paulnlou
11-07-2010, 10:32 AM
Hi All
Me and my girlfriend have recently purchased a property to develop, its a reposession property and we got it for a decent price. Our aim is to develop the property and sell it for a profit and use the profit to put into the next property etc.
The property is in decent condition and just needs some cosmetic work, new bathroom, replastering, new kitchen work tops, carpet, flooring, shower, tiling, painting etc.
I have a few questions as to what will acheive the best price upon sale.
Bathroom:
The bathroom has no plaster on the walls at all, no shower etc. My girlfriend wants to plaster the whole bathroom, tile just the shower area and install a shower linked to the taps on the bath. However, I feel that we will get a better finish and a better price if we tile the whole bathroom onto the plaster board, and install a shower fitted into the wall. I feel that it will look better and acheive a better return.
The bathroom is an important room in the house so I feel that it is important that we get this right.
What is your opinion, i dont want personal taste to take over from achieving best price but feel that I could acheive a better finish by tiling the whole bathroom and it would cost the same as the money saved on not plastering the whole room would be spent on extra tiles?
I am going to discuss this with a local estate agent too. What do you think?
Kitchen
The kitchen is not bad, the units seem ok but the work tops aren't nice. We looking to remove the units, skim the kitchen, replace the units with a new work top and a new floor. The units are cream so we were thinking of a dark wood work top and a dark wood laminate floor or vinyl. Tile the wall around the hob and the sink.
Living room
This room is a nice big room, it just needs skimming, painting and a fire fitted as it currently has no fire or fire place. We're looking to get a wall hung flat screen electronic fire, looks smart and also means we dont need to kmnock out the fire place and clear the chimney etc.
The only issue that we have with the living room is the bay window. Its the original 1954 bay window with nice glass pattern. However, the house overlooks the A1 so the road noise is quite high and this is a single glazed. The previous owner has fitted a second layer of glass behind the bay window which is so ugly, its like a box behind each section of the bay. I would like to repaint the bay window frame and look at alternative means of a secondary glazing. I think that the secondry glazing would still be ugly but better than whats there now. The alternative is to replace the bay window with a new double glazed unit but that would cost approx £1,500 so I am unsure what to do. My gut feeling is to get a new secondary glazing to save on the budget but as the living room is the main room of the house then maybe a nice new tidy double glazed unit is the best idea?
Bedrooms
The bedrooms are all in decent condition, just need skimming, painted and carpet fitted. The only issue in the bedroom is the windows. All the windows are double glazed with a sliding secondary glazed unit. This isnt the smartest looking on units but it does kill out some of the road noise. My girlfriend wants to remove these as she thinks they're ugle but I feel that as these do kill some of the road noise they should stay. I am unsure what a potential buyer would want, less noise or smarter looking windows? Maybe we should leave the units in and they buyer could decide whether to remove them or not?
Gardens
The back garden is very small, probably only going to be suitable for a washing line. We are looking to flatten the garden out and place a membraine over the garden and putr some pebbles down to tidy it up a bit.
Front garden is very overgrown with a decent sized lawn. We're just going to tidy the front garden up and maybve place some turf and flowers etc.
The garage door is currently blue, we cant decide whether to paint it black or white. I feel that white will brighten the front of the house, my girlfriend wants to paint it black as she feels it will look smart, opinions please?
Think thats it all now. Any advice, on all or any of the above would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Paul and Louise
Me and my girlfriend have recently purchased a property to develop, its a reposession property and we got it for a decent price. Our aim is to develop the property and sell it for a profit and use the profit to put into the next property etc.
The property is in decent condition and just needs some cosmetic work, new bathroom, replastering, new kitchen work tops, carpet, flooring, shower, tiling, painting etc.
I have a few questions as to what will acheive the best price upon sale.
Bathroom:
The bathroom has no plaster on the walls at all, no shower etc. My girlfriend wants to plaster the whole bathroom, tile just the shower area and install a shower linked to the taps on the bath. However, I feel that we will get a better finish and a better price if we tile the whole bathroom onto the plaster board, and install a shower fitted into the wall. I feel that it will look better and acheive a better return.
The bathroom is an important room in the house so I feel that it is important that we get this right.
What is your opinion, i dont want personal taste to take over from achieving best price but feel that I could acheive a better finish by tiling the whole bathroom and it would cost the same as the money saved on not plastering the whole room would be spent on extra tiles?
I am going to discuss this with a local estate agent too. What do you think?
Kitchen
The kitchen is not bad, the units seem ok but the work tops aren't nice. We looking to remove the units, skim the kitchen, replace the units with a new work top and a new floor. The units are cream so we were thinking of a dark wood work top and a dark wood laminate floor or vinyl. Tile the wall around the hob and the sink.
Living room
This room is a nice big room, it just needs skimming, painting and a fire fitted as it currently has no fire or fire place. We're looking to get a wall hung flat screen electronic fire, looks smart and also means we dont need to kmnock out the fire place and clear the chimney etc.
The only issue that we have with the living room is the bay window. Its the original 1954 bay window with nice glass pattern. However, the house overlooks the A1 so the road noise is quite high and this is a single glazed. The previous owner has fitted a second layer of glass behind the bay window which is so ugly, its like a box behind each section of the bay. I would like to repaint the bay window frame and look at alternative means of a secondary glazing. I think that the secondry glazing would still be ugly but better than whats there now. The alternative is to replace the bay window with a new double glazed unit but that would cost approx £1,500 so I am unsure what to do. My gut feeling is to get a new secondary glazing to save on the budget but as the living room is the main room of the house then maybe a nice new tidy double glazed unit is the best idea?
Bedrooms
The bedrooms are all in decent condition, just need skimming, painted and carpet fitted. The only issue in the bedroom is the windows. All the windows are double glazed with a sliding secondary glazed unit. This isnt the smartest looking on units but it does kill out some of the road noise. My girlfriend wants to remove these as she thinks they're ugle but I feel that as these do kill some of the road noise they should stay. I am unsure what a potential buyer would want, less noise or smarter looking windows? Maybe we should leave the units in and they buyer could decide whether to remove them or not?
Gardens
The back garden is very small, probably only going to be suitable for a washing line. We are looking to flatten the garden out and place a membraine over the garden and putr some pebbles down to tidy it up a bit.
Front garden is very overgrown with a decent sized lawn. We're just going to tidy the front garden up and maybve place some turf and flowers etc.
The garage door is currently blue, we cant decide whether to paint it black or white. I feel that white will brighten the front of the house, my girlfriend wants to paint it black as she feels it will look smart, opinions please?
Think thats it all now. Any advice, on all or any of the above would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Paul and Louise