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Welcome aboard, mateys!

..we're now five years... Woo!

..into restoring this once abandoned chateau.

That's beautiful.

It's brought its challenges...

..and some amazing rewards.

Thank you for my flower garden, Mr Strawbridge.

And across France, there are dozens of other Brits

who are on their own chateau adventure.

Yay!

We'll meet some old friends...

Smile. I am.

..and new faces...

These rooms really haven't been touched in 60 years.

..and we'll reveal more about our own chateau life.

It is so much better in real life.

There'll be highs...

Yay!

..and lows...

Oh, no!

God, what a disaster.

..as these plucky Brits...

Time is money.

..transform these once unloved buildings into incredible homes...

I just cannot believe how much work you put in for us.

..as well as businesses...

Woohoo!

..and get to live the dream as custodians of their very own castle.

Cheers, everybody!

Today, a family scrape the barrel on a crucial paint job.

If I don't take over, we're not going to have enough paint.

One couple dig for a victory...

I think you're going in a bit too deep, now.

Yeah, a bit too deep, yeah. Yeah.

Not as easy as it looks, is it?

I never thought it was easy.

..and a young family's big barn project...

How long do you think you're going to do that?

It's actually going quite well. A month.

A month?

..leaves dad chipping away at the DIY.

Overlooking the rural idyll of Dordogne Valley

in southwest France is a magnificent Chateau du Doux.

It has 48 rooms, a private pool and

is set in seven and a half acres of grounds.

Bought by IT consultant Clive and his wife Karen ten years ago,

they now run it as a wedding venue with the help of daughter

and general manager Abby and son Ross.

What do we love about it?

I love the architecture.

I love the location where we are in France.

We live in a beautiful area in France.

The countryside is just stunning.

Located 65 miles from the Lamothe, they're still short on bookings

this year so are keeping an eye on the budget as they get ready

for the wedding season, which kicks off in less than two months' time.

Is it coming out?

It's coming out brown.

OK, let me...

The family still have one very big job on their hands -

laying a concrete floor for the marquee,

where they'll host wedding parties.

Can you pass this to me, Abby?

We've got to get the floor of the marquee concreted tomorrow,

so today we are doing all the preparation.

It's an awful lot of work.

With the weather taking a turn for the worse,

they've decided to erect the marquee to protect the concrete

from the rain, which could wash away the surface before it dries.

Yeah, no, we've got to try not to pull it too hard

because it does tear if you pull. It will.

The type of concrete it is, it just doesn't like rain.

It will not set properly,

so it's essential we get the roof on.

That's the plan, let's see how that goes.

HE SIGHS

It's difficult on a wet, grassy bank.

Whatever the weather...

Slowly but surely.

...the cumbersome canvas calls for the whole family to pull together.

Whoa.

Oh, careful, Dad.

I don't believe it, its all fallen down.

Corner's on my face.

There we go. Right, that side's in.

Right, this is on.

It's soaking wet.

Who said it never rains in France?

Right.

We're up, we're in the dry.

Oh.

A bit of a struggle.

This roof is enough to kill you.

Roof on, they're ready to tackle the 20 side panels -

a job where son Ross is the go-to expert.

Have we got that one the wrong way round?

I'm afraid we have.

That one is the wrong way round.

Usually, I just like to make sure that Dad doesn't put the wrong side

up because sometimes he doesn't realise the error that he makes.

How could I possibly get it wrong? He's put it on wrong.

Inspector, is that the right way around?

Yes, that's the right way around.

Right, there we go, all right.

Looking better.

One marquee ready for a concrete delivery.

And, overnight, the waterproof protection of the floor

certainly proves its worth.

It's rained all night

and everywhere is soaked, it's gushing off the roofs.

Rain isn't the only worry.

If the delivery lorry can't fit under the chateau's

stone arch entrance,

the bill for the new marquee floor will be a lot bigger.

If the concrete lorry goes under the arch,

we save about 400 euros because we don't have to use

the extended pipe, which is very expensive.

Getting the lorry under the arch means crucial savings.

One quote for the floor even came in at 2,800 euros,

that's about £2,400, a lot of money.

Wow. It's looking good. It's going through.

Now to manoeuvre the delivery pipe to reach the marquee.

Jesus, look at that.

I hope he doesn't put cement all over my roof.

Getting the pipe into position to squirt

the seven and a half cubic metres

onto the floor requires skill.

That's an impressive bit of kit. Yeah.

This is good, this is saving a lot of work.

To access the floor, Abby opens the marquee.

I hope it's not quick-setting, David.

No, it's pretty good.

That is pretty good, isn't it? It's quite quick.

As they're laying the concrete, Abby has some concerns.

Dad, how are we going to get the sides back on?

Just leave it for now.

The water's pouring in.

Well, it's not so easy when there's concrete there. All right.

As soon as it starts to go off, it needs to be kept dry.

So, hopefully, the rain might even ease up a bit more.

We've got about another couple of metres to put in

and, yeah, we're done.

As the last of the concrete is pumped through...

Brilliant, done, sorted.

..Mum Karen comes to take a look at the new floor.

Quickly done, then. Oh, that's ideal.

A permanent base, that's marvellous.

Yeah. To do that by hand would have taken us two days and

it's taken us, what, two hours.

That's one thing that we can tick off the list, which is fantastic

because it was... Right, so it's got to be painted.

And then, if we have any spillages, at weddings, we just hose it off.

With 70 wedding guests due to dance here in a few weeks' time,

let's hope the rain eases off and the weather improves.

Over 300 miles north is the impressive Chateau des Lys.

The 19th-century property has over 50 rooms, including four gites,

and sits in 15 acres of woodland.

It's the family home of rock musician Tim,

former teacher Marguerite and their 11-year-old son Joe.

They've been renovating the place for the last six years...

Welcome, welcome.

..and generate income from B&B and events.

I love the place, to be honest.

There's lots and lots of things here which

I feel very much that we've made a difference to

and is a big part of us now,

isn't there, in this building, you know?

Oh...

This is a project and it's a great project.

It's still exciting.

Located in an hour's drive from Calais,

for only £180, they transformed one of

the largest rooms in the chateau, the library,

ready to host events.

It's got the wow factor a bit, isn't it, this one, now?

Now attention is turning to a long-overdue

project in the chateau's 15-acre estate.

Wow. So that's, oh, quite a lot of work, isn't it?

I promised you this birthday present about how long?

Two years ago, I think. Hmm-hmm, I remember.

Yes, which, do you remember what it was?

It was...a box of chocolates. Greenhouse.

No, it was a box of chocolates. A greenhouse.

It was a greenhouse, you're right. OK, yes.

To deliver this belated birthday greenhouse,

first there's a section of wall garden to sort out

where they want to grow produce for the chateau.

How far do you think it should come over here? Well, if I'm...

I don't know. If we take a line on that tree...

We are planning to develop a potager,

which is a walled vegetable garden.

Growing our own vegetables,

well, for the guest when we're cooking.

So just think of that as the end of the garden.

We're going to have loads and loads of flowers

because we want to do flower arranging weekends,

so it's just going to be really exciting.

The plot is currently a section of uneven mounds of overgrown earth.

So, to give them a fighting chance to get their garden level,

cleared of weeds and ready to plant in time for this year's harvest,

Tim's bringing in the big guns.

Lifting up, lifting down.

Tim's got this digger from a neighbouring farmer...

That is shovel doing that and that.

..and today is his first time in the driving seat.

And forward, backwards.

Having a learner driver in her brand-new potager

is making Marguerite nervous.

My main concern is that he's going to damage that wall.

So tip, tip is that way. OK.

Marguerite? Yeah.

Can you come here for a second?

I need to know how close to the wall I am.

I'll try levelling.

You've got this much last left, so... OK.

That bit we might dig out by hand.

Yes, I think so, too. Yeah.

Much to Margaret's relief, Tim backs away from the wall.

Perfect.

Wow. That's an efficient way of weeding.

Look at that.

With such a mighty earth shifter, it's easy to get carried away.

I think you're going in a bit too deep now.

Yeah, I'm going too deep now, yeah, I agree. Yeah.

It's difficult. Yeah.

Not as easy as it looks, is it?

I never thought it would be easy!

Marguerite decides she can safely leave Tim to it

and he's feeling confident enough

to risk going in a little closer to that wall.

Oh, dear.

Time to check for damage.

Whoa.

So I touched the wall, there, I knew that I did.

It's best if Marguerite doesn't find out about me hitting the wall.

Your secret's safe with me, Tim.

The plot's looking clear and level.

Perhaps Marguerite won't notice the dent in the wall.

Hey. I think that is about as good as I am going to get it,

I think, I mean... I think this is great.

I just can't believe it.

It's not a bowling green, but...

No, it's going to be fine

and the most important thing, the wall is still intact. Yeah, yeah.

That's really, really good. Yeah, yeah.

You got away with that one, mate.

Now it's time to prepare the fruit and veg patch

and deliver that birthday greenhouse

Marguerite was promised two years ago.

Coming up,

One couple's big barn renovation...

I suppose it would've helped if it'd come with instructions, but...

..starts with a scaffold assembly brainteaser.

I reckon these are where the feet go, in here...

..but I've only got three of them.

And preparations for the wedding season

see Clive and Karen deal with dust.

Anybody with a dust allergy isn't allowed in the library.

This magnificent turreted property

set in the wooded hills of the Dordogne

is Chateau Monteil.

Bought for £380,000,

it has eight bedrooms,

a heated outdoor swimming pool,

all set in seven acres.

It's been home to Tim, who previously worked as a chef,

his wife, Krys, and their two-year-old son, Owen,

for the past six years.

It's the perfect property for us.

It's beautiful, great location, every bit of it works.

It never crossed my mind that I'd be living in a big house,

in a chateau like this.

Located 93 miles from Bordeaux,

to make their home work as a business,

the couple now offer the entire chateau for summer holiday rentals

whilst they move into a smaller property in the grounds.

We wanted a property that had business potential,

and here it is so touristy.

We just knew that it couldn't fail.

Hello, welcome.

With their rental business going from strength to strength,

they want to expand facilities.

We just need to generate more living space fairly rapidly.

Opportunity for that comes in the form of a large barn,

where they'll eventually create more living quarters,

but first, they want to provide an indoor guest games room.

It will certainly make it a more flexible property.

It would give us a lot more space, usable space.

Hopefully that rolls into the business as well.

They had a massive clear-out and sold off their unwanted clutter

to raise a tidy sum for the barn renovation project.

One man's rubbish is another man's treasure.

HE EXHALES

To make the budget go even further,

Tim plans to do most of the work himself

by removing the render covering the old stonework

of the barn exterior.

I don't know quite how difficult it'll be,

I don't know how hard it's going to be.

I'm just going to learn on the job.

First task is erecting the raised platform

to create a good, secure base to work from.

I've bought this from the UK for 50 quid.

I've never put it together.

Oh, that one.

I reckon these are where the feet go - in there -

but I've only got three of them.

I think the feet definitely go in there.

With about 40 different pieces,

putting it together is something of a puzzle.

I suppose it would have helped me if it'd come with instructions.

Yeah, not sure about that for a minute.

It may be a conundrum, but Tim's making big savings here.

The quotes have been anything from 1,000 to 10,000

just to put up scaffolding.

Even the cost of putting up some scaffolding

would outweigh the total cost of doing this work, you know.

Learning new skills on the job is one of the joys of chateau life.

We seem to be all right. It seems to be hooked there.

It seems OK.

I think all there is to do now is jump up, have a go

and see how easily it comes off.

This is the moment of truth, really.

Tim's happy and ready to ascend and begin chiselling away

at the massive render removal job.

Where it's weathered and it's popped,

it looks really bad.

So, this is all going really well,

but then again, this is probably where the most water damage is.

I feel like I'm getting lucky,

I don't think it's all going to go like this.

Krys drops by with Owen for a progress report.

Hello, Dad. Hello, mate!

How are you doing, Dad?

It's actually going quite well.

How long do you think you're going to do that?

A month.

With around 1,300 square feet of original stonework to uncover single-handedly...

..this is no small task.

At Chateau du Doux,

preparations for the first wedding of the season

are moving on at pace.

The newly-laid concrete for the marquee floor has to be painted,

but there's another crucial room that has to be dressed to impress

for the big day.

It's a very important room during our weddings.

There's only ever high jinks in here, I think,

the men getting ready with the groom.

The groom comes up with his merry men and gets changed here.

The 4,000 odd books

originally came from a library in Paris.

An impressive collection that means getting this room

done and dusted for the wedding season is no mean feat.

Anybody with a dust allergy isn't allowed in the library.

Then there's the question of the parquet floor,

where the high jinks of last season left their mark.

All 860 square feet have been sanded down,

and are now being stained and varnished.

If you want to start there, do you want me to come down the other side? Yes.

That means a lot of painstaking brushwork.

So, in order to finish this one room Clive and I are working on today,

we'll be here for three hours.

It does get your knees after a while.

Right, Clive, come and inspect this and see if that's good enough.

Clive's eagle eye soon picks out some slapdash workmanship.

Who did this bit before?

Put a bit of dark... Yeah, go on.

They will never notice.

Look at that.

Anyone would think we've done this before. Yeah.

Well, I should be quite good at it by the time we finish.

That's coming on.

It's about a third done. Keep going.

Yep.

The library floor is shining up nicely.

Now, just 4,000 odd books to dust,

furnishings to put into place

and a marquee floor to paint,

ready for the first wedding in a few weeks' time.

Over 300 miles north at Chateau de Lisse,

the new, walled, kitchen garden, or potager, is taking shape.

To be honest, we're not doing too badly, are we?

No, nearly there, I think. Nearly there, aren't we?

Good raking.

Thank you!

Good spading!

Tim and Margreeth plan to grow fresh fruit, vegetables, herbs

and flowers for guests.

Many chateaux were self-sufficient, using estate produce,

something we've worked to re-establish at our place.

I fell in love with this place mainly because of the walled garden.

We've been at it a few years -

clearing the 2,000 square metre site,

tilling the soil,

creating a greenhouse

and plotting out beds.

We've started to fill our own walled garden

with an array of flowers

and fresh ingredients for the kitchen.

Nothing quite beats the taste of home-grown...

..and there are absolutely no food miles.

It's fresh rhubarb.

Put it in, here we go. There you go.

I like it.

For Tim and Margreeth,

the priority is getting their beds dug in time for spring sowing.

We'll have this all finished at the right time of year,

so we should get some stuff in that actually grows.

They also want a greenhouse,

which Tim intends to make extra green

by constructing it from old doors, windows and timber offcuts

they have left over from chateau renovations.

Everything's got glass.

This is good news.

Everything's a slightly different size.

Great, this one's got some intact hinges on it. I wonder where that came from.

I've not seen this door before, I didn't know that was there.

I hope it's not rotten.

To get the ready glazed doors in situ,

Tim's back in the driving seat.

Grab the bottom. Are you sure? Yeah.

Put it away, put it that way. Oh, that way? Yes.

OK, that's it.

With all that glass, it's a delicate business.

OK, that's down. SHE LAUGHS

And it's broken. That's a shame.

OK, yeah, you're down.

I've broken all the glass? Yeah.

TIM LAUGHS

Tim will now need to replace the broken glass.

Hopefully, moving the rest of the doors by hand

will save extra breakages.

If you want to bring something,

there's that door made out of decking.

OK, I'll find it.

Looks like Margreeth's going to have to lend a hand

making her belated birthday greenhouse.

Would you like to help me make your surprise?

That would be lovely!

It's amazing how much stuff that you find that's lying around already,

old doors, old wood,

and I've got enough stuff to build a greenhouse,

which ordinarily would cost a small fortune.

It's a little house.

It's all coming together.

Unlike a ready-made kit,

this mix-and-match greenhouse comes with no instructions.

I had a rough idea of what I wanted to do with these.

The rest, I didn't have a clue what I was doing.

I really am making this up as I go along.

It's quite nice when it holds itself up.

Darn, that is very heavy.

Great.

Repurposing is also the watchword for the rest of the potager plot,

where they're using polythene to keep the weeds down.

This is stuff that I have left over from doing the grenier...

Yes. ..for water-proofing the roof and everything.

Margreeth's using old cardboard as a weed barrier

for the vegetable beds.

Really good day, actually got a lot done.

Have we got an idea how it's going to look? It'll look great.

Soil, and then... Yeah. Yeah.

Brilliant.

With guest bookings to attend to,

their project to give the chateau more self-sufficient produce

for their B&B and events

will have to wait a little longer.

Coming up,

the library spruce-up causes some straight talking

between Carol and Clive...

Does it look level to you?

Nothing's level in this place.

That looks very untidy.

..and Tim sets about the sometimes risky business

of chateau renovations.

If it all comes away when he's doing that, then...

..we're in trouble.

In the Dordogne, three months after Tim started chipping away

at the exterior render of the chateau's large stone barn,

where they want to create a guest games room,

the full beauty of the original stonework has been revealed.

And at the guest entrance to their chateau,

Chris is working some transformative magic of her own,

painting the gates in a unique pale blue she's created.

These little curls, they are a little bit tricky to paint

because you really have to just push the brush in more!

So, yeah.

It looks like there's not a lot of gate in here,

but, because of these curls, there's actually a lot to paint!

Tim's hard work may have uncovered the handsome old stone walls,

but it's also exposed a less attractive filling job.

I've got an old doorway that's been bricked up with old terracotta

and I'm not sure what.

So the plan is we're going to try and pull all that out,

so hopefully we can brick it back up with original stone.

To bring it back to its former glory requires some expertise,

so Tim's called in his friend Paul, who's experienced in stone masonry.

All right. Sorted now! Yeah!

The be-goggled Tim is looking strangely familiar! Bono!

I'd go for Bono! It's better than Ali G!

That's just the beanie and the hat and the glasses, though, isn't it?

Oh, you two!

Shall we have a look at inside, then? Let's do it.

Yeah, time to get on with the job in hand!

If we take it all back an inch, just leave two walls,

and basically we can just put the debris in the middle as we go. Yeah.

So, basically, we're building two walls, one on the inside,

one on the outside.

OK. Shall we get started?

No time like the present!

And Paul's got a cunning plan.

Well, some of these stones are going to fall down,

but, because there's no lintel, something's going to collapse,

we're just not sure how much. Yeah.

The lack of supporting lintel above the bricked up area means

the wall above could collapse.

I think, if we take out underneath here first. Yeah.

And then brick up, get this section supported,

just in case there's any movement on the door frame.

By removing and replacing small sections at a time,

they can control the demolition.

So, shall we knock it out, see if it falls down? Go for it!

All right, I'm going to punch through.

The first patch of brickwork comes out without a hitch.

If it all comes away as he's doing that, then we're in trouble!

But it seems all right!

The bricks are being replaced with old stones from other

renovation work at the chateau.

They build an outer and inner stone wall...

..and fill the cavity with rubble.

Now we can take out the next chunk of wall above it

and basically just repeat the process, just build up.

Perfect.

Perfect!

I think that's going to look great, isn't it? Yeah, it's not bad, is it?

Less than 30 miles away, with their first wedding of the season in a

few weeks' time, Ross, Karen, Clive and Abby are fixing up the library,

ready for the groom and his entourage on the big day.

The floor has been stained and varnished and the entire collection

of about 4,000 old books have been painstakingly cleaned.

Well, Ross and I spent two afternoons in here

dusting every single book.

So, yes, it took about 24 hours of labour.

The furniture is back in place,

but the library is still missing its piece de resistance,

a tapestry that came with the chateau,

which they want to hang above the fireplace.

A job that daughter Abby is not too enthusiastic about.

Do we even like this tapestry?

I don't, but...

Whatever.

It could be a challenge, as many of the chateau's

interior walls are solid granite.

We're going to have fun putting this one up, the brackets have gone.

OK. There are brackets that fit into that.

Yeah, you've got to have special hooked brackets.

And where they are... No-one knows.

..I couldn't tell you, to be honest.

I've seen them somewhere.

I don't think they're in here, but there's loads of...

Well, I've got similar ones there.

They're curtain hooks.

I know they're curtain hooks, but they will do.

They're very similar.

But the last thing we want is it falling down on someone's head.

Yeah, I know.

That's the problem with this place,

everything is moved and nothing's put back.

It's actually starting to depress me now.

A lot of the jobs that we do at the chateau are not straightforward.

I don't know, I just hope this isn't granite -

otherwise we're going to have real trouble drilling it.

Clive's having a bit of a problem with the screws.

That doesn't look good at all.

I think that will be sitting around somebody's ears later.

I don't like these.

They seem very cheap and nasty.

Luckily, the rest of the job goes more smoothly.

Much better. Right, let's have the tapestry.

To you.

To me, to you.

To me. You to me.

Lucky, it's really light.

Ah, look, it even covers the dirty mark I've made on the wall.

Now don't say you don't like it.

I do, it just, does it look level to you?

I think, when you pull it across that....

Nothing's level in this place. No, true.

I'm just matching the original.

The tapestry is perfect. but your cross isn't.

That looks very untidy.

Can you see it? Yes.

Clive sorts it with a gentle bit of chiselling.

After getting rid of the last specks of dust...

..they can admire their handiwork.

Here I am, in my finery,

enjoying the library.

All I need is a good book to read.

What you need is a...aperitif.

Ah, that would be nice.

Or later on, a digestif and a good book.

By all means, enjoy some reading time,

but let's not forget the marquee floor

is still to be painted before the 70 guests

for their first wedding of the season arrive in a few weeks' time.

Over 300 miles away, in northern France,

Tim is tackling getting the roof

onto Marguerite's birthday greenhouse.

All part of the plan to provide sustainable

low-cost produce to serve their chateau guests.

I know roughly what I want to do,

but it's one thing knowing it

and the other one...there's another thing actually realising it.

Constructing the entire thing from old doors and bits of wood

lying around the chateau is adding an extra challenge.

Marguerite has found a use for some salvaged storage boxes

they got free from a closed down factory in the village.

The boxes are the barrier between the wild garden

and the vegetable garden,

so it's meant to keep the gravel in and, at the same time,

it will give us a few, like,

raised beds for herbs and stuff.

I just can't wait to see them filled with mint and coriander.

Once Marguerite has her troughs in a row,

she's ready to pot up the potager's first ever plants.

The first thing to go into our new garden, strawberries.

Hey, oh, I love strawberries. Me, too.

It's very exciting to get the first plants in.

You just really feel like you're getting there.

Tim's creating a sturdy apex to form the greenhouse's roof.

These should give it structural strength.

And Marguerite's hoping to give her runner beans

support with some fallen sticks.

Well, I'm going to build a little thing for runner beans

and then, once that's built, I can plant some beans.

I just put a few beans by every pole.

Before you know it, we'll be eating bean soup and bean stew.

The beans are planted, Tim.

Well done, that's great.

With her beds full of beans,

Marguerite can lend a hand getting the greenhouse roof in place.

Let it go, that's fine.

That's really nice.

There's still a couple of days' work there,

but it gives a really good idea now.

It's pretty solid, that's the good thing about it.

Nice. I think that roof construction, I'm so impressed.

It's good, isn't it?

It's so good. Yeah.

I love it. Yeah, me, too.

Let's hope the glazing isn't too much of a pain.

Coming up,

getting little brother to lend a hand

at the new barn activity room is all fun and games.

Whoa!

We need to get these under it.

Yeah, I know, but I think we're sort of, miles over there, aren't we?

Things you do for your family.

And Abby tells Mum to stop laying it on so thick.

Mum, I hate to say it, you are putting a lot on.

We are not going to have enough paint.

In South West France,

it's now two weeks until the first wedding of the season,

where Abbie, Clive and Karen

will host 70 guests.

In the marquee for the evening event,

the newly-poured concrete has set well.

Now to save money, they plan to paint the entire

900 ft using just two five-litre cans

left over from a previous project.

It should be OK. We'll do it sparingly.

Yeah. You'll have to go sparingly to start with and see how we go.

They may have limited paint, but with all hands on deck,

the family hope to make it a swift job,

helped along by dad Clive's delegation.

Right. So, someone's going to do the edges,

but you're not to go over the blue line.

Remember, we've only got five litres, so put this on sparingly.

Don't want it too thick.

For son Ross, slow and steady

is the favoured approach.

Come on, Ross, we haven't got all day! Dad, I can't go any faster.

I'm trying to do this properly. Come on, look,

Mum's going really fast. Daughter Abbie is also concerned

about attention to detail.

Careful you don't go over the edge, Mum. That was close.

It only takes a tiny little nip and that's it.

I wouldn't go over it too much more.

Sparing the paint soon proves to be a problem,

as the thirsty new concrete floor

soaks it in like a sponge.

That's not covering, is it?

Where you've got air pockets.

You might have to work it in.

Mum and Dad work on getting the main

floor area covered, whilst making

a neat job of the edges is left to

Ross and Abbie. I absolutely hate painting,

and I always end up doing painting.

I can't escape from it in this place. I hope you're not

painting that to your normal quality, Abbie.

Mum Karen's making swift progress

with the roller, but the paint

is running alarmingly low.

How much paint have you got left, Mum?

Quite a bit, don't worry. We're going to struggle

to get this covered.

Mum, I hate to say it, you are putting a LOT on.

You're doing it very thick.

We are not going to have enough paint.

No, nowhere near enough paint, at this rate.

She's put it on too thick. Agh!

How much is left in Abbie's tin over there? Nothing. Nothing.

That is half a tin, gone. Right? I think it will be enough.

Half the paint gone, and more than

half the floor left to go, they'll have to spread themselves

more thinly if they're going to get this job finished.

Now, if I don't take over, we're not going to have enough paint.

We've only got the tools for one person to finish the job now.

We'll let Dad finish with the roller and see if the paint will go

sufficiently far.

Clive's left holding the roller...

See you later! See you later, Dad.

..and soon finds eeking things out

still won't cover it.

Oh, dear. Well, I've stretched it out as far as I could.

I was worried this was going to happen. I want the bar in here

tomorrow. No chance. That's not going to happen. We haven't

completed the floor. It's not happening. Things are half done

all the time. I'm fed up of it. I've no more paint of this colour.

We can't redo it now. No, not of that colour. We can go over it all

with a... Grey. Mum Karen offers a solution.

I will go to the shops first thing tomorrow morning. I will buy

sufficient paint to cover the floor. Ross can do the edges.

I can paint it. So, I can redo it. And you can do the bedrooms. Yeah?

With more than 30 bedrooms to prepare

and now a marquee floor to repaint, the family still have

a fair bit to do before their first wedding.

Less than 30 miles away, Tim and Krys are making

good progress on their stone barn.

The stonework that was once hidden is now looking incredible.

Ah...

Krys has painted almost all of the barn shutters

and doors in a lavender colour,

and has just one final pair to complete.

When this one's done,

that's pretty much the exterior of the barn finished.

It feels really good to paint the last one.

I'm very much looking forward to finishing this.

OK, let's leave that to dry.

Time for the family to admire her handiwork.

Good job. Well done, Mummy! Thank you. Another job done.

Now, they just need to put it back into position.

Do they still fit? Should still fit.

Hmm.

All finished.

To get the interior ready for guest games,

Tim's called on younger brother Ben, from the UK, whose plans for

a more leisurely trip to South West France are now on hold.

I get a telephone call being promised sort of like

a free holiday, and you fly over, and then Derek Trotter

drops a million jobs on you. Mm. That said, we're not charging you

anything either, so... No, yeah.

Yeah, it balances out, doesn't it? If you weigh it up,

it's a fair trade really. Yeah.

Sorry, Ben, before you get to spend some time poolside, there's

a small question of plasterboarding the new games room ceiling.

Manually lifting plasterboard into position

is definitely a two-man job.

Oh, my Lord!

Lining the boards up so they can be screwed onto

the supporting rails calls for some brotherly cooperation.

Whoa!

You need to get these under it. Yeah, I know,

but I think they're sort of miles over there, aren't they?

The things you do for your family!

Oh, my God! I don't think you've got this in the right place at all.

I think it needs to swing round your end, does it not? Ah.

Like that, there we go.

That's better, isn't it?

Bits of wood hold the boards in place...

Agh...

Agh!

..leaving the brothers free to screw them onto the rails.

Right, there's that, then.

One last board to complete the ceiling... And again.

I want it to slot in in here... That's it.

Can you get that up and behind you? Just to stop it going over.

OK, go on, then.

..but there's not enough rail in the corner to attach it.

We're kind of missing a bit of rail for one of the boards,

so we just need to, er, hang a bit of rail to screw into. Otherwise,

when I plaster it, the weight, the extra weight on it

will just sort of make it bow a bit, and I don't want it sagging.

Job done.

We've got a room! Some finishing touches needed,

but the new games room is ready for its first activity.

Table tennis took hold in the stately homes of Victorian England.

It's well suited to inclement weather,

also available in France.

Four months ago, Tim and Krys's barn

was covered in unsightly grey render - a lacklustre

first impression, as guests arrive at the chateau.

They had a massive clear-out... We could sell

all this kitchen equipment. ..raising money for renovations.

It will be around...

2,000, 2,500.

After chipping away,

to reveal beautiful stonework,

painting the shutters and doors,

and creating a new ceiling...

..the barn has been given a new lease of life,

and the games room is ready for its first test drive.

Ooh! Come on, then, buddy!

Do you want to play with your table-tennis table, then?

Oh-ho! What a shot that was!

Yeah! Perfect!

It's fun for everyone, no matter the weather - including Tim's dad, Rob.

It helps our business grow and it helps our lives grow,

and it helps our family grow. You know, it's all a win-win. Mm.

You should be really, really proud of yourself.

I am, I'm proud of what WE'VE done.

We've done it together! Yeah.

Next time...

No-one's going to be drinking out of that. Have you put it on right?

I don't know. I'm terrified of gas. ..it's wedding-day nerves...

HISSING Eurgh!

..as Chateau de Doux's bar risks running dry.

I am concerned, there'll be nothing left. Well, if there's

nothing left... They've only got one barrel left.

There's more unlucky breaks for Tim...

SMASHING Ah!

HE LAUGHS

It's quite easy to break glass, you know. It's fragile stuff.

..as he cracks on with the greenhouse.

And at a new chateau owner's renovation project...

Oh! It is a bit dusty, isn't it?

COUGHING It's getting up my nose!

..sisters are doing it for themselves.

Oh, wow!

It makes a big difference, doesn't it? Oh, my Gosh! Yeah.

Imagine the whole house. They're the dream floors, aren't they? Yeah.

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