Lad from Ull thought he’d put a bid in for a flat in Glasgow but instead bought a derelict mansion… only in Hull eh!!!. Lol. A couple who accidentally bought a 120-year-old derelict mansion in Dunoon instead of a flat in Glasgow have finally received the sign-off on their new home. Cal Hunter and girlfriend Claire Segeren paid £10,000 for the wrong property after a lot numbers mix-up four years ago - but decided to keep it and renovate it themselves. Then 26-year-old Cal, from Hull, was tasked with putting a bid on a home in Glasgow city centre but accidentally bid on the wrong unit, leaving them with Jameswood Villa - an uninhabitable property in Dunoon. The young couple appeared on BBC One Scotland show Accidental Renovators as they faced a daunting list of problems for the property, which had lain empty for more than 30 years. The foundations needed repaired, a new roof needed to be installed, masonry above a bay window had collapsed and all the timber works inside the 19th century building were rotten.
£10k is an absolute snatch for a small piece of land alone, never mind with a repairable building on it. Good on them!
They'd have been better knocking the thing down and starting again. Instantly save 20% in VAT and end up with a more efficient finished product.
