Renovating a small 1920's 3 bed semi-detached house (Part 1)

Welcome back to this little mini-series about past renovations we've done. Last time it was a 2 bedroom terraced flat. This time it's a 1920's semi-detached house. This is a very typical small semi - technically it's 3 bedrooms but the 3rd bedroom is barely big enough for a single bet. Fine for a young family with a baby and cot though... which we were at the time! Budget of £20k - what would you do? I'll let you know same time next week. Enjoy!
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[@kyrrekar]

Must be done: Replace led water pipe, change roof of the garden shed or replace the whole shed, fix crack's around windows. Close most of the openings in the crawl space. Great updates: trim trees in the back garden. Make outdoor seating area towards the sunny area. Put up a small greenhouse.

[@GosforthHandyman]

I'd love a greenhouse - never had one of my own! Can't beat real tomatoes 👍😀

[@clarkeysam]

A greenhouse next to a golf course? What could go wrong!?

[@anonymouse74]

clarkeysam 😂😂😂

[@BGCW_86]

Fantastic find! We have a similar property and I can highly recommend the following to consider; - gravel the front garden, remove wall for extra parking, easy maintenance. - downstairs wc if enough room under stairs? If not, can any space be stolen from the kitchen to facilitate? - deck out from the back around 3-4 metres to have a lovely outdoor space maximizing the views! Will also create additional storage area underneath? - sell off that kitchen, unless it can be altered, upcycled etc. Storage is KEY in small kitchens, we’ve invested in ceiling height wall cabinets and kickboard drawers under the units, aswell as shelves over windows for non essential items / plants for example. - the boiler being replaced could remove the need for that massive water tank, which could be knocked out and a pshaped bath with shower over installed. I wouldn’t go for both shower and bath in a small space. - stair box in little bedroom, try build cabin bed/storage around it to utilize space around. Or a walk in wardrobe works well! That’s my thoughts, thanks for sharing! Brought back memories for us! Looking forward to seeing the next installment! Take care 👍🏻

[@CA-gy4qf]

I agree with all of that apart from the decking, I'm just not a fan of wood decking, I'd go with gravel or slab personally

[@GosforthHandyman]

On the button with a lot of that. 👍

[@dillsplosion5334]

Decking is a haven for vermin

[@brookuth2212]

I swear you just listed exactly what we did my house 😮 except we added an upstairs bathroom because there was only one downstairs.

[@Bobrogers99]

After watching two of your house renovation videos I craved more, but nobody else does it as clearly as you do! You lead us through every step of the work, and showing floor plans is brilliant! Your videos are all about the renovation, whereas for other vloggers it's all about them and the work is incidental. Now we have to find a lot more houses for you to renovate in a hurry so I can watch the videos! ;-)

[@bekabeka71]

Working on renovation semi detached house as a labourer myself in Dublin. Learning as I go along

[@skirtingsrus]

Love this series! It's always great to hear renovation stories.

[@dustyjoe8071]

Bedroom 3 you can build a single bed over the box with storage underneath

[@declanhobson9225]

that's what we did brilliant idea and saved a lot of space!

[@hillmidget1326]

Seen it a few times in the council estegrowing up. I alwas wanted it in my boxroom

[@acmulhern]

We turned ours into a reading nook/hiding place for my son. He loves it.

[@mrkrabs5729]

I’ve ruined the comedy

[@mrkrabs5729]

Sorry boys

[@rosyclaire]

40 yrs ago we needed a 3 bed property, the only way we could buy one was to get one like yours. What we did was to extend the 'box' in the 3rd bedroom and built a cupboard under. We made sure it was big enough to take a 3ft wide and 6'3" long mattress. The cupboard under was lovely for boxes of toys such as small cars and Lego. We then got a small wardrobe with drawers under, to go against the opp wall. This served us well, and our son who slept there for a good few years until we moved again loved it.

[@GosforthHandyman]

Yup - great scope for built-in beds etc. over that awkward diagonal over-stairs thing. Luckily we just had a cot then... but not for long... 😂

[@martinmoser864]

I would make a hole in the hedge at the bottom of the garden and nip for a few rounds whilst leaving the Mrs to sort out the wasps nest and lead pipe.

[@GosforthHandyman]

Ha, lets just say quite a few folk on that street were golfers. 😀

[@martinmoser864]

I bet they were Andy, what year was this, if its in the video I think I missed it.

[@chrislaing7153]

@@martinmoser864 My guess at when - About 1998 to 2000 - Mk 1 Vectra. I had a couple of those as company cars. God, they were C&ap compared to the Cavaliers

[@martinmoser864]

I was thinking around that time, my mate had the option of one of those bad boys or a 1996 Vauxhall Corsa, he went for the corsa and has got 20 years of piss taking for it.

[@Amelia-qg9po]

Did you say.....Inhedge??

[@seanoreilly6551]

If the roof on the shed it OK then spray the asbestos roof with a stabilizing compound. Water pipe maybe enter from the back if possible. Condensing boiler for heating. If budget allows extend the kitchen and put a downstairs loo.

[@GosforthHandyman]

Shed wasn't staying - was pre-workshop days. 😀

[@bmwman1981]

If your putting a boiler in I’d put it in the kitchen and not in the bathroom and me personally wouldn’t not bother with central heating I probably would fit a multi fuel stove with a back boiler for heating and a hot water boiler for water

[@garethsnaim8174]

@@bmwman1981 I've a feeling this guy is living in the 21st century though, not 19th.

[@honestguy7764]

From the perspective of someone living a flar in Madrid, those houses are very nice. Not huge, but with lots of possibilities and a tiny garden enough to comfort your sight but tiny enough not to be a burden.

[@Jay-we2ek]

Most houses here in UK are tiny.

[@dustyjoe8071]

Rip out all the plumbing and fit a combi boiler Build an extension on the back for new kitchen diner open up lounge and kitchenand diner use bed three as stairway to attic and convert attic to one or two bedrooms and a toilet and shower 3 to 4 months to complete and in budget

[@rtyrtyrtyus]

Convert attic into a bedroom is horrendous. An attick is an attick. If you need the extra space for a small child and cannot afford a bigger house, wear a condom.

[@douglastodd1947]

Keep back boiler with a storage tank , i had mine programmed to come on at 6 -8 am. that was it, instant hot water all day ,15yr. old , going to replace it with new back boiler but ripped it out on advice of a plumber , worst advice i,ve ever had , Combi boilers are CRAP , in mornings turn on hot water tap in bathroom 20ft, away at least 3/4 min waiting on warm water 20/30 gallons water wasted down the drain, this happens 3/4 times a day. My advice keep b/boiler and fit a new modern gas fire in front of it.

[@MBHOMEIMPROVE]

Awesome man! I would extend the rear with some nice bio folding doors with a open kitchen diner!

[@jamesgallagher4655]

I love the format for these projects Andy. Perfect for a retired old fossil like me.

[@GosforthHandyman]

Cheers James! Lots more to come! 👍😀

[@childearth4039]

Love the work you do - freeze beautiful houses in time.

[@iainohalloran42]

Think I would have a two bed property but have en-suite’s off both bedrooms and I would look at opening the kitchen and living / dining room up to make it open living it would possibly help make it look a larger sized living space. Good look with the renovations what ever you do. Congratulations on your new family member. What ever you decide to do with your new property I know you’ll do a first class job. ✌🏼🤝

[@xsbxsbxsb]

Put in a discrete door at the end of the garden for midnight golfball collecting to help finance the project. Build a two storey extension, including a single car garage, along the side and across the rear of the property, adding space for larger kitchen / dining / utility rooms and allowing for a bigger bath upstairs and larger bedrooms.

[@regiondeltas]

Just as an aside, as people do tend to worry about lead, but we had a water quality test done on ours (I can't even remember how - but I think the water company did it!) and it came back fine. Because it furs up, this actually keeps the water contamination very low a lot of the time. That said, there are huge advantages to replacing it which we also did. Not least of which is water pressure as you say!

[@GosforthHandyman]

We got a test done and it was above safe levels - which is a bonus since you then get the hook-up for free. 😀👍

[@laurambai5998]

You explain things really well. Just buying my first property so very interesting stuff here.

[@judithjordan3474]

Okay. I would replace th lead water supply line (obviously). Retain the current footprint of the house (you've only got $20K), and keep the wall between the kitchen and living room (again, $$$). But, take down the wall that separates the living room from the hall and move the door to the under-stair storage area so it comes out in the kitchen (Pantry!). Paint, and a good organization system in the new pantry and your downstairs is done (inside). Upstairs, forget bedroom 3. Turn it into a walk-in closet for the master and you can move the door to the master to the side of the stairs, making the Master a larger, more spacious room. How much $$ do you have left? If you can, now is the time to consider adding indoor space in the form of a 4-season sunroom to the cement patio space out back. If not, hey, it's still better than it was and maybe you can do a nice deck (I'm assuming here that the shed is going to be a workshop, or I'd suggest making it into a covered gazebo/dining area for hosting outdoor parties rather than trying to host people inside what will be a small house).

[@dorianlord6576]

In the states we would call the house a duplex. Cute place with great possibilities. Congratulations--on both the home and the baby!

[@kate_cooper]

I’ve never heard Americans refer to a semi or semi-detached so I assumed you had a different name for them as it seemed unlikely that you just didn’t have them. But are they particularly common there? Or does it depend on which state you’re in? In the UK they’re probably *the* most common type of house.

[@dorianlord6576]

@@kate_cooper Kate, they are not as popular as a single family home. They do appear mostly in the Northeast. They were a design of the 50’s thru the 70’s. Now they build more townhouses and other type of condominiums are more popular. But they would be referred to as duplexes.

[@clivet3846]

That view at the back (if security concerns are addressed) is worth money.

[@cherylmatthews4066]

We built a frame over that small room box it do fit a single bed. We used under the bed as cupboard space, plastic containers on wheels slide under type. But you can do it with drawers from an old wardrobe?..

[@dtulip1]

Ooowwww..this is my first video of yours..and I am loving the humour in the narration :D

[@Itsmeandmyadhd]

I have to start again with my 1 bedroom flat with my fiance as I went into really bad depression sorting it out now I cant believe how bad it gone try my best to fix it now

[@laurapalmer5352]

In my house the stair box is a desk over the angle worked well for me as a kid.

[@jamieedgington7958]

I have done a mirror of one of these. bed 2 + bathroom were made 1 large master bedroom and bed 3 turned into bathroom, partition in lounge to front door removed and straight wall fitted, opening the lounge up, easiest I ever did and most profit, wish I had kept it though the prices are crazy now

[@clairerandall5742]

Small kitchen extension. Open lounge up with dining room to make one nice open plan area

[@robbristow]

Remove the wall and door from the entry/stair/lounge. Maybe even open up the side of the stair to the lounge. Remove the door and wall between the lounge and dining. Put a conservatory type build over the existing concrete area at the back of the Kitchen/dinning area reconfigure the Bathroom. Rehang all the bedroom doors so they open the other way. See if you can get a downstairs toilet in somewhere close to the soil stack.

[@alijacob1587]

The plumbing that you asked about, my partner is a plumber and said they probably just ran out of straight fittings and just used elbow fittings instead

[@LMAO-ef3ip]

My great granddad was a plumber to and I showed him this and he agreed!

[@Anakinuk007]

Could be because the waste pipe gets blocked up often, and instead of an access point someone came up with that as a solution. The nuts on that trap should easily unfasten to allow to poke rods down it.

[@gwenscoble6229]

Families with little children play musical beds! Knock all bedrooms into 1 and make a giant bed😉. Kitchen needs a proper design. Washer under drainer and make a cupboard to fill the

[@timmy5521]

Similar house to mine. I would go for a first floor side extension with carport. Not sure it it would come in budget though. Later I would extend the rear and put a nice walk out balcony to enjoy your views

[@donkmeister]

From the brick bond and windowcill depth I'd say that's a cavity wall (cavity wall is not a given in a house of that era!), so I'd say look into getting subsidised cavity insulation. You really feel the benefit in winter No experience of suspended timber floors so no idea if it's worth insulating the floor too, but on a concrete slab as little as 6mm (six millimetres!) of cement-encapsulated foam under the floor finish makes the floor noticeably warmer. Replace water mains with MDPE in the biggest size your local water co will connect up, then go for a ~40kW combi in a suitable place. Then you can expand the bathroom into that airing cupboard space. I was never a fan of on-demand heating as my experiences had been anaemic old systems that had been installed cheaply. I went for a Worcester-Bosch around 40kW so I could reclaim my airing cupboard and build a new bathroom, and never looked back! Fills a bath at the same speed as the old tank-fed system. My gas main needed upgrading but it looks like you've already had that. If you have the boiler replaced, get the flu liner pulled out and the chimney fitted with a vent cap. That way you can reinstate a solid fuel fire later if you want, or just leave the hearth as an open space.

[@tonihoward5353]

That small bedroom is still bigger than the 3rd bedroom in our previous house, that was built in the 90s. It was only 180cm by 180cm, so didnt even fut a single bed. We had to put a shorty midi bed in there for our daughter and that only just fitted in. To put it together i had to make sure all bolts were inserted before putting in the end pieces of bed. Our largest bedroom was only 2.7 by 3.4

[@kateg7298]

How do you cope with noise from the neighbors? We do call it duplexes here but it's usually rentals. Are they popular in the UK as homes that you buy?

[@emm_arr]

I would turn your patio area into an outdoor room. Plant a low perimeter hedge to push this area out to your neighbour's extension - about 1m high with ceanothus skylark. Its evergreen. I'd plant winter honeysuckle and let it get to abour 2m high as doorways off the patio. That's evergreen too - and it smells really nice in the winter. Give it 5 years and it'll be lovely.

[@jamespetre]

We had that exact gas fire fronting our old back boiler in our house.

[@ratchriat1716]

I think is a good looking house can be beautiful need work but is worth it.

[@scr3tchy]

Hm light overhaul of the bedrooms. Masterbedroom to the backside for the view and away from the street. The small Bedroom as a office or maybe for the kids first year or so. The big things would be the lead pipe and the asbestos shed roof. Afterwards maybe remove the concrete terrace infront of the kitchen and remake a nice outside sitting area.

[@GosforthHandyman]

Great suggestions 👍👊

[@Chuck-gd9rr]

Small bedroom -new closet storage for master bedroom. Opening up kitchen to living room with counter/cabinets Would make the kitchen more functional and space seem larger and give an overall lighter vibe.

[@davidmcarthur1093]

What I do is always the essentials. Upgrade all the pipes to get rid of the lead then put the water tanks in the attic gives space for a shower and a bath make the kitchen layout work better a downstairs toilet under the stairs and a deck in the garden

[@GosforthHandyman]

Yup - although small enough for a combi so didn't really need tanks. Ooop... giving stuff away... 😂

[@awantamta]

Another interesting project to look forward to.

[@GosforthHandyman]

Cheers Tahir! This was a fun one! 👍

[@zooshehooshespreadonlyposi8031]

Lovely little house here. I would renovate, stay in it a while, then either sell for profit or rent out for continual income. If you can extend kitchen, I would do so, put French doors in living room, etc. Good buy. Definitely build a conservatory. Oh, and decking! Etc

[@logtothebase2]

No major changes, sort out infrastructure, lead pipe, pointing, more modern bathroom suite. move hot-water heating into the loft space, loft latter and an area for storage inside the hatch. get id of the garage structure replace with a decent shed, tidy garden out back some sort of patio but nothing flash, if street paring is bad re do front yard for paring. Decorate decorate and decorate. if funds allow configure ground floor into open plan with bigger windows and access to garden. Knock down neighbours extension

[@orlaigh]

Nice house to start with. Move watertank to the attic or replace with combi boiler. Extend kitchen dinner if in the budget opening it up to the garden. Use the new space to create a toilet accessing the available space under the stairs. Add a laundry/utility with access to the side return. If the property was not extended add a laudary into the upstairs bathroom in place of the watertank to free up kitchen space.

[@GosforthHandyman]

Great suggestions! 👍

[@trampswildcampbushcraft2163]

Okay, for a start i would trim the front garden bushes. Yes you did say 1920s house. I’ll rebuild the shed: red brick, tin roof and put a dunnie in it. (You never know). Oh I’ll put a lock on that “consumer unit”. That kitchen sink needs a Belfast sink in there. I’ll put a “massive log fire place in it”. It will be like an inferno. Bob the builder.

[@krystalgazer5196]

The flies are called . Cluster fly. I had them in my loft stuck to the slates on the 30s semi I bought in 86. Got rid by always spraying a can of fly spray every year when I put the Xmas Dec's back up there.

[@BusyBeeCompany]

Bump out like your neighbour did, major room expansion...move front door to side, go for a terracedgarden to level it outsome and cut that back end of the garden to chest height

[@ethompson1965]

That little box room upstairs would make a great laundry room since you a have to replace the plumbing, and The empty bottom cupboard would be great for a dishwasher. Replace the kitchen counters and put in a nice farm house sink. Fireplace should go, needs to be updated with something more modern, Just my opinion. You asked. Regards from Canada

[@rustrose-f4r]

Can I ask what a laundry room is/looks like? I'm UK and I'm assuming you mean like a utility? In the UK you do not sacrifice bedrooms unless you are installing something of equal or greater value, but I have a small single bedroom that could be classed as a laundry room because that's where the clothes horse goes when it's raining.

[@Reverend-Rodger]

A modern condensing combi boiler would save a packet on the gas bill. Only worth it if your staying put for a while though. I'm not expert on brickwork but that looks recently done above the windows, shouldn't there be weep vents installed?

[@pdbay47]

I think I would push out the back with a ground floor kitchen extension and downstairs loo.

[@GosforthHandyman]

Close! 👍

[@juniperjane9582]

lintel issues - houses built at this time were built with oak window frames, extremely strong and would support the necessary weight. Fast forward to the 80's and early 90's when upcv windows were fitted, better for keeping heat in but way too soft to hold up all the brickwork x

[@LucasFernandez-fk8se]

So buy a house with wood siding. Wood siding looks better than 4 sides brick anyways. Sometimes a brick facade is nice but not always and 4 sides brick is usually very ugly

[@WulfricTheBlack]

Kitchen extension with a powder room, smallest bedroom convert into a second bathroom upstairs

[@mmac-fr5xu]

There will be no lintle's over windows on outer skin. Inner skin possibly timber or concrete but the norm in the day was a soldier course build ontop of window frame . The cracks are due to slight movement due to renewal of windows .

[@leopriest133]

Rewatching your old videos lol I wonder how difficult it would have been to swap the bathroom and bedroom 3 as the bathroom is slightly larger

[@chazzerg8567]

Cosmetically id brick up the current pvc backdoor and replace it with a French door where the dining area window is. Id replace the kitchen with a more expensive model, but do it in such a way that i would remove the previous kitchen in such a way that i can sell the old units as they’re still fairly new. Id carpet the upstairs as the floorboards are currently bare . The lead pipes would be replaced and i would replace the back burner with a gas fired system. Not sure if im in budget but these are some initial thoughts.

[@GosforthHandyman]

Great suggestions! 👍

[@danieljgwallace195]

I’d put a porch on the front, knock out the wall just inside the front door. Extension on the rear, hot water tank in the loft

[@lizzyway218]

keep the bay window. this house is usually well built. i owned one years ago for £61k the third bedroom had a built in wardrobe - the loft was converted for abt £15k room 24' long and approx 17' wide, stairs went from the small 3rd bedroom and the remainder of the small room was used as a small home office. had new heating put in through out to get rid of back boiler - dont put that tank in the skip etc - they are worth selling. i did have what would of been some type of utility room which was great. gave it an overhaul and sold for £185k. If you are looking for somewhere with a view try looking in cornwall ! will be interested to see what you do with it, good luck and hope yr baby is settling in well :)

[@willistaylor4077]

Bedroom 3 would become my Flute practice room.

[@neiliusflavius]

Too small - you'd have to change to piccolo!

[@paulmulryne8405]

I bought my first house with pretty similar dimensions. We did a loft conversion to make a master bedroom upstairs and knocked the tiny kitchen / dining room together with a single storey extension out into the garden. We turned the coal shed bit into a downstairs toilet. It made it into genuine 3 bed with a small office / games room. In hindsight, the amount we spent on it, we could have just moved 😂😂😂

[@mesharaza4011]

How much you spend on it, because we also want same changing. Thanks it will help us

[@paulmulryne8405]

@@mesharaza4011 I can’t remember the exact figures, but for the loft conversion, extension and new kitchen, we spent about £55,000 I think. This was a few years ago, so it would be more now.

[@mesharaza4011]

@@paulmulryne8405 Thanks dear

[@helenrushful]

I’d turn it into as many tiny bedsits as possible, rent them out to anyone who can’t read a tenancy agreement and move it all into a complex web of offshore shell companies before using the capital to apply for loans to enable me to borrow lots of money to enable me to move to Monaco before coronavirus and legal repercussions hits.

[@dxnpaniicz5663]

lol sounds nice don’t quite think banks/solicitors would let this slide under their noses nowadays though 😂

[@orls9068]

Proper order

[@11mroscar]

starting with landscaping. im a grass fan so at the front all grass have some sleepers for some raised beds. For the drive leave that give it a pressure wash after you have finished the revo. and int he future had it all re dont in stone or something. Easily done urself. In terms of the kitchen just rip it out design a kitchen put that in there. Im guesing the windows are fine double glased and not leaking. Makbe give a fresh coat of silicone. Re plaster if needs be. Tart up with some paint. Have a full rewire and plumbing easily done ur self with easy connect pvc pipe. Easily done yourself get a professional to check the fuse board and inlet. Just route the cables urself. New front door and put a gate fence on the side of the house next to teh door mate. Get rid of that shed in the back guessing that its aspestos. Make the garden 2 levels one for the conrete outside of the kitchen door and then make some nice steps going down to the rest of the garden. POSSIBLY A RAMP FOR YOUR GOLF BUGGY. Make a gap so u can play golf in the fence. Tart the faciours up. Normal dot and dab the bedrooms, new bathroom fitted to ur taste and kids bedroom basic. Btw i am no expert im only 18 just finsihed a levels this year and also am not an apprentice anywhere all my own knowledge of doing stuff and also i promis i havent watched the new video. I just saw it scrolling down as im typing will take a look now thanks dude great video sorry for the spellin mistakes if there are any!

[@davescorpion]

Well that fire and back boiler would be out for one, same as the hot water tank, that would go, install a combi. Lead pipe has to be replaced from the main. If the breast wall is not supporting, get rid of that too, and either add an electric fire, or not depending on what you want, if central heating would suffice. Get the rendering sorted, fill the cracks etc. I think the PVC windows will have a lintel above them, but you never know. Kitchen would do, with some adjustments. Everything else not too bad except the colour scheme. Shed/ garage, either knock it down or replace the roof and tidy it up a bit.Garden not too bad, bit of a tidy maybe. Roof and slates look fine, just check in the loft that there are no rotten or warped lathes. Replace some of the waste water piping. No idea what I'd do with that boxing in the small bed room though......can't wait to see what you do with it..... :)

[@GosforthHandyman]

Cheers! Yeah, roof was all fine... but I can't for the life of me remember if I boarded it out. 😂👍

[@dxnpaniicz5663]

Get rid of old shed, garage extension with a 4th master bedroom/en suit up above. Single story extension into your garden just like the neighbours have done to allow for the modern open plan kitchen / diner which will bump up the price massively

[@dxnpaniicz5663]

I’d probably look at knocking the living room wall down also (forgot to say) or maybe adding an open arched partition

[@hard1yvisib1e21]

I lived in a house when I was younger where a bed had been made above the stair slope in the bedroom as low as it could be to hide that box design

[@michellefrost85]

I had the same bedroom.... had to build a bed in because there was no way a normal bed would fit in the room. So bed was above the slope

[@ReecePowell]

I wanna do another one! Doing ours at the moment and want another already haha

[@ianurquhart6909]

Here is what my wife thinks you should do .... remove back boiler and replace with combi so that you can get shower in bathroom, open up the sitting room, dining and kitchen as a open plan, with some bi fold doors to the back garden; get water pipework sorted (pressure for combi). Don’t mess with shed roof (get it checked out, it may be ok). Redo kitchen and bathroom. Install pleasant back patio to enjoy inside / outside life with great view. Main bedroom at back, smallest room as study, until next kid comes along - does one?

[@garethheathcote4988]

Depending on the ceiling price for the road/area I would build a big wraparound single maybe double story extension,down the side and round the back. Incorporating a large open plan kitchen/diner with bifold,s and if single story lantern windows. Tbh I would probably go for the single story option. Also add a downstairs wc.

[@joeymerrell8585]

Looking at the area of the yard or “garden” as you call it in the uk, makes me me really love the 70 acres my house is on. I can’t even see my closest neighbors. I love Texas

[@GosforthHandyman]

70 acres! You could have people living on your land and not know about it! 😂👍👊

[@joeymerrell8585]

@@GosforthHandyman nah, we are all over it all the time.

[@jamesalex5474]

I was looking into property developing, can I ask how much can you make per year assuming if its ones property its tax free. its just something I've always wanted to do, im pushing 32 self employed since 19 but im very bored of landscaping lol

[@TheSadButMadLad]

Add gas central heating. Remove back boiler. Remove garage. Install patio doors to kitchen/diner and block off the existing door so that the kitchen can be extended round the corner into a U shape. Possibly put decking so that it's same level as inside with no step. Decorate. Weed garden.

[@GosforthHandyman]

Very close! 👍

[@TheSadButMadLad]

@@GosforthHandyman Ah, I missed out the lead pipe. Does that make it very very close? :-)

[@craigr6845]

Just get a lead renewal done from your local water authority I work for Yorkshire water and I've just bought my own ex council house and also have a lead supply which I'll be replacing for 25mm mdpe and I will be getting Yorkshirewater to make a new connection to the water main and install a new stop cock at boundary whilst I'll replace all my lead for mdpe from the boundary to internal 👌🏻

[@AlesEveryday]

Cool renovations man!

[@GosforthHandyman]

Cheers bud! 👍

[@georgiagrace8515]

Hi, me and my partner are looking into buying an ex-council house. ours were built in the 50s/60s I was wondering if yours is timber-framed as it looks very similar. Thank you

[@dannymurphy1779]

I am thinking about a 'Sussex kitchen', this is a small porch sized extension with flat roof, glazed on three sides. Then you can have sink there and pleasant views.

[@GosforthHandyman]

The views are key! 👍👊

[@animationcreations42]

Looks like you had to blur something (or someone) out at 5:40! 😂 Honestly, there's not really much you can do with a property like that, unless you get it for way below market value. The extent of my 'renovation' would be installing central heating, renewing the kitchen with something a bit less B&Q (I bet it was an IT kitchen), and giving the place a lick of paint and new flooring. Maybe knock the window in the 'dining room' into a french door, put a bit of decking down and get a nice patio set. Assuming the shed is in decent nick, I'd keep it and just give it a lick of paint. Possibly pave the front garden depending on what on-street parking is like

[@GosforthHandyman]

Ha yes, my dodgy photoshop skills. Well spotted! The one looking at the back of the property also had my wife removed from it 😂. You're absolutely right - very little you can do with these sadly unless you're happy to lose money on it. 😭👍

[@manchesterlass600]

Add a conservatory on the back to give another downstairs room

[@CherryzB]

Did you sell or rent out the old property? Seems like a great source of income but also a whole other hassle.

[@bilvis1985]

I would turn build a gable wall, convert the loft, extend the kitchen (plus all the other stuff)....bit then I do it for a living. I'd also put lintels above the windows. The inner leaf of brickwork would have a timber lintel in (shrunk to hell after 80uts and not holding much up). The outer leaf would have been supported by the original timber window. Window fitters never put lintels in and the uPVC just bows. It's clearly been repointed just before you bought it. I bet they look shocking now (assuming you didn't put lintels in). It's a very common occurrence.

[@GosforthHandyman]

That was my thinking lintel-wise too. Watch this space! 👍

[@acmulhern]

Asbestos isn't a big deal on a shed. It's dangerous if you're breathing it in over long periods of time, but if you're only using the shed as storage it might not be worth replacing. Although if you do choose to remove it, just be extra careful to do it properly. It's when you do work to asbestos that it starts being dangerous...

[@shelley0071]

I have just put an offer on a 1923 semi with a above ground basement, no idea what the cost is going to be so I'm watching this with eagerness

[@mrde0mrsai]

I think in the US it’s called duplex, known in the UK as semi.

[@iriliral6366]

Subscribed....reason??.....the way you described the existing property...now I am off to part2 :)

[@raydriver7300]

Your shed reminds me of the prefab where I was brought up in Blakelaw

[@GosforthHandyman]

It was solid I'll tell you that much! 😂👍

[@DM-ee5je]

Shed! You were lucky! There were 123 of us living in a shoe box in middle of road.

[@niek7808]

I would definetly remove the little bedroom, and make a stairs to the loft. I find it weird that in a lot of houses outside my country the addic isnt used. I think i would put a big dormer on the bag side if i had the money. Also i find it realy weird that a lot of the sewage plumming is outside ending up in a drain. I think i would connect them to the sewers. I find it really interesting how different Dutch 20s style homes are compered to Englesh 20s style homes.

[@0skar9193]

Pointing above windows looks newer than the rest... windows fitters nightmare, windows without lintel :o

[@hogthrob]

Houses like that say two story extension to the side. Bedroom over garage. The stairs are in the right place. Probably not for 20k though, considering what else needs to be done. What was combi boiler technology like back then? I seem to remember they weren't that good pressure or flow wise?

[@GosforthHandyman]

Our neighbours had something similar done and it it was about £45k just for the extension. Combi boilers were pretty good then. 👍

[@danmoss1254]

Great video, Which software do you use for your floorplans? Is it a function of sketchup? Thankyou

[@GosforthHandyman]

Back then it was Visio but now I would just use SketchUp. 👍

[@YaiNee5G2002]

Good video, get ideas

[@johnhigginbotham8291]

Great video, Andy!!

[@GosforthHandyman]

Cheers John - we loved this house! 👍

[@holmesjunction]

The 3 bed semi next to us in South Yorkshire is the same basic layout and size as yours. BUT, is was built in the 1980s! - Sixty years of British design progress!!

[@GosforthHandyman]

Ha! Yeah, things haven't changed much. 😂

[@mickjay2579]

To be fair, it's unchanged because it basically works, unless of course you actually need 3 bedrooms ;-). We live in a S.Y. semi and it has much bigger rooms except the smallest bedroom which strangely enough is on a par with this one, go figure.

[@Phenrica]

Looks like it was a decent project but not sure if I could live there whilst the changes being made, dust, dust, upheaval and plenty of 🤬🤬 first job sort the lead pipes out I guess then... A. I’d look to extend out at the back similar to the neighbour and upgrade the dining / kitchen area prob re use kitchen units etc B. Change the boiler/fire and install a combi then get rid of the cistern and header tank C. Upgrade the bathroom, prob shower over L/P bath D. Box room is the new office E. Loose the asbestos garage, when funds allow replace with decent garden shed unless a first home workshop required F. Some hard landscaping to the rear garden for sitting / alfresco dining and improve the golf course view (buy some bats a play of course) G. Front garden general tidy and maybe widen the driveway for extra off road parking if you guys had more cars/vans then H. Good old decorating to your own choice unless you going to flip 😉 Looking forward to this 👍🏻

[@GosforthHandyman]

Living there while doing the work, with a

[@Reverend-Rodger]

Soapy water btw kills wasps, it suffocates them. :D

[@richardkeith2778]

Lead pipe, GCH Overhaul and If funds allow, combo boiler and add shower. Extend to side party wall rear keeping rear access and downstairs toilet and utility space, and if possibly wrap round to the kitchen/back door or offshot kitchen but I doubt you have the budget !!.

[@richardkeith2778]

Oh, and disposing of an asbestos roof will probably consume half the budget now !!

[@GosforthHandyman]

Ha ha, yes - the budget vanished very rapidly on this one. 😂

[@mahfoozmiah2008]

Extent left side of the house and extend back for one kitchen and dining room

[@mahfoozmiah2008]

At least 5 meter kitchen extension

[@mahfoozmiah2008]

With £55k

[@MrLamrod174]

There's got to be an AV cupboard under those stairs.

[@GosforthHandyman]

Ha, tempting! 😂

[@njuham]

Few of these property ladder videos and we'll end up somewhere in St. George's Hill in Surrey - that's why he disappeared and became all mysterious...

[@GosforthHandyman]

Ha ha... if only! 😂

[@C4sp3r123]

How did you gain access to the area under the floor boards? Was this achieved pre or post purchase? Looking forward to the next video..

[@jontosh]

often there's an access hatch in these types of houses, maybe in the understairs cupboard

[@GosforthHandyman]

I went under the floor post-purchase 👍👊

[@C4sp3r123]

@@GosforthHandyman thanks. I dare not look under mine!

[@royhopkins3446]

that pipe by the front door would be GAS

[@harryl9yearsago788]

Small lower extension with bi folds

[@peterratcliffe5115]

Waiting for next week's. We bought a 1935 house about 1½ ago. Still has the lead pipe supply and possible lack of lintels. The original window frames could have been supporting because we have small diagonal cracks from the top corner of almost every window. Fully rendered house so they're obvious. Original concrete hall floor is sinking too. Think the lead pipe could be leaking underneath? Lots of work to do. 😬🤦🏻‍♂️

[@GosforthHandyman]

Ah, that's interesting about the concrete floor - next week's might be relevant for you! 👍

[@peterratcliffe5115]

@@GosforthHandyman Our front room and dining room have the a void underneath and air bricks like in the video. The hall and kitchen are concrete and both sinking which has in turn slowed the landing to drop at one end. We plan to dig the whole lot out and install MOT, damp proof, concrete, insulation, underfloor heating, liquid screed and re tile at the same time as a rear kitchen diner extension.