Complete renovation - How much can it cost?

[Aunty]

Do you prefer to live in a townhouse or a villa? But the truth is, I don't know the prices of plots around. However, I know what can be found under a "beautiful dress" and in the case of this project it may turn out that the total cost of the renovation outsourced will be higher than the cost of purchase! The same kitchen equipment made in IKEA in a better standard with cast tops can cost 200K.

it's not really about what ts wants or doesn't want.
I want to live in a castle on my own island, but I realize my limitations and have chosen something simpler.

ts might want to live in a new-build villa in Billdal, but all they can afford at the moment is a renovated townhouse in the same area.

 

[Pligg85]

Affordable.

4+ million for a small shack in the ghetto.

It will easily go over 2 million for a complete renovation unless you tear everything out yourself, then get quotes and do much yourself.

 

[saltet]

You need a budget of at least 2 million SEK. Just the kitchen and bathroom are approximately 600,000-800,000. Even then, the material choices are standard.

 

[Hybro]

Yes, oh my God how expensive.

Planning to renovate the bathroom in the future, with new surface finishes, not tiles.
Install underfloor heating that I won't use. But a nice selling point.
Definitely well below 100,000 kr.

On the other hand, the house is not in Billdal, but in the Värmländska forests. Here we know each other.

 

[Hybro]

Build new! You already have an affordable plot p g.

 

[Zeke_Varg]

Well,

Can/will you pay for a totalrenovering? Consider what you mean by total renovation and consult a carpenter to get their price estimation. Are you okay with not getting the money back at sale?

We totalrenoverade 140 sqm.

There it became
2 mini bathrooms
Guest WC
3 bedrooms
New kitchen
Living room and dining room

New electricity
New pipes
New flooring 60% in the house, the rest sanded
Underfloor heating in hallway and kitchen (tiles, parquet)
Some moved walls
Plastered 50% of the walls, the rest filled
Drainage

Price approx. 2.5M

2000 hours of personal time (free work)

Not including the laundry room above

As you can see from previous posts and mine, such a sparse question can vary enormously.

 

[El-Löken66]

What TS wants to renovate costs 1 million.
For what TS will need to renovate, an additional 2-3 million are required.

But after this, far from the standard of new construction.

 

[Excel]

1 - 2 mille depending on choice of materials.

 

[Pickadollen]

From personal experience (renovated 2019-2022):
Expect 1.5 MSEK - then add 300k for "miscellaneous". Assuming that you hire craftsmen for everything. That does not include sills, additional insulation.

So, it would be closer to 6 MSEK for a townhouse (with a tiny plot), a cooperative with everything that entails. Also, direct-acting electricity, which is not particularly attractive given the expected electricity prices for quite some time to come. Admittedly Amundön (it's cozy), but still... If it's absolutely necessary for you to live in the "right" postal code (Hovås), you have to swallow the bitter pill - otherwise, I think it's insanely expensive for such a small place. We ourselves live in Lerum municipality and here you can get a real house for the same money in good condition.

 

[Aunty]

Reasonably priced.

4+ million for a small shack in the ghetto.

Will easily go over 2 million for complete renovation unless you tear everything out yourself and then get quotes and do a lot yourself.

What do you mean by the ghetto?
one of the finest/most expensive places in western Sweden, maybe even the finest along with Långedrag, Hovås, Askim

 

[Aunty]

That which TS wants to renovate costs 1 million.
For what TS will need to renovate, an additional 2-3 million is required.

But after this, far from standard as new built.

but standard as new built may not be something to strive for in today's situation, lots of poor quality you get then.

besides, that's not what's in question.
TS is clearly shopping according to the size of the wallet, the location might be very important for TS and getting a newly built in Billdal is incredibly expensive since there's hardly any buildable land and it's sold at exorbitant prices.

 

[Pligg85]

What do you mean by the ghetto?
One of the finest/most expensive places in Western Sweden, maybe even the finest along with Långedrag, Hovås, Askim

Pressed residential block with non-existent plot.
You can see straight into the neighbors’ places and vice versa.
If you eat on the balcony, one neighbor can smell every ingredient and the other can hear every word of the conversation unless you whisper.

Not even 10 square meters to park the car by the house.

Here you'll pay 6 million in a cramped ghetto and live deprived of freedom squeezed in with an unknown clientele.

The postal code area might look nice on paper but seriously, there's nothing attractive about the shack.

Might as well start by asking the neighbors which shade of white you're expected to use to blend in.

 

[Pickadollen]

What do you mean, the ghetto?
one of the nicest/most expensive places in western Sweden, maybe even the finest together with Långedrag, Hovås, Askim

Yes, it's certainly no ghetto there! Hovås, Långedrag and the surrounding area is where all the directors and other high-profile people live...! Besides, it's beautiful there by the sea - of course. Not something we aspire to, but it's undeniably nice.

 

[Pickadollen]

Cramped housing row with nonexistent yard.
You can see straight into the neighbors' and vice versa.
If you eat on the balcony, one neighbor can smell every ingredient, and the other can hear every word of the conversation unless you whisper.

Not even 10 square meters to park the car by the house.

Here, you'll pay 6 million to live cramped in a ghetto and be confined with unknown clientele.

The postal code area may look good on paper, but seriously, there's nothing attractive about the shack.

I guess you should start by asking the neighbors what shade of white you're expected to use to blend in

Not for us - as I wrote before. We live in a community association today (moving in May) and just that is a pain... I also wrote earlier that it’s a small lot. But if TS is OK with ultimately paying about 6 MSEK with renovation, it’s their concern . We are all different!

 

[Aunty]

Crowded housing block with nonexistent yard.
Can see right into neighbors' homes and vice versa.
If you eat on the balcony, one neighbor can smell every ingredient and the other can hear every word of the conversation unless you whisper.

Not even 10 square meters to park the car by the house.

Here you'll pay 6 million in a cramped ghetto and live in confinement squeezed with unknown clientele.

The postal code area may look nice on paper, but honestly, there's nothing attractive about the dump.

Might as well start by asking neighbors which white paint one is expected to use to blend in.

it's not really about how the house or similar looks, billdal is billdal and it's one of the nicest areas in west sweden.
if ts now wants to live there, you just have to adapt.
then it's obvious that different features are more or less valuable to you. Ts might think living in the countryside without connections, restaurants, the sea, etc., is horrible.

Billdal is still a high-income area, extremely close to Gothenburg, the house is 1 km from the sea, good schools in the area.

can never call this a ghetto anyway