James740 replied to the topic Old house interior – Help with Gyprock and wooden wall boards in the forum I just came across a few 11 years, 8 months ago
I just came across a few houses I was looking at that had these features. One of them was a period specific house, the other one was a bit of a mix, definitely not heritage house just a very old plain house. Just scoping out renovation possibilities for these houses and learn something about it as I hadn't really considered reno these…
James740 replied to the topic Old house interior – Help with Gyprock and wooden wall boards in the forum Value Adding 11 years, 8 months ago
I just came across a few houses I was looking at that had these features. One of them was a period specific house, the other one was a bit of a mix, definitely not heritage house just a very old plain house. Just scoping out renovation possibilities for these houses and learn something about it as I hadn't really considered reno these…
James740 replied to the topic Improvements to ex NSW Housing Commission House in the forum Value Adding 11 years, 9 months ago
Doonside NSW
bought some laminate floors and did the whole house with it. That was probably the only easy part of the entire renovation. I had a million holes in the walls to fix up when I first got it. THought about doing the kitchen and bathroom myself but that would've taken a ridiculous amount of time, so I just bought the bathroom wares…[Read more]
James740 replied to the topic Improvements to ex NSW Housing Commission House in the forum Value Adding 11 years, 9 months ago
I just finished a renovation on my ex gov house. I didn't do anything on the outside, solely focused on the inside. New floor, new kitchen, new bathroom. All in all, spent 20k, had the bank do a valuation and came back 70k higher than the purchase price, or 40k up if you take out reno and buying cost. but out of the 20k reno, about half of…[Read more]