Escape to the Country Season 24 Episode 28: Cornwall (2023) | FULL EPISODE
[Music] for some moving to the country is a lifetime dream i am very excited to see what you make of this it's absolutely beautiful very pretty but sometimes deeprooted personal tastes can create problems i don't normally like a beam you're slightly worrying me now i'm beginning to wonder if you've come on the right show because we've got beans we've got country kitchens however we often find that classic features have a habit of bringing buyers around joel said he might win me over a character he might be right it's annoying till eventually we get to hear that magic word you see it's meant to be [Applause] [Music] Cornwall a county as rugged as it is beautiful birthplace of the pasti where jam always comes before cream and where the local pride is fiercely passionate you know we often talk about counties having distinct personalities unique traits and characteristics that make them what they are but speaking as somebody who's been coming here for years one thing I've come to realize is this when it comes to Cormal it isn't just a county for those lucky enough to live work and play here it's a way of life cornwall lies at the southwesternmost tip of mainland England and is well known for its hundreds of miles of coastline attracting millions of yearly visitors and varied marine life what's not as well known is that the county has its own language well yeah and you gazo and you all drove the knee and you clear allis one of the best love sites for holiday makers is Peronpor with its extensive two-mile beach popular with surfers and sunbathers and even if you've never visited the area you're sure to be familiar with the spectacular scenery as it's regularly seen on film and TV even the silver screen's best artistic directors couldn't create anywhere as beautiful as Cornwall today's buyers like so many before them have decided to quit the rat race and have turned their attention to Cornwall with dreams of becoming their own [Music] bosses phil and Charlotte currently have successful but extremely busy careers here we are with the regular day of working charlotte hard at work doing lots of businessy things don't know what it is too complicated for me we both work full-time 9 to5 Monday to Friday i work in recruitment and Phil works in IT as they can work from home they want to leave the large commuter belt village of Bagshot in Surrey we've been here for about 6 years as you can see we've got the train line here we love the area but we're just looking to move to Cornwall for a different lifestyle they hope the move will allow them to develop a glamping business and eventually wind down their current jobs i've always had a dream of running holiday less so it' be a real really good for me to to to actually give that a go take the chance and give it a go yeah yeah definitely definitely phil is 6'4 and Charlotte 4' 11 hang on there we are we got I'll have to bob down a bit and so they don't always see eye to eye yeah I'd really like to try some surfing near the beach i'm not so good with the whole swimming l so I don't think I'll bother with that but the um you know just the coaster paths would be would be brilliant the girls would absolutely love that they're gorgeous girls are Bella and Peggy both Vaslers so they'll need sufficient land for them for their substantial budget of 1.2 million Phil and Charlotte want a detached home with a minimum of two bedrooms and a key part of this move is to find either existing holiday lets or room to develop them with an emphasis on catering for dog owners in either case they'll need space for the dogs which they'd like to walk in the countryside or on local beaches now speaking of somebody who's been in the holiday game for just over a year I can tell you it's extremely rewarding you meet some wonderful people and it's great seeing people happy with what you've done but my goodness me it takes an awful lot of hard work too are they prepared for it we'll have to wait and see our first property is on the outskirts of Nuki halfway down the county's north coast and so I'm meeting Phil and Charlotte on one of its stunning sandy [Music] beaches well goodness me of all the weeks to come house hunting in Cornwall you two have absolutely locked out look at it it could not be better no wonder you two want to move down here obviously been a long time in the coming it has we've been thinking about this probably for getting on 10 years now so now is the right time for us now have you ever run a holiday let before no no of course not we got no idea what we're doing no idea at all well the good news is that I have been running two holiday less uh for the last 18 months or so and I was a total newbie to it i have learned an awful lot along the way some of it the hard way some of it the easy way so I'm really happy to share what I've learned with you and you are bringing with you a fabulous budget yes it's a it's a scary budget i My heart sort of jumps every time I think about it so I'm trying not to think about it too hard but really for anything less than that I don't think that we can really get what what we're after we've got a lot to think about we've got a few miles to travel and a few properties for you to see the weather is amazing it's even prompted me to get my shorts on which must mean it's good so without further ado should we go yes let's go with them if you're planning to attract holiday makers then locations don't come much better than Nuki voted one of the nation's favorite seaside towns there are miles of golden sand across no fewer than 12 beaches most of which are dog friendly the town offers all the shops you'd expect and as well as good rail connections there's also an international airport just over a mile from the nearest beach is the first house in our lineup well I am very excited to see what you make of this our first property what do you think Charlotte it's absolutely beautiful very pretty the garden's pretty looks lovely and you love a wisteria the wind already i really want to start with an element to this property where I think you are going to spend most of your time okay and it involves a walk up the garden path oh lucky me this detached former watermill is grade 2 listed and has been beautifully renovated for modern living now as extensions go wow we were definitely spending a lot of time in there I think yeah definitely isn't that clever yeah yeah it's really good come and have a look inside yeah let's It is quite It's beautiful extraordinary lovely yes i like the same level inside and out as well so you don't have to go up and down steps and things which is uh which is nice but what an impressive family space i mean you've got the the central fireplace there which is lovely you know you see it from both sides oh yeah i I think it's exceptional yeah very much how we live currently in our house it's very very similar and the overhang here would stop it getting too hot with no direct sort of sunlight coming in and stuff now you've got two visas haven't you yeah so have they well actual vizlas wow they are you see it's meant to be it's written in the paw prints isn't it passing into the original part of the house now you might want to duck fill it all yeah I'm used to it we reach the kitchen what do you think well I personally like a more modern kitchen rather than a sort of farmhouse country style and I don't normally like a beam no which is frightening seems to use a tall one but actually because this is quite interesting there's actually stuff going on and it's Yeah I like it you're slightly worrying me now i'm beginning to wonder if you've come on the right show because we've got beams we've got country kitchens and you know and it is nice so you know we're quite open to this isn't a horrible country you should change it anywhere you could certainly do an island here you could certainly give this a fresh crisper look that might mirror more what's going on through there yeah um this feels like it should be the ground floor in fact this is the top floor because the mill goes on beneath us and that's where most of the rest of it is also on this level is a study which could be used as a bedroom plus a cloak room and a large reception room come and have a look at this this was the principal living room before they built that amazing extension i could use it as my reading room yeah absolutely it's again it's a nice size it's a big room this How many books have you got quite a few but it wouldn't fill this room but I'd have it as my office as well probably yeah on the lower level there's another reception with remnants of the mill's past on display the main bedroom has an onsuite bathroom with shower leaving the other two bedrooms down here to share a large family [Music] bathroom three beds in here this is the principal one it's nice and bright this being downstairs because this is white it's doesn't feel enclosed um yeah it's more the the encloseness I don't like it's not the character I don't like it's more I feel like I'm hemmed in is it your understanding then that if something is old and characterful it might feel small and dark and claustrophobic exactly so that is a preconception we need to bust this week don't we yes we do absolutely okay well hopefully this is beginning to to do that because you know rest assured I don't think that's the case outside this garden has everything there's a courtyard with lounging and dining areas as well as a plunge pool and tiki bar there are also mature plants and trees plus the pond a sunken seating area with a fire pit and a greenhouse and vegetable patch and if all that wasn't enough there's also a one-bedroom annex that could serve as the holiday l it's a decent size it is a bit dated today would need to look at ripping about that kitchen i think you know my love of ripping out a kitchen yeah the garage I think is just the other side of that wall there so we could look at knocking through there and that would give you another garage size room another complete double bedroom yeah that funny little me think about what we'd have to do up there yeah it's not tall enough to stand up in by the looks of it but maybe even for you i think Phil's already making plans to extend the holiday but outside I've got my own plan so back where we started i mean here's a thought for you you could offer your guests this and that oh no they can't have that just think about that think about the old social media and what that's going to look like on a website as a pitch it's potential yeah you know you might just rake in a bit more y All right let's have a think then about how much this is going to be on the market for Go on then Phil 1,50,000 1,50,000 yeah okay I'll go slightly higher 1.1 well let's make this a bit easier for you this is currently on the market for 999,000 you were closest a win it's a win and it gives you plenty left over to sort that out and anything else you would want to tweak [Music] well under budget at £999,000 this grade 2 listed former watermill has five bedrooms in the main house with a simply beautiful modern extension the garden is designed to offer a huge range of uses and the annex provides a readymade business [Music] so for me this property is a good mix of old and new and actually has tested my thoughts on whether I want character um and I love the open plan modern part i think when it comes to kitchens and bathrooms modern is is really the way to go and that's that's what we prefer anyway we'd need to look at maybe doing one or two little bits and bobs and sides but because it's the right side of a million quid um you know it really gives us good opportunity to be able to put our mark on it and you know add the changes which we feel it would benefit from padto Stow must be one of the most attractive coastal towns in the world so we're sending Phil and Charlotte to join the hordes of other sightseers enjoying the views we have the most wonderful beaches in the local area there's seven beaches that you can get to really easily and they're all beautiful sandy beaches and of course nowadays with the advent of Rick Stein and Paul Ainsworth it's become a very very high-profile food destination and people like to come they like to stay in Padto and sample all the wonderful things that there is on offer here look at those they're [Music] fantastic padto is so important to me and my family because mom and dad they set the restaurant up here in 1975 that's nearly 50 years ago and I just love it the tourism the fishing and now the fantastic food and on a day like today the weather's not bad either as well as the restaurants the town's delightful winding streets are full of independent shops one of which should be right up Phil and Charlotte's alley lisa Hope has been running an award-winning doggy emporium for the last 6 years which sells everything for dogs and their owners [Music] could you tell us a bit about the business you've set up here so I like to describe it as Savo for dogs we fit everything so everything when you leave the shop your dog has got a a good proper fitted harness coat whatever and we're very busy we get people book holidays just to bring their dogs in for fittings oh really wow so it is it's it's a real compliment as well we love dogs we've got a couple of ourselves we've got a couple of visas would you say that Padto and Cornwall are dog friendly the biggest thing here really is the dog walks um so there's lots of groups on Facebook where you do big beach walks and things like that i mean you can take your dogs pretty much everywhere here you can take them into the restaurants especially during the day some of them even take the dogs in the evenings there's there's very few places that you can't take the dogs so it's just you know they're part of the family and you're not leaving them at home and it is just a lovely place to live with especially if you're a dog lover centuries ago in the medieval period Padto was known as the old place and today it's that oldworld charm that makes it an ideal place to unwind and watch the world go by [Music] well as you can see we have woken to yet another glorious day here in Cormal our final day of house hunting of course with Charlotte and with Phil now as is traditional on our final day I will be showing them our mystery house but first a property which quite frankly could be a mystery house in its own right such are its credentials and I'll tell you one thing if they don't want to buy it I might again near the north coast is St morgan despite its size this attractive village has everything you could wish for in a captivating Cornish location there's a stream a church dating back to the 13th century a pub and restaurant tea rooms a cafe a craft shop there's even a model giraffe just a 15-minute walk from the center of the village is the house we're here to see i cannot wait to see what you make of this another really pretty house yeah it does look really handsome from the outside yeah lovely and what's lovely about it is that effectively it has been divided into two you could let either side of it if you wanted to however you may not need to because it also comes with two shepherd's huts oh wow really excellent my favorite glamping option of course sell it to us it to be frank it's already sold itself to me so if you don't want it yeah you're going to buy it fine i might be in the running but I think you'll agree you know not a bad spot if people were coming here as your guests on holiday and you were showing them down to the huts wow yeah no it's fantastic it really is very nice we're excited to look in yep yeah absolutely i hope you are i'm very excited to show it to you come and have a look brilliant the outside of this splendid detached 18th century cottage has made a strong first impression and I suspect the decor inside is about to as well come on in what do you think wow gosh oh yes i like this bit it's got that head room again you'll get lost in here yeah I will but it gives you an idea of what you're going to see stylistically it really sets the scene it does sort of suit the the space i mean even these sort of swan lights i mean bonkers but in a really good positive way actually it looks really good here it is fun come and have a look at this so kitchen and diner living this is very us I think yes yeah definitely much more our taste sort of kitchen wise decent space you know is it because it's more modern i think so i think so kitchens and bathrooms I feel have to be sort of more more modern up to up to date and then in here you've got this lot with the dining entry there in what is a garden room yeah nice i really like it i like the flow from the kitchen then into this area and through into the garden room yeah it's really nice yeah it's much more how we live our life currently yeah yeah definitely upstairs there are bedrooms of plenty and bathrooms but what I suggest we do now is hop next door and have a look at the second property yeah yeah come and have a look next door this side of the house also has a downstairs study here we go house number two and then passing into the other side there's an open plan kitchen and dining space with a staircase in the middle and at the other end of the room is a sitting area so you tell me would you not offer this to your guests or would you keep it for yourselves decisions decisions it's nice to have the choice nice problem to have yeah yeah yeah definitely again I like the open plan you know it's nice again doors straight out into the garden and stuff which is handy for the dogs whether it's for us or whether it's for anyone else we've got staying with us it's cabinets this it goes back that way a huge way and I think as a let this would absolutely fly personally it's a little bit too pink and unicorn for me have to put your own stamp on everything have a look upstairs here see what this offers and I'll meet you down by one of the shepherd's huts you can't miss it brilliant the first double bedroom is big enough to include a sofa it's a good size for for holidays what's in here oh on suite nice good size room yeah I think this house is is appealing to me more i think it's got some lovely character particularly on the outside without being too too much on the inside or you can make your own character by adding your own bits and pieces like like the person who lives here has across the landing there's another double bedroom and then back in the other half of the building is the main bedroom with a large on suite bathroom so far I'd say this house feels quite a lot more like us don't you yeah yeah definitely ceilating heights are good you know yeah no it's right you know it's plenty plenty high enough although they might have to watch out for the chandelier the second bedroom they'll want to renovate as it's now in use as a clinic and has an on suite shower room the garden has other unusual elements hidden throughout as well as some bigger surprises now I have to confess this has got elements which I don't think I've seen in any other property it's got this sort of faux graveyard and this what can I call it a phrase I've never used on Escape to the Country before a dining chapel i've never seen anything like it in addition to the possibility of renting out half the house there are also two shepherd's huts gosh I wasn't expecting this i know that was nice isn't it yeah i've not been in the Shepherd's Hub before but yeah it's good what do you think K yeah brilliant yeah i mean it's got everything you need in a small space like this it's your uh lifestyle photo opportunity holiday again absolutely and to give you an idea this would go out per night for anything between about £130 to £150 a night potentially depending on the season now this one is in some contrast to what's at the bottom that one has a compostable toilet oh and is much more off-grid so I would describe both of them as glamping but that one more rustic and you know shepherd's huts are portable structures there's no reason why you couldn't be thinking about putting another one here because you've got all of that space there are more route buildings including a hay barn and a stable block maybe squeeze a couple of mattresses in there for a truly rustic glamping opportunity but on a more serious note the income potential of this property is only limited by the imagination something it's currently filled with so let's have a think then about what this is going to be on the market for phil I think I'm going to go for 1.15 million 1.15 million so annoying that's exactly what I was going to go for you can you can agree i I don't like to agree with you i'm going to go to be different 1.175 okay
here's the thing this is currently on the market for 1 million yeah nice positive that is something to think about yeah yeah lots to think about there yeah that's a bit of spare change for an extra shepherd's hut potentially absolutely 100% so a 1 million pound price tag that would leave 200,000 in the budget to truly let their imaginations run wild there are multiple configurations for the 18th century main property which could be split in half but as is it's marketed as having four double bedrooms and two reception rooms the mature gardens cover approximately 2 acres and in addition to the buildings like the dining chapel include two rental shepherd's huts the fact that we can expand this um is exciting because that also means that potentially we can give up work alto together you know if we can get to a point where that can provide all the income to cover any mortgages and bills and that sort of stuff well you know we don't need to work proper jobs then do we do our own thing i'm really excited about this property i like the property itself the fact that it's open and light i love the potential of it i love that there's already some business uh potential there but also we can grow it more and make it [Music] bigger following the pandemic house prices in this area shot up and the average price for detached property was consistently higher than the national figure but since last winter the county average has fallen from just over £481,000 to around £462,000 it's the county's biggest six-month drop in over a decade and around double the amount that the national figure has fallen in the same period for a perfect seaside residence this one even has its own seagull not really but it is only about 200 meters from the beach and has an open plan kitchen living room plus four bedrooms it's on the market for £625,000 for something more rural this barn conversion is on the outskirts of a popular village surrounded by country walks it has a cozy living room with a wood burner one bedroom with a vated ceiling and is available for offers over £295,000 or for more rural still how about this treehouse built around a 200-year-old copper beach there's more copper inside with this gorgeous rolltop bath it has a kitchen come lounge area and a double bedroom with short stays starting from £195 a night [Music] heading in land the village of Laduk appears traditional but in addition to modern conveniences like the shop post office and community hall there's a forward-thinking project to make the village the most sustainable in the county one of the ingenious methods they've engaged to achieve that is introducing beavers to the waterways to manage them naturally surrounded by some of these streams is the mystery house on first inspection the word that might pop into your head is character but perhaps it should be opportunity now as you might tell behind our mystery house there is plenty of outdoor space beautiful mature and developed gardens but it also comes with two main parcels of land the biggest being over here the joy of this for them in developing their business whatever shape it is finally going to take is that this place could make it as big or as small as they want it to be but is it going to be something they'll go for well we'll have to find out there is a rental option here but currently no established holidaylet business so this mystery option will take some vision and may require a leap of faith if they're up for the challenge perfect timing how are we doing yeah good thanks good thanks ready to see our final offering our mystery house i really like it looks good yeah it looks lovely from the outside i think it's really pretty i really like the stone do you never thought you'd say that it's a bit characterful isn't it yes i don't mind character on the outside i tease you i tease you um I say mystery house really this is mystery houses because not only do you get that bit but you also get that bit next door which is currently let out on a long-term let but that's a two bed cottage in its own right okay sounds promising yeah yeah sounds exciting happy to go and have a look around oh thank goodness for that as well we're here come on [Music] this stone and granite barn conversion is set in glorious countryside and I've got high hopes for the kitchen please tell me the ceiling is high enough oh yes yeah yeah plenty plenty high enough yeah what do you think love the kitchen you can see a range over there but get used to that I'm sure yeah absolutely yeah you've got the range there very much a farmhousey style this yes yeah you might be creeping over to the dark side you know you're convincing me you know but very very contemporary and through there quite generous um utility room as well yeah it's much more to our taste good so yeah absolutely so far they're finally warming to countrystyle kitchens and on a hot day I'm sure the reception rooms will be equally appealing so you've got two living rooms this one clearly for the dogs you got a couple of safers in here and some old chest they can have this to themselves can't they pretty much and they can run out to the garden yeah it's that's ideal for that yeah and then maybe you could have this one all to yourselves as if that's going to happen yeah it's so nice yeah it is it's really nice it also feels quite winter summer or evening daytime I would agree and dare I say it it's got a few themes Charlotte i barely noticed them though Jules cuz they're they're light and they're so far away from you exactly exactly i barely noticed good there's a really nice feel to this isn't there there is yeah well look there's upstairs to see and explore hopefully you'll enjoy that i also want you to pop next door and have a look at the longer term let and I'll meet you out in the garden brilliant lovely thank you very much off you go at the top of the stairs the first room is the contemporary family bathroom yeah it's all that's reasonably recently done isn't it oh I don't get to rip a bathroom around there are three goodiz double bedrooms and the largest one is at the end of the corridor again decentish size yeah yeah I think so too i think the way it's laid out the ceiling height it's got charm on the outside but it's reasonably regular on the inside so you can do a lot with it yeah absolutely joel said he might win me over a character he might be right it's annoying don't tell him just keep it at yourself at the other end of the property is a two-bedroom cottage with features like exposed stone walls which is rented out for £720 a month yeah so I mean we could start bringing an income from this straight away can we we don't need to to market it or anything it's already been been let out so yeah it's whether depending on the price of this and how much mortgage we need whether that then brings in enough for us to do what we want to do initially yeah and if we can have other glamping pods or something that might be Yeah that could offset that but there's definitely glamping potential here beyond the picturesque rear garden which I can't wait to show them well then how was upstairs and next door yeah really yeah i really liked it yeah it was lovely obviously next door needs a little bit cosmetic stuff so that's fine we need something to do well one thing that needs no attention clearly is this uh the more recently developed garden at the back of the property here they've got it contained in this series of of timber raised beds there's another phase of it underway behind the outbuildings up there too but look at the roses everything's looking absolutely stunning yeah it is magnificent charlotte really enjoys gardening as well so it' be right in your element i'm guessing he's not serious no he's not i like a go i love a garden i'm just not a gardener but that is not the main event the main event I think is up here come and have a look at this the property comes with approximately 3 and 1/2 acres that includes storage sheds and two paddocks one with its own access to the road making it perfect for glamping we could do a lot with this with either shepherd's huts or yurts or some other form of whatever you want whatever the budget goes to really i feel slightly overwhelmed by all i'm not quite sure why but um cuz it's not hugely different to the last property in regards to its offering but I I find blank canvases overwhelming okay so there is one more thing to do and that is to reveal the price charlotte this one's a hard one like I said I'm a bit overwhelmed by it all i would say 999950 are you now yeah go on Phil okay i'm going to go 1,ion50,000 okay this is currently on the market for 1.1 1 million i nearly went 1.1 i should every time I should have started with 1.1 it's the magic number this week well under budget at 1.1 million this converted barn has a modern twist on a country kitchen three spacious bedrooms and from a business perspective there's the long-term tenant next door plus two paddocks that could be utilized given us plenty to think about it really has made us look at things differently there isn't so much character on the inside and actually I'm not sure if that's right or not now I've seen some that have it's really made me think about things it's a complete and utter blank canvas which would mean we could really start things from scratch definitely a bit mind-b blown to be honest the main bit of the garden nice and low maintenance for for you Charlotte and we've got space to be able to try things like the shepherd's hut or other types of glamping options yeah it's it's a really really good option it's exciting isn't it frightening trust you yeah I know nails down to my nubs [Music] phil and Charlotte aren't the only ones pursuing a business opportunity in this area on a completely different scale is the West Carllay's Garden Village the UK's main sustainable garden village project creating well over 1,000 homes near St oel dorian Berisford is chief development officer of the project wow Dorian what a view we've got here of this postindustrial China clay landscape i mean it's it's writ large isn't it but here you are transforming it now into what you hope will be a a living community that will be here for hundreds of years to come a garden village tell us a bit more our garden communities are very much based around sustainability so sustainable communities aren't just around the homes themselves and making sure they got low running costs and reducing carbon it's about how you create somewhere that evolves with people over time where you you you embody the traditional values and the organic places for people to come together but you give them ownership so that as the residents change and as people come in and as the world changes and technology changes and lifestyle changes the communities are able to adapt because the people are going to be the people that create that that change which is really important so how many homes are you hoping to create on this what 300 acre site no 500 acres so yeah 350 acres will be a country park which is the vast majority of the area you see 150 acres will be built um and that's 1500 homes school shops bars restaurant pub dentists supermarkets all that kind of thing [Music] the company uses 3D modeling to carefully optimize everyone's access to the very best of the geographical features our responsibility and the thing we take most seriously is how we work with the landscape you know if you this area we're designing here each of the roads that that leads down so that people walk out look left look right you see the lake it's a connection to that natural landscape and the beauty that's there there's gaps between the houses that sit on the front of the lake again so that everyone can see down this area is designed around a very informal we call it a large garden rather than a park so each of our areas we want to maximize that natural asset so very much about each of the areas having a distinct identity how long do you think it will take before it's finally finished i think from where we are now there's probably another 12 years wow the project was originally put forward in 2009 and now the first houses have been built families are beginning to move in well it's great to see the vision writ large around us and I love what you've done here with the different colors and the different textures on on the fronts of these properties the step roof lines and the the width the space here our architecture is quite simple we wanted to create a modern Cornish cottage in a way so they are quite simple frontages but we've got the wooden cladding and different color windows if you go around Cornwall you see different colors because they painted the color of whatever's left of boats for example and then we borrowed um the colors for the houses from the landscape and so big windows lots of natural lighting which helps with sustainability solar panels on each of the homes airsource heat pumps on every home mechanical ventilation and heat recovery so all of that adds up to these homes saving on average 5 tons of carbon the average home produces six tons so we're not quite carbon neutral but to get there it's a it's a big step in cost and we wanted to make sure that the homes could be as affordable uh as possible for people so we do try and you know put some thought into into every element of uh of the project well we often see lots of ideas on paper but it's great to see one physically taking shape well done you thank you shame the pubs are open it's one down the road keep the local community Wow look at this what a place to bring our Cornish house hunting odyssey to a close what's going to happen next let's find out how are we doing then really good yeah brilliant thank you Jules this is what it's all about isn't it some views this is what sells it to millions of people every year question is have we sold anything to you yeah so I I think for me the mystery house I think externally and internally was much more my sort of thing however clearly there's a little bit of work to do to kind of get that going initially but there's something about the shepherd hut house which is pulling me and I can't necessarily put my finger on it but I and after saying I don't like character very much and I'm it didn't have tons of character it's just quirky and something about it I really liked so that is definitely still in the running for me but I think you preferred the mystery house so we'll have some sort of discussion if you were us which property would you choose nobody's ever asked me for my favorite i've often volunteered it but no one's ever asked me before in all these years for me it would be our property with the Shepherd's Huts why i loved its location i love the fact that it's already viable and ready to go it gives me a bricks and mortar option with the annex next door it gives me the shepherd's hut option and it's full of character and full of quirks but let them know you'll be putting in an offer you know what if you don't I'll be very tempted you might need to get your skates on um whatever you decide to do I really wish you the very best of luck we'd love to know how you get on and I'd love to come back and see where you are in a year or two's time but what a place to finish if you need a view to clear your thoughts surely that is it we couldn't have had a better week no no it's been fantastic weather's been great the company's been great and the houses have been amazing thank you so much well what a week we've had fantastic weather a fantastic budget and no surprise fantastic properties to match it but for Phil and for Charlotte they need a little bit longer to consider their decision and frankly I don't blame them they're not just buying a new house or indeed a new lifestyle they are looking for a long-term business something we have discussed at length over these many days so ponder it they will but if I take away one thing it's something that Charlotte said if nothing else we have broadened their horizons as to what their new business may look like and in a county like this with horizons like that no surprise i'll see you next time well after reconsidering the home with the Shepherd's Huts and the Mystery House Phil and Charlotte decided the land just didn't work for their dog focused business plan but I am pleased to reveal that they've had an offer accepted on a property but in a shock development it's at the opposite side of the country in Norolk we wish them all the best for their move if you would like to escape to the country in England Northern Ireland Scotland or Wales and need our help why not apply online at bbc.co.uk/takepart [Music]
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