You must not like it very much. Do you have the 900K purchase price cost, in cash, to be able to fund all of these overly ambitious and unrealistic plans? Because that’s what you’re talking about spending.

Just buy the house that costs double.

I agree with @JuneKnow. Maybe consider purchasing a house that has more of your desired features. Location is not enough of a reason to purchase a house that you are going to be essentially rebuilding. For the money you are going to spend on this renovation, you could get a house closer to your ideal.

Hmm.. will it be that expensive. How much does it cost to fill the dirt for say 10000 sq ft. That's the only thing I feel is something unusual... Will all this be more than $100K

Buy a DIFFERENT house, or start from 800k to make this one you like. with pool and tennis court and lord knows on the inside, as you've not posted a single photo.

"Pain"? Find another place to live while all this is going on, as well. Get an architect, builder, a landscaper/hardscape architect, an interior designer and a professional kitchen and bath designer.

That's your team for this project. Oh........maybe a bank, too.

Agree with others--some of your plans are unrealistic. Filling in with dirt to make it flat for a pool or tennis court may not be possible. You can't just fill it in if doing so will cause the neighboring properties to get more water run off.

"old 90s home" ? 1890 or 1990? NEVER would I put OLD in front of 1990. If that is your sentiment this is really not the home for you!!! #2 DD just bought a home built in 1940 THAT'S AN OLD HOME. To major remodel to fit *19 is not logical. This too will pass--then what?

Sounds like this is the wrong house for you. It doesn’t fulfill any of your needs or wants. Keep looking. This isn’t the one.

Thank you @arcy_gw. It is 1996 :) I am not familiar with houses always gone with builder built ones ready made. And I am now thinking of going from 2010s house to 1996 .... I am doing something out of my comfort zone and maybe can't express it well.

I find the style old - it has sunken living, family and basement etc. But it has been renovated from inside with white cabinets, beautiful white stone in kitchen etc. It is not my style but its pretty, sophisticated neat look.

In this house - majorly I would like to improve the backyard. Backyard is still ok. You see there is this green level area in the picture. Hmm.. even that has 1 inch up and down...not sure why. Do you see the brown line which is the fence with a deep 2 feet to 5 feet at some place land gone to waste with just useless vegetation. Can't i fill the dirt and level it and get a decent size backyard

i am only concern about the backyard.....the windows etc may or may not come... The family room has 2 storey windows..i will change my life style and enjoy quite mornings there ..maybe.

Filling in that area will require retaining walls around the edge. You will not be able to go right up to the edge of the property.

Filling in impacts drainage on your property and neighbors that should be reviewed by an engineer.

A permit may be required for all of this, if you are even allowed to fill in that area behind the fence.

As SashDog noted, making a sloped area flat will require retaining wall, which depending on the height can be quite a production. There are drainage issues, both with changing the slope relative to your house and your neighbors house (you always want your yard to slope away from your house at least a little bit to divert water away from your house) and for the retaining wall.

I can't figure out the scale from your image. I've seen sloped yards done with a series of terraces (multiple retaining wall), and other lots that were so steep that the owner basically left them wild.

I think you are looking at much more than a $100k budget for your entire wishlist. Most of the items on the list will run you tens of thousands of dollars. For example, here's an article on the cost of an outdoor kitchen. The more champagne your taste, the higher the costs will be.

If you have endless money, you can do anything. I just read an article showing a gorgeous home where they built a 20 ft retaining wall on a steep site and filled it with dirt so they could have a large flat area. OMG! Imagine what that must have cost. And that was a comment given just in passing as they discussed the home. Millions spent.

@Nick there is no garden.. its just outgrown weeds.

This is very useful insight. Hmm.. good backyard is my primary requirement after the rest of minimal. My budget is $100k and not indefinite.

"A pool.".................."a tennis court" ...........................".100k and not indefinite"

No dear, this is not "the" "house for you.. Where to start, is looking for a different "the" house and it probably won't have the pool or the tennis court, and if it does, my bet is it will need a lot more than 100k on the inside.