From City Life to Seafront B&B - Build A New Life in the Country - S02 EP9 - Real Estate

[@lilybutler9740]

The lady is not nitpicking, she is precise. If the builder get 100% of the agreed money, they better deliver 100% workmanship. Well done!

[@DarrinsDaffs]

16 years on, The Organic Panda continues as a B & B. Good for you, Andrea and Peter!!!

[@lugubrioz]

Along came Covid

[@sevyntennyson4181]

😍 thats amazing!

[@derekmmmm]

I think its more an Air BnB now but it's still the same owners.

[@davidharrison3173]

What an extraordinary couple! Andrea is so impressive to be so driven yet not completely destructive.

[@jhutch1681]

George looks like such a baby ;) Thanks for the throw-back!

[@rossross6456]

As of January, 2, 2023, they are fully booked January (save 4 days), and fully booked for February. The place is now a whole house AirBnB, still owned by the couple.

[@thornbird6768]

St Ives is gorgeous ❤️ lovely restoration but this is about location also 👍🏻 this was a very savvy buy .

[@veronicianyveronica5290]

Wonderful story, very happy for them.

[@miarrem]

Messy jobsite is a major warning bell....

[@ianbeddowes5362]

I am now retired and spent most of my life in the building industry. Most people have no idea of how difficult building is, especially most of the people who appear in these series.

[@hogwashmcturnip8930]

I know nothing about building. Which is why I pay someone who Does to do it. Whilst everyone is moaning about shoddy finishes, even I could see those tiles she bought were ridiculous. Each one would have had to have been 'bedded in' at its own thickness and that would have taken ages and pushed the budget again. Do we know that the window frame was finished? Or even started? People don't realise how much the production companies play around to get a 'story' Being BC myself, I was with the bloke when he said,' down to B & Q, get some terracotta tiles and done!' She has to sell this place. Not a businesswoman is she? You make the nicest place for the least money, because all that faffing and primping is eating Your profits. And they won't pay you any more for it, will still knock you down,. Set Manager. Yeah, so all those jewels and things we see on stage are Real?

[@JenaTuckerAquariums]

I do not blame her for holding them accountable for their sloppy work. They are paying for work, but they don't want to do the work. People should take pride in their work, your work is your name. Word of mouth gets around. I would let everyone know.

[@jimmynayyer4539]

Only one word..... BEAUTIFUL... 👍

[@marjane4344]

Wonderful light airy renovation ! Organic Panda well done !

[@traumatizedadventurer207]

19:47 Good on her. Amazing the exchange with the builder was filmed. Good for us. 100% It takes "sequential thinking." With only 2 car crimes, i wonder if they're the only contractor in the area. Not very professional. Shouldn't need that much oversight! If not, they need to get a new contractor, and probably leave a bad review to protect others, if that's not too unpolite. Sounds like they've already paid, and they're just asking them to fix their shortcuts. They should NOT be stuck with the repair bill!!!! This is why an owner has to check in and do a walk-thru regularly.

[@JoyleiaJo]

The contractor is wrong, quality of finishes do impact property value!

[@gabe-po9yi]

Andrea was absolutely right about the sloppy work (painting over peeling paint on the windowsill - really?) and them not following instructions they’d been given from the very beginning. They just didn’t want to take the different or additional steps from how they’re used to doing things. I’m glad she held their feet to the fire. *What business was it of that guy’s that she spent 200 on a toilet, rather than 80. That’s none of his concern and I don’t know why he made it his business and why his negative judgment of it affected his work.

[@francescamiddleton9644]

Love Andrea!

[@lizh1988]

Very nice. For me the views are indeed really beautiful. If it were me, I'd miss that painting studio. I hope they can finish that mortgage, keep going.

[@jaytay8637]

If Andrea was a man she would have ultimate respect from these guys and they wouldn't dare try it on with that sort of corner-cutting. I know whereof I speak !

[@EmilFranken]

As a person who really cares for the small details i really understand how frustrating it is when you get sloppy builders like this. So frustrating. These are the kind of things i end up doing on my own Or others are gonna mess it up and then ill just have to redo it at higher effort and cost.

[@safevoyage]

Tough job but very nice

[@heavensmountains323]

She simply wants a proper job done! I don't understand why the husband, who's on site daily, has not been on the detail.

[@traumatizedadventurer207]

Some people simply cannot physically see that much detail. Others trust that the professionals know how to do their job right, and will do it!!!! Maybe he was trying to be "polite" -- to his own loss. At least the contractor didn't walk out.

[@jaybee4118]

She's a set designer, he isn't. She'll obviously see detail he won't, or see a difference in importance.

[@dontpanic80]

@@jaybee4118 the best way of working with contractors is to actually take their input. You learn a great deal from listening and they will really help. Her attitude didn’t earn her much respect. Delivering shoddy, mismatched tiles is insulting and daft. A really good designer doesn’t have to rely on expensive ‘set dressing’ and getting the items in the wrong place 7 times? Points to very bad drafting. Sourcing items from London when there is a wealth of design actually in Cornwall ? Did they actually look locally?

[@pippapowling2306]

Wonderful episode to see finished dream. Owners description of financial aspect "lax" "nursery school", says it all. Budgets are often set too low with little or no contingency. Mostly, whatever folks think it's going to cost - double it! Great end result!

[@pattywest1]

These workers are annoying how they make light of Andrea's direction rather showing her respect & communicating.

[@ginacirelli1581]

Trust me, I'm renovating my own house and misogyny is alive and well even at contracting supply houses.

[@lianeatlarge]

This pissed me off as well! There is nothing wrong with having high standards. I am usually a big fan of George Clarke but his sarcasm in the voice over is not appreciated in this case. In fact the whole attitude and the thinly veiled digs AND the fact that hubby didn't come to her defence has annoyed me so much I have stopped watching the video.

[@KM-fe7xe]

They can make light of it because her husband not only allows it, but joins in. He wants to look like the cool guy allowing them to get away with sloppy work. But that automatically turns her into the Queen B- for expecting a better standard. If her husband did a better job managing the Reno, she wouldn’t have to do it from 300 miles away. I wish the host had called the laborers out on their sloppy work to help her out more.

[@catherineschaaf792]

@@KM-fe7xe He should grow a pair.

[@kristinasper8223]

Ugh! Yes! I've been in this type of position a time or two. It is so infuriating the way some men have a problem with a woman who knows her mind!

[@thayrathyn]

The builders are incredibly sloppy. She had very reasonable standards of nice, clear, and thoughtful finishes. How can you just leave an ugly copper pipe sticking out like this, or repainting a window without scraping off the previous layers, leaving ugly uneven patches? If that was my house, I'd be going crazy.

[@ginacirelli1581]

This is why I learned to do everything myself. I realize that this is a huge project and that wasn't feasible, but I'm getting upset watching this horrible work.

[@gaylespencer6188]

Maybe they're O'Reilly men, fawltytowers.fandom.com/wiki/Mr._O'Reilly

[@taleyajoinson4703]

yeah I actually stopped watching at that point - this is pure shoddy workmanship that very rightly should be dragged up as unacceptable and everything about this show is trying to paint her as the fussy, demanding princess? Away with this misogynistic bs

[@SmallWonda]

Obviously this is nearly 20-years old now & was when the likes of Ch4 & BBC were looking for Hi Drama in their reality series - the more the audience shouted at the TV screen, & the sorrier the cases of the victims (I mean featured couple) the happier the producers were, apparently! Sloppy doesn't even begin to describe this debacle - they make so-called cowboys look professional. I can't imagine either of these people would operate their business amid such chaos & utter reckless danger, so why on earth would it be acceptable to run a million-quid renovation in such a careless manner? Just from the health & safety prospective, as an owner you can't allow workers to put themselves at such risk - and honestly, if you ever have workmen or so-called builders working amid piles of debris, broken glass, falling slates (no hard hats in sight) send them packing - there's no excuse. The neighbours must have been having kittens! I think I remember teachers saying something about a correlation between tidiness & successful outcomes! Luckily the location is amazing & their efforts were rewarded, but I just wish they didn't have to suffer so unnecessarily - honestly, not all construction sites run like this!.

[@Melrose51653]

I have watched five seasons of this series so far. I can't recall a single project where the people involved had an inspection of the property prior to purchase to determine what they were getting into or to avoid significant structural surprises. Is that just not mentioned ?

[@HollywoodCreeper]

Do you have a pen and a piece of paper? "Many." Hahahahaha I like Andrea. She needed to be there to make things right. She was holding it down working too. I feel bad they aren't having kids. The builders just weren't taking their job seriously, and they didn't want to.

[@patriciakelly69]

Well done . Hope all goes well for you both in the future. X

[@oekalaboeka55]

Removing the tilework with a sledge hammer... Then they're surprised something more got damaged in the process? What kind of "builder" does that. Glad it worked out for them in the end though.

[@SarahRavenclaw]

That 2004 outfit though lol

[@stevelevick8705]

35mins - “ do you have no faith “ , if it was left to Peter then I’m afraid it would have been way way over budget and a very shoddy finish , little tip Peter , grow a pair and don’t get over friendly with those crap builders , because the ride they’ve taken you on would have been rougher if Andrea didn’t step in. Good on you Andrea

[@emmalouie1663]

Everybody is complaining about the builders quality of work but did the owners actually have a reasonable timeframe or were they pressuring the builders to work faster than typical.

[@LizNewtonZHUCHI]

Cowboys. Good for her. She has a backbone and Peter could have avoided this each time by not being willing to turn a blind eye to rubbish.

[@deborahlangnese7645]

Don't pay them if it's not painted right. That's the painters responsibility. Not the owner. They are working for you not the other way around.

[@mellie4174]

She is totally right! The painters werd pissing on her leg and telling her it was rain! What kind of professional painter would paint without sanding and cleaning first!??

[@hogwashmcturnip8930]

Do we know they did? Production cnmpanies edit things to tell them Their way.

[@mwall8687]

It makes me mad the way they make andrea out to be this picky tyrant. There is bothing she said that wasnt unreasonable. If anything her husband isnt stepping up enough .

[@lizh1988]

I think part of the production staff's goal is to put drama in the show, not at all feeling it necessary that it be particularly true--porks up the profits. Stupid but it's their plan apparently, don't fall for it.

[@hogwashmcturnip8930]

​@@lizh1988 They all do it. From Bargain Hunt onwards. Place in the Sun. How often do you hear people say they have never been there? Because they Haven't! They grab anyone and anyone to make a show. When I was looking for a cave house in Spain the agent told me he had been approached by 'No going Back' and was I up for it? No Going Back was a programme that followed people through 12 months of a new life in a foreign land. They wanted a young couple with kids. We were a middle aged couple with a geriatric father. Even Better! They have done the couple and kids thing to death ,this is a new angle for them' I didn't buy the cave house and I didn't do the show. No way Jose. The cave was a money pit and the show was cynical shit.

[@cour2knee]

Looks like they renamed it The Organic Panda

[@happydays1336]

The people who renovate old homes on these shows don't seem to worry about tearing out walls and pulling off baseboards and moldings that have layers of lead paint on them. It's very toxic to breathe lead paint dust and these remodelers should be more careful. Many of these homes have asbestos in them which needs to be remediated by specialists otherwise the remodelers will damage their lungs ("Asbestosis").

[@oopadur]

I wonder what it looks like now?! In 2020

[@dotwillcoxson5352]

PAC93 Google it.

[@jekku4688]

St Ives....is that where Doc Martin was filmed? These rebuilds always seem to be done with little to no real planning, causing construction chaos everywhere. Glad it worked out for them, but wow, so many unforeseen problems and issues. Wonder how they're doing now during the locktown and economic downturn? :-(

[@josephriley4460]

Jekku Doc Martin was filmed in Port Isaac. It must be great living in one of these villages on the Cornish coast, especially after London. I moved from London 30 years ago to Sussex and have never regretted it. I’m originally from the North East, the same place as George.

[@peterbrown9662]

@@josephriley4460 pot on Joseph, and Port Isaac is just a small village on a harbour

[@kackerlakensalat]

What I don't get, by their concept, why do they bother with the middle house at all. Was really worth the effort. I would prefer to buy a house which would be renovated by me, not by strangers. So there is a good chance, the new owners will make changes anyway.

[@hogwashmcturnip8930]

Exactly! Get it done to marketable standards, and that is that. All this crap about slate floors and whatnot. It's a product. get it done, make it nice, sell it! For as little outlay as possible. it's not Buck House! That is pretty shoddy, by all accounts. As a Set Manager I would have thought she would know how to make tinsel turn to gold.

[@georgepritchard6363]

I’m so disappointed this show lack of the show the working of the people do to their property’s

[@chadfortman8098]

I sure Doc Martin being filled there it well used with filming crews and actors

[@hogwashmcturnip8930]

It wasn't

[@lindacarruthers3423]

Those so called builders are absolute rubbish .

[@emil9208]

Is Andrea an Aquarian, born in February? :))

[@emmalouie1663]

$552 per night...., they've got cats so not good for people with allergies to cats. Well whatever works for them. Their personal space is pretty small. All that work and they ended up with a bedroom and an office.

[@ginam.8378]

So let's make fun of the woman because she expects professional standards from the trades. If it was Peter with the higher standards, the "boys" wouldn't be chuckling behind her back. And yep, she bought a bad batch of tiles for cheap. No doubt trying to save a bit because the job was behind - because of the shoddy work. :^( Good to see Andrea standing her ground. Sorry to see Peter isn't clearly behind her. I've also experienced the same type of misogyny, as a woman managing renovations on my own.

[@millcity9711]

Retired scenic designer of forty years. Set designers are not architects...two completely different disciplines. Also, don't start demo until you have a place to put it...AKA a dumpster (skip). Otherwise, you end up paying to move it twice.

[@mellie4174]

So the builder let his guys do greviously incorrect work to the point that the paint won't stick and then makes them pay for the repairs! He should be ashamed!

[@normanseagull4027]

This is over 10 years old.....

[@sewforlife5728]

No no no! If she had beeb there with all her demands it would have gone cheaper and quicker. That b&b looks more like somebody's house. I guess there are people that get into that kind of complete simplicity, but outside of the views i see nothing that would intise me to want to stay there. Just my opinion mind you.

[@rebeccabrockway8258]

The building is beautiful, yet I agree with sewforlife. The artwork and furniture are unattractive.

[@veronicianyveronica5290]

Very bad builder . They should take the money back and kick them out!

[@Neutronia1]

Those builders were SO lazy. You don't paint over the kind of thing they painted over. No pride in their work standards.

[@ianbeddowes5362]

Andrea is much to fussy over the house to be sold. All that is needed is for the job to be finished simply and neatly. The expensive toilet is unnecessary. Good paintwork is necessary. The paintwork looks like a paintbrush has been tied to a dog's tail.

[@jamesdickens4278]

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[@laurenglass4514]

Bad builders and painters , plumbers. Who ever was heading it up -builder was no good and the quality of the work was no good and they did a lousy job and stood around and laughed and didn’t take responsibility for their. Sub par work.

[@paulomontero12]

No children? Why get married?

[@hogwashmcturnip8930]

They aren't Strangely you can have a wonderful relationship Without kids just the 2 of you and Still want to be married. Considering the vast overpopulation of the world, I think Not having them is actually a nice idea. If you want them you can adopt or foster. I don't recall anything that says they have to be your DNA. Or is that some sad 'religious' throwback? I had 31 years of a great marriage, before my partner died. We Never wanted kids, because we didn't think it was fair on the planet or them. Please don't do the Zombie 'Marriage =- Kids' 'thing. I assume that you are in country where you have an active choice. Please use it.

[@ITSONLYMEWATCHING]

She needs some major hair oil.

[@emilyzena7070]

Maybe she likes her hair like that.

[@unipett86]

I can´t stand that woman. Don´t know why. I think it´s the hair

[@hogwashmcturnip8930]

I like the hair! It's the person underneath it that is a bit dubious! She's a set manager, so I can understand the attention to detail, but surely they work to budgets. They need to make gold out of cornflakes? So why all this fuss and bother? OCD. Also makes me laugh when I hear people say I want to leave stress to find even more stress . St Ives is a shithole! A pretty, pretentious shithole, but a shithole nevertheless. .