Home improvement WWYD? Boring sorry!

I would do house before garden, but then I don't have children.

If it will save you a significant amount of money then can you afford to say no?

I would do the house - is the garden a massive job?

I'd do the garden if it needs to be made safe, as it will make your life easier all summer if they've got safe outside space, otherwise you will be forever trying to monitor it and sort problems. There will be other kitchen offers at the end of the summer, like the August Bank holiday.

How desperate is the kitchen? Could you make do with it until another offer comes along?

When you say the garden is unsafe what exactly do you mean?

If your order is money dependant and the garden is going to cost to be made safe, then I'd do that first, then the kids can play out more while the kitchen is being done.

We had a new kitchen last year and from experience, these companies are always doing offers, and quite often can be haggled on price. We got ours from B&Q and managed to save nearly £1000 using their offer at the time, plus haggling for a better price.

I can see some light at the end of the tunnel after our big house restoration, its taken 2 years to get like this! Learning from our mistake i would advise to concentrate on one area at once, our garden was ok to start with (only thing that was!) i'd suggect doing the downstair area first (this is where you spend most of the time and what "visitors" will see) then go upstairs, then last of all the gardens, but if its unsafe then i'd probably try and patch up the garden for now.

BTW when we knocked two walls down the planning regs, took a few weeks to fully sort out (we had 3 visits in the end) this may delay things further....

It's a tough one. I think I'd be inclined to do the garden first. That way, it's done and the kids have it to play in for the summer. It sounds like you've got a bit of work to do in the kitchen before you can have anything fitted and if the garden's done, you can concentrate on the kitchen. One job at a time.

Plus, I'm sure Ikea, and others, will have other offers on. I don't think they can afford not to at the moment.

Tough one i would do garden first especially with summer coming up and then do the kitchen we still have another bank holiday and generally all the stores do some sort of sale around bank holidays..

good luck with whatever you decide..

Could you get a 0% interest credit card for 12months, buy the kitchen on that and pay it off over the next year, leving you available funds now/soon to do the garden?