Woman makes home unsellable after 30 years decorating and you'll see why | The Sun

A WOMAN who spent more than 30 years turning a pair of rundown cottages into her own life-sized doll house says her changes have made the property unsellable.

Mary Rose Young, 61, has been painting her home in Lydney, Gloucestershire in bright colours by hand since 1987.

From the outside, Mary Rose Young's house seems like an ordinary propertyCredit: Mercury Press

Ms Young, 61, has been painting her home in Lydney, Gloucestershire in bright colours by hand since 1987Credit: Mercury Press

Her home is full of bright colours - including a pink bedCredit: Mercury Press

Her toilet seat has a zebra pattern while the bathroom has been painted in a distinctive styleCredit: Mercury Press

The home also has bright spotty stairs with blue railingsCredit: Mercury Press

She bought the two cottages - once lived in by squatters - for just £30,000, and after years of pain-staking renovations she decided to sell in 2014.

Real estate agents told her the home should be worth at least £500,000, but its eccentric style meant it has failed to drum up any serious interest.

Only one curious person was persuaded to view the house and they chose not to buy.

Ms Young hoped to sell the home to open up a boutique bed and breakfast nearby.

The cottage is full of vivid colours, including striking yellow and green walls, black and white tiled floors, a zebra-patterned toilet seat and bright pink furnishings - the same colour as Ms Young's hair.

Ms Young bought the two cottages - once lived in by squatters - for just £30,000Credit: Mercury Press

She describes the home as a "funhouse for adults"Credit: Mercury Press

The home has a unique chandelier hanging from its ceilingCredit: Mercury Press

She turned the courtyard into a bright pink pottery studioCredit: Mercury Press

She shares the house with her musician husband, Phil Butcher, 62.

Despite a lack of buying interest Ms Young refuses to change the style of her home.

“I love my house and the house really works for me. I’m a colourful person and I even have pink hair. I like it more and more as I get older," she said.

“I made this house around my own life and I wasn’t thinking about it being sellable.

“We’re living like two children in a doll’s house and in retrospect why would anybody else want to buy it?

Ms Young said she hoped a collector of her pottery would be interested in buying the homeCredit: Mercury Press

The home's kitchen is full of mugs Ms Young has created in her signature styleCredit: Mercury Press

“I just thought it might go to a mad collector of my work who might want to buy it, but no one was interested."

Ms Young said she enjoyed transforming the property from two rundown cottages into a colourful "playhouse for adults".

“It became a really fun project for me on the side of my pottery business and I was so galvanised by it I ended up neglecting my pottery at times.

“I painted it all myself and I would get help for some bits if I was in a hurry and was trying to work on the pottery. When you do it by yourself, you do it with all your heart.