Now looking at an old house with beautiful features:
Am I an idiot to keep looking at houses which need some structural work done? Thing is, they're cheap. I could probably afford to get them fixed up with the left-over money and then do all the normal stuff myself - sand, paint, strip, save up for kitchen, resurface bath, new vanity, etc.
Or should I go for something twice the price and a tenth of the work?
- double-brick
- looks like cedar under that mould and peeling paint
- floors are some other hardwood
- fireplace has sandstone rock surround
- high ceilings, metal - lovely old light fittings
- beautiful stained glass windows
- has a bath!
- no rising damp
- flat
- rear lane access
- quiet street
- foundations need work
- floor boards probably need replacing in at least one room
- cracks/gaps need builder at very least - maybe structural engineer
- sleepout had termites and floor is r-s - would like to make it a verandah anyway
- kitchen is pre-historic
- one of the wrong sides of town - not very far from housos and ex-housos.
Am I an idiot to keep looking at houses which need some structural work done? Thing is, they're cheap. I could probably afford to get them fixed up with the left-over money and then do all the normal stuff myself - sand, paint, strip, save up for kitchen, resurface bath, new vanity, etc.
Or should I go for something twice the price and a tenth of the work?