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Buy the appliances, taps, handles separately if you're getting a fitted kitchen (eg AO.com, Screwfix) - much cheaper.
Carpetright, Wickes and others often have 50% on carpets and flooring so worth waiting for a sale.
There are always loads of extras so plan at least 10% of your budget for contingency.
abr-
Nice tip about the extras and floors. Hoping that the wooden boards under the carpets can be restored for the bedrooms and living rooms. Will go for some vinyl for the kitchen.
Will be taking a home improvement loan likely for the place, so any extras can come out of salary which is ok as our monthly payments will be a chunk less than we're paying on rent right now.
gillies
finally got an offfer accepted on a place.
Needs a bit of work, namely a new kitchen and new floors, then repainted.
Any advice for a first time buyer/house refurbisher?