Browse Forums Increasing Home Value Re: What would you spend $10k on in a reno. Suggestions plea 35Apr 09, 2010 2:04 pm We have just renovated to sell (currently on the market) we did EVERYTHING our selves except splashback & shower screen installation. It really depends on what needs doing & if you can do it yourself so you are not paying tradies but here is what we did- $2000 bathroom reno- knocked through wall between massive toilet & tiny bathroom (seriously only had room for a corner shower!) installed new toilet, bath, vanity, tiled $2300 Kitchen reno- Painted cupboard doors (laminate paint), replaced cooker & rangehood, chiped off old 1980's tiles, had metallic green glass splash back installed, replaced all door handles $600 rendered the entire house $300 painted the entire house $700 hired a guy with a bobcat the clear our back weed mound (used to be a massive garden) took 5 trips to the dump in his dump truck, leveled & turfed, replaced garden sleepers $80 replaced all the door handles That is all I can think of right now but it has made a massive difference. Before reno's our house valued at $385 000 now it's on the market for $419 000. Bought in Nov 21 at the height of the market (classic). Good area, atrocious floor plan. BUT has land out to the left-hand side that we can extend out on (see second… 0 6699 Thanks mate. Yeah good points! Leaning towards Option 3 to get a bit extra space in the cabinets but not going too crazy high (and expensive). Would require a mini… 13 30537 Hi It came to my attention after the handover that - The facade cladding on the face and the side are not straight. -The face tapers down by 50mm from left to right and… 0 888 |