A couple added £230,000 and kerb appeal to their home after renovating and painting their roof tiles with paint – costing just £400. Ellie Rimmer, 27, saved £4,100 by cleaning and painting her tiles black instead of buying a brand new set for an average cost of £4,500.
She and her partner, James Lawrence, 28, a company director, came up with the idea to paint them while strapped for cash during their house renovation. Ellie's research led them to buy £400 worth of tile paint to coat their existing brown tiles twice.
The pair - along with Ellie’s dad, Gary Rimmer, 60, a sales directior - cleaned each tile one by one with a wire brush and spent around four 10-hour days painting the tiles. Ellie and James couldn’t be happier with their handiwork and say doing the DIY themselves is “satisfying”.
