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House Rules Hell Our Home Is A Death Trap!
Woman's Day Australia
|21 May 2018
Troy and Bec are left footing a $100,000 bill to fix up what was meant to be their dream home
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When Aussie battlers Bec Herning and Troy Campbell got the call to appear on Seven’s House Rules they thought it was a dream come true, but almost a year on their dream has turned into a living nightmare – one that could end up costing them around $100,000.
“We went on the show thinking we were walking into a new home, but we’ve been left with a dump,” says Bec.
Far from finishing last season’s House Rules with a renovated house, Bec says it was in a disgusting state. “It was pretty much still a worksite – there was crap everywhere,” says the mother-of-two.
“There was asbestos behind the shed, a gas leak and there’s exposed wires out back.
This story is from the 21 May 2018 edition of Woman's Day Australia.
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