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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 4

Joe Crowley

Angela Arora

Hannah Lamb

Britain's Empty Homes: Series 4: Episode 14: Thomas and Katie Heinowski

Episode 14

Episode 14: Thomas and Katie Heinowski

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Thomas and Katie Heinowski

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Joe meets a family about to tackle the renovation of an empty property on the south coast.

Property series. Joe Crowley meets Tom and Katie Heinowski and their family, who are set to move to the south coast to tackle the renovation of an empty property.

In this episode Joe meets RAF officer Tom Heinowski and his family who are all set to move to the south coast and tackle an empty property. Tom and Katie want to do much of the work themselves and are excited about embarking on a project together, so Joe shows them a four-bedroom, rural stable conversion that needs major modernisation. Tom then hears some advice from a couple who have just completed a very similar project.

We find out about the government's latest stragegy to address the UK's vacant housing issues, and we head to Cardiff to catch up with empty property officer Steve Reed who is doing his best to get abandoned homes back in 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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