I saw my own house on Homes Under the Hammer – but with an unwelcome change
A RENTER has shared her thoughts after getting a glimpse of what her house looked like before it was transformed during Homes Under the Hammer.
Rebecca was left disappointed to see that the building had a wonderful 70s feature the landlord had filled in before she moved in.
The mum shared that she knew her new home was going to feature on the BBC One documentary series when she started renting it, and switched on the show excited to see how it had been revamped.
When the programme was filmed home owner Andreas Wagner had shown presenter Dion Dublin around the property, pointing out flaws he wanted to fix.
Rebecca was pleased to see her landlord had given the bathroom a serious update – with a new sink, toilet, and fresh tiling making it look cleaner and more modern.
She was also relieved that the rotten kitchen ceiling had been replaced.
However, there was one alteration that she was gutted about.
Despite Dion pointing out that the serving hatch looking from the kitchen into the living room was “pretty cool”, Andreas decided to have it filled in before putting the property up for rent.
Rebecca bemoaned the loss of the connecting window, saying: “I watched Dion kick a football through it thinking how much my kids would have loved me popping my head through that hatch with a snack in hand.
“I wouldn’t have to shout them for dinner.
“I could just open the tiny doors of the window in the wall and lovingly tell them supper was served, instead of my daily ‘YOUR DINNER’S READY’ shout.
“But it was gone, with no trace of the sociable porthole into the rest of the house.”
Home owner Andreas purchased the house for £81,000 when it failed to sell for asking price (£85,000) at auction.
He ended up spending £16,500 on repairs, but it was all worth it when he managed to rent the home out for £675 per month.