This 36-year-old bought an abandoned house for $1 and renovated it - take a look inside

Maxine Sharples bought a dilapidated 2-bedroom Victorian townhouse for $1 in Liverpool, UK in 2020. The home had been abandoned for 15 years and she spent nearly $74,000 renovating it. More here: • Renovating An Abandone...

[@gail9299]

To be clear... You paid your £1. Signed a contract to say you would bring it back to a decent standard within 2 years. If you dont it will be taken from you. Advice was on hand if you came up against real problems and also a ball park figure of its cost to renovate, then typically £60k. People who applied were vetted before they were accepted by the scheme. They had to live in it themselved too, no investors. CCTV was installed in the areas when it first started too, to keep away criminal elements. Large amounts of once undesirable areas were turned into thriving, respectable safe areas.

[@linesch2569]

Thank you for the extra information :) that’s a really cool urban restoration scheme!

[@DanielleCapichano]

Are there programs still going on like this, and are they open to foreigners looking to permanently move to the UK?

[@amandacarter7740]

Thanks fir the extra info.its sad a similar thing cant be done for the homeless.they obviously couldnt find funds but maybe something else could be worked out ?

[@TomikaKelly]

So she bought a house for 61,000 British Pounds? That's a steal!

[@karenhathaway9028]

I think it's a wonderful idea

[@ADF898]

" my pile of bricks. . " Proof that pride of ownership is a strong motivator.

[@centripetal6157]

If you actually think this perfume, makeup wearing muppet spent 1 day doing construction and renovation work... Your delusional. Her boyfriend or husband who was filming this video did ALL the work

[@kamilahmartin5160]

It is!!

[@Add_Account485]

Is there any more videos on this womans house transformation pleasa?

[@rachelitsupanditsstuck]

​@@Add_Account485I WISH I COULD FIND MORE TOO LOL

[@bskilla4892]

In economics it's known as the"endowment effect," not so much pride as it is overvaluing what we own

[@meekomio]

This is actually a great idea. People can finance renovation rather than an entire 30yr mortgage. The city get cleaner and people pay an affordable price for a home. It’s a win win

[@berrymint6384]

also better for nature to since people re use their spaces instead of taking more land away from other beings

[@pkgapp]

Not with those houses, they should be knocked down and something better design and from better materials build for human occupancy !!!

[@Sea-Keith]

​@@pkgapp Actually most would have been built with the best materials and design in mind,as only true craftsmanship with skills would be building them and there wasn't sub-par building materials like particle board 80+ years ago. It's only because they had been let fall into A disrepair state...

[@Michael-fh6lw]

Could work in Detroit ( if they didn't burn down or demolish them)

[@meganr9280]

@@pkgappthese were built when good quality was appreciated and therefore renovating is best; Not tearing down and building subpar modern junk in its place.

[@michellethompson7885]

I’m a historic preservationist from the US. This is so awesome to see. You did an amazing job!

[@stephaniemontoya7057]

Do we have anything like this here in the US? If not, we should

[@Strange_Shadow214]

I believe we have something very similar in Baltimore.

[@Strange_Shadow214]

​@@stephaniemontoya7057In some major cities, I think Baltimore was the last I heard of.

[@Name..........]

​@@stephaniemontoya7057no of course not good look getting a sale on anhthing right now. Even houses in the condition that sre smaller than this in my city are going for around 250,000

[@athenacummings]

@@stephaniemontoya7057 Delaware has, along with Baltimore and I think Philly.

[@kauffrau6764]

No matter how much money she spent on the renovations - she could take her time and get exactly what she wanted. And, she had a place to live while she did it. Excellent idea! Edit: my comment certainly has stimulated some intense comments...Gee, who woulda thought?

[@heehoopeanut420]

I agree, except i highly doubt she could live there during much of the renovation. itd be a health and safety hazard! great option tho if youve already got somewhere and like you said, youll have all the time you want to fix up the house!

[@user-zc6ug3qh3z]

I wonder if it had any mold and if she was able to get rid of all of it, and what about asbestos...

[@brittneyscriven6106]

No way she could live there for at least 6 to 12 months. These homes are not fit for human habitation, no water, no power. She has to sign a waiver to enter at her own risk. She likely spent over 100,000 pounds to make it habitable.

[@vsb101]

or she could just bough the house the wanted for all those $$$

[@franqfitness]

I may be wrong but I read an article on this and there is a time limit on finishing the renovations as well as proving from the beginning that you have the funds readily available to do them otherwise the property is returned back to the landowner/council. Sounds like a great scheme but definitely not available to most 😔

[@sohinidutta97]

I don't think people understand how genius this is. Regardless of how much she spent on renovations, it's definitely going to be cheaper than buying the whole home. Plus since it's a house and not an apartment, she owns her roof and her plot of land! That's massive ❤️

[@Sonnenanbeterin1991]

But they still should do it so that everyone can probably use IT fot themselves

[@raerohan4241]

​@@Sonnenanbeterin1991 As opposed to? If you're implying that people will fix up houses and sell them immediately, this scheme mandates that you have to live within the property for a minimum of 5 years before selling

[@susanlbk]

What "plot of land"?

[@sugahbabydoll1]

If you have the know how and skills then you can renovate at half of the price of what most people pay to renovate.

[@markreynolds9135]

Did she say the “bum room” is upstairs?

[@sidlives2672]

Always good to see buildings that have good bones restored to living conditions.

[@clairestephens4916]

Yes 👍 When I drive by some old houses that are abandoned I feel kinda sorry for them.

[@MELisMAC2247]

💯

[@lsamoa]

"good bones" lol. That place was a crumbling pit. She probably had to rebuild most of it.

[@williamk6605]

@@lsamoa”She” didn’t “rebuild” anything.

[@lsamoa]

@@williamk6605 Figure of speech. She didn't do any of it herself of course

[@sherryojeda9178]

Wow! So glad people brought them back to life. It keeps the nostalgia and history.

[@evansusmc]

She never mentioned how much it costed to repair it all though

[@bellathekitty1843]

​@@evansusmcAND?????Brilliant regardless.

[@evansusmc]

@@bellathekitty1843 First and foremost.... I am a real estate invester here in America. Anything thing can be done "brilliantly" for an ungodly amount of money. And since she avoided mentioning the amount she had to pay.... that tells me something. Furthermore, here in America we have homeless people that do the same thing for about the same but just don't put any money into it. Sometimes they do it legally but mostly they don't.

[@deekamikaze]

​@@evansusmc generally for a house in that country and of that size it would be about 60k pounds and you had to live in it after the work was done and have it completed within 2 years.

[@tyresebrinson8584]

Baltimore has been trying to do this for years but investors own many of the eyesore homes and refused to part with them. They’d rather sit on vacant properties then fix them up for people that need housing. The City leaders have advocated for dollar homes to no avail.

[@cesmith48]

Hence, the reason people are homeless and there is a lack of affordable housing.

[@barbieblue3336]

A lot of people don't have $ to fux up messes

[@sarahgirard1405]

That is so frustrating. One could implement a law that states you can’t own a property and just let it rot… and then it could be repossessed. But that would just be so horribly communist…

[@A190xx]

UK scheme was only available to people who would occupy the properties as their main residence or it was forfeit back to the council.

[@Catherine.Dorian.]

spain has a similar program except you have to live on the home to qualify for it, not like immediately but within a certain amount of time

[@cmt635]

That's a fabulous way to give younger people a chance of homeownership and revive a neighborhood ❤

[@jenniferperkins2391]

Yeees!

[@Limogi]

But they all sell after the requisite time they have to stay there is done.

[@paulinabakhshayesh6644]

It's better to spend money on building new homes then renovate this crap. How many people who were raised in those homes were coming back to live there again ? Probably nobody as these houses are horrible !

[@Llaihreneiyi]

Yeahh no. We don't have the money to buy we don't have 1000s required to renovate buildings this falling apart 💸

[@n3wt]

she's def not 36

[@jennifer_mertens]

The good thing about this is that those that buy for a pound, renovate, and live there will also most likly have a lot of love for the neighborhood. They've invested a lot of time, money, and thought into their home. What an amazing program.

[@Purpletvtttt]

UK is so poor that even poor people bragging about that disgusting poverty house.. I feel bad

[@CherryJuli]

@@Purpletvttttthe UK isn’t a poor country and what on earth is a poverty house? Also, why are poor people disgusting.

[@Purpletvtttt]

@@CherryJuli yes it's a poverty house poor countries... And very dangerous place to live.

[@melodramatic7904]

the UK took a page out of Italy's playbook. Smart.

[@jennyb1537]

I bet if demolished, some dodgy construction company would profit greatly from the land and houses, so glad she got one and anyone else that was in the scheme

[@zuritasworld]

We did this back in 2016 but in the United States. The house was a mess but we worked hard, it took a lot of blood, sweat, tears and today it’s a beautiful 4 bedroom home with an appraisal of $285,000. I just love my house, especially when I don’t have any house payment.

[@shahabsiddique2644]

Where in the us did they offer this?

[@mangafq8]

​@shahabsiddique2644 in New Haven, CT they did this scheme back in the 70s and 80s.

[@deficator750]

did you buy it for $1

[@emmkaa2099]

"... but it was MY crumbling pile of bricks". I LOVE that!! Good job!

[@Trylica]

It's the king's

[@toux8210]

Till it collapses lol

[@davidhughes6048]

Yes, I love her attitude.

[@judydolcine2251]

That is how I feel about where I live but the owner won't let Go.

[@monicagaitor6751]

For an "Inner City" neighbourhood, this looks VERY good. It just goes to show that care and maintenance is key . I pray you enjoy your lovely home 🏘️.

[@namedrop721]

Care and maintenance ? 300k in rénovations better be able to make this place. 😂😂😂

[@philiprice7875]

google maps liverpool uk garrik street webster road L7

[@miss0petersburg]

@@namedrop721Her renovations were 60k!! This is a million dollar home now! She won a lottery with this one!!

[@neenaj365]

The key is money, which the lack of causes deteriorating houses. Not an easy fix for most. This person is a business woman, not a random person. The commitment to take on these houses is huge and you have to know what you’re doing in addition to having the cash to fund the work required.

[@philiprice7875]

@@miss0petersburg erm no not a million $ prices in that area are about 100k £

[@lede1810]

I bought an old house and spent much more than I thought on renovating, but I just love it because with the combined renovation and purchase amounts I couldn’t have bought the same quality property. It also allowed me to choose superior indoor products, make sure plumbing and electricity were done by experts and no hidden surprises behind walls. Also I managed to slightly change the layout and make the bathroom and kitchen bigger. Do this sort of project only if you have access to qualified and reliable professionals who will not screw you over. For me it was my father who managed everything, God bless him 🙏🏻

[@mistymountainhop1971]

I'll take an old home any day over these newly constructed homes, my sister paid 850k for a new home, and they are already having issues with the plumbing, she hasn't been in it a year. Whereas we live in a home that was built in the 30s, took it to the bare bones, and upgraded everything 20 years ago, and no issues yet. 😂

[@jesusfeliciano5543]

I love your appreciation of your father to have such bonds with family ITS THE ABSOLUTE MEANING OF BEING RICH MATERIALS ARE PERISHABLE, LOVE? IS EVERLASTING 🏕 MY BROTHER GOD BLESS YOU AND YOURS FOREVER 🤙WISHING YOU N YOURS THE VERY BEST FROM EAST BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS

[@holymoly6829]

Well done dad 💕🕊️👍

[@lede1810]

@@jesusfeliciano5543 Thank you friend. You’re absolutely right that having a loving family is one of life’s biggest blessings as it creates peace of mind and sets you up for a more fulfilling life. God bless your family, too, and keep you and yours in good health 🙏🏻❤️

[@watovit]

I wish my parents were alive. I'm 28 😢❤

[@LoveLaceLament]

What a beautiful community that must be. All these people coming together because they have restoration in their hearts

[@Bexks]

Um, no. It’s a really rough area. I’m sure there are some lovely ppl amongst them but the crime rate is terrible.

[@theguy0594]

😂😂😂 the fairy tale perspective on deprived uk is refreshing

[@Bexks]

@@theguy0594 right?! 🤣 I live in the Uk and it’s not a big powwow where they all sing “kumbaya” together 😆😆

[@HighVibeCat]

This comment ❣️❣️❣️

[@MultiRispo]

Nice, but I have a feeling that a lot has not been said.

[@augurcybernaut4785]

You can see it on her face

[@roberth4395]

These type of deals come with a contract like you have X years to renovate it and bring it up to X standards, sometimes they add a “you have to live the rest of your life here” fine print like in Italy. Long story short, these type of deals are for rich people who can afford to buy or build a brand new home anyway. Nobody helps poor people.

[@ajulianj]

What do you mean ?

[@blacksilverchair3315]

That's not the point. She transformed that mess into a nice apartment. Focus on that.

[@MultiRispo]

@@blacksilverchair3315 That's exactly the point. These things are advertised as a bargain, but the reality is far crueler because the average thirty-six-year-old, alone, can hardly do what is shown in the video.

[@angelahlah]

I think i watched a mini doco of this. I think you actually have to prove you have a certain amount of money to renovate the place before you can buy it for the 1 💷.

[@l1277]

You need to be able to get a mortgage for half the price of the house, plus have an income under £80k. If this is the woman who's made headlines for this, it also took her two years and she was effectively homeless (living in a campervan) during the renovations. So it's a great scheme for the properties, but not as great as it sounds for poor people who want a home.

[@namedrop721]

@@l1277yeah the criteria is aimed at people who are independently wealthy but not so wealthy they’re just buying up properties. It’s a very specific market.

[@lillylilium497]

​@@namedrop721 Very specific market, yet it still enables people to own homes where they would otherwise not be able to. I can imagine doing this for myself if there is any guarantee that the substance of the house is not a health hazard (no asbestos etc). The housing market is crazy right now, and even though I have a substantial amount saved up for my age (from working before and during my studies), owning property on a teacher's salary is unrealistic. Something like this would change things for me.

[@WilldoAldone]

better than selling it to someone who cannot restore it and it just continues to crumble It only makes sense to sell with the stipulation that it can be restored in a certain amount of time.

[@mikemotorbike4283]

@@namedrop721 anyone working with decent credit it sounds like to me, most people. but a bit brave.

[@franko8572]

*They do this is certain spots in the US, also. Only problem in the US is that you can buy a house for like $500, BUT you owe all the back property taxes which are like $200,000 plus then you gotta completely redo the house for another $200,000 and by the time you’re done you’ve spent $400,500 for a house that’s only worth $20,000 in Detroit, Michigan.*

[@KingCarta3]

Maybe bmore too

[@xxkissmeketutxx]

Back taxes on a property before it is owned?? That's a gigantic scam! Who benefits from that? Good way for the government or royalty to acquire land (king C has acquired much this way 👎)

[@rosahacketts1668]

The unethical tax system on your own property is just wrong.

[@izzatihassan1475]

The back taxes is crazy. Like shouldn't that be paid by the previous owner? Why does the new one had to shoulder it?

[@franko8572]

@@izzatihassan1475Well what happens is the previous owner walks away from the house, it’s foreclosed on. Then since nobody is paying taxes for the 10 years it sat vacant, that’s what you have is a 10 year tax bill. Or however long it say. The irony is that in places with fleeing populations, they raise taxes higher to try to offset the people who left. The issue is that that causes more people to flee, and them to raise taxes more. So ideally you would want to lower taxes to get people to stay, and to encourage people to come.

[@deanturner4608]

Just for clarity sake, "scheme" and "scam" are not synonyms. Just thought I'd point that out since it's a common misconception that when we hear "scheme" it's something fraudulent.

[@DarthFurie]

Right, a scheme is just a plan, lol. But it is typically used to connote negative plans

[@MrMarquis10009]

Thinks for pointing that out so its the same thing got it moving right along🤔

[@HeatherGermaine]

​@@MrMarquis10009 you really just showed your intelligence there...

[@wordforger]

"Scheme" is usually an action designed to bring positive outcomes by bringing in outside people ghtough incentives. Scams are designed to part fools from their money by pretending to be a scheme.

[@missparadise879]

Thank you for pointing that out. I never thought of it that way. Here in the States, we generally only use scheme in a negative context.

[@suesanders1169]

I love older homes that are brought back to life. 😊

[@n3wt]

i think the title got messed up it's 45 year old

[@teresaevans4840]

Me too lots of character 🎉

[@yvonnegrant3736]

❤ result, love lady with vision good job ❤❤❤😊

[@MeekahMunns]

These houses aren’t old they jst look that way because they kicked all working class residents out in a working class area a decade ago to make space for Rich people

[@rafthejaf8789]

One dollar??

[@piapadmore430]

They did this in Buffalo NY just over a decade ago. It was amazing! Transformations like yours; with caveat that you had to live there for 2 years. Fast forward, Buffalo has gone thru it’s own renaissance, and so many old factories have been renovated into industrial lofts as well! Young people are moving from NYC and Chicago to Buffalo (it was the place to be 175 years ago) bringing new businesses. Keep going! You don’t know the domino effect one person can have. Beautiful work✨👌🏻

[@WhiteWolfBlackStar]

I love the loft movement! I tried as hard as I could to snag one in the 90’s in the Bay Area West Coast, but life was too heavy to carry. I watched them clean up a few areas and was invited to sit in on a city planning commission meeting. It was just amazing watching communities go from trash and rubble to these spectacular thriving communities!

[@Allaiya.]

I’ve hea I’ve heard of this happening in a few places. That is local investors converting old buildings into apartments or lofts. Seems like a good idea to help with the housing situation also

[@tristan7216]

I spent some time there growing up, later the neighborhood I use to live in went downhill and they tore down all the houses, my old address is a field of grass and some trees. Glad to hear the city's coming back 😀.

[@piapadmore430]

@@tristan7216 🥰

[@LilLadyAy]

Its worth mentioning that you have to prove you have or are a contractor capiable of repairing a shell, you need to apply and be granted approval and the progress is monitored. Most people approved are established landlords or long registerd and trusted builders. Everyday people aren't ignoring the chance to have a *£1* home that just needs some work.

[@DeletedChannel379]

Thank you for explaining how this really works.

[@LilLadyAy]

@@DeletedChannel379 no problem

[@kirs1064]

Thanks for explaining this reality in its true context.

[@Addwater4444]

Those that have money just get richer

[@KantoCafe715]

Thanks for that. The context is important.

[@bleek2530]

The city of Philadelphia should do this. Bravo 👏

[@chipbuttytime3396]

no one has a dollar there to buy any properties

[@MdiPaol0]

It's mentioned in the video that although she got it for '1 pound' she also inherited money around the same time which factored in the purchase and renovation.

[@zurzakne-etra7069]

but she still only spent 60k

[@despicabledavidshort3806]

And?

[@primetimehome]

@@despicabledavidshort3806 i guess it is that this is not a realistic long term solution to help the housing crisis as most don’t have rich relatives that die and leave their money to us, and those that are doing this already have the money to buy a house

[@gengis737]

@@primetimehome But one can collect 60k by sparing or borrowing much more easily than the 100 to 300k needed to buy a decent home. And the side profit for the town is that a slum turns into a new district. Should be done worldwide.

[@raerohan4241]

I don't understand the comments here. Even if she did inherit the money she used to renovate it, 60k isn't that much. She could easily have saved that after 8 or so years of working a standard full-time job. It's _much_ harder to buy a house outright in a similar condition in a similar area with such money.

[@heavenawilson7271]

This is nice...She fixed it up beautifully..

[@americainarabic8129]

I'm 36 too , I'm from Yemen And hi to everyone is 36 in this beautiful world 🎉

[@WhitefolksT]

P Diddy loves 36 year olds....... ....because there are 30 of them

[@iam_yahsgrace29]

​@@WhitefolksTJESUS🤦🏻‍♀️

[@worldwidegameboy56]

@@WhitefolksT No Diddy

[@WhitefolksT]

@@worldwidegameboy56 no mo white butt-bois for Diddy 🙅🏼🙅🏻‍♂️

[@Rebeccm8eawhita]

Please don't come to England

[@pixieparis3803]

In Sydney Australia, a derelict townhouse like this at about this size within 5 km of the city would sell for about $1.5 million.

[@gingerssmelllikecabbageand8708]

Australia has two problems when it comes to housing. All major cities are costal. And considering the size of Australia. The Murray-darling basin is really the Inly substantial river system. Which has provided best crop, agricultural growth. And since Australia has few central rivers, Australian are tied to the coast. It was highlighted that Australian eastern coast host 20millon people at most, this prediction was made in 1900. It’s now estimated that Australian population will max out at 60million, but your problem is water to sustain this growth.In the meantime some dreadful government decisions have been made, didn’t heed lessons in 2008 global housing crash, seems you guys will go through it. But also you have the boomers wealth as well. But it’s the same here ij the uk and Ireland house prices outstripping middle class to have a place

[@alimfuzzy]

​@gingerssmelllikecabbageand8708 all our problems are based on bad govt decisions, not geography. There's actually plenty of land for expansion and flooding has actually caused more damage than fires or drought lately.

[@Asme1111-t8h]

Sydney is insane. But I still loved it

[@ramirezm365]

They did that in NYC in Harlem. The city of New York sold town houses for a dollor that was abandoned. I wish I was smart enough to get at least one. People got loans fix them up and now they cost MILLIONS.

[@Nuani7]

Yup. I remember those $1 homes.

[@krism.9363]

Most, if not all, of those were given to politicians’ friends & families.

[@googleuser-one]

It was crime ridden with gunshots and drugs all over forget the looters and people who’d break in and steal your copper plumbing after you installed it and squatters stayed… definitely not pleasant for families to survive there… 40-50years it took for neighborhoods to improve but crime is back with this administration. Thank the politicians for defunding police and releasing criminals back into the streets

[@aesma2522]

The 1 euro/pound european schemes specifically prevent you from making huge money from the endeavour, their resale price is capped or something like that. And they're in places without million dollar homes anyway. In fact the origins of this are in Italy in villages where basically everyone below retirement age was leaving.

[@acharich]

🔥🔥🔥

[@mianta55]

I remember when you bought this place. It is fantastic to see the progress! I love the open space upstairs! So glad to see the follow up. Congratulations!

[@BELINDA_LANE]

Italy has a similar plan but you have to show at least 1million€ to qualify and be a certain age

[@g.borgia5100]

​@BELINDA_Lane You purchase a home in a country and bring the town back to life with a growing family. That's the 1 Euro plan

[@BELINDA_LANE]

@@g.borgia5100 I live in France, the stipulations don't include propagating the species, you must have adequate finances and finish your restoration in an allotted amount of time

[@S.o.13]

Not only beautiful but also talented creative

[@ChrisPatrick-q6k]

The girl? 🙃 Yeah, she reminds me of Shoreditch

[@MegaLivingIt]

You're BRILLIANT! And creative! Shows what can be accomplished 😄

[@squishypineT03]

This is the UK I want to see. Good on ya love 👏🏻

[@kristenkaz3080]

“I had to sign a waiver that I entered at my own risk.” I felt that. Bought an 1863 log cabin with additions built in every direction. “Pulling the trigger” this spring with construction/renovation. Total cost? About 175k, not including the purchase price. This woman made a smart business move. Me? Yah, not so much. But it’ll be beautiful in the end & it will be “my pile of bricks.” ❤

[@stone_forest3802]

That is still only 10% of the price of a new house here! So I think it was a great investment. Also, it's a LOG CABIN how cool is that??

[@kristenkaz3080]

@@stone_forest3802 the center of the home (dining room & small bedroom), are all log. I’m ripping off the drywall to expose the walls/logs in both rooms. My contractor is less than thrilled with that. I have the original land/homestead patent signed by US Grant hanging in the dining room. Given to me by the 3rd great grandson of the original builder. It will be beautiful when it’s done. Quirky? Yes. But unique.

[@h.calvert3165]

Logs. Pile of logs. 😊

[@markschuler1511]

That's great! Congratulations 🎊 👏 💐 🥳

[@acharich]

@@h.calvert3165😂💣

[@RodrigoFloresJr-wt4wz]

Shes beautiful. She's on the right track, God bless her and her family.😊

[@erneste-3williams]

When she said "I bricked it up" I felt that

[@Nightman12]

lol definitely caught me off guard

[@zsa5692]

They say 36yrs old as if that’s a child. When property ownership was affordable, 36 was like a grandma.

[@lsamoa]

Ikr? 36 is not young haha

[@Rebelmoon777]

People live a lot longer now.

[@aaronc1407]

@@lsamoathe average life expectancy for women in the UK is like 83 years, so this woman is not even halfway through her life yet. 36 is certainly pretty young by today’s standards.

[@lsamoa]

@@aaronc1407 Women who bare children at the age of 36 are told they're having a geriatric pregnancy. There are grandmothers who are 36 yo. People get grey hair and wrinkles, and no youth discount. You're not ancient yet at that age but you're certainly not young anymore. Not by a long shot.

[@aaronc1407]

@@lsamoa my mother was called a ‘geriatric mother’ by her midwife when she got pregnant with me. She was 29. There are grandmothers in their late 20s (have a kid at 14, your kid has a kid at 14, boom you’re a grandma at 28). I’m 29 myself and have grey hairs. I have lines on my forehead, my knees crack when I bend down, I don’t get ‘youth discounts’. When does one stop being young in your mind?

[@billienomates1606]

It's not the house that would worry me it's the locals in the area.

[@nicolecarter1072]

Someone else commented on the details. Apparently they instal security cameras in the street to prevent squatting etc.

[@jackdawmamma7482]

Most people just hear you're from Liverpool & think you're scum- many of them have never even been to Liverpool or met a Scouser. I live in what is described as one of the "worst" areas of Liverpool & majority of us are decent people who just want to live peacefully & get on with our lives. Yeah, you get idiots but you get them everywhere it's not just Liverpool. I lived down South for a long while & one thing I can categorically say is on the whole people in Liverpool are a lot friendlier, warmer & more community spirited. If you treat us with decency & friendliness then we'll do the same for you

[@dmaxsba]

We have the same program here in Dayton, Ohio, USA. $1 will buy you a lot or a lot with house. The only rules are: you must agree to start paying taxes on the lot and if you decide to build or remodel on the lot the construction must be neighborhood appropriate on the exterior, inside you can do whatever you want.

[@calidag]

What are the taxes for such properties on average I wonder?

[@JamesKirk-q9b]

You did a beautiful job restoring your home. Well done

[@thecassandraeffectvsperilo6754]

*I did the same with my house!* I LuV it! I'm still working on mine, already spent a year and a half redoing it, and EVERYONE who walks in immediately gush's over how much they LuV it 💜 From the floors to the ceilings 💜 You've just gotta be ready for the long term progression, turning it into a work of art 🥰

[@OikPoinFive]

Wow ur house only 1 pound or 1 doller!

[@olgacruz4175]

Will you also show your before and after? Big fan of makeovers🥰

[@torischwartz745]

I wish I could find something like this in Wisconsin I’d take out a loan and renovate it much cheaper than buying land and then building a house with materials and contractors costs

[@thecassandraeffectvsperilo6754]

@@OikPoinFive I wasn't given that good of a deal, BUT a great one nontheless! It was built by the owner in the late 1940's, so I was VERY fortunate enough to purchase it for just $10,000..it was a hot mess! Still the same house as when it was built, no upgrades, plus since it was just one guy that built it, not professionals, it had some big issues..HOWEVER that also made it incredibly unique! Bought it for $10,000, invested around $45,000 in it, along with ALOT of elbow grease, AND NOW it's valued at $180,000..and since I bought it so cheap I was able to pay off the mortgage! I'm 44yrs old and my mortgage is paid! The American dream 💜

[@thecassandraeffectvsperilo6754]

@@olgacruz4175 Oh me too! 💜💜💜

[@johnjamesflashman6856]

What a wonderful woman.

[@csm92459]

Flipping the floors was a great idea-really beautiful

[@mimimurlough]

It's an accessibility nightmare

[@csm92459]

@@mimimurlough If you were mobility impaired any stairs are a problem. My sister had a cabin that had the living area upstairs, bedrooms down. It wasn't an issue.

[@mimimurlough]

@@csm92459 yep, which is why most of the necessary functions should be on the ground floor

[@csm92459]

@@mimimurlough Its a trade off though--looking at her street the ground floor is always going to get less light--esp. if you cut in skylights. You'd also get away with less structure above.

[@silverkitty2503]

she would have had to do the plumbing from scratch anyway @@TedEhioghae

[@Troyssubonovich]

This girl is an ace! Straight beauty! Good for her!!!

[@mikaelafox6106]

She is such a vibe! Especially at the beginning where she's standing in the doorway like she's the queen of England!

[@-jz5mm]

She is

[@agneserin]

actually such a good idea. sell it off cheap and get the general public to be responsible for the renovation and reviving of each individual house!

[@DolsieMercado]

That is a lot of work she put into that home. Normally any neighborhood that has that many abandoned homes is not a safe place to live. Little by little it seems everything changed for her. 🙌🙌🙌Bravo! I am glad for her.

[@shevajones7650]

It only takes one person with the drive to motivate everyone else. And it looks like it paid off.

[@victorsauvage1890]

Beautiful -- Everyone in a modern flat will envy this beautiful woman in a beautiful house.

[@alyssacelaya4671]

She saved those houses in her neighborhood too!!! Bless her heart ❤

[@LindaC616]

SHE did? Where does it say that here?

[@celiab2307]

It was a scheme for all the houses in the road

[@lsamoa]

Other people did

[@Foxie444]

You go girl!! 💅🏽 It turned out beautiful!! 💕 congratulations!! 🎊🎉

[@debrandw246]

It's beautiful. You did an amazing job.

[@bmminc3001]

She did a fantastic job..the colors..decor and design are awesome..beautifully done..

[@troyl5498]

People like you make life better. Kudos to you, madam. 🙏

[@craiggillett5985]

What a great initiative and your place looks amazing

[@scousebadger0077]

$1 you definitely didn’t buy anything for a dollar in Liverpool.

[@Maryhadalam]

She must have just got back from the USA 🤦‍♀️ one dollar one pound house.

[@silverkitty2503]

perhaps the documentary was for an american audience

[@adamskull6268]

Congratulations! The place turned beautiful. Good eye for interior design.

[@lynettefinnigan9540]

Exactly!! Do heaps of the work yourself and you can save thousands!! I worked fulltime and in my days off, renovated while living in the mess!! The trouble with people nowadays, they want to pay £1 and walk into the house after you've put all the blood, sweat and tears into it....they don't realise how special that house is because of the work, the life, you have put into it. ❤

[@MsHSpring]

Fantastic 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

[@MsHSpring]

And congrats… i can feel the immense satisfaction you must feel after completing it 😊

[@HannahQueenOfAir]

She had to renovate it within a set time frame and she had the money to afford a house in a different area but she was able to control what renovations she could do which is the flip-side

[@dt9233]

Beautiful, You did a wonderful job on this house. So happy for you. ❤️

[@Karma-xe3tp]

Where I’m at, there are so many abandoned houses and apartment buildings- it’s really sad to see these once beautiful homes now just sitting there rotting away, over the year(s) it gradually got worse and worse. In each one of these abandoned neighborhoods there will be at least one possibly two of the homes that have a family living in it however, it seems all their time, energy and care go into the vehicle(s) they have instead of the home itself. It would be nice if they did something like this here, giving individual(s) a chance to not only own a home but to make a home a home, where they value it, they want it… prices to rent to now are already outrageous, having a decent job but still living paycheck to paycheck and to attempt to own especially the homes that are getting flipped and selling it a extremely high price. I would love to see neighbors being lively again in all aspects. 😊

[@l.cheah2572]

Would love to see how did the renovations took place and make this remarkable transformation. Kudos 👏

[@Probity100]

This is the 🇬🇧. These homes were sold for £1 one pound not $1 (one dollar). She has done a great job & glad to see others bought & renovated, and the area that was once a no go zone is now liveable. If I remember correctly, one condition was that you had to buy, renovate & live there.

[@jono1457-qd9ft]

In 2015 to 2020 the exchange rate was £1 = $1.20 - $1.25

[@MeekahMunns]

It wasn’t a no go zone they kicked families out so she could live there

[@MarcellaRatliff-o9j]

Such a unique way to honor houses that people once loved..

[@treasuretom13]

Congratulations a great opportunity for a wonderful and ingenious young lady!

[@anthonymartin9923]

She is absolutely gorgeous!!

[@TheDYNAMITE001]

Why does this even matter? Go get a house!

[@jamesspalten5977]

You need to get your prescription checked.

[@dujuanjohnson5025]

She’s not but I can tell she has 🍰

[@sogno_di_carta6430]

People think renovating a home cost less than buying one. Sometimes renovating a home can be a lot more expensive than buying a home. Especially if you renovate it to the exact detail you want. I just got done renovating one bathroom of my house and the cheapest I could do it for was 11k and that was giving up certain things I wanted because it cost more. The price for supplies and labor has gone through the roof… as much as home prices. So whatever. She bought it for 1 pound, and then probably spent the value of a regular home on renovations. The biggest issue is having to wait for the renovation. It’s take time. Unless you are rich and can pay more for less time.

[@Edible_Kittens]

What did you want for your bathroom to cost 11k?

[@liyanatassim1291]

​@@Edible_Kittens i have the same question. A hot tub? Copper piping? 10$ tiles?

[@irislopez-royal5048]

As a woman who remodeled her own home, I learned basic plumbing, how to lay tile, I knocked out a wall to expand my dining room. In other words, I learned lots of things and knew when to hire the professionals. I certainly didn't have an unlimited budget. Oh, and I had two small children.

[@Julzsavedandsetapart]

I would love to see the whole place.

[@02Nawal]

Good for her and glad they brought these old houses back to their glory

[@virginiamosier9115]

How long did rebuilding take? How much did it cost? People woukd enjoy having a beautiful sunny home like that. Many young people in Indianapolis have purchased old homes and made the neighborhoods new and beautiful again.

[@christinechandler5690]

Renovation has to be done within 12 to 18 months.

[@Allaiya.]

Which parts of Indy?

[@2KChilds]

Apparently, it took two years and £60k.

[@shannonnefra9738]

❤You did a marvelous job!

[@faebrowne2537]

Dollars had nothing to do with. Pure pound sterling! You did an absolutely amazing job👍

[@earthangel0016]

Nice job!👏🏼 You did a great job renovating. I love the open plan.💖

[@ibcheel9021]

I’m 39, bought my house at 35. It is a piece of something crumbling. I bought this house because it was a ‘fixer-upper ‘. Soo much history, and the family selling sold it to me because I didn’t want to demolish it. I wanted to keep the walls and bring new life to it again. In the back there are fruit trees, a nice apple tree, a pear tree, and some other tree that is thorny all over and bears some kind of small fruit l (could be peaches of some kind.) Still haven’t had money to fix it up, but I hope one day to bring it to full beauty again. But life happens, even though it’s not there best house it’s my house. I’m going to love it no matter what.

[@davidsonnow]

What city?

[@onelove6971]

Where did you buy?

[@J-sv9dp]

Can you describe the thorny fruit tree a little more? Leaves, flowers, fruit... I don't think it's a peach tree but I'd love to take a guess at what it might be instead :)

[@firefliflihi5719]

That is so awesome. It's great to see these old structures renovated and saved because they have such style and the guts on those are more sturdy than these new houses. You buy that fall apart after 52 ten years and you still owe

[@CC3193]

I've always loved the idea of living, kitchen & dining upstairs for the light, the views etc. With bedrooms & bath downstairs.

[@QUEENOBSCURE]

kind of like how rich/royal Europe did it too lowest level were the staff, the higher floors belonged to the masters

[@uhuraenterprise6372]

Common in Spain

[@KingNez89]

She is a very smart lady. Salute to her

[@bohochic2459]

Bravo to you! This is brilliant! I hope you are SO proud of yourself! ✨️💞💖

[@seanye3559]

*THE AUDACITY OF HER TO HIDE THE CAKE LIKE THAT* 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@GT_KREW]

Right 😅😅😅

[@c4prantik]

What are you referring to

[@Killacam1992]

@@c4prantikif you ever see ppl making jokes about cake/bakery they’re saying the girl has a nice butt.

[@claudeken3602]

Thought I was the only one😂😂😂😂😂

[@nicoleminnikin7555]

More places should do this

[@g.borgia5100]

She was bright enough to take advantage of an offer and make it work for her. That takes initiative and effort. She now has a home of her own, renovated to her exquisite taste. The negative comments are from those that do not have these qualities, will forever be renters and cry about it.

[@lsamoa]

There's nothing wrong with being a renter. Good for her that she got the house she wanted, but the issue remains that it's located in a very dodgy neighbourhood. You couldn't pay me to move there tbh. But if she doesn't mind, then good for her.

[@Boo48927]

“Bought it for a dollar” holds up a pound coin

[@seashelle73]

I literally responded to her with “An American dollar?” LOL

[@Uhohlisa]

No, it says bought for a pound. Other countries use the $ sign. It doesn’t make sense

[@mjbutnotmaryjane]

​@@Uhohlisashe states in the video "for a dollar", when it's a pound.

[@J-FLaw]

​@mjbutnotmaryjane hmmm now we wonder whether she really bought it for a dollar or pound or for an amount we do not know😮

[@elsing_may06]

I was wondering that too, but I think ppl sometimes use 'dollar' to refer to money in general rather than the actual currency, if that makes sense..

[@jadenlee9074]

How’s the structural integrity of the house?

[@ilyasav327]

Yea that shii bound to collapse at some point if they didnt work on that, sure they fixed the outside of the house and the walls but the insides is really what matters

[@marlenegold280]

That would need to be addressed first after the layout plan was made.

[@jonap5740]

@@ilyasav327 I'm sure she did because she wouldn't get planning permission without addressing structure etc.

[@ib5962]

UK houses are built with bricks, so even the worst of them will still have very strong structures

[@LauraBidingCitizen]

@@ilyasav327Nope. If it was ‘bound to collapse’ it would’ve before she moved in, since it had been empty for so many years. She had the roof rebuilt & had a structural engineer come out to inspect, as well as changing rooms around. She didn’t just shove a bit of paint on the walls & say ‘tada!’ 🤦🏼‍♀️ The ceiling was caving in! As someone else has stated, our homes are built to last with bricks, not wood ‘etc’.

[@bobbiefrank5043]

That is a good deal but it would still cost a lot to renovate.

[@the_notorious_bas]

Very inspiring, we need this in the Netherlands as well.

[@MrGreenvalley2]

Where?

[@the_notorious_bas]

@@MrGreenvalley2 South Holland

[@chiefsdad]

I spend a lot of time in the Netherlands, mainly North Holland, but I've just returned from time in and around Delf and have also spent time in the Hague. I have never seen anywhere that comes within a million miles of the widespread deprivation and urban decay that we have in the UK. Here, this scheme is like putting a sticking plaster over a gaping wound.

[@MrGreenvalley2]

@@the_notorious_bas I have never seen anything like in the video in The Netherlands

[@the_notorious_bas]

@@MrGreenvalley2 & @beefycurtain We put a lot of effort in renovation, but that doesn't mean that some houses are on the demolition list. The northern part of Rotterdam is a good example, where plenty of people are looking for affordable housing.

[@csy897]

that's actually a genius idea. You want the high ceilings for the living and dining area but you don't want to climb too many steps. Have the cozy bedroom on the ground floor and have a massive high-ceiling living and dining space up top with lots of light from the roof.

[@Amarianee]

On average for 2015, you bought it for $1.50. Still a steal though, and they all look amazing now 🥳

[@lisasmith7066]

I think it’s great to keep older buildings and renovate. It keeps the character of the City intact. Nice job.

[@BrightAura777]

I don’t have kids (by choice) so I can’t even judge her. Just hoping for the best for her but more importantly the children 😢❤

[@debbieatkins7895]

Excellent work, it's beautiful. Congrats. It is nice to have your own home, that belongs to you.

[@Samuel-ku1qb]

It doesn’t matter how much the renovation was, it is still way cheaper that buying a regular house.

[@6ftNaturalBeauty]

Umm not really. I purchase a three-story 1% stone home, 3000 ft.² that was in perfect livable condition for $100,000. There was no structural damage, no crumbling bricks. Functional windows and our roof was in great condition. We put appx 80k cash in renos. All in, appx 180k. We live in one of the top five major cities in the United States. I think you would have a better insight if you were ever afforded this opportunity. We purchased in 2017. My living room is on my page

[@pipedgolf4634]

For the same quality of house, it definitely isn’t

[@trueloveingod2691]

Fantastic. A great restoration of not only your home but the whole row. 👏🏼👏🏽👏🏾👏🏼👏🏽👏🏾👏🏼

[@abigailhamiltonactor]

Please please tell us more! I, for one, would like to see the process! I bought a wrecked "Semi" in North London, and stripped it back to he brickwork,, back in the 80's, and I'd love to see how you did your's. Abigail (original from Penwotham)

[@lesleysmith107]

I used to live in Penwortham, I now live in Fulwood. x

[@plantedlife]

Old English homes always look so cute and quaint❤

[@theparanoidandroid3583]

The funny thing is, by English standards these houses are relatively modern 😂

[@silverkitty2503]

in europe these are modern houses to us! lol

[@badinfluence3814]

​@@theparanoidandroid3583They look like circa 1930's build to me. A little older than average for the U.K.

[@ebl36]

@@badinfluence3814I’m fairly sure these houses are victorian

[@HeyItsMaori]

This is so cool. More things need to be marketed like this to bring communities back to life.

[@ToPlease]

It's great that they were able to not only get a place, but to bring back a community that was thought to be lost. 👍🏾🤘🏾

[@beastshawnee]

My friend did a similar thing in st Louis, Missouri, USA back in the 1980’s . Most of his neighbors were older and poor, but really quite welcoming to him. Sadly they of course had eventually been moved out by the gentrification which they could never afford-Many have passed on now, obviously.

[@shaunconny]

You show pound and call it a dollar and its in the UK... why say dollar. It's a quid ya wool

[@alexandrastevens8892]

I would love to see more of it and maybe some of the other homes people have taken back out of disrepair 😊

[@davidmathis-xd6nf]

Good luck. Bought a house built in 1926 fourteen years ago. Love it Found a newspaper from 1935 in the attic. Had an article critical of Ghandi. I love how the old house has a large kitchen and a separate dining room.

[@susanmarks416]

I'm curious how much she spent in renos.

[@CrysP13]

A brick ton! 😂

[@sibahlemaingene362]

She said £60K