Penarth home runner up in Wales' Home of the Year 2024

Ty Newydd in Penarth is home to Carol, her husband Chris and their cat Dottie. 

The property was one of three homes competing for Wales' Home of the Year 2024 South East title.

The winner of the South East goes through to the final episode to be in with the chance of being named Wales' Home of the Year.

The judges in Penarth (on the left) and the Penarth homeowners (on the right) (Image: BBC) This year is season three of popular BBC show and the Penarth home was up against two other properties for the South East title.

The other two properties were a renovated detached family home in Barry and an extended semi-detached property in Rhiwbina.

The South East winners from Barry (Image: BBC) If you haven't watched this week's episode, this will be a spoiler, but the winner was the family home in Barry. 

However, one of the judges, when Interior Designer Mandy Watkins first saw the Penarth property, she said: 

I love everything about it, the planting, the building. It's everything I'd want in a home."

The property has an upside-down design, downstairs there are two bedrooms, a bathroom, and a kitchen diner. 

The lounge (Image: BBC) Upstairs there is an open lounge and main bedroom with a dressing room and en-suite.

The architecture of the building was done by a local firm one of the judges used to work for.

"I have to say at this point, I'm pretty sure I know the architect. It's a local firm and I used to work for that practice.

"It is not a building I'm familiar with because I left many moons ago. 

"It's modern, it's clearly got hints of art deco. I'm really excited to go in and see what's inside," said the judge, Glenn Thomas.

The judges in the kitchen (Image: BBC) When the judges entered the property, the leader of the Owain Wyn Evans said:

"Two things I love, the home and the cat. When can I move in?"

The owner, Carol, said: "We both always loved our deco, and our dream was to always have an art deco house on the coast."

The couple's cat (Image: BBC)"There was a house for sale on this plot and we fell in love, not with the house because it wasn't that great, but with the view," her husband added.

"We then put in planning permission to knock it down and move the whole house a little bit further here and towards the cliff," she said.

The sea view (Image: BBC)

"Most of the house is looking east so you get the sun rising and in the evening the moon comes out over the sea as well.

"So, everything is designed to maximise the view essentially."