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Homes Under the Hammer - Season 29 Episode 3 -
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00:00Hello and welcome to the show. Now, on Homes Under the Hammer, we love a renovation story that keeps you
00:06guessing.
00:07And today, I'm joined by someone who's quite used to dramatic reveals.
00:12It's Francesca Rowan Plowden from The Traitors, a.k.a. Frankie. I'm so excited.
00:17I really love that show and I'm really pleased that you're with us today.
00:21Well, I'm so excited to be here. I can't wait to see the house.
00:25And as 100% faithful, you know I am telling the truth.
00:28Yeah, I do. I absolutely believe you. And believe me when I tell you, there will be no roundtables.
00:33There will be no backstabbing at all. Just pure joy in property touring.
00:39And as an award-winning interior designer, you know, I'm sure this is right up your street.
00:44Oh, completely. I love seeing the before and afters. I love a transformation and I cannot wait to pull my
00:49sleeves up and get stuck in.
00:50Oh, fantastic. Well, I love it too.
00:52Now, as well as our property tour, we'll also be digging deep into the archives to show you a previous
00:58property auction shenanigan, I'm going to say.
01:01So stay tuned for some more surprises in today's Homes Under the Hammer.
01:31Well, buying at auction can seem a little bit cloaking.
01:35Because you never know who's lurking in the shadows, ready to pounce at the home that you're after.
01:42I know. I've been through it quite a few times and it is quite stressful.
01:45So I'm hoping with auction there's a bit more transparency.
01:47Yeah, absolutely. So whether it's online, whether it's in the auction room, live, you know, you can see everything.
01:53Everything's out in the open. You'll see when the bids are happening. There are no hidden agendas.
01:58Well, after the traitors, I'm not keen on being blindsided. So I like all my cards on the table.
02:04Oh, there will be. There absolutely will be. But look, let's find out what's seduced today's bidders.
02:11In Kent, Frankie and I can't hide our curiosity when we hear what's planned.
02:17Mmm. God, sorry.
02:22Over in Bristol, Martin finds a home that's pure property zen.
02:26A house that's just allowing you to breathe.
02:32Then, from the archives, a Cornish cottage has one feature Martin wasn't expecting.
02:39Interesting.
02:43All these properties have been sold at auction and we'll find out who bought them and what they paid for
02:48them when they went under the hammer.
02:50And it's gone.
02:57Welcome to Dimchurch in Kent, a seaside village and the setting for our first auction lot.
03:03And Frankie from the traitors is on hand to investigate.
03:09Welcome to the dark side.
03:14Well, Frankie, as you can see, we are on this very narrow residential street.
03:19You have got the seafront literally just over there.
03:22So that makes this location spot on.
03:25Amazing.
03:26I knew you'd love it.
03:26Loving by the sea.
03:27The property I'm here to show you, Frankie, isn't a castle in the Scottish Highlands, my love.
03:33But it's this.
03:34It's a two-bed detached bungalow that went to auction for a guide price of £125,000.
03:41What are your first impressions?
03:42I'd say it needs a bit of work.
03:44Now, as a seer, did you like that?
03:47Yeah, it's very good.
03:48What are your predictions for the interior of this property?
03:52I reckon it's going to be in quite a state.
03:54You could be right.
03:55Let's take a look.
04:01Yes, with rotten fascia boards and cracks starting to show, this property looks like it's not for the faint-hearted.
04:09Okay.
04:11Oh, wow.
04:13Your prediction was correct.
04:15Spot on.
04:16So we're into this sort of little porch area.
04:19And to my right is a bathroom, dated.
04:23It's got to go.
04:24But what's over...
04:25What's there?
04:27It's a little loo.
04:28Okay.
04:29Oh, and that's where the ceiling.
04:31Oh, all the guppings are.
04:32So you've got your...
04:32Yeah, your sort of gas, electricity, as ever, get those checked out by the professionals.
04:39Yeah.
04:39And then we go through these sort of double doors.
04:42Yeah.
04:42That open up and into your living space.
04:45But do you know what's really taken me here?
04:47I'm kind of fascinated by that fireplace.
04:49It's got to go.
04:50No, no.
04:51It's got to go.
04:52No.
04:52It's...
04:53It's too big for the room.
04:55It is.
04:55That is the shameful thing.
04:57You're going to get foot and a half more space in the room if you get rid of that.
05:00Actually, I have an idea.
05:02Go on.
05:03Which is you could move the entrance, I think was originally at the front of the house.
05:07And so then you'd have a bigger bar from there.
05:10Yes.
05:10And then you'd knock this through.
05:12Yes.
05:12So you could have a more, sort of a larger open plan living space with a little wood burner.
05:18Maybe a double-sided wood burner.
05:19Maybe a double-sided wood burner.
05:21Because you've got bedroom one is there.
05:23You've got bedroom two here.
05:25Tiny.
05:26Knock it out.
05:26Yeah, clever thinking.
05:28Keep that one and then knock it out this bit here.
05:30And then as an interior designer, an award-winning interior designer, Frankie.
05:34Thank you very much.
05:35You know, I love it as well.
05:38Once we take this out, what about the decor?
05:40I'd put wood and flooring down.
05:42Definitely.
05:42Go with the seaside feel.
05:44Yeah.
05:44Maybe a bit of tongue and groove on the walls.
05:46On the walls.
05:46Yeah.
05:47Yeah.
05:47This might be quite nice if you strip it back.
05:50Yeah.
05:51A nice beam.
05:51Make the window more of a feature.
05:53Yeah.
05:54Okay, I see stairs.
05:56Right.
05:56I'm not sure where it goes to.
05:57No.
05:58But I'm going to have a look.
05:59Why don't you check out the kitchen?
06:00I'm going to check out the kitchen.
06:00Okay.
06:01Okay.
06:04So this is quite a long, thin, narrow galley kitchen.
06:08But as you can see, there is really bad mould, so it's all going to have to go.
06:14There is an old lean-to there, which means there's a footprint.
06:17So they could push the wall back and extend the kitchen and make a much bigger space, which would be
06:23really lovely.
06:25I'm going to go and check out the garden, but I've noticed the ceiling's falling through that, so I'm going
06:30to go this way.
06:31But we don't want to fall apart, no.
06:34No, we don't want to fall apart.
06:37A wise call, Frankie, but that lean-to has seen better days and may even need to be pulled down
06:44and rebuilt to extend the kitchen.
06:47Back at the front, in the larger of the two bedrooms, those outside cracks look just as worrying inside, so
06:54a structural engineer will need to weigh in.
06:56But for now, let's see what's up those stairs.
07:01Oh, OK.
07:03So into the loft space.
07:05Head height not so great up here, but I'm thinking, if you made this into a dormer, imagine the space
07:12you could create here.
07:13If you rejigged the ground floor a little bit, open that space out.
07:17This is your second bedroom.
07:19Yeah, pretty good, actually.
07:21Right, let's have a catch-up with Frankie.
07:25Oh, wow.
07:28Well, there's the lean-to, and it is quite a big footprint, so you could square it off and make
07:33a really lovely kitchen, looking out over this garden, which could be really lovely.
07:39Oh, Frankie, there you are.
07:41I found you.
07:42Yeah.
07:43Oh, my goodness.
07:43Careful, you'll mind just...
07:44Oh, wow, there's a lot to do out here.
07:47It's a bit messy.
07:48Hello.
07:49Isn't that pretty?
07:50That's very pretty, but pretty as it is, we both know you've got to make sure that everything is secure
07:56here.
07:56You've got to have your contents insurance, you've got to have your house insurance, watertight, excuse the pun.
08:02Yeah.
08:03Flood barrier, make the garden good so that it could really sort of soak in any potential.
08:08You could do a bit of decking so you raise the level up a bit.
08:10Absolutely.
08:10I think that would be good, especially if you're sort of knocking this down and bringing this up.
08:14Yeah.
08:14Maybe bring the floor lever higher and then have a deck with sort of steps down, just so it doesn't
08:19flood so much.
08:20But how glorious would it be?
08:21Yeah.
08:22I mean, huge potential.
08:23A lot of work that needs doing, but masses of potential.
08:26Lots of potential and good location.
08:29With a stream right beside the property, looking into flood risk and wildlife is a must because it's easy to
08:35get carried away here dreaming big.
08:38But any changes, either upstairs or extending out at the back, could need approval from the local planning authority.
08:49Let's see what a property expert from the auction house who sold it makes of this lot that came with
08:54a guide price of £125,000.
08:58This property has got a sort of lean-to to the rear.
09:01I would expect anyone coming in probably to take that down, look to extend into the rear as much as
09:06they can and also into the loft.
09:09Probably get some dorms up there, really open that up and make the best use of that room.
09:16If a buyer was able to get approval for these additions, as well as a full refurbishment, what does he
09:21think it could be worth on both the sales and rental markets?
09:25So if this property was extended, maybe made into a three-bedroom with extension to the rear, if it's gone
09:31on the open market, wouldn't be surprised to see it achieving £350,000.
09:35If it was going on for rental, probably going to achieve somewhere around £1,500 per kind of a month.
09:40And what if a buyer chose a more conservative approach, renovating and keeping the existing footprint?
09:48Kept as a two-bedroom, if it's going to put it on the market, I would expect it to achieve
09:51somewhere around £250,000.
09:53If it's going to put it on for rentals, you're probably looking at £1,200 per kind of a month.
09:59So Frankie, what did you think of your very first Homes Under the Hammer property tour?
10:04I thought it was fascinating, and I loved it, and I think it's got a lot of potential, and the
10:09garden's really charming.
10:10So, the big question is, to bid or not to bid, Frankie?
10:15Time to get writing.
10:16OK.
10:18OK, ready?
10:19Yeah.
10:19To bid, of course.
10:21So, I think it's time to uncloak the buyer of this place.
10:24Go on, Frankie.
10:25And let's see who was recruited in the auction room when they bought this bungalow under the hammer.
10:31Whoop, whoop!
10:34This lot was part of a remote auction with bids taking place online.
10:38Fair warning, it's about to go.
10:40And it's gone.
10:41Well done.
10:44With a winning bid of £160,000, Tania, here today with her son, Zach, who's at college studying IT, bought
10:53the property with her husband, Cliff.
10:56After years of renovating and living in one project after another, this family now wants a forever home,
11:03and they've chosen Dimchurch.
11:05Frankie and I are on standby to find out more.
11:10Tania, Zach, wonderful to meet you both.
11:14It's lovely to meet you two.
11:15And I suppose the first question is, why did you go for this bungalow?
11:21Well, it's probably the location.
11:25Yeah.
11:25Really loved Dimchurch.
11:27Lots of memories here.
11:29My parents used to bring our dogs down, and we used to have great walks around there.
11:33Dogs love the beach.
11:34And then we, when I then started a family, we would bring the dogs down here.
11:40So therefore, it just means something a bit special.
11:44Yeah.
11:44And actually, when you go around, you can see the bones of it and what you could do for it,
11:49eventually.
11:50Yeah.
11:51With a lot of work.
11:52Yeah, yeah, yeah.
11:53I mean, yeah, absolutely.
11:53Have you done something like this before?
11:55So we've done renovations before.
11:57Nothing quite like this.
11:59And this also is the first time we've bought at auction.
12:02And did you visit the property then, before that auction?
12:05No.
12:06No.
12:07We took a complete leap of faith.
12:09And as my husband is a builder carpenter.
12:12Oh, nice.
12:13Handy.
12:13He looked at the pictures.
12:15Absolutely.
12:16He looked at the pictures and said, we could probably do something with this.
12:20It's very good that you got your hobby as a builder.
12:22Absolutely.
12:23My husband will be inside, knocking walls down.
12:27I mean, he's done this many a time.
12:29Zan, are you going to get involved?
12:31Yeah.
12:31Are you going to?
12:32Oh, yes.
12:32You are?
12:33I like that he said that quickly.
12:34He started already.
12:35Dad's training you up.
12:36We stripped out this wallpaper back here.
12:38Yeah.
12:39What do you think it's going to be like working with your mum and dad?
12:42Me and my dad might get a bit hairy.
12:44A bit hairy.
12:46But he'll be all right, I think.
12:47He's happy.
12:48And are you going to reconfigure the layout?
12:50Absolutely.
12:51What we'd like to do is go out the front end,
12:55because we've got the drive, so come outwards.
12:58Yes.
12:58Yes.
12:59To then have kitchen diner at the front.
13:03Mmm.
13:04And then...
13:05God, sorry.
13:07What we would do is the front door will literally go on the front.
13:11That's what we had said.
13:13Yeah.
13:13So you've got this sort of side entrance here.
13:16Yes, yes.
13:16What's going to happen there?
13:17You've got that bathroom and that...
13:18That will go.
13:19Yeah.
13:19So what we would do down here is possibly a toilet shower room.
13:23We'd like to obviously go up.
13:25Yeah.
13:26Depending on the planning.
13:27Mm-hmm.
13:28If not, then it's obviously dormers.
13:30Yeah.
13:30Yeah.
13:30Yeah.
13:31So you'd have two bedrooms at the top with two en-suites.
13:35These stairs will go...
13:36They're going to change the configuration of the stairs.
13:38Yes.
13:39Proper-sized stairs.
13:40Yeah.
13:40And that will probably come through that small room there.
13:43So we'll have all the bedrooms upstairs then.
13:45Yes.
13:45So just living...
13:46Yeah.
13:46It may be that there may be one of these rooms here that could be a guest room.
13:51Guest room.
13:52If necessary.
13:53The lean-to will be demolished.
13:55We'll probably start again but go out somewhat to make the lounge much more bigger.
13:59Ah.
14:00Yeah.
14:00And then you'll have patio doors or some sort of folding doors at the back and then you're onto the
14:05water.
14:06Myself and Frankie were looking and the garden's lovely.
14:09And with that lovely stream.
14:11So in the legal pack, what did it say about that?
14:14There is an environmental depot up the road.
14:17So they have like a floodgate.
14:19So you must try to not let anything fall into that water.
14:23Right.
14:23Otherwise it can get blocked and then start to flood.
14:26And that's it really.
14:27I mean obviously you're going to be reconfiguring and taking down walls.
14:30Because I've noticed that serious crack.
14:32It's almost like that side of the building is dropped.
14:36Yes.
14:36Because is that all going to go obviously?
14:38Yes.
14:39You've got an instructional engineer in to have a look?
14:41Yes.
14:41It will all be because you'll go for a major extension outwards.
14:45That will all come into that as well.
14:47Okay.
14:48Yeah.
14:48And do you have a budget for the works?
14:50I would like it to be under £100,000.
14:55What would be your goal for the time frame for you to actually move in?
14:58To move in a couple of months.
15:00Yeah.
15:00So we will be in here.
15:02Yeah.
15:02And then I think maybe eight months would be a realistic time.
15:08Yeah.
15:09For it to certainly look different.
15:11If we can get planning fairly quickly to get things moving.
15:15So that's the first thing we're going to do.
15:17You seem like you're excited about this, Tanya.
15:19I am.
15:20Yeah.
15:20She said biting her head.
15:22Yeah.
15:22You can't do that.
15:23You can't do that.
15:24No, I am actually.
15:26Yeah.
15:26Yeah.
15:26I just think that it could be the forever house.
15:30But, you know, we see.
15:31I love it.
15:32Look, I wish you, honestly, the real best of luck.
15:37And I can't wait to see what you do with the place.
15:40You know, heaps of luck.
15:42Yeah.
15:44Well, it's clear to see that Tanya and Zach absolutely adore this location.
15:49Yeah.
15:49But they have got an awful lot of work to do here.
15:51Got a lot to do.
15:52My goodness.
15:52I am keeping my fingers crossed that they get it all done and this can become their home.
15:57Absolutely.
15:58Well, you can find out how they get on later in the show.
16:07We're off to Fishpond now, a suburb of Bristol.
16:12Though, nowadays, it's mainly a residential area.
16:15In the early 1900s, it was home to a large manufacturer of London buses.
16:21But let's get back en route and hop off with Martin at our next lot.
16:27So, this is the intriguingly named Fishpond's area of the ever-popular Bristol.
16:35It's a great area, actually.
16:37Lovely Victorian properties.
16:39That's exactly what I'm here to see.
16:41It's a three-bed mid-terrace.
16:44Guide price, £300,000.
16:46That sounds like it could be a bit of a deal.
16:49But it all depends on what it looks like inside.
16:51Let's find out.
16:55A bit certainly impressive from the outside.
16:58Let's see what we find.
17:00A little entrance area here, which is quite good.
17:03Front living room.
17:04The bay window.
17:05Yeah, that looks like really nice.
17:06I mean, the first thing to notice is it's in really great condition.
17:11I mean, it's not got the most imaginative decoration,
17:15with the old magnolia on the walls and the white on the ceilings,
17:16but it's a classic.
17:18Understairs cupboard.
17:19Stairs up to, presumably, the bedroom's there.
17:22Rear living room.
17:23That could be another bedroom, perhaps.
17:26Or you could multi-use it for other things.
17:29And then you just keep going on and on and on.
17:31It's a big property.
17:33Look at this room.
17:34An absolutely massive kitchen.
17:38Obviously, it needs refurbishment.
17:40But what a surprise this house is.
17:43From the outside, an average terraced house.
17:48We come in here, it's a delight.
17:52This old property is off to a strong start,
17:55but it will need some modernising.
17:58A refurb is a great opportunity to improve energy efficiency,
18:01with an air source heat pump, or even a new combi boiler.
18:07If you're thinking of adding any space,
18:10then you need to bear in mind that this property is in a conservation area,
18:14with limited room outside, due to a large rear garage.
18:18It appears to have an asbestos roof, which will have to be removed by a specialist firm.
18:24This may be incentive enough to knock it all down and landscape a greener garden.
18:58Lots to consider.
18:58Yes, would be master bedroom, with a bay window mirroring, the living room downstairs.
19:04It's classic sort of Victorian space.
19:08And yes, you could think about putting en suites in.
19:11Yes, you could think about messing around with the interior to create more bedrooms.
19:15And you could then just lose this lovely feeling of just a house that's just allowing you
19:24to breathe.
19:27Not to break your zen, Martin.
19:31But there is a loft, which could potentially be converted into a fourth bedroom,
19:35if you made it habitable, added a staircase, and acquired the relevant planning permission.
19:44Some structural changes could add considerable value,
19:47but even an aesthetic upgrade may pay dividends.
19:54But what's the opinion of a professional?
19:57We invited a property expert from the auction house that sold this lot
20:01to give us his thoughts and valuations on this three-bed mid-terrace guided at £300,000.
20:11The two main things that people change on these types of properties
20:14are either at the back or the top.
20:17So you really want to try and create that open-plan kitchen-diner thing,
20:21opening onto the back garden.
20:23And then you go up into the attic.
20:25So loads of scope for an attic conversion.
20:27You know, you can get a good master bedroom up there with an en suite,
20:31and that takes it to a four-bed,
20:33which is a bit more suitable for a family home.
20:37It sounds pretty epic.
20:39And again, an attic conversion will require appropriate planning permission.
20:44But with these changes carried out,
20:46what could the property achieve on the sales market?
20:50So if we fast forward, the work's been done,
20:52and I'm stood here now in an open-plan kitchen-diner
20:55with three bedrooms upstairs.
20:57You're going to have a resale value of approximately £500,000,
21:00but it must be really done to the best standard possible.
21:04When you take the attic conversion into consideration,
21:07I think you're going to be pushing the £600,000 mark,
21:10so that will give you a four-bed with an extra bathroom upstairs.
21:15And for rental?
21:18So renting this out to professional tenants or a young family,
21:22you're going to be looking at £2,500 per calendar month as a three-bed,
21:26or if you do the attic, you should be £3,000 per calendar month
21:30or maybe even a smidge more.
21:33Well, what's not to love about this house?
21:36Great Victorian property, wonderful condition,
21:39loads of space in a nice area.
21:41Yep, a great one.
21:42Let's see who agreed when it went under the hammer.
21:47This lot was part of a remote auction with bids taking place online.
21:51All done.
21:52Sold.
21:58In the end, it was sold to a property-developing married couple,
22:02Vic and Shelley, for £312,500.
22:08They've been in the business for the better part of a decade,
22:11and Martin met up with them to hear their plans.
22:18Vic, Shelley, great to meet you both.
22:21Good to meet you, too.
22:21Lovely house this.
22:22Tell me why you wanted to buy it.
22:24A few things.
22:26We both love Victorian properties,
22:28and this is the best-looking property we have ever bought.
22:32Oh, really?
22:32In our portfolio.
22:34Wow.
22:34Yes.
22:35So do you do this as a living then?
22:37Is this what you do, property developers, or what?
22:39Yes.
22:39Do you work as a team on all these things?
22:41Yes.
22:42So he's the construction guy, and I'm the interior school.
22:45Okay, excellent.
22:46And how much of the work do you actually get physically involved in?
22:48I do not.
22:50I'm not a tradesman at all.
22:51Okay.
22:52I own a construction business, and they have been working for us.
22:57Oh, wow.
22:57You give them enough work to keep them in.
23:00So far, it's been continuous.
23:02That's amazing.
23:03So why this particular house, then?
23:06I think just with some internal restructuring,
23:09it could be a lovely family home for somebody.
23:11It's less work, but good outcome.
23:15So that's why we bought this property.
23:16So tell me what you're going to do to it, then.
23:18So we are going to make a kitchen.
23:22The living and the kitchen is an open plan.
23:24Oh, wow.
23:25And remove the walls.
23:26And also, we will be demolishing the garage outside,
23:32because literally it has occupied the whole garden.
23:35Yes.
23:36And then what we are doing, which is a little unconventional,
23:38we are not doing the loft conversion,
23:41but we are actually going to be creating the actual stairs
23:45to go to the loft and make it a bit of a storage room.
23:50Oh.
23:50So it will...
23:51Really?
23:52Yes.
23:52Stairs.
23:53All the trouble with the stairs,
23:54but not turning it into a living space.
23:56Had this not been a conservation area,
23:58I would have definitely gone with the dormer conversion.
24:01We looked into planning permission,
24:03and no one has been successful with the dormer conversion in this area.
24:07Right.
24:07We could do with the pitched one,
24:09but then the cost of doing it against the reward,
24:14we didn't feel it's the need.
24:16Yeah, it didn't feel right.
24:17So we're...
24:17And because we are knocking the outbuilding outside,
24:19we thought there needs to be some sort of storage,
24:22so it still appeals to a family.
24:25Yeah, definitely.
24:26So obviously the garage looks to me like it's gone,
24:28it's best off the roof.
24:29You can have that taken away by somebody professionally.
24:31Yes.
24:32I have worked with a contractor before,
24:35and I'll be working with him to get that off.
24:37Okay.
24:37So what is the plan then?
24:38Is it to sell it or to rent it out?
24:40Plan is to sell it.
24:42Okay.
24:42What's the budget for the work you're going to do?
24:45£60,000.
24:46Over what kind of time scale?
24:48What's the period you've given yourself to do it?
24:50Three months.
24:51Okay.
24:52Wow.
24:52Starting soon.
24:53Yeah.
24:54And then in, out, boom.
24:56And has that been your strategy by sort of do up and then sell?
25:02Actually, this is the strategy we had from the last one year,
25:05because so far within our portfolio,
25:07we have just done and kept it for rental,
25:11all the properties we have done so far,
25:13and we just want to release some equities around.
25:16Yeah.
25:17And hopefully make some good capital.
25:19Yeah.
25:20Well, listen, congratulations.
25:21Good luck with it.
25:22I will look forward to seeing how you get on.
25:24Thank you so much.
25:28Well, not surprisingly,
25:29Vic and Charlie are delighted with their purchase here in Bristol,
25:33and I completely understand why.
25:34It's a great house.
25:36They've got some nice ideas for it,
25:37nothing too dramatic,
25:38but let's see how they renovate it.
25:41You can find out later in the show.
25:44Still to come, from the archives,
25:46we find an old Cornish cottage ahead of its time.
25:49With a radiator in an unusual place,
25:51which you could call it underfloor heating.
25:56And back in Bristol,
25:57we see if Vic and Charlie made the most of their Victorian home.
26:01I really love to maximise the space.
26:07But first,
26:09we're heading back to the seaside village of Dimchurch in Kent,
26:12where I took a faithful companion
26:14and star from the traitors
26:16to face a new challenge.
26:18The property I'm here to show you, Frankie,
26:21isn't a castle in the Scottish Highlands, my love.
26:24But it's this.
26:25Here comes the judgment.
26:28It's a two-bed detached bungalow
26:31that went to auction for a guide prize of £125,000.
26:36What are your first impressions?
26:37I'd say it needs a bit of work.
26:39Yeah.
26:40Let the games begin.
26:44There were plenty of fun and games here.
26:46Sitting by a stream,
26:48the house had cracks showing,
26:50a lean-to falling apart,
26:51and a layout in need of love.
26:54But Tania and her husband and builder Cliff
26:57with their son, Zach,
26:58took a chance on this seaside spot,
27:00paying £160,000
27:02to make it their family home.
27:06You seem like you're excited about this, Tania.
27:09I am.
27:10She said, biting her head.
27:12You can't do that.
27:13You can't do that.
27:14No, I am, actually.
27:16Yeah.
27:16Yeah, I just think that...
27:18Could be the forever house.
27:20The family planned to live on site
27:22while Cliff did most of the work,
27:24aiming to extend up,
27:26out the front,
27:27and the back
27:28to create a spacious three-bed,
27:30all for under £100,000,
27:33and in just eight months.
27:36So, nearly six months on,
27:38how much have they done?
27:40And nothing ever happens.
27:44Nothing happens at all.
27:47The needle returns to the start of the sun,
27:50and we all sing along like before.
27:53OK, so the eight-month schedule
27:55might have been a little ambitious,
27:57but outside the site has been cleared,
27:59and inside,
28:00while much looks the same,
28:01it's now a home.
28:03MUSIC PLAYS
28:06We moved in.
28:08We've kind of made it
28:10as comfortable as we can.
28:13As you've seen,
28:15this is a project.
28:18Once the family moved in,
28:20they decided to downsize their plans,
28:23opting to use permitted development
28:25to keep things simpler
28:26and more affordable.
28:31The loft will gain two dormers
28:33for two bedrooms and a shower room.
28:36Then, downstairs,
28:38a new kitchen diner
28:39will sit at the front,
28:40but be incorporated
28:41within the original footprint
28:43without extending out
28:45into the driveway.
28:47But there will be a side extension
28:49to create a large sitting room,
28:51bathroom, and snug.
28:54Then, instead of a large extension
28:56at the back,
28:57the lean-to will become an orangery.
29:02We were going to literally
29:04pull it apart,
29:05but with the onset of winter,
29:08I didn't really fancy
29:09having the roof off.
29:11So, with that,
29:12we've put up more insulation inside.
29:15We knocked the stairs down
29:17from the attic
29:17so that we can seal it.
29:20So, we're just looking
29:21to batten down for the winter,
29:22and then, in the new year,
29:24we will get on
29:25with the actual work.
29:27We gotta keep on
29:32Cause the rest of it
29:34ain't that long
29:35So we keep on
29:37keepin' on
29:40Tanya and her husband
29:41builder Cliff
29:41also plan to repair
29:43what turned out
29:44to be structural cracks
29:45with underpinning
29:46before the weather turns.
29:49And, son Zach
29:50will be on hand
29:51to help.
29:52My husband
29:53and my son
29:54have been doing
29:55most of the heavy work
29:57and will be doing
29:58most of the work.
29:59I think for the
30:01really important things
30:02like electrics
30:03and things like that,
30:04we will be bringing
30:04people in for that.
30:06Maybe even a bit
30:07of bricklaying as well.
30:08So, we will get
30:09other people involved as well.
30:13Zach, who's at college,
30:15may extend his studies
30:16and go to university
30:17so a smaller home
30:19could suit Tanya
30:20and Cliff long-term.
30:22For now, though,
30:23they're enjoying life
30:24in Dimchurch,
30:25a place that has always
30:27held a special place
30:28in Tanya's heart.
30:30It's all about outside
30:32and the beach
30:34and everything
30:35so it's perfect,
30:36especially on a day like this.
30:38It seems they've chosen
30:40the right spot to settle.
30:41But, with a major change of plan,
30:44how long will the work take now?
30:46And can they still keep
30:48their costs near
30:49the £100,000 mark?
30:52I think we're probably
30:53looking at about
30:54£80,000
30:54to do the whole lot now.
30:56It's probably going to take
30:57at least a couple of years,
30:59at least.
31:00If you're talking about
31:02putting the map
31:05on the doorstep
31:07saying, welcome,
31:08it could be a couple of years.
31:13That sounds like
31:15an achievable goal,
31:16but hopefully
31:17they can get the big work
31:18done sooner
31:19so they don't have to live
31:20on a building site
31:22long-term.
31:26So, will the time,
31:27money and effort
31:28spent here pay off?
31:30Let's get the thoughts
31:31of a property expert.
31:33We invited back
31:34the expert
31:35from the auction house
31:36who sold it
31:37and saw it last time
31:38to see what they make
31:39of the work done
31:40and the new plans
31:41for the place.
31:44I mean,
31:45not a lot has changed
31:46visually.
31:48I can see, obviously,
31:49there is,
31:49it's been cleared out
31:50and tidied up
31:51and made in a very,
31:52you know,
31:52Liverpool standard.
31:53So, after having a look
31:54at the plans
31:55that have now been approved,
31:56going to turn this property
31:57into a really,
31:58really lovely home.
32:00Once the work
32:01is complete,
32:02they're looking at
32:03a total spend
32:03of £240,000,
32:06including the original
32:07purchase price.
32:08So, once it's finished,
32:09how much could it be worth?
32:12I would expect this to,
32:14it's selling somewhere
32:15around £325,000
32:16to £350,000
32:17in the current market.
32:18I'm happy with that.
32:20Got to be pleased with that.
32:22That could leave them
32:24with a pre-tax profit
32:25of £110,000,
32:27a very healthy return.
32:29But when Frankie and I
32:31met up with Tanya
32:32six months ago,
32:33this was potentially
32:34going to be
32:35their forever home.
32:36So, surely,
32:37selling up for something else
32:38wouldn't be an option
32:40any time soon.
32:43I can't say
32:44it would never be
32:45because who knows?
32:48It could be
32:49a fabulous apartment
32:50on the Costa Dell
32:52and it needed
32:54some doing up.
32:55I'm quite happy
32:56to do that.
32:56So,
32:57and I think
32:58my husband would as well.
32:59So,
33:00who knows?
33:05It's time for a treat
33:07from the Hammer Archives now
33:08and to the pretty village
33:10of Probus
33:11in Cornwall
33:11where,
33:12in the summer of 2013,
33:14Martin was looking
33:15for an auction lot
33:16that matched
33:17the beautiful surroundings.
33:20So,
33:21on this little street
33:22of characterful
33:23period cottages,
33:25I'm hoping to find
33:26something similar.
33:28And you know what?
33:29Look at this.
33:30Two bedrooms
33:31and a lot more.
33:33The guide price
33:35was £125,000
33:36to £150,000.
33:38Broad range.
33:39Let's find out
33:40if it was worth it.
33:45Whoa.
33:48Right.
33:51Sort the door out,
33:52first of all.
33:53Erm,
33:54scary electrics.
33:56They're going to need
33:56replacing,
33:57but then,
33:57the moment
33:58he walks through the door,
33:59you realise
34:00probably so is everything else.
34:02Well,
34:03in,
34:03in,
34:03interesting.
34:08That'll do.
34:09Erm,
34:09yeah,
34:10interesting layout.
34:11We've got a sort of
34:12living room area
34:13over that side
34:13and then another living room
34:14over this side,
34:15but look at the head height.
34:17Not ideal.
34:18Big fireplace there,
34:19open fire,
34:20which is lovely
34:20because that's exactly
34:21the kind of character
34:22you want in a house like this.
34:24It clearly
34:25hasn't been touched
34:27for a very long time.
34:29Erm,
34:33let's carry on
34:33into the kitchen.
34:37So,
34:37the first impression
34:38was there was
34:39no lack of character,
34:41but you couldn't really
34:42describe it as charming.
34:44And it was clear
34:45that spending time
34:46and money on the house
34:48was unavoidable,
34:49just like whacking your head
34:50on the ceiling beams.
34:53if you were more than
34:55five and a half foot,
34:56I think that would
34:56get you down
34:57after a while.
34:58But,
34:59another cracking door.
35:02Kitchen though,
35:03surprisingly,
35:05a good size.
35:06You know,
35:06you wouldn't want to cook
35:07in here at the moment,
35:08but,
35:09it's a good space.
35:10I like it.
35:12Again,
35:12I'm wondering
35:12what's underneath
35:13these ceilings.
35:14But then through
35:15into
35:17something quite unusual.
35:18Look at this.
35:19I guess,
35:20isn't
35:20part of the original house
35:22because the ceiling height
35:23is so much higher.
35:25You know,
35:25you imagine that,
35:26the nice patio windows there
35:27looking out onto the garden.
35:28Another radiator
35:29in an unusual place.
35:31I suppose you could call it
35:32underfloor heating.
35:34That was bad.
35:35Er,
35:36over here though,
35:38er,
35:38it's a bookshelf.
35:39Or is it
35:40just a bookshelf?
35:44Nope.
35:45It's another door.
35:49Through this secret door
35:50was another small room
35:51and this,
35:53the other odd room
35:54and the kitchen
35:54were all housed
35:56in an extension
35:56at the rear of the property,
35:58accessed by a steep step.
36:01But what was waiting upstairs?
36:04I really do not know
36:06what I'm going to find.
36:10But that's a good start.
36:12That is inspired.
36:15okay,
36:15a radiator
36:16acting as a banister.
36:18Well,
36:19hey,
36:19why not?
36:19It's a good use of space,
36:20I guess.
36:21Erm,
36:22upstairs,
36:22two bedrooms.
36:23We'll explore that one
36:24in a minute.
36:24But over this side,
36:25at least you've got a bathroom
36:26in the right place.
36:27That needs replacing.
36:28But then,
36:29towards the front
36:30and the second of the bedrooms
36:32and,
36:33well,
36:33I mean,
36:34nice bit of storage.
36:35Erm,
36:36it's not big.
36:37but then nothing is.
36:39I think you could really
36:40make a dramatic difference
36:41upstairs here
36:42by taking out this.
36:44You open it up
36:45right up to the eaves.
36:46That would be
36:47fantastic.
36:48But basically,
36:48you're going to have to
36:49repair everything anyway,
36:50so why the heck not?
36:51But look what we're working
36:53with here.
36:53Look at the thickness
36:55of the walls
36:56on that window
36:57sort of sill there.
37:00Wow.
37:00It's one heck of a house.
37:03Yes,
37:04and one that was
37:05full of quirks
37:06and furnishing
37:07from a bygone era.
37:09Well,
37:10into the master bedroom
37:11and
37:13I guess I shouldn't
37:14have expected anything
37:15other than,
37:16well,
37:18something pretty unique
37:19and you certainly
37:20get that.
37:21Wouldn't look out of place
37:22in a
37:2318th century
37:24galley in this.
37:26Not sure about
37:27a little cottage
37:27in Cornwall.
37:30So,
37:31plenty of oddities
37:32and they weren't
37:33just restricted
37:34to the interior
37:35of the cottage.
37:36Well,
37:37no garden to speak
37:38of at the front
37:38of the property
37:39but the back here,
37:40somewhere back there,
37:41I think there is
37:42a reasonable sized plot.
37:43You've also got
37:44this garage
37:44and fantastic,
37:46a greenhouse
37:47on top of it.
37:48You don't often see that.
37:49But I do note this
37:50while I'm out here.
37:51This is a borehole
37:52which I think
37:53is somebody
37:54taking out
37:55a sample of
37:56whatever this is made of
37:56because,
37:57of course,
37:57we are in
37:59Mundic territory
38:00so this could
38:01well be
38:01an extension
38:03that's made of
38:03Mundic block
38:04which is a problem.
38:06From around
38:061900 until
38:08the mid-1960s
38:09many properties
38:10in Devon
38:11and Cornwall
38:12were built
38:12using concrete
38:13made from an
38:14aggregate from
38:15mining waste
38:15known as
38:16Mundic block.
38:17Unfortunately,
38:18chemically speaking
38:19it's not stable.
38:21If the concrete
38:21was made from
38:22china clay
38:23that was also
38:24mined in the area
38:25that would have
38:25been okay
38:26but in order
38:27to ascertain
38:28what type of
38:28concrete was used
38:29you have to do
38:30tests
38:31which is why
38:32there was a borehole
38:33in the wall
38:34of the cottage.
38:35But to find out
38:36more about this
38:37quirky property
38:38that had been
38:38guided at
38:39125 to
38:41150,000 pounds
38:42an expert from
38:43the auctioneer
38:44that sold it
38:44came along
38:45to tell us more.
38:48This is a classic
38:49auction property
38:50you walk in
38:50through the front
38:51door and you
38:52know that
38:52everything needs
38:53doing to it
38:53and it offers
38:54scope and
38:55potential to
38:55create what
38:56could be a
38:56stunning
38:57desirable property.
38:59So what values
39:00were we looking
39:01at for this
39:01cottage once
39:02fully renovated?
39:04If the property
39:05was refurbished
39:06to a reasonably
39:06high standard
39:07in its existing
39:08footprint
39:08and its current
39:09layout then I
39:10would expect that
39:10to be put on
39:11the market
39:11somewhere in the
39:12region of
39:12£250,000.
39:15If the property
39:15was placed on
39:16the rental market
39:17once again
39:17refurbished to a
39:18reasonably high
39:19standard you
39:19could expect to
39:20achieve somewhere
39:20in the region of
39:21£750 per
39:22calendar month.
39:24Well there's no
39:25doubt this is one
39:25of the quirkiest
39:26properties I've
39:27ever visited
39:27but you know
39:28what?
39:29Fantastic location
39:30enormous amounts
39:32of potential
39:33and oozing
39:34charm.
39:35Somebody will
39:35definitely have
39:36fallen in love
39:37with it when it
39:38went under the
39:38hammer.
39:42Lot 58
39:43so 125
39:44straight in
39:45choice of
39:46hands
39:46take that
39:47one
39:47125
39:48126
39:49at 126
39:50128
39:51128
39:52130
39:53at 130
39:54here we go
39:54130
39:55Well after a
39:55bit of a slow
39:56start interest
39:57increased and
39:58we rejoined the
39:58bidding at
39:59£138,000
40:01138
40:02140
40:02at 140
40:03at 140
40:04I've got the
40:05gentleman in
40:06the alleyway here
40:06has got 140
40:07I'm asking for
40:08one I'd take
40:09500 if it
40:10would help
40:11either of you
40:11at 140
40:13first
40:14second
40:14third and last
40:15time
40:15you're sure
40:16and done
40:16here it is
40:16down here
40:17at 140
40:18and out
40:19congratulations
40:20sir
40:20gentleman has
40:21it
40:21That successful
40:22bid of £140,000
40:24was made by
40:25Michael and
40:26Julie
40:26they had brought
40:27it on behalf
40:28of their sons
40:28Kieran on the
40:29right and
40:30Miles
40:32Kieran was a
40:33sports teaching
40:34assistant while
40:35Miles was a
40:36qualified PE
40:36teacher
40:37so were they
40:38the people to
40:39get the house
40:40back into shape
40:43Miles
40:44Kieran
40:44great to
40:45meet you
40:45both
40:45good to
40:45meet you
40:46yeah
40:46what an
40:47interesting
40:47property
40:48I don't know
40:49amazing isn't
40:49it
40:50yeah
40:50absolutely
40:51one of the
40:52quirkiest I've
40:53seen
40:53tell me why
40:54you wanted to
40:54buy it
40:56basically
40:56me and Kieran
40:57have had a bit
40:58of savings
40:59we've had from
41:00when we were
41:00younger
41:01and we'd like
41:03to get a bit
41:04more of our
41:04independence
41:05and we thought
41:05oh this property
41:06came up
41:07we know the
41:08area really
41:09well
41:09went to school
41:10in the area
41:10so thought
41:11well let's
41:12go and have
41:13a look
41:13kind of thing
41:14and ended up
41:15buying it
41:16yeah
41:17so had you
41:18been in the
41:18you know the
41:19area did you
41:19know the house
41:20specifically
41:21no not
41:22specifically
41:22we've never
41:23actually seen
41:24this house
41:24so when we
41:25saw it online
41:26it was quite
41:26interesting
41:27so we thought
41:28we'd have a
41:28little look at
41:29it
41:29and yeah
41:29what do you
41:30think when
41:30you came
41:31inside
41:31interesting
41:32bit shocked
41:33really when
41:33you walk
41:34through the
41:34door isn't
41:34it
41:35it is
41:35and as you
41:36as you progress
41:36further into the
41:37house it doesn't
41:37get any less
41:38surprising
41:39it gets a little
41:40bit worse
41:40doesn't it
41:43so the brothers
41:44who both taught
41:45in nearby
41:46Camborn
41:46intended to make
41:47the cottage
41:48their home
41:48and they had a
41:49timescale of six
41:50months to a year
41:51to get it
41:52complete
41:55they had already
41:56started the
41:56planning process
41:57to replace the
41:58rear extension
41:58with a new
41:59double story one
42:00which would solve
42:01any Mundic issues
42:03and they would
42:04dig down to the
42:05same height as
42:06the original
42:06cottage to get
42:07rid of the
42:07awkward difference
42:08in levels
42:11as you see at
42:11the moment
42:12the stairs are
42:13here we're
42:13looking to
42:14relocate them
42:15to the extension
42:16out the back
42:16and make this
42:18into a completely
42:18open plan lounge
42:20and then you
42:21walk straight out
42:21the back where
42:22it's leveled off
42:23into a open plan
42:25kitchen diner
42:26with the stairs
42:27at the back
42:27running up the
42:28back wall
42:28and then a third
42:30bedroom up top
42:31making these two
42:32bedrooms here
42:32a lot bigger
42:33of a big family
42:34bathroom
42:34now you're both
42:35good sized lads
42:37and a lot of the
42:38ceilings and doorways
42:39are a bit small
42:39what are you going
42:40to do with that
42:41maybe looking at
42:42moving the beams
42:43raising the beams
42:44up maybe
42:45because there's
42:46quite a lot of room
42:47upstairs with the
42:48roof so maybe
42:49raising them up
42:51these big plans
42:52were going to need
42:53big money
42:54and the brothers
42:55had a budget
42:55of around 40 grand
42:56which was funded
42:57by Miles and Kieran
42:59Savings
42:59as well as help
43:00from mum and dad
43:01and other family members
43:03as this was the
43:04brothers first
43:05renovation project
43:06everyone was
43:07pitching in to help
43:08but they weren't
43:09going into this
43:10totally blind
43:12I have actually
43:13previously done some
43:14work mum and dad
43:15bought a house
43:16in this village
43:16three years ago
43:17which is in sort
43:18of the same sort
43:19of condition
43:20and I did a lot
43:21of work there
43:22after I finished
43:23university
43:24helped to renovate
43:25it up to the
43:26good standard
43:26so I've got a bit
43:28of experience
43:28helping out
43:29and we've got
43:29lots of friends
43:31that will lend
43:32hands and help
43:33to gut it
43:34and get us
43:35on the way
43:35so how excited
43:36are you to embark
43:37on your first project
43:38I think we're
43:38massive
43:40it's nice to get
43:41on the ladder
43:42and it's an area
43:43we know really well
43:44so no
43:45no
43:45should be a really
43:46good project
43:47great
43:48well congratulations
43:48to you both
43:49thank you very much
43:50look forward to
43:50seeing how you
43:51transform it
43:55well what a
43:57project for
43:58brothers Miles
43:59and Kieran
44:00to be embarking
44:01on but how
44:01fantastic they're
44:02doing this
44:03as their home
44:06a few challenges
44:07ahead
44:07how will they
44:08get on
44:08you can find
44:09out later
44:10in the show
44:16we're back
44:17in Bristol
44:17now where
44:18Martin found
44:19this deceptively
44:20large three bed
44:21mid terrace
44:23and then you
44:24just keep going
44:24on and on
44:25and on
44:25it's a big
44:26property
44:26look at this
44:28room
44:31a lot of
44:31property for
44:32the 300,000
44:33pound guide price
44:34but space
44:35isn't everything
44:37I mean
44:38it's not the most
44:39imaginative
44:40decoration
44:41with the old
44:41magnolia on the
44:42walls and white
44:43on the ceiling
44:43that's the classic
44:44despite dated
44:45decoration
44:46and a crowded
44:47garden
44:48married developers
44:49Vic and Shally
44:49excitedly snapped
44:51it up
44:51for 312,500
44:54pounds
44:57also we will be
44:59demolishing the
45:00garage outside
45:01because literally
45:02it has occupied
45:02the whole garden
45:03yes
45:06additionally they
45:07sought to create
45:08an open plan
45:09kitchen diner
45:10and make the attic
45:11and make the attic
45:11a usable storage
45:12room
45:13they eagerly took
45:14it on with
45:15three months
45:16and a £60,000 budget
45:18now a whole
45:19eight months down
45:20the line
45:21have they pulled
45:21it off
45:28the exterior
45:29the exterior of the house
45:30has been freshly
45:30painted
45:31and decking
45:32has been added
45:33and there's more
45:34to see
45:34as we head indoors
45:38as we walk
45:39into the property
45:40this lounge
45:41is where
45:42it was before
45:43and as we
45:44turned to the left
45:45we had a small
45:46storage
45:47under the stairs
45:48that has turned out
45:49to be a gorgeous WC
45:53and as we move
45:55forward
45:55in the corridor
45:57we had a dining room
45:59on the left
45:59and the kitchen
46:00at the back
46:00and that space
46:02actually really bugged
46:03me because
46:04I really love
46:05to maximise the space
46:06so the first thing
46:08came to both of us
46:09that we're going
46:10to be knocking
46:11this off
46:11and making this
46:12into an open
46:13dining kitchen
46:16the walls
46:17dividing these rooms
46:18were load-bearing
46:19so steel support beams
46:20had to be installed
46:23the bespoke kitchen suite
46:24is super stylish
46:26with Shelley
46:26taking the reins
46:27on the design
46:30so we've gone
46:31for a really high spec
46:33finish in the property
46:34we've been very
46:35sympathetic
46:35to the period features
46:37yet we've given it
46:38a modern twist
46:40we've also
46:41staged the property
46:42to somebody
46:44can imagine
46:45what it would look like
46:46to live in the property
46:47as well
46:49the garden
46:50has seen
46:51a huge transformation
46:52a new patio
46:53leads to freshly
46:55laid turf
46:55the space
46:57has been opened up
46:57with the removal
46:58of the garage
46:59and its asbestos roof
47:01which wasn't
47:02an easy job
47:03the garage
47:05we never knew
47:06it had 400
47:08deep concrete
47:09so we had to dig that down
47:11and get that all ready
47:13which was not really planned
47:21luckily the rest of the house
47:23did go to plan
47:24with the upstairs bedrooms
47:26receiving a full makeover
47:27with new carpets
47:29and a rewire
47:30throughout
47:35the bathroom
47:36has been upgraded
47:36too
47:37with a modern fit out
47:40but what happened
47:41to their plans
47:41to install stairs
47:42up to the loft space
47:44if the value
47:45would have permitted
47:46we could have gone
47:47to the loft conversion
47:48but since the end ceiling
47:50was not
47:51allowing us
47:53to move forward
47:53so we decided
47:54to create
47:55put some boards up
47:56loft legs on
47:57put the insulation in
47:59and it's over
48:0040 square meters
48:02of storage space
48:03for people
48:04to store
48:05anything they like
48:07though they didn't
48:08extend the stairway
48:09into the attic
48:10it is a usable space now
48:13so with all this work
48:14they and their
48:15construction team
48:16have carried out
48:17have they managed
48:17to stick to their
48:18£60,000 budget
48:21so our current
48:22spending on this project
48:23is close to £75,000
48:26and the major cause
48:28of this extra spending
48:30is the additional
48:32concrete removal
48:33we had
48:33the decking
48:34at the rear of the garden
48:35decking we had
48:36at the front of the garden
48:38and we decided
48:40to go for the custom kitchen
48:41which a little bit
48:43added on our expense
48:47with their plans
48:48still to sell
48:49the property
48:50can Vic and Shelley
48:51expect to turn a profit
48:53on their total investment
48:54of £387,500
48:56which includes
48:58the original purchase price
48:59to find out
49:01we invited back
49:01the property expert
49:02who saw it last time
49:03for his thoughts
49:04and those all
49:05important valuations
49:09first impressions
49:10are really good
49:11they've gone for that
49:12mix of contemporary
49:13finish
49:14but still keeping
49:14some of the period features
49:16you could argue
49:17the finish
49:17could be pushed
49:18a little bit further
49:19but I think
49:20on balance
49:20given that we haven't
49:21done the asset conversion
49:22which is going to
49:23keep that ceiling price
49:24excuse the pun
49:25low
49:25then it's the right
49:26thing to do
49:29sounds like
49:30they've been smart
49:31with where they
49:31spent their money
49:32so what could it
49:33now achieve
49:34on the sales market
49:36the property
49:37has a value
49:38of approximately
49:39£475,000
49:41we were looking
49:42more from £485,000
49:43to half a million
49:44mark
49:45that's a little bit
49:46lower than what
49:47we expected
49:50even if it sold
49:52for the expert's
49:53estimate
49:53they'd still be
49:54bagging a pre-tax
49:55profit of
49:56£87,500
50:00and if they decided
50:01to rent
50:02his rental figure
50:03of £2,000
50:04per calendar month
50:06would equate
50:06to a yield
50:07of 6%
50:10however
50:10the pair
50:11are confident
50:12it will hit
50:13their sales target
50:14and finishing
50:15the work
50:15has been
50:16satisfying
50:17in itself
50:21for me
50:21it's really rewarding
50:22to see the
50:23transformation
50:23that we've taken
50:24something like
50:25an ugly duckling
50:27and converted it
50:28into a really
50:29beautiful swan
50:30so that is
50:32very rewarding
50:32for me
50:33as a designer
50:37back now
50:38to a blast
50:38from the past
50:39and it was
50:40in the lovely
50:40village of Probos
50:41near Truro
50:42that we met
50:43Miles and his
50:44brother Kieran
50:44who bought
50:45a two-bed
50:46characterful cottage
50:47for £140,000
50:49the lads lived
50:51in nearby
50:51Cambourne
50:52and knew the
50:52area well
50:53so saw this
50:54as a perfect
50:55place to set up
50:56a new home
50:57but character
50:58wasn't the only
50:59thing it had
51:00run down
51:01dilapidated
51:02and fallen apart
51:03were a few
51:03of the other
51:04ways to describe
51:05it
51:06Miles was a
51:06PE teacher
51:07and Kieran
51:08a sports
51:09teaching assistant
51:09so they were
51:11the perfect
51:11pair to whip
51:12the place
51:13into shape
51:14when we saw
51:15it online
51:15it was quite
51:16interesting
51:16so we thought
51:17we'd have a
51:17little look at
51:18it and yeah
51:18what do you
51:19think when you
51:20came inside
51:21interesting
51:21yeah
51:22very quirky
51:24a bit shocked
51:25really when you
51:25walk through
51:26the door
51:26isn't it
51:27it is
51:27and as you
51:28progress
51:28further into
51:29the house
51:29it doesn't
51:29get any less
51:31surprising
51:31it gets a
51:32little bit
51:32worse
51:32doesn't it
51:35despite being
51:36first time
51:37renovators
51:37they were aiming
51:38big
51:39with plans
51:39not only to
51:40refurb the
51:41original cottage
51:42but they also
51:42wanted to
51:43demolish the
51:44rear single
51:45storey extension
51:45and replace it
51:47with a new
51:47double storey one
51:48adding in a
51:49third bedroom
51:49in the process
51:51all hopefully
51:52done within
51:53six to twelve
51:54months
51:54and for a
51:55budget of
51:55£40,000
51:56but it was
51:57twenty months
51:58later when we
51:59returned
52:00and things
52:01were looking
52:01good on the
52:02outside
52:03it had been
52:03freshly rendered
52:04it had a
52:05new front door
52:06and windows
52:07but what about
52:08inside
52:11top marks
52:13lads
52:13the two front
52:14rooms and
52:15downstairs loo
52:15had been
52:16knocked through
52:16to create
52:17one gorgeous
52:18sized living
52:19room
52:23and at
52:24the rear
52:25there was
52:25a great
52:26looking
52:26kitchen
52:27with two
52:28sets of
52:29French doors
52:29which led
52:30you out
52:30to a
52:31recently
52:31cleared
52:32garden
52:34and there
52:35you could
52:35really see
52:36the difference
52:36that the
52:37two storey
52:37extension
52:38had made
52:38to the
52:39cottage
52:40but before
52:40they got
52:41to that
52:41stage
52:41there was
52:42a lot
52:42of greenery
52:43to be
52:43dealt
52:44with
52:45the
52:46extension
52:46it started
52:47off with
52:47a big
52:48overhaul
52:49of the
52:49garden
52:49because it
52:50was heavily
52:51overgrown
52:51with big
52:52trees
52:52so we
52:53spent about
52:54a month
52:55actually clearing
52:55out the
52:56garden
52:57and of course
52:58the Mundic
52:58block extension
52:59had to go
53:00and there was
53:01the awkward
53:02floor level
53:02changes between
53:03the front
53:04and back
53:05of the
53:05property
53:05to fix
53:06we then
53:07had to
53:07dig the
53:07levels down
53:08to match
53:08it up
53:09with the
53:09front
53:09of the
53:09cottage
53:10once we
53:11got the
53:12levels down
53:12to the
53:12right height
53:13we then
53:14got the
53:15foundations
53:15in and
53:16we also
53:16got the
53:17walls
53:17put in
53:18so then
53:18that
53:18created
53:19the space
53:19for us
53:20to put
53:20in a
53:20two-story
53:21extension
53:24inside
53:24the extension
53:25housed the
53:26third bedroom
53:27along with
53:27the family
53:28bathroom
53:28and with
53:30the removal
53:30of the
53:30old
53:31bathroom
53:31the two
53:32front
53:32bedrooms
53:33were far
53:33more spacious
53:34and the
53:35main
53:35had an
53:36ensuite
53:36shower
53:37room
53:39the
53:40cottage
53:40was
53:41very
53:41quirky
53:41but the
53:42character
53:42was kept
53:43throughout
53:43with beams
53:44and vaulted
53:45ceilings
53:46in the
53:46upper
53:46rooms
53:47and a
53:47lot of
53:47hardwood
53:48finishes
53:48sympathetically
53:50mixing
53:50old
53:50with new
53:51and outside
53:53fortunately
53:54the walls
53:54of the
53:55garage
53:55were not
53:56made
53:56from the
53:56troublesome
53:57mondic block
53:58so it
53:59was retained
53:59however the
54:01greenhouse
54:01had gone
54:02but not
54:03to the
54:03scrapyard
54:04the greenhouse
54:05is actually
54:06back at the
54:07farm
54:07I think my
54:08mum wants
54:08to use it
54:09in her garden
54:10if my dad
54:11pulls his finger
54:12out and
54:13actually does
54:13something in
54:14the garden
54:14for her
54:15first timers
54:16miles and
54:17kieran had
54:17done an
54:18amazing job
54:19getting stuck
54:20into the
54:20renovation work
54:21in every
54:22spare moment
54:22they had
54:23away from
54:24their full-time
54:24jobs
54:25my role
54:26during this
54:26whole project
54:27has actually
54:27been quite
54:28hands-on
54:28along with
54:29my brother
54:29and my
54:30dad
54:31we try to
54:32get ourselves
54:32involved as
54:33much as we
54:33can and do
54:34a lot of
54:34the work
54:34that we
54:35could
54:35so a lot
54:36of the
54:36work that
54:37you can see
54:37around the
54:37house
54:38we have
54:38done
54:38ourselves
54:39it's just
54:40been quite
54:40a long
54:41process
54:41and lots
54:42of weekends
54:43evenings
54:44lots of
54:45time spent
54:45up here
54:45me my
54:46dad and
54:46my brother
54:46and lots
54:47of friends
54:48have come
54:48along and
54:48helped
54:49so it's
54:50I wouldn't
54:51say there's
54:51been any
54:51problems
54:52just a long
54:52process
54:53and we're
54:53really glad
54:54with what
54:54we've got
54:55now
54:57obtaining
54:57planning
54:58permission
54:58to demolish
54:59and build
54:59the
54:59extension
55:00took six
55:00months
55:01then with
55:02friends
55:02family
55:03and some
55:03of
55:03miles
55:04is
55:04rugby
55:04team
55:05pitching
55:05in
55:05to do
55:05the
55:05renovation
55:06work
55:06it took
55:07a year
55:08to turn
55:08it into
55:09a fantastic
55:10looking home
55:11we absolutely
55:12love the
55:12cottage
55:13how it's
55:13turned out
55:14I think
55:14it's a lot
55:15better than
55:15we first
55:16anticipated
55:17it's a
55:18lovely place
55:18and can't
55:19wait to
55:20sort of
55:21move in
55:23but with
55:24such a high
55:25standard of
55:25finish
55:26they did
55:27exceed their
55:27proposed
55:28£40,000
55:28budget
55:29I think
55:31we're more
55:31towards
55:32£60,000
55:33with things
55:34like extra
55:35costings
55:36and we've
55:37gone for
55:38the high
55:38spec
55:38sort of
55:39kitchen
55:39and bathroom
55:40suites
55:41because we
55:42wanted to
55:42move in
55:42ourselves
55:43we wanted
55:43to look
55:43right for
55:44ourselves
55:46adding to
55:47their purchase
55:48price of
55:48£140,000
55:50it came to
55:51a nice
55:51round
55:52£200,000
55:53so did
55:54two local
55:55property
55:55experts
55:55think it
55:56had been
55:56money well
55:57spent
55:57starting with
55:58the property
55:59expert
55:59who had
56:00first seen
56:00the cottage
56:00over a
56:01year and a
56:01half ago
56:02I love
56:03what they've
56:03done to
56:04the property
56:04the transformation
56:05is amazing
56:06the construction
56:07type has been
56:07done to a
56:08high standard
56:08the finishing
56:09the architecture
56:10and carpentry
56:11details are
56:11stunning
56:14the property
56:15is a
56:16classic
56:16village
56:17cottage
56:17the back
56:19extension
56:19and
56:20conversion
56:20have been
56:21done very
56:21thoughtfully
56:22the accommodation
56:23downstairs
56:24works well
56:25the actual
56:25conversion
56:26has been
56:26fantastically
56:27done
56:29having spent
56:30in total
56:30£200,000
56:31on the
56:32cottage
56:32this was
56:33to be
56:33the
56:33brothers
56:33new
56:34home
56:34but had
56:35they
56:35invested
56:35their
56:35money
56:36wisely
56:36in their
56:37first
56:37property
56:37venture
56:38on the
56:38current
56:38market
56:39I
56:39would
56:39value
56:40this
56:40property
56:40at an
56:41asking
56:41price
56:42of
56:42£280,000
56:42this
56:43property
56:44would
56:44fetch
56:44somewhere
56:45in the
56:45region
56:45of
56:45between
56:46£340,000
56:46and
56:47£350,000
56:48all the
56:49way
56:49through
56:49looking
56:50at
56:50around
56:50£250,000
56:52that sort
56:52of mark
56:52so yeah
56:53we're
56:53really
56:54pleased
56:54with
56:54both
56:54valuations
56:56yes
56:57not
56:57surprisingly
56:58they were
56:58pleased
56:58because
56:59if they
56:59did
56:59choose
57:00to
57:00sell
57:00there
57:00was
57:01a
57:01pre-tax
57:01profit
57:01of
57:02£80,000
57:02to
57:02£150,000
57:04potentially
57:05on the
57:05table
57:06but it
57:07was not
57:07about
57:08money
57:08at that
57:08point
57:08it
57:09was
57:09about
57:09Miles
57:09and
57:10Kieran
57:10moving
57:10into
57:11their
57:11new
57:11home
57:12with
57:13help
57:13from
57:13mum
57:13Julie
57:14and
57:14dad
57:14Michael
57:15they
57:15had
57:15managed
57:16to
57:16get
57:16themselves
57:16a
57:17lovely
57:17foothold
57:18on the
57:18property
57:19ladder
57:19but would
57:20they
57:20consider
57:20going back
57:21to
57:21auction
57:21and
57:22going
57:22again
57:24yes
57:25I
57:25think
57:25so
57:26I
57:27think
57:27properties
57:28at
57:28auction
57:28obviously
57:29give you
57:29an
57:29opportunity
57:30to
57:30find
57:31hidden
57:32gems
57:32really
57:32and
57:32you
57:33can
57:33sort
57:33of
57:33polish
57:34them
57:34up
57:34and
57:34get
57:35outcomes
57:35like
57:35this
57:35one
57:36so
57:36yeah
57:36definitely
57:39so
57:40my
57:40time
57:40on
57:41homes
57:41under
57:41the
57:41hammer
57:42has
57:42come
57:42to
57:42an
57:42end
57:42but
57:43I
57:43have
57:43had
57:43such
57:44a
57:44wonderful
57:44time
57:45seeing
57:46the
57:46properties
57:46and
57:47meeting
57:47the
57:47buyers
57:48and
57:48seeing
57:48their
57:49journeys
57:49and
57:49how
57:49they're
57:50going
57:50to
57:50transform
57:50these
57:50houses
57:51and
57:51what
57:52they've
57:52done
57:52oh
57:52it's
57:53been
57:53fascinating
57:54and
57:55just
57:55really
57:55enlightening
57:56as well
57:56having
57:57you
57:57here
57:58with
57:58me
57:58because
57:59it's
57:59lovely
57:59to
58:00sort
58:00of
58:00bounce
58:00ideas
58:01around
58:01and
58:02talk
58:02about
58:02what
58:03could
58:06you
58:06have
58:07been
58:07a
58:07complete
58:07joy
58:08honestly
58:08thank
58:08you
58:09so
58:09much
58:09I
58:09have
58:09to
58:09say
58:10I
58:10think
58:10I
58:10am
58:10now
58:11100%
58:12an
58:12auction
58:13faithful
58:13oh
58:14I
58:15love it
58:15that's
58:15exactly
58:16what I
58:16wanted
58:16to hear
58:17and
58:17never
58:18fear
58:18you
58:19will
58:19never
58:19be
58:19banished
58:20honestly
58:21and
58:22never
58:22fear
58:23for you
58:23because
58:23there's
58:24plenty
58:24more
58:24auction
58:25stories
58:25transformations
58:26and
58:27renovations
58:27here
58:28on
58:28homes
58:29under
58:29the
58:29hammer
58:29goodbye
58:30goodbye
58:37bye
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