The plan is to have the guest accommodation ready to rent for the summer season but when the couples financial situation worsens, their hopes of a better life begin to recede. S01:E03 - Scotland. Construction progresses smoothly, but George is horrified by plans to remove the property's original features. While Ian works long hours at his solicitor's firm, Elpi takes on the role of project manager despite having a one-year-old son to look after, but she becomes disillusioned with the conversion when the budget runs out before the build is complete, Charlie Luxton meets a couple in Kent who plan to convert a derelict Fifties sawmill into a family home and provide their children with a traditional country upbringing. It's a big risk. While things seem to go well at first, difficulties with the local authorities, the language barrier, and a divining rod soon cause problems for the project. The project begins well, but progress is slow thanks to problems with planning permission, bad weather, illness and damp. Unfortunately, bad weather delays the building work, and time management soon becomes a problem. The new prison is part of Bukeles controversial war on gangs, launched last year. They had plans to convert a rusty old 80ft barge into a floating family home, and start a diving business for holidaymakers. 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Despite beginning well, the project soon runs into trouble. In 2006 Jason and Phillipa left behind their well-paid careers in Aberdeen's oil industry in a bid to renovate a chateau in France's Loire Valley. Middle-aged couple Terry and Marilyn attempt to relocate from Whitby to a 500-year-old farmhouse in the Pennines, which they set out to transform into a home for their large family. Businesswoman Carol becomes project manager and aims to be settled before Christmas, but bad weather and delayed planning permission put the date back, forcing the family to spend more time apart.Presented by architectural designer Charlie Luxton, Build A New Life follows people leaving the rat-race of the city in pursuit of new lifestyles and new homes in the countryside. The family bought a run-down Dutch barge, Lotte, for 120,000, and have already spent 30,000 on getting her seaworthy. Rebecca has spent a lot of time sourcing materials and features from across Europe: from windows reclaimed from a Georgian house in London, to doors from France and tiles from Geneva. They plan to convert a 100-year-old tin church on the Isle of Seil into a small B&B within eight months and with a limited budget of just 70,000. For example, they must use specialist materials, such as wattle and daub plaster to repair the walls. George Clarke helps Birmingham couple Dave and Rebecca as they renovate a derelict Welsh barn while living in a caravan on the site. They are fed up with their busy, stressful lives in London and want a more relaxed existence so they can spend more time together as a family. A couple moves to the heart of the North Pennines. Architect George Clarke helps a Buckinghamshire couple escape their demanding jobs and relocate to Scotland, where they intend to modernise a 120-year-old farmhouse with their own designs. A couple is leaving the city life for a beautiful cottage. But with no planning permission, and Neil determined to press on regardless doing most of the work himself, the clocks ticking for a building-site birth. Unfortunately, bad weather delays the building work, and time management soon becomes a problem. However, as the roof work takes its toll on their finances, the pair realise they need a cash injection to complete their house, Architect George Clarke meets a London couple hoping to sell their organic cafe in Brixton and spend a 1million bank loan converting a run-down Cornish hotel in St Ives into three houses, one of which will be used as a designer B&B. Season 1. Fed up of being mortgage slaves, they sold their Bradford home, quit their jobs and headed to Ireland, with their daughter Demelza. Architect George Clarke offers advice about restoring the collapsed roof and laying a concrete floor, and lends moral support when flooding means they lose precious time and have to seek shelter with Marilyn's father, Architect George Clarke helps a building surveyor and his wife, who have grown tired of city life and the expense of their mortgage and wish to downsize to the Lincolnshire countryside. Build a New Life in the Country premiered on Channel 5 on June 23, 2005. Construction progresses smoothly, but George is horrified by plans to remove the property's original features, George Clarke supervises Martin and Rebecca as they attempt to turn a dilapidated old church in Ollerton, Nottinghamshire, into their dream home. S01:E02 - Hexham. They also intend to retire from their jobs and open an equestrian livery business. When the coldest winter for 30 years arrives, it looks as if the roof could fall in and take the walls of the barn with it. Build a New Life in the Country is a British documentary series presented by Charlie Luxton and George Clarke. Build a New Life in the Country (2005- ) Episode List Season: OR Year: Season 6 Add Image S6, Ep1 2008 Spain Revisited Rate George Clarke returns to Spain to see how Nick Vallance and his family got on after deciding to leave their home in Surrey to make a fresh start in Spain. When architect George Clarke last saw the Palmers, they had managed to create a lovely home, but they were penniless, and their plans to be self-sufficient had barely got of the ground. Their budget is a mere 90,000 pounds, which quickly disappears, leaving the family with rising debts, and Mick facing exhaustion as he battles night and day to hold onto their dream. So theyre moving to the Norfolk Coast for a fresh start, and a life where they can enjoy the countryside and beaches with their two sons. S1 E3 - Scotland. She also has to keep an eye on the four kids. Seven years ago, Dawns family inherited a 10,000sq ft plot of land on the island and they have wanted to do something with it ever since. George Clarke revisits Adrian and Denise Nuttal, who, in 2006, had decided to convert a run-down garden centre and a 400-year-old barn and farmhouse in the Suffolk countryside into a chili farm and a Mexican restaurant. Once the house is completed, Marcus hopes to use the family home as a showpiece and springboard to set up a business designing similar properties for locals and ex-pats. Their dream was to live a simple, rural life, becoming totally self sufficient life, growing their own food, and keeping livestock. A couple plan to convert an old sawmill into a family home. Also, quality and authenticity of materials is of great importance if they are to do this house justice. With 500,000 already spent on the ambitious project, Charlie believes they have underestimated the cost of the renovation and the problems multiply as they deal with strong sea winds, a perilous access road and a delayed schedule. Available Until: 09 February 2025 Episode 3 Scotland A family dream of restoring a crumbling Victorian farmhouse. However, increasing financial demands threaten to derail the project. George returns to see if they managed to complete their dream new life. The couple intend to open a pair of luxury holiday cottages to provide enough money to save the 160-acre family farm, which Anona's parents are finding difficult to keep afloat, but the age of the buildings poses a problem to the renovations, George Clarke meets Frank and Alice from Cambridge who decide to move to rural Croatia, planning to convert a dilapidated stone house and its idyllic surroundings into a nature retreat with six log cabins for guests. They sold everything they owned in Grimsby to restore and make a new home from the ruins of a 600 year old farmhouse. Charlie Luxton meets a couple who have moved to Ludlow in Shropshire, but have been living in a caravan with their three children for 18 months due to problems obtaining planning permission. Presented by architectural designer Charlie Luxton, Build A New Life follows people leaving the rat-race of the city in pursuit of new lifestyles and new homes in the countryside. Here you will find full episodes of DIY and garden shows such as Restoration Home, Restoration Man and Build a New Life in the Country starring top presenters such as George Clarke and Caroline Quentin!All content distributed via Endemol Shine Group \u0026 its affiliate production labels, Endemol Shine International. 60 min | Lifestyle. But first they had to turn their derelict farmhouse into a family home and they had just 14,000 to do it. Presented by architectural designer Charlie Luxton, Build A New Life follows people leaving the rat-race of the city in pursuit of new lifestyles and new homes in the countryside. George returns to see whether they succeeded in their quest. Any enquiries please contact: digitalops@endemolshine.com Architect George Clarke helps a building surveyor and his wife, who have grown tired of city life and the expense of their mortgage and wish to downsize to the Lincolnshire countryside. Available Until: 09 February 2025 Episode 2 Hexham A couple want to convert an isolated ancient ruin. They also intend to retire from their jobs and open an equestrian livery business. But before they can move the family up and open for business they need to bring this derelict building back to life. S1 . Architectural designer Charlie Luxton takes over as presenter, following British people who dream of living in perfect rural locations. Their dream was to live a simple, rural life, becoming totally self sufficient life, growing their own food, and keeping livestock. George Clarke revisits Andrew and Anona, who moved to the Pembrokeshire coast to open a pair of luxury holiday cottages to provide enough money to save the 160-acre family farm, which Anona's parents are finding difficult to keep afloat. Build a New Life in the Country premiered on Channel 5 on June 23, 2005. Charlie Luxton visits Beachy Head cliffs in East Sussex, where a couple face mounting costs and legal wrangles as they try to transform one of England's oldest lighthouses into a luxury B&B. The building of their new home can finally get under way, but with little experience and a budget of just 50,000, they face a steep learning curve that tests their relationship to the limit. Once the main building work has been done, the plan is for Jim to work in the evenings and on days off, laying Rebecca's French parquet flooring throughout the house and finishing the bathrooms and kit. The structure is set in a forest, and has a central well that the owner wants to floodlight and cover with glass. Now when you consider each coach has the seating capacity of approximately 74 bleary eyed travellers you don't need to be Einstein to work out that each half hour more than 500 smug snoring seated commuters and an extra 100 envious standing travellers are conveyed, more often that not arriving late, (the train also being of middle age), to their Despite some serious financial setbacks, what will George find when he returns? They face a race against time to have the middle property finished and on the market by Christmas, so they can concentrate on getting the guesthouse open for the start of the tourist season at Easter, George Clarke advises inventor David as he converts a Norfolk water tower into a dream home for his family. With a tiny budget, they attempt to do all the work themselves, whilst holding down full time jobs 3 hours away in Blackburn. Architect George Clarke helps a Buckinghamshire couple escape their demanding jobs and relocate to Scotland, where they intend to modernise a 120-year-old farmhouse with their own designs. A couple moves to the heart of the North Pennines. George Clarke returns to Norfolk to see how David Forster, a madcap engineer and inventor, has progressed with the conversion into a family home of a Victorian water tower, which is located in an isolated forest. To turn their dream into reality, they plan to convert a 400-year-old barn in rural Nottinghamshire into a contemporary, eco-friendly family home with six bedrooms and five bathrooms. They had plans to convert a rusty old 80ft barge into a floating family home, and start a diving business for holidaymakers. He wants to see whether they managed to convert a three hundred year old barn into a family home. They also intend to retire from their jobs and open an equestrian livery business, Middle-aged couple Terry and Marilyn attempt to relocate from Whitby to a 500-year-old farmhouse in the Pennines, which they set out to transform into a home for their large family. George Clarke advises a finance director moving from London to his dream home, a 16th-century property in the Cotswolds near Oxford. George Clarke advises two accountants as they quit their jobs and set off to renovate a 200-year-old barn in Devon. 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