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sadly this is the current state of affairs.
When i bought a flat the estate agent called us ahead, we had made it clear that we were in the construction business and wanted a place with some work. we probaly paid 40-50k less than market value for the surface, but probably spent 10k more then that due to design choices. a tradesman could have done it up for 25k.
Glws
Ours was renovated by the seller, who is a builder, prior to us buying it. Most of the work is "ok", and passed the structural survey anyway, but a lot is quite bodgy and clearly done by a jack of all trades. I guess they spent 10k excluding self labour and upped the price by 40k. I really would have preferred them to leave it and just inflate the price.