Property I'm considering, has obvious termite damage. It ticks every other box for me - the only problem is the termite question mark. I would be getting a professional repair/renovation done, if I go ahead and purchase it (assuming that low offer is accepted, I get the most comprehensive pest and separate building/pest inspections that I can, and that it looks fairly *likely* that termites haven't travelled too much beyond bathroom). Trying to get an idea of what the bathroom job is likely to require though, worst case, should I decide to take that risk.
Damage I can find is all architrave on one side of bathroom door frame (in and outside) is eaten. The top architrave on the inside of the bathroom is also eaten. The toilet architrave is from halfway up, didn't check it down lower or in the rotten corner. Tiles on the wall backing onto the toilet have a gap and can see water damage/bubbling in that wall, which I'm assuming is the water source/leak from the shower?
Have never reno'd a bathroom before, but given the visible damage, and likelihood that at best the wall between bathroom and toilet has probably been eaten, I am assuming that a full bathroom renovation would be the best way to go? In part to find and fix damage and ?shower leak. Obviously the most expensive way though....if it is just that wall between toilet/bathroom and the architrave, given that the shower would have to come out for that job, would it be better to just re-do the whole bathroom? Anyone had an issue with termites in bathroom or leaking shower, etc? Any suggestions on how you would go about repairing? And on that note, one company that I spoke to today that strips and completely renovates bathrooms (fixed quotes) gave a ball-park of $20-25K for any bathroom. Said that's what they find is the average....steep for just a bathroom, but if it involves repairing walls, etc, it might not be....?
Damage I can find is all architrave on one side of bathroom door frame (in and outside) is eaten. The top architrave on the inside of the bathroom is also eaten. The toilet architrave is from halfway up, didn't check it down lower or in the rotten corner. Tiles on the wall backing onto the toilet have a gap and can see water damage/bubbling in that wall, which I'm assuming is the water source/leak from the shower?
Have never reno'd a bathroom before, but given the visible damage, and likelihood that at best the wall between bathroom and toilet has probably been eaten, I am assuming that a full bathroom renovation would be the best way to go? In part to find and fix damage and ?shower leak. Obviously the most expensive way though....if it is just that wall between toilet/bathroom and the architrave, given that the shower would have to come out for that job, would it be better to just re-do the whole bathroom? Anyone had an issue with termites in bathroom or leaking shower, etc? Any suggestions on how you would go about repairing? And on that note, one company that I spoke to today that strips and completely renovates bathrooms (fixed quotes) gave a ball-park of $20-25K for any bathroom. Said that's what they find is the average....steep for just a bathroom, but if it involves repairing walls, etc, it might not be....?