Your complete guide to renovating a home: Part 1

1930s semi detached clad in brick and render, surrounded by scaffolding and undergoing renovation.
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The first steps to renovating a home do not start with design briefs or plans for how to tackle the project, but actually begin with buying the right property.

Choose the wrong property and you could end up with a 'money pit' — with endless problems needing to be fixed and little budget leftover for the things we really want to spend on, such as a new kitchen, bathrooms or an extension. You could also end up with a house which costs more to renovate than its end value.

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