House is double storey link,17 years new but considering to renovate so that no renovation needed after this. Previously save money to repay loan.

If got limited budget 300k, which are the essential renovation.

Downstairs marble flooring and upstairs parquet flooring. Feel like redo upstairs flooring with engineered hardwood. Downstairs marble flooring, just polish and wax. Toilet tiles and toilet bowls just use chemical wash, change toilet seats. Wiring and piping is something to consider.

Optional, I wonder whether I can do some of my observations in many other houses that have done walls removal and structural modifications, relocate columns, relocate toilets, extended downstairs and upstairs back till boundary, change gate, windows etc.

re-do, all electricals, sewage piping, water piping and structural work already will set u back that much.

With 300k for a double storey house intermediate also stretching it already. For a corner lot at the very least RM500k and above. Need to factor in the massive increase in price of labour and rawmat as well. Maybe 5 years back still ok.

Is it worth it?

I have small family

I am planning to send my kids overseas to migrate from this country governed by idiots not voted by majority

I cannot brain why people ask this type of subjective question.

It's like asking whether musang king is worth the price.

Just give it a naiisee paint, and floor polishing kit will do.

Gambar mana pandan? /k rules kena ikut

Just sand down the old parquet flooring. Much cheaper.

Old Merbau or Kempas can last many decades if no termites or water damage. However, the house will be gloomy due to darker nature of those timber.

This post has been edited by acbc: Jun 9 2022, 12:51 PM

just remember to redo the electrical cables

since u want to keluar why not sell just rent a house ?

For corner house, you'll need to up your budget by about RM200k. Total about RM500k to make it look livable and presentable.

If you want fancier stuff, prepare to spend more.

this. Dont do structural mod, it is expensive.
According to my contractor fren, it depends how many structural modification you do. If you plan to do a lot of structure renovation/changes, it could end up more expensive than demolish the whole thing and rebuild from ground up again.

I got a spare corner house in PJ I also plan to rebuild. Recently rough estimate quotation is Easily will be >500K+ thats assuming you end up around 2500-3500sqft depends the material you use. (I still thinking about it, because that corner house is quite run down ) This just building only, Interior cabinet not yet count. Luxury stuff could touch 700-800K. I know a guy who bought a corner for 1.3M, rebuild 1.5M (I dont know wtf, he do until 1.5m). At this point, you might as well just sell the house, get a bare semi-D at prime area.

This post has been edited by Boldnut: Jun 9 2022, 12:59 PM

can try like this

1. change wiring and pipes, change water tank, change toilet bowls, sink
2. fark wooden flooring, put nice tiles---IMHO
3, change metal roofing---cant remember proper name for it
4. change roof tiles
5. change gate/fencing/exterior garden wall
6. replant grass or tile up the garden
7. hide the unifi wiring and install lan ports everywhere if needed

I did my renovations recently for a normal double story terrace which already costs me 300-400k- redid the toilets (relocate and enlarge, redid water piping and electrical (1 to 3 phase), vinyl flooring for upstairs (downstairs remain marble and kitchen tiles) and new staircase (previous was wood now is concrete). So my guesstimate is that you can barely do any structural changes - you need to focus - for me better to change piping and electrical and redo the interior

Did you do any extension to the house when you relocate and enlarge your toilet?

This post has been edited by pekoejazzy: Aug 27 2024, 03:44 PM

let me see, i did my intermediate, flooring,roofing,piping,wiring, structure as well , around 300k

May I know what kind of structure changes you made for that 300k budget? Assuming Carpentry (Cabinetry) also excluded right?

Must engage architect and ID baru worth it!

Ru also planning to migrate or ur staying back ?