First home renovation project I ever really did (other than painting a room) was building my house from the ground up. Its about 900 sqft living space upstairs, 2 car garage and 14x24 covered deck downstairs, and we did the whole thing for under $70k including grading, well, and septic. But we did a lot of the work ourselves. We have about $2500 in our entire kitchen including appliances, cabinets, and countertops, but it took a lot of searching and labor. Feel free to send me a message if you want more info.
