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@konastab01 thanks for this :)
Konastab / @Howard Just for my learning for future looking - what looks like it needs doing on the nicely done up one? Full survey would I guess help point stuff out if pulling the trigger/ quality of the previous work done?
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Fuck the done up one just looks old to me, as Howard has said it’s had a lick of paint and look fresh but if I was going on there.
New bathroom, kitchen is a bit old and layout looks shite. Are the electrics needing done, the extension as Howard has said is a lean too, I’d want that proper done and is there planning for that and he mentioned the loft has it been done right, if not could be fuckin freezing and needs properly stripped an re done. So many people go see houses that looks great in photos with rose tinted glasses and then end up being money pits.
The list can be endless and depends how deep your pockets are/skill you have.
You’re one, depending how keen you are could be a proper money pit especially if there’s a serious damp issue that isn’t something daft but an expert could give you a good idea at the proper costs of fixing it!
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what looks like it needs doing on the nicely done up one? Full survey would I guess help point stuff out if pulling the trigger/ quality of the previous work done?
It looks homely and it's certainly very livable but there's not much evidence that it's been well modernised. Plaster looks a bit of a mess in places. The lean-to with the boiler gives me the scares. The ground floor is probably entirely original except for wall between kitchen and dining removed and the kitchen itself (and annoyingly the fireplace). It's nice though just don't overestimate how much was done to it. It might have simply been well looked after.
Pay close attention to the electrics when you view a done up place - number / type of sockets and the type of light switches. Numerous sockets with metallic faces indicate a recent electrical upgrade. Everything plastic and jutting out from the wall indicates its not been done in quite a while. Useful clue to the rest of the house.
Surveyors are a funny bunch, they can tell you some stuff but it all just feels a bit vague.
re: extension thing: Not sure about retrospective planning action - it's likely been there for a while and at some point the authority loses the power to demand removal (assuming planing wasn't granted) unless it's really fucking the building up. And then you have to think about wether you want that kind of battle on your hands.
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Howard
Even the nicely done up one I think needs work.
So that one you’ve got had damp looking at the back wall, it might have been fixed but that’s to take into account.
Rewire up here (Glasgow) I’d say between 2.5-5k.
Kitchen 8k
Does it need a boiler/radiators - 4ish
Plastering etc etc etc
You could easily spend 50k doing that up and it doesn’t touch the sides. So defo take that into account. We’re just finishing a job and the guys spent about 100k doing it up. He said they had 75 and blew past it but have done everything and added on a small extension(single story)