My Bucket List / Personal Goals
Renovate A House
Ticked off
What it is
Taking a tired house and turning it into a home, room by room.
How to do it
Buy a property with potential, set a budget with a healthy contingency, and line up good trades early.
Top tip
Whatever you budget, add 20%. Something always turns up once the walls come off.
My experience
For years I'd moved from place to place and never had a house that was really mine to change. Renovating one was always on the list: finding somewhere with potential and putting the work in to make it a home.
This is how it looked when we started. It's been a lot of dust, decisions and long weekends, but it was worth every bit. It also meant I finally had the garden for another goal on my list: owning my dream firepit.