A young couple has changed the face of their dull-looking council house into a lavish “black and white” home in an ambitious lockdown DIY project. First-time buyers Oli Tobin, 26, and Kira Clutton, 25, bought a “dated” three-bedroom home in Wrexham, North Wales, for £145,000 15 months ago and moved in July last year.

However, the couple wanted a more modern-looking home but had a strict budget constraint.

Soon after moving into the house, the couple started the process of converting the old council house into their dream home by stripping the flooring, carpets, and wallpaper, and removing plaster off the walls.

The young couple hired experts including a plumber, plasterer, and joiner, and bought new furniture for every room during the four-month project, spending a total of £10,000, reported Mirror.

New glass panels and steel handrails on the stairs were installed as the couple took some help from family members.

With the support of their relatives, they were able to tile the hallway, kitchen, and bathroom without hiring a professional.

Oli, who works as an exercise referral specialist, said: “We started work the day after we got the keys.

“We started by removing little things such as the flooring and carpets in rooms, stripping wallpaper and even removing old ruined plaster off of walls.

“We found lots of decorating on top of old decorating which often set us back by a few days as it took longer to get through the years and layers of paint and wallpaper.

“With being first-time buyers we were on a strict budget as we were told we couldn’t get additional money on top of our mortgage straight away to improve our home.

“However, with having a Help-To-Buy account we got a little bonus back after paying the deposit and some funds out of our personal account to create our budget.

“We estimate all the work including labour for trades we had to get in, materials and furniture to cost around £10,000.

“We know this is larger than most people’s budget but it is still a budget that we worked hard to save up for to create our dream first home.

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“The hardest part for us was constantly hitting setbacks by finding lots of bodged jobs hidden in the house.

“One simple job often turned into three or four separate expensive jobs.

“However, this didn’t stop us as we were determined to achieve our dream house.”

The renovation of the home was completed in February and the couple is now expecting their first child.

They now plan on redesigning one of the rooms as a nursery.

Oli said: “We have pretty much finished with the renovation of the house; all that’s left to do is cosmetic finishing touches such as mirrors, curtains, rugs and wall art.

“We have plans to convert the empty water tank cupboard in the third bedroom into a built-in wardrobe.

“However, we have recently found out that we are expecting our first child so we will also have to start thinking and redesigning the rest of this room as it will now have to become a nursery, ready for our little arrival that is due in September 2021.”

He shared the before and after photos of his home on Facebook leaving the social media users stunned.

His post has so far racked up more than 7,400 likes as users praised the couple for a job well done.

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