Order Of Things To Do In A Renovation

From what you have listed you don't need council approval.

Do you mean to replace the whole kitchen and bathroom? 

If so get the bathroom stripped first. This takes the longest (not that you need to worry with 3 months). Why so long?

We generally completely renovate a 3-4 bedroom home in 5 weeks (mostly nights and weekends as we still work). That incudes new bathroom, new kitchen, new flooring (polish and carpet in bedrooms, fully paint inside.

I'd get the electrical looked at first.

First thing is strip everything out, carpet, kitchen, bathroom. We do this the first day.  Bathroom (as mentioned)  strip, resheet walls if needed) get tiler in to waterproof. This needs to sit then he comes back and does again. Then tiling, then grout so this takes a while. Then vanity etc go in.

Strip wallpaper, clean walls ready for painting.

If you are replacing the skirtings I would rip them out and undercoat and paint the new ones before fitting. Polish floors last then replace skirtings. Touch up putty and paint where nail heads are. Easier than painting the whole thing in place.

Work out what materials, appliances you need first. Especially after November as a lot of places close mid December to mid January.

Where are you located? I'm in Sydney if you need anything. I'm having reno withdrawals. LOL

All houses have multiple circuits, lights, wall, oven, are the common ones. A light circuit can usually carry a certain wattage usually no more than 800w total. Wall plugs you usually have no more than 5 on a circuit. Oven circuits are dedicated and are usually 30amp from memory while the rest are 10amp. The house either has circuit breakers or fuses. If it has fuses you can replace these with plug in circuit breakers. 

If the house is shutting down (main breaker) then you probably need a new board not a complete rewire. Talk to a sparky. You want to avoid rewiring if you can. You probably don't need to rewire just run an extra circuit or two and perhaps a new board with breakers at most.

You would be better off roughing in plumbing and electrical in week 2 well before painting and patching.

You are right!  (Edited accordingly)

Fitted wardrobes in week four, at the same time as the kitchen cupboards and before the final paint.

Create a detailed plan. Most people lose money before they even start a renovation or building project because they don't have a details plan.

Some estimate that costs are

Bathroom – $9000 to $24,000

Kitchen – $11000 – $32000

Laundry – $4000 – $10000

Bedroom – $4000 – 9000

I am about to start renovations on an IP which is due to settle early December. My budget is $6 to 7K. Renovations include: new kitchen, new bathroom with second toilet, built in robes, tiling through out with carpet in 3 bedrooms, re stump back section of house, knock down internal wall between dining and lounge area, and minor painting.  Once it is all complete in mid January i will post some photos and costings.

What’s your budget/estimate for each component Joe?

I was over at a mates place the other week, he’s a builder, and he was redoing the bathrooms in a temporary place he’s bought between new houses. He was working on the upstairs bedroom at the time and we were discussing varying aspects of the fit out. He blew me off my feet when he said he’d charge at least $25k for this in main street.

I was looking at doing a complete reno of the old man’s bathroom (he’s 82) to make it more functional and accessible as he gets even more decrepit. I thought I’d be lucky to do it for $5k!!

I haven’t budgeted for each component, rather a back of the envelope estimation. I am cheating as I am a cabinet maker and registered builder, so materials are a little cheaper for me. I reckon I might go over as I’ve upgraded the kitchen design but still will be under $10k. If I had to get trades in and just project manage I would have to budget for atleast $50k +.

I renovated a full house last year for $6000 exact. This even included cutting a large gum tree in the back yard and basic landscape.

Your mates bathroom quote of $25k sounds about right. My bathroom should cost me $1200, doing it for a customer I’d be charging $10k +.

who needs cherrie barber?

wait till you get shafted by an over charging tradie, it will leave you limping for days!