Season 3
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
Three years after his first visit, George Clarke returns to Norfolk to see how David and Jenny Forster are getting on with their conversion into a family home of an old 85 foot water tower hidden in woodlands in rural Norfolk. It had no electrics, plumbing or even a staircase, so how has David managed despite problems with planning permission and a lack of funds.
Watch the renovation of a historic building in a grand country estate sitting in 8 acres of Capability Brown designed grounds to create a magnificent family home fit for a Lord.
Following a heart attack scare aged 29, workaholic Mick Wilmer from Grimsby needs a complete change of life. He's given up his job in a chemical plant to move to the rugged south west coast of Scotland with his wife Jenny and their two children. Their dream is to set up and run a small farm, and build a home from the ruins of a 600 year old farmhouse.
After Nick & Lesley's business collapsed in the UK, they wanted a fresh start and new challenge. They've moved to the South of Spain with their two boys to turn a 400 year old Andalucian Palace into a chic boutique hotel. It's a big risk.
Steve and Lorraine Kinsey from Stoke have had enough of the stresses and strains of city living. Steve has two jobs leaving no time for family life. So they're moving to the Norfolk Coast for a fresh start, and a life where they can enjoy the countryside and beaches with their two sons.
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.