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This is our estimate and actual costs of the renovation to date. I intend to do as much work as possible myself which will keep some of the costs down.

Item Projected Actual
Roof £50,000 £36,000
Pointing £10,000 £6,500
Building work £20,000 £5,000 so far
Woodchip boiler £10,000 £14,000
Plumbing/heating £14,000 £25,000
Electrics £1,000 £1,000 so far
Kitchen and bathrooms £35,000 £8,000 so far
Lighting £2,000
Decoration £8,000
Contingency £15,000
TOTAL £165,000 £95,500 so far

Notes to date
  • Roofing came in a bit lower as we could save VAT on some of the work, and managed to re-use a lot of our existing slate
  • Pointing was reduced as I did a lot of it myself rather than pay someone else to do the work
  • We had underestimated how much plumbing first fix work would be needed, and also decided to buy a rainwater harvesting tank for flushing the toilets and the washing machine
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