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Queensland handyman to remodel Charters Towers ‘crack den’ into household house

By Ashley Nickel for Daily Mail Australia

23:34 28 Jun 2022, updated 23:47 28 Jun 2022

  • Queensland renovator Nat Redgrave bought a “crack den” for less than $60,000
  • He wants to remodel the three-bed home in Charters Towers in two months
  • A burned spoon and box of syringes were found in the Queensland home
  • The median price for a three bedroom home in Charters Towers is over $207,000

A handyman has tackled the ultimate home renovation project to turn an abandoned ‘cave’ into a white picket fence single family home. He took less than three months to complete the ambitious work.

Nat Redgrave bought a home in the Queensland town of Charters Towers, two hours south of Townsville, and on Monday shared video of the interior being approved.

He asked about investment properties in the area on Facebook and received a message from the home’s former owner.

“I hadn’t seen it, I just wanted to take some pictures,” he told Daily Mail Australia.

“After we bought it, I sat down with a carpenter and his first reaction was, ‘No way mate, you have to cancel this contract.'”

“It’s a doable renovation, just a lot of manual work.”

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Queensland renovator Nat Redgrave bought a three-bedroom “crack den” home (above) in Charter Towers for less than $60,000

Video posted Monday showed the home’s overgrown front yard, burned-out electrical box, dingy interior still filled with the previous owner’s belongings, and dingy kitchen and bathroom.

Mr Redgrave said he bought the three-bedroom home for just under $60,000 and hopes to limit renovation costs to $70,000.

He said he first jokingly referred to the house as a “crack den” but has since found some items that suggest people were using drugs in the house.

“I expected to find a lot from outside the home,” he said.

“I didn’t find 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 off the filthy interior of the house, the burned out electrical box and the overgrown garden (pictured Monday’s fridge). Mr Redgrave shared photos of what the house looked like after a day of cleaning (pictured). The first video on Monday showed the house was still full of the previous owner’s unwanted possessions (pictured a bedroom in the house on Monday). With the help of friends he cleared out a ton of rubbish Nat Redgrave (above) is determined to convert the Charters Towers ‘crack den’ into a picket fenced family home in just over two months

He said the house is a one-off “cat among doves” in an otherwise beautiful area, adding that locals are excited to see how the eyesore will transform in the near future.

He hopes the home will be “safe, tidy, and pretty” in about two months and will go on the market for about $220,000.

“The house looks crazy, but it has good floors and a good roof,” said Mr Redgrave.

“Kitchen is ok and bathroom is pretty good, just needs a good cleaning.”

“We’re going to put up a picket fence at the front, give it a little nice touch and then it’s ready for sale.”

Several items found in the home suggest the people who previously lived there used drugs, including a bent and burned spoon (above) and syringes. Mr Redgrave said he hopes to turn the house (above) into a “safe, tidy and nice” picket-fence family home with $70,000 in just over two months

Videos of the “crack den Reno” have skyrocketed on TikTok and the hard-working Queensland renovator has racked up over 25,000 followers overnight.

He said he plans to share more of the renovation work, as he’s already torn up the house’s old carpets and removed a lot of trash from the house.

A day after the viral video was filmed, Mr Redgrave shared photos of the house with Daily Mail Australia.

The house (pictured a bedroom in the house on Monday) is expected to sell for around $220,000 following Mr Redgrave’s renovations

Charters Towers is a small town of approximately 11,600 people located 84 miles southwest of Townsville.

The average price for a three-bedroom home in the area is $207,500, according to realestate.com.au, with growth of 8.4 percent over the past year.

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