ABANDONED VICTORIAN FARM (Build A New Life In The Country) | Reel Truth History Documentary

[@hannahoron9740]

What a beautiful story! To see this couple caring so much for the land and for the parents/farm is heart warming. Bless them!

[@stephaniep508]

I love when people respect the old buildings, keeping the rustic beauty with modern conveniences.. Gorgeous!!

[@jimmytheexpat5719]

what a beautiful story it's nice to see children caring for their parents we need more of that in the world

[@CRobertK]

What a lovely couple and amazing transformations! Thank you for sharing your story!

[@erintoal2018]

I could watch this show all day. I absolutely love it!!!

[@fastfeather3025]

What a wonderful story. I want to travel there from the U.S. and stay in one of the cottages.

[@Angie-fe8yd]

Pembrokeshire and it's coastline is beautiful...you would not be disappointed 🙂

[@michaelellard4664]

What a wonderful result and a fantastic investment for two families.

[@bluebird5361]

Wonderful story. Enjoyed it so much and all so loving and beautiful in the end. Well done all! The parents got a really nice son-in-law with their precious daughter.

[@sophia4christ]

Right? He's such a wonderful son-in-law! 👍🏽💯😁

[@shesapples739]

Excellent result from hard work and tenacity. Would love to see a follow up episode on their life now and how their story continued

[@MaZEEZaM]

Thanks for this, great program and I love English stone barn conversions.

[@marthabergin9023]

What an amazing job. Great, heartwarming story for them all.

[@jp_dreamer18]

Great to see an episode where the job actually get finished completely. The final budget never comes in as expected.

[@sevyntennyson4181]

Farmers need to think outside the box! Go online and start a community service page where city ppl can come to the farm for a day and do work there are soo many young families that would do that

[@TP-fl9ul]

Sevyn Tennyson great idea

[@bridgetmcarthur155]

Such a great idea. With the surge in interest in living off the land, that would bring in a lot of people.

[@sevyntennyson4181]

Bridget McArthur exactly! I wouldve booked yesterday! If any bed and breakfasts in the area ppl could make a weekend of it! It could bring soo much money into the area

[@feliciapate7926]

Cool idea, but I'm sure there are some places where liability insurance requirements prevent letting folks go and work on the farm like that. That'd be info farmers would need to have.

[@perlitacardenas8067]

Wonderful family! Beautiful restoration!

[@AT.inbetween]

I've watched three episodes, and really enjoy the history and restoration. Connection, I had to subscribe.

[@wendysalter]

When life is easy we get lazy. A hard project is well worth the effort. Well done

[@Onlinesully]

Avia Salter That's true. Though sometimes we can take on too much. I did and sent me over the edge.

[@wendysalter]

@@Onlinesully Oh, sorry to hear that. I hope you're okay now.

[@Onlinesully]

Avia Salter will be ending it all soon.

[@elizabeth_kaye]

Sow AG are you okay?

[@Onlinesully]

Liz Habermann No, so far from ok

[@pamcolechadwell1302]

So beautiful, I'm so happy they saved the farm and those old buildings. I love how thick the walls are.

[@PamelasPrimitives]

terrific episode!

[@pamelabonaparte9383]

My favorite episode so far .....brilliant 👍🏻

[@barbbutler6937]

LOVELY. GREAT JOB.

[@hel3319]

Wow, very impressed with this. Well done.

[@stephenspilker9334]

a spiral staircase of wood or iron to get to the mezanine would work very well.

[@motog4-75]

I agree 👍

[@travismitchell737]

At first sight, I though the budget was low. I think they made out fantastic at the price they paid. I would have estimated over 300,000 for that build. Congrats

[@lruss5050]

I love the stonework! We don’t see that as much in Canada! A beautiful story!❤🇨🇦

[@homesteadtotable2921]

Of all the new life in the country episodes, this has been my favorite thus far. Although I don't particularly enjoy the company of people, running a B&B or farm cafe has frequently crossed my mind as a means of helping stretch a budget for a larger property, or like here, save a family farm by bringing in additional liquid funds to help run the operation.

[@cindymohn2215]

Stunning!

[@martavelazquez9924]

Beautiful beautiful farm home.

[@vandalmeida.30.09]

Fantastic job...Greetings from 🇧🇷👏👏👏!

[@erosario64]

Wonderful channel. I will be restoring a Victorian cottage in the U. S. and I look to this channel for guidance, inspiration but most important of all, motivation.

[@andrewaway]

Beautiful job. Congratulations.

[@patriciarouse2801]

Save the farm and save the small farm! Hope this attracts the farm help needed to keep and improve this farm . A young farmer could learn a whole heck of a lot from the retiring farmer!

[@Onlinesully]

Patricia Rouse Yep

[@davesbainrps6909]

You must realize the governments do not want independent farmers

[@fabiola925]

They are a strong couple to have made it through this.

[@elmerbaez6784]

It pays to work hard for what you believe in. This family has done it right. It was worth the hard work. Congratulations!!!!!

[@troismoutonsetuntigre5988]

are these the nicest people ever on one of these programmes....I would love if my kids moved back near me when I am older

[@stacyrussell460]

This is dated from 2005 & 2006. I'd love if they did a follow up to see how they're getting on now, nearly 14 years later.

[@TheDispleasedCow]

Looking at the reviews of the cottages, I think they are doing fairly well.

[@christinejackson3922]

TheDispleasedCow thanks for the update that’s great it’s doing well

[@emmaapple8770]

That will be great

[@feliciapate7926]

@Lila Chandler -- Now has a farmhouse to let/rent? Does that mean the parents have died or been put in a nursing home?

[@joannahampton3808]

Poor George doesn't have the disaster drama he loves so much on this episode

[@markfelstead4586]

Does 21:31 count?

[@VintageTexas59]

Gorgeous house and cottages, well done even if the final price was over the budget.

[@joannahampton3808]

Great job, Great family

[@Tom-Lahaye]

Turned out to become a fantastic place to stay, and it's still in business (Treicert Farm). Actually there is another holiday let added, the shed at the side of the parents home has been turned into a let, and it's also possible to book B&B now (Passion for Pembrokeshire). Not sure if the outdoor business became reality, but the rough coastline is surely suited to do outdoor pursuit, a sort of canyoning but then along the coast, also not sure if the parents still run the farm, they are well in the 70's now considering this show was filmed 15 years ago.. Absolute worth a stay if you like nature and outdoors activities.

[@joeschlotthauer840]

17:25, with gaps that big you use a tuck point bag...

[@JENNZ1990]

I love this story💛💛💛

[@andrewandjoanhart7882]

I so admire people who can graft for short stints to get where they want to go. A small interactive farm for hands on experience would work well for them. The benefit of quality and durability reigns long after price is forgotten.

[@Evelynngce88]

What a lovely couple. Lucky parents and in-laws . All the very best to their happiness. This farm must have been quite grand in its glory days. Those walls were made to last a century. There wasn't any family history in the piece of farm land in this episode. Would have been lovely to know.

[@dragoncrackers7660]

the astonishing thing was the amount of ads in this video.

[@Onlinesully]

Some family. They been through a lot. And on they go. Hope it worked out.

[@Sonturist]

Maybe a spiral stair will work for the loft space

[@emmalouie1663]

Rich people milking other rich people. What a beautiful story.

[@lindacarruthers3423]

I’m mad about compost , having renovated a miserable apology for soil with loads of it . When I saw the lovely poo in the old stable I saw gold 😊

[@davidtrishhope9841]

Watching from New zealand

[@teesharyan8457]

Link to try and visit it for the holidays?!?

[@patriciarouse2801]

Recommend a stairs/ladder by Loose Tooth Bruce, Big Sur, Ca USA. Perfect for that!

[@Kardinaalilintu]

ladder was againts health regulations, so no go there and stairs likely won't fit in any reasonable way. Shipping all the way from US sounds also pricy.

[@patriciarouse2801]

@@Kardinaalilintu The design the artist creates has to be seen to believe.

[@dadejazzba402]

Dude did awesome

[@Laura-Lee]

A bit frustrated at the naivete but I watched the WHOLE video, so I must have liked it. ☺LL

[@krispayne729]

That one Cottage with a mezzanine couldn't use one of those attic fold down stairwells

[@TimSmyth23]

Kris Payne - “Couldn’t” they?! I’m sure your pointless, meaningless comment helped so so much. Idiot.

[@valiantsfelinesmccarty6678]

Most building planning departments will not allow you to use that as a permanent access to a constant use area. They're not rated for fire escape. It must be a solid stare case.

[@2010katak]

It’s strange that he didn’t identify the farm by name....then people interested in visiting could book it

[@2010katak]

Thank you for your input. Before writing this I checked the other programs and found actual names listed except for this one. I then looked up TripAdvisor for B&Bs in their town and wasn’t able to find it. I was listening. Maybe you should have better manners.

[@andyglenn9104]

@@2010katak Y Stabal, Treicert,Nevern Newport Pembrokeshire SA42 0PA

[@2010katak]

Andy Glenn thank you, Andy.

[@valiantsfelinesmccarty6678]

Maybe at the time the parents didn't want to trade off of the death of their son and they were embarrassed to be on television as long as the name wasn't out there they were fine. I know when my brother was highlighted in a documentary about after prison counselors being killed by outpatient Parolees or halfway house attendees my father asked the docu company to please not state where he lived as he lived with family at the time and he didn't want the elderly people harassed.

[@donlynefullofpeace7054]

BEAUTIFUL JOB

[@KreshoMarin]

Do you have a episode on 44:20 ???

[@MaZEEZaM]

When designing two story homes, having the living space top floor makes sense if you live in a location with views, it also makes better sense from a safety perspective having bedrooms at ground level in case of fires. Also in warmer climates such as in Australia, it’s absolutely horrible having bedrooms upstairs because heat rises making the rooms too hot to sleep comfortably, it’s far better having them at ground level where it’s cooler.

[@joannahampton3808]

I don't understand why they thought the roof wood would be up to par

[@piercecushenbery5876]

Feel like he needs more credit for rolling up sleeves and getting out in it with that terrible weather

[@andrewjones-productions]

I wonder how many people noticed and recognised the mangle in the shot at 44:49, let alone know what it was for.

[@3monsters014]

Not a fan of the fences simply because they push into the space of the main house.

[@Joybellmorgans]

I had a holiday let on our farm but discontinued the "farm tours". People would let their kids run all over the place and some were undisciplined. It was just too dangerous so we had to have the farm "out of bounds" for all guests. Just a warning to these folks. There are wonderful guests that will love and appreciate the farm but it will take only one bad accident to have your insurance climb and perhaps even make the place uninsurable for liability as a tourist / holiday home.

[@benisturning30]

How old is this episode?

[@sheadimods2709]

Is there a link to these cottages?

[@stephenobrien5909]

George cant finish a sentence without saying but.

[@charliefoster3221]

Spiral stairs to the loft is the best use of space.

[@josephmason806]

How can the farm stay in the family for generations to come when there appear to be no children in the current generation?

[@imari2305]

I saw 4 children at the end of the video.

[@joannahampton3808]

If they personally had children they would have been introduced in the beginning

[@bluebird5361]

They are young enough to have children.

[@joannahampton3808]

@@bluebird5361 If they could or wanted to have kids it would have been mentioned for sure

[@bluebird5361]

@@joannahampton3808 Possibly.

[@irajayrosen4792]

Is there a reason why they didn't use a spiral staircase to access the mezzanine?

[@johnpaquin8041]

The builder but f ed on the roof some of the wood needed to be redone but most off it was savable. And he charged then to replace the hole thing so how more did he over charge them for on the job more than likely he over charged the hole way though the job. The couple couldn't be there the hole so they do not know how much he over charged them and or he but f. Ed on the hole job making to run way over cost on the job

[@fredrika27]

Not one solar panel came on those holiday cottages! I'm sure they would have been able to do it if asked as this was not on a National Trust list! Missed opportunity!

[@fredrika27]

@Brisdad53Why are you insulting me for discussing clean energy?! Did we see one solar panel or wind wheel go up in the process of building this home? Did they discuss it? NO! Why am I talking off my the top of my head by saying they missed an opportunity to produce clean energy for their holiday cottages? What's your trigger? Stop saying I don't know what I am talking about! There was plenty of ways they could have discussed clean energy! The choose a traditional modern heating system over green energy. It's not a crime to call people on that choice!

[@butwait]

@@fredrika27 It's not unreasonable to think of green energy in a situation like this. However this program was filmed over a decade ago and back then the technology was expensive and inefficient, both financially and in terms of the energy if provided. That is the real reason you don't see it here.

[@fredrika27]

@@butwait I built a house back in 1997! We had a solar panel array, which was costly at £5,000, but we're able to write off as tax credit. It can be done, so stop making excuses!

[@tximeleta35]

Solar panel? In England?

[@fredrika27]

@@tximeleta35 I live in Germany which has similar weather to the UK and we have solar panels on our houses! It can be cloudy and the panels still do their job! Things have changed a lot since the 1960s!

[@jolovesminnis]

They need Ruth Goodman and their crew!

[@conniekiers9554]

Every time I see these barn conversion projects, I wonder: How do they get the farm smell that is most likely absorbed into the lime mortar and wooden beams out? I'm pretty sure that even digging the old mortar out, there is still mortar left inbetween the stones....and how do they clean off the years of dirt build up from the walls when they need to keep it dry so that the lime mortar doesn't crumble, like George was concerned about when the roof was off....got to get the roof on before the wet weather comes....After many, many years of housing animals, there has got to be lingering odors.... we had a few pigs in an old wood and stone hip roof barn about 35 years ago, and even though the barn now houses cattle, on a wet day, the smell of pigs is still noticeable

[@laurieleon9201]

Love

[@vandalmeida.30.09]

Leave the address to rent here, please.... ❤from 🇧🇷!

[@chemicaldemoneye]

is this a repost or did it really last 14 years to edit and upload this video???? LOL also the buildings are 200 years old. how can you think roofs are not rotten xD

[@furmidable5498]

If looked after properly, the roofs could last a long time without rotting. It depends on a lot of factors

[@lesleyfrench4182]

I'd like an update of how things have developed. Did the outdoor pursuits business with the brother take off.

[@worzelgummidge3617]

What a weird comment to make. My roof is 300 years old and solid. Wood doesn't just rot for no reason. 😆

[@chris-townson]

Watching them cutting out the roof timbers, I thought they looked solid. Can't help but be a bit suspicious that everything had to go.

[@jitaamesuluma9730]

you have no idea how this moved me , country girl , through and through , to watch a family lose their homes , their history , its just not funny at all, its heart breaking , small communities feel it , now few villages have the same families in them because rich townies buy them as holiday homes , and the children are forced into towns and cities for work ... crying inside , thinking of my childhood home and all my friends and i driven away by need , Sussex now a commuter belt , IF I WIN THE LOTTERY , I WILL BUILD HOMES THAT THOSE PEOPLE CAN GO HOME FROM THE CITIES TO , REUNITE US , YEAH I KNOW MY NAME .. I WAS ADOPTED , RAISED IN SUSSEX , MY ANCESTORS RE BRITISH SOME BUT I ALSO HAVE NATIVE AMERICAN , THIS IS MY NATIVE NAME , I HAVE AN ENGLISH NAME TOO

[@jitaamesuluma9730]

it translates as wisdom and eagle , but not what it means exactly

[@michaelwalsh9145]

Great outcome but was the farm really under threat with 160 cattle and 160 sheep run by two pensioners?

[@janetcormack923]

Why are interior walls made of block instead of wood studs?

[@nicholemillikan7587]

That builder is a crook! Of course it took 4weeks to do the roof when he was charging by the day!!

[@sudirmanmaman6463]

Can i buy it......?😁😀😁👍👍👍❤❤

[@SH-lb1nu]

Should have saved the old timbers for firewood

[@TimSmyth23]

S H - Pointless comment. You should mind your own business.

[@Appolyon99]

+Fanny Fflpaz Yes, mind his own business on a social networking site that allows users to comment on videos and interact with each other providing suggestions and ideas. You're a special one aren't you.

[@blah646]

I thought you inferred “abandoned” as in left behind, derelict, no owner, somebody has walked away from it. Then to find out it was part of her family farm, so therefore NOT abandoned..??

[@joannahampton3808]

Very strange click bait??

[@lmtt123]

How much money have you got? I'll take all that and anything else you have and still not finish the job. I knew that builder wasn't going to be on cost or on time before he even started because he was making excuses before he lifted a hammer. As for the stone workers, they saw him coming.

[@lmtt123]

I don't like the presenter. He's naturally negative and the producers obviously tell him to say something positive to balance it out. Every other word is money. People who take on these kinds of projects are driven by their hearts not their pockets.

[@andrewwyatt1784]

what happened to the lets?..is it still going...shame Architect George didnt mention the mezzanine problem when he saw the plans...do love him though

[@VB-lz5cx]

Did I say she looks like his mom.

[@Laura-Lee]

SPOILER*** It's almost beyond comprehension with ALL the people involved in this build that an entire loft was built in the luxury cottages at tremendous cost and NOBODY thought about how to get up to it. Even if they thought they would just use a ladder and discovered later it was against Health and Safety regulations, they are trying to get the building "listed" so they can charge Guests more. You would think they would be dealing with all the local authorities. But NOBODY thought of it?! I think somebody needs to be fired.😟 The planner? The builder? Themselves? George?!🥺 LL

[@frenchartantiquesparis424]

It sounds like the husband is fed up with this farm life...

[@MaZEEZaM]

That’s hardly a wood fired stove, that’s more like a standard small wood heater in Australia, I was expecting a beautiful wood burning Esse or Aga stove.

[@joannahampton3808]

SPIRAL STAIRCASE

[@hogwashmcturnip8930]

120 mikes from Cardiff? Not according to Google! TV producers do love to exaggerate don't thsy? Is Anywhere in Wales 120miles from Cardiff? Anglesey perhaps! 🙃

[@heidirkuhn]

Not which i watch these for the soundtrack or makeovers

[@paolamartina6017]

😍☘️

[@luditebreaker5065]

Somehow I feel the builder and the planner cheated this honest couple.

[@inne6739]

Why? Because the builder did not want to take the risk for unbudgeted findings in an old, rotten house? That is common sense.

[@chrisneedham5803]

Lush that !!!!!!!

[@emihayes]

who is going to work the farm while the younger couple run a nursery and jump off rocks with customers?

[@aquaangelina7270]

Just a tjought its probably. To late but Have you thought about making Cheese and butter friom the farm as well ?? And hone grown FRUIT AND VEG ?? NOTHING BETTER than to have pure irganic home grown butter cheese avd fruit and veg ????

[@robert-brydson-1]

all of Clarkes shows are full of time wasting, recapping and chit chat, he has never done a series that is not a complete rip off to the viewer

[@yuniyonson]

Just a comment here but is the lady Anonna really British? her accent is not British.Sorry I do not want to be a pain.

[@anniejshaw]

She is Welsh. And their farm is in Wales. Her accent is the original, ancient British accent!

[@yuniyonson]

Thank you for the reply.....but I was originally from Pontypridd...and certainly did not recognise it....But Thank you again for replying.

[@VB-lz5cx]

To clean muck to build my home. No thanks.