I 購入(する)d my doer-upper home without visiting it first - I had 無 DIY experience but knew it was the one for me from the online advert
- Alison Little had never been to Merseyside when she began looking at houses
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A woman has 明らかにする/漏らすd how she 購入(する)d her first 所有物/資産/財産 without ever visiting it and is slowly transforming it into her dream home.
Alison Little, who grew up in Northern Ireland, bought the three-bedroom 所有物/資産/財産 in Wallasey, Merseyside, in 2021 - にもかかわらず having never even been to the 地元の area.
At the time, Alison - who 作品 as an Account 経営者/支配人 - was living in Scotland and was looking for a change after breaking up with her partner.?
Speaking to the Liverpool Echo, she explained how her 'lightbulb moment' (機の)カム when her father told her of his 計画(する)s to renovate a 先頭 he'd recently bought.
After this, the homeowner began searching for houses in the Liverpool area and fell in love with the Victorian features in her 所有物/資産/財産.
![Alison Little (pictured) has been slowly renovating her house in Merseyside since the end of 2021](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/07/17/16/73305203-12307391-image-a-3_1689607097590.jpg)
Alison Little (pictured) has been slowly renovating her house in Merseyside since the end of 2021
![Pictured: Alison's renovated bathroom in her Merseyside home. So far, she has completed her bathroom and bedroom](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/07/17/16/73304295-12307391-image-a-10_1689607151094.jpg)
Pictured: Alison's renovated bathroom in her Merseyside home. So far, she has 完全にするd her bathroom and bedroom
She said: 'I'd seen it online and I thought that's for me. I didn't 現実に 見解(をとる) the 所有物/資産/財産 before buying it.?
'But it looked pretty 井戸/弁護士席 kept. There was a family living in it before.'?
On 最高の,を越す of this, Alison was also drawn to the 'good size garden' and decided to put an 申し込む/申し出 in without 調書をとる/予約するing in for a visit.?
The homeowner is now spending most of her evenings and 週末s renovating her house on her own.?
Although she planned to just 取り組む one area at a time, Alison 認める that she has 'spiralled' somewhat and has several home 改良 事業/計画(する)s on the go at once.?
Since getting the 重要なs at the end of 2021, Alison has renovated the outdated bathroom into a 高級な space - consisting of a 解放する/自由な-standing bath and gold にわか雨.
一方/合間, she also 完全にするd her bedroom - which has a new trendy fireplace and velvet headboard.?
What's more, Alison decided to put a stud 塀で囲む up in her bedroom to separate it into two separate spaces again.?
![Pictured: Alison is in the middle of renovating her kitchen and hopes to have it completed by September](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/07/17/16/73305201-12307391-image-a-11_1689607153472.jpg)
Pictured: Alison is in the middle of renovating her kitchen and hopes to have it 完全にするd by September
![Pictured: the new fireplace Alison installed in her bedroom. It is one of two rooms that Alison is currently happy with](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/07/17/16/73305195-12307391-image-m-17_1689608056329.jpg)
Pictured: the new fireplace Alison 任命する/導入するd in her bedroom. It is one of two rooms that Alison is 現在/一般に happy with
![Alison in the midst of her kitchen renovation](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/07/17/16/73304299-12307391-image-a-16_1689607193238.jpg)
![Alison in the midst of her kitchen renovation](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/07/17/16/73304301-12307391-image-a-15_1689607188600.jpg)
Left:?Alison in the 中央 of her kitchen 革新. 権利: the kitchen before the 閣僚s were ripped out
現在/一般に, Alison is in the middle of re-doing her kitchen - which she hopes will be 完全にするd by September.?
So far, she has ripped out the previous owner's 閣僚s and 器具s and 追加するd some stylish 黒人/ボイコット アルミ doors.?
Giving a rough timeline for the 規模 of the 事業/計画(する), Alison 追加するd: 'I would hope by the end of the year that its in a liveable 明言する/公表する. I want a home that really 反映するs me and my personality.'
After 完全にするing on the house sale almost two years ago, Alison recently 反映するd on Instagram: 'In 2021 I really said “f*** it” and bought a house sight unseen, in a place that I’ve never lived before.?
'I needed a 事業/計画(する) and I was really 信用ing my gut on this one. There was only about 8 weeks between deciding I was going to buy a fixer-upper by myself, to 現実に having a sale agreed.?
'What is it they say, go hard or go home? I went hard and bought a home.'?
Although she 認める she hadn't made 'as much 進歩 as I'd like', Alison said: 'Between getting to know a new area, starting a new 職業, 直す/買収する,八百長をするing my 少しの broken heart, 乗る,着手するing on a 十分な blown reno with 無 DIY experience, and also trying to have some sort of social life, 演習 and drink water, with the 時折の existential 危機, I think I’m doing alright.?
'So while I don’t have any “afters” yet, I’ve been slowly chipping away and have lots and lots of “befores” and “durings”, and a few “what I hope the afters look like".'