We just had a fence go up yesterday, one side has cost us $3000...that's our half (it's a big block). That's colourbond. We did put the last one up ourselves but with a DH always away, 2.5yr old & one on the way it was easier to pay someone. The back is yet to go up, that will be about $2000 for our half.
We got a quote on painting 3rooms of $3500....we are doing that ourselves. We just couldn't be bothered but can do it for much cheaper than that ourselves. It's a queenslander so it's a bit of work to prepare & very high ceilings.
We also just replaced the hall floor, it was lino & now we have a cheaper version of floating boards. Again we did this ourselves, the shop actually sells them to be done by the buyer. That's how easy they are & a great price.'
You just need to look around & if you are patient enough (we have a million jobs on the go) & handy enough you can do lots yourself.
what are floating floors?
Yes I am quite handy but DH isnt. And with little kiddies Im not too sure how much I want to do myself. Some bigger jobs I definatly could not do myself.
New kitchen $15-20k at least, however I am determine to do mine for under $10k. Bathrooms can be lots too and you can discover pretty crappy treasure...
My place needs tlc, but its totally functional until I get around to it - depends on a few things. Divvy has just redone her entire house, she might come in and give you a better feel for expenses
With renovating, it all tends to be a bit disruptive, but if you have good tradesmen, most jobs arent a pain in the butt, and the end result is worth it. I just thought I'd mention too that my DH, brother and BIL are all tradies so they were able to do alot of the work which didnt cost anything.
HA! Thats my bathroom and kitchen budget too! I KNEW I'd be able to do it all for less than $40k for both...
Will be picking your brains at a later date Hat!
We're doing our kitchen ourselves next week. We have a budget of around $6000.
So far we've spent:
$3000 on the cabinets, benchtops etc. They are a flatpack.
Then we got some massive bargains:
Rangehood from DH's work which was a wrong order $50
Cooktop from Clive Peeters old display kitchen $130
We are using our existing oven which we only bought last year.
I don't know how much the electrician, tiling or flooring will cost yet. But am looking around for some bargains.
We did two bathrooms about 2 1/2 years ago - DH did most of the work himself except plumbing and electrician and we 'bargain-hunted'. Cost approx $6000 for both.
DH also pulled out and replaced our whole kitchen. We got the kitchen at auction (granite benches, 2 pak cupboards, pull-out pantry) for $5000, plus all appliances, a little retiling, and overhead cupboards for around $7000.
We've just had the house painted not long ago - $1800 I think (but get quotes, the first quote was about $3500!) and carpets around $900.
We've got plans to extend our deck and add a rear staircase- will have a double car space underneath too. It'll be huge (6 1/2 x over 7m) and we're looking at around $40 000. Out of our budget at the moment!
My best advice is to get lots of quotes as prices vary a lot! And shop around for appliances, tiles, lights, fans etc as you can get some great bargains!
Sounds like things can vary a lot!
I`d love to do more things ourselves but DH gets moody about even ikea!
Kitchens sound like they have a very big variance.
We did a new deck last christmas, it's fairly large about 12 mtrs long and 3/4 mtrs out from the house. (runs along the back of the house.) We also installed a sort of sun deck which is only 3x4 mtrs off to one side - just somewhere to get some sun as the rest is all under cover.
Ours is'n't high off the ground though, I suppose in a queenslander you would need to 'stilt' it up??
It was $10k from memory. I think the timber cost $3k, and the rest was labour and supplies. My dad installed his own deck which is on an outcrop so therefore on stilts, he was a carpenter though, but I know he thought we got a good price as the timber for his was $4k and apparently when priceing jobs you price the materials and then a third for supplies/costs and then a third for profit.
I'm glad he told me that actually because it has helped when I get quotes for everything else!!
We also did kitchen and bathrooms and ended up with the same costs as the other comments.
Pain in arse jobs??? Removing tiles, especially old ones which have been literally cemented on. My DH said he would never do that again, even though he had a tile removing tool. Also any sort of bricklaying is time consuming, getting every brick level is a 'pain in the arse' (or back!)
We have put up a few fences in our time and I would say that is a fairly easy job, bit of string, one of those fence hole diggers and some cement and you can knock it off in a weekend. I also think tiling can be worth doing yourself. You have to be one of those 'perfecionist' type people and not rush it, but I personally like tiling, with those spacer things its quite simple.
Phoar, what a reply! I'll leave you to it. HAPPY RENOVATING!
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