Once you have completed the purchase of your renovation project, typically the stages to follow are:
- Secure the property – if vacant you need to prevent vandalism
- Full survey and assessment
- Apply for planning, Building Regs and listed building consent (in some cases)
- Prevent further deterioration – especially if water ingress has been a problem making it watertight
- Secure and isolate the services for works to commence
- Strip back and salvage what you are planning to re-use
- Site organisation and set up
- Stabilise the building if any works are needed to the foundations (underpinning or underbuilding)
- Damp Proof Course (DPC)
- Sub floors –damp proof membranes may need to be installed
- Stabilising the wall structures – may involve new brick and blockwork, re-pointing and installing purlins and steel RSJs where the structure is being modified
- Plumbing wiring and underfloor fix – in some instances where layouts change the drainage will need modification
- Internal floors, staircases and first fix carpentry
- Roofs – may require re-roofing, insulation, installation of solar panels and even replacing parts of the structure
- Doors windows and openings – roof lights, doors, frames, double glazing, lintels and arch replacement in some cases
- Services - new heating, boilers or heat pumps and lighting and security
- Re-plastering wall finishes and ceilings
- Floor finishes, tiling
- Fixtures and fittings, decoration.