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Build A New Life In The Country

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.
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  1. S2 E1 - Suffolk
    August 29, 2009
    45min
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    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.
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  2. S2 E2 - Lincolshire
    September 4, 2009
    45min
    13+
    Architect George Clarke meets a couple who want to move from Surrey to the wilds of Lincolnshire, where they hope to start a business and convert a ruined 18th-century granary into an idyllic rural home.
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  3. S2 E3 - France
    September 10, 2009
    45min
    13+
    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.
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  4. S2 E4 - Worthing
    September 17, 2009
    45min
    13+
    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.
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  5. S2 E5 - Isle of Seil
    September 21, 2009
    45min
    13+
    George Clarke meets a couple who have given up their jobs and the hectic pace of life in Sheffield. They plan to convert a 100-year-old tin church on the Isle of Seil into a small B&B within eight months and with a limited budget of just £70,000. The architect is more than a little sceptical, but the pair are determined to complete the project without taking on a loan.
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  6. S2 E6 - Pembrokeshire
    September 25, 2009
    45min
    13+
    George Clarke meets Andrew and Anona, who have spent two years planning a move to the Pembrokeshire coast. The couple intend to open a pair of luxury holiday cottages to provide enough money to save the 160-acre family farm, which Anona's parents are finding difficult to keep afloat, but the age of the buildings poses a problem to the renovations.
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  7. S2 E7 - Croatia
    September 28, 2009
    45min
    13+
    George Clarke meets Frank and Alice from Cambridge who decide to move to rural Croatia, planning to convert a dilapidated stone house and its idyllic surroundings into a nature retreat with six log cabins for guests. While things seem to go well at first, difficulties with the local authorities, the language barrier, and a divining rod soon cause problems for the project.
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  8. S2 E8 - St.Ives Revisited
    October 1, 2009
    45min
    13+
    Architect George Clarke revisits a London couple who sold their organic cafe in Brixton and spent a £1million bank loan converting a rundown Cornish hotel in St Ives into three houses, one of which was to be used as a designer B&B.
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  9. S2 E9 - Upwell Revisited
    October 4, 2009
    45min
    13+
    This episode deals with a family who is converting an old cold-storage barn into a family home in Upwell, England.
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Directors
John Silver
Starring
George Clarke
Studio
Shine
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