Buying the worst house on the street can have many advantages. It can reduce competition for it if other buyers are put off by the amount of work to be done; the price might be cheaper because it is clearly a fixer upper; there’s more opportunity to put your own stamp on it than with a freshly updated property; and the transformation from worst house to the star of the street will be more impressive.
After successfully renovating their first home, an ’upside down’ townhouse in Prestwich, Manchester, this couple was happy to take on the challenge of a rundown house in the same area as their next step up the property ladder.
