How do you plan to heat it in the winters? It doesn't look suited for all-year-round living. Electrical radiators in the cold north = paying out of your ass for having only decent temperatures inside.
it's certainly not suited to year-round living by modern standards but i'm fine with that
the house is cheap enough and i make enough money that if need be, i can burn away half my income on firewood and electric bills and still be ok. i've sketched out some real worst-case scenario budgets (6000+ a month in heating/electricity expenses) and it still works for me.
the long-term plan is to install a better heating solution but until then, we'll keep burning wood and work bit by bit to improve the insulation
The bathroom would also be very expensive to bring up to current standards.
well the bathroom as it is DOES need to go asap, that is the #1 priority. it's built with WOOD LAMINATE. even the shower area. how in the fuck.
however i don't think it has to be that expensive
all the hardware can stay, there's nothing wrong with the toilet or sink etc.
decent materials for the floor and walls are surely not that freakin' expensive either. a few tiles and some square meters of plastic flooring and shit? no problemo.
most importantly we have people within the family who know this shit and can help us with a lot of the actual work