I am just about to finish my first reno on a unit of mine. Its a 2 bedder, but still quite small. It was a mess, with the old owners doing a lot of dodgy work which they covered up when i purchased the place. I should have taken a little more notice, but i was 21 at the time.
I painted throughout with a painter, he is a friend of mine so it was $30 cash/hr + i supplied paint. Guessing he could have knocked it out in 18-24, but due to there being a lot of patching needing to be done, it will stretch to about 35.
Floored through a family friend who owns a flooring business. Went expensive in the living with commercial strength vinyl planks, and end of roll carpet in the bedroom.
Chaned the configuration of the kitchen a little, painted it with a new sink and tiles. Putting in new blinds, lights, door handles, kitchen cupboards, and updating the bathroom by painting the tiles, adding some cupboards and a shower screen.
All up this has cost me about $7000, and 6 weeks to complete. The tradies were a pain, as i needed an electrician and plumber to come in, which did delay the completion by around 1 week. I basically had people do most of the work due to my time constraints, so if i were to have painted, i would have saved another $1000.
I think you can do what you have planned with $7000, but what i have learnt is to make sure you have as much as you can planned out beforehand. Thats where my mistake was made, and it cost me a lot of headaches and running around.
Hope this is some help
I painted throughout with a painter, he is a friend of mine so it was $30 cash/hr + i supplied paint. Guessing he could have knocked it out in 18-24, but due to there being a lot of patching needing to be done, it will stretch to about 35.
Floored through a family friend who owns a flooring business. Went expensive in the living with commercial strength vinyl planks, and end of roll carpet in the bedroom.
Chaned the configuration of the kitchen a little, painted it with a new sink and tiles. Putting in new blinds, lights, door handles, kitchen cupboards, and updating the bathroom by painting the tiles, adding some cupboards and a shower screen.
All up this has cost me about $7000, and 6 weeks to complete. The tradies were a pain, as i needed an electrician and plumber to come in, which did delay the completion by around 1 week. I basically had people do most of the work due to my time constraints, so if i were to have painted, i would have saved another $1000.
I think you can do what you have planned with $7000, but what i have learnt is to make sure you have as much as you can planned out beforehand. Thats where my mistake was made, and it cost me a lot of headaches and running around.
Hope this is some help
