When Martin Roberts - property expert and presenter of BBC's popular daytime property show Homes Under The Hammer - visited a three-bed end of terrace on a hillside in Maesteg he was impressed by the guide price of £34,000 but maybe not so much with the absence of a kitchen.
He suggested that this empty space where a kitchen should be would make it a challenge for most people to raise a mortgage to buy the house. But Martin was captivated by the view across the valley from the front of the property plus possibly from the rear garden too, although it was impossible to tell as the garden swept up the hillside and was totally overgrown.
The house went to auction and was bought by Mike from Southampton, a retired construction project manager, for £45,500 who was planning on staying in the area and renovating the house as a new home for himself and dog Toby.
