Stunning photographs capture the incredible transformation of a rundown "cramped" property into a beautiful family home. Jody and Lucie Loughlin bought the three-bedroom semi-detached cottage in the knowledge it needed a complete makeover.
But they relished the "challenge" and now the building is almost three times the size of the original. The couple submitted a planning application immediately after purchase, reports Bristol Live.
Jody, 42, said: "We’d been looking for a property for a while within my childhood hometown and it was proving difficult. "We were relocating back to Portishead from London and the search for a period property with a good size plot and scope for extension was proving a challenge." The couple met in Australia,
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