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Right in the middle or almost through the cost/time/perfection thing on our refurb and there comes a point where you have to let certain things go as the law of diminishing returns comes into play.
A lot of our flat has been paper lined at some point and some walls I had to strip but there is no way I was going to strip/clean paste residue and sand/fill everything as it’s a 70 year old building and not exactly perfect when built and another 10 days of work for me.
Have done the very obvious bits that have been bodge filled in big lumps but the rest stays, at least I know nobody is going to walk in and think ‘that looks a bit shit’
The friend I had helping me doing the insulation did say it was a £60k all in job.
Budget is a chunk less than a Velocio kitchen or a Tenderloin bathroom so I can’t grumble about the end result.
It would be good enough go straight to TMH if we ever sell but Kitchen and hallway built in storage need to be done first.
I visited a property in Brockley/Crofton Park owned by somebody who does posh café fit outs and everything was mm precision and superbly thought out which is now on the market but I expect most people viewing will not notice the extra hours of work/cogitation