u/ClassicEqual981

I read some posts on here and thought I would throw in my experience. Firstly, if you buy a house that is Listed ensure you can afford big bills if something goes wrong and be prepared to wait for things to be fixed.

I knocked out the living room fireplace thinking I would have a 60cm x 45cm hole to the flu to install a period fireplace - the subsequent hole was 110cm in width, 80cm high and 90cm deep…I have a rather nice fire basket and a cast iron surround now.

Lifting carpets is hilarious. In my 29 square metre living room half was original Victorian pine, half was 1970s, thrown down by builders. I took the lot up - 2500 iron brads, nails - took me 3 months. The Victorian pine I bought was £1200 )and that was cheap).

Don’t put insulation under the suspended floor - Victorian houses need to breathe. Don’t put damp proof courses in / just maintain your air bricks.

Ensure your leaded lights are maintained. A plasterer opened one of my upstairs windows and it fell to its death. Another window on the same run feeds the bathroom and was not original so I ripped it out. Two things - £1400 per window and 3 years to get them fitted.

Personally, I would never put a fitted kitchen in a Victorian house. Mine unfitted one works for me.

Before and after pictures attached.