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over a year ago
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"I've got 5k to spend on home improvements, where do I splash the cash?
What are you looking to do? Add value, spruce it up, repairs/maintenance?"
All of the above! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Is your home fully insulated? Loft insulation, windows,doors,cavity wall?
Electrics and boiler all up to scratch?
After those I'd be looking at my bedroom, new storage especially.
What are your floors looking like? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Extra room ... maybe a new bathroom
Where do you wash while your bathroom is being done? "
The old bathroom. They should leave you with water and the bath, until the new one is ready to go in. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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We've just got our valuation back today. Had our house just over two years, spent around £10,000 on it,
And we've the valuation is £40k more than we bought it for! 
Think it might be time to sell up in 3 years when we can legally sell it.
We did a dormer, new boiler, fire, all replastered.
We well putting money into property, even spending 5k can add loads of value. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"So far I'm thinking composite front door. Nice banister, new carpet on stairs and landing. "
Avoid big carpet companies!
Our quote from carpet right or some company like that was double what a local carpet fitter charged us  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I've got 5k to spend on home improvements, where do I splash the cash?
What are you looking to do? Add value, spruce it up, repairs/maintenance?
All of the above!"
I know it sounds stupid but what are all your internal doors like? Can transform the look of every room with really nice doors. I also like tiles in the sitting room instead of traditional carpet or wood floor/laminate. Some large high gloss tiles in the sitting room looks nice and can be cheaper than a new carpet or laminate. Bathroom if you don't want to do the full suite could replace the sink with one of those sinks with built in vanity unit and cupboards, I hate products and stuff displayed in bathrooms. Replace light switches if they're your normal standard white plastic ones. If your kitchen looks tired you can use one of those companies that just does the doors so you keep the layout but just updates everything.
What rooms specifically do you want to do? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"So far I'm thinking composite front door. Nice banister, new carpet on stairs and landing.
Avoid big carpet companies!
Our quote from carpet right or some company like that was double what a local carpet fitter charged us "
It's ok, my local carpet right has a sale on..... |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"So far I'm thinking composite front door. Nice banister, new carpet on stairs and landing.
Avoid big carpet companies!
Our quote from carpet right or some company like that was double what a local carpet fitter charged us
It's ok, my local carpet right has a sale on..... "
Oh you'll be ok then....free fitting and underlay too?  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Pay a moonlight carpenter to build you the best summer garden home you can get for £5000 at the bottom of your garden. We've always wanted one of those. "
Gotta summer house. But the decking could do with being finished off. And other tidying up jobs. New rear lean-to or similar. |
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"So far I'm thinking composite front door. Nice banister, new carpet on stairs and landing.
Avoid big carpet companies!
Our quote from carpet right or some company like that was double what a local carpet fitter charged us "
I never buy carpet from those big companies. How they can charge double that of my local 2 guy carpet place is beyond me. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Extra room ... maybe a new bathroom
Where do you wash while your bathroom is being done? "
If I do it you wash and clean your teeth downstairs like everyone else, and shower where you can for 2 weeks. You can't rush perfection  |
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"Extra room ... maybe a new bathroom
Where do you wash while your bathroom is being done?
If I do it you wash and clean your teeth downstairs like everyone else, and shower where you can for 2 weeks. You can't rush perfection "
So firstly I need a downstairs shower room. Then do the bathroom! |
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"Extra room ... maybe a new bathroom
Where do you wash while your bathroom is being done?
If I do it you wash and clean your teeth downstairs like everyone else, and shower where you can for 2 weeks. You can't rush perfection
So firstly I need a downstairs shower room. Then do the bathroom! "
If ya like. It's much easier if you have a cloakroom or downstairs loo otherwise I'd order a porta loo.
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
Is the pointing all fine? Windows? Is this just an internal job?
If I had a spare £5k for home improvement I'd need to keeping saving for another £5k to do all the things I want to do.
It was £1k just decorating the bedroom and buying a couple of new bits of furniture and curtains.
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If it were us it'd probably go on a new bathroom and getting the roof fixed so our daughter could finally have a bigger bedroom.
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