PHOTOS: Couple bought derelict villa by mistake, turned it into dream home

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How a couple who set out to buy an apartment for $13,000 ended up the owners of a derelict villa by mistake and transformed it into a dream home

Claire Segeren and Cal Hunter in front of the Victorian villa in Dunoon, Scotland.A couple wanted to bid to buy a fire-damaged apartment in Glasgow, Scotland, at an auction.They spent four years renovating the uninhabitable 120-year-old house – take a look.

While bidding at an auction, Hunter purchased one of four apartments in the Jameswood Villa in Dunoon, on a remote peninsula by mistake. "He was there to buy an apartment in Glasgow, but after the auction guides were printed, the auction house slipped an additional lot in, just before the Glasgow flat, and for the same starting bid," Segeren told Insider.

After buying the first apartment by mistake for £10,000, or around $12,700, they decided to buy the other three for £30,000, or around $38,000.

 

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