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Homes Under The Hammer stars distraught as squeamish presenter highlights huge issues with property


A couple who bought a property in the Valleys on Homes Under the Hammer had a lot to contend with as they made the three-bedroom terrace ready for the rental market

Even Martin Roberts, the show's presenter, who had a health scare last year, found himself recoiling at the laundry list of concerns, which included a damp, water-logged living room and an out-dated retaining wall that according to him, was all that stood between the Welsh hillside in Rhondda Fach and catastrophe. Homes Under the Hammer star Martin Roberts investigated the house (Image: BBC)Simon and Rebecca, who run a cleaning company in Oxfordshire, shared why they chose Tylorstown: "We got drawn to the area due to the cost of the properties around here." The couple admitted that the damp issues were well hidden and they didn't spot them because there was a carpet covering it - and it turned out that an underground spring was leaking into the house whenever there was heavy rainfall - which can be quite frequent in Tylorstown.

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