I swapped my 会議 house on Facebook but HATED the decor - so I spent £6,000 transforming it into my dream home

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A woman has 明らかにする／漏らすd how she now has her dream home, after swapping it on a Facebook group with another 会議 house tenant - and renovating her new home.

Olivia Clayton, 26, from Newcastle, swapped her two-bed terrace house for another two-bed terrace after finding it on the group - and spotting its 可能性のある for a makeover.

Moving into her new home, mum-of-two Olivia knew the house wasn't up to her taste, quickly realising that the carpets were covered in urine - and the 塀で囲むs were painted into an array of eyesore colours.?

The care assistant had searched on Facebook for a house 交換（する） ーするために move to her dream 場所 of Newcastle without 支払う／賃金ing any moving costs after agreeing with the 現在の tenant to 交換（する） homes.

Even cutting her rent, Olivia has managed to save some money, 同様に as decorating it all herself by learning from YouTube ビデオs.

Mum-of-two Olivia Clayton swapped her two-bed 会議 house on a Facebook group but hated the decor in her new house - and 始める，決める about renovating it

She explains: 'You just advertise your house and put what you're looking for and anyone on the page who has what you are looking for, you just 交換（する） your 詳細（に述べる）s, go and have a look around it and then fill in an 使用／適用 form and 交換（する） over.

'I have tried for a few years to 交換（する）, but it is hard and not many people manage to do it. It's 公正に／かなり straightforward as long as you both have your rent paid and no 修理s are needed.

'I 手配中の，お尋ね者 to live in the 明確な／細部 area this house was in, as it was の近くに to my family, and my rent even went 負かす／撃墜する from £412 to £390 a month. It's 広大な／多数の／重要な.'

White-wash! Olivia hated the colour 計画／陰謀 in her new home - so reached for the paintbrush to 追加する a more sophisticated feel

Trendy: One of the bedrooms as it looks now in subtle blush pinks, with pretty balloon stencils on the 塀で囲む?

The 所有物／資産／財産's garden had been 貧しく cared for, with 盗品故買者 パネル盤s and 覆うing 石／投石するs littering the outdoor space

With two children to consider, Olivia 始める，決める about slowly transforming the space

Ta da! Grey 予定する and a lick of paint for the 盗品故買者s has transformed the outdoor space

Trellis adorned with 青葉 and rattan furniture, 同様に as a white painted 塀で囲む have 劇的な changed how the garden looks?

The kitchen as it looked when Olivia moved in: the room was 行方不明の 閣僚 doors and was in need of some TLC

After covering work surfaces, 追加するing new 扱うs and 絵 the 閣僚s, the kitchen is fit for 目的 once more

Olivia 追加するd her own slant on the 内部のs, putting in hanging 工場／植物s and 木造の 棚上げにするs?

The moving 過程 was 平易な, as Olivia didn't have to を取り引きする 広い地所 スパイ／執行官s or 支払う／賃金 out anything to move. However, she knew the house needed some decorating - and きれいにする.

Saving money on moving, Olivia was able to spend £6,000 on decorating her new pad to her taste.

She 追加するs: 'It took me about three weeks to get my new house how I 手配中の，お尋ね者 it.

'There were urine stains in the bathroom. With it 存在 a 会議 house, it's had a lot of tenants and the bathroom was damp, and there was a strong urine smell that was ripped up pretty quickly.

'A lot of it was done by me 含むing the vinyl 床に打ち倒すing and changing the kitchen cupboards. I've saved hundreds doing it myself.< /p>

Olivia decided to make the space as neat as possible, even 盗品故買者ing off an area for her wheely 貯蔵所s

New carpet: Olivia's brother helped take out the old carpet and fit swish new ones?

Even the 淡褐色 stairwell was given a makeover, with fresh painted 塀で囲むs and a new carpet

There was no 仕事 that Olivia wasn't 用意が出来ている to have a go at - reaching for DIY ビデオs on YouTube to get both inspiration and practical tips.??

'I changed all of the 床に打ち倒すing, painted and wallpapered every room, I also changed the kitchen and just 追加するd my own decor. I learnt how to do it from YouTube.

She 追加するs: 'All in all, 含むing the 床に打ち倒すing, blinds, new kitchen, and new furniture, the redecoration cost me around £6,000. It's all things I've been saving for and working に向かって.

?Not done yet! A 交換（する） for a bigger house could be on the horizon as her children get older, she says

Her family, 含むing brother Oliver chipped in and helped, 解除するing carpets and laying new ones.?

She explains: 'I am very 独立した・無所属. My family were at work, and I just got stuck into it. It just wasn't to my taste, I know everyone li kes different things and they were easily 直す／買収する，八百長をするd.

And this may yet not be her only 事業／計画（する） - a 交換（する） for a bigger house could be on the horizon as her children get older.?

She says: 'I am still looking for a three-bed as have a boy and a girl, and they need their own bedrooms. But I will stay here until I find a larger 所有物／資産／財産. I will do the same thing and 交換（する） again.

After renting 個人として in the past, she says 会議 accommodation gives her the 安定 she wants for her family - without individual landlords to を取り引きする.??

Olivia says: 'I would rather stay in 会議 houses that have that 安定. I know it's going to stay as 地雷 and know it won't get sold so I can stay living here 同様に as knowing that my rent won't go up too much.

'I have had 私的な 賃貸しのs a couple of times too, but because of 安定, I choose 会議 houses instead.'