G'day there,
Well I'm back perusing Somersoft and gathering my ideas and thoughts on doing things the best way we can.
After the last load of renovations, on one of our IP's after a tenant did a whole heap of damage we decided that we would do something for ourselves (kind of) this year. We expect to be here for 2 years at least, so I'll enjoy it for a while. In the past our renovations have only been 'ours' for a few weeks, before renting them out.
I'm preg's with #3, so doing this reno was never as easy as it could have been otherwise but it has worked out ok so far.
July 25th saw the kitchen being ripped out. July 26th me ordering new kitchen from Ikea. Some where between then and now, we also decided to do the laundry. A blur of busy renovations from there on in, and last Thursday saw the Caesar stone bench tops go in. The kitchen is almost complete, but as always all those little bits at the end of the reno always are the time consuming bits. The odd jobs that stack up. It's one month on today.
On reflection, I wonder if we have over capitalized or added value to this property. It doesn't help that it looks like a bomb went off in the back yard, with an abundance of off cuts and tools, paint ect.
We brought new Asko Dishwasher (house didn't have one, and for a 4br 2bth I thought that a family home should eventually run better and sell better with one there). We also installed a range hood, new sink, new bench top in laundry and laundry sink, and new cupboards with loads of storage space. We also brought a front loader and dryer from Asko... which we will be taking with us ($3400). All up our reno will come in to approximately a massive (for us) $15K without the washer/dryer.
What do you think? Was it too much to spend?
I know there aren't pictures, but generally how much is a reasonable amount for these area's?
Thanks heaps for tolerating my absence.
DH is now keen for another IP...... here we go again.
Well I'm back perusing Somersoft and gathering my ideas and thoughts on doing things the best way we can.
After the last load of renovations, on one of our IP's after a tenant did a whole heap of damage we decided that we would do something for ourselves (kind of) this year. We expect to be here for 2 years at least, so I'll enjoy it for a while. In the past our renovations have only been 'ours' for a few weeks, before renting them out.
I'm preg's with #3, so doing this reno was never as easy as it could have been otherwise but it has worked out ok so far.
July 25th saw the kitchen being ripped out. July 26th me ordering new kitchen from Ikea. Some where between then and now, we also decided to do the laundry. A blur of busy renovations from there on in, and last Thursday saw the Caesar stone bench tops go in. The kitchen is almost complete, but as always all those little bits at the end of the reno always are the time consuming bits. The odd jobs that stack up. It's one month on today.
On reflection, I wonder if we have over capitalized or added value to this property. It doesn't help that it looks like a bomb went off in the back yard, with an abundance of off cuts and tools, paint ect.
We brought new Asko Dishwasher (house didn't have one, and for a 4br 2bth I thought that a family home should eventually run better and sell better with one there). We also installed a range hood, new sink, new bench top in laundry and laundry sink, and new cupboards with loads of storage space. We also brought a front loader and dryer from Asko... which we will be taking with us ($3400). All up our reno will come in to approximately a massive (for us) $15K without the washer/dryer.
What do you think? Was it too much to spend?
I know there aren't pictures, but generally how much is a reasonable amount for these area's?
Thanks heaps for tolerating my absence.
DH is now keen for another IP...... here we go again.
