A pair have revealed how they added £230,000 to their residence after renovating and utilizing intelligent hacks to rework their property.
Ellie Rimmer, 27, purchased her two-bed bungalow for £400,000 in September 2021 and have been renovating it ever since right into a four-bed home – spending £120,000 thus far.
She mentioned they ripped the home again to it is ‘naked bones’ and have been utilizing intelligent DIY hacks to save cash to rework their residence.
And one intelligent hack noticed Ellie save £4,100 by cleansing and portray her roof tiles black as an alternative of shopping for a model new set for a median value of £4,500.
Ellie and James could not be happier with their handiwork and say doing the DIY themselves is ‘satisfying’.
Ellie Rimmer, 27, from Brighton, has revealed how she added £230,000 to her residence after renovating and utilizing intelligent hacks to rework the property
She purchased her two-bed bungalow for £400,000 in September 2021 and have been renovating it ever since right into a four-bed home – spending £120,000 thus far (left, the roof earlier than, and proper, after)
Ellie revealed when she first purchased the property, it was in a sorry state of affairs.
She mentioned: ‘We began stripping all of it out right away. It wasn’t liveable.
‘It was constructed within the 50s and I do not assume it had been touched since.
‘We ripped the complete home again to the naked bones.’
The savvy couple created a loft conversion to create two additional bedrooms and bogs upstairs.
With the price of their renovation rising, they wished to discover a solution to repair the marked and moss-covered tiles cheaply.
Ellie mentioned: ‘We had at all times deliberate to offer them a clear.
‘I noticed portray tiles is completed rather a lot in Australia.’
Ellie revealed when she first purchased the property, it was in a sorry state of affairs – and he or she and boyfriend James started stripping it again right away (left, the kitchen earlier than, and proper, after)
The couple have almost completed the renovations and have been dwelling of their residence for the final eight months (left, the toilet earlier than, and proper, after)
She and her accomplice, James Lawrence, 28, an organization director, got here up with the concept to color them whereas strapped for money throughout their home renovation.
Ellie researched and found tile paint existed and acquired £400 price to coat their present brown tiles twice.
The pair – together with Ellie’s dad, Gary Rimmer, 60, a gross sales route – cleaned every tile one after the other with a wire brush and spent round 4 10-hour days portray the tiles.
Ellie, a challenge supervisor for the NHS, mentioned: ‘I’ve performed lots of upcycling previously.
‘I simply thought ‘absolutely you possibly can paint tiles.’ I Googled it, and it did exist.
‘To save cash on new tiles we cleaned all of them by hand.
‘The primary coat – the tiles drunk the paint. We did two coats and all with brushes.
‘It matches with the remainder of the home.
‘We saved hundreds.’
A part of their renovation noticed them cleansing every roof tile earlier than portray them individually to rework the looks of their residence (left and proper)
‘Whereas the roof was off for the extension, we cleaned them.
‘They had been all mix-matched and marked.
‘When the tiles went again on the roof had modified dimension, so we had been just a few tiles brief.’
Ellie managed to search out the remaining 500 tiles on Fb market from an previous church for £150.
With the roof again on however the scaffolding nonetheless up from their builders, Ellie and James labored tirelessly to color them in April 2022.
Ellie: ‘It’s totally windy the place we reside so we could not use spray.
‘A few of the neighbours would cease by as we had been doing it to inform us regarded wonderful.
‘You have to belief the method. A 12 months on it seems the identical.’
The couple have almost completed the renovations and have been dwelling of their residence for the final eight months.
They not too long ago had their home valued and had been advised it was price £630k – £230k greater than they paid for the property initially.
Ellie mentioned they’re beginning the decorations for the final toilet and can then have the patio to finish subsequent summer time.
She mentioned: ‘We challenge managed it ourselves. We did the analysis to search out issues cheaper.
‘Doing the bits your self – it is satisfying.
‘We’re lastly with the ability to get pleasure from it. There may be mild on the finish of the tunnel.’