0:00:02 > 0:00:05As the Americans might say, today we're in War-chester-sir-shire.
0:00:05 > 0:00:06That's Worcestershire for you and me.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09Jonny, there's some lovely names of places round here.
0:00:09 > 0:00:15There's Flavell, Oddingley, Flyford, Bentley Pauncefoot, Bransford, Primsland, whatever you want.
0:00:15 > 0:00:18That is the English countryside personified by Ed Hall there
0:00:18 > 0:00:21and now for the personification of property shows.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33Today we are Ministers Without Portfolio.
0:00:33 > 0:00:38We are not governed by village or town, the whole of Worcestershire is our oyster.
0:00:38 > 0:00:43And the rest along with it, Shropshire, Herefordshire, heck, we can go to Staffordshire if we like.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46Today's buyers are getting out of the rat race and want to justify
0:00:46 > 0:00:51their metaphorical four-by-four by moving to the lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely countryside.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54So, it's going to Ed and I to scour every rural nook and crannie.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57We shall find three rural nook and crannies and then...
0:00:57 > 0:01:00- They can pick one that they can try...- Before they buy.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03- Shall we show them to the viewers? - Yeah, let's do that.- Come on.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05Alison and Andy Foxcroft.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08- Or Andy and Allison. - What about Mr and Mrs Foxcroft?
0:01:08 > 0:01:11I like to think of them as the two As. Anyway,
0:01:11 > 0:01:14they're looking to move lock, stock and barrel halfway up the country.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17They've had enough of the south and want to try the Midlands.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20Andy has bagged a job working for an animal health agency in Worcestershire.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23And he's been living here for the last 18 months
0:01:23 > 0:01:26in a caravan during the week, travelling home for weekends.
0:01:26 > 0:01:30But Allie misses her man in the week and that's where we come in.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35Alison and Andy, we have decided to meet you at the top of a hill
0:01:35 > 0:01:38in Worcestershire because I believe we are...
0:01:38 > 0:01:40We are going for the country life, aren't we?
0:01:40 > 0:01:44- Yes.- And we might as well try and get right into it from the word go.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47- Explain to us, we're doing a relocation from Surrey?- Yes.
0:01:47 > 0:01:51- And what is the theory behind this? - Yeah, the cattery is the main thing.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53Now, I've heard about this cattery.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55- Yes.- Explain to me, why...
0:01:55 > 0:01:57Why go into the world of a cattery?
0:01:57 > 0:02:01- Well...- It's... It's been a... A... A lifelong ambition really for us both.
0:02:01 > 0:02:06Yeah, we've both worked... Worked in animal welfare and it's something we've always wanted to do, really.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08So it's that, but it's also working together.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11Is it just the two of you moving up, is there a whole brood coming with you?
0:02:11 > 0:02:13All of us, the four children, as well.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Yes, Claudia is at university, Abby's doing A-levels, William's at primary
0:02:16 > 0:02:20and Toby's six and he's going to be coming into primary, as well.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23- So schools are very important... - Yes.- ..For wherever we're going.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26So the number of bedrooms then, a minimum of four, is it?
0:02:26 > 0:02:29- Four, yes. Four absolute minimum. - What is it that you want?
0:02:29 > 0:02:33We want country life, but somewhere where the children aren't cut off from everything.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37Is land going to be important? You've got a love of animals and obviously the cattery.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40- D'you want the cattery on the land you're going to be...? - That's important.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43- I think so. About an acre we're thinking.- About an acre.
0:02:43 > 0:02:48Abby's into horses, so if we can get somewhere big enough for horses as well, that will be a real bonus.
0:02:48 > 0:02:52- Bribery and corruption. - Any other animals coming with us? - Dogs.- How many dogs?
0:02:52 > 0:02:56- Two dogs.- You're not scared of the idea of space for where you could keep animals?- No, not at all.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59- No.- It's more of a challenge. - The more the merrier.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01- This is a big move for you, sort of relocating.- Yes, a scary move.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04I mean, you've been down south for quite a number of years.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07Does that mean that the prospect of doing work on a property is quite scary?
0:03:07 > 0:03:10Do you want to find something that you can near enough move into?
0:03:10 > 0:03:12I think the only scary thing about doing work on a property
0:03:12 > 0:03:17is probably the money side of it, but, I mean, the actual work itself, I've... I've got no problems with.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20I mean, a lot of it I can do, but because I do... Do it myself...
0:03:20 > 0:03:22- It's time, isn't it? - It tends to take time.- I like you.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26- So doing DIY isn't a factor at all. - No, not at all.- Location.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29We believe that you're pretty open.
0:03:29 > 0:03:35- We are. I think it's... It's sort of west, south and east of Worcester. - Right!
0:03:35 > 0:03:38We're looking... We're looking for about half an hour, an hour's drive out of Worcester.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41You are open-minded, cos to get the land within the budget you want,
0:03:41 > 0:03:45- it won't be the easiest place to find, so we are going to have to compromise somewhere.- Yes.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48- Yeah.- What else? What else has a property got to have?
0:03:48 > 0:03:50- Four bedrooms minimum.- Character.
0:03:50 > 0:03:54- We like all the nooks and crannies, don't we? All the old...- Old...
0:03:54 > 0:03:57Old properties. Not... Not bothered about a new property at all, really.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59- And detached, really. - Yeah.- Yeah.- OK.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02- I think we're at the point where we've got all the information.- Yeah.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04- The one thing we haven't got is the budget.- Right, OK.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06400 is our maximum, isn't it?
0:04:06 > 0:04:09- 400 is the absolute maximum. - Absolute maximum. - Between 350 and four.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13- Yeah.- OK, so you're prepared to commit to spending 400 if the property is absolutely spot-on...
0:04:13 > 0:04:17I think we'd look at a property that was about 400 and try and get them down a bit, probably.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21I like it. Honestly, that's what the world's doing. We encourage it daily.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23- Ed goes in at 30% off.- Honestly. - At the very least.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26- You're only ever going to go back up again, aren't you?- Yeah.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28OK, that's it. We're going to get out there and start doing this
0:04:28 > 0:04:31cos clearly we've got an awful lot of land to cover.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33- Take in the views and we'll see you later.- Yeah.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37- Brilliant. OK.- All right, then. See you.- Thanks very much.- Bye.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40We might be in Worcestershire, Jonny, but I think this here house hunt
0:04:40 > 0:04:42- is going to stretch out all across this lovely land.- Too true.
0:04:42 > 0:04:46As we're in Worcestershire, we may as well tell them a bit about the place.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48OK, let's go find some houses while you lot watch this small film.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52So, Worcestershire, this county has it all, you know, it really does.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56- Really? OK, does it have its own source?- Worcestershire sauce, check.
0:04:56 > 0:04:57OK then, famous music composer?
0:04:57 > 0:05:02- Land Of Hope And Glory's very own Elgar, check.- Rugby team?
0:05:02 > 0:05:06The Guinness Premiership's own Worcester Warriors, check.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09Well, there is literally nothing else I want out of a county.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13At this juncture, though, we should mention Worcestershire borders
0:05:13 > 0:05:16six other counties, so that will make our job that little bit harder today.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19So many counties and the pick of rural Middle England.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22But the pick of rural England will come at a price.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25The housing market is far more robust in the sticks than it is in the city.
0:05:25 > 0:05:32Oh, yes, the average house price in rural areas is around 235 grand, that's a whopping 15% higher
0:05:32 > 0:05:34than you would have to pay in urban areas.
0:05:34 > 0:05:38So what sort of place could you get in the city for today's budget of 400 grand?
0:05:38 > 0:05:40Let's find out.
0:05:40 > 0:05:46Firstly, north to the city of York where this impressive four storey terrace house less than a mile from
0:05:46 > 0:05:51the city centre offers all the accommodation and space a family of little Foxcrofts would need.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55With extravagant extras such as a cast iron roll-top bath, spiral staircase
0:05:55 > 0:05:58and a wealth of original features it's all available for
0:05:58 > 0:06:02just £50 below their budget at £399,950.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05Back in the Midlands, there's this stunning penthouse apartment
0:06:05 > 0:06:09in a prime canalside location, walking distance from Birmingham city centre.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12It's within an hour's commute of Worcester, so would be good for our Andy,
0:06:12 > 0:06:15but with just two bedrooms,
0:06:15 > 0:06:18it would need bunk beds to accommodate the Foxcroft brood.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20Price...£375,000.
0:06:20 > 0:06:27And, lastly, set on a quiet through road close to historic Oxford city centre, this stylishly refurbished
0:06:27 > 0:06:32three-bedroom family home may not have acres of land, but is set close to open fields and riverside walks.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36Style and practicality all for 360 grand.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39So, if you want to move out of the rat race and grab yourself
0:06:39 > 0:06:42a slice of that rural idyll that you've always dreamed of.
0:06:42 > 0:06:43Great.
0:06:43 > 0:06:47- Fine.- No problem.
0:06:47 > 0:06:48Super.
0:06:48 > 0:06:55But if you're a townie and you want to move out to the sticks then you may want to consider this advice.
0:06:55 > 0:07:01Peace and quiet is lovely, but one man's seclusion is another man's isolated and scary.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05All that fresh air, but beware, some of that air can become a little bit too fresh,
0:07:05 > 0:07:10especially if you're living near to a farm where the cows have had beans for breakfast.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13The countryside is glorious on a typical summer's day,
0:07:13 > 0:07:16especially if you like grass and trees, there's loads of it!
0:07:16 > 0:07:19But it may not be so glorious on a cold, wet February day.
0:07:19 > 0:07:24If it's a slower pace of life you're after, you will DEFINITELY find it out here.
0:07:24 > 0:07:28But make sure you can still get your fix of modern life, broadband,
0:07:28 > 0:07:32mobile phone reception and, of course, TV signal.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36Because you wouldn't want to miss the nation's favourite property should now, would you?
0:07:36 > 0:07:41Ladies and gentlemen, fans of the show, this episode today
0:07:41 > 0:07:45IS the greatest episode ever of To Buy Or Not To Buy. That is a fact.
0:07:45 > 0:07:50We talk a lot about wild cards and today's wild card is the stuff of legends, the stuff of dreams.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52I... I... Honestly, record today's show.
0:07:52 > 0:07:56Let's talk about the other two, we don't want to spoil the wild card, but what have you gone for first?
0:07:56 > 0:07:59OK, I'll kick things off with my choice, property number one.
0:07:59 > 0:08:06It is a rare and unique blend of '60s kitsch and period features that works fantastically well.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09The property is just lovely. It's quite unique, it's only a certain amount
0:08:09 > 0:08:14of people that are going to actually like the way it's presented as it is, but as far as the land is concerned,
0:08:14 > 0:08:17the location, it's got everything that Alison and Andy are looking for.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20I think they're going to like it so I'm chuffed with that, properly number one.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23My property, property two, lovely, brilliant.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25It's in a place called Richard's Castle, which in itself
0:08:25 > 0:08:28is a name deserving of a wild card, but this isn't going to be the wild card.
0:08:28 > 0:08:33- Oh, no.- It's got everything they want, room for the cattery, room for the horses, room for them.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36- It's lovely, but it's not the wild card.- No, it's not.
0:08:36 > 0:08:40And the wild card, we literally cannot tell you anything about it.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43When you think about a wild card, what kind of property are you expecting? This is it.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46- I've got one in my mind. It's that. - This is it. This is the one.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50And the property search begins at property number one, Jonny's one.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55Right then, you lot, my choice.
0:08:55 > 0:09:01Set in the rolling hills of rural Shropshire close to the market town of Cleobury Mortimer, this house
0:09:01 > 0:09:06has everything Andy and Alison require inside, but it's what's outside that sets this place apart.
0:09:06 > 0:09:13It has its own wildflower meadow, a paddock, ornamental gardens, veg gardens, ponds and even a river,
0:09:13 > 0:09:16not to mention the garden room with its own bathroom.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19- You've done very well, Jonny. - Thanks, Ed. OK, then.
0:09:19 > 0:09:23Here we are, my choice, property number one. Are you all good, Ed?
0:09:23 > 0:09:26Honestly, I was told... Told in the Cubs never leave a gate unlocked.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29- I've done that now.- That's right. - That's fine, don't worry.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31The reason I've brought you to the rear of the property
0:09:31 > 0:09:34is so you can see what a wonderful plot this property has got. It's about two acres.
0:09:34 > 0:09:39We're lucky we're even able to view this property because in the '60s it had a demolition order on it
0:09:39 > 0:09:44and the current vendors actually saved it, had that demolition order rescinded,
0:09:44 > 0:09:50did all this work to it and it is absolutely fantastic, it really is.
0:09:50 > 0:09:55You seem like open-minded people, you seem fairly relaxed, I hope you like kitsch because this property
0:09:55 > 0:10:00has got bags of that in there, but that's enough from me, what do you think, first impressions?
0:10:00 > 0:10:02It's a bit... The back is modern
0:10:02 > 0:10:07and quite square but, like you say, it's the back and, yeah, the front is...
0:10:07 > 0:10:08Got a lot of character.
0:10:08 > 0:10:12OK, well, not quite the reaction I was hoping for, Allie, but plot and location wise, I mean,
0:10:12 > 0:10:15- come on, this has got to be pretty much spot-on, hasn't it?- Yeah.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17The plot is absolutely fantastic.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Bags of space, but it's... It's... It's...
0:10:20 > 0:10:25It's been maintained to a very high standard and the only thing that sort of puts me off is the...
0:10:25 > 0:10:29- Is the amount of effort that's going to be needed to keep it looking like this.- It's a challenge.- Yeah.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32But space-wise it's just gorgeous and location -
0:10:32 > 0:10:34it's lovely, absolutely lovely.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38- You'll not be disappointed when you get inside. Want to go and check it out?- Yes, please.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41- All right, see you later.- Enjoy.- OK.
0:10:44 > 0:10:49This bit's brilliant because Abby and the kids can put all their dirty wellies and coats and stuff
0:10:49 > 0:10:51- in there, so that's fab. - Yeah, absolutely.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54So, if they do move in to the property and they start the cattery,
0:10:54 > 0:10:56if you look around there, that would be covered with cats.
0:10:56 > 0:11:00- A lawn of cats behind us. It would be lovely, wouldn't it? - I can't wait to see it.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02Right, utility room.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05That's perfect because I haven't been able to...
0:11:05 > 0:11:07I don't like having the washing machine in the kitchen.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12- Well, this is nice. It's warm.- It's warm isn't it, yeah? Good grief.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15Yeah. It's quite elevated, isn't it?
0:11:15 > 0:11:17We can see right over there.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20Nice use of the word elevated there to describe the view from the...
0:11:20 > 0:11:22I haven't heard that this series yet.
0:11:22 > 0:11:26- I haven't.- Oh, nice size.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29Good size, yeah. Lots of cupboard space.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31It's quite modern as well.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33It's nice, I like the tiles.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36It is quite a modern kitchen. It was refitted a few years ago.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38Lovely granite work surface in there.
0:11:38 > 0:11:44The price of the kitchen cost more than they paid for the house when they first purchased the house.
0:11:44 > 0:11:49I have never, ever been in a house with doors like that before ever in my life.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51No. Wooden floor in here.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54Yeah, floor's really nice. Yeah. But that's probably a...
0:11:54 > 0:11:56Are we allowed to open it?
0:11:56 > 0:12:00Yeah, so it's like... What was behind there then?
0:12:00 > 0:12:03- The drawers open at both sides, both in the dining room and the kitchen.- I didn't notice.
0:12:03 > 0:12:07There's a dishwasher in the kitchen, you unload it, put your cutlery in your cutlery drawer,
0:12:07 > 0:12:10then your cutlery drawer opens up into the dining room too.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13And an interesting partition here.
0:12:15 > 0:12:16Between the dining room and...
0:12:16 > 0:12:20- Very interesting.- Now it's a sort of semi open plan cos there's only this curtain thing
0:12:20 > 0:12:24that separates the dining room from the lounge, so you have got the scope obviously just to open that all up.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27- Just to open the curtain back. You could actually do that!- Yeah.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29Man alive! There's scope for that?
0:12:29 > 0:12:32- Yeah, you can open a curtain. - Good idea.- It's the future.
0:12:32 > 0:12:33I don't know.
0:12:33 > 0:12:39It's strange because it's a mixture of trying to do olde-worlde and then you've got really modern.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41Yeah. Quite a nice size.
0:12:41 > 0:12:45Oh, and look! Look, look, look!
0:12:46 > 0:12:48Love that.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52- Excellent. That's not a real one though, is it? - No, it's the same as ours, fake.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56That fire in there is very much like Burt Reynolds' fire,
0:12:56 > 0:13:00which is always used as the set for Win, Lose Or Draw.
0:13:00 > 0:13:05The entire set is always based on Burt Reynolds' house in the 1970s, and that fire is exactly like that.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07- Oh, really?- This staircase is...
0:13:07 > 0:13:10I don't like that at all.
0:13:10 > 0:13:11No, it's a bit too open.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14But again you've got that strange mix, haven't you?
0:13:14 > 0:13:16- I know really modern. - Modern staircase.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18Fantastic picture, love that.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21And then you've got the old part of the house and the marble floors, it's...
0:13:21 > 0:13:24- A mixture of everything. - Strange mix.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26See, those stairs are so funky!
0:13:26 > 0:13:30- Open trade and rather than having balustrades they've got rope in there.- Yes, that, that...
0:13:30 > 0:13:32- That's cool, I think. - It's not, really.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35That's a very unusual sort of...
0:13:35 > 0:13:37What would you describe this, fitted...
0:13:37 > 0:13:40- I don't know, is a bed? - I don't know. Let's have a look.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42I mean, this is a bed, so this is probably a bed. This is a bed.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44Oh, it's a pull-down bed.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47- Yeah, this is one's a pull-down bed, as well.- This is something...
0:13:47 > 0:13:49- This is homemade this, someone has made this.- Yeah.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52Ed and I have got an interesting story about those pull-down beds.
0:13:52 > 0:13:56Those pull-down beds. The lady who owns the house went into a very posh store in Birmingham and went,
0:13:56 > 0:14:00excuse me, have you got any of those pull-down beds because I think they're really nifty and jazzy?
0:14:00 > 0:14:04- And then he said...- We don't have any of these pull-down beds, madam, we don't stock them here.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06You should go to a camping shop or something like that.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08The guy was from Somerset working in a shop in Birmingham.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11The vendor was furious, stormed out of there in tears.
0:14:11 > 0:14:15Got someone else to make the beds for her bespoke, went back in there a year later looking
0:14:15 > 0:14:19for something else and they were selling those beds in that shop.
0:14:19 > 0:14:23Bathroom. Oh, gosh! My parents had a bath this colour.
0:14:23 > 0:14:27- That was when? Oh, I can't remember, '60s, late '60s, '70s?- Yeah.- Yes.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29Look, vintage... A vintage bath.
0:14:29 > 0:14:30You can live with this bathroom, can't you?
0:14:30 > 0:14:35- It's functional. You can live with it as long as you... Until you want to do something else.- Absolutely.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37- It's got everything. - Yeah.- It's perfect.
0:14:37 > 0:14:38Yes, they're in the bathroom.
0:14:38 > 0:14:42It is gorgeous. I mean, I know it's kind of turquoisey teal, which isn't to everybody's taste... .
0:14:42 > 0:14:45- It's not to anyone's taste is it now... Nowadays?- But it's...
0:14:45 > 0:14:47- If it was we'd be making those things.- It's funky and it's cool!
0:14:47 > 0:14:50Some of you must agree with me. It's cast iron, original, beautifully made.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52It's very strong wallpaper.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55Yeah, very... Very loud colours.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57More built in wardrobes.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59- So this must be the master bedroom then.- Yeah.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02Well, that's two bedrooms, but, yeah, it's a lovely square room.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04Perfect.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06- OK.- So this is the... - Bedroom number...
0:15:06 > 0:15:09- Three.- Three. You've got Japanese... - Maybe this is the master bedroom.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12Is this Japanese feel in here? This is...
0:15:12 > 0:15:13Maybe this is the master bedroom.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16It is the master bedroom with en suite. Wowee!
0:15:16 > 0:15:20That's a bit sort of glam rock-ish.
0:15:20 > 0:15:21- Oh, I think it's great.- Do you?
0:15:21 > 0:15:25- Yeah. Love it.- It's not my cup of tea. It's a bit too Hollywood.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27The en suite is super cool, though, isn't it?
0:15:27 > 0:15:29That's my favourite washroom of the house.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31Yeah. It's also got underfloor heating in there.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35- It's nice-sized bedroom, look at that.- Yeah, that's... - And quite square again.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38- This is the master bedroom. - Well, I don't know. You can have either or, can't you?
0:15:38 > 0:15:41- You could, but I think... - Because it's got an en suite.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44That's just a great suite. Nice big double bedroom in the master room, big en suite,
0:15:44 > 0:15:47four-piece once again, separate shower cubicle in there. Superb.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49Andy, three bedrooms.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52- OK. Three bedrooms and that could be an issue.- Yes. Three...
0:15:52 > 0:15:53I know they're big-sized bedrooms.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56Can you imagine Claudia and Abby sharing? I don't think so.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02Before I get your feedback about the property, let's pick up on a couple of things.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04- Number one, bedrooms.- Yeah.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06You're concerned that there's only three at the moment.
0:16:06 > 0:16:13Behind us we have this lovely building here, fully insulated, fully heated and with an en suite,
0:16:13 > 0:16:18- so that's really got potential for a bedroom for the daughter that's kind of half here, have not here.- Yeah.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20What did you think of the place?
0:16:20 > 0:16:22It's a funny mishmash.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24- There's loads of fantastic things about it.- It's a fun house.
0:16:24 > 0:16:29But, yeah, there's things that need doing as well, but it's just the location, the gardens, it's lovely.
0:16:29 > 0:16:34- Lovely.- It works, though.- Yeah. - I mean, it just... It's... It's got a really great sort of atmosphere.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36You know, it is a mishmash. There's all sorts of different
0:16:36 > 0:16:40things in there, you know, all sorts of different combinations, but somehow it tends to work.
0:16:40 > 0:16:44- It sounds like you like it a lot. - A lot, yes.- Yeah, I think that's...
0:16:44 > 0:16:46You might be a bit nervous about the next part of the programme.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49- I think you're right.- It's guessing the price time.- Yeah.
0:16:49 > 0:16:50A maximum budget today...
0:16:50 > 0:16:52- What were we playing with, was it 400?- Yes, yes, yes.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54£400,000. This is lovely.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57So, who wants to go first?
0:16:57 > 0:16:59- I'll go first. - Go on, Allie, be brave.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01Do you... Are you going to go over budget?
0:17:01 > 0:17:04- Well, listen...- Yeah, sometimes. - OK.- Come on, you've seen the show.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07Well, I... Looking round it and it's three bedroom, if it didn't
0:17:07 > 0:17:10have all the grounds and stuff I'd say less, but it's got to be 400.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13- On the knocker, you think, 400? - Yeah.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15Probably a bit more. I don't know.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17- But you're sticking with 400, are you?- Yeah, yeah. 400.- Andy?
0:17:17 > 0:17:21OK, I'd have... I'd have actually gone slightly more than that. I'd have gone 450.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23- Really?- Yeah.
0:17:23 > 0:17:27Well, I'll surprise you both, it's actually under your top budget and it's on for £389,500.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29- Wow!- Well, that's...
0:17:29 > 0:17:31- That's. - Oh, here we go, look at that!
0:17:31 > 0:17:33- There's smiles happening here. - Very surprised.
0:17:33 > 0:17:37- This is only the first of the houses, we've got two more to go to. - Excellent.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40- So don't buy this one just yet.- OK. - OK.- Shall we go? Property two.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42- Yes, yes.- I think as the crow flies it's this way.
0:17:45 > 0:17:49Okey dokey then, here is my offering, and what an offering it is.
0:17:49 > 0:17:53This beautiful house in beautiful rolling countryside in beautiful Herefordshire
0:17:53 > 0:17:57with a beautiful outbuilding is all ready for some beautiful cats to come and stay in,
0:17:57 > 0:18:00all that and a beautiful paddock as well. Oh, yes!
0:18:00 > 0:18:03- You've done very well there, Ed. - I beautiful know, I beautiful know.
0:18:03 > 0:18:08Allie and Andy, we are in place which I think has got a brilliant name, Richard's Castle.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10- Have you ever heard of that? - Never heard of it.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12- No.- Neither had I until today. - It sounds good though.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14But you could be living in Richard's Castle.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17You could have your own castle inside Richard's Castle, which is an intriguing concept.
0:18:17 > 0:18:22- There is the property.- Yeah. - Now, unlike Jonny's one, this is the same brick all the way round.
0:18:22 > 0:18:26- Right.- A smaller plot. We have got room for the cattery.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28- We've got three quarters of an acre here.- Oh, nice.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31- We have got all four bedrooms inside the property.- Good.
0:18:31 > 0:18:35What I want to know is what do you think about the whole feel of it. We're pretty rural as well.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38- I'm going to go over to you, Allie, first, what do you think? - I think it's...
0:18:38 > 0:18:43pretty, really pretty, picture box cottage and I like the location. Yeah.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46There's no-one overlooking you at all, is there? Completely isolated.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49- You could do whatever you wanted to in your back garden.- Yeah.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52Andy, how is the location as regards commuting to work, is it OK?
0:18:52 > 0:18:54OK. It's reasonable. I think it's doable
0:18:54 > 0:18:59but I'm looking at the dog walking country at the moment and just... Just planning those... Those walks.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02- It is fantastic, isn't it? - Absolutely superb.
0:19:02 > 0:19:07What's beautiful about you two is you move in before you've even gone into each house and that's good.
0:19:07 > 0:19:11The lady is currently walking her dog, she has a dog, the dog seems very healthy and happy, so while
0:19:11 > 0:19:14she's out there crossing her fingers that you'll like it, get in there...
0:19:14 > 0:19:16And be quick, cos the dog hates strangers!
0:19:16 > 0:19:18- Go, go, go, quick, quick, quick! Good work.- Thank you very much.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21It's all made of the same stone, all four bedrooms inside.
0:19:21 > 0:19:25- And it's at a place called Richard's Castle.- Which is great. - What more could be better?
0:19:25 > 0:19:30Ladies and gentlemen, Andy and Allie going in the house.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32- Crossing them.- So it begins.
0:19:32 > 0:19:37Nice little hallway, put your coat and boots, excellent.
0:19:37 > 0:19:38- Positive.- Yeah, great.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40- Great start.- Nice and positive.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43- OK.- Pine doors.
0:19:43 > 0:19:44Yeah. The old latch handles.
0:19:44 > 0:19:48Oh, look, straight into the lounge.
0:19:48 > 0:19:49Wow.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51This is old, isn't it, this part?
0:19:51 > 0:19:54- It is.- Yeah, I love it.- Really thick, yeah. Single glazed windows.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56I like all this.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59- That's what we wanted, isn't it, something like that?- Yeah.
0:19:59 > 0:20:00Look, oh!
0:20:00 > 0:20:03- Oh, that's a bread oven.- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06I wasn't aware I'd given them a bread oven. Is it an electric one?
0:20:06 > 0:20:08- No, a proper one.- I've given them a genuine bread oven.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11- Not like a rubbish wedding present one.- Good.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13I like these, the beams. It's a good job we're quite short.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16Look, that's for hanging the meat on.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20- Oh, right.- This is interesting.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23A pantry. There's a lovely space.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25Fab space, isn't it?
0:20:25 > 0:20:27What else am I going to see through here?
0:20:30 > 0:20:33Oh, see, that's a bit of an odd arrangement, isn't it?
0:20:33 > 0:20:35Lounge, pantry, conservatory.
0:20:35 > 0:20:40- It is a bit.- So straight through the lounge, into that back sort of pantry, utility area.- Yes.
0:20:40 > 0:20:44This must be the new part of the house because this smells completely different, doesn't it?
0:20:44 > 0:20:45- It's a fresh smell.- Yeah.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47- Yeah. I bet this...- And...
0:20:47 > 0:20:49Well, yeah, and again the walls...
0:20:49 > 0:20:51You can see from the walls that they're...
0:20:51 > 0:20:53Yeah. I mean, it's very, you know...
0:20:53 > 0:20:55- A dated kitchen.- Yeah, it's.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58But this space isn't bad.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00The good thing about it is cos it's old kitchen,
0:21:00 > 0:21:03you just go in there and know you're going to rip it straight out and change it.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07It's when a kitchen is kind of new but not new enough and good enough that it leads to problems.
0:21:07 > 0:21:11- This is an unusual shape arch. - Again that's the stairs, isn't it?
0:21:11 > 0:21:14- All right, nice floor in here. I like this floor.- Lovely dining room.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16- And it's a lovely space. - That's a lovely dining room.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19It's sort of not in keeping with the rest of the house, is it?
0:21:19 > 0:21:21The kitchen's really, really dated
0:21:21 > 0:21:24and then you've got this space with a really nice floor and...
0:21:24 > 0:21:26Look at that archway there, I like that.
0:21:26 > 0:21:27- Yeah.- It's pointy.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29They have interesting ways of describing the decor.
0:21:29 > 0:21:33I've been on the show a long time, "pointy's" a nice way of describing something.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36Oh, I like the shape of this. It's a nice wood one.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39Nice secure staircase, yeah.
0:21:39 > 0:21:43And the white with the wood is nice, I like white and wood together.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47I like these doors, the latch doors.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50Yeah, they're nice. Well, it's...
0:21:50 > 0:21:52- OK.- Small, but...- Nice and compact.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55It's the same size as the one we've got at home, so it's perfectly OK.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58- Yeah.- It's just...- Colour.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01- Normal plain bathroom. It's an avocado suite.- Yeah.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04We've kind of challenged them with the bathroom suites, though, haven't we?
0:22:04 > 0:22:08The ones at my one were black and sort of a turquoisey colour, this one's avocado.
0:22:08 > 0:22:12- It's not the traditional white suite that people... - It certainly isn't.- People...
0:22:12 > 0:22:15- Crave for...- Carve, yeah! - In the noughties.
0:22:15 > 0:22:16OK.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18Oh, it's a nice bedroom.
0:22:18 > 0:22:22- Oh, right.- It's a double.- OK. Yeah. - But she's got fitted wardrobes.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24A wee peak, yeah, nice big wardrobe.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27- Look.- Excellent, yeah.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29- So, that's nice.- A good outlook.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31- Double-glazed windows.- Lovely view.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35- Right. Oh!- Bedroom number two.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37- Oh, this is much bigger. This is nice.- Wowee!- Yeah.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39This looks like the master bedroom, maybe.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42It's similar to the other one because you've got these have just
0:22:42 > 0:22:47been painted, so you've got fitted wardrobes. Oh, and an en suite!
0:22:47 > 0:22:48- Wow!- Perfect.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51A shower and a toilet.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53Excellent. I like this room.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55It's just got a nice feel about it, hasn't it?
0:22:55 > 0:22:58Maybe it's just the colour. It's just calming and...
0:22:58 > 0:23:01Yeah. It's really nice. I like it a lot.
0:23:01 > 0:23:05I'm sensing Allie kind of likes it. Well, she said it, but she's sort of talking herself into it.
0:23:05 > 0:23:09- She said it's got a nice feel to it. - So, it's a nice-sized single.
0:23:09 > 0:23:13- Yeah, good sized.- I mean, she's got some, you know, big furniture in a little room, hasn't she?
0:23:13 > 0:23:15- Yeah.- So, it desperately. - So you could make it, yeah...
0:23:15 > 0:23:18You could... You could get more space out of it if you wanted.
0:23:18 > 0:23:22- Yeah, you could.- But, again, you've got your built in wardrobes so,
0:23:22 > 0:23:24- again, you don't need a wardrobe in here.- Yeah.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27The focus of the bedrooms has suddenly become about wardrobe space.
0:23:27 > 0:23:31Oh! I can walk straight in this door without having to duck at all.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34No, I can't, I've got to duck.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37Yeah, it's a small person's room, isn't it?
0:23:37 > 0:23:41- It is a bit.- Once you get in it just, whoosh, straight up to the ceiling, it's a lovely high ceiling.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43- Yeah.- Nice shape as well.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47- Yeah.- It's got a lot of character in here, I like it. - It's a big room. Another big room.
0:23:47 > 0:23:51You can see the thick walls as well, so you can see it's really cottagey, I like that.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54- And a painted door this time.- Yeah.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57I like it... I like it white with black. I like all those features.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00That's all the cottage element, that's all the stuff you get that
0:24:00 > 0:24:02you just don't get in new houses, and that's... That's what I want.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05- OK.- What we want.- Absolutely.- Yeah.
0:24:05 > 0:24:09- All right, I don't think this has gone as well as your one.- No.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12- But when they find out the price... - Who knows?- OK.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18Andy and Allie, now in that house listening to you out in the back garden here
0:24:18 > 0:24:21I don't think... I don't think you were on fire about it,
0:24:21 > 0:24:27I don't think you totally loved it, but that's because obviously it needs a little bit of TLC inside.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30But if you imagine it was done, what do you think?
0:24:30 > 0:24:32I mean, is the property good?
0:24:32 > 0:24:35It's really beautiful from the front, I love it,
0:24:35 > 0:24:38and it's got a lot of potential, but there's things there that worry me.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41- I think it needs a lot of work. - These things are rectifiable.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43If you could rectify it, it's possible. Yeah.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45Andy, you had the idea of walking the dogs around here.
0:24:45 > 0:24:49- I think maybe you were kind of, maybe more attracted to this. What do you think?- I like it.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52I think the layout is slightly...
0:24:52 > 0:24:57Slightly unusual in terms of the pantry being at the end of the living room, for instance.
0:24:57 > 0:25:01Where did you get to with that? What ideas did you come up with cos it's not convenient
0:25:01 > 0:25:03having that off the back of a lounge, is it? What would you do?
0:25:03 > 0:25:08Perhaps making that into a study. We could get it all sorted out and then put a big conservatory on the front.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11We've got a shed here, I don't know about catteries much, but I mean
0:25:11 > 0:25:14does it need to be bigger than that, is that... I'm an idiot, aren't I?
0:25:14 > 0:25:16- Could it be, maybe? No, no. - No.- It's an idea.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19No, no, the cattery has to be specially made, purpose made.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22But look, we've got a... It's a big structure there, you could wipe that out...
0:25:22 > 0:25:24Storage, perfect for storage, yeah.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26OK, so,
0:25:26 > 0:25:30- if this costs the right amount of money we could do all of these things.- Yes.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32Are you excited?
0:25:32 > 0:25:34- Yeah, OK.- Who wants to go first?
0:25:34 > 0:25:36Well, it's 1-0 to you, Allie.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40- OK, well, before I went in I said 365.- Right.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43But now I've gone in I'm saying 345.
0:25:43 > 0:25:47- OK.- And I'd probably go even lower than that. I'd go
0:25:47 > 0:25:50- probably 325 and I think that would still probably be a bit too much for me.- It's got a lot of land.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53- I know it's got lots of land. - Three quarters of an acre.- Yeah.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56OK. 345 versus 325.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58Someone's out by £5,000.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01- Me.- It is you.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03The actual price for the property is £350,000.
0:26:03 > 0:26:09- Now, of course, we don't need to keep saying this, but deals are to be done on properties.- Yeah.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11And there is definitely a deal to be done.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13- OK, we've seen two houses.- OK.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16This is normally everybody's favourite part of the show,
0:26:16 > 0:26:19the wild card, but today it is going to be absolutely fantastic.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22- OK.- We are the most excited we've ever been about a wild card. - Ladies and gentlemen...
0:26:22 > 0:26:26- I'm worried! - When we get there, it's the greatest wild card we've ever been to.
0:26:26 > 0:26:27- Come on, this way.- OK.
0:26:29 > 0:26:34The wild card, I love the wild card and today we are providing the epitome of a wild card.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37Indeed we are. It has everything Mr and Mrs Foxcroft
0:26:37 > 0:26:41have asked for, a good location, good schools and rural living.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43And it's only a converted Grade II listed windmill!
0:26:43 > 0:26:46- With an observatory on the top! - Every home should have one.
0:26:46 > 0:26:51OK, Allie, Andy, ladies and gentlemen, the viewers at home, all day we've been building
0:26:51 > 0:26:56up to this monumental moment, an opportunity to reveal to you possibly the best wild card we've ever had.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59And contained within the greatest ever episode of To Buy Or Not To Buy.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02Are you ready? Look at me, look at me, look at me. Keep walking.
0:27:02 > 0:27:07- Keep walking.- Keep looking at me, keep looking at me, keep looking at me. In three, two, one, that way!
0:27:07 > 0:27:09- The wild card.- Oh, my goodness me!
0:27:09 > 0:27:11It looks like a lighthouse, but it's a windmill.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14- It IS a windmill.- It is a windmill. - Yeah.- Everyone...
0:27:14 > 0:27:16- Without... Without the... - The propeller.- In place.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19Oh, look, it's a windmill, though! It hasn't got...
0:27:19 > 0:27:23It hasn't got its propellers like Windy Miller's one, but you could be living in a windmill.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26- It's a bit, yeah, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.- Yes!
0:27:26 > 0:27:28How amazing is this?
0:27:28 > 0:27:31So, come on, Andy, what do you think, life in a windmill?
0:27:31 > 0:27:35- Well, it looks nice and sturdy. - It's been in the same family for 100 years this windmill.- Wow!
0:27:35 > 0:27:39This is an opportunity to get your own windmill and start your own legacy here.
0:27:39 > 0:27:43All made of local sandstone. Original part of the building was done in the 18th century.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46It is Grade II listed so there are certain restrictions from the outside,
0:27:46 > 0:27:50but internally you've really got some got some great scope to make this place into something phenomenal.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53- It is unbelievable. - You said you liked quirky, Allie.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55- That is really quirky. - Is it too quirky?
0:27:55 > 0:27:57- I'll have to go and look inside.- OK.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00- Yeah.- Look at the buildings there. - Yeah.- Cattery.
0:28:00 > 0:28:04- Big cattery potential. This is all yours, so that's pretty large, that. - Yeah, yeah.
0:28:04 > 0:28:05So, we've factored everything in.
0:28:05 > 0:28:09- Yes.- You've got a windmill, a garden that way, you've got a cattery there. Are you ready?
0:28:09 > 0:28:11- Yeah.- Yeah, let's go.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13- Are you excited?- Yes. - Enter the windmill.- Let's go.
0:28:13 > 0:28:15- Right.- See you later.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17- There we go. - We've built that up all day.
0:28:17 > 0:28:21I think we have and, I tell you what, viewers at home, have we let you down? Of course we haven't.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23- No!- It's a windmill on To Buy Or Not To Buy as a wild card!
0:28:23 > 0:28:26- I'm excited about the headphones. Let's do it.- Let's do it.
0:28:30 > 0:28:31Wow, look at this!
0:28:33 > 0:28:35- Wowee!- It's gorgeous.
0:28:35 > 0:28:40- There's a chance that Ed and I are possibly more excited about this than Andy and Allie, but...- No, no.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42Everyone's excited about this.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45- Yeah.- It's amazing, isn't it? - Absolutely wonderful.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48That looks like a new...
0:28:48 > 0:28:52Well, I don't know what they've done to that fireplace. It does... Maybe because it's just got a modern...
0:28:52 > 0:28:56I don't think it is... I don't think it's a fireplace as such, it's...
0:28:56 > 0:29:00- Well, it's just lovely. It's just got a lovely cosy sort of hobbit feel, hasn't it?- Yeah.
0:29:00 > 0:29:04Hobbit feel it a different way of saying it's quite small, but it's not really that small.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07- Is that which she just said? - Hobbit feel, yes.- Oh.
0:29:07 > 0:29:11Oh, Andy, assent begins.
0:29:11 > 0:29:13- Shall we go up?- Yeah.
0:29:15 > 0:29:17Oh, it sort of comes in on you as you're going up.
0:29:17 > 0:29:19Pretty steep stairs, aren't they?
0:29:19 > 0:29:21This is lovely.
0:29:21 > 0:29:24So the door they've just opened is the spiral staircase that works its
0:29:24 > 0:29:28- way up the windmill itself, but there are other ways up, as well. - Two ways I counted.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31This is... Well, it's straight into a bedroom.
0:29:31 > 0:29:35Ah ha! That's unusual, but of course this is, you know... I mean, it's...
0:29:35 > 0:29:37The whole purpose of this was...
0:29:37 > 0:29:43- Was a...windmill, not a house. - But then everybody has got to come through this bedroom, haven't they?
0:29:43 > 0:29:46- So it doesn't need to be a bedroom, maybe.- No, maybe not.
0:29:46 > 0:29:50It could be a, you know, a study. Let's go up higher.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53You're going to feel fit by the time you got up here.
0:29:53 > 0:29:57The beauty of this property, aside from being lovely, is it's like a free gym membership.
0:29:57 > 0:30:00I love the fact it's just wood and stone.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03It's really simple and it's... Oh, right, OK.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06- This is...- This is another room.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08This is a nothing room at the moment.
0:30:08 > 0:30:12You've got your lounge and you've got a bedroom, another bedroom.
0:30:12 > 0:30:15- Yeah.- Yeah. Or a little cosy for the kids.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18- Views are getting better. - I don't feel... I thought
0:30:18 > 0:30:25I'd get scareder as I get higher but you don't because it's so thick and sort of comforting, isn't it?
0:30:25 > 0:30:27Allie is scared of heights, she told us that off camera
0:30:27 > 0:30:31after she gushed, and then she went, "I'm a little bit scared of heights, will I be all right?"
0:30:31 > 0:30:34We went, "No, it's fine." She said, "Is it structurally sound?"
0:30:34 > 0:30:38I went, "Yeah, yeah, it's been there for a couple of hundred years plus, it'll be fine, don't worry."
0:30:38 > 0:30:42Yeah, again, you're getting a musty smell the further up you go, aren't you, actually?
0:30:42 > 0:30:45- I can't smell any musty smell. - Slightly musty smell. Yeah, but you can see that on the walls.
0:30:45 > 0:30:49Wow, another... But this is virtually the same size. It must be getting slightly smaller.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52This is the same size as the other one, though.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54- Yeah.- I thought this was going to be the top.
0:30:54 > 0:30:57Andy made the point that it's getting mustier as he gets further up.
0:30:57 > 0:31:00- It does get, you know... - But there's more work... - More work needed the higher you get.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03Right, we get to the top.
0:31:03 > 0:31:07These stairs are steeper again.
0:31:07 > 0:31:08Oops, mind your head.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11Wow, this is amazing.
0:31:11 > 0:31:13Look at those views.
0:31:13 > 0:31:18Yes, exactly! Gorgeous views uninterrupted, unparalleled, unprecedented dare we say?
0:31:18 > 0:31:20I just... You know what worries me a little bit?
0:31:20 > 0:31:24Is it sort of overlaps the top of the tower and I'm worried that if you stand on one side it might...
0:31:24 > 0:31:26- Might fall off! - Might tilt and fall off!
0:31:26 > 0:31:29That's just the scaredy cat in me coming out.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32We're going to have to make this into an observatory.
0:31:32 > 0:31:36Going to have to have chairs up here and sit up here with a glass of wine or something. It's lovely.
0:31:36 > 0:31:40Absolutely. That sort of roof very much like a parasol, isn't it actually?
0:31:40 > 0:31:42It would be like being outside under...
0:31:42 > 0:31:44If you could get all this done up it would be...
0:31:44 > 0:31:47- This would be the most fantastic room, wouldn't it?- Yeah.
0:31:47 > 0:31:51In the olden days when windmills were been placed around the country each village
0:31:51 > 0:31:56would have its own windmill locator, and that was defined by the boy with the longest finger in the village.
0:31:56 > 0:31:57Obviously, because...
0:31:57 > 0:31:59Ah, right, is that where that comes from?
0:31:59 > 0:32:03Exactly. See where the most amount of wind is blowing from. There we go, a piece of history.
0:32:03 > 0:32:05Not true history, but it is a piece of history.
0:32:05 > 0:32:08Right, down we go.
0:32:08 > 0:32:13I saw another set of doors a few flights down, so we'll go and see what's through there.
0:32:13 > 0:32:16- OK.- If you look back over history at the people who've
0:32:16 > 0:32:19- lived in a windmill, you've got Jonathan Creek the detective.- Yeah.
0:32:19 > 0:32:24You've got Windy Miller the miller and you've got Rod Hull and Emu, and Grotbags.
0:32:24 > 0:32:27It's quite an eclectic set of folk, isn't it?
0:32:27 > 0:32:31You can imagine them living here as well, maybe they could start their own cattery detective agency.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34Right, into the non-windmill part of the house.
0:32:34 > 0:32:36Yeah, this is really modern all of a sudden.
0:32:36 > 0:32:41Well, it's not modern, modern, but compared to that one it is.
0:32:41 > 0:32:43- Right, oh!- A bedroom.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45It's a good-sized room, isn't it?
0:32:45 > 0:32:49- Yeah.- Yeah. I mean she's got a really heavy furniture in here, but I mean it's a good size, what?
0:32:49 > 0:32:51A single, do you think?
0:32:51 > 0:32:54You could fit a double bed in here, but it would be a bit squished. Single.
0:32:54 > 0:32:57- We could put the boys in here. - Let's see what's in this one.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02- Ah ha, bathroom.- Oh, toilet.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04I like this old fashioned one with the cistern at the top.
0:33:04 > 0:33:07- Yeah, good grief, yeah. - And another bedroom. This is...
0:33:07 > 0:33:11Is this the same size or... It's bigger. It's definitely bigger.
0:33:11 > 0:33:13- Is it? - It's got a double bed in it already.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16- OK. - Yeah, this is perfect. That's two...
0:33:16 > 0:33:19- Two good-sized bedrooms. - Without the windmill.- Yeah.
0:33:19 > 0:33:21Allie loves this property the most.
0:33:21 > 0:33:26Allie loved the first one the most, then I think Andy was a little bit, you know... Not very far behind.
0:33:26 > 0:33:29- Yeah.- The second one Andy loved the most and Allie not so sure.
0:33:29 > 0:33:33- This one...- This one Allie's back in charge and I don't even know what Andy's thinking.
0:33:33 > 0:33:36No, and I like that. He's kind of... Kind of ambiguous at the moment.
0:33:36 > 0:33:38Well, he's got too much going through his brain.
0:33:38 > 0:33:43So, this one then looks like it goes into the windmill.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45Which part of the windmill?
0:33:45 > 0:33:49- Ah, the lounge.- And how many people can say they live in a windmill?
0:33:49 > 0:33:52- Only the people that Ed listed and that wasn't many.- That's true.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54Bathroom.
0:33:54 > 0:33:56- A very basic bathroom. - Yeah, without a toilet.
0:33:56 > 0:33:59But, I mean, it's a good size, isn't it? You've got...
0:33:59 > 0:34:01- You haven't got a toilet in here. - No, there's no toilet.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03There's a lack of toilets in this property.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06But you could do fit one in there though, possibly.
0:34:06 > 0:34:10- We'll see if this is a toilet in here.- Ah, good point.
0:34:10 > 0:34:12- No.- It's the kitchen.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15Well, there you go, I've never had anyone mistake the loo for the kitchen before.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17Allie has just done that.
0:34:17 > 0:34:20Doesn't seem to be pleasantly surprised, though.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23- It's a day of firsts, isn't it? - Wow, look at that!
0:34:23 > 0:34:25- Rayburn.- It's a bit...
0:34:25 > 0:34:28- I just feel it's a bit odd. - Well, it's a bit bare, I think.
0:34:28 > 0:34:32Oven stuck in the middle and then it's just not...
0:34:32 > 0:34:35- Well, it's not... It needs massive modernising, doesn't it?- It does.
0:34:35 > 0:34:38- What's in there?- What's in there? Pantry is it?- Oh, I like that.
0:34:38 > 0:34:41Pantry stroke utility room.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43- Right.- Oh, look at that.
0:34:43 > 0:34:45- Yay!- Lovely.
0:34:45 > 0:34:47What's in here?
0:34:47 > 0:34:49Yay, toilet number two!
0:34:49 > 0:34:52- Oh, right.- We do need two toilets with six people.
0:34:52 > 0:34:57- Yeah. And you've got the same old type cistern again.- Yeah.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00OK. And then that's the end of house.
0:35:00 > 0:35:03I could feel you're apprehensive cos I know you're thinking that...
0:35:03 > 0:35:06- Maintenance, maintenance, maintenance.- It's not maintenance.
0:35:06 > 0:35:10I think it's probably... Restoration that's the main thing with this one to make it liveable.
0:35:10 > 0:35:12- It's solid, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:35:12 > 0:35:14And it's got a lot of good rooms.
0:35:14 > 0:35:17It's a lot of potential, but it would require an awful lot of money to put it right.
0:35:17 > 0:35:21Well, there we go, what a dilemma! We've either caused a massive domestic dispute
0:35:21 > 0:35:24or they've just found the house of their dreams.
0:35:24 > 0:35:28- Yeah, which one is it going to be? - I've not got a clue. Shall we go find out?- Yeah.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33Allie and Andy, we've been out there listening to you.
0:35:33 > 0:35:35What a debate you've been having in here!
0:35:35 > 0:35:39We're almost concerned because you loved this and, Andy, you've got the...
0:35:39 > 0:35:44You've got very much the male reservation of this might cost a bit! So, how... How do you feel?
0:35:44 > 0:35:47What... What was it like touring the first ever windmill that we've done?
0:35:47 > 0:35:54I can... I can just see this place perfectly down up. I can see the rattan furniture in here and I
0:35:54 > 0:35:57can just, you know, visualise it all, so it's quite tempting.
0:35:57 > 0:35:59You've mentally moved in already, haven't you?
0:35:59 > 0:36:02- Yeah.- I mean, it's got bags and bags of potential. We can all clearly see that.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04Go on, Andy, what's your concern?
0:36:04 > 0:36:07OK, main concerns are... Well, you know, it's such a wonderful property,
0:36:07 > 0:36:12I really do love it and I think there's masses of potential there, but I think if you're going to...
0:36:12 > 0:36:13If you're going to do it then it needs...
0:36:13 > 0:36:17If you're going to restore it then it needs to be restored properly
0:36:17 > 0:36:19and you need to spend some serious money on it.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22You know, otherwise I don't think you're going to realise the full
0:36:22 > 0:36:25potential of the property, so for me, you know, if we...
0:36:25 > 0:36:28If we bought it, if we wanted to restore it
0:36:28 > 0:36:31then we'd really have to get experts in to do the work and that would cost.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33So, it would be a labour of love really for somebody to take on?
0:36:33 > 0:36:36- Yeah.- You've got to be passionate about it. You can't go halfway,
0:36:36 > 0:36:39- you've really got to invest money and get it done correctly.- Yeah.
0:36:39 > 0:36:41We have guess the price to play.
0:36:41 > 0:36:44I don't even know what we are on this there's been so many things to think about today.
0:36:44 > 0:36:49- Alison's winning two nil.- Oh, right, you've won already.- Yeah.- OK, this is for pride, Andy, for you.- Yeah.
0:36:49 > 0:36:52OK, you had a maximum budget of £400,000 to play with.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55Do you want to go first, Andy?
0:36:55 > 0:36:58OK, I will go... I will go
0:36:58 > 0:37:01at 340.
0:37:01 > 0:37:05OK, you're hopefully optimistic with the money to spend doing the work and everything else.
0:37:05 > 0:37:11I was... I was going to say 355.
0:37:11 > 0:37:14Right, you've both being pretty optimistic on this.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16This is a windmill, let's not forget that.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18It's on for £395,000, OK?
0:37:18 > 0:37:21- I think it's totally worth it. - It's the quirky factor.
0:37:21 > 0:37:23Yeah, exactly. It's right up near the top of your budget.
0:37:23 > 0:37:25You've got to wander off, make the biggest decision
0:37:25 > 0:37:30of your adult lives about which one you wish to test drive. We don't know what you're going to go for.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33- They don't know. Can you do it? Are you ready? Are you prepared? - It's going to be hard.
0:37:33 > 0:37:39Don't fall out over this because I know you love this windmill and, Andy, if she can twist your arm...
0:37:39 > 0:37:41All right, good luck, we'll see you later.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43- See you in a bit.- OK.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45- I'm praying windmill... - But I'm thinking maybe... - Number one.
0:37:45 > 0:37:49- It's going to be my one, isn't it? - Possibly. It's a contender. It could be any of the three.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52- Any of the three.- But while Allie and Andy are off discussing which
0:37:52 > 0:37:55property they're going to test drive here's a reminder for you at home.
0:37:55 > 0:37:57So, house one, my kitsch and quirky choice.
0:37:57 > 0:38:01All the house they required plus enough land to build a few more houses on.
0:38:01 > 0:38:03Well, even a whole village, come to think of it!
0:38:03 > 0:38:07Three beds, summer house and the all important brook at the bottom of the paddock
0:38:07 > 0:38:09by the wildflower meadow all for 389,500.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11Property two, my astounding pick.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14Rural seclusion, rolling countryside, views to die for, four beds
0:38:14 > 0:38:21and all the character you could ever wish for. Yours for £350,000.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24And, last but by no means least, the amazing wild card.
0:38:24 > 0:38:26Oh, yes. We cranked it up today with a four-bed converted windmill.
0:38:26 > 0:38:31Set in some of England's finest countryside with views of everything.
0:38:31 > 0:38:37And a price tag of £395,000. It's a windmill, a windmill I declare!
0:38:40 > 0:38:43Well, Andy and Alison, you've chosen my house. Hurrah!
0:38:43 > 0:38:47That's excellent news. How close did the windmill come because we were pretty excited, Ed and I?
0:38:47 > 0:38:50- Well, now we're back here we know we made the right choice, so no worries.- It ticks...
0:38:50 > 0:38:53- It ticks more boxes for us. - Well, it's true and as annoyed as I am that you're not
0:38:53 > 0:38:56going to live in a windmill, I can understand why you've gone for here.
0:38:56 > 0:38:59- It did grab you straight away this place, didn't it?- Yeah, yeah.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01This combination of '60s kitsch and period features.
0:39:01 > 0:39:04- They blend well, surprisingly. - And, of course, the space.
0:39:04 > 0:39:05- Yeah.- And this just lovely setting.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08- Yeah, it's beautiful.- We've had the mystery To Buy Or Not To Buy surveyor
0:39:08 > 0:39:11have a look at the property for you, give you a quick once over.
0:39:11 > 0:39:15It's not a legally-binding survey, bear that in mind if you go ahead with the purchase, get your own done.
0:39:15 > 0:39:19- Overall, the property's in good condition. It's been well looked after.- Good.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22All the extensions were done in the '60s and they're all in pretty good condition.
0:39:22 > 0:39:24You spotted the damp as well didn't you, Andy, down there?
0:39:24 > 0:39:27It's got damp proof guarantees and everything like that, but with the...
0:39:27 > 0:39:30With the size and the thickness of those walls,
0:39:30 > 0:39:35one thing that he said you could do just to help dry it out and really it's tricky, is remove the pebbles
0:39:35 > 0:39:39that are at the front of the house and just clear that area because the floor surface in the house is
0:39:39 > 0:39:45lower down than the outside, so if you can do that then that's going to help out, but it's...
0:39:45 > 0:39:49It's one of those things, it's got guarantees, but that will actually help it be a bit...
0:39:49 > 0:39:51- A little bit drier.- Yeah.- Otherwise, he likes the property.- Yeah.
0:39:51 > 0:39:54- Loves it.- It's pretty sound. Get yourselves in there, really.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56- Get in.- Away we go.- OK.- Test drive. - We'll let you go.
0:39:56 > 0:39:58- Brilliant.- Thank you very much.
0:39:58 > 0:40:01- Right, what do we do? Any... Any ideas? - Do you want to play in the field?
0:40:01 > 0:40:03- Be horses?- Do we have to?
0:40:03 > 0:40:05- Cup of tea.- Tea and horses?
0:40:05 > 0:40:07- Why the hell not?- I'm sold!
0:40:10 > 0:40:12I'm not sure what part of the extensive gardens
0:40:12 > 0:40:15Alison and Andy are in. Have you got any idea?
0:40:15 > 0:40:17I think they're going to check out the river, mate.
0:40:17 > 0:40:20This is just so lovely.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23- It's perfect, isn't it?- Yeah. Can you imagine the boys down here?
0:40:23 > 0:40:26- Yes, I think they're going to love it.- Little boys' heaven down there.
0:40:26 > 0:40:30And big boys, Ed, I was down there for hours mucking about, catching stickleback.
0:40:30 > 0:40:35So, past the paddock and on to the wildflower meadow.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37I sense a chat about les chats.
0:40:37 > 0:40:41This is perfect for the cattery.
0:40:41 > 0:40:43Purrrfect for a cattery, priceless!
0:40:43 > 0:40:47Ah, perusing the World Wide Web, I wonder what for?
0:40:47 > 0:40:51- So, we're looking at...- Cleobury.
0:40:51 > 0:40:55- Cleobury, I think it is...- Cleobury. - Mortimer schools.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58The all important schools, Ed, of course.
0:41:01 > 0:41:05OK, and just see what their OFSTED report's like.
0:41:05 > 0:41:08Interesting, but how is Ed and Jonny's report going to fare?
0:41:08 > 0:41:12So, then, you've spent some more time in the property. How was it for you?
0:41:12 > 0:41:15- It was good.- Wonderful.- Really good. - Yeah, it just confirmed our...
0:41:15 > 0:41:17Our choice, I suppose, really.
0:41:17 > 0:41:19Because you've obviously got a lot of plans for this place.
0:41:19 > 0:41:21- Yeah.- I mean, it does need some things changing to it.
0:41:21 > 0:41:26It is quirky, but I assume that you do want to make alterations to help it fit your model, as such.
0:41:26 > 0:41:29- Yes, we want to get in there and do it.- What's on the horizon?
0:41:29 > 0:41:32You're not getting rid of the rope balustrades are you? I know everyone hates them.
0:41:32 > 0:41:34- Yes, you're getting rid of them! - Yes, first thing.- Yeah?
0:41:34 > 0:41:37- I'll send you the rope.- Seriously? - Yeah, you can have the rope.- Fine.
0:41:37 > 0:41:39- OK.- I want to ask the question.
0:41:39 > 0:41:42I've wanted to ask the question for 45 minutes today!
0:41:42 > 0:41:45You didn't want the windmill, you didn't want my property,
0:41:45 > 0:41:49but I want to gloss over that fact, we are here and Jonny's property.
0:41:49 > 0:41:52- Yes.- It's a cracker. It's the relocation that you've hoped for.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54Will there be a cattery here? To Buy Or Not To Buy?
0:41:54 > 0:41:58You can't just say to buy, because we have to still do a bit of research, but...
0:41:58 > 0:42:01You've sold your house, you've sold your house... To Buy Or Not To Buy?
0:42:01 > 0:42:05- Yes.- Buy.- Yes!- Hurrah! - Come on!- Yeah.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08We're going to go back and we're going to talk to the estate agent and push ours
0:42:08 > 0:42:12- and do everything we can to get here.- Have you enjoyed yourselves? - It's been fantastic.
0:42:12 > 0:42:16- It's been a great time. - Thank you very much.- And three... Three good properties, as well.
0:42:16 > 0:42:17Well, thank you very much. And you know what?
0:42:17 > 0:42:20- You've only taken part in the greatest episode we've ever made. - That's true.- Of course.
0:42:20 > 0:42:22It's been a privilege to spend time with you. We'll see you soon.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25- Take care, guys. - Bye-bye.- Bye-bye now. - See you later.- Thank you.
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