HeyJaredShay Lally
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My husband wants to DIY some of our renovation. Good idea? (opens the original)
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IN THE BIG Reno Clinic series, Houses to Restore QS Shay Lally provides answers and solutions to the big (and little, but important) questions you may have about making the most of your home. Send your question for Shay to reno@thejournal.ie My husband wants to do some of the work on our renovation himself — demolition, stripping out the kitchen and wardrobes, plaster, and painting and decorating at the end. He’s not qualified or particularly handy. Is it a good idea? I’m renovating my own house
Why am I getting tender quotes that are higher than I expected? (opens the original)
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IN THE BIG Reno Clinic series, Houses to Restore QS Shay Lally provides answers and solutions to the big (and little, but important) questions you may have about making the most of your home. Send your question for Shay to reno@thejournal.ie The tender returns I’ve gotten back are higher than the costs you share. Why is that? Short answer is that the figures I share are budgetary guides, not quotes for your house. These costs are a starting point for planning purposes but these costs aren’t spec
How do I get an insurer to cover the vacant property I want to refurbish? (opens the original)
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IN THE BIG Reno Clinic series, Houses to Restore QS Shay Lally provides answers and solutions to the big (and little, but important) questions you may have about making the most of your home. Send your question for Shay to reno@thejournal.ie We’re buying a fixer-upper and struggling to find home insurance that covers a vacant property through planning, retrofitting and extending. Please help! This one jumped out at me because I hit the exact same wall a few months ago buying my own fixer-upper a
Planning an extension? Here’s what can send the cost soaring (opens the original)
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IN OUR NEW series, The Big Reno Clinic, Houses to Restore QS Shay Lally provides answers and solutions to the big (and little, but important) questions you may have about making the most of your home. Send your question to reno@thejournal.ie. We had our extension designed 16 months ago — 3m x 7m off the kitchen-diner, flat roof, glazed on two sides, a couple of roof lights, and a large steel to open up the back wall. Our site’s on a slope, so we wanted it built on our upper patio level rather th
Trying to improve your BER? Please, please, start with your attic (opens the original)
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IN OUR NEW series, The Big Reno Clinic, Houses to Restore QS Shay Lally provides answers and solutions to the big (and little, but important) questions you may have about making the most of your home. Send your question to reno@thejournal.ie. What’s the biggest bang for my buck when trying to improve my BER? With heating and gas costs climbing and winter on the way, this is the question I want to answer this week — because improving your BER doesn’t have to mean a full deep retrofit, and I know
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