THIS three bedroom family home could be yours for just £35,000 – but it could take you a while to move in.
The property in Middlesbrough has been described as the “perfect renovation project” – which is just a nice way of saying how much work needs doing to make it liveable.
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Exposed brick, ripped wallpaper and boarded-up windows doesn’t really suggest a buyer could move in straight away.
Listed on Zoopla, the home in the North Ormesby area has double-glazed windows and light-wood flooring – which seems to have a weird slug-like trail in the lounge.
And if the wood panel for a kitchen window doesn’t shock you, the bright pink room upstairs with a broken boiler in might.
The house definitely has potential with two large bedrooms and a large reception room, which once stripped “provides an ideal space for family time”.
Although there isn’t a picture for the bathroom, which is slightly worrying, it has a bath, sink and toilet.
You also can’t view the kitchen but the property site says it “boasts a number of wall, base and draw units, plumbing for washing machine, space for fridge freezer, stainless steel sink with mixer taps, gas/electrical points for cooker”.
While a small section on the garden can be seen in the pictures, it does not state whether it has a grass area.
However, overgrown plants do seem to creep in on the back bedroom.
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The front of the home doesn’t look as bad as the inside and could potentially be transformed into a driveway.
So even though it is extremely cheap, it will cost you a bit to make it into a home.
The average price for a new kitchen starts at around £10,000 and will increase depending on what needs doing.
And a bathroom renovation will set you back about £6,000 whilst the cost of a new boiler is about £2,700.
Before work can get started though, a full structural survey is needed which is around £500 to £1,500.
Home Owners Alliance advise always setting aside an extra 10% of the total cost as well, just in case.
But before you even start getting quotes for work, you need to make sure any planning permission is approved, and make sure a surveyor signs off on everything from electrics, fire safety, and windows to plumbing.
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