Why don't you do all of us a favour, write a item list for your renovation and give us some cost estimates? Less talk and more action, because I for one don't believe your numbers are even close to being real.
Don't kill yourself, just everything over $200.00, should only take 20 minutes max?
Thread Bare wrote:Why don't you do all of us a favour, write a item list for your renovation and give us some cost estimates? Less talk and more action, because I for one don't believe your numbers are even close to being real.Don't kill yourself, just everything over $200.00, should only take 20 minutes max?
I accept your challenge and will post a break down of cost tonight. However, don’t forget I am doing the work myself so no Labor involved. I will have figures for you tonight.
As requested, here is my break down of costs for a renovation I am about to under take in December.
The IP was purchased for just under $600K, 3 bedroom weather board house on a 696sqm block, 15km to the CBD. House was built early 1960’s.
Renovation includes:
• Restump back section of house,
• Entire new bathroom with second toilet and removing linen cabinet to make bathroom bigger,
• New kitchen with vinyl wrap doors and laminate bench top,
• Tiled floor through out
• carpet to 3 bedrooms,
• Built in robes to all bedrooms
• Remove section of wall between lounge and dining area to become oneThese prices are not for every one. I am a cabinet maker by trade and also a builder so don’t work off my pricing for your renovations. I have all tools / machines so don’t need to purchase or hire equipment. Not all materials are from Bunnings – the trick is to source materials at a reasonable cost, Bunnings doesn’t help here. Also you need to work smart, not hard.
• Restumping: includes changing 10 stumps. $400
• New bathroom: includes adding toilet, shower, bathtub, etc. Not including floor tiling. $1300
• New kitchen: including appliances $2900
• Tile through out including bath floor (approx 60sqm). Prices include glue and cement sheeting. $1600
• Carpet to 3 bedrooms $1000
• Built in robes in 3 bedrooms $1400
• Removing section of wall $500TOTAL: $9100
I think if I had to project manage it would probably be around the $50K mark. Should hopefully increase value by a fair bit.
I renovated another IP this time last year for $6K exact. The renovation was nothing fancy but still modern. This included: new kitchen and bathroom, new paint work, tiled kitchen and laundry floor, polished floor boards, basic landscaping and cut down a large tree in the back yard.
Sounds great. We typically spend $15K (no restumping or built ins- well sometimes one and we usually polish floors- except carpet bedrooms) and full painting. But we pay a tiler to waterproof and tile and a builder a few days (my hubby's too rough).
Why Vinyl wrap doors?? We go poly, much nicer finish. Where do you get your kitchens? Flat pack? I put together one cupboard once. Never again.
Hi catalyst,
I’ll be making the kitchen as I have a cabinet making business. I find vinyl wrap very durable as long as they are made right. otherwise they peel. I could go plain laminate but the IP is in a good suburb so don’t want a cheap look.
Poly is nice, but chips like hell.
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