I bought myself a house at 26, gutted it and DIYd the renovations – it cost me £5k in all and now looks so luxe
A NEW homeowner has shared how she was able to renovate her whole home with DIY.
The 26 year old said she spent a year redecorating her home ntw once, not twice, but three times to make it feel luxurious.
The DIY fan, who goes by @thehomechic, said after buying her home she only had a small fund for renovations so she only hired people for things she absolutely couldn’t DIY herself, which was plumbing and electricity.
She said in a TikTok video online: “Here’s how much it cost to turn my home from this to this.”
“My wooden floors were £1150 and I reused the underlay from the original floor.
“The jigsaw was £20 second hand and the rest of the floor equipment cost 50. I paid £126 for three cans of paint for the living room and I use brushes and rollers I already had at home bringing the total to £1346.”
The new home came with two bathrooms, one an on suite so the DIY fan spent money renovating both of them.
She said: “I paid £42 for paint my vanity cost £85 my sink was £70 and my tap was £37 I paid £50 for my mirror cabinet and my vinyl flooring I laid myself and only paid £73 for the role my tower roll cost £56 my wall lights were £25 each.”
“The labour to install the vanity and the mirror was £400 bringing the total renovation cost for this room to £863.”
The DIY fan said she spent a lot of money on her second bathroom.
She said: “Finally how much it cost to turn this to this my bathtub was £629 I paid £50 for my vanity second hand my gold fixtures were £183 including taps trim and waste I paid £120 for my towels my towel roll was £56.”
As the new homeowner has no expertise in plumbing she had some extensive labour costs.
Experts came to install her sink and new luxury bath.
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She said: “My labour cost were a whopping £2000 pounds followed to learn how I bought £2000 pounds worth of furniture for only £600.”
The DIY fan explained she searched for budget decorations to spruce up her home.
For example she spent £5.99 on a cherry toilet cleaner from Ebay, got her mirrored cabinet from way fair and bought her TV unit from IKEA.
The DIY fan’s video gained over 12,000 views online.
Many were impressed that DIY was able to complete so much on a small budget.
One user said: “That budget is crazy low! You did an amazing job!”
Another said: “You done good.”