Two have-a-go property developers from Wales got more than they bargained for when they signed up to transform a house in desperate need of attention. Aaron, a 25-year-old self-employed electrician and Wil, a 22-year-old postgraduate student at Bangor University featured on the latest episode of The Great House Giveaway, teaming up to turn around a "tired, dated" mid-terraced three-bedroom property in Llandudno within a mile from the town centre.
The show sees two strangers who have never owned a home buy a property at auction - and have a set budget to transform it into a liveable abode to be resold in just six months. If the pair are successful, they then get to split any profit made - if not the house goes back to auction. The home cost £105,000 to buy, and they were set a budget of just £15,000 to transform the property and just six months to do it.
Shown around by the shows presenter Simon O'Brien, the pair noticed issues immediately, with Aaron in particular expressing worries after spotted subsidence, damp and mould within the property. Wil also noticed the wall was "falling apart" as he pressed his hands against the wall and it shattered. They assessed some rooms and saw they would have to "replace it top to bottom". But they did not feel intimidated by the project overall. Wil said the pair "had their work cut out" but it was a matter of getting it done. We recently reported how a wannabe property developer rendered an auction-bought house un-mortgageable in Neath. You can read more about that by clicking here.
