Terrace house renovator
Where the money went
$12,125 so far, eleven jobs and one video for each.
- Kitchen
- Hall
- Living room
- Trim
- Shaker kitchen$8,900Eleven cabinets, a worktop and a sink
- Hall floor$1,420Hexagonal tiles over a levelled floor
- Front room fireplace$640Surround stripped and grate relined
- 8 smaller jobs$1,165
The house so far
Receipts added up at the end of every video
Area is what each job cost. Colour is the room.
Latest videos
A new video every Sunday: one job on the house, what it took and what it cost.
- 16:00
16:00
Setting the hall floor tiles
Hexagonal tiles laid over a levelled floor in the hall: three weekends, 40 hours and $1,420 in all.
- 13:00
13:00
Restoring the front room fireplace
Stripping the paint from the surround and relining the grate: two weekends and $640.
- 24:00
24:00
Fitting the shaker kitchen
Eleven cabinets, a worktop and a sink in six weekends: 120 hours and $8,900, the biggest job so far.
18:0018:00
Skimming the living room walls
A first go at plastering over old lining paper: four evenings, 24 hours and $210.
Downloads, a course and merch
Shop
Downloads arrive by email. Merch is printed to order and shipped by Printful.
About me
I bought a tired Victorian terrace with a damp hall, a kitchen from the eighties and wallpaper on top of wallpaper. I had never done more than put up a shelf. So I decided to learn by doing one job at a time and filming each one.
Every video is a single job: what it was, how long it took and what it cost, with the receipts added up at the end. I get things wrong and I show that too. I do the work myself, slowly, at weekends and in the evenings, and I keep the numbers honest.
What I sell is the paperwork I wish I had at the start: a plan for each job, a cost tracker and two video courses. I do not sell tools and I do not take on work for other people. I show you how to do your own.
The Snag List
A short letter every Sunday: what I did on the house this week, what it cost and the small job I left undone.