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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.
00:30And believe me when I tell you there will be no roundtables, there will be no backstabbing at all.
00:36Just 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.
00:46I love a transformation and I cannot wait to pull my sleeves 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 cloak and dagger because you never know who's lurking in the
01:38shadows, ready to pounce at the home that you're after.
01:41I 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.
02:06Well, 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.
02:37Interesting.
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.
03:26Nothing 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.
03:40What are your first impressions?
03:42I'd say it needs a bit of work.
03:44Yeah.
03:45Now, 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.
04:12Yeah.
04:13Your prediction was correct.
04:15Spot on.
04:16Yeah.
04:17So we're into this sort of little porch area.
04:20And 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 gubbings are.
04:32So you've got your...
04:32Yeah, your sort of gas, electricity.
04:35Absolutely, 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 out 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.
04:50It's got to go.
04:50No, no.
04:51It's got to go.
04:52No.
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
05:00if you get rid of that.
05:01Actually, I have an idea.
05:02Go on.
05:03Which is you could move the entrance,
05:05I 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...
05:14So a larger open plan living space
05:17with a little wood burner, maybe a double-sided wood burner.
05:19Maybe a double-sided wood burner.
05:20Because you've got bedroom one is there.
05:23You've got bedroom two here.
05:26It's tiny.
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,
05:31an award-winning interior designer, Frankie.
05:33Thank 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 over the seaside feel.
05:44Yeah.
05:44Maybe a bit of tongue and groove on the walls.
05:46On the walls.
05:47Yeah.
05:47This might be quite nice if you strip it back.
05:50A nice beam.
05:52Make the window more of a feature.
05:54Yeah.
05:54OK, 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.
06:00OK.
06:01OK.
06:04So this is quite a long, thin, narrow galley kitchen.
06:08But as you can see, there is really bad mould,
06:12so 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
06:22and make a much bigger space, which would be really lovely.
06:25I'm going to go and check out the garden,
06:27but I've noticed the ceiling's falling through that,
06:29so I'm going to 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
06:41and may even need to be pulled down and rebuilt to extend the kitchen.
06:47Back at the front, in the larger of the two bedrooms,
06:50those outside cracks look just as worrying inside,
06:53so a structural engineer will need to weigh in.
06:56But for now, let's see what's up those stairs.
07:01Oh, OK.
07:02OK, so into the loft space.
07:05Head height not so great up here,
07:07but I'm thinking if you made this into a dormer,
07:11imagine the space you could create here
07:13if you re-jigged the ground floor a little bit.
07:16Open 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,
07:32so you could square it off and make a really lovely kitchen
07:35looking 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 your...
07:44Oh, wow.
07:45There'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,
07:52we both know you've got to make sure
07:54that everything is secure here.
07:56You've got to have your contents insurance,
07:58you've got to have your house insurance,
08:01watertight, excuse the pun.
08:02Yeah.
08:03Flood barrier, make the garden good
08:05so 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,
08:11especially if you're sort of knocking this down
08:13and bringing this up.
08:14Yeah.
08:14Maybe bring the floor lever higher
08:16and then have a deck with sort of steps down
08:18just so it doesn't flood so much.
08:20But how glorious would it be?
08:21Yeah.
08:21I mean, here's potential.
08:23A lot of work that needs doing,
08:25but masses of potential.
08:26Lots of potential and good location.
08:29With a stream right beside the property,
08:31looking into flood risk and wildlife is a must
08:34because it's easy to get carried away here dreaming big.
08:38But any changes, either upstairs or extending out at the back,
08:43could 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
08:53that came with a 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,
09:04look to extend into the rear as much as they can,
09:07and also into the loft.
09:09Probably get some dorms up there,
09:10really open it up and make the best reuse of that room.
09:16If a buyer was able to get approval for these additions as well as a full refurbishment,
09:21what does he think it could be worth on both the sales and rental markets?
09:25So if this property was extended,
09:28maybe made into a three-bedroom with extension to the rear,
09:31if it's gone on the open market,
09:32wouldn't be surprised to see it achieving £350,000.
09:35If it was going off the rental,
09:37probably going to achieve somewhere around £1,500 per kind of a month.
09:40And what if a buyer chose a more conservative approach,
09:44renovating and keeping the existing footprint?
09:48Kept as a two-bedroom, if it's going to put on the market,
09:50I would expect it to achieve somewhere around £250,000.
09:53If it's going to put it on for rentals,
09:55you're probably looking at £1,200 per kind of a month.
09:59So, Frankie, what did you think of your very first
10:02Homes Under the Hammer property tour?
10:04I thought it was fascinating, and I loved it,
10:06and I think it's got a lot of potential.
10:08Yeah.
10:09And the garden'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.
10:20To bid, of course.
10:21So, I think it's time to un-cloak the buyer of this place.
10:25Go on, Frankie.
10:25And let's see who was recruited in the auction room
10:28when 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,
10:48Tania, here today with her son, Zach,
10:50who's at college studying IT,
10:53bought the property with her husband, Cliff.
10:56After years of renovating and living in one project after another,
11:00this 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,
11:18why did you go for this bungalow?
11:22Well, 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
11:31and we used to have great walks around there.
11:33Dogs loved the beach.
11:34And then we, when I then started a family,
11:38we 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,
11:46you can see the bones of it
11:47and what you could do for it eventually.
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
12:04before that auction?
12:05Because you...
12:06No.
12:06No.
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,
12:18we 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?
12:31No.
12:31Are you going to...
12:32Oh, yes.
12:32I 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
12:40working with your mum and dad?
12:42Me and my dad might get a bit hairy.
12:44A bit hairy.
12:45A 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.
12:50What we'd like to do is go out the front end,
12:56because we've got the drive.
12:57So come outwards.
12:58Yes.
12:59Yes.
12:59To then have kitchen diner at the front.
13:03Mmm.
13:04And then...
13:05God, sorry.
13:07And then what 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 in there.
13:18That will go.
13:19Yeah.
13:19So what we would do down here is possibly a toilet shower room.
13:24We'd like to obviously go up.
13:26Yeah.
13:26Depending on the planning.
13:28If not, then it's obviously dormers.
13:30Yeah.
13:30Yeah.
13:31So you'd have two bedrooms at the top with two en-suites.
13:35These stairs will go proper stairs.
13:36They're going to change the configuration of the stairs.
13:38Proper-sized stairs.
13:39Yeah.
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.
14:04And then you're onto the water.
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.
14:32Crack.
14:32It's almost like that side of the building is dropped.
14:36Yes.
14:36Because is that all going to go obviously?
14:39You've got an instructional engineer in to have a look?
14:41Yes.
14:41It will all be...
14:42Because you'll go for a major extension outwards.
14:45That will all come into that as well.
14:47OK.
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's just biting her head.
15:22Did you see that?
15:23Yeah.
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.
15:32I 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 Fishponds now, a suburb of Bristol.
16:12Though nowadays it's mainly a residential area, in the early 1900s it was home to a large manufacturer
16:19of 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 Fishponds area of the ever popular Bristol.
16:35It's a great area actually, lovely Victorian properties, that's exactly what I'm here to see.
16:42It's a three bed mid terrace, guide price £300,000.
16:46That sounds like it could be a bit of a deal, but it all depends on what it looks like
16:50inside.
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.
17:03A front living room with the bay window.
17:05Yeah, that looks really nice.
17:07I mean, the first thing to notice is it's in really great condition.
17:11I mean, it's not got the most imaginative decoration with the old magnolia on the walls and the
17:16white on the ceilings, but it's a classic.
17:18Understairs cupboard, stairs up to presumably the bedroom's there.
17:22Rear living room, that could be another bedroom perhaps.
17:25Or 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.
17:32And look at this room.
17:35An absolutely massive kitchen.
17:38Obviously it needs refurbishment.
17:40But what a surprise this house is.
17:43From the outside, an average terraced house.
17:48But come in here, it's a delight.
17:51Happiness.
17:52This old property is off to a strong start, but it will need some modernising.
17:58A refurb is a great opportunity to improve energy efficiency with an air source heat pump
18:03or even a new combi boiler.
18:07If you're thinking of adding any space, then you need to bear in mind that this property
18:12is in a conservation area with 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.
18:31Lots to consider.
18:33Let's see if things are a little more straightforward as Martin heads upstairs.
18:40So, pretty large staircase area and landing.
18:43And the whole house just has this feel of space.
18:47It's only got three bedrooms though.
18:49One at the end there, one in the middle, and then there's a reasonable sized bathroom in the middle.
18:54And then to the front of the property, an absolutely enormous, what I guess would be master bedroom,
19:00with the 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.
19:16And you could then just lose this lovely feeling of just a house that's just allowing you to breathe.
19:27Not to break your zen, Martin, but there is a loft which could potentially be converted into a fourth bedroom
19:35if you made it habitable,
19:37added a staircase, and acquired the relevant planning permission.
19:44Some structural changes could add considerable value, but even an aesthetic upgrade may pay dividends.
19:55But what's the opinion of a professional?
19:57We invited a property expert from the auction house that sold this lot to give us his thoughts and valuations
20:03on this three-bed mid-terrace guided at £300,000.
20:11The two main things that people change on these types of properties are either at the back or the top.
20:17So you really want to try and create that open-plan kitchen-diner thing opening onto the back garden.
20:23And then you go up into the attic, so 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, which is a bit more suitable for 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, what could the property achieve on the sales market?
20:50So if we fast-forward, the work's being done, and 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 conversions 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 talents 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, loads of space in a nice area.
21:41Yep, great one. Let'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. Sold.
21:58In the end, it was sold to a property developing married couple, Vic and Shelley,
22:03for £312,500.
22:08They've been in the business for the better part of a decade,
22:12and Martin met up with them to hear their plans.
22:18Vic, Shelley, great to meet you both.
22:21Lovely house, this. Tell me, why you wanted to buy it?
22:24A few things. We 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, so he's the construction guy, and I'm the interiors girl.
22:45Excellent.
22:46And how much of the work do you actually get physically involved in?
22:48I do not. I'm not a tradesman at all.
22:51Okay.
22:52I own a construction business, and they have been working for us.
22:57Oh, wow. You give them enough work to keep them in...
23:00So far, it's been continuous.
23:02We're going.
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.
23:12It's less work, but good outcome.
23:14So that's why we bought this property.
23:17So tell me what you're going to do to it then.
23:19So, 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 taking off the...
23:30Demolishing the garage outside.
23:32Ah.
23:32Because literally it has occupied the whole garden.
23:35Yes.
23:36And then what we are doing, which is a little unconventional,
23:39we are not doing the loft conversion,
23:41but we are actually going to be creating the actual stairs
23:46to go to the loft and make it a bit a storage room.
23:50Oh.
23:50So it will...
23:51Really?
23:52Yes.
23:52Stairs.
23:53All the trouble of the stairs, but 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
24:02and no one has been successful with the dormer conversion in this area.
24:07Right.
24:08We 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, 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 as best off 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?
24:40The plan is to sell it.
24:42Okay.
24:42What's the budget for the work you're going to do?
24:4560,000 pounds.
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 Zoom.
24:53Yeah.
24:54And then in.
24:54In, out, boom.
24:56Yeah.
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 we have just done and kept it for rental.
25:11All the properties we have done so far and 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, Vic and Charlie are delighted with their purchase here in Bristol
25:32and I completely understand why.
25:34It's a great house.
25:36They've got some nice ideas for it, nothing 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, we find an old Cornish cottage ahead of its time.
25:49With a radiator in an unusual place.
25:51I suppose you could call it underfloor heating.
25:56And back in Bristol, we see if Vic and Charlie made the most of their Victorian home.
26:01I really love to maximise the space.
26:08But first, we're heading back to the seaside village of Dimchurch in Kent
26:12where I took a faithful companion and star from the traitors to face a new challenge.
26:18The property I'm here to show you, Frankie, isn't a castle in the Scottish Highlands.
26:23Right.
26:23My love.
26:24But it's this.
26:25Here comes the judgement.
26:29It's a two-bed, detached bungalow that went to auction for a guy prize of £125,000.
26:36What are your first impressions?
26:37I'd say it needs a bit of work.
26:39Yeah.
26:39Let the games begin.
26:41Let the games begin.
26:43There were plenty of fun and games here.
26:46Sitting by a stream, the house had cracks showing, a lean-to falling apart, and a layout in need of
26:53love.
26:54But Tanya and her husband and builder Cliff, with their son Zach, took a chance on this seaside spot, paying
27:01£160,000 to make it their family home.
27:06You seem like you're excited about this, Tanya.
27:09I am.
27:10Yeah.
27:10She said biting her head.
27:12Did you see that?
27:13Yeah.
27:14No, I am actually.
27:16Yeah.
27:16I just think that.
27:18Could be the forever house.
27:20The family planned to live on site while Cliff did most of the work, aiming to extend up, out the
27:27front, and the back, to create a spacious three-bed, all for under £100,000, and in just eight months.
27:36So, nearly six months on, how much have they done?
27:40And nothing ever happens. Nothing happens at all. The needle returns to the start of the shine, and we all
27:51sing along like before.
27:53OK, so the eight-month schedule might have been a little ambitious, but outside the site has been cleared, and
27:59inside, while much looks the same, it's now a home.
28:06We moved in. We've kind of made it as comfortable as we can. As you've seen, this is a project.
28:18Once the family moved in, they decided to downsize their plans, opting to use permitted development to keep things simpler
28:26and more affordable.
28:31The loft will gain two dormers for two bedrooms and a shower room.
28:36Then, downstairs, a new kitchen diner will sit at the front, but be incorporated within the original footprint without extending
28:44out into the driveway.
28:47But there will be a side extension to create a large sitting room, bathroom, and snug.
28:54Then, instead of a large extension at the back, the lean-to will become an orangery.
29:02We were going to literally pull it apart, but with the onset of winter, I didn't really fancy having the
29:10roof off.
29:11So, with that, we've put up more insulation inside.
29:14We knock the stairs down from the attic so that we can seal it.
29:20So, we're just looking to batten down for the winter, and then, in the new year, we will get on
29:25with the actual work.
29:40Tanya and her husband, Builder Cliff, also plan to repair what turned out to be structural cracks with underpinning before
29:47the weather turns.
29:49And, son Zach will be on hand to help.
29:52My husband and my son have been doing most of the heavy work, and will be doing most of the
29:59work.
29:59I think for the really important things like electrics and things like that, we will be bringing people in for
30:05that.
30:06Maybe even a bit of bricklaying as well.
30:08So, we will get other people involved as well.
30:13Zach, who's at college, may extend his studies and go to university, so a smaller home could suit Tanya and
30:20Cliff long-term.
30:22For now, though, they're enjoying life in Dimchurch, a place that has always held a special place in Tanya's heart.
30:30It's all about outside and the beach and everything, so it's perfect, especially on a day like this.
30:38It seems they've chosen the right spot to settle, but with a major change of plan, how long will the
30:45work take now?
30:46And can they still keep their costs near the £100,000 mark?
30:52I think we're probably looking at about £80,000 to do the whole lot now.
30:56It's probably going to take at least a couple of years, at least.
31:00If you're talking about putting the mat on the doorstep saying welcome, it could be a couple of years.
31:13That sounds like an achievable goal, but hopefully they can get the big work done sooner, so they don't have
31:20to live on a building site long-term.
31:26So, will the time, money and effort spent here pay off?
31:30Let's get the thoughts of a property expert.
31:33We invited back the expert from the auction house who sold it and saw it last time to see what
31:39they make of the work done and the new plans for the place.
31:44I mean, not a lot has changed visually.
31:48I can see, obviously, it's been cleared out and tidied up and made in a very Liverpool standard.
31:53So, after having a look at the plans that have now been approved, we're going to turn this property into
31:57a really, really lovely home.
32:00Once the work is complete, they're looking at a total spend of £240,000, including the original purchase price.
32:08So, once it's finished, how much could it be worth?
32:12I would expect this to be selling somewhere around £325,000 to £350,000 in the current market.
32:18I'm happy with that. I'm quite pleased with that.
32:22That could leave them with a pre-tax profit of £110,000, a very healthy return.
32:30When Frankie and I met up with Tanya six months ago, this was potentially going to be their forever home.
32:35So, surely, selling up for something else wouldn't be an option any time soon.
32:43I can't say it would never be, because who knows?
32:47It could be a fabulous apartment on the Costa Dell, and it needed some doing up.
32:55I'm quite happy to do that. So, and I think my husband would as well. So, who knows?
33:05It's time for a treat from the Hammer Archives now, and to the pretty village of Probus in Cornwall,
33:12where, in the summer of 2013, Martin was looking for an auction lot that matched the beautiful surroundings.
33:20So, on this little seat of characterful period cottages, I'm hoping to find something similar.
33:28And you know what? Look at this.
33:30Two bedrooms and a lot more.
33:33The guide price was £125,000 to £150,000, broad range.
33:39Let's find out if it was worth it.
33:45Whoa.
33:48Right.
33:51Sort the door out, first of all.
33:54Scary electrics.
33:56They're going to need replacing, but then, the moment he walks through the door,
33:59you realise, probably so is everything else.
34:02Well, intre-
34:04Arrgh!
34:05Interesting.
34:06Arrgh!
34:08That'll do.
34:09Erm, yeah, interesting layout.
34:11We've got a sort of living room area over that side, and then another living room over this side.
34:15But look at the head height.
34:17Not ideal.
34:18Big fireplace there, open fire, which is lovely, because that's exactly the kind of character you want in a house
34:22like this.
34:24It clearly hasn't been touched for a very long time.
34:29Erm.
34:33Let's carry on into the kitchen.
34:37So, the first impression was there was no lack of character, but you couldn't really describe it as charming.
34:44And it was clear that spending time and money on the house was unavoidable, just like whacking your head on
34:50the ceiling beams.
34:53If you were more than five and a half foot, I think that would get you down after a while.
34:58But, er, another cracking door.
35:02Kitchen though, surprisingly, a good size.
35:06You know, you wouldn't want to cook in here at the moment, but it's a good space.
35:10I like it.
35:12Again, I'm wondering what's underneath these ceilings.
35:14But then through into something quite unusual.
35:18Look at this.
35:19This, I guess, isn't part of the original house, because the ceiling height is so much higher.
35:25You know, you imagine that, the nice patio windows there looking out onto the garden.
35:28Another radiator in an unusual place.
35:31I suppose you could call it underfloor heating.
35:34That was bad.
35:36Over here though, er, it's a bookshelf.
35:39Or is it just a bookshelf?
35:44Nope.
35:45It's another door.
35:49Through this secret door was another small room.
35:52And this, the other odd room, and the kitchen were all housed in an extension at the rear of the
35:57property, accessed by a steep step.
36:01But what was waiting upstairs?
36:05I really do not know what I'm going to find.
36:10But that's a good start.
36:12That is inspired.
36:13Erm, okay, a radiator acting as a bannister.
36:18Well, hey, why not?
36:19It's a good use of space, I guess.
36:21Um, upstairs.
36:22Two bedrooms.
36:23We'll explore that one in a minute.
36:24But over this side, at least you've got a bathroom in the right place.
36:27Don't need replacing.
36:28But then towards the front, and the second of the bedrooms.
36:32And, well, I mean, nice bit of storage.
36:35Erm, it's not big.
36:37But then nothing is.
36:39I think you could really make a dramatic difference upstairs here.
36:42By taking out this.
36:44You open it up right up to the eaves.
36:46That would be fantastic a bit.
36:48Basically, you're going to have to repair everything anyway.
36:50So, why the heck not?
36:51But look what we're working with here.
36:53Look at the thickness of the walls on that window sort of sill there.
37:00Wow.
37:00It's one heck of a house.
37:03Yes, and one that was full of quirks and furnishing from a bygone era.
37:08Well, into the master bedroom, and I guess I shouldn't have expected anything other than, well, something pretty unique.
37:19And you certainly get that.
37:21Wouldn't look out of place in a 18th century galley in this.
37:25Not sure about a little cottage in Cornwall.
37:30So, plenty of oddities, and they weren't just restricted to the interior of the cottage.
37:37Well, no garden speak of at the front of the property, but the back here, somewhere back there, I think
37:41there is a reasonable sized plot.
37:43You've also got this garage and, fantastic, a greenhouse on top of it.
37:48You don't often see that.
37:49But I do note this while I'm at here.
37:51This is a borehole, which I think is somebody taking out a sample of whatever this is made of.
37:57Because, of course, we are in Mundic territory.
38:00So, this could well be an extension that's made of Mundic block, which is a problem.
38:06From around 1900 until the mid-1960s, many properties in Devon and Cornwall
38:12were built using concrete made from an aggregate from mining waste known as Mundic block.
38:18Unfortunately, chemically speaking, it's not stable.
38:21If the concrete was made from China clay that was also mined in the area, that would have been okay.
38:26But in order to ascertain what type of concrete was used, you have to do tests.
38:31Which is why there was a borehole in the wall of the cottage.
38:35But to find out more about this quirky property that had been guided at £125,000 to £150,000,
38:42an expert from the auctioneer that sold it came along to tell us more.
38:48This is a classic auction property.
38:50You walk in through the front door and you know that everything needs doing to it.
38:53And it offers scope and potential to create what could be a stunning, desirable property.
38:59So, what values were we looking at for this cottage once fully renovated?
39:04If the property was refurbished to a reasonably high standard in its existing footprint
39:08and its current layout, then I would expect that to be put on the market
39:11for somewhere in the region of £250,000.
39:15If the property was placed on the rental market once, again, refurbished to a reasonably high standard,
39:19you could expect to achieve somewhere in the region of £750 per calendar month.
39:24Well, there's no doubt this is one of the quirkiest properties I've ever visited.
39:28But you know what? Fantastic location. Enormous amounts of potential and oozing charm.
39:35Somebody will definitely have fallen in love with it when it went under the hammer.
39:42Lot 58. So, 125 straight in. Choice of hands.
39:46Take that one. 125. 126. At 126. 128. 128. 130. At 130. Here we go. 130.
39:55Well, after a bit of a slow start, interest increased and we rejoined the bidding at £138,000.
40:01138. 140. At 140. At 140. At 140. I've got the gentleman in the alleyway here has got 140.
40:07I'm asking for one. I'd take 500 if it would help either of you.
40:12At 140. First, second, third and last time. You're sure and done. Here it is.
40:16Down here at 140 and out. Congratulations, sir. Gentleman has it.
40:22That successful bid of £140,000 was made by Michael and Julie.
40:26They had bought it on behalf of their sons, Kieran on the right and Myles.
40:32Kieran was a sports teaching assistant while Myles was a qualified PE teacher.
40:37So, were they the people to get the house back into shape?
40:43Myles, Kieran, great to meet you both. Good to meet you.
40:46Yeah, what an interesting property.
40:48I don't know. Amazing, isn't it?
40:50Yeah, absolutely one of the quirkiest I've seen. Tell me why you wanted to buy it.
40:56Basically, me and Kieran have had a bit of savings we've had from when we were younger.
41:01And we'd like to get a bit more of our independence.
41:05And we thought, oh, this property came up.
41:07We know the area really well, went to school in the area.
41:10So, thought, well, let's go and have a look, kind of thing.
41:14And ended up buying it. Yeah, no.
41:17So, had you been in the area, did you know the house specifically?
41:21No, not specifically. We've never actually seen this house.
41:24So, when we saw it online, it was quite interesting.
41:27So, we thought we'd have a little look at it, and yeah.
41:30What do you think when you came inside?
41:32Interesting.
41:32Bit shocked, really, when you walk through the door, isn't it?
41:35It is, and as you progress further into the house, it doesn't get any less surprising.
41:39It gets a little bit worse, doesn't it?
41:43So, the brothers who both taught in nearby Camborn intended to make the cottage their home.
41:48And they had a timescale of six months to a year to get it complete.
41:55They had already started the planning process to replace the rear extension with a new double-storey one,
42:00which would solve any Mundic issues.
42:03And they would dig down to the same height as the original cottage to get rid of the awkward difference
42:08in levels.
42:11As you see at the moment, the stairs are here.
42:13We're looking to relocate them to the extension out the back.
42:17OK.
42:17And make this into a completely open-plan lounge.
42:20And then you walk straight out the back where it's levelled off into an open-plan kitchen diner,
42:26with the stairs at the back running up the back wall.
42:29And then a third bedroom up top, making these two bedrooms here a lot bigger,
42:33with a big family bathroom.
42:35Now, you're both, you know, good-sized lads,
42:37and a lot of the ceilings and doorways are a bit small.
42:40Yeah.
42:40What are you going to do with that?
42:41Maybe looking at moving the beams, raising the beams up, maybe,
42:45because there's quite a lot of room upstairs with the roof,
42:48so maybe raising them up.
42:51These big plans were going to need big money,
42:54and the brothers had a budget of around 40 grand,
42:57which was funded by Miles and Kieran's savings,
42:59as well as help from Mum and Dad and other family members.
43:03As this was the brothers' first renovation project,
43:06everyone was pitching in to help.
43:08But they weren't going into this totally blind.
43:12I have actually previously done some work.
43:14Mum and Dad bought a house in this village three years ago,
43:17which was in sort of the same sort of condition.
43:20And I did a lot of work there after I finished university,
43:24helped to renovate it up to the good standard.
43:27So I've got a bit of experience helping out,
43:29and we've got lots of friends that will lend hands
43:32and help to gut it and get us on the way.
43:35So how excited are you to embark on your first project?
43:38I think we're massively inside, aren't we?
43:40It's nice to get on the ladder,
43:42and it's an area we know really well,
43:44so no, no, it should be a really good project.
43:47Great.
43:48Well, congratulations to you both.
43:49Thank you very much.
43:50Look forward to seeing how you transform it.
43:56Well, what a project for brothers Miles and Kieran
44:00to be embarking on.
44:01But how fantastic they're doing this as their home.
44:06A few challenges ahead.
44:07How will they get on?
44:09You can find out later in the show.
44:16We're back in Bristol now,
44:18where Martin found this deceptively large three-bed mid-terrace.
44:23And then you just keep going on and on and on.
44:25It's a big property.
44:27Look at this room.
44:30A lot of property for the £300,000 guide price,
44:34but space isn't everything.
44:37I mean, some of the most imaginative decoration,
44:41with the old magnolia on the walls and white on the sillies.
44:43That's the classic.
44:44Despite dated decoration and a crowded garden,
44:48married developers Vic and Shally excitedly snapped it up
44:51for £312,500.
44:57Also, we will be demolishing the garage outside
45:01because literally it has occupied the whole garden.
45:03Yes.
45:07Additionally, they sought to create an open-plan kitchen diner
45:10and make the attic a usable storage room.
45:13They eagerly took it on with three months and a £60,000 budget.
45:18Now, a whole eight months down the line, have they pulled it off?
45:28The exterior of the house has been freshly painted,
45:31and decking has been added.
45:33And there's more to see as we head indoors.
45:38As we walk into the property, this lounge is where it was before.
45:43And as we turned to the left, we had a small storage under the stairs.
45:48That has turned out to be a gorgeous WC.
45:53And as we move forward in the corridor, we had a dining room on the left
45:59and a kitchen at the back.
46:01And that space actually really bugged me because I really love to maximise the space.
46:06So the first thing came to both of us that we were going to be knocking this off
46:11and making this into an open-dining kitchen.
46:16The walls dividing these rooms were load-bearing,
46:19so steel support beams had to be installed.
46:23The bespoke kitchen suite is super stylish,
46:26with Shelley taking the reins on the design.
46:30So we've gone for a really high-spec finish in the property.
46:34We've been very sympathetic to the period features,
46:37yet we've given it a modern twist.
46:40We've also staged the property to somebody can imagine
46:45what it would look like to live in the property as well.
46:49The garden has seen a huge transformation.
46:52A new patio leads to freshly laid turf.
46:56The space has been opened up with the removal of the garage
46:59and its asbestos roof, which wasn't an easy job.
47:04The garage, we never knew it had 400 deep concrete,
47:09so we had to dig that down and get that all ready,
47:13which was not really planned.
47:21Luckily, the rest of the house did go to plan,
47:24with the upstairs bedrooms receiving a full makeover,
47:28with new carpets and a rewire throughout.
47:35The bathroom has been upgraded too, with a modern fit-out.
47:40But what happened to their plans to install stairs up to the loft space?
47:44If the value would have permitted, we could have gone to the loft conversion.
47:49But since the end ceiling was not allowing us to move forward,
47:54so we decided to create, put some boards up, loft legs on, put the insulation in,
47:59and it's over 40 square metres of storage space for people to store anything they like.
48:07Though they didn't extend the stairway into the attic, it is a usable space now.
48:13So, with all this work they and their construction team have carried out,
48:17have they managed to stick to their £60,000 budget?
48:21So, our current spending on this project is close to £75,000.
48:26And the major cause of this extra spending is the additional concrete removal we had,
48:34the decking at the rear of the garden, decking we had at the front of the garden,
48:38and we decided to go for the custom kitchen, which a little bit added on our expense.
48:47With their plans still to sell the property,
48:50can Vic and Shelley expect to turn a profit on their total investment for £387,500,
48:57which includes the original purchase price?
48:59To find out, we invited back the property expert who saw it last time
49:03for his thoughts and those all-important valuations.
49:09First impressions are really good.
49:11They've gone for that mix of contemporary, finish,
49:14but still keeping some of the period features.
49:16You could argue the finish could be pushed a little bit further,
49:19but I think on balance, given that we haven't done the added conversion,
49:22which is going to keep that ceiling price, excuse the pun, low,
49:25then it's the right thing to do.
49:29Sounds like they've been smart with where they spent their money.
49:32So, what could it now achieve on the sales market?
49:36The property has a value of approximately £475,000.
49:41We were looking more from £485 to half a million mark.
49:45That's a little bit lower than what we expected.
49:50Even if it sold for the expert's estimate,
49:53they'd still be bagging a pre-tax profit of £87,500.
50:00And if they decided to rent, his rental figure of £2,000 per calendar month
50:06would equate to a yield of 6%.
50:10However, the pair are confident it will hit their sales target,
50:14and finishing the work has been satisfying in itself.
50:21For me, it's really rewarding to see the transformation,
50:24that we've taken something like an ugly duckling
50:27and converted it into a really beautiful swan.
50:31So, that is very rewarding for me as a designer.
50:37Back now to a blast from the past,
50:39and it was in the lovely village of Probus near Truro,
50:42that we met Miles and his brother Kieran,
50:45who bought a two-bed characterful cottage for £140,000.
50:49The lads lived in nearby Camborne and knew the area well,
50:53so saw this as a perfect place to set up a new home.
50:58But character wasn't the only thing it had.
51:00Run down, dilapidated and fallen apart
51:03were a few of the other ways to describe it.
51:06Miles was a PE teacher and Kieran a sports teaching assistant,
51:09so they were the perfect pair to whip the place into shape.
51:14When we saw it online, it was quite interesting,
51:16so we thought we'd have a little look at it and, yeah.
51:19What did you think when you came inside?
51:21Interesting. Yeah.
51:22Very quirky.
51:24Bit shocked, really, when you walk through the door, isn't it?
51:27It is, and as you progress further into the house,
51:29it doesn't get any less surprising.
51:31It gets a little bit worse, doesn't it?
51:35Despite being first-time renovators, they were aiming big,
51:39with plans not only to refurb the original cottage,
51:42but they also wanted to demolish the rear single-storey extension
51:45and replace it with a new double-storey one,
51:48adding in a third bedroom in the process.
51:51All hopefully done within 6 to 12 months
51:54and for a budget of £40,000.
51:56But it was 20 months later when we returned.
52:00And things were looking good on the outside.
52:03It had been freshly rendered.
52:05It had a new front door and windows.
52:07But what about inside?
52:11Top marks, lads.
52:13The two front rooms and downstairs loo had been knocked through
52:16to create one gorgeous-sized living room.
52:23And at the rear, there was a great-looking kitchen,
52:27with two sets of French doors,
52:29which led you out to a recently cleared garden.
52:34And there you could really see the difference
52:36that the two-storey extension had made to the cottage.
52:39But before they got to that stage,
52:42there was a lot of greenery to be dealt with.
52:45The extension started off with a big overhaul of the garden
52:49because it was heavily overgrown with big trees.
52:53So we spent about a month actually clearing out the garden.
52:57And, of course, the Mundic block extension had to go.
53:00And there was the awkward floor-level changes
53:03between the front and back of the property to fix.
53:06We then had to dig the levels down
53:08to match it up with the front of the cottage.
53:10Once we got the levels down to the right height,
53:14we then got the foundations in
53:16and we also got the walls put in.
53:18So then that created the space
53:19for us to put in a two-storey extension.
53:24Inside, the extension housed the third bedroom
53:27along with the family bathroom.
53:29And with the removal of the old bathroom,
53:32the two front bedrooms were far more spacious
53:34and the main had an ensuite shower room.
53:39The cottage was very quirky,
53:42but the character was kept throughout
53:44with beams and vaulted ceilings in the upper rooms
53:47and a lot of hardwood finishes
53:48sympathetically mixing old with new.
53:52And outside, fortunately, the walls of the garage
53:55were not made from the troublesome Mundic block,
53:58so it was retained.
54:00However, the greenhouse had gone,
54:02but not to the scrapyard.
54:04The greenhouse is actually back at the farm.
54:07I think my mum wants to use it in her garden
54:10if my dad pulls his finger out
54:13and actually does something in the garden for her.
54:14First-timers Miles and Kieran had done an amazing job
54:19getting stuck into the renovation work
54:21in every spare moment they had,
54:23away from their full-time jobs.
54:25My role during this whole project
54:27has actually been quite hands-on,
54:28along with my brother and my dad.
54:31We tried to get ourselves involved as much as we can
54:33and do a lot of the work that we could.
54:35So a lot of the work that you can see around the house
54:38we have done ourselves.
54:39It's just been quite a long process
54:41and lots of weekends, evenings,
54:44lots of time spent up here,
54:45me, my dad and my brother,
54:47and lots of friends have come along and helped.
54:49I wouldn't say there's been any problems,
54:52just a long process
54:53and we're really glad with what we've got now.
54:57Obtaining planning permission to demolish
54:59and build the extension took six months.
55:01Then, with friends, family
55:03and some of Miles' rugby team pitching in
55:05to do the renovation work,
55:06it took a year to turn it into a fantastic-looking home.
55:11We absolutely love the cottage, how it's turned out.
55:14I think it's a lot better than we first anticipated.
55:17It's a lovely place
55:19and can't wait to sort of move in.
55:23But with such a high standard of finish,
55:26they did exceed their proposed £40,000 budget.
55:30I think we're more towards £60,000
55:33with things like extra cost-ins
55:36and we've gone for the highest-spec
55:38sort of kitchen and bathroom suites
55:41because we wanted to move in ourselves,
55:43we wanted to look right for ourselves.
55:46Adding to their purchase price of £140,000,
55:50it came to a nice round £200,000.
55:53So, did two local property experts
55:55think it had been money well spent?
55:58Starting with the property expert
55:59who had first seen the cottage over a year and a half ago.
56:02I love what they've done to the property.
56:04The transformation is amazing.
56:06The construction type has been done to a high standard.
56:09The finishing, the architecture and carpentry details are stunning.
56:14The property is a classic village cottage.
56:18The back extension and conversion have been done very thoughtfully.
56:22The accommodation downstairs works well.
56:25The actual conversion has been fantastically done.
56:29Having spent in total £200,000 on the cottage,
56:32this was to be the brothers' new home.
56:34But had they invested their money wisely in their first property venture?
56:38On the current market, I would value this property at an asking price of £280,000.
56:43This property would fit somewhere in the region of between £340,000 and £350,000.
56:48All the way through, looking at around £250,000, that sort of mark.
56:53So, yeah, we're really pleased with both valuations.
56:56Yes, not surprisingly, they were pleased because if they did choose to sell,
57:00there was a pre-tax profit of £80,000 to £150,000 potentially on the table.
57:06But it was not about money at that point.
57:08It was about Miles and Kieran moving into their new home.
57:12With help from mum, Julie, and dad, Michael,
57:15they had managed to get themselves a lovely foothold on the property ladder.
57:19But would they consider going back to auction and going again?
57:24Yes, I think so.
57:26I think properties at auction obviously give you an opportunity
57:30to find hidden gems, really, and you can sort of polish them up
57:34and get outcomes like this one. So, yeah, definitely.
57:39So, my time on Homes Under the Hammer has come to an end,
57:42but I've had such a wonderful time seeing the properties
57:46and meeting the buyers and seeing their journeys
57:49and how they're going to transform these houses and what they've done.
57:52Oh, it's been fascinating and just really enlightening as well having you here with me
57:58because it's lovely to sort of bounce ideas around
58:01and talk about what could happen with the transformation and with the refurb.
58:06Yeah.
58:06And you have been a complete joy, honestly.
58:08Oh, thank you so much.
58:09I have to say, I think I am now 100% an auction faithful.
58:14Oh, I love it. That's exactly what I want to hear.
58:17And never fear. You will never be banished.
58:20Oh, thank you.
58:20Honestly.
58:21And never fear for you because there's plenty more auction stories,
58:26transformations and renovations here on Homes Under the Hammer.
58:29Goodbye.
58:30Goodbye.
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