Dunleer

Hugh Wallace: 'Thanks to savings, and sale of starter home, their mortgage repayments come in at less than the national rent'

“We were very lucky with our builder. “We’re not homeless but technically we are. “You’ve saved a piece of architectural heritage in the village that within the that really had been consigned to history. “I think it was one of the best decisions that was made on the house,” she says. “Baby on the way, Covid arrived, had to reapply for the mortgage — one of those would be enough to send a couple over the edge but you had all those to deal with together,” says Hugh. Out of that budget they plan to restore “at least the two floors” of the mill, says Kelly at the beginning of the episode on RTÉ One. “My memory of this was walking in here the black polythene on the floor. “Yet the light and airiness remains,” says Hugh. In October, Kelly has run out of money and has no choice but to DIY the house painting. All that despite the lockdown challenges of the pandemic, a baby on the way, and the couple having to reapply for their mortgage. Lockdowns “put the brakes on” this project throughout, as does the couple having to reapply for their mortgage. “If they want to start their family life in December they’ll have to hope for Christmas miracle,” says Hugh.