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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.

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Britain's Empty Homes: Series 3

Joe Crowley

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Britain's Empty Homes: Series 3: Episode 4: Karen Dimmock and Jeremy Wilson

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BBC One - Britain's Empty Homes, Series 3, Karen Dimmock and Jeremy Wilson

Joe meets Karen and Jeremy, who bought a run-down 3-bedroom terraced house in Richmond.

Series revealing the potential of vacant properties. Joe meets Karen and Jeremy, who bought a run-down 3-bedroom terraced house in Richmond to be close to their son's school.

Joe meets Karen Dimmock and Jeremy Wilson, who bought a run-down 3-bedroom terraced house in Richmond to be close to their son's school. Unfortunately, once work started on the renovation, they discovered severe structural issues and their costs were beginning to spiral. 

Joe takes them to meet an architect couple who are now enjoying life in their state-of-the-art family home after experiencing similar setbacks during their build, proving that even professionals get flustered by the trials of renovation! 

Plus a look at how empty properties in Oxford are benefiting the local community before they are turned into homes, and one of the UK's empty property officers carries out detective work on abandoned houses to bring them back into use.

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Joe Crowley 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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