THE STORY

Owners Jane and Julian Souter live here with their cat Ginger. Julian is a retired headteacher, and Jane is a church organist and retired schoolteacher

Property A Victorian semi-detached villa, built in the early 1850s by the side of the Staffordshire and Worcestershire canal.

There are three reception rooms and two bedrooms. The large garden contains a former pig sty

What they did The couple tackled every room in the house, removing Artex from the ceilings and replastering, replacing UPVC windows with wooden ones, fitting a new kitchen and bathrooms, and converting the garage into a music room and laundry