‘We bought three run-down flats for £420,000 and transformed them into our dream minimalist home’
Location is arguably the most important factor to take into consideration when buying a home. Those who are savvy when choosing the right area for their house will not only enjoy better amenities whilst living there, but they will most likely make a bigger profit when selling it on in years to come.
Hannah and her husband Nelson, 43, bought their first house together in the sought-after suburb back in 2009. Over the five years the couple renovated their terraced home to a high standard before deciding to sell it and move on. "We viewed a house in East Didsbury which needed a big renovation. I was quite keen on it but it was quite expensive and smaller than others that we had seen. It was also hard to convince Nelson because he really liked living in the West Didsbury village, and this house was in East Didsbury."
"There had been fires over the years so there was lots of black soot and it looked really dirty. It needed lots of work but we thought we could add a lot of value to it and turn it into a really special home." The couple lived elsewhere for the first nine months whilst the initial restructure was getting done.
“Getting planning permission for the extension was a nightmare," Hannah said. "The planning office actually lost our plans so there was a big delay. We eventually got planning permission at the start of summer and then the work started in August which wasn’t great timing through the winter so it was a bit stop-start at times.
Hannah, who is the CEO of her sustainable clothing brand Beaumont Organic, described her décor as minimalist. "It is all very minimalist with lots of whites and woods, so that was quite inspiring. I just trust my gut when buying thinks I like. "The baths we bought were also a good few thousand but I think the oven was the most expensive, that was around £5,000 to £6,000.""We did the garden very simply initially but as we’ve lived in the house we've just loved the area even more and we’ve got no intentions to leave any time soon," Hannah said.
"You can walk through there which leads into the downstairs toilet, laundry room and cloakroom. Then, if you take a right as you walk in, you go into the dining room and lounge which is all open plan and leads through to the kitchen which is the extension space. Talking about her favourite part of her home, Hannah said: “The downstairs area is my favourite, I love the kitchen, lounge and dining area and how social it is for parties and having friends round. I also love how light it is because we’ve got a lot of windows so it’s a nice bright space for practising yoga in the mornings which I love to do."
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