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

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

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

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Since getting the 重要なs at the end of 2021, Alison has renovated the outdated bathroom into a 高級な space - consisting of a 解放する/自由な-standing bath and gold にわか雨.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

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

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
Alison in the midst of her kitchen renovation

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".'

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