Linda Williams was waiting at a bus stop in Haydock, Merseyside, when an elderly man struck up a conversation and said something that stopped her in her tracks.
The retired man pointed across the street and said he lived ‘next door to that empty house’, Linda says. This may sound like a banal statement to most, but to Linda, who is 62 and owns a card and gift shop in Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, she saw an opportunity.
This is because keen walker Linda has raked in cash from her favourite pastime – spotting uninhabited and rundown properties she can report to developers.
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