A neglected home dubbed "Britain's filthiest" property has sold forn incredible £115,000 more than the original asking price.
The three-bedroom terraced house in the West Midlands was filled with rotting rubbish, smashed furniture and holes in the ceilings and walls.
It was placed on the market for only £60,000, with estate agents admitting the house needed a "full refurbishment and modernisation".
The derelict home had been boarded up for three years after apparently suffering from fire damage.
Social media users branded it "Britain's filthiest home" when it went up for auction with some predicting the property would not sell.
Despite the low expectations, the house sparked a bidding war and sold for a whopping £175,000 when it went under the hammer at Loveitts Auctioneers yesterday.
The mystery buyer still snapped up a bargain, with the average house price in the area of the city of Coventry being £181,000.
Grim pictures taken inside the house in Whitnash Grove revealed rubbish piled in every room, broken cutlery, smashed furniture and filthy bedding.
The bathroom was also shown full of smashed tiles, a filthy bath and an abandoned airer still lined with clothes.
The ground floor comprises of two rooms plus the tiny kitchen which leads into the large paved garden complete with a coal shed.
Upstairs there are three double bedrooms along with one bathroom.
Social media users expressed their shock to find the house had triggered such a bidding war.
One Facebook user said: "So much for the cost of living crisis when Britain's filthiest home sells for close on three times the sale price."
Another one commented: "Whoever bought it will probably just rent out as it is for a grand a month and get it too! Rents are just crazy at the moment, even in a s***hole like Cov."
Another said: "Just goes to prove where there's muck, there's brass."
Sally Smith, director and auctioneer at Loveitts said while many believed the property would not sell, there was a lot of interest in the home in the run-up to the auction.
She added: "During the auction, there were bidders on the phone and bidders in the room.
"I don't know who bought the property but I'm assuming they are an investor who will completely clear it out and refurbish it.
"We had expected it to go for a good price as the property had had some pre-auction offers but they were nowhere near what the house sold for in the end and we were all very surprised by the final price."
Sally believes the home was the perfect auction property as it was situated in a good area of Coventry.
She added: "It was the perfect auction property as it is in a good area and needed to be sold by the seller and this property is a perfect example of the power of an auction where items go for considerably more than their expected price.
"It will definitely make a great house for a family or renters when it is all refurbished and there is a lot of potential.
"It will be interested to see what the buyer does with the place and whether they extend it or completely change the external layout as the kitchen could do with being extended as it is quite small."
