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What An upgraded, reorganised Victorian house
Where Liverpool
Interiors Harriet Hughes
Embarking on a complex renovation project requires a leap of faith. Who knows what will be lurking under the floorboards and behind the plaster, ready to devour your contingency fund and eat into your schedule? You just have to believe the effort will be worth it and that, with the job complete and the owners settled into their newly transformed home, whatever obstacles you faced will have left no scars – on you or the property.
When Harriet Hughes got her first glimpse of this house on a wintry day towards the end of 2019, she could be forgiven for fearing the worst. “It looked a bit gothic from the outside,” she recalls of the scaffold-clad edifice, “but fall down, nearly on top of someone, before we started. It was almost overwhelming.”
