Homes Under the Hammer star Martin Roberts was left stunned when visiting a troubled home in need of a total overhaul.

Martin said the buyers had committed a 'cardinal sin' when purchasing the property as the house's neat exterior covered up the ugly truth behind closed doors.

The buyers acquired the property for £104,000 in what was initially regarded as a 'steal'.

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Homes Under The Hammer presenter Martin Roberts shocked after learning buyers never looked inside home

However, upon stepping inside, Homes Under The Hammer presenter Martin Roberts was hit with an unexpected sight.

The house was strewn with the previous occupants' possessions, making the inside of the home seem haphazard and as though it was abandoned in a hurry.

Furniture was also scattered across random rooms with many parts of the house needing a good deep clean.

The presenter, who has seen a number of houses over his long career, said that not many houses had such a contract between the inside and outside.

According to the Mirror, he candidly said: "It's obviously full of the previous occupant's belongings, which always makes looking around houses quite tricky; it's difficult to disassociate yourself from the emotion of seeing stuff like this, but we are looking at the property, not the bits and pieces in it, which you're going to have to clear out - a long weekend should get that sorted."

Not only was the BBC star taken aback by the state of the property, but he was also shocked to hear how it was purchased by couple Lisa and Andrew.

The duo revealed that they had bought the house without ever laying eyes on it.

Lisa confessed: "We didn't really come and have a visit, we bought it totally blind, we looked at the images, thought it looked alright - just needed a clean - that's what we thought. We should have, perhaps in hindsight, come and had one of the viewings, but we didn't."

The two set aside a budget of £5000 to £10,000 to do the house up but when the cameras returned 10 months later, it was clear that there was some trouble.

The home required a complete rewire leading to the floorboards and plastering being ripped apart.

Lisa added: "And the ground floor was very uneven so we had to arrange to have it levelled."

The couple were later able to do a complete makeover of the home, getting it into tip-top shape.

However, the budget exploded to around £15,000, well over the original budget.

In the end, the pair did not move in and instead rented it out for between £750 and £850 per month.

Homes Under The Hammer airs on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.