Sevenoaks Revisited

Back in 2019 Greg and Georgie set out to convert a dilapidated 35-year-old barn in Georgie’s parents garden into a peaceful safe haven. Despite their young lives having been marked by illness - Greg had a brain tumour in his early twenties while Georgie had been in treatment for various cancers most of her life - they were determined to take on almost all the work themselves. This was to involve the painstaking conservation of the existing structure, building a new two-storey internal steel frame and recycling everything they could, all for two hundred and fifty thousand pounds.  

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The project got off to the worst possible start with the discovery that the foundations would need expensive underpinning, which rookie project manager Greg had to take on himself. Constantly out of his depth, he took on more vital construction jobs as the build progressed, with just Georgie and a few friends’ help. Having to contend with other seemingly overwhelming challenges like Georgie’s ongoing health concerns and the arrival of the COVID pandemic, in 2020 they had barely moved in. 

  

Five years since his last visit, presenter Kevin McCloud returns to see how life is for Greg and Georgie now their barn is fully complete.