Abi Hugo, 32 from Essex
Jingling keys in my hand, I gave the front door a bit of a hard kick.
‘We’re home,’ I smiled at my husband Ian, 34.
Buying our first home together in 2017, was such an amazing feeling.
Only, putting our things inside and standing in the hallway didn’t fill us with joy.
In fact, it was determination – the whole house was a complete fixer upper!
Structurally we wanted our home to be open planned, and that was before we would be able to tackle the cosmetic side of things.
It was going to be a bit of a journey before we had a paintbrush in hand – but
