He bought the apartment of his dreams at auction at an incredible price, but it wasn’t so

And the dream seemed to come true when the auctioneer said “sold” and he was the beneficiary. With this offer: an almost ridiculous price that no one on site tried to beat, same.

However, Cal hadn’t realized that there had been any changes to the auction property numbers that day. “Did you see what you just bought?” Then commented the person sitting next to him.

The young man checked again and there he found the devastating surprise: in fact, he had acquired a 120 year old mansion that was literally in ruins, on the verge of collapse due to neglect and complete lack of maintenance.

“The number I had on the paper and the one they were showing on the screen certainly didn’t match,” he said. The Guardian about his hopeless purchase, which a few days later he went to visit and came across a sign that warned: “Danger, stay away”.

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Nothing could be worse … Then things could only get better, the young man said to himself. After consulting with his girlfriend, they decided to rebuild it. After two years of work and effort, they finally realized their dream: their own house in conditions to be inhabited.

“It’s hard work, but we’ve both learned a lot. Accepting so much has helped us grow as people. We’ve learned everything from masonry to computer-aided design software to plumbing and electricity, ”Cal told the aforementioned English newspaper. .