My Home Is One Big Antique and Now It's Time to Flog It! ; the Tv Presenter has Drawn On Some Tricks of the Trade to Transform His Ancient Property, Property On Sunday

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As the presenter of BBC antiques show Flog It!, Paul Martin advises viewers on how to make money from selling their heirlooms. But now the 41-year-old dealer-turned-TV-star will need to heed his own words to sell his biggest treasure his early Georgian home and shop.

'Doing up my house has been like restoring one big antique,' says Paul, who has been described as a real-life version of TV rogue Lovejoy. Paul found the 1712 half timber framed building in the centre of Marlborough, Wiltshire, by chance. 'I was shopping and spotted a For Sale sign going up. I knew I had to have the place and made an offer straight away,' he says.

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My Home Is One Big Antique and Now It's Time to Flog It! ; the Tv Presenter has Drawn On Some Tricks of the Trade to Transform His Ancient Property, Property On Sunday

At the time, he owned a large barn nearby, where he stored his antiques, but found it costly to run because of exorbitant heating bills and general upkeep. Living above the shop was the answ...

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