Jonathan and Katie O'Neill transformed the three-bed terraced house
A couple have stunningly transformed a mouldy and overgrown three-bed terraced house into an unrecognisable gem, boasting an increased value by a whopping £191,500.
She said: "Like many first-time buyers, we had a ridiculously small budget. There weren't many houses on the market because it was so uncertain, and the houses that were available were ridiculously overpriced." "We made a lot of money on our first house and we learnt loads whilst doing it up. But it wasn't in an area that we liked, so it was the right house for us but just the wrong place," Katie recounted. With their initial mortgage term ending and unwilling to remortgage the same property, Katie and Jonathan began hunting for their next home, eager for another renovation challenge.
Visiting the property, she immediately recognised its potential despite its current poor state: "We decided to go view it and when we walked in for the first time, I could just see the potential of what it could be in the end. But at this point it was just horrendous. You actually couldn't even see the house from the road because it was so overgrown, and because it had been vacant for so long, it was just getting mouldier.
"We started outside, which seems a bit backwards but when you opened the front door, the plants fell into the hallway. We could barely even access the property, so had to chop it all down," Katie said. It was clear that the house needed an extension, given its simple layout and lack of a dining room, utility, or downstairs toilet.
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