 Doer-upper properties can make you some serious money and one couple have shown just how much value you can add to a home if you get it right. Rowan Giles, 45, and her husband, Tim, 48 purchased their semi-detached home for £360,000 in July 2012 and, with all the work they've done to it, it's now been valued at up to £1million. The couple, from Manchester, have spent over a decade renovating the five-bedroom, two-bathroom property, which had remained untouched since the 1950s when the pair bought it. Despite it being in 'really bad shape,' Rowan and Tim have spent £280,000 to transform it into a nice family home for them and their three children. 'Lots of family and friends thought we were mad for taking it on,' said Rowan. 'The house hadn't been updated, there was a hole in the roof, no central heating and old wooden sash windows, and the kitchen was from the 1950s. The renovated kitchen (picture: Jam Press) The kitchen before the renovation (picture: Jam Press) 'But we were looking for a period property, as well as a project, and this house ticked both boxes. 'The fact that it needed a lot of TLC really appealed [because] we could put our mark on it without having to rip out a relatively new kitchen or bathroom that someone else had installed.' The couple loved the property's original features like a pedestal sink and Victorian bones, claiming it was 'the exact adventure [they] were after'. They started by decorating the living room, pulling out the old gas fire and getting rid of the dulled blue carpet and old curtains, before painting the space white and filling it with vintage pieces and prints. They wanted one nice room to live in while the renovation work was going on, then they re-modelled the first floor to make way for a family bathroom before starting on the kitchen extension. The family bathroom after the renovation (picture: Jam Press) During the creation of the family b){kind=link}
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Doer-upper properties can make you some serious money and one couple have shown just how much value you can add to a home if you get it right.
Rowan Giles, 45, and her husband, Tim, 48 purchased their semi-detached home for £360,000 in July 2012 and, with all the work they’ve done to it, it’s now been valued at up to £1million.
The couple, from Manchester, have spent over a decade renovating the five-bedroom, two-bathroom property, which had remained untouched since the 1950s when the pair bought it.
Despite it being in ‘really bad shape,’ Rowan and Tim have spent £280,000 to transform it into a nice family home for them and their three children.