Dilapidated house due proper reconstruction (4-5)
I believe the answer is:
doer-upper
'dilapidated house' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.
'due proper reconstruction' is the wordplay.
'reconstruction' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'reconstructions' mean this).
'due'+'proper'='dueproper'
'dueproper' anagrammed gives 'DOER-UPPER'.
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