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Couple swap city life to transform a dilapidated narrowboat into an eco-friendly home

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A couple have swapped city life and £2,000 a month rent to transform a dilapidated narrowboat into an eco-friendly home. Julia Baranovska and Will Philips, both 33, were fed up with spending thousands of pounds to live in London and decided to buy a run down barge for just £9,000. The pair, who had never … Read more

Dilapidated 1920s home that was transformed into a seven-bed Range hits the market for £1.75m 

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A dilapidated 1920s home has been put on the market for £1.75 million after it was transformed from the epitome of architecture’s Art Deco past into a ‘rusty orange’ US-style Ranch. Madams Mead was abandoned for 12 years and left to fall into a state of disrepair before Jes Thomas-Day, 40, and her family bought … Read more

Couple transform dilapidated church bought for £85K into stunning contemporary home

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A couple have given an old run-down Methodist church a dazzling makeover, transforming it into a stunning contemporary home. Hannah Lewis, 29, an occupational therapist from West Cumbria, and her partner Wayne purchased the old church in 2015 at a cost of £85,000 and began renovating it in 2016. The couple initially hired a designer to … Read more