Help needed for reno costs for a old house

Bedroom corner of ceiling looks like it might have water issues (or had them in the past). The walls look like someone's removed wallpaper? Hard to tell from the photo.

Your budget sounds reasonable except you don't give any break down for bathroom (or bathrooms).

I'd say your breakdown for kitchen sounds reasonable to me. That is about what we spent on our last kitchen a few months ago.

I'd also say your timeframe sounds reasonable. I'm assuming you'd have a builder do it all?

 

Agree with @mickyyyy. Your estimates sound pretty right to me, but old houses have a habit of throwing all sorts of curve balls.

We've just done two old houses. Nothing is straight. Everything costs twice what it would if building new. All sorts of problems to be found behind walls, under floors and in roof spaces.

You do need a builder to look at it to find out how much you need to spend to fix everything up to a solid base before you can then start spending on adding the "pretty stuff".

 

Is this a reno to sell, reno to rent out, or reno to live in?

The Y-man

 

I assumed you meant $2k to tile and paint just the kitchen?

What do you need to do to the bathroom (on or two?). That's going to cost a bit (depending on scope of work).

 

You'll need to start from scratch if you remove tiles and get the room waterproofed.

We've just done a small bathroom for just over $10k. That included builder gutting the (small) room, jackhammering old floor tiles up, new sheeting, lowering the ceiling and new sheeting, waterproofing, tiling, plumbing, electrician, vanity, shower glass, toilet and a cupboard pushed into our garage (door flush with the tiles).

A bigger room would have cost more as the tiling was the most expensive individual trade.

I was keen on a "wow" bathroom with fancy tiles on floor and one wall (I've been watching too much The Block and House Rules) but hubby talked me out of. Everything dates a bathroom, and I guess sticking with white minimises the problem of everyone guessing "that bathroom is from 2019".

 

Thank you . The floor tiles are from Tradelink and feel like sand has been sprinkled on them. I liked that and chose them for this very reason. If you remind me I’ll look at the invoice tomorrow as these tiles came in three finishes. I chose the most non-slip.

They are not rough to walk on though - just not slippery. Wall tiles also from Tradelink - matt white 600 x 300 rectified... very well priced.