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People are amazed I did this all myself!

‘I fell in love with this house at hello,’ laughs Claire Williams, remembering her first viewing. ‘I’d been renting close by but wanted to get on the property ladder and the moment I stepped inside, the period features, fireplaces, picture rails and built-in cupboards immediately appealed to my aesthetic. Plus, it had been owned by a builder who renovated rundown properties, so there was no structural work to be done,’ she explains with a smile.

The builder had fitted a new kitchen and bathroom, along with new radiators,

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