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Britain's Empty Homes

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Show revealing the potential vacant places can offer in terms of budget and lifestyle.

Series revealing the great potential that vacant places can offer in terms of budget and lifestyle, and following the work of the nation's empty property officers.

Jules Hudson

Britain's Empty Homes: Series 1: Episode 20: Rosemary Draper

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Episode 20: Rosemary Draper

Rosemary Draper

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Jules Hudson shows Rosemary Draper how far her budget could go with an empty property.

Rosemary Draper wants a period country cottage in the Sussex countryside. Jules Hudson shows her how far her budget could go if she considered buying an empty property.

There are nearly a million properties lying empty in the UK just waiting for someone to come along to make them homes again. Jules Hudson reveals the great potential vacant places for sale can offer buyers in terms of budget and lifestyle, while the work of the nation's Empty Property Officers explores what's being done to get the thousands of houses that lie abandoned and neglected across the country back into use. And we hear from the people who've rescued wrecks and transformed them into beautiful homes again.

Rosemary Draper wants to downsize. No stranger to home renovation, she's looking for something she can really put her mark on. And with a total budget of 600 thousand pounds, she'd like to find a period country cottage somewhere in the Sussex countryside. Presenter Jules Hudson shows her around a couple of lovely old empty houses that with a little imagination could be transformed into her ideal home.

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Jules Hudson reveals the great potential that vacant places can offer in terms of budget and lifestyle, and follows the work of the nation's Empty Property Officers.

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