Tuesday 28 June 2022 11:39 PM Queensland handyman to transform Charters Towers 'crack den' into family home trends now
An Aussie handyman has taken on the ultimate renovation project to turn an abandoned 'crack den' into a white-picket-fence family home, giving himself less than three months to complete the ambitious job.
Nat Redgrave bought a home in the Queensland town of Charters Towers, two hours south of Townsville, and on Monday shared a video of its rundown inside.
Mr Redgrave said he took to Facebook to ask about investment homes in the area and received a message from the home's former owner.
'I hadn't seen it, I was just going off a couple of photos,' he told Daily Mail Australia.
'Once we'd bought it, I sat down with a carpenter and his initial reaction was 'no way mate, you've got to cancel this contract'.'
'It's an achievable renovation, just a lot of manual labour.'
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Queensland renovator Nat Redgrave bought a 'crack den' three-bedroom home (above) in Charter Towers for under $60,000
A video from Monday showed the overgrown front yard of the home, its burnt-out power box, filthy interior still filled with the previous owner's possession, dingy kitchen and bathroom.
Mr Redgrave said he bought the three-bedroom home for just under $60,000 and hopes to cap the renovations costs at $70,000.
Mr Redgrave said he'd initially called the home a 'crack den' as a joke but has since found a few items that suggest people were using drugs inside the home.
'I expected to find a lot, judging from the outside of the home,' he said.
'I haven't found too much, just a box of syringes and a spoon with a bend and a burnt bottom.'
In a viral video on Monday, Mr Redgrave showed the filthy interior of the
