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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Heather Greenaway & Joe Smith

Couple who bought derelict 120-year old mansion by mistake restore it to former glory

A young couple who bought a collapsing derelict mansion instead of the flat they thought they were bidding on have spent the past three years restoring it to its former glory.

Cal Hunter and girlfriend Claire Segeren paid £10,000 for the wrong property after a lot number mix-up at an auction, but decided to keep it and renovate it themselves.

Three years later they have almost finished the renovation work on the 120-year-old property in Dunoon in Argyll, Scotland and said they cannot believe what they have accomplished.

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