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As pleased as I am with the end result of my project house, it has been very very stressful and my wife was going ape shit about the mess on a daily basis. Had I known how stressful it would have been I would have thought very carefully about undertaking such a project whilst living there.
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the sellers of the house decided to try and hold us hostage for another £50k
Oof! Poor form!
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anything that any one wishes they had done/know now having taken on a
project themselvesWhatever number you're thinking of, x minium 1.5
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No matter what anyone says it'll go on longer than you wanted, cost more and will have you wishing you didnt start. Especially if your living in it and doing the work.
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I'd echo what others have said RE: how much things cost. To the point that even though we'd always planned to do a loft conversion in the future so the kids can have separate rooms, I'm now leaning towards looking for a bigger place/extra room, as the price difference in houses is probably half that of doing the work.
Also if you're relaying on sub-contracting out trades, be prepared for everything taking a lot more time than hoped for / do lots of chasing to get folks through the door.
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So 5 months after accepting an offer, the sellers of the house decided to try and hold us hostage for another £50k. We told them to feck off and that's that. Back to evenings on Rightmove.
Found a project house. Will need new electrics and possibly new heating (although boiler looks relatively recent). Hopefully going back for a second viewing with a builder later this week. We think it's liveable as is, and we wouldn't extend, but would remodel internally at some point.
Is there anything that any one wishes they had done/know now having taken on a project themselves?