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Here in the UK, we do love a period property.

I never dreamt I would own a castle.

For me, it looks like a typical doll's house.

From countryside houses...

It was everything you could dream of. It was a palace.

...to timeless terraces.

I turned up and I thought, "Whoa, this is pretty cute."

But beneath the grand facades...

Hopefully the house won't fall down. We'll see, won't we?

...these historical homes are falling to bits.

Everyone told us to tear this building down.

All over the country, an army of renovators are snapping them up

at knockdown prices...

I think we should leave it like this. It looks old-timely.

...then facing challenges of epic proportions.

CRASHING

I said all along to get a new-build.

This series, we meet the brave new renovators...

We were looking for a bungalow with a shed.

...and return to our familiar band of determined dreamers...

Who else has got a chapel in their house?

...all risking everything.

I thought I had a good idea of what was needed.

I was quite wrong.

People think renovation is lovely, don't they?

HE CHUCKLES

Oh, God, I'm trembling.

...to create the forever home of their dreams...

Oh, my God, it's so nice!

...brick by brick...

Whoa! This is amazing.

...room by room.

I'm still having my pinch-me moment.

We're nowhere near finished, but it feels like a house now.

We are a renovation nation.

Today...

in Shropshire, Alan and Catherine graft...

This cornice is just stunning.

...to bring elegance back to one of Oakhurst Hall's grandest rooms.

I'm just really looking forward to having a sitting room

to relax in, really.

In the Scottish Borders,

major structural work gets underway...

It's amazing! It's absolutely amazing.

...to turn a dusty old bedroom into a maker's studio.

It's going to look great when it's done.

It's going to be another of those transformational jobs.

And in southeast London, a 1930s semi is in need

of a drastic overhaul.

It smelt of really strong damp.

And budget concerns weigh heavily.

Another thing that took me by surprise was just finding out

how much their skip costs and how much the scaffolding cost.

In Shropshire, on the border of England and Wales, is Oswestry.

Just outside the town lies the majestic 35-roomed Oakhurst Hall,

built in 1854 by Victorian railway entrepreneurs.

Originally a family home, it's been a girls' boarding school

and then offices for the local council.

After that, it fell into rack and ruin until it was snapped up

for a bargain 970 grand by Alan, an exhibition graphics expert,

and Catherine, who runs a family property business.

And they have made it their mission to turn around the fortunes

of Oakhurst Hall.

When I look back on old photos

as to what it was like when we first moved in,

when you see how far we've come

and what we've actually achieved...

It's unrecognisable. It's totally different.

And I would say probably 80% of it we've done ourselves.

It does make you feel really proud. Of course it does, yeah.

Earlier this week, we saw their new project,

a renovation of a former old folks home

turned into a stunning family home.

With their focus now returned to the hall,

they plan to breathe new life into one of the hall's biggest rooms.

The sitting room will be our next project.

We've saved the best till last, haven't we, really?

Well, it's south-facing, got massive windows,

it's just going to be a stunning space.

Their plan is to fully restore the windows and flooring,

add some decorative wall panelling,

and ultimately bring back the elegance and style.

But as a dumping ground for all manner of junk

and leftover building materials,

it needs clearing before any work can begin.

We need to move the golf clubs. God, that could take a while.

How many have you got? All of these?

Yeah, they're not mine.

This was your little fad thing during lockdown,

let's buy 500 putters and renovate them.

But you haven't touched them. None of this is mine.

Look at it. Where's all that come from?

That's all been sneaked in. Unbelievable.

You have a go at me.

SHE LAUGHS

This house will be finished by the end of the summer.

We're not too far off now

and we can really, really start enjoying it.

Before that, there's a lot of graft ahead for this pair.

All right.

I can't stand paying someone else to do something

I know I can do myself.

I do love designing it and choosing the colours and the layouts

and that's my passion.

I do love all that,

so I don't think I could get someone else in to do it.

Catherine has some bold ideas about the colour scheme,

but will Alan agree?

Paint-wise, what do you want to do?

A blue ceiling, white cornice, blue...?

It depends what the blue is. This blue is a really pretty blue.

With the white, it'll be lovely.

Catherine tries a tester of her favoured blue,

keen to see how it shows up on the wall.

But in the end, she's not convinced that it's quite dark enough.

So I've gone and bought a couple of more tester pots,

a darker version

of the blue that I've tried on the wall,

and hopefully that will be the colour I'm looking for.

Ooh, no, see, that looks darker already.

Oh, yeah. See, that looks much nicer.

A lot of people say, "Oh, blue's the worst colour

"you could possibly have in a room because it's so cold."

I disagree, I think it can be really softening and quite warm.

That's much nicer.

Today, Catherine is woodworking, creating sections of wall panelling.

I got all of the beading for this whole room for £300,

which isn't bad.

It's a really good quick solution

to adding some period features, I think, to a room.

I think this just finishes it off. So that's that one done.

Had she opted for traditional full-wall wainscotting panels,

a room this size would have cost thousands.

You're very helpful. Get off!

Catherine's joiner, Nigel, is here today to help restore

the room's main door.

It was previously turned into a fire door with safety glass

where wooden panels would have been.

Nigel needs to strip it completely before he can put it back together.

What's that going to be under there?

Ooh! Oh...

SHE LAUGHS "Ooh! Oh."

That's nice, though.

While the uncovered bottom panels are in need of only a sand and paint,

once Nigel has removed the glass from the top section,

he will need to cut new panels to size and fit new beading

to bring back the period style.

Nigel is going to get it prepped

and then it will be another painting job.

Yeah, it's going to look amazing.

There's a way to go yet.

And several litres of paint required before this pair

can put their feet up.

200 miles away in the Scottish Borders, not far from Hawick,

lies this substantial farmhouse.

A five-bed property,

the oldest part of the house dates to the early 1700s.

Unloved and lying empty for two years, it was purchased for £615,000

by Rosie, a creative consultant,

and architectural antiques dealer, Antony,

and not forgetting Tig the dog.

Earlier this week, we saw this pair renovate a dusty old upstairs room,

initially to become a bedroom.

Once they peeled back the layers,

inspiration struck and it's now on its way to becoming

a family bathroom.

Antony and Rosie are makers and fixers,

doing all the work themselves,

so to keep the renovation moving forward,

they need to prioritise a workshop space.

We need the studio space to do a lot of the upcycling and restoration

of furniture that will form the kitchen and all of that.

So we need a good space to work.

On the first floor,

the room in question was at one time the maid's bedroom.

All right. What are we going to do up here then?

This is going to be our studio, the nerve centre of the project.

When we take the ceiling down,

it's going to be a massive space up there too.

So it'll feel very light and airy and spacious.

Once they take down the ceiling, they plan to move the wooden joists

higher into the roof void and take down the partition wall

above the staircase, all to create more space.

Today, Antony is going to begin by demolishing the ceiling.

So Ant's going to go up in this hole

and you're going to start hammering from above.

At which point, I'm going to get out of the way.

Good luck.

Careful, Antony. That ceiling looks very brittle.

What's it look like up there? Looks really good. Very clean.

Clean? Clean, yeah.

As in...? Well, not 100 years' of muck.

Oh, wow. That's incredible then.

While it may be clean for now, it's about to get very, very dirty.

Armed with a garden spade, Antony begins the demolition.

Ideally, you should wear a mask while doing a job like this.

It's amazing.

It's absolutely amazing.

It's a damn sight easier than digging the garden.

ROSIE LAUGHS

Antony is taking care to only stand on wooden roof joists,

as the plaster ceiling would not support his weight.

It's looking brilliant.

It's just as I hoped.

It looks in good nick, actually, as well.

It's got a gorgeous roof.

Yay! Woo-hoo!

It's just a final bit.

CRASHING

I like to make an entrance.

THEY LAUGH

Next, Antony fetches the skip, which needs to be carefully lifted

to the first floor window.

It needs to come this way. Stop!

Now the cleanup can commence.

Rosie is starting to picture in her mind

what their studio space might look like.

Big tables down here, big drawing board space down here,

and lots of light flooding in.

It's a real transformation.

Demolition brings big changes very quickly, but for it to become

a working studio space, walls need to come down.

And then they have the huge task of moving all the wooden beams

higher into the roof space.

Coming up...

in southeast London...

That's my mirror.

I think these are the taps.

...bathroom plans go down the plughole.

This is not what I was expecting the sink to look like.

They sent me the wrong sink.

And in the Scottish borders...

Antony and Rosie continue their epic demolition

as their studio space takes shape.

We just try to make a mess,

then clear that up and then get on to the next bit.

On the border of Kent in southeast London,

Orpington has been a thriving commuter town

since the railways arrived here in the 19th century.

This four-bed semi was built during the 1930s housing boom.

In need of major renovation,

in 2023, it was snapped up by Naomi and Shemar,

young bankers on a tight budget.

Once we got into the property and actually saw it,

we really saw the potential, didn't we? Yeah.

That's what really drew us to the property

of what could be done.

Room for... I don't know, future...

babies or...

They paid £515,000 and then hired a team of builders

to do the major work.

This is going to be our living space.

This is the biggest space that we have in the house.

So we're really going to try to maximise on this space itself.

When I first came through to the house, I just noticed

the smell and it smelt of really strong damp.

It didn't scare me, but it definitely made me very alert

to what we were going to be signing ourselves up to.

A leaking roof was the cause of the damp problem.

It's had to be replaced, costing around £7,000.

But their biggest spend is an extension at the back

for an open-plan kitchen-diner.

I think it's nice to kind of stand in this space now

in its current state and, you know,

the thought that in a few months' time,

we're going to be standing in our brand-new kitchen

with a brand-new island, um, is very exciting.

And I can do some baking. Yes. For sure.

For now, bathing is taking priority over baking as work begins

on their upstairs bathroom.

So here's Johnny.

When the bathroom is finished, the plan is to move in.

That date can't come soon enough because they are

currently living apart.

I'm now living with my dad and you're living with your family.

I just want my mattress back. But, I mean,

it has been tough, um, living apart.

A month later, the exterior is getting a smart render,

the extension foundations are being dug,

and inside, Naomi and Shemar are grafting.

I've lived through a renovation.

I've also done previous renovations with my cousin,

so being on a building site isn't nothing new to me.

But now that this is my home, it's a lot more, you know, intense.

There's a lot more I need to know.

I'm not as skilled as Shemar is. He can do a lot more than I can.

But, you know, I'm happy to help with things like the painting.

I feel like Shem's watching me so closely

because you want to critique my job. Nowhere near it.

Because he thinks he's the best at everything.

Nowhere near it. Yes, you do.

I see myself as more of a project manager.

Within a matter of days, the extension starts to fly up

and the exterior render is complete.

Once we get that paint on, it's going to be amazing.

And, yeah, give a really nice kerb appeal.

I just can't wait to see it.

Naomi also can't wait to see...

That's my mirror! ...her new bathroom suite.

Um, that's the toilet there.

I think these are the taps.

Yep. They are.

Oh.

This is not what I was expecting the sink to look like.

I don't think this was the sink.

They sent me the wrong sink.

See, now I'm kind of motivated to kind of open all the boxes to see

if the correct pieces have been delivered.

Um, because you just never know.

While it's a sinking feeling for Naomi, for now,

there's nothing for it but to push on to get the house liveable.

380 miles north at the old farmhouse near Hawick,

where Rosie and Antony's demolition work continues,

the plan for this pair of makers and fixers

is to create a workshop studio space in this upstairs bedroom.

The ceiling is down, expanding the sense of space.

The partition wall over the stairwell is next to come down.

Let's have some light.

Are we starting at this end then?

You can start that end.

If you start pulling plaster off. OK.

And I'll pop an architrave over this door.

I've just been demolishing for the last two to three months now.

It'll be nice when we actually start... Putting things back.

...putting things back together, won't it? Yeah.

That's what we like. We don't want to damage anything.

Things like the architrave, they're all original features

that we can use elsewhere.

So there's a hidden space that would normally

have been made into a cupboard or something like that.

And although we're changing this space, it's been changed before.

So we're still trying to do it with integrity and retaining

some of the authentic bits.

Preservation, restoration, renovation.

It's all about new use and bringing new life to buildings, isn't it?

So in order to do that, we have to make it work for us.

With the plaster already hammered and loosened by Antony,

a few gentle swings of the axe and raking with the crowbar,

brings the whole lot down.

As usual, Tig is on hand to help out.

Plaster down,

once again, the trusty skip is brought into action.

We just try to make a mess, then clear that up

and then get on to the next bit.

Don't you be jumping down there. No. No.

We're here permanently at the moment.

And now we've got a bedroom and I can actually sleep in a bed.

Sleeping on the floor at the age of 57,

you can only do it for so long.

My arm needs a rest. I need everything.

Mind yourself.

I was just going to sit on that.

THEY LAUGH

It makes a lovely light through there, doesn't it?

Yeah, it's good. The light is gorgeous.

Oh, right, are we having a cuppa?

Part timer!

With most of the house a building site,

Rosie and Ant have been able to make small changes

to make it liveable.

Rosie has an office space for her consultancy work.

No longer camping on the floor, they have a proper bed

and they have painted the walls of the old kitchen

to freshen things up.

We've got cupboards with stuff in them

and proper wine glasses.

It's really important to kind of have some of our things around us.

It does feel like home, but it's those things, um,

you know, my mum's cookery books,

to actually have Ant make me a shelf to put them on,

it's now our space.

And in the bedroom that we've adopted,

it's a place to retreat to.

And, um, that's made a massive difference.

Actually, we're sleeping properly and, in fact, we flake out.

It's like we're exhausted!

Looking at the partly demolished wall in the studio,

you can see just how hard this pair work

and their next job, creating more space

up in the roof void of this room, is also going to demand

a supreme effort.

Coming up - at Oakhurst Hall...

It's quite therapeutic, but it's a long job.

Catherine is feeling under pressure to get the sitting room finished.

Have you ever felt like you've bitten off more than you can chew?

That'll be me.

In the Scottish Borders... Oh, God.

...Rosie's fear of heights makes their next job

tricky to accomplish.

I'm shaking like mad.

And in southeast London, Shemar gets the renovation blues.

It's wearing on me a bit now.

Back in Shropshire,

just outside the historic railway town of Oswestry,

Alan and Catherine's renovation of the sitting room

of Oakhurst Hall continues.

Catherine is delighted with their progress so far.

Finished doing all the beading, which I was really glad about

because those ladders are really tall,

filled and sanded all of the skirtings as best we can.

I mean, it's never going to look perfect,

it's not a new house, it's over 160 years old,

so the skirting has got bashes and knocks in it.

And I like that. That, you know, it tells a story.

Today, Alan is giving the cornice a first coat of white paint,

and Catherine is applying her preferred darker shade of blue.

I'm just really looking forward to having a sitting room,

having a really lovely, sunny, bright room to relax in, really.

Yeah, this room will be the focal point, I think,

because as soon as you come through the front door,

you walk into the hall, this is the first room on the right.

My favourite part of this room is actually what I'm doing right now.

This cornice is just stunning.

Leaving the cornice to dry, Alan moves on to roller the ceiling.

He's using the same shade of blue as the walls.

I have been slightly more courageous with this colour.

I think it's going to look even nicer once the cornice

is really white, because it's still so yellow,

you can see how yellow it is.

I think it's going to really pop.

A week later, and with the walls, ceiling and cornice painted,

Catherine is about to shed some light on her vision for the sitting room

by installing a chandelier.

I've got the...

...mind-numbing but excitingly fun job of putting all the crystals on.

And I can't tell you how many there are,

but there are packets and packets of these.

There must be, well, hundreds,

hundreds of strings of crystals to put on.

So, yeah, it's going to be a real centrepiece to the room.

I think it's in keeping as well with the period and the style.

I'd like to be better at mixing old and new,

but I think this is... I think this works.

Certainly wouldn't have had this when it was a girls' boarding house.

Although it's in a period style,

the light fitting is actually a very convincing modern replica.

Two hours later and the chandelier is complete.

There! Finished.

Elegance is the finish Catherine and Alan are striving for

in the sitting room, and the chandelier more than delivers.

Three weeks later and Catherine is prepping the windows and shutters

ready for painting.

It's an endless scraping job, but Catherine's got the staying power.

It's actually quite satisfying, it's quite therapeutic,

but it's a long job.

I think both Alan and I are feeling a little bit overwhelmed

at the moment, and the time seems to be ticking away,

and I kind of hoped to have this room done by now.

And now we're really under pressure because the floor's being sanded,

which means we need to have all the messy work done, really,

so that when he comes, there's not going to be any risk of any paint

being blobbed on the lovely sanded floors.

Have you ever felt like you've bitten off more than you can chew?

That'll be me.

But once those floors are sanded and stained, the finishing line

will be in sight.

That should be enough motivation to keep this pair motoring.

200 miles away at the old farmhouse near Hawick in the Scottish Borders,

with Rosie and Antony... CRASHING

...who have already brought down the ceiling

and a partition wall of what will be their maker studio.

To create more space in here,

they are going to raise all the beams up into the roof void.

A day of hard graft lies ahead.

Where are these going? So that wants to go over there.

They weigh some, don't they? Yeah.

As this is going to be a creative space for the pair,

by making the room light and airy,

by fitting roof lights and raising the beams,

they hope to make the studio inviting to work in.

We're going to take each joist out individually,

put it higher up.

And here's my little sketch.

So we've got existing joists along here,

we're going to raise it up to this height which is two thirds

and a third in along the rafter height.

It's going to look great when it's done.

It's going to be another of those transformational jobs.

Now, I am up for anything

and I do try to help Ant all the time.

I don't really like climbing up stuff very much,

but, um, I'll give it a go.

When you get underneath, just to get yourself acclimatised, just walk...

just walk around.

Mm. Oh, God.

SHE BREATHES HEAVILY

I'm shaking like mad.

Yeah, I'm definitely out of my comfort zone.

While Rosie acclimatises, Antony attaches some supporting batons

to take the weight of the joist.

Then, having measured the angles, he cuts the timbers at either end.

It's out, it's out.

So it wants to be on your side, lean right on that. Right.

Is that looking level there? Uh, no.

That's all right. That is.

Yeah. Right.

Oh, God, I can't, I'm trembling.

All right, just hold it. Get both hands underneath it.

But hang on to other one and press it against that joist, yeah?

Can I get down now?

Rosie takes a time-out.

Working at height and lifting the beam proves a step too far.

I'm still shaking.

She's my... She's my comfort dog.

Everybody's scared of heights.

Even when I went up on the roof on the chimney stacks the other day,

you know, it's still daunting

because I haven't been up there for so long.

With Rosie and able to manage the weight of the joists,

ever inventive, Antony comes up with plan B.

Right. What's the plan?

This prop I've just made...

I'm gonna lift the joist up, and then you quickly need to get

that underneath the middle of it. Yeah.

Right. Is that...? That's in't middle now.

Right, kick it in at bottom.

Right.

That's not going anywhere.

Proppage is a game changer. Suddenly we can do the job.

Antony drills holes and then inserts threaded rods,

which he finally bolts in place.

And with that, the first joist is successfully raised

to its new location.

It's taken about four times as long as I expected,

but that's number one joist done.

Anybody that thinks renovation is about fancy curtains

and fitted kitchens, it's not.

There's nothing glamorous, but you know that it needs to be done,

and you just have to focus and get on with it and keep going at it.

And sometimes you can't keep going at it in one day

because your knees give in, but it's worth it in the end.

That looks spot on. Yeah.

That makes that makes such a difference, doesn't it? It does.

Don't feel as though it's on top of your heads anymore.

No, that's it. It immediately gives that sense of space, doesn't it?

It's a big job, but it's going to be worth it.

One down and ten to go.

With problem-solving Antony and Rosie,

it should be finished in no time at all.

380 miles away in Orpington, southeast London,

where the exterior walls

of Naomi and Shemar's 1930s semi have been painted.

It's looking good. Can't complain.

Yeah. First time seeing it without the scaffolding on.

Yeah. Lovely.

The outside render and paintwork have cost them £6,000.

Shemar and Naomi have been shocked by the price of their renovation.

It's a big learning curve for me.

I've never done anything like this before.

Another thing that took me by surprise was just finding out

how much their skip costs and how much the scaffolding cost.

That's like an additional £300 every other week.

And, you know, that's really biting into the budget.

While it might look finished from the outside,

inside, there's still a lot to be done.

Shemar is keen to see the progress in their bathroom.

How's it going, Ash? All good, bro.

Yeah, it's looking good. It's looking good.

This is what we kind of wanted,

this kind of special effect with the tiles,

and let it be quite bold in here.

It's looking good.

Once the tiling is finished, the sanitary ware can be plumbed.

This bathroom isn't that far off being finished,

a huge relief to Shemar, currently camping in the spare room

at his parents'.

It's wearing on me a bit now because I'm like,

I want peace and quiet, I want my own space.

I want my own house,

I want to be with my partner, curled up on a sofa.

A lot of the nights, you know, when I'm when I'm getting back

from work, I can't wait, basically.

A week later, and while downstairs, the builders are skimming the floor

in the kitchen extension and plastering the downstairs toilet,

upstairs, Naomi and Shemar are painting their bathroom ceiling.

I never realised that dip in the ceiling. Where?

Next to where you're painting. Oh, here?

Yeah. There you go.

With only the bath and sink taps left to plumb in,

the bathroom is almost there.

Are you happy? Definitely.

Two weeks later, with work on the rest of the house ongoing,

Shemar and Naomi are ready to unveil their first completed room.

Six months ago, the bathroom was a cold, empty space,

at best a blank canvas.

Today, their new bathroom is a glorious triumph.

The marble effect tiles give a classy finish.

And the gold fittings give the elegant room a touch of luxury.

It's looking good!

It's looking nice and bright, I love it. Yeah.

Definitely. I think it's amazing.

Naomi is particularly delighted with the distinct greens and yellows

of the marble sink bowl.

It's quite different and out-there, it's very bold.

We really both like it.

At a total cost of £6,000, the bathroom has set a high benchmark

for the couple to follow in the rest of the house.

There are still a lot of rooms that need to be done,

but at least having one makes you feel like you're on the right track

and you're doing something right.

Best of all, the finished bathroom means at long last, Naomi and Shemar

can finally move in and be together.

Just kind of being in the house without having to go anywhere,

I think that's what I'm actually looking forward to the most.

I think I'm most looking forward to having a bath.

With a luxurious finish in here, who could blame you, Naomi?

Coming up...

in the Scottish Borders...

Oh, wow.

They look fantastic, don't they?

...Rosie and Antony's studio takes the couple on an undersea adventure.

It's like a ribcage inside a big fish.

And at Oakhurst Hall...

The sofas are arriving for the sitting room.

...a furniture delivery means the end is in sight

for Catherine and Alan's sitting room renovation.

It's all coming together. I can see the blue walls and the sofa

and the rug and everything.

It's just all... Yeah, I'm excited.

Back at the old farmhouse in the Scottish Borders near Hawick,

the transformation of Rosie and Antony's upstairs studio space

is moving forwards.

Two weeks have passed and not only is the partition wall

above the stairs now down, Antony has also managed to raise

all the beams high into the roof void,

increasing the sense of space and light.

With Rosie, a creative consultant,

and Antony, an architectural antiques dealer,

they are bursting with transformational ideas.

Today he's adding a flourish of architectural bling.

I need to get all these nearly exact length.

I've made life difficult for myself by choosing such thick wire...

...because I've had to buy some expensive shears

because we couldn't cut it with anything else.

This bit can either take a minute or ten minutes to get right.

Just tighten them up and that's done.

These metal ropes aren't required to reinforce the roof structure,

but they will add strength.

This, um, tension cable system that we've sort of designed

consists of... this is eight mil steel.

We want it industrial-looking and blingy at the same time.

That's as long as I've measured it all all right.

With all the preparation work done, Antony climbs up to begin

connecting his decorative steel ropes to the roof beams.

I just got a couple of holes to drill up through here.

The steel rope is connected to threaded steel rods,

which Antony secures in place with a bolt on top.

It's only just long enough, that. Get that wound up.

Over the next hour, Antony gets them all fixed in place

down one side of the room.

Tea for the workers.

Oh, wow!

They look fantastic, don't they?

It's like a ribcage inside a big fish.

I just imagine it being inside a whale.

Because it's a studio

where we're going to hopefully do creative things...

Let inspiration flood around the room. Yeah, that's right.

At the moment, I just see a big sofa in front of that window

and me gazing out, gazing out onto the river.

Over the next few weeks, and with the remaining steel ropes

all now in place, Antony and Rosie start to fill the room

with their craft equipment and some of the antiques they plan to restore

and use in the renovation.

Since they moved to the farmhouse four months ago,

Rosie and Antony haven't stopped working.

Back then, this room was a cold, dusty, old bedroom,

but with a supreme effort, it's utterly transformed.

Where there was once a ceiling,

brought down by Antony in a blizzard of dust,

there now exists a stunning and elevated roof space.

The roof beams have been moved up higher into the roof void,

and then cleaned and sanded.

And with their decorative metallic accessories in place,

it gives the room an industrial warehouse feel.

While they've not quite finished this room, with roof lights

still to go in and a new staircase to be added, their aspiration

for a creative space has been realised.

It's now officially a studio.

This space was dark, completely enclosed

and it was a bit spooky, actually.

This has been the muckiest part of the house as well.

It's been sort of dust, sweat and tears.

Well, not tears, but just sweat.

I think there were a few tears, to be honest.

Was there? I didn't notice them. Yeah!

Feels really good, actually,

to be put in our own stamp on this room.

And we're going to spend a lot of time in here.

We wanted it ready for this next six months

because we've got tons of projects to do. Projects to do.

So it's good enough for that.

I think one of the absolute key things about this property

is its location and its views.

So the river is just directly below here, and it's rather lovely

to be sitting here and doing a, you know, doing a little project.

It's going to be absolutely gorgeous.

There's testament to hard work, look. Yeah!

The dog's shattered.

Poor Tig.

I'd be shattered, too, if I spent my life watching Rosie and Antony

hard at work.

200 miles away in Shropshire at Oakhurst Hall,

Alan and Catherine's sitting room is beginning to look the part.

With the windows restored and the floors stained and lacquered,

today Catherine is delighted as the furniture has arrived.

The sofas are arriving for the sitting room,

which is really exciting.

All I've had is a little fabric sample for the last two years,

and now I'm really pleased to see them in the flesh,

that it's a really gorgeous colour.

A gorgeous colour that hopefully fits perfectly with Catherine's

pale blue colour scheme.

That's a relief that it actually went in. It actually goes in, yeah.

Are we moving this carpet?

We might have to tweak it a bit.

So, yeah, maybe just leave them. Yeah.

Oh, they're a nice colour. It's going to be nice.

I'm really excited because it's a lovely sumptuous velvet

so they're going to be really comfy to sit on.

To actually see them here now is well... It's all coming together.

I can see the blue walls and the sofa

and the rug and everything.

It's just all... yeah, I'm excited.

And a couple of weeks later, Catherine's TV is getting installed.

But this is no ordinary TV.

I've gone for an option to kind of hide the television

so it doesn't stand out.

This clever system works by using glass with a smoky tint.

When the TV is off, it looks just like a mirror.

I want it to be a nice, relaxing, calming room,

and so to have it hidden is just perfect

because when it's off, it just blends into the room.

And when it's on, we can just chill out and watch whatever

we want to watch.

The room is almost finished and Catherine is keen to celebrate

with a floral flourish.

Four months ago, this room was a dumping ground,

a literal junk room.

Alan and Catherine set to work clearing the space,

and then with Catherine's vision to bring back the elegance,

they grafted, doing most of the big jobs themselves.

And now the vision is complete and their sitting room

is simply a stunner.

The effortless colour combinations are key.

The lacquered dark floor and the rich wooden furniture

work in tandem with the pale blue walls and the petrol blue sofas

to make this space sing.

And with the original features, from the cornice and the fireplace

to the original windows and the fully restored main door,

the building's rich heritage is kept alive for future

generations to enjoy.

It was this room that sealed the deal when Alan and Catherine

first set eyes on Oakhurst Hall.

When we viewed the hall,

the estate agent walked in and all the shutters were closed

and she opened the shutters and it was just like... Ping!

Oh! Oh, wow.

And that was it, in love. Yeah.

Sold.

But we've never been sure what to do with it until now.

I think once we'd decided on the colour palette

and how we wanted the room to feel and look,

it was like a jigsaw puzzle, really.

We started at the top, worked our way down, put it all back together,

had the floor restored,

and then just painting, painting, painting.

So I didn't really have a colour palette in mind

when we were starting this room.

What kept throwing me was that fireplace because I hated it.

I've never liked it until now, and the colour has actually softened

the fireplace because it's a rose marble,

really blended in beautifully now.

The whole place was unloved, so this was quite a sad room.

But you could see, you could see the potential.

It's got so many beautiful features with the sliding doors, the cornice,

the high skirtings, the radiators were great.

We had those sandblasted and powder coated. Yeah.

I can't actually pick one bit that I love the most.

I absolutely love this whole room.

It needed to be really elegant.

Elegant and classic. Yeah.

Later on this week, Catherine and Alan will be bringing the elegant

and classic to a cloakroom and their outdoor terrace.

It'll be really cool that this is kind of like a secret passageway.

...a hidden cinema room...

Now, the moment of truth.

...on the Cornish coast.

You're happy? Yeah. God, yeah.

Yeah. Absolutely incredible.

In the Scottish Borders...

I don't know what we're going to do with the big rocket yet.

...a house move like no other...

I've called it a massive, monumental move, the MMM.

...raises eyebrows en route.

Did you see that guy that did a proper double take out of the car

when he overtook on the motorway?

And an unloved bathroom...

It hasn't been touched for years.

...finally gets its due in Shropshire.

Do you know what? This is one of my favourite rooms.

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