My Diy Without the Sos ; Bbc Tv Presenter Nick Knowles Made Sure There Were No Distress Signals When It Came to Renovating His London Home, Property On Sunday
Mail on Sunday › February 07, 2005
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On DIY SOS, Nick Knowles and his band of builders improve hundreds of homes all belonging to other people. But last year, Knowles tackled a project of his own: the complete renovation of his house in Chiswick, West London.
'I bought it for Pounds 350,000 two years ago,' says Knowles. 'I was renting in the road and this came up for sale. The old lady who lived here was born and died here and the place was falling down.' Built in the 1880s, the mid-terrace had three bedrooms, a front room and tiny kitchen. The toilet and bath were in a lean-to in the garden.See the full content of this document
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My Diy Without the Sos ; Bbc Tv Presenter Nick Knowles Made Sure There Were No Distress Signals When It Came to Renovating His London Home, Property On Sunday
'The day I bought the house, I cleared everything out,' he recalls.
'I put a bed, clothes rail and heater in the front room and slept there while deciding what to do with the property.' It was ten months before he did anything.He was unable to call in his DIY SO...See the full content of this document
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