A UK couple have revealed how they transformed their run-down three-bedroom property into a dream home using YouTube videos—and even managed to restore a luxury hot tub previous owners had left behind.
Lydia Biersteker, 30, and her husband, Luke, 25, bought their home in East Sussex for 449,000 pounds (approx. US$548,000) in June 2020, and for the last 16 months, they have been slowly transforming it room by room.
“I had a few things on my list of what I wanted—a driveway and a big garden. This house has both,” Lydia told Jam Press.
“I also wanted a house with character and period features. I don’t like anything built from the 60s onwards as [I] find it lacks character. A lot of houses built in the 70s were very boxy!…