Property News · March 12, 2017

From wreck to home


After years on the road, Lou Thorpe bought her first home – and furnished it all for just £2,000, says Karen WilsonHaving spent her 30s working abroad as a tour guide, Lou Thorpe felt it was time to put down roots and buy her first property. “I had no permanence,” says Thorpe, 45, now a charity worker. “I was tired of being in a different hotel every night and needed something that was mine.” Six years ago she found the perfect place – a two-bedroom 1930s semi in Low Fell, a suburb of Gateshead, where she grew up.Even the street name, Home Avenue, seemed perfect as I hadn’t had a home for eight years Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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