Sometimes deciding to view a run-down house because it has ignited your curiosity can be a dangerous decision; you might totally fall in love with it and want it, even if it is not even habitable when you buy it.
Some people claim to want to do a renovation project because finding a house that can be rescued and remodelled not only adds value but means that, within listed building restrictions, if appropriate, you can create the home of your dreams.
But there are some renovation projects that are so major that only the brave or the experienced decide to proceed with the stress, budget rollercoaster and months and months of mud, dust and grime that a full-on, back to bricks, top to toe restoration produces. And if the property is listed, that’s a whole extra layer of stress.
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(Image: Google maps)
(Image: Google maps)
Nestled within Vale of Glamorgan countryside near Rhoose is Upper Porthkerry Farm, a historic thatch property that was granted Grade II listed status in 2004 for being ‘a 17th century farmhouse which, despite alterations, has retained its character and its thatched roof’. But the listing also commented that ‘this house is very difficult to describe accurately because of the heavy garden growth’.
But Claire Croft and Clive Watkins couldn’t…
