Homes Under The Hammer host Dion Dublin amazed viewers by unveiling the epic transformation of a grimy house in Kent.
The host first show viewers the mould-infested three-bedroom house, pointing out the cobwebs, rubbish and dirt but he insisted it would make a lovely home if buyers could "could see beyond the mess".
Junk was piled high in many of the dark and dingy rooms, and there was a serious mould problem.
The house near Canterbury, was to be auctioned at a starting price of £175,000, but an estate agent who joined Dion for the tour admitted that if the new owners could give the house a decent makeover it could achieve a £300,000 resale price.
Dion said of the house: "This whole place needs to be gutted.
"Now I've been in some really bad places on Homes Under the Hammer. This is one of the most cramped I've ever seen."
The garden was good-sized, but "slightly overgrown", as Dion observed.
The house ended up selling at auction for £254,000 and was snapped up by developers Alison and Andrew, reports Kent Live.
The couple had plenty of experience doing up homes, and Alison had appeared on the TV show twice before.
Speaking on the show, they revealed they planned to do the renovations themselves and move into the property when they were done.
Returning to film the home a year later, it was revealed the dinge and mess had been banished and the house was unrecognisable.
There was a swanky new kitchen with a breakfast bar, new carpets throughout and the place looked amazing.
The couple kept to their £30,000 budget and could expect to sell the house on for an estimated £300,000.
The proud owners recounted the difficult year working on the house, with Alison admitting they even got investigated because they went forth and back to the tip fifty times.
Work still needed to be done to the exterior and the garden. But the semi-detached house now really felt like home for them.
