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Mark Wright has travelled 30 hours to Mallorca to refurbish his flat in just three weeks after suffering a building 'nightmare'.

The TV presenter, 36, and a team of builders have driven for two days and caught a ferry to desperately travel to his holiday flat on the Spanish island.

Speaking on Heart Breakfast with Jamie Theakston and Amanda Holden from Mallorca, Mark detailed the disastrous scenario he had found himself in.

He explained that he bought the flat a year ago before leaving it in the hands of some builders he didn't know, but said they tried to 'cut corners' and created 'problems'.

Mark, who does work in property development, said he wasn't happy with the look of the flat so decided to travel there with a team of builders to do the work himself.

He told hosts Jamie and Amanda: 'I bought an apartment just over a year ago, and left it in the hands of some builders that I didn't know, it wasn't that I wasn't happy with the look.

'There was just lots of problems that were created, they tried to cut corners. So then I spoke to another company and the price wasn't matching up with what I had in mind, and I just thought, DIY, got to sort it myself.'

Speaking about the long journey, he said: 'I left two days ago. It's a long old drive. What makes it longer is the fact that it's an island. 

'If it was just Barcelona it would be fine, you have to get the ferry which is seven hours, but it ends up being 10 because we've been sat here for an hour docked not getting off.'

Mark then revealed that he has just under three weeks to completely strip down the existing 'bad' work and refurbish the flat, which is situated in a hotel.

He said: 'Not even finish it off, strip what they've

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