Sarah and her husband spent six years living in and renovating their home, but now want to pass it onto a new loving family
A DIY-savvy couple have transformed what was one an old-fashioned three-bed bungalow into a stunning five-bedroom house - and it's now looking for a new owner.
Sarah spoke to the Manchester Evening News as part of our Where I Live series. Each week we chat to a different homeowner from across the region to hear about their buying and renovation journey, whilst taking a look inside their home. "We’re pretty good at walking in places, knowing if it needs a bit of love put into it and visualising what we can do to it. It was a 1930s three-bedroom bungalow that hadn’t been touched for around 50 years. The lady who lived there still had the same original carpets and nothing had changed from the decor to the layout."
"Our last property was a Victorian house, so it was a very different project for us. But it was a nice blank canvas really to do what we wanted to it." The couple started at the top with a loft conversion to make it a two-storey house. "We started at the top because the roof configuration and style changed as well.
"We had to kind of rein it in a bit by looking around at auction houses. We bought the whole bathroom suite downstairs from an auction house for a couple of thousand, whereas it would probably be about £10,000 brand new." "We've done everything we can ourselves, it’s been a big project and quite tearful at times. But we had a vision for it and we followed through with it."
Spanning more than 2,300 square foot, the house has a spacious hallway leading to a large kitchen dining area which opens into a snug lounge with a feature wood burner. Bi-fold doors from the kitchen lead out into the rear garden which wraps around the property on two sides, with a partly covered sun deck area with a hot tub.
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