Thinking of taking the plunge and renovating a period house... Hoping for advice of info from others who may have undertaken similar jobs.
The house still has almost all of it's period features, which we want to retain. It's about 1100sq foot.
The main problems are as follows:
Severe damp issues. Walls are wet to the touch in kitchen, and wet floor. So essentially this needs to be gutted, new floor, damp proofing, dry lining, plastering. Anything else I'm missing?
Wallpaper is peeling off nearly every wall in the house, and some ceilings. Hope to remove it all without damaging the walls.
Upstairs landing wall, connected to neighbours house is damp, with that white 'foam' secreting from the wall. Also, damp patches on ceiling of landing.
Looked into the attic, and there are gaps in the roof slates - you can see daylight in about 3 spaces. Not big gaps, maybe 1inch thick. 4 inch long. Can these be repaired, without being replaced? Obviously water is getting into the attic space. So new insulation needed.
These are the main issues, and once these have been fixed, we'd be able to do all the other work ourselves, or have friends do it - i.e re-wiring, bathroom/plumbing, kitchen, floors/carpets, decorating.
I have posted for quotes on the builders website, and waiting on word back. But really I'm looking for info from people with personal experience in undertaking a job like this for themselves.
Thanks in advance!
The house still has almost all of it's period features, which we want to retain. It's about 1100sq foot.
The main problems are as follows:
Severe damp issues. Walls are wet to the touch in kitchen, and wet floor. So essentially this needs to be gutted, new floor, damp proofing, dry lining, plastering. Anything else I'm missing?
Wallpaper is peeling off nearly every wall in the house, and some ceilings. Hope to remove it all without damaging the walls.
Upstairs landing wall, connected to neighbours house is damp, with that white 'foam' secreting from the wall. Also, damp patches on ceiling of landing.
Looked into the attic, and there are gaps in the roof slates - you can see daylight in about 3 spaces. Not big gaps, maybe 1inch thick. 4 inch long. Can these be repaired, without being replaced? Obviously water is getting into the attic space. So new insulation needed.
These are the main issues, and once these have been fixed, we'd be able to do all the other work ourselves, or have friends do it - i.e re-wiring, bathroom/plumbing, kitchen, floors/carpets, decorating.
I have posted for quotes on the builders website, and waiting on word back. But really I'm looking for info from people with personal experience in undertaking a job like this for themselves.
Thanks in advance!