Roof, damp, timber
The parts nobody sees and everybody regrets ignoring. Roof condition, penetrating damp, rotten joists and lintels. If this is wrong, the finish is a waste of money.
Home Projects
The ledgerEight properties. Every one of them was somebody's problem first.
A tired building is not a difficult thing to look at. It's a difficult thing to cost, plan and finish. This is the record of what we bought, what it took, and what it became — with the figures that are real, and clearly marked where they're still being confirmed.
On the photographs. Before-and-after photography is being assembled project by project. We'd rather publish a small number of honest sets than pad this page with images that flatter the work. The figures below are confirmed; images are being added as each set is finished.
Project ledger
What we bought, and what came of it.
Areas shown at street or town level, deliberately. We don't publish door numbers — several of these are tenanted, and a tenant's address is not our information to give away.
Project
Purchased
Work
Outcome
Two-bed property, Fife
£38,000
Full refurbishment
Let at £795 / month
Refurbished, revalued, let
Figure to confirm
Full refurbishment
Rented
Refurbished, revalued, let
Figure to confirm
Full refurbishment
Rented
Larger property, Mid Fife
Figure to confirm
In progress
For sale
Four further properties
Various
Refurbished
Held / let
Figures are purchase prices. Refurbishment spend and current valuations are available on request to anyone genuinely considering working with us.
Before
Photograph to follow
After
Photograph to follow
Project 01
The one that proved the model.
Bought for £38,000 when almost everything about it needed attention. Stripped back, rewired, replumbed and finished properly, then let. It is not a large property. It is the reason there are eight.
- Purchased £38,000
- Scope Full refurbishment
- Working rent £795 / month
Underneath the photographs
What "full refurbishment" actually means.
It's the phrase everyone uses and nobody defines. Here's what it covers on our jobs — and why a property that "just needs decorating" so rarely does.
Wiring, heating, water
Full rewire, new boiler and heating, upgraded consumer unit, pipework. Done by gas and electrical engineers we've used repeatedly — not whoever is cheapest that month.
Kitchen, bathroom, fabric
Windows and doors, kitchen, bathroom, flooring, plaster, joinery, glazing, guttering. Specified to last a tenancy, not to photograph well for a week.
Recognise one of these?
If your property is in the state these were, we'd genuinely like to hear about it.