We are sale agreed on a 1960s 3 bed semi with garage in Dublin. It has gas central heating but the windows are single glazed. We would like to retrofit it (at present it is supposed to be a BER rating of F). The house also needs to be rewired.
Ideally we will rent and get the rewiring done before moving in. However, I am wondering about how to go about the retrofit. Should we continue to rent and use a one stop shop to do everything in one go or do the work gradually?
Could we live in the house whilst the retrofit is being done. Also I plan to remodel the kitchen and bathroom and change the window sizes, will whoever doing the windows organise changing the window size for me (block up a doorway in kitchen so only a window) or do I need to do this separately.
Finally how much should I expect to pay to get the house as high a standard as possible and is it worth doing cost wise?
Thanks for any help
Ideally we will rent and get the rewiring done before moving in. However, I am wondering about how to go about the retrofit. Should we continue to rent and use a one stop shop to do everything in one go or do the work gradually?
Could we live in the house whilst the retrofit is being done. Also I plan to remodel the kitchen and bathroom and change the window sizes, will whoever doing the windows organise changing the window size for me (block up a doorway in kitchen so only a window) or do I need to do this separately.
Finally how much should I expect to pay to get the house as high a standard as possible and is it worth doing cost wise?
Thanks for any help