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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

Dan Gilbert

Hannah Lamb

Britain's Empty Homes: Series 3: Episode 18: Camilla Hanchet

Series 3

Episode 18

Episode 18: Camilla Hanchet

Camilla Hanchet

BBC One - Britain's Empty Homes, Series 3, Camilla Hanchet

Camilla Hanchet who is the new owner of a run down, 300 years old thatched cottage.

Series revealing the potential of vacant properties. Joe meets Camilla Hanchet who has bought a run down, 300 years old thatched cottage which she hopes to turn in to a dream home.

Joe Crowley meets Camilla Hanchet who is the new owner of a run down, 300 years old thatched cottage. The property is in need of major modernisation but with help from her artist brother David, Camilla is rolling up her sleeves and preparing to turn the cottage into a dream home.

Camilla is introduced to Lynn Newland and her builder husband Dean who have plenty of expertise when it comes to thatched properties after buying a three bedroom cottage in Oxfordshire that had been standing empty for two years. Despite the building needing a lot of work Lynn and Dean were determined to fulfill its potential and have lovingly restored it to make the most of the period features.

Plus, a look at how the Westminster Housing Cooperative is making use of empty properties that are waiting to be redeveloped, and, on the streets of London, one of the UK's Empty Property Officers saves derelict buildings from falling into disrepair.

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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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