Property Snakes and Ladders S02 E01 Sydenham

Recently divorced, Jonathan Topps had been forced to live in his friend’s spare room for 6 months and was itching to get back onto the property ladder. With London prices so high, he had decided to embark upon a new career as a property developer to help him achieve the house of his dreams, and hoped a 3 bed Victorian terrace in Sydenham would be his first success. Even though he planned to do the majority of the work himself, his £20,000 development budget seemed optimistic, particularly as he’d bought the property without even the most basic survey.