Homes Under the Hammer fans slam 'awful' renovation as teen overspends by £15k
Homes Under the Hammer returned to screens this morning, but one over-budget purchase wasn't the success story the buyer had hoped for.
HUTH: Mum explains that her son went over budget by £15k
Author Nicole bought a dilapidated two-bedroom terraced house for £115,000 at auction with Homes Under the Hammer host Martel Maxwell noting she'd "ignored all of the buying rules".
Nicole bought the property with the help of her 16-year-old son Jeremiah and admitted she knew nothing about the area and did not even view the worn-out house before making the purchase.
What's more, Nicole then covered her face and nervously laughed as she admitted her teenage son went over budget by £15,000 during the auction which she could not attend as she had a meeting.
After three months, the BBC film crew returned to see what renovation work had been done, with Martel saying as she looked at the outside of the home: "OK, so slightly disappointing that the bushes are still here and the outside looks untouched."
When the Scottish presenter went inside the home she discovered the kitchen and bathroom had been refurbished.
However, Nicole sighed and revealed: "It was supposed to be a jacuzzi but the builders mistakenly broke the jacuzzi bath and they had to put in a new bathtub temporarily.
"Upstairs, there was a massive hole and that's been repaired," she added on a more positive note, however, the old boiler was still attached to the wall.
Both of the bedrooms had been given a quick makeover with grey paint, but Nicole revealed: "Nothing had been done downstairs, but it will be done."
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Luckily, the leaky roof had been repaired so the home was watertight ahead of the final work being carried out to the ground floor of the property.
Martel explained to viewers that the entire project was likely to cost the mother-and-son duo over £130,000.
An estate agent returned to the property later in the show to value it and after an inspection felt it was worth between £145,000 and £150,000.
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Nicole had been working in conjunction with the local council to get a tenant in place who was homeless or on a low income, and she had somebody lined up.
While Nicole confidently said she would work with her son in the future, BBC viewers were not impressed with their property and took to social media to comment.
One person wrote: "Take my hat off to this charity renovation but those bushes are awful in the front and boilers in bedrooms a bit yuk."
A second added: "That second house was a mess even after they refurbed it #homesunderthehammer." Another penned: "How the hell is a 16-year-old allowed to bid at auction??? #homesunderthehammer."
