‘It does pay to SHOP AROUND’

When a leak forced Jenny to revamp her bathroom sooner than expected, she was determined to achieve a high-end look on a tight budget

- KAREN WILSON

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

‘My favourite part is the industrial-style shower screen. I’m glad we positioned the shower there as it’s the first thing you see as you walk in’

SPACE TO RELAX 

‘When our sash window was repaired, opaque glass was added for privacy. Now I can enjoy a lovely deep bath with scented candles’

COME ON IN!

ABOUT ME I’m Jenny Tumilty, 35, a freelance hair stylist, and I live here with my husband Kev, 36, a company director, and our children Georgina, five, and Max, two, in a six-bedroom, red-brick Victorian end-of-terrace house in Hartlepool, which we moved into in 2017.

MY CHALLENGE Making better use of the space. There’s a separate toilet next door, but in the main bathroom everything seemed crammed at the far end of the room with a big unused area by the window.

MY WISHLIST A large walk-in shower and deep bath were top of my list, along with panelling, tiling and flooring that would suit the age of the house.

After missing out on another property nearby, we fell in love with this three-storey house,’ says Jenny. ‘Our first home – a three-bedroom 1930s semi – was just around the corner, but we wanted an older property to do up. And as we planned to expand our family, this six-bedroom house with a side garden and rear driveway was ideal.