• 2005
  • 48m
Build a New Life in the Country

Summary 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 dream houses they are creating are inspiring, architecturally challenging and are all undertaken with a modest budget. View more details

  • 2005
  • 48m

Build a New Life in the Country

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Tara Newley Arkle George Clarke Charlie Luxton

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Jun 22, 2005

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : five Shine

Language : English

Production companies : Shine Channel 5 Television

Summary 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 dream houses they are creating are inspiring, architecturally challenging and are all undertaken with a modest budget. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Jun 22, 2005

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : five Shine

Language : English

Production companies : Shine Channel 5 Television

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Episode 1 • Jun 22, 2005
Lincolnshire
Matt and Emma Cooper and their two children are leaving their Surrey bungalow and moving north to Lincolnshire to renovate an 18th century granary barn which comes with 5 acres of land, but can inexperienced Matt deal with such a complicated project and will their finances stretch to completing their dream home.
Episode 2 • Jun 29, 2005
Hexham
Terry Flynn and Marilyn Fleming want to escape their hectic Tyneside lifestyle and have bought a dilapidated old 18th century farmhouse in remote Northumberland which they intend to turn into their dream home in the countryside, all while keeping their day jobs. How will they cope with getting supplies to an area that has very little access and no roads to speak of, along with some fierce stormy winter weather and heavy snow.
Episode 3 • Jul 06, 2005
Scotland
Carol and Shaun Baker have decided to relocate with daughter Beth from a modern house in Buckinghamshire and well paid jobs 350 miles away over the Scottish border to a huge 120 year old run down farmhouse and 6 acres of land in Dumfriesshire . They hope to transform the dilapidated house within 5 months, but will Scottish planning laws prevent them from completing their project in time for their Christmas deadline.
Episode 4 • Jul 13, 2005
Gweek
IT consultants Simon and Carol Morley from Cambridgeshire have decided use their redundancy money to move to Gweek in Cornwall to renovate an abandoned barge and turn it into a dream home on the water, as well as start a new dive charter business. With their budget running out they will need income from their new business during the summer season to help complete their project, but the lack of money and a stalled project is putting a strain on their relationship.
Episode 5 • Jul 20, 2005
Oxford
Choices are never without consequence
Episode 6 • Jul 27, 2005
Wales
Rebecca and David Palfrey, moved from Birmingham to Wales to fulfil their dream of living in the countryside. They gave up their safe teaching jobs and converted a derelict stable block into a four bedroom family home. We return to find out how they are enjoying country life and whether it's been worth it.
Episode 7 • Aug 03, 2005
Devon
Accountants Martin and Clare Williamson-Cary have high flying careers in finance but live separate lives. Martin works weekdays in Slough and Clare in Devon, so Martin decides to give up his job and move with Clare and son Tom to Bratton Clovelly in Devon to convert a huge 18th century barn which sits in a farm belonging to Clare's parents. Although Martin had originally planned to stop work for six months, after only eight weeks in he has found a new job in nearby Torquay, but Carol has a great team behind her to help drive the project in Martin's absence.
Episode 8 • Aug 10, 2005
Ollerton
After a few years working around the country as relief pub managers, Martin and Rebecca are returning to their roots in Ollerton in Nottinghamshire to renovate a dilapidated 1970s church and turn it into a family home. With a very tight budget corners need to be cut where necessary and Martin has to rely on a lot of free help from friends and family to try and finish the project. Will the couple manage to move in by their Christmas deadline.
Episode 9 • Aug 17, 2005
St Ives
Peter Williams and Andrea Carr from London have borrowed £750,000 and along with another investor plan to convert a disused hotel in St Ives into two separate apartments as well as an organic Bed and Breakfast. They plan to sell one of the newly converted apartments within seven weeks to offset their huge debt. Andrea will continue to work in London as a set designer leaving Peter on his own in St Ives, but will project delays and overspending on the sale house affect the redevelopment of their B&B, which needs to be ready for the tourist season.
Episode 10 • Aug 24, 2005
Norfolk
David and Jenny Forster live in Lowestoft with their two sons where David runs his own refrigeration engineer business. The couple have bought a 100 year old 85 foot water tower hidden in woodlands in rural Norfolk which they plan to convert into a family home. It has no electrics, plumbing or even a staircase, but David plans to install an 85 foot spiral staircase to allow for the installation of new floors all the way up the tower. Eight months into the project and with a huge amount of work needed can David complete the project on budget while still working full time on his refrigeration business.
Episode 11 • Aug 31, 2005
Upwell
Paul and Tracey Fitzpatrick want to get away from the daily grind of their working life in suburban Hertfordshire to spend more quality time with their children in the country. Tracey works gruelling 12 hour shifts in a car factory to make ends meet and Paul makes luxury photo albums for sale in London boutiques. With a £150,000 budget from the sale of their house they've bought a 12 acre apple orchard in rural Cambridgeshire and plan to convert a disused apple store into their dream home, hoping to finish in three months in time for Christmas. However with their budget overrunning and their deadline now moving to at least March will they ever manage to complete their dream project.
Episode 12 • Sep 07, 2005
Derby
Jan and Glyn Grayson are fed up with their hectic life, especially Glyn, who has endured a 3 hour 250 mile round trip to work from Chesterfield every day for ten years. Glyn hardly sees his family and daughter Lydia, and plans to renovate a large run down farmhouse near Snelston in the heart of Derbyshire. It cost nearly £600.000 and Glyn has a budget of £250,000. They hope to finish the project in six months in time for Christmas but they have no planning permission and the local planning office has a number objections which can only add further delays, costs, and a strain on both Glyn and Jan. Can they manage even though Glyn is still continuing with his gruelling working schedule.
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