently did something similar, house was gutted and rebuilt.

New wiring
New plumbing ( new boiler included )
Switch to Gas
New windows and doors
Installed a stove
Removed some walls
New plastering/insulation
New kitchen
New roof on old extension
Small bit of garden work
Carpeting and new floors
New stairs
New bathroom upstairs
Some changes so that we got a downstairs bathroom.
Painting
( I'm sure i left something out )

Overall the cost was about 90k, we got some grants so this reduced it by a couple of thousand.

We were lucky that no surprises came up.

listermint · 21-01-2019 05:49PM

80-100k range with a decent high standard id assume would be accurate.

jozi · 22-01-2019 11:20AM

vidrew82 wrote: »

I recently did something similar, house was gutted and rebuilt.

New wiring
New plumbing ( new boiler included )
Switch to Gas
New windows and doors
Installed a stove
Removed some walls
New plastering/insulation
New kitchen
New roof on old extension
Small bit of garden work
Carpeting and new floors
New stairs
New bathroom upstairs
Some changes so that we got a downstairs bathroom.
Painting
( I'm sure i left something out )

Overall the cost was about 90k, we got some grants so this reduced it by a couple of thousand.

We were lucky that no surprises came up.

Thats a hefty sum of money! Did you do any work yourself and does that account for architects fees (we wouldn't have those and likely do as much as possible ourselves)?

From talking to a few people thats double what they tell me (none who have had to get work done...), however you have a few items in there we wouldn't need that ad to the cost (Stairs, garden, kitchen roof). That being said, I can't see how some of what we might be looking at could be done for half what you've spend and imagine the final sum might lie somewhere in between depending on how much work we need to do.

JonathonS · 23-01-2019 12:57PM

jozi wrote: »

Thats a hefty sum of money!

Going through vidrew82's list I was surprised he got all that for €90k....

One of the issues with jobs like this is finding a contractor who is willing to take it on. In our area a lot of the good ones are into building one-off houses and large extensions, they are not really interested in sub €150k projects.

Best of luck with your project.

CitizenFloor · 29-01-2019 02:44PM

vidrew82 wrote: »

I recently did something similar, house was gutted and rebuilt.

New wiring
New plumbing ( new boiler included )
Switch to Gas
New windows and doors
Installed a stove
Removed some walls
New plastering/insulation
New kitchen
New roof on old extension
Small bit of garden work
Carpeting and new floors
New stairs
New bathroom upstairs
Some changes so that we got a downstairs bathroom.
Painting
( I'm sure i left something out )

Overall the cost was about 90k, we got some grants so this reduced it by a couple of thousand.

We were lucky that no surprises came up.

Howdy, where in the country are you? Seems like a lot of work to get done for 90K. Looking at a house that would need work myself, and kind of getting cold feet based on renovation costs.

Cost of refurbishing typical 3bed with garage

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