A couple paid double the asking price for a £200,000 cottage - and it doesn't even have a kitchen. ME sufferer Dee Rand was forced to shield at home in London when the coronavirus pandemic struck in March, leading to the 50-year-old and husband Philip, 49, quickly re-evaluating their city lives.
On finding their dream home - a run-down two-bed cottage 200 miles away in the Shropshire countryside - the couple entered a cut-throat bidding war with more than a dozen other hopeful buyers.
Landing the tiny property for almost £400,000, the pair were faced with needing to oversee an entire renovation, including installing a kitchen.
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