If you've lived in an area long enough and you have a tendency to notice buildings, chances are you will get to know the stand-out properties that surround you. But some stand out for the wrong reasons, such as a grand house that is starting to look a bit rough around the edges.
In 2019 Portland House, arguably the most striking house on one of the now famous colourful streets of the coastal town of Aberaeron, was on the market and it didn't go unnoticed.
Sian Stewart would often walk past Portland House and gaze at the three-storey period house. She says: "We'd walk by looking at the holes in the roof, and watching the pigeons flying through these and the broken windows. Who on earth would buy this I used to ask? The answer came to me in a flash when it came on the market: me!"
