Inside the stunning dream homes that were bought for just £1

A scheme that allows people to by a house for just £1 has led to some stunning results.

Several dilapidated properties in Liverpool have been completely transformed into incredible dream homes as part of the innovative 'Homes for a Pound' scheme. The project was launched in 2015 and lets people, who are struggling to save for a deposit, purchase a house for £1, before using their own money and resources to bring it back to life as part of an agreement with the local council.

There were 2,500 applications received for just 106 houses in the Webster Triangle neighbourhood, after a trial in the Granby area of the city. It gained national attention and in 2018 was the subject of a Channel 4 documentary series.

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As the final £1 house resident moves into her newly transformed property, Liverpool Echo has taken a look at some of the people who successfully turned their £1 investment into incredible new homes. Here they are:

Maxine Sharples

Maxine Sharples was the last £1 house owner to move into her new property last month.

She had first applied for a pound property in 2015, when she was a postgraduate student at Liverpool John Moores University. Four years later and she finally got a call saying one of the run down houses in the Webster Triangle was hers.

The refurbishment was a huge job and Maxine, now a yoga teacher, was effectively homeless while she carried out the work, living out of a camper van in south Liverpool.

She told the ECHO: "It has taken me 27 arduous months to get it signed off. It was gruelling, I couldn't have been more naïve about the process. As a yoga teacher I couldn't have been less experienced in