A thrifty couple have launched into a mammoth undertaking to transform two separate flats into one dream house by pulling down partitions and stripping the property naked.
Ellie Williams and her accomplice Lloyd, first time house house owners from South Wales, bought each flats in April 2022 with the intention of changing them into one large home.
The acute DIY job has seen the couple knock down a number of partitions, get well vintage options and set up a staircase, however have to this point solely accomplished two rooms, spending £32,000 within the course of.
The pair share movies of the progress on TikTok, the place they revealed they purchased the flats at a superb worth, and that the conversion got here with off-street parking, a grasp ensuite bed room and is totally indifferent.
The lovebirds have invited others to observe their journey, with one fan calling it ‘objectives’. They revealed: ‘We’re Ellie and Lloyd and we purchased these first two flats as our first house in April 2022 to transform again into one home.
Ellie Williams and her accomplice Lloyd (each pictured) have launched into a mammoth undertaking to transform two separate flats into one dream house – and have spent £32,000 to this point
The thrifty couple are pictured working collectively as they hammer and work on of the partitions within the transformed house
The pair revealed that after dwelling with household and staying child-free, they managed to avoid wasting up sufficient cash to construct the house
Lloyd is pictured taking a break from the lengthy and gruelling undertaking – one the couple have labored on for the final 16 months
‘We knew it was going to be a fully large undertaking after we went to view [the flats], however we knew that we wished to take it on as effectively.
‘The principle motive for this was [that] it ticked the entire bins for our non-negotiables. It has a backyard, it has parking and it is indifferent.’
The couple started the undertaking after a number of years of struggling to get on the property ladder, however after dwelling with household and staying child-free, they’ve saved up sufficient cash to construct their dream house.
However the job has been no straightforward feat for Ellie and Lloyd who’ve had their work lower out for them.
This contains renovating the home after lengthy working days, dwelling within the flats as they renovated them and studying how you can structurally construct every element of the house.
‘We determined to dwell right here throughout the renovations as a result of we thought that this was going to assist us determine what we wished to do with every house.
‘To date, we have accomplished two rooms – our important lavatory and our spare bed room’ defined the couple.
The pair took to TikTok to share movies of the progress, the place they revealed they purchased the flats at a superb worth, full with a sizeable loft (The couple are pictured engaged on the loft conversion)
Talking on the work intimately, Ellie provides: ‘Clearly, the primary job that we wished to do was to put in an inside staircase, so we may truly join the 2 flats collectively’
The laborious working duo have gotten caught in to the job, together with doing their very own knocking and hammering
With a lot work earlier than them, Ellie lists ‘understanding the place to start out’ as one of many greatest challenges
The lovebirds have invited others to observe their journey, utilizing diary-style movies – together with this one which exhibits step-by-step progress
One of many accomplished rooms is a surprising fashionable lavatory, full with marble partitions, a porcelain bathtub and a big bathe.
They continued: ‘Our loft conversion master bedroom is effectively underway and the open plan kitchen-living-dining space is coming collectively slowly however certainly.
‘Realizing which order to do issues in is truthfully the toughest factor’.
In one other video, followers can see the progress underway on integral components of the flat, earlier than the couple set up a smooth picket staircase with glass panelling.
The DIYers are additionally seen hammering and dealing on a wall, whereas in one other clip, roofers are hooking scaffolding onto the 2 homes.
Ellie and Lloyd bought each flats in April 2022 with the intention of changing them into one large home
Pictured listed here are the 2 units of keys belonging to the flats they bought in April 2022
The home has undergone numerous inside demolition to make it one tremendous indifferent house (Pictured: The outside of the semi renovated house)
On this clip, roofers will be seen hooking scaffolding onto the 2 homes as a part of the renovation
The job has been no straightforward feat for the couple, which incorporates renovating the home after lengthy working days, dwelling within the flats as they renovated them and studying how you can structurally construct every element of the house (Pictured: Staff muck in)
Talking about their big undertaking, Ellie defined: ‘Clearly, the primary job that we wished to do was to put in an inside staircase, so we may truly join the 2 flats collectively and never really feel like they have been separate dwellings.
‘So, we lower a gap within the bannister, ordered our staircase and this was the primary job.
‘After this, we did quite a lot of inside demolition, together with discovering this wonderful fire behind the render, cleansing up and getting ready for the rooms to be embellished.
‘Subsequent up, we had the roof changed. We added photo voltaic panels, skylights, steels for the loft and painted the outside’.
Their diary-style movies have garnered hundreds of views and lots of of feedback from customers in awe on the large-scale undertaking.
The diary-style movies have garnered hundreds of views and lots of of feedback from customers in awe on the large-scale undertaking
One fan wrote: ‘Okay. That is so cute. Think about being with the love of your life and discovering the house of your desires, then doing the renovations collectively. Objectives’.
One other individual mentioned: ‘Been following because the begin. Like to see the progress’.
‘Discovering that fire – greatest shock ever’ commented one other.
‘It is a beautiful transformation. A great deal of inspiration too. Adore it’ mentioned a fourth.
In the meantime one individual mentioned: ‘You already know the home goes to be wonderful. I imply, have a look at the rooms’.
