Hi All
Just wondering if anyone can provide some insight advice please.
We have just had to place mum in a nursing home after a stroke. Now we have to sort her house out for rental to help cover the costs of her nursing home. I dont think any money has been spent on the house in 30 years and very run down.
We would like to do the following.
From the street the roof looks awful. It looks like a tin roof. Thought we may get the front resprayed to give it a nicer look. Can this be done? Any idea of cost? Had thought we may do it but frightened of going through the roof as we dont know how brittle it is.
Bathroom needs doing. Shower is in the bath and we want to rip out the bath and put in just a shower. Over east i have seen a type of lining instead of tiling. Can this just be pinned over the top of the tiles and screwed in? Just trying to clean up the bathroom as cheap as possible. Bathroom is tiny. Maybe 2 mtrs x 3 mtrs. Any idea of price. Can they tile over the top of existing tiles? Its an old house (maybe 40 years old) and worried that it probably has asbestos.
Folks went mad with that timber wall panelling. Its everywhere and makes the place look dark. Can this be painted over? Has anyone seen it done. How did it look?
Timber flooring looks dull. Without going to the hassle of sanding it back and polishing. Is there anything you could mop over it to bring it up shiny again?
We are going to paint the timber on the outside of the front of the house and have paveway repaved.
Bobcat yard and put down grass.
Are we dreaming we can do all this for 20K?
Its a small 2 bed bungalow. We dont want to spend alot as eventually it will get bull dozed and we will put 3 townhouses on the block. just trying to make it halfway decent to rent out or we may even leave in it if we decide to sell and build another house.
Any advice would be greatfully welcommed.
Caz