Owning your own home

There is the risk that they'll found something expensive wrong which could be a reason to resist (although maybe not from a safety point of view).

Yeah that’s a good point actually, apparently a crazy amount of them are failing ~80%. We are half expecting my girl friends to on the grounds of wooden decking on balconies.

Anecdotally I have heard of thus happening a lot - it would seem to be to be a tactic for banks not wanting to lend(?)

They are only valid for 5 years so not much point getting one if you aren't moving.

I'm sure I've seen a figure in here but I can't find one - what's a ballpark figure for a new bathroom (sub-£40k spec)?

It would involve turning a bedroom into a bathroom - it's adjacent to our current (v.small and grotty) bathroom, so it would involve plumbing in and installing a new suite, lots of tiling, etc.

Anyone have a recommendation for a cork flooring supplier?

I know a few people who've had issues arising from inspections. One now has a couple of wardens on watch in the building 24/7 in case of fire.

https://www.siestacorktiles.co.uk/

thanks

I think this is bad advice

I think this is bad advice

Approx £10k but you can certainly do it for less than that.

I was gonna ask that too. Saw some nice floors recently, but they were all in Germany.

Our bathroom cost £5k all in

Flurry of stupid, last minute and hopefully final queries knocking about what either end of the chain. Draft contracts have already been shared (subject to final queries). Hoping this is the home straight.

Our bathroom cost that without fitting 🙄

Favourite bit so far was ordering two sets of taps on a 50% sale. One turned up the wrong finish (chrome instead of nickel) and the company had sold out of the correct ones so they said just pick any taps in their range and they would send two us two pairs. We've got us some really, really nice taps now 🤣

Hook me up fom

My MIL is paying about £6k for old bathroom ripped out, new suite, installation and tiling.

I now do after thinking about it and speaking to my girl friend again. Such a strange situation to be in though relying on other people to make the decision to get an ews1 form to be able to sell your own flat.

Would you just hope that the guidance is going change for the better in the future?

Could you send me a couple of pics?

I remember really liking your shower unit especially. And then seeing the photo with bits of your bathroom ripped out on the street FFS.

Post them here @Tenderloin, then we can all critique them ;)

Seriously though I'd like to see what you managed for that money. Interested for theoretical future house.

To be fair the people who bought 'loin's place were clearly muppets. Painting western red cedar cladding is unsanctionable.

I paid about £5-6k for a complete refresh of a very small bathroom a few years ago. Turning a bedroom into a bathroom would be a bit more given you have to get water and waste into the room.

We've gone for puretree

Watching this bathroom chat with interest refitting the ensuite and turning an unused space downstairs into a little wet room before long.

Re Bathroom chat, are Matt black fittings now par se?

Two years ago when we moved it would of been lusso stone black fittings, having not done it as yet I’ve a feeling it will look like exactly a 2020 bathroom for out and that’s being kind to us thinking that’s the way to do it in 2020.

When planning 3 years ago was hard to find all the fitting in black now they’re everywhere.

If someone could just fill me in with the done thing now that would be great, thanks.

I’d just have grohe stuff as it works but mrs Simpson still thinks the LS stuff is what we need