![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/i-bought-a-house-at-26-gutted-it-diyd-the-renovations/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/newspress-collage-23043816-1689246500821.jpg&description=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. 3 A new homeowner has shared how she was able to renovate her whole home with DIY Credit: TikTok/thehomechic 3 The 26 year old said she spent a year decorating her home to make it feel luxurious Credit: TikTok/thehomechic 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. She said: 'My labour cost were a whopping £2000 pounds followed to){kind=link}
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.