If you manage to scrape together enough money to buy a period house in these expensive times, it’s quite likely it will need some work doing. Moving in to a pristine, beautifully restored period home sounds wonderful, but in reality, not many of us can afford it.Instead, we go the alternative route. If we simply must have an old house compared to a new build, we move in to an old house that requires plenty of work, love and elbow grease –
