Captivated by the property, which was named the McClain House after the affluent family who'd built it back in 1892, Betsy bought the home for $18,500 (£14.7k) in cash at just 27 years old.

"Any one of those houses would've been gorgeous and exciting to own, but the fact that this one was in a pretty significant state of disrepair and needed saving was what drew me to it," she says.

Betsy has always loved old buildings, so the purchase wasn't surprising to friends and family. But while she had managed stages of preservation and restoration projects through her job, this was the first residential renovation she'd undertaken on her own so she decided to document her progress on Instagram.

One woman transformed this £15k wreck into her dream home: incredible before and after photos