It may look unimpressive from the street, but this ex-council house is anything but ordinaryEncouragement to “see the potential” in a house can sometimes be a last-resort plea from a desperate estate agent. But when Anita Freeman and Johan Hybschmann were househunting in Hackney, east London, the opportunity for a complete overhaul was at the top of their list of requirements.“We didn’t want a Victorian terrace and couldn’t afford one round here,” says Anita, sitting in the finished kitchen of her two-bedroom ex-council house. “We had lived in Hackney for quite some time already, and we knew what these houses were like, and how they could be improved.” Continue reading…
Source : theguardian.com
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