TWO strangers brought together on a Welsh property show were left horrified after a £75,000 house renovation turned into a complete disaster.
The moment came on the Welsh language show Tŷ Am Ddim, which translates to House For Free.
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Two strangers will be brought together in the program and each given a certain budget to renovate a house.
It is the idea that two strangers will get half of the profit made from the sale of the home to buy a home of their own.
36-year-old estate agent Dafydd and 35-year-old teacher Leon were paired together in the hopes of returning a profit on a £175,000 four-bedroom home, gifted to them to ‘do up’.
The house, although in an excellent location near many local amenities, including a park, needed serious renovations to make it fit for purpose.
The pair were then handed £25,000 meaning that, if all went well, any profits beyond a £200,000 sale were theirs to keep.
But the boys’ struggles and bad decisions quickly spiraled costs in an unexpected way.
In their four-month The deadline for submitting your application is:A number of issues occurred, such as mis-matched floors and several design mistakes.
Leon, as the modifications were being made, expressed his concerns, saying “We are at a loss for answers and solutions.” Are we going to be able fix it? Do we have enough budget to repair it?
With £10,000 already spent on tradesmen who failed to deliver – the project was looking in tatters.
Leon later admitted that it had been “constantly on his mind”.
He said: “There are times I wake up in the night and I remember something we need to do. It’s not something we can leave at the front door and go home to relax.
“It’s constantly on my mind. The more I think there are only five weeks left before we have to sell, it feels the end is beyond our reach.”
It was evident that as the clock ticked down, the property in question had gotten off track.
An estate agent predicted figures of £290,000 to £315,000 to sell the house upon the finished product.
Show host Carys later informed the pair they had spent a whopping £75,000 – a huge £51,963 overspend.
After taking into consideration legal fees and other costs, the total spend amounted to £301,250 – around £100,000 more than initially predicted.
The house had to be sold at this price or higher in order for the boys to make any money.
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