Play the regeneration game

Rose Martin on two derelict period properties with stacks of potential.

WHAT is it that is so appealing about derelict houses? Rotten floorboards and drunken roof tiles bring out the dreamer, nay fantasist, in some.

And forget getting a bargain, old houses eat money — and that’s before builder-battles and nervous exhaustion. It’s no wonder the top rating TV shows on these islands are property programmes.