Mission Possible - Elmore Court

[@Vontharau47]

This man behaved in an exemplary manner. Inhereting something that could make you broke for life but instead he didn't pussyd out and sold it but made something great out of it. I wish him and his family all the luck in the future! Greetings from Germany

[@MW-wr7md]

I love this happy ending...It makes me think of a Jane Austen novel. When we were first introduced to him by Ruth, and he was in desperate need of a bride. Sarah is the perfect bride for him, and they are so lovely. What a timeless story, it's like an 18th century romance with a modern day twist. Congratulations to them, and many happy blessings to them.

[@TheBereangirl]

Brilliant! I'm amazed; gobsmacked really, this isn't the same stammering young man who wasn't sure of himself, of his future, or of his rightfull place in his family's legacy. Well done, Sir!

[@jmmt1968]

I just checked and found their website....it seems they have made a glowing success of it all! I am dying to see the interior before and after pics and I hope the guests have respect for this glorious old buildings history. I am really pleased about this!

[@Angeandrowan1]

I'm SO happy for Anselm and for his marriage. I watched another show a while back that showed him in the planning phase, when he first inherited the property and it needed a lot of work. He was a single, party boy at the time. He even considered making it a cooking school. I'm SO happy he went with this party/event venue instead. Beautiful wife, children and beautiful life! Kudos to him!

[@danhamakua9757]

I respect how Anselm puts his back into his projects and isn't afraid of hard work. I hope they are able to hold on to their estate.

[@historylvr8000]

So glad Anselm went with his instinct and stuck to it! There were so many rude and negative comments about him from the previous show, but the fact that he decided to save his ancestral legacy shows his dedication. He could have easily sold this magnificent country home and never looked back, but he chose to keep it for future generation's which speaks volumes about his character! Congrats and wish them much luck in the future!

[@yesiownfrodo]

+History LVr Have you seen the website? He hasn't saved his ancestral home, he and his wife just gutted it. It is now a generic beige inside, the woodwork painted beige, the furniture mostly gone, empty rooms with beige carpet so that they are good for rental events. About as much character as any other generic wedding venue.

[@historylvr8000]

No I haven't...last I remember he had built a separate building on the property for weddings that he was soundproofing. If he really gutted the home, without preserving it's original features, then that's definitely a shame! I thought his wife was into preservation and appreciated the home's history. I know he was a bit more modern thinking and more progressive, but thought he appreciated what Elmore meant for future generations. I'm really saddened to hear that, such a travesty for an ancestral gem like theirs!

[@historylvr8000]

+yesiownfrodo So I went to the website and did notice some changes to the great room, but have to say it wasn't as horrible as I imagined. Some of the wood detail is still in some of the rooms. The beautiful windows with the colorful crests are still intact. When you mentioned "gutted" I immediately thought walls were torn down and most detailing had been removed. I do agree they probably shouldn't have covered the wonderful wood mantel with paint, but I'm guessing they wanted to brighten it up. After all in order to keep such a grand place they had to draw revenue. I imagine some of the family heirlooms and furnishings/paintings were placed elsewhere or placed in storage. It's definitely not the ideal for preservationists like ourselves, but I think they did what was necessary to keep this magical place alive. The sad part would've been having to sell it or tear it down. So overall it's not such a tragedy, it's just a small price to pay to allow further generations to keep enjoying their ancestral home...

[@benchkey]

+yesiownfrodo - I've gone to the web site and find the changes quite attractive. Keep in mind that entry room had only a few details, essentially the walls were painted plaster. He removed the paintings, a good move as they would have changed the feeling of the wedding. Keep in mind that yearly property taxes on a great estate caused many of these old piles to be renovated into apartments, or have fallen into ruin. He has done a service to the estate. Our old farm had $38,000 in yearly taxes in 1991. We sold it for a golf course and the great house (19 rooms), which was in excellent condition, was torn down. That's what taxes do to large estates. Better to go with the times than go into insurmountable debt and loose all.

[@cobeath1]

+History LVr the wood mantel is Victorian, it's always been painted like that.

[@SevenSproutsFarmstead]

Congrats to you, Anselm, and your family! You and your wife have done an AMAZING job at saving your ancestral home ❤️

[@Lickylongtym]

Originally just this one man to have to make ALL the massive decisions, renovate, afford and foresee the future of a huge 700yr old family estate and legacy is A MIND BLOWING RESPONSIBILITY! The whole entire lot could of been lost for good! BRAVO Mr Guise and family. History becomes today and tomorrow becomes the future so on and so forth. Such a place must have the continuation of Moving forwards and keeping history in the present to continue as such for future generations. It is people like Mr Guise and family along with other Heirs and heiresses, owners and trustees of places and buildings of our fabulous English History. I am very proud of having it to learn about.

[@amandabell8827]

Well done Anselm, I hope you and yours enjoy your wonderful home for many years to come x

[@alisonlee3314]

Fabulous!! A very brave man. I'm glad it all worked out for him. ❤️🇬🇧

[@diannaskare7829]

He sure has changed since the Country Home Rescue show ! I am happy for him !!! A beautiful family!!! Doing so well as Lord of the Manor 🏰

[@pennycarr1043]

Good for the Guise family. May their family and future be Blessed.

[@frenchartantiquesparis424]

It looks like they are in business! Having guests for cocktail hour and sleeping in the grand house, and then the noisy parties outside is wonderful. Bravo!

[@annamarsch6091]

Wow! I am so impressed, how he brought his two worlds together. Lovely family too! Wish you all the best.

[@erinsjourney315]

Wow, he has really matured, I'm so happy for them!

[@Serene6703]

What a wonderful ending , or rather beginning , to a beautiful ancestral home! Because of Anselm , his children will have a wonderful home to grow up in and some day become the new holder of the legacy to pass to their own children. He's grown so much , into a responsible grownup who not only cares about his family and home , he also showed he cared for those who work for them and the tenants and their neighbors (soundproofing). Bravo.

[@yesiownfrodo]

+Serene Rune It is a disgrace. If you go and look at the website, you can see that they have basically gutted the main house. There is no "ancestral home" now. It's just an empty shell mostly of freshly painted walls (bye lovely wood) and empty rooms ready to hold rental chairs. Bedrooms are now bride's rooms, etc. It's a travesty.

[@Serene6703]

yesiownfrodo I think a lot of the ancestral homes that are still around are expensive when it comes to the upkeep..? Maybe the inside was so far gone that the only way to make it habitable was to gut it rather than go the really huge expense way of finding all the right materials and contractors to bring it back the way it was originally. It seems at least the integrity of the outside of the home and lands were kept original. It is , after all , their home and should be a place that makes them happy and comfortable. They could have just torn the entire building down and started from scratch.

[@Monica-fd3ig]

Anselm’s parents are awesome! 💜😊

[@kimber9148]

I love this😊 so glad things worked out for the owner. 750 years is a very long time. Would love to see this place.

[@vhead612]

Dad must’ve been so PROUD! And relieved! He’s a hardworking man with a beautiful family. Good for them! He clearly inherited the good side of the genes that made this place possible!

[@leonorlizardo9174]

I remember when Ruth came to meet Anselm and as she came to see progress for 3 months. Later on I saw him selling stuff to Drew of Salvage Hunters and got to see the home restoration which was beautiful. Today to see how happy he and the family are is truly heart warming. Fab that he worked so hard to make his dream come true! Wish him much success, joy, happiness.

[@davidrickards]

So glad to see the family being able to keep their family home going for years more to come!

[@kleytoncarlos1]

i wish him a very successful business. Good Luck Anselm!

[@biddydibdab9180]

Anselm did an amazing job of turning Elmore Court around! I’ve watched a few videos featuring the property and I think Anselm could show other beneficiaries of large estates how to do it right.

[@raaf4678]

That moment when he walked out and could not hear the music being played, just great!

[@Well-in-the-garden]

Fantastic! Wow! Such a lot of hard work for Anselm and his family and they can now enjoy the house and have it earn an income for them. I'm so happy for them. No idea who they are but I'm happy for them. Much better to stay in the family than be sadly sold. It is now a working estate - Brilliant!

[@rafaelguerreros263]

Thank God.... he didn't have to sell the place.... bravo...

[@Marilinaa]

Congratulations. Beautiful venue. Best wishes for future success.

[@williamf4544]

From my point of view people like Anselm is doing something good for the country keeping places like that alive - its always heart breaking to see places steeped in history either left to rot. bull dozed , or totally ruined by being made into individual flats

[@beckyluvstoscrapnsew]

when I watched the other video I thought a reception business would be great and here it is! I think wedding photos around the old house and grounds would be amazing ....all the best to them.

[@yesiownfrodo]

+beckyluvstoscrapnsew What old house? They gutted it. Look at the website. There are a few bedrooms, but the majority of the house has been painted and carpeted a generic, boring beige, just like any other suburban wedding venue.

[@smithersrob]

painting some walls is not "gutting" in anyone's mind but yours. The photos show many areas with original unaltered wood panelling, other areas have been painted. There is no such thing as a 700 year old unaltered original home, for hundreds of years they have been modified and the interiors adjusted to suit the style of the times, precisely what Anselm has done here. Paint can be applied and paint can be removed. Considering that many such homes have been abandoned because the upkeep is so expensive a few painted wood panels in an otherwise impeccably restored home is a huge blessing.

[@tennamurfett7158]

@ yesiownfrodo [ I know the comment has "1 year ago" with it. But I just watched the videos about Anselm,. In addition, I actually really did do a 3D tour on his business website. AND there are more bedrooms than a few. Some which have the original decor intact, and some with renovations done. There is still plenty of the centuries old decor, furnishings and paintings placed about the interior of the estate . . . . . just saying! :D ]

[@MICKEYISLOWD]

I hope and pray that many many more of these beautiful buildings can be saved and given a new life instead of going into ruin and collapse. May this house be an example to save others. We must not let our history go by the wayside and be forgotten but be cared for and saved for future generations to enjoy and learn from. Elmore Court is so beautiful now and I hope to visit such a place in the future:)

[@AN-sx2iy]

What a wonderful story...such a brillant end to a fantastic journey. I hope covid has not hurt your dream. Brillant!!!

[@reginamushi6582]

Ooh wow this is what I wanted to see this!...how sweet...wishing them much more success to come😙😙😚

[@AlexS-oj8qf]

I've always loved their gate lol

[@benchkey]

Back in 1966 my family hosted a class graduation party at our home, which was situated in the centre of our 400+ acre farm. Precisely at 9pm a phone call came in complaining of the noise. Yes we had a 3 piece band, but it wasn't all that loud. If it were my mother would have been the first to complain. Still we respected the neighbour and quit the music. Should have invited the neighbours.... LOL

[@tennamurfett7158]

I glanced at the website www.elmorecourt.com/3d-tour The renovations Anselm did to the house is certainly beautiful & truly worthy for wedding & other venues too. Yes, the some of the centuries old shit load of furniture, paintings and other antiques are gone & no longer collecting dust "just" sitting around in the house, but he's kept many of them among the newer furnishings, and many paintings on the walls as well. I love the neutral colors & the brighter decor colors too. The huge map on the curved wall is a favorite of mine. And having handicap accessible bathrooms - Thank you Anselm. I love the genius way Anselm did to turn a (negative) possible money loser estate into a (positive) money making business estate. Those who gave exaggerated+rude comments do not understand the huge amount of money it takes to maintain an estate. The insurance, utilities, annual repairs, surprising WTF kind of repairs, landscaping, making sure everything is up to code with building inspectors, fire inspections, and paying employees that work on site would be well over 100 thousand per year. God bless Anselm for making his dream a reality! :)

[@scooman]

I liked the idea of a cookery school. Though it may have not brought in the much needed money.

[@newgabe09]

48 hrs from a building site mess to a great venue.. yep, you can tell these people have a festival background :)

[@mechanicforlife9468]

Good Job! I wish you great success with your venture.

[@fa5234]

Congrats to the owner who choose the hard way but the only way that would make him and his family blossom.

[@itsmewende]

After searching Elmore Court just after watching Country House Rescue....5 mins ago....I seen he was approved, but I must say I am somewhat disappointed that he didn't do the cookery school, as I enjoy cooking myself, I thought that idea was excellent. Nice to see he has made his ideas a true success.

[@msgr70]

Well done! Very nice venue. Now, it would be nice to have the main house refurbished. Such a great building...!

[@yesiownfrodo]

+msgr70 They gutted the main house.

[@molliemae6855]

Stop saying it was gutted, lol! Do you know what that word truly means?!

[@waynehammond4964]

Happy to see his success !!

[@jimrockford5514]

Seems like a nice bloke Good Luck

[@xk227]

very inspiring! All the best to Anselm and family...

[@helenel4126]

Glad Anselm was able to save his ancestral home and the lifestyle of his tenants. Better these old piles should stay with the descendants of the original builders than be sold off to Arab sheiks or multinational conglomerates.

[@yesiownfrodo]

+Helene L I would rather it was with someone who would treat it as a home rather than gut it and just use it as a business. Rent a room, that's all it is now.

[@helenel4126]

+yesiownfrodo, Guise would probably wish that as well, but since he hasn't won the Powerball lottery and he doesn't want the old pile torn down, he's done the best he can. Perhaps you can fund him the GBP to return it to a "home only" status?

[@paolabueso]

Congratulations! The whole place looks gorgeous and you managed to integrate your personality with the family history beautifully. Thank you so much for sharing this! 🙌🙌🙌

[@vhead612]

So funny, the decimal testers, immediately after reading the decimals say “there is a fly on your mustache” awkward moment wiping his upper lip…followed by Ansel checking the noise level himself and screaming in joy like a child. Like a really child like moment for them all in different ways 😂

[@happyheart8888]

I just watched the country home rescue.. glad to see its improvements 👍👏

[@soxpeewee]

I hope the prettied up the outside of the venue it did look like a mud box on the outside.

[@dheaismaxx]

This house and the owner has so far been on two shows already. One was from 2008 I think. Anselm tried to establish a cookery school then. And he was still single then too 😂

[@magdasanon5469]

I am so happy for him blessings sir

[@myboyz9391]

Oh I love it!

[@lordwalker71]

Just watched the country home rescue and I wondered how he was doing and judging by the website it looks like he’s doing well, while house looks like it’s been remodeling plus a wedding venue and a new guest carriage house.

[@mumr4268]

soooo cool!🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

[@rustymontgomery9281]

Country Home Rescue show,2 years later he has no idea

[@ajadrew]

Nice one..:-))

[@katnaps6277]

That seemed like the perfect solution for a DJ turn Manor owner

[@Rain.Dance.]

Beautiful estate😍

[@karankaran-us9vm]

The neighbours were just jealous......i like that heir

[@shakthidhasan4544]

I wonder why Anselm did not pursuit the cookery school. It would have been a safer bet, reno would have been invested in the main hall and you would have minimised your leverage and perhaps not worry about being fully booked every week of the year to break even. Well done having a go at a different angle for the property but ....too much risk.

[@williamf4544]

Narrated by Barbara Flynn - oh wow is that her who was in Family At War all those years ago ?

[@strongproudandfree]

I wonder if he looked at a ICF building method? The concrete wound give him the sound proofing required and it is a much more stable wall structure.

[@SKYLANDBAK]

strongproudandfree - Free earth from the grounds or thousands of tonnes of expensive concrete brought in..? I would suggest, the decision on using earth as a building material, was as much financial as functional...

[@strongproudandfree]

ICF is only about 3% more vs conventional building methods. It is also a faster means of construction which saves on labour.

[@cathrencostantino5245]

What happens the numerous times someone at the party opens the door to go outside quick. .

[@gypsyvanneraddict]

Mud walls? An adobe banquet hall? Daring- I wonder if it's sound? Lovely design -

[@Elmorecourt]

Still standing! www.elmorecourt.com/gillyflower

[@gabriellebaalke6704]

In the original Rescue show I thought he was looking at a Cookery School.

[@peterbrown9662]

Is everybody out of their tree in this video, earth or soil walls, is that as far and we have progressed over the past 2000 years, and how the Council passed the plans for the walls, beggars believe, a 15 inch cavity wall, brick wall on the outside with two 10omm thick thermalite walls on the inside and foam filled cavity, a lot more solid and would last longer

[@Elmorecourt]

It's lasting very well thank you! Now 6 years on and looking more and more beautiful elmorecourt.com/gillyflower

[@jaywest4102]

If his father is the Barronette, why did Anselm inherit the property from his uncle?

[@frenchartantiquesparis424]

Because his father was already in his mid-60's when his brother died.... Anselm was young, and was chosen as the successor.

[@TheGranti7a]

What happened to the cookery school idea? Why not add it to the event venue?

[@johnscanlon3362]

looks like Anselm finally got his shit together..

[@twinkletoes4797]

Why is it called Elmore Court?

[@chrisjones3901]

He could build it underground,that could be economically plus stop the neighbours moaning

[@TheOneCleanHippy]

Yo Air BnB that shit.

[@cheritoms4040]

If he would have followed previous advise he could have had a very lucrative business. But party on loose everything

[@MizzAugust7]

My Mothers family is British but I fail to understand why they keep referring to HIS business venture as a "scheme". His age? The idea that there might actually be a good time had? Yes I think so. If he wanted to open a Funeral Parlor, I doubt they ( both the woman on - the committee & the woman Narrating This documentary ) would be calling that- a scheme. Extremely unkind. Fairly sure that sprayed on Foam covered by cement paint would have been fairly cheap.

[@jontibloom]

Wish him all the best but cant help thinking that walls made out of earth wont really be up to the job in a cold , wet, windy English climate ....wont they just erode away

[@benchkey]

+jontibloom - I've noticed they have a healthy roof overhang which should protect from all but driving rain. It is likely the outer walls were sprayed with a clear waterproofing.

[@Elmorecourt]

Nope! www.elmorecourt.com/gillyflower

[@KWMc1952]

He needs a Go Fund Me account.

[@leeryan1969]

May I land my helicopter there or will the neighbours complain about the noise? :/

[@eege742]

👍👍👍 ➕ 🔈♥️🎶

[@shirleypena4133]

OMG, that's the first time I have seen a child that old who does not even know his primary colours! Oh well, at least the narrator knows the correct pronunciation of Anselm's surname,lol.

[@alicescheppers6852]

Shirley Pena You’re just embarrassing yourself now. Please get some help, there are a lot of qualified and experienced therapists out there who can support you on your journey. Remember- blowing someone else’s candle out doesn’t make yours burn any brighter.

[@jlhockey97]

Very happy it worked out for a nice man and his family. But what piece of shit neighbors especially on over 1,000 acres of land how could they even complain? Poor asses. Here In the USA would have paid the counsel off and when I finally built it I would have made sure the neighbors could hear it. If they continued to cause problems I would make them go missing and burn there homes down. Can’t stand poor people how they always need to try to ruin things for others.

[@saa82vik]

The planning committee on the van looks like a retirement home/ loony asylum outing party

[@debrad8956]

😂😂😂😂

[@TheMoonflwr671]

When even the British aristocracy can't manage their own homes.

[@yesiownfrodo]

I was very disappointed when looking at the website for Elmore Court to find it is nothing but a generic high class wedding venue now. This video is VERY misleading. The new building is just a reception area. The main house is now ruined. The lovely woodwork has been painted, the character is all lost. It's too bad. I'm sure it makes them a pretty penny, but it is no longer an "ancestral home" it is just another big, generic house party locale. They've gutted it, and it is about as true to the original and classy as the VW van they have in their opening screen shot. I would have rather have seen them sell it to someone who would treat it with *respect* than to keep it in the family and have them tear it apart and make it nothing more than an expensive party palace.

[@DukeofHarbord]

+yesiownfrodo As an urban planner and antiques dealer, I personally think they have done a extremely good job to the estate. Sure there may be some original features that may appear modernised (actually a standard practice even 100-200 years ago), but I believe they have done if sensitively and retained much of the character of the place. I am sure making the estate economically viable, available for weddings and retaining the estate in the family, is a much better option than having it in ruins, having people out of jobs or have it sold to some million/billionaire own in so they can pretend they come from peerage. Best of luck with the future to the Guise family.

[@shirleypena4133]

+yesiownfrodo I agree with you 100%!!! How in the hell all these people are praising what he and Sarah have done to his ancestral home beggars belief!!!! All one need do is go check out their website to see what REALLY happened to Elmore Court. It's a goddamn shame. As you correctly noted, it's now nothing more than an expensive party palace, instead of an ancestral home of historic significance. What people will do to make big bucks, sheesh!! :(

[@MasKistershi]

yesiownfrodo - Really? I just did the virtual tour and thought it was lovely. Seems they are making a huge success of this. And these houses have always changed in decorating style throughout the ages. That’s always been the case and they haven’t don’t anything that can’t be changed again as fashions move on and on and on......