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A homeowner has discovered a perfectly preserved advert showing an artist's impression of her three-bedroom semi when it was first built eight decades ago.
Julie Whitaker, 62, unearthed the 84-year-old newspaper cutting from a drawer in her home of 30 years in Leeds, West Yorkshire.
The relic has been wonderfully preserved over the decades and is believed to have remained in the property ever since it was built around 1937, costing just £628.
Julie Whitaker, 62, discovered a perfectly preserved advert (pictured) showing an artist's impression of her three-bedroom semi when it was first built eight decades ago
Julie believes it has passed down from generation to generation until falling into her hands after she purchased the house for £60,000 in 1992.
The ad appeared in local newspaper the Leeds Mercury two years before the Second World War when it entered the market for the first time.
It offers prospective buyer's spacious rooms, a tiled bathroom as well as a tarmac or concrete drive and a 'choice of fireplace'.
The three-bedroom property was so
