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0:00:21 > 0:00:24- Tonight, we revisit - Lois Prys's house in Caernarfon.
0:00:25 > 0:00:30- What was a shell of a house - a year ago has now been transformed.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34- We'll see Ann Hughes's - latest venture in Aberdyfi...
0:00:35 > 0:00:38- ..which includes a shop - and a guest house.
0:00:39 > 0:00:44- Finally, we'll visit Maggie and Ifan - Roberts's three houses in Dolgellau.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54- Scaffold covered the front - of Lois Prys's house a year ago...
0:00:54 > 0:00:58- ..and workmen scurried - in and out of the front door.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01- Things have changed - for the better since then.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03- Welcome to 04Wal.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38- It took longer than planned - but I think that always happens.
0:01:39 > 0:01:44- It took much longer than anticipated - but it didn't go badly over budget.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46- We moved in...
0:01:46 > 0:01:51- ..when the kitchen, one bedroom - and the bathroom were half-ready!
0:01:51 > 0:01:56- We thought we'd do more work because - we'd be here in the evenings...
0:01:56 > 0:02:00- ..but it slowed down because - we coped with things, as they were.
0:02:02 > 0:02:07- You were keen to keep the wallpaper - and I see you managed to do that.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09- That's a feather in your cap.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11- Yes. It was a tall order.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16- I moved wallpaper - from an area that wasn't visible...
0:02:16 > 0:02:18- ..and I trimmed the seams.
0:02:18 > 0:02:23- I pasted it, gave it time to soak, - put it up and prayed it would stick!
0:02:23 > 0:02:24- It's still there!
0:02:25 > 0:02:29- You have an eclectic mixture - of furniture in this house.
0:02:29 > 0:02:34- Yes, there are some modern pieces - and some family heirlooms.
0:02:35 > 0:02:40- We've also bought three or four - things from a local antiques shop.
0:02:41 > 0:02:45- We tried not to make - any of the rooms too modern...
0:02:45 > 0:02:47- ..or too old-fashioned.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50- We mixed all the styles together.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54- Where do you - spend most of your time?
0:02:54 > 0:02:57- In the kitchen and the front room.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34- You did well to keep this handrail - throughout the whole house.
0:03:35 > 0:03:36- It took a lot of cleaning.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40- It was covered in paint splashes - and it was dirty.
0:03:40 > 0:03:45- We went through tons of wire wool - but we got there, in the end.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49- This room - has the best view in the house...
0:03:49 > 0:03:52- ..thanks to these long windows.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56- Yes, it has the best view - and it's a really light room, too.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59- We enjoy sitting in here.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02- Is the wallpaper on the ceiling - original?
0:04:03 > 0:04:04- No, it isn't original.
0:04:04 > 0:04:08- It's part - of a period range of wallpapers.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11- I like having detail on the ceiling.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14- It's pleasing on the eye.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16- I think it's a subtle touch.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19- You don't necessarily notice it.
0:04:19 > 0:04:23- It certainly fits in with - one of the periods of this house.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25- Yes, you're probably right.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29- You've made clever use of lighting - in here.
0:04:30 > 0:04:35- The main light fitting is a feature, - without being too intrusive.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38- Yes. - I fell in love with its simplicity.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41- It appealed to me when I saw it.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43- It's really lovely.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46- Do you spend a lot of time - enjoying the view?
0:04:46 > 0:04:48- Yes.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17- Is the door open or is it shut?
0:05:17 > 0:05:18- Well, a bit of both.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22- It closes to here - but it also closes to there.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28- That's the toilet.
0:05:28 > 0:05:29- This is the bathroom.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33- There's a jug and a bowl - on this washing table.
0:05:33 > 0:05:38- This basin was already in the house - but it was moved from another room.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41- The tiles on the floor - look just like slate...
0:05:42 > 0:05:44- ..but they aren't made of slate.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47- That is definitely a slab of slate.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49- Boy, oh boy, what a slab of slate!
0:05:49 > 0:05:52- It's Blaenau Ffestiniog slate.
0:05:52 > 0:05:53- Isn't that wonderful?
0:05:54 > 0:05:56- A shower tray made of slate.
0:05:58 > 0:06:02- That's the bathroom - and this is the first floor lounge.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05- There are two rooms - on each floor of this house...
0:06:06 > 0:06:09- ..separated by - this central staircase.
0:06:09 > 0:06:13- The staircase goes all the way up - from the cellar to the attic.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15- We're now on the third floor...
0:06:16 > 0:06:19- ..and we're about see - the master bedroom.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23- Grant and Lois - sleep in this plain, simple room.
0:06:23 > 0:06:27- Everything's tucked away - in these cupboards.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29- Isn't this wallpaper amazing?
0:06:30 > 0:06:33- This feature wall - certainly creates an impact.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36- Like all the rooms in the front...
0:06:36 > 0:06:40- ..there are amazing views - of the river and the castle.
0:06:40 > 0:06:44- Had Lois lived here in 1969, - she could have been in bed...
0:06:44 > 0:06:47- ..and seen the Queen - and Prince Charles...
0:06:48 > 0:06:51- ..without lifting her head - off the pillow!
0:06:52 > 0:06:56- If you include the cellar, - this is the fifth floor.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03- The iron grill - and the window above it...
0:07:03 > 0:07:06- ..light up the stairs, - from top to bottom.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39- Have you been bitten - by the house renovation bug?
0:07:40 > 0:07:45- We're likely to buy a house in poor - condition and renovate it again...
0:07:45 > 0:07:50- ..but we want time to enjoy - this house before we consider it.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55- We enjoy this house - so yes, it was worth it.
0:08:08 > 0:08:13- Ann Hughes, the interior designer, - has appeared on 04Wal several times.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16- We visited the family home...
0:08:16 > 0:08:22- ..and we saw her work at the - Harbourmaster Hotel, in Aberaeron.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25- Ann has taken on another project.
0:08:25 > 0:08:30- She plans to transform an old hotel - in Aberdyfi into a luxurious haven.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35- Ann was up to her eyeballs in work - when we visited Llety Bodfor.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43- We've started - doing a tiny bit of work.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47- The summer came - and we decided to open, as we were.
0:08:47 > 0:08:52- We're now closed and we're - ready for the builders to come in.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55- What's the first step?
0:08:55 > 0:08:58- The first step - is for us to move out.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00- We've bought a house.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04- The builders will come in - and start from the top.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07- They'll clear the mess - and knock down walls.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10- Have you done any work in here?
0:09:10 > 0:09:14- Yes, we've prepared the room - that will become the shop.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17- We used it as a family living room.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20- The ground floor flat - has also been completed.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23- It's a self-catering flat - and it works well.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31- What will you sell in the shop?
0:09:31 > 0:09:33- What will you sell in the shop?- - Items linked with interiors.
0:09:34 > 0:09:39- We'll sell those home and garden - items which I use in the hotel.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42- Whatever takes my fancy!
0:09:51 > 0:09:55- Will you adopt this style - in the rest of the house?
0:09:55 > 0:09:58- Yes. I must make the rooms - feel light and airy.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00- I'll simplify the design.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05- I'll also use elements - from the location of the hotel.
0:10:06 > 0:10:07- This is a seaside town.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12- Beautiful views and pretty colours.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15- I have too many ideas, - at the moment.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18- It's typical of the design process.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21- As time passes, - I'll discard some ideas.
0:10:21 > 0:10:26- The design must have a focus - and some sort of continuity.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32- There are 16 bedrooms here, - at the moment...
0:10:32 > 0:10:35- ..but we'll reduce that - to eight bedrooms.
0:10:35 > 0:10:39- There will be two, - front-facing windows in each room...
0:10:40 > 0:10:44- ..with an en suite bathroom - to the rear of the building.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47- This hotel was last decorated - in the 1970s...
0:10:47 > 0:10:52- ..and people's needs in 2004 have - changed dramatically in 30 years.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56- I feel the rooms are far too small, - as things stand.
0:10:57 > 0:11:02- They don't offer the luxury - demanded by modern holidaymakers.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08- Let's take a look - at the first floor.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12- There's a brown basin - in that bathroom.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18- If the devil had a loo, - it would look like this!
0:11:19 > 0:11:21- This is room number 4.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24- The horizontal hold has gone - on that television!
0:11:26 > 0:11:29- You don't see those radios - anywhere today.
0:11:29 > 0:11:33- The children's bedrooms - are on the second floor.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36- This is the third floor - and we're in the roof.
0:11:39 > 0:11:40- Ho, ho, ho, ho!
0:11:40 > 0:11:42- The full monty!
0:11:43 > 0:11:47- A brown bath, a brown toilet - and a brown basin.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50- A real gem!
0:11:50 > 0:11:52- Why get rid of it?!
0:11:53 > 0:11:57- We'll take this as a typical example - of the rooms on this floor.
0:11:57 > 0:12:01- This is room 15 and it looks - sorry for itself, at the moment.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04- It will be transformed...
0:12:04 > 0:12:08- ..when they divide this floor - into just two bedrooms.
0:12:08 > 0:12:13- Each front-facing room in this hotel - has a breathtaking view.
0:12:18 > 0:12:19- You'll be making big changes.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22- What will happen to this room?
0:12:22 > 0:12:24- What will happen to this room?- - Everything will go from this room.
0:12:24 > 0:12:29- The ceiling, the walls behind us, - the wallpaper and the floor.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33- There will be a door - where the window now stands.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36- This room will be unrecognisable.
0:12:36 > 0:12:37- What will this room be?
0:12:37 > 0:12:40- What will this room be?- - The reception area - and the breakfast room.
0:12:40 > 0:12:41- What will this room be?
0:12:41 > 0:12:41- Guests can also have a drink here.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43- Guests can also have a drink here.
0:12:53 > 0:12:59- Your clientele will change, - once all the changes have been made.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02- Is that a fair comment?
0:13:02 > 0:13:05- The price of staying here - will change.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09- It's going from a 16-room hotel - to an 8-room hotel.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11- Price rises are inevitable.
0:13:11 > 0:13:17- We had positive feedback from people - who stayed here last summer.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20- Many of them said they'd come back.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24- We're itching - to get the builders in...
0:13:25 > 0:13:27- ..to turn our dream into a reality.
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0:13:47 > 0:13:49- There were no stairs here...
0:13:49 > 0:13:52- ..when Ifan and Maggie Roberts - bought this house.
0:13:53 > 0:13:57- They've since bought - two other houses in this area.
0:14:03 > 0:14:08- Ifan, Maggie and Lydia, their - daughter, live here, in Springfield.
0:14:08 > 0:14:13- It's a substantial house that - stands in the middle of Dolgellau.
0:14:19 > 0:14:20- How did you hear about this house?
0:14:20 > 0:14:24- How did you hear about this house?- - We came here - to have a snoop in the garden.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26- It was overgrown.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31- We peeked through the window - and saw two old ladies having tea.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33- We beat a hasty retreat!
0:14:34 > 0:14:38- That was the first time we saw it - and we fell in love with it.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41- Tell me about its history.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44- We don't know much - about its history.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46- We haven't had time - to do any research.
0:14:47 > 0:14:52- The architect thinks this house - belonged to a slate owner.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57- It was quite a grand house, - in its day.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00- How did you become its new owners?
0:15:00 > 0:15:05- There was a fire - when the two old ladies lived here.
0:15:05 > 0:15:09- They had to move out - and the house was sold to a builder.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13- The builder tackled - some of the restoration work...
0:15:13 > 0:15:18- ..but he decided to sell it - and we bought it from him.
0:15:20 > 0:15:24- There was dry rot, wet rot - and everything else imaginable here.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28- Windows had fallen out - and floors had collapsed.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33- We heard that the furniture - of the furthest bedroom...
0:15:33 > 0:15:36- ..had fallen all the way down - to the cellar.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39- Ivy had grown - all over the whole house.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42- This is a three-storey house.
0:15:42 > 0:15:43- This is a three-storey house.- - Yes.
0:15:50 > 0:15:56- You're lucky to have so much land - with a house in the centre of town.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59- Yes. It's lovely! We're very lucky.
0:16:00 > 0:16:05- I yearn to live in an isolated house - in the country but I'd be scared!
0:16:05 > 0:16:07- I like living close to other people.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10- This gives us - the best of both worlds.
0:16:11 > 0:16:15- Some of these details - are copies of the original details.
0:16:16 > 0:16:20- That's right. The architect - found the foundry in Scotland...
0:16:20 > 0:16:24- ..where the original ironwork - was done.
0:16:25 > 0:16:30- They still had the moulds, so this - is an exact copy of the original.
0:16:32 > 0:16:33- That's amazing.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36- I love living here!
0:17:02 > 0:17:06- We had to climb a ladder to go - upstairs, when we bought the house.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09- It was like that - for the first six months...
0:17:10 > 0:17:12- ..then we had the steps made.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19- The staircase is new.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22- The staircase is new.- - Yes, the whole interior is new.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26- It feels like a great-aunt's house.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28- It feels like a great-aunt's house.- - Yes, I see your point.
0:17:30 > 0:17:31- I think it's the furniture.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33- I think it's the furniture.- - Yes, there's a lot of stuff here.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37- You obviously like - old-fashioned furniture.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40- Yes, I like antiques.
0:17:40 > 0:17:45- I once ran an antiques shop and - I collected items, over the years.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48- Are any of these pieces - family heirlooms?
0:17:49 > 0:17:52- The dresser was given to us - by Ifan's family.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54- We bought the rest of the items.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58- You've created a warm room - that looks authentic.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04- There's a lot of stuff in here.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09- This house is anything but cramped.
0:18:09 > 0:18:14- That could explain why there's - a grand piano on the landing!
0:18:14 > 0:18:17- They've certainly - made the most of this house.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20- The bedrooms are through here.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25- Well,- some- of the bedrooms - are through here.
0:18:26 > 0:18:31- There are three windows in this room - and you can see Cader Idris.
0:18:31 > 0:18:35- You can see - one side of the mountain.
0:18:35 > 0:18:39- There's a lovely paisley bedspread - over here.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41- This is solid furniture.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44- There's another one, over here.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52- You could be in a chateau in France, - rather than in central Dolgellau.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55- It's a French ensemble.
0:18:55 > 0:18:59- It's a muted colour scheme - in a luxurious room.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24- You both work hard at the bakery.
0:19:25 > 0:19:29- How much time do you spend - in your own kitchen, Maggie?
0:19:30 > 0:19:34- Just enough time to cook - and do a bit of tidying up!
0:19:35 > 0:19:38- You have every trinket imaginable.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42- What do you keep in those jars?
0:19:42 > 0:19:45- My mother ran a shop - in Blaenau Ffestiniog.
0:19:45 > 0:19:50- There was a 50p deposit on each jar - and I bought them from her.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54- Where do you sit down and eat, - as a family?
0:19:55 > 0:19:56- In here.
0:19:56 > 0:20:01- We eat in the dining room - when our friends come to dinner.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04- We also use the dining room - at Christmas.
0:20:06 > 0:20:11- You collect furniture, - trinkets and plates.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13- You name it, I collect it!
0:20:13 > 0:20:15- You also collect houses!
0:20:15 > 0:20:17- I wouldn't say that.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21- You own two other houses, - in the middle of Dolgellau.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25- Yes, and we've been very lucky - to get our hands on them.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29- We're trying to create - a small, tourist business.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32- We want to attract visitors - to the area.
0:20:32 > 0:20:37- We let the houses during the summer - and during the winter, too.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41- Describe - the house you've just completed.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44- What's so special about it?
0:20:47 > 0:20:49- This area is busy and noisy...
0:20:49 > 0:20:52- ..but there's a calmness - about that house.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56- An old lady called Miss Jones - lived here.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00- I still refer to it - as "Miss Jones's house"!
0:21:03 > 0:21:06- There's a cosy, warm atmosphere - in this lounge.
0:21:07 > 0:21:08- It's a holiday home...
0:21:08 > 0:21:11- ..but you can - enjoy spending time here.
0:21:12 > 0:21:16- The former owner of this house - was a biology teacher.
0:21:16 > 0:21:20- Maggie has had - some of her biology posters framed.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22- Her spirit is still here.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54- Let's see the third house.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57- It backs - onto Springfield's garden...
0:21:58 > 0:22:00- ..and it needs a bit of work - done to it!
0:22:00 > 0:22:02- Come in to the palace!
0:22:06 > 0:22:08- It has great potential.
0:22:08 > 0:22:13- It needs a lot of work done to it - but it'll be ready by next summer.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15- Will you keep this as one room?
0:22:15 > 0:22:17- Will you keep this as one room?- - Yes, that's the plan.
0:22:17 > 0:22:22- We must seek permission from CADW - and the National Park.
0:22:22 > 0:22:26- We want to have the lounge, - the kitchen and the dining area...
0:22:27 > 0:22:28- ..as one room.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30- There are five bedrooms here.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34- We want to create - a house that sleeps seven.
0:22:36 > 0:22:37- It's deceptively big.
0:22:37 > 0:22:38- It's deceptively big.- - Yes.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42- You'll be like Rachman!
0:22:42 > 0:22:45- You'll own the whole town - in ten years' time!
0:22:46 > 0:22:48- I don't think so.
0:22:54 > 0:22:58- How many times have you moved house - in the past five years?
0:22:59 > 0:23:02- We haven't moved house - in the past five years.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06- We've moved house 14 times - since we got married.
0:23:06 > 0:23:07- Every other year.
0:23:08 > 0:23:12- 17 is my lucky number, - so I'm not sure if we'll reach that!
0:23:12 > 0:23:16- You've lived here for five years, - so it must be time to move house!
0:23:17 > 0:23:18- No - never again.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20- No - never again.- - Never again?
0:23:20 > 0:23:24- I've said that 14 times before - but it's true, this time!
0:23:25 > 0:23:27- Are you planning on moving house?
0:23:29 > 0:23:30- I'm not.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32- I'm not.- - Neither am I.
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