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While some of us prefer our new homes to be spotless and perfectly finished, others are prepared to live for months in one room while the house of their dreams takes shape all around them. Choosing a home that’s fallen into disrepair not only presents an unmissable opportunity to personalise the space, but often provides a host of unusual features to work with, too. Put these two elements together and the result can be a truly unique home.
But how can you nab the place in the first instance? Well, steel yourself for a convoluted round of investigative work, sweet-talking and lateral thinking. Although the path to creating your perfect pad from a run-down wreck is unlikely to be a smooth one, you’ll be doing us all a favour – derelict properties and abandoned land are a huge waste of resources and the Government is committed to regenerating urban sites, including vacant commercial property, to minimise greenfield development.
According to Government stats, there are around 750,000 empty properties out there, so do some detective work and you could pick up your own little pile of potential.
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