A couple quoted an eye-watering £3,000 to fit laminate flooring decided to do it themselves - for £450.<br /><br />The homeowners, who are doing up their new three-bedroom house, saved over £2,500 by going DIY.<br /><br />HR advisor Freya Money, 24, and electrician Lewis Stanley, 27, moved into their home in April this year and have been doing it up ever since.<br /><br />They said that the house needed a lot of renovating and "TLC" when they moved in as it had not been decorated for thirty years.<br /><br />While gutting and re-modelling the kitchen they were quoted three grand to lay the flooring.<br /><br />The couple from Horsham, West Sussex decided that it wasn't within their ideal budget so opted to fit it themselves at a cost of £450 in total - saving £2550.<br /><br />Freya said: "[It was] out of our budget. We can’t sit still either and we were getting agitated by having to walk on concrete and dusty floor every day."<br /><br />The couple have spent three months of evenings and weekends on the renovation so far and have spent £10,000.<br /><br />Freya said: "We have now fully finished our kitchen which we built and fit ourselves.<br /><br />"We also laid the laminate flooring throughout the whole of the ground floor.<br /><br />"[It took] one weekend, started Friday evening and finished on Monday, 12 hours in total.<br /><br />On top of re-doing the kitchen, Freya and Lewis managed to renovate the main bedroom, living room and knocked the wall down between the kitchen and dining room.<br /><br />Freya estimates that they have saved "well over £15,000" by doing up their house themselves and cite the cost-of-living crisis as a factor in their decision-making.<br /><br />Freya said: "Wherever possible we will try to save money.<br /><br />"We still want to enjoy our lives and go on holiday and do fun things as it’s really important for us to have a balance."
