{"id":163689,"date":"2025-11-01T14:00:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T07:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/our-hard-work-was-worth-it-is-a-fixer-upper-the-best-way-to-a-dream-home\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T15:39:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T08:39:17","slug":"our-hard-work-was-worth-it-is-a-fixer-upper-the-best-way-to-a-dream-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/our-hard-work-was-worth-it-is-a-fixer-upper-the-best-way-to-a-dream-home\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Our hard work was worth it\u2019: is a fixer-upper the best way to a dream home?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nBuying a place in need of renovation is one way of getting on the ladder \u2013 here\u2019s how the cost of doing the work stacks upWhen Jess and Rick Sowerby started searching for their first home in 2018, they had not considered a fixer-upper. But after 30 viewings without finding their dream home, it was time for a change of plan.
\n \u201cI was getting disheartened \u2013 I thought we\u2019d never find anything,\u201d says Jess, 33. \u201cSome houses were lovely but weren\u2019t to our taste. I\u2019d have felt guilty ripping out a new kitchen or bathroom just because we didn\u2019t like it, so we decided to buy a home that actually needed the work done.\u201d
\n Renovation projects were about \u00a390,000 cheaper than \u201cturnkey\u201d homes (those that are finished and ready to move into), giving the Sowerbys more budget for the project. In February 2019 they got the keys to their 1930s semi-detached house on a cul-de-sac in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, and got to work.
\n \u201cIt had been empty for six months and was cold, damp, dated and musty. But it felt like a home,\u201d says Jess, who has documented their renovation on the Instagram page The House that Colour Built.As house prices continue rising, many buyers are looking to renovation projects as a cost-effective way of getting on the ladder. The average first-time buyer home cost \u00a3229,094 in August this year, according to the estate agency Hamptons, which analysed Land Registry data. It was \u00a3156,453 in August 2015. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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