![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/couple-who-bought-derelict-mansion-by-mistake-due-to-auctioneers-accent-finally-move-in/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0_JS176896245.jpg&description=Cal Hunter and Claire Segeren have finally moved into their new home after buying a derelict six-bedroom mansion by mistake, due to the auctioneer's Glaswegian accent, and renovating it A couple who bought a derelict six-bedroom mansion by mistake after getting confused by an auctioneers accent are finally moving in after renovating it. Cal Hunter, 26, from Hull and Claire Segeren, from Toronto, were hoping to lay their hands on a cut price city centre flat in Glasgow for £30,000 but found themselves with the 120-year-old in remote Dunoon. At the auction, Cal was tasked with placing a bid. But accidentally picked the wrong unit and they ended up with Jameswood Villa - an uninhabitable property in Dunoon on the Cowal peninsula. A brochure with information about all the lots was left on each seat, and there was a screen behind the stage displaying the corresponding number. But when the flat the couple had planned to buy came up, the screen glitched and Cal raised his hand - expecting a bidding war- but found himself alone. He told the Guardian: "The problem was auctioneers speak fast, and this one had a strong Glaswegian accent: I was really struggling to follow. "I couldn't believe it when nobody tried to beat my opening offer. Then a few things happened at once: the gavel fell, the screen switched on, and the bloke next to me asked in my ear, 'Mate, have you seen that place?' Cal recalled looking up, and he was filled with "dread" as he realised the number on the page and the one on the screen were "definitely not matching". The young couple appeared on BBC One Scotland show Accidental Renovators as they faced a daunting list of problems for the property, which had lay empty for more than 30 years. TThe foundations needing repairing, a new roof would have to be installed, masonry above a bay window had collapsed, and all the timberworks inside the 19th-century building were rotten. Ignoring expert advice to demolish the house, they decided to sustainably bring it ba){kind=link}
Cal Hunter and Claire Segeren have finally moved into their new home after buying a derelict six-bedroom mansion by mistake, due to the auctioneer’s Glaswegian accent, and renovating it
A couple who bought a derelict six-bedroom mansion by mistake after getting confused by an auctioneers accent are finally moving in after renovating it.
Cal Hunter, 26, from Hull and Claire Segeren, from Toronto, were hoping to lay their hands on a cut price city centre flat in Glasgow for £30,000 but found themselves with the 120-year-old in remote Dunoon.
At the auction, Cal was tasked with placing a bid. But accidentally picked the wrong unit and they ended up with Jameswood Villa – an uninhabitable property in Dunoon on the Cowal peninsula.
A brochure with information about all the lots was left on each seat, and there was a screen behind the stage displaying the corresponding number.