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WHO LIVES HERE? I’m Chloe Simmons, 52, and I run a legal consultancy business. I live in a four-bedroom house in Loughton, Essex, with my husband, Iain, 50, a lawyer; our son, Arthur, 13; and black golden doodle, Roku.

WHAT WAS UPDATED? We repainted all the walls and the steps in a warm green shade, and ripped up the old carpet and replaced it with a runner.

WHY THE CHANGE? The hallway stairs were so grubby and desperately needed recarpeting, so we took the opportunity to revamp the whole area.

HOW LONG DID IT TAKE? It took us about four weeks in total because we did all of the painting ourselves in the evenings. But we got there in the end.

£1,292

TOTAL COST