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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.

Simulcast of network BBC One in high definition. From 03/11/2010

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Britain's Empty Homes: Series 4

Joe Crowley

Angela Arora

Hannah Lamb

Britain's Empty Homes: Series 4: Episode 8: Jo and Mark Bushby

Episode 8

Episode 8: Jo and Mark Bushby

Series 4

Jo and Mark Bushby

BBC One - Britain's Empty Homes, Series 4, Jo and Mark Bushby

Joe meets a couple who fear their Devon cottage needs more work than they first thought.

Property series. Joe Crowley meets Jo and Mark Bushby, who fear the beautiful stone cottage they bought in rural Devon requires a lot more work than they first thought.

In this episode, Joe meets Jo and Mark Bushby, who have bought a beautiful stone cottage in rural Devon. However they now fear they have bitten off more than they can chew. The cottage needs a lot of work and they are in desperate need of some wise words and guidance, so Joe introduces them to a woman who has recently completed an almost identical project and has lived to tell the tale. 

Plus, the sad story of a listed but condemned building in Liverpool that has great historic relevance to the city. It has been left to fall in to rack and ruin over the past few decades, but there could be light at the end of the tunnel. The programme also follows empty property officer Sue Li in Derbyshire, as she does her best to persuade owners of abandoned homes to take responsibility for them and get them lived in once again.

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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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