I built my three-bed dream home for £180k – how to do up a house on a budget

SAM Jackman would never have been able to afford to build her own home had she not inherited a derelict bungalow and plot.

Back in 2014, the 41-year-old was extremely lucky to have the run-down property in Calstock, Cornwall, where she grew up, gifted to her by her parents.

When Sam was given the plot of land by her father as an early inheritance, it had a run-down prefab bungalow on it...