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Every year, thousands of properties are sold at auction, ranging from modest two-up, two-downs to multi-million-pound, waterfront mansions. But they often have some nasty surprises hidden beneath the floorboards and need a bit of love and affection to turn them into a dream home. Cue Sarah Beeny. She’s been buying, building and transforming properties for thirty-five years and she’s fascinated by the world of auctions. In this series she’ll be offering a dose of realism as brave new owners try and take their auction buys from derelict to diamond.
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E1Jules & Al and Alison & Michael
47 min
The property expert charts the experiences of people who have bought homes at auction. In Guildford, she meets Alison and Michael, who were forced to sell their old home when the interest rate shot up. But will their auction buy, with its unanticipated pitfalls, give them the financial freedom they're looking for? She also meets a couple tackling a creaky seven-bedroom B&B in Cornwall and visits an old council loo in Newport, south Wales, that's been transformed into a unique performance space by local resident Janet.
E2Tariq and Laura
47 min
In Nottinghamshire, Laura has snapped up a 100-year-old abandoned bungalow with ivy growing under the wallpaper. Mortgage-free in her mid-thirties, she's determined to create her dream home. But funds are tight, so she has to roll up her sleeves and tackle much of the renovation herself. In Stoke-on-Trent, Tariq has taken ownership of a local landmark - the former Minton Library. To fund the restoration of its historic tiles, he plans to transform the upper floors into an events venue. The pressure's on, as he has just eight weeks until he hosts his first wedding, but spiralling costs and looming deadlines threaten to derail everything. Plus, behind the scenes at the East Anglia Auction House where a tiny plot of land sparks a bidding frenzy, and the new owners of what locals call 'Norfolk's creepiest house' face a big decision - demolish or restore?
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