Season 2
10 episodes
45 min. per episode
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A city dweller risks everything to transform a crumbling farmhouse, battling doubt and nature while chasing a dream of belonging.
Episodes
Architect George Clarke offers advice to a married couple relocating to Ireland, where they plan to live a mortgage-free, self-sufficient existence with their daughter. With a budget of £14,000 to renovate a derelict house that has been empty for more than 30 years, they expect to move into their new home within four months.
Architect George Clarke lends his expertise to couple Adrian and Denise Nuttall, who have invested their money in a run-down garden centre and a 400-year-old barn and farmhouse in the Suffolk countryside. The pair plan to open a chilli farm, shop and restaurant on the site, but things take a drastic turn for the worse just one month into the project.
John Rowell and his wife Carol are tired of city life and an expensive mortgage and decide to downsize to the Lincolnshire countryside with daughter Sophie hoping to live mortgage free. They are moving from Nottingham to Holbeach in Lincolnshire where they plan to convert and extend a derelict 1870s chapel into a three-bedroom home, build a block of stables for Carol and Sophie's horses and extend the stabling to open an equestrian livery business, all within a budget of £90,000. Will they manage to complete their dream project despite running out of funds and having difficulties with planning laws which could put a stop to their commercial plans.
George Clarke meets Jason and Phillipa, who have left behind their well-paid careers in Aberdeen's oil industry to renovate a chateau in France's Loire Valley. The pair hope to transform it into a luxurious bed and breakfast, as well as making it a home for themselves.
George Clarke meets Jez and Laura, who want to leave London behind for the coast. After waiting three years to fulfil the requirements of the local planning authority they can finally begin work on their dream home - a beach house in Worthing. The couple refuse to compromise when it comes to cost and materials, and as summer approaches must pull out all the stops to complete the project.
Presented by architectural designer Charlie Luxton, Build A New Life follows people leaving the rat-race of the city in pursuit of new lifestyles and new homes in the countryside. The dream houses they are creating are inspiring, architecturally challenging and are all undertaken with a modest budget.