Young couple’s decision to buy and transform home ‘laughed at’

David and Amy only bought their home a matter of weeks ago (Image: Amy Wright)As the cost of living crisis continues, the UK property market has become more turbulent than usual. As a result, some buyers have decided to look towards houses that need a little bit of love, to get more value for their money.As part of an ongoing series – the ‘Where I Live series’, the Liverpool Echo has been exploring houses, with their owners offering an insight into how they’ve made their house a home.This week’s story features online fitness coach, Amy Wright, 24, and partner David Lavery, a 25-year-old project manager.The couple were reportedly determined to have a house before the end of 2022. They told the Echo how they had ten minutes to get to the estate agent and make an offer and said a lot of people “laughed at” them for wanting to take on such a big project. However, once they were inside their home, they knew it was “the one”.Amy said: “We had ten minutes before the estate agent closed for the weekend, we rang up and we put an offer in.”To chart their journey, Amy, who already has a large social media following specialising in fitness, has set up an Instagram page. She’s also shared snippets on TikTok – one of which has picked up more than one million views. She said: “Anything that screams hard work I love, and so does David. It’s such a journey and you never know what’s about to happen next. I don’t know if that’s a good or bad thing sometimes. But all this hard work is going to be completed by us, and it’s going to be our home.” The bathroom had a separate toilet area before the wall was removed (Image: Amy Wright)Once their offer was accepted, it took Amy and David five months to get the keys, which they said was an “emotional day”.Amy said: “I actually started crying. The daughter of the owner had left us a gorgeous card with a lovely message inside and a bottle of prosecco set up on a small table and two little deck chairs. We both sat down, poured a couple of glasses and just took in the moment.”Despite only owning the bricks and mortar for a matter of weeks, the couple have wasted no time in making it their own.Amy said: “We are absolutely loving it. It’s moving so fast, but that’s exactly what we wanted. We’ve both been there endless amounts of hours around our jobs and every little bit of spare time we have is dedicated to the house.”We are literally ripping the whole thing out and we have knocked down walls already. We had a wall that separated the toilet from the bathroom, by knocking it down its made it so much bigger. The house just “needed a little bit of love” according to Amy (Image: Amy Wright)”We need new bathroom, windows, floor, lights, doors basically everything and eventually we’re going to do an extension for an open plan kitchen but that’s in a year to come. Not to mention the garden it’s huge, but we’ll sort that in the summer.” Amy and David haven’t hesitated in getting their hands dirty (Image: Amy Wright)Despite the work, they’re also determined to be in by Christmas. Amy said: “A lot of people laughed at this but seriously… a bed, bathroom, and the kitchen and we’ll be moving in. So many people said we wouldn’t even have the house plastered by then, but a company called Acorn Damp Proofing Solutions has fitted us in.”Amy said her home style is “modern with a twist” with the couple planning to go for “neutral colours, but then adding in some oak a long the way”.