A COUPLE’S dream of turning their shabby loft into an idyllic living space has been shattered by actually going through the process.
Nikki Hollis and Stephen Malley were convinced a dormer conversion would rejuvenate their miserable lives but actually just caused a f**kload of mess and stress.
Hollis said: “We spent ages planning and designing, both secretly hoping that installing two Velux windows and a small ensuite bathroom would somehow erase a decade of marital tedium.
“However, as soon as we started the actual work, it all went to shit. Stephen had accumulated so much crap up there that it took four weekends to sort it, and we had a particularly vicious row over the necessity of keeping a partially completed 2005/06 Premier League sticker album.
“Then the builders came and knocked a huge hole in the roof, which led to dust being constantly whipped through the house due to the icy draught. When they eventually finished we realised we didn’t have anywhere to put the stuff we’d got out in the first place and just crammed it all back up there again.
“So now we’ve blown £15k on what is essentially a fancy storage space with it’s own bathroom and lots of natural light, and our marriage is a step closer to ending. Not the result we were looking for, really.”
