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PROPERTY LADDER
Christchurch and Wanborough
We've crunched up all our credit, the market's got serious jitters and you'd think novice property developers would be pulling back. Not a bit of it! In this week's Property Ladder, The Beeny has her hands full with two sets of first-timers taking on not one, but two properties each.
Sisters Helene Simpkins and Paula Harris have bought a pair of tiny Victorian cottages in Wanborough, Wiltshire. The houses were knocked together some time ago and the girls are going to separate them again to maximise potential. But Sarah thinks they'd be mad to try and squeeze three bedrooms into each house.
And have Chris and Amanda Hodges got what it takes? Chris is a carpenter, but this couple have got a colossal DIY job on their hands in order to develop the two large semis they've bought in Christchurch, Dorset. Should they develop them one at a time, or together? As ever, Sarah's on hand to dispense advice.
