Sometimes buying a particular house is meant to be - the housing stars align to offer you an opportunity to be the driving force of a home's next life chapter, even if it comes as a bit of a surprise.
And so it was for a detached family home in Bedwas, looking for a renovation hero to create a home more suited to modern family living. But there was no need for the then owner to put it on the market because there were a pair of local brothers who were desperate to grab it before someone else did.
Sam Jones, 26, and his brother Josh, 30, were super keen to pick up the keys when they found out the house called Whitegates was on the market because it was a well-known local abode.
