Bedfordshire

It's tough falling in love, especially when it’s with a 150-year rickety barn that is in danger of keeling over, but HR director Sarah and technology director Pip are smitten. Never mind the many planning restrictions, or that it sits on the site of a scheduled ancient monument (more constraints), Sarah and Pip are determined to both keep its spirit and at the same time transform it into a sleek and modern 5-bedroomed home, with space for their expanding pet family. It’s a balancing act that proves a huge challenge.

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Given their wildly ambitious 420k budget, they try to keep as much of the original structure as possible to save on costs, but the fragile building starts to unravel almost as soon as work begins. Old brick columns, walls and an entire timber gable end come tumbling down, too unstable to withstand the identity change. The barn, it seems, is in danger of becoming a terrifying money pit. Under pressure on all fronts, and not always seeing eye to eye on what the end result should be, Sarah and Pip will need every ounce of resolve to make it through...