i have just bought my first property, a 2-bedroom unit in sutherland, sydney. Its a red brick house built early 1980's and is 83sq metres plus carspace. I dont move into this place for 7 weeks yet, currently in settlement but i am just trying to get some ideas.
It has new carpet, new stove, balcony, 2 spacious bedrooms. Has old ceiling tiles in the bathroom, old light fittings, needs a new paint job, no built ins.
Basically i just want to spruce it up and try to add some value to the property and modernise it, to eventually down the track use it as an investment property.
Im an electrician by trade and quite handy, im willing to give most things a go, just wondering which jobs i should do myself and what i should leave for the professionals. also how much i might be looking at and what kindof return it might add to the property.
The jobs that i want to do are as follows:
Paint walls and ceiling - we want to paint both white but maybe the walls an off colour white, any ideas?The walls are cement rendered painted white at the moment and the ceiling is like a flaky material that has been sprayed onto the concrete i think maybe for fire rating? so i would need to spray it.
Paint kitchen doors and replace handles - The kitchen doors are chipboard covered with some kind of plastic, so i think we need to undercoat and use laminate paint? any suggestions of colours? As for the handles im just going to buy some silver handles from bunnings and replace them.
Kitchen floor - I was thinking of buying some tile-patterened vinyl from bunnings and using that for the floor?
Bathroom ceiling - I want to replace the tiles with a set sealing with some fancy lights and fan.
Balcony - I want to tile the balcony floor , at the moment it is just concrete.
Built in wardrobe/s - Neither of the bedrooms currently have a built-in but both are big enough to install. 1 built-in is nescessary as my gf and i are moving in, however the second bedroom will be used as a study. Is it worth installing a second one in the spare bedroom for investment property purposes down the track? Also i am not confident enough to build one from scratch but i had a look at bunnings yesterday and they have a few packages or make your own that look quite nice. How much should i be looking at for a built-in and how much value in return would it add?
Light fittings - As im an electrician i would be able to get wholesale price from an electrical wholesaler, just wondering where would be the best place to buy cheap fittings from, ive had a look at bunnings but they really dont have much selection.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Gordon
It has new carpet, new stove, balcony, 2 spacious bedrooms. Has old ceiling tiles in the bathroom, old light fittings, needs a new paint job, no built ins.
Basically i just want to spruce it up and try to add some value to the property and modernise it, to eventually down the track use it as an investment property.
Im an electrician by trade and quite handy, im willing to give most things a go, just wondering which jobs i should do myself and what i should leave for the professionals. also how much i might be looking at and what kindof return it might add to the property.
The jobs that i want to do are as follows:
Paint walls and ceiling - we want to paint both white but maybe the walls an off colour white, any ideas?The walls are cement rendered painted white at the moment and the ceiling is like a flaky material that has been sprayed onto the concrete i think maybe for fire rating? so i would need to spray it.
Paint kitchen doors and replace handles - The kitchen doors are chipboard covered with some kind of plastic, so i think we need to undercoat and use laminate paint? any suggestions of colours? As for the handles im just going to buy some silver handles from bunnings and replace them.
Kitchen floor - I was thinking of buying some tile-patterened vinyl from bunnings and using that for the floor?
Bathroom ceiling - I want to replace the tiles with a set sealing with some fancy lights and fan.
Balcony - I want to tile the balcony floor , at the moment it is just concrete.
Built in wardrobe/s - Neither of the bedrooms currently have a built-in but both are big enough to install. 1 built-in is nescessary as my gf and i are moving in, however the second bedroom will be used as a study. Is it worth installing a second one in the spare bedroom for investment property purposes down the track? Also i am not confident enough to build one from scratch but i had a look at bunnings yesterday and they have a few packages or make your own that look quite nice. How much should i be looking at for a built-in and how much value in return would it add?
Light fittings - As im an electrician i would be able to get wholesale price from an electrical wholesaler, just wondering where would be the best place to buy cheap fittings from, ive had a look at bunnings but they really dont have much selection.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Gordon