Revisiting a Luxury Barn - Build A New Life in the Country - S02 EP10 - Real Estate

Paul and Tracy Fitzpatrick embark on a daring transformation, converting an old apple fridge into a dream family home, while simultaneously building a stable yard for their horses. Facing tight budgets, deadlines, and unexpected setbacks, the family navigates the challenges of project management and lifestyle change, aiming to reunite and enjoy a peaceful rural life.
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Embark on a life-changing journey with Build a New Life in the Country. Architect George Clarke guides families through a year-long transformation, converting old properties into dream homes. Experience the highs and lows as they navigate the emotional rollercoaster of building new lives in the countryside. Join these families on their challenging yet rewarding quest to create homes and futures in an idyllic rural setting.
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[@fa5234]

Apple juice and apple cider or applesauce don't come cheap. Cutting down 300 century-old apple trees ... What a wasted opportunity, these are really, really stupid people. These trees were like gold to be collected. It should be illegal to cut these trees.

[@claireandersongrahamkeller2744]

Exactly!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mellie4174]

Wtf!!! They cut down an orchard! And the best 100 year old apple trees!insane!

[@ExpectMiracles55]

Totally insane.

[@NoOneHere2Day]

The apple orchard would have made them money.

[@ferwallace1903]

I think the apple trees did a revenge on the stables..... Mxm....

[@wordwoman9900]

"Hate to do it, but that's the way of the world." Really? The "way of the world" is forcing you to decimate 300 century old trees to turn a storage refrigerator into a house. Barely 10 minutes in and I already hate this...

[@cardozadenis]

The sad thing is that even the old owners of the orchard couldn't continue making a profit and had to sell it. The new owners could have tried silvopasture and kept the apple trees and horses. It would have been the best solution.

[@claireandersongrahamkeller2744]

@@cardozadenis agreed!!!! Anything but this disgusting display of heinous ignorance.

[@johnhobbs621]

I wonder why the orchard couldn't be fenced off, or paddocks made for the horses, rather than destroying it completely. It pained me to see the beautiful old apple trees cut down, also as this is low lying land trees will help in keeping the land less waterlogged. Did it occur to anyone else that the orchard would have also provided an income as the apples could have been sold as they are or pressed for cider or apple juice? As money was so tight it seemed odd to me that this potential income stream was missed. I also felt a bit sad that no trace of the original building made the cut and the lovely old red bricks were rendered over & ended up looking a bit like a Benidorm timeshare.

[@marthasolodky9878]

Would be interested if this dream home was always about the livery business? This couple is portrayed more sympathetically than they deserve, I think. Am betting the neighbors are not happy with the damage they have done to the land.

[@ValeriaVincentSancisi]

they could have done a bit of research and buy a property that doesn't mean destroying the apple trees...

[@ExpectMiracles55]

Tell me about it. I love these restoration shows, except this one. Very upsetting...

[@Babycakes_2001]

Can’t believe what they done to all those apple trees! Very sad for wildlife

[@suzib777]

I agree with the comments most people have made here, albeit 4 months ago.....no amount of money can replace a 100 year old apple orchard, horses could have been stabled elsewhere. We had Herford cattle and Quarter horses on our ranch, my dad just improved on the buildings that were already there.

[@MareShoop]

Glad I read the comments first. I won’t be watching.

[@ExpectMiracles55]

@@suzib777 Sensible comments, and they show your dad has brains. What these people did, I can't find a way to justify such madness...

[@claireandersongrahamkeller2744]

300 Apple trees, over 100 years old. The level of moronic decision making is staggering to me.

[@jacquelinedixon374]

@@claireandersongrahamkeller2744 and the ironic part is that the planners might not allow them to keep the stables or not allow the horse business that the woman insists on.

[@SA_.377]

Stopped watching when the apple trees were cut.

[@patriciawoods7628]

me too. I feel sick to my stomach. such a shame.

[@jayrennie7031]

me too, not interested in what happens to them are their horses

[@claireandersongrahamkeller2744]

I am trying to heal by reading all the people's comments who share my despair. I could not give these people one more second of my attention. I wish George had said we are now ending this episode here, after he mentioned the destruction of a valuable legacy of an orchard!

[@claireandersongrahamkeller2744]

@@patriciawoods7628 SICK to my stomach, my heart has deflated, my Spirit sobbing in distress for all those trees and their ecosystem family.

[@claireandersongrahamkeller2744]

@Daniel Wood horrifying.

[@mollymorgan8652]

Sad to see the apple orchard come down. With as many acres as they have, it seems like it couldn't all be orhard an they could have made some plan that didn't involve their entire removal. It seemed odd that the original barns needed to come down, as well. I hope they're able to start the livelry stable. It seems to me that was their aim all along. You don't build a stable for 10 or twelve horses when you only have two and that's your entire plan. kind of an odd way of going about it.

[@ExpectMiracles55]

Me too. I couldn't believe my ears... With so many laws there should have been one in place that forbids such destruction.

[@Angela-qs4cz]

They lost me when they started to destroy the trees laden with fruits!

[@claireandersongrahamkeller2744]

@@Angela-qs4cz ditto.

[@jaytay8637]

I wondered why it was that I lost all sympathy with these people almost straight away and then I found I was justified when they trashed a 100 year old orchard.

[@deannapointer7526]

Agree

[@ExpectMiracles55]

Exactly. My heart sunk in as I couldn't believe when I heard of their plans. Sorry to say I too felt no sympathy for all their setbacks. Deserved karma!? LOL! Couldn't they have found another property elsewhere?? for Christ's sake...

[@vivalaleta]

Agreed. I turned it off.

[@claireandersongrahamkeller2744]

I am crying and will NOT watch this for another moment. I am horrified, and it is not "the way of the world...." to destroy a legacy of intelligence and sensitivity and brilliance in an orchard. it is evil, and only evil; against life. I have no doubt the curse they brought on themselves is clearly going to come back at them in the karma of life. The way of the world is ever-expanding good, mutual respect and love, not this frightful choice.

[@claireandersongrahamkeller2744]

@@ExpectMiracles55 It is truly disgusting, evil nonsense, and beyond my comprehension, as a regenerative farming community designer.

[@carriemou3678]

WOW! Can't believe they destroyed the mature orchard. That is a crime! Just put the horses somewhere else!

[@claireandersongrahamkeller2744]

I am in shock...truly disturbed. It is criminal ignorance at its finest.

[@AbundanceRains]

Chopping the orchard down… no way

[@MaZEEZaM]

Under massive financial stress yet they own several horses which cost a lot to keep and spent a fortune on massive stables.

[@myhillslife27]

Horrible! How could they be allowed to remove ALL those trees!! Remove a third and keep the rest and use as income! stupid fools..no reclaiming that huge amount of concrete which is the worst material.. Don't like this build at all.. They should NEVER have been allowed to remove those apple trees.. disgraceful. I have horses. you fence off... no excuse.. You NEVER pay full amount up front that's just crazy! WHY??!! built 10 stables to begin with? thats insane.. you don't have the acreage for 10 horses?? madness ..you you built stables for 2 horses you would not have had the huge debt..

[@zaphoidbeeblebrox1809]

Sell it, buy a Smaller home, Go on a holiday, Kids move out, Empty Nest. Sell it pay off your debt and be happy. Great Job. My Dad had 40 horses I grew up on a Horse Stud. ;0)

[@fiestygemini2379]

People complaining about the orchard but it is not their house! Its what suits the owners to do whatever they choose, if people want to keep orchards, land, historical building etc they should purchase themselves.

[@reid69uk]

This is repeating on channel 5 now. Much like some of the comments it really shocked me when the orchard was cut down. So much history and so much potential gone. Damn shame

[@claireandersongrahamkeller2744]

Criminal selfishness: Stupid. Evil. Never should have been allowed. No excuse for this.

[@myhillslife27]

Yes but ask them how much debt they have have? I bet it costs more than that once you add interest on all their loans and credit cards.. This is an example of what NOT! to do

[@toddwilliams5905]

They added 200,000 plus pounds to the value with sweat equity....

[@gabe-po9yi]

As hard as she works, she certainly deserves her horses, but it still killed me seeing him cut down all those hundred year old apple trees.

[@colinsquire8562]

Clearly the lady was a grafter and deserved her dream but I think her decisions were blinkered (pun intended). Why destroy an ancient orchard and several useful outbuildings, both of which add value and potential income for the sake of a couple of horses? Fence them off! The plot unravels when the development of Buckingham palace for two horses appear. It was never about a couple of horses or respecting ancient agricultural land and the outbuildings but the massive livery business. In planning terms they are exceedingly fortunate if they got away with this. Like I said, she deserved her dream but there is far more suitable land and property available. Not much in this story about renovation more like the losses and there were quite a few. I still wish them well and hope their future decisions are more considered.

[@fretbuzz6893]

'Literally, nearly'' I guess she went to the same school as Jamie Redknapp

[@erinobrien8408]

Some people have more money than sense. And then there's those with not enough money and no sense...

[@kennethpensyl7791]

Beautiful new home

[@edwinagolombek5416]

SO shocking the apple trees were cut down..they could have built that thing anywhere

[@paulwarren6105]

Did Paul get his ''gotcha'' meddle afterwards..

[@AlextheeRambo]

Great, it turned out cool. I have no sympathy or joy for them. How dare they destroy that orchard.

[@truthfilterforyoutube8218]

This episode is the poster child for Stupid People

[@along9971]

Working 7 days a week to support her horses

[@be6388]

700.000,00 + 150.000,00 + horses by photoalbums handmade for boutiques? 👀

[@linarez90]

Agreed. Both are unskilled or semi-skilled workers. It seems bizarre.

[@queenbee1605]

I was just thinking this. In my country engineers who study for years work for a pittance and a factory worker and photo album maker in the west can afford this! Oh, what a lottery life is. Where you are born is life transforming obviously.

[@dv100000]

Imagine if the original Bramley apple sauce tree was chopped to make way for some sort of renovation and this was the last of the 300 yr old English apples left of that era? Stupid is was stupid does. At the turn of the 19th century there were enough apple variety’s to span 2yrs worth for each days the year, now just a hand full. The original bramley apple tree is still going strong and so important to English heritage that a couple of samples were taken from it to regrow into bigger orchards around the country. So not all is lost..i wonder if George would revisit this home to see how its been lived in 2021

[@beingpatient]

Absolutely my least favourite 'everything'

[@craigchisholm924]

Don't quite understand this couple tbh. They have just about no money, the wife works 24 hours a day and they spend all the money on horses she doesn't like to ride. So they move to the countryside... then destroy it to accommodate the horses... that she doesn't ride haha. In the Fens there are a million places you could have had the horses stabled.. it would have been zero hastle and would have saved you a fortune too. Better still.. sell the horses and buy a dog.

[@linarez90]

He makes me think of the word 'Chav'.

[@simonlloyd7557]

The female obsession with horses is just plain weird. As for the destruction of that 100 year old orchard...that was just vandalism. Fencing??

[@mariat3276]

10 minutes in and not preserving but destroying.

[@FigaroHey]

'She really dserves this... she's been the uh...' The word he was searching for was, 'Bread-winner,' or maybe 'man of the house,' 'wearer of the trousers.' I have the feeling she's got fed up with working like a two men while he fiddles about with photo albums and decided, 'I earn the money and I've decided I want this.' I wonder how they intend to support themselves if she gives up her job and he's still faffing around with scissors and glue.

[@jaybowles112]

Awful to see that wonderful apple orchard being sacrificed for the sake of horses that could have been fenced in. Tragic tv. Also the stables was always about the livery business.....

[@VoltMX57]

Worth 750k damn

[@vivalaleta]

I don't care for this build. I feel they could have been more creative with what was already there.

[@johnpeterdean1653]

Why do the horses need 12 acres ???? They could have cut down three acres and left 9 acreas for the apples, plus they could have got an income from the orchard.... DUH

[@thecyclingsolicitor1702]

Philistines. We've all met them - ghastly vulgar interiors and that lovely orchard gone.

[@101fairplay]

the outrage in the comments is wild

[@claireandersongrahamkeller2744]

and accurate.

[@hutoxipatel3610]

Well done

[@Kayja-bc7br]

I hate the bureaucracy and control the government has over owners like these people.

[@FigaroHey]

I don't believe that anyone 'deserves' to have their dream come true. I mean, what makes this or that person 'deserve' that? But I don't think this couple deserves to have their dream home. Some people need to stay in the status they were born in. Buying stuff doesn't make you into a custodian of heritage (inheriting does) - and this couple just proves it. They want to live in the countryside, then proceed to buy it up and destroy everything, not replacing it with anything better.

[@martieflagg4671]

Think she should have boarded out the horses in that area until the house was completely done! Then, if money permits build the stables. Also don't think working 12 hour days for a portion of your life entitles you to such an expensive "hobby"! Fence those apple trees!

[@jackie6343]

Then go to another website

[@sandybarry6370]

Kind off a clueless couple. Still not sure what Tracy’s husband does for work but it’s not nearly as stressful as her breadwinner job. It would have been nice if they bought a different property that didn’t have 300 apple trees on it. Plus they weren’t cowboy builders they were crooks. Never NEVER pay anyone the full price for a job that hasn’t been completed.

[@deannapointer7526]

Horrible to take out a heritage apple orchard...

[@darreljohnson5416]

Needed to get rid of those horses and stop wasting money on them

[@oleeoleeoo2610]

Horses love apples. Hmmmmm

[@TheByard]

But too many each day makes them ill. My uncle retired his Shire horse to the orchard when he bought his first Ferguson tractor. But he had to ration the horses time spent in there. Luckily his next door neighbor had pasture land and with the company of some cattle, he did head for the tack room each time he was moved, so he was brought out of retirement to pull cart and be part of the working farm again.

[@oleeoleeoo2610]

@@TheByard agreed, too much is not healthy. Removing all the trees is just not clever. Some apples daily, seasonal is a budget boost. Anyhow the home and lands are gorgeous, that is one hell of a forever home and I wish them happiness for all the remaining days. Well done I'm jealous.😊🐴🍎🍏

[@truthfilterforyoutube8218]

This whole fiasco is Karma for the first decision to tear down the orchard.....did they not even think....Apples....Horses? Really ?

[@FigaroHey]

If they had any brains or if they had the instinctive conservative instincts of people who inherit their property rather than buy it, they would have preserved that orchard and turned it into a profitable business. If it was a commercial orchard that was not making money, fine, turn the property into a destination. Have an apple fair: picnic or camp under the trees, have your wedding reception among the apple blossoms - pick your own apples to take home, have a hand at squeezing your own apple juice, participate in cider-making and get a jug of cider in return at Christmas, locals could make pies or preserves and they could be judged and sold at the fair... It could have been quite a fun day out or weekend festival experience for many families, and could have made them money and saved the orchard. People who come from inherited property understand these things and adapt their inheritance to new times, so they preserve the land and enhance local culture. Also just demolishing that barn was stupid. There was plenty of old wood there that could have been recycled into floors or furniture for the house. These people know the price of everything and the value of nothing. He should have got a proper job to support his family. She should have given up the horses and got a job that allowed her to have a normal life - she could always visit horses or volunteer at a stable, cost-free. These people are simply low-class, and building a house with an oversized master bedroom won't buy them culture or sense. Nobody will be sorry if this ends up bankrupting them and forcing them into a council house -where their type fits best.

[@brianduffy1338]

Your derisive (even snooty) tone is quite off-putting. Your notion that those that inherit are somehow better and have conservative instincts is quite erroneous and is injected with all the class and entitlement this might imply. Your labelling of "low class" and invocation of all the "shoulds" is offensive. Yes, the orchards could have been preserved. Yes, they were rather naive (not stupid) and were taken for a ride by crooks. Yes, it is likely they had hopes of establishing a livery business at the outset. Yes, their values and dreams and ideas of festivity are different than yours. So what. Your idea of culture, sense and worth and your bad wishes for them are mean-spirited and reflect more about you (in the negative) than this couple any day.

[@williamglaser6577]

What a mess, never try to do something you know nothing about. Never pay everything up front.

[@martieflagg4671]

My least favorite of your series bc of selfishness to me. Her horses, her horses. She never said our family. Surprised her husband stayed with her.

[@yomeroyomero]

well, at least she's got her priorities straight

[@lezzleee]

I'm only 6 minutes in and I can tell this is going to be a terrible episode.

[@lezzleee]

THEY RIPPED OUT 100 YEAR OLD TREES INSTEAD OF FENCING THEM OFF?!!! WHO ARE THESE COMPLETE MORONS?

[@kakindarichard341]

i know this not about the build but I'm tired of this "YTA" method AD for God's sake

[@milliebanks7209]

Due to the comments I don't think I want to watch either. Apples over horse shite? No thanks!

[@babyblueshoes575]

Unbelievable cutting down beautiful orchard for horses!!?? You obviously have no idea what you have just done to the wildlife relying on those trees. And starving people could have benefitted immensely. I do not want to watch another second.

[@claireandersongrahamkeller2744]

So many of us refused to witness another second of this horror show after the apples were exterminated -- for no good reason.

[@mattneillninasmom]

A case study in stupidity and self-indulgence - plus, some terrible choices. What did it cost in the end in terms of money, overwork, destruction of mental and physical health, to keep 2 horses as pets!?

[@claireandersongrahamkeller2744]

It is not sad, it is inhumane, and disgusting to cut down an orchard. How completely selfish, and evil.

[@elizabethannekeith]

"that's the way of the world" ??? common folk with no real vision. save what you can of heritage. be a good neighbor... sad

[@stephenspilker9334]

screw the horses they don't make money., apples do.

[@TheByard]

Then why did the farmer sell the orchards.

[@paisley293]

@@TheByard : maybe because he was got old?...

[@bevfrench3496]

Paul makes the mistake so he wants to get rid of the stables................typical guy that thinks he is never wrong. too bad.

[@donnaallgaier-lamberti3933]

I am an animal lover but still ThAT's IS A SIN TO CUT DOWN THOSE APPLE TREES. They would help to feed the family as well as make cash as a "U-Pick."

[@redmed10]

Don't say things like sink home.

[@bluezauza]

She should have stayed working in the factory. Moving to the country only to destroy the landscape is simply idiotic.

[@asaelitovata2105]

What an absolute terrible couple, cutting down that orchard and not utilising the existing building to their advantage. There was money already there on the land if they just slow down and think about it properly and prioritise.

[@trishcastle7386]

These people whine to much

[@mariaroldan4200]

This was a waste of my time, most of the episode was a review of the first one!

[@Mpayne1472]

You can move the slider and get to the newer bit

[@shashiconant6783]

What exactly is her good for nothing husband worth? Does this guy have a job? He's doing work as a project coordinator badly, losing their money, while she slaves away at a factory. still

[@linarez90]

He makes tacky photo albums and sells them to mugs.

[@momsterous]

He's been building houses ever since.

[@heleenbotha5242]

😮 Shocking to say the least.. I'm very sure something else could have been done with the apple orchard and also the whole set up.. Not impressed at all... No to all

[@dianestallworthy7711]

Vile attitude to the trees!! They will be hated by many and now have inherited bad karma....Old barns also destroyed! Sacrilege!!! May they never be happy there!!!