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Joanne Ridout

Dad's epic care home renovation in a 'posh part' of Welsh city that he's dedicating to his son

If the thought of a particular property is keeping you awake at night and, when you do eventually fall asleep, it then pops up in your dreams, it is likely that the building has become an obsession. People who are passionate about property will understand, people who aren't will probably think it is rather strange.

For 33-year-old property developer Chris King it was the former nursing home St Catherine's on Fields Park Road, a "posh" area of Newport boasting substantial period properties nestled amongst tree-lined avenues and quiet cul-de-sacs, that was keeping him from drifting off to sleep.

Since moving from Milton Keynes to Cardiff in 2019 Chris has started living his dream and renovating rundown houses in the Swansea area but when the Covid-19 pandemic hit and the property prices in Wales started climbing steeply he was priced out of the market.

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