Homes Under the Hammer’s Martin Roberts blasts seafront property as ‘damp, tired and a right state’
HOMES Under the Hammer’s Martin Roberts blasted a seafront property as “damp, tired and a right state”.
In a recent episode of the BBC One show, Martin visited a property in Devon to look at an “interesting development opportunity”.
Martin Roberts was left baffled by a ‘damp, tired’ property in Devon on Homes Under the Hammer[/caption]But “interesting” was putting it mildly, as Martin soon revealed the challenge ahead of anyone who took on the property.
He said: “I say development opportunity straight away, because as you can see from outside, it is looking in a right old state.”
The property had a guide price of £150,000 which Martin said was “exciting”.
Heading inside, Martin said: “Immediately, a very strange layout, you come into this little covered area here, almost like a lean-to.
The house was on the market for £150,000[/caption] But inside the layout was confusing with lots of random rooms leading on from each other[/caption] Martin said it was in ‘a right state’[/caption] The host had no idea what was going on with the property[/caption]“There’s more outbuildings there, lots of steps into the kitchen, it’s very, very small, and obviously it hasn’t been touched in many years.
“You carry on into the lounge area, another little anti-room off there, looks like you’ve got central heating which is good – what kind of state it is in I don’t know.”
Martin continued: “So that’s it – no it isn’t, it continues into this area here…It’s almost like – it’s so long and thin, this end of the property.”
He pointed out a small bathroom and then turned around to an open staircase, adding: “It’s just…stairs… what is going on with this place?”
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Martin was even more perplexed as he headed upstairs, saying: “There is a lot of space here, but it’s just a bit too higgledy-piggledy for modern living and upstairs there is one bedroom! And a very generous bathroom.”
In a voiceover as the camera looked around the property he added: “It does all feel a bit damp and tired. Doesn’t matter which way you look at it, it doesn’t get any better.
“This is crazy, a one bedroom house, it doesn’t work! [But] the good news is, the scope for improvement is huge!”
Homes Under the Hammer airs weekdays at 10am on BBC One.