A house is on sale for just £1 in the UK's second-largest city but its smart exterior hides the horrors inside.
The three-bedroom Victorian terrace house in Acocks Green, Birmingham, boasts an original gable porch, trimmed hedge and newly painted front door.
But this is no smart starter-home, as a look through the keyhole shows just why it's on the market for no more than a quid.
Piles of rubble, a broken toilet and smashed up kitchen means any potential buyer has a major project on their hands.
The so-called ‘house of horrors’ is being auctioned for £1 by SDL Auctions, just in time for Halloween .
Valuer Neal Hume said: “This property may be a ghost of its former self but any serious investor will have the vision to see beyond the disrepair and imagine the possibilities.
“It’s actually a really lovely house with some attractive features such as original fireplaces and picture rails.
“With good-sized rooms, an upstairs bathroom and a garden, all the main ingredients are there and I’m sure there are many investors who won’t be able to resist the opportunity to perform a spectacular transformation on the property.”
On the ground floor, the property has a hallway and kitchen and two reception rooms, with 1930s fireplaces.
The front room has a large bay window, while the rear reception room has French windows leading out into the garden.
Upstairs there are three bedrooms – two with original cast iron fireplaces – and a bathroom.
Outside there is a small yard at the front and a good-sized rear garden.
The average property price in the same road is more than £200,000 meaning the buyer could snap up a home for the same price as a bag of sweets.
The street also boasts shops and close links to a railway station and is just six miles from the centre of Birmingham.
