Couple spent £150,000 on 'the ugliest house on the street' - and transformed it into their dream home 価値（がある） 二塁打 what they paid with DIY 技術s learned from YouTube
A couple?spent £150,000 on 'the ugliest house on the street' and 二塁打d its value - turning it into their dream home - after learning DIY on YouTube.
Lizzy Williams, 37, and her husband, Phil 40, who 作品 in 財政／金融, bought the four-bed 半分-detached house in St Albans, Hertfordshire, in June 2014.
They （人命などを）奪う，主張する it was the 'ugliest' 所有物／資産／財産 on the road because it had not been lived in for four years - with 穴を開けるs in the 天井, dead 工場／植物s, and fungus growing in the downstairs loo.
The couple spent nine years renovating the 所有物／資産／財産 themselves and 見積（る） they have saved £200k in costs - turning to YouTube to learn how to do the plumbing, electrics, build a swimming pool and 任命する／導入する a kitchen.
They 雇うd 建設業者s to 建設する an 拡張 to the 後部 of the 所有物／資産／財産 and fit a new roof.
The long garden path to the summerhouse had little charm (left) but now it is elegantly landscaped around a swimming pool and patio
After an arduous building 事業／計画（する） (left) the family's renovated garden exudes 同時代の style
The kitchen looked neglected after 存在 unoccupied for four years (left) but now it is a modern family kitchen with an island breakfast 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業
The bathroom was dark, dinghy and unwelcoming (left) but it has now been transformed into a light, airy space
They finished the 革新s last September and said they have transformed the house into their perfect family home.
Lizzy and Phil spent £150,000 transforming 'the ugliest house on the street' using 貯金 and their salaries - and say they have 二塁打d the value of the home.
Lizzy, who 作品 in marketing, from St Albans, Hertfordshire, said: 'Phil is very 詳細（に述べる）s 焦点（を合わせる）d - he 吸収するs （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） really 井戸／弁護士席.
'We used a lot of online 会議s to help us - we would watch YouTube ビデオs too.
'He would lean on friends and family to help us out and ask advice on how to approach 状況／情勢s.
'It is a bit of a myriad of 研究 on the internet and asking friends.
'We put our heart and soul into the house - the fact that we did a lot of the 革新 ourselves makes our home really special.
Lizzy and Phil at their four-bed St Albans house during the 革新
Phil at work 除去するing 塀で囲むs during the building 事業／計画（する）
Lizzie and Phil 追加するd an 拡張 to the 前線 of the 所有物／資産／財産
The house exudes charm with its blend of 伝統的な and 同時代の style
'The main house 革新 took us around six years as we did most of the work ourselves.
'We fully 完全にするd the 革新 last year, finishing off the garden - nine years after we 初めは bought the house.'
After buying the 所有物／資産／財産 in June 2014, the couple moved in six months later to start gutting it.
Phil and Lizzy 最初 lived i n two bedrooms whilst the 革新 work was going on around them.
Lizzy said: 'We 始める，決める the 前線 room up as our bedroom and then we had a 支援する bedroom that we used as a living room.
'Everywhere else we were doing work on - we lived in those rooms for a year.
'We didn't have a 支援する of the house for a year either as we were building the 拡張.'
When they bought the 所有物／資産／財産 it had four bedrooms. Phil and Lizzy 延長するd the 所有物／資産／財産 to make the bedrooms larger and 変えるd the garage - 追加するing four extra rooms.
Lizzy said: 'It is not the same house that we bought, we re-plumbed, we 追加するd a two-storey 後部 拡張 with the 隣人s.
'We were able to 延長する the 足跡 of the house, going 支援する into the garden.
'We 変えるd the garage into four rooms that we use as a 公共事業（料金）／有用性 room, 洗面所, 熟考する／考慮する and boot room.
'We went 負かす／撃墜する a bit too, underneath the house was just a 無効の that was used for 貯蔵.
'We 回復するd that space and now you step into our kitchen area.'
The 内部の of Lizzy and Phil's St Albans home is unrecognisable from what it was before
The house was stripped 支援する by Lizzy and Phil during 革新s
The couple trained themselves to do much of the plumbing and electrics (Pictured: New joists are fitted below the living room 床に打ち倒す
The couple spent £150,000 on renovating the 所有物／資産／財産 after 認めるing its 可能性のある
In total, Lizzy and Phil spent £150,000 on the 所有物／資産／財産, they had £40,000 in 貯金, borrowed money and used their salary to afford the 変形.
Lizzy said: 'The £40k we had saved lasted us around two years, we borrowed some more money and used our salary for the 残り／休憩（する） of it.
'That is another 推論する／理由 why it has taken us so long as we did not have 抱擁する reserves.
'It has been a hard slog but we love it.'
Lizzy says her favourite room in the house is the kitchen and enjoys the 'quirky' features in the home - 含むing a 'hangover （法廷の）裁判' to sit in the にわか雨 and a TV in the bathroom.
Lizzy said: 'We really like the kitchen, we love the high 天井s and the space we have.
'In 1950s houses you don't really get that, our 天井s in the kitchen are three-and-a-half metres tall.
'It gives you a feeling of space and 開いていること／寛大 wh ich you wouldn't さもなければ get.
'明白に the swimming pool is 冷静な／正味の, it is 広大な／多数の／重要な in the summer for our son, William, three.
'We have put some fun features into the home, we have a TV in the family bathroom.
'We have a （法廷の）裁判 in the にわか雨 that we lovingly call the hangover （法廷の）裁判.'
