Architect George Clarke meets a London couple hoping to sell their organic cafe in Brixton and spend a £1million bank loan converting a run-down Cornish hotel in St Ives into three houses, one of which will be used as a designer B They face a race against time to have the middle property finished and on the market by Christmas, so they can concentrate on getting the guesthouse open for the start of the tourist season at Easter

George Clarke meets Andrew and Anona, who have spent two years planning a move to the Pembrokeshire coast. The couple intend to open a pair of luxury holiday cottages to provide enough money to save the 160-acre family farm, which Anona's parents are finding difficult to keep afloat, but the age of the buildings poses a problem to the renovations

Architect George Clarke revisits a London couple who sold their organic cafe in Brixton and spent a £1million bank loan converting a rundown Cornish hotel in St Ives into three houses, one of which was to be used as a designer B They faced a race against time to have the middle house finished and on the market by Christmas so they could concentrate on getting the B open for the start of the tourist season

David Forster is converting a Victorian watertower in the woods into a family home where he and his family can withdraw from modern life and commune with Nature. His first year on this project made one of the most popular programmes in the first series of Build a New Life in the Country. Now we are back to follow him again for a whole new programme as this eccentric inventor and his fantastic project enter their third and final year.

David’s enthusiasm hasn’t waned one bit. He presses on, spending what little money his wife releases for him, and relying on free labour from his reluctant teenage sons. All his family and friends question whether the tower will ever be finished. But David is determined to see his romantic dream through to its glorious end.

After Nick & Lesley’s business collapsed in the UK, they wanted a fresh start and new challenge. They’ve moved to the South of Spain with their two boys to turn a 400 year old Andalucian Palace into a chic boutique hotel. It’s a big risk. They have no experience of the hotel business, not a word of Spanish between them, and even Nick’s 20 years as an architect can’t prepare him for what this renovation throws at them…. Deadlines come and go and costs spiral and the kids hate it, but this couple are not for turning.

Steve and Lorraine Kinsey from Stoke have had enough of the stresses and strains of city living. Steve has two jobs leaving no time for family life. So they’re moving to the Norfolk Coast for a fresh start, and a life where they can enjoy the countryside and beaches with their two sons. They’ve bought a 300 year old listed barn and have ambitious plans to create a stunning contemporary family home. But with limited funds they’ll have to do all the work themselves and with no experience. It’s going to be make or break for this couple.le in their dream location.

We rejoin the hardest-working grandparents in Britain, Terry and Marilyn, in the next phase of their epic battle to restore an ancient farmhouse in the heart of the stunning Northumbrian Dales, returning from full-time jobs to do all the work by themselves. Another highly popular couple from Series 1, we make a brand new programme with them as they are about to tackle the oldest and most challenging part of the house – the crumbling 16th century bastle. This 2 storey ruin will be transformed into a wonderful family kitchen and dining hall, the centrepiece of their new home, where all their children and grandchildren can gather together. It will be another astonishing labour of love as this couple enter their 3rd year of long dark nights and freezing weekends, continuing to amaze with their endurance and passion and determination to create the best family home they can.

Andrea, GP and Neil, pharmaceutical sales manager are having their first baby. They’ve found the perfect country location to start their new family life. Whilst the setting in the Monmouth Dales is beautiful, the house is a rabbit hutch of a 70s bungalow. They have grand plans to transform it into a spectacular modern glass-fronted home, and they want it complete in time for the baby’s arrival just six months away. But with no planning permission, and Neil determined to press on regardless doing most of the work himself, the clock’s ticking for a building-site birth.

In 2005, Chris and Rebecca Palmer, made a radical life change. Fed up of being mortgage slaves, they sold their Bradford home, quit their jobs and headed to Ireland, with their daughter Demelza. Their dream was to live a simple, rural life, becoming totally self sufficient life, growing their own food, and keeping livestock. But first they had to turn their derelict farmhouse into a family home – and they had just 14,000 to do it. Over the year, working the land and the house, tested them physically, and emotionally they were at the end of their tether, as 5 year old Demelza hated her new surroundings.

When architect George Clarke last saw the Palmers, they had managed to create a lovely home, but they were penniless, and their plans to be self-sufficient had barely got of the ground. A year on, George returns to see if living off the land has been a success, and whether they have found a way to secure their future.

Simon & Carol Morley traded in careers in the IT industry in Cambridgeshire to move to the Cornish coast, with their three kids. They had plans to convert a rusty old 80ft barge into a floating family home, and start a diving business for holidaymakers.

But the pressures of starting a business, and renovating the barge on little money led to Carol and Simon splitting up. Carol was left having to get a job as a door to door sales woman to make ends meet and get enough cash in to finish the barge on her own.

Two years later, George Clarke returns to see how Carol and the kids have fared going it alone in Cornwall.

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Architect George Clarke helps a building surveyor and his wife, who have grown tired of city life and the expense of their mortgage and wish to downsize to the Lincolnshire countryside. With a budget of £90,000, the couple plan to renovate a small chapel and convert it into a three-bedroom home. They also intend to retire from their jobs and open an equestrian livery business

Middle-aged couple Terry and Marilyn attempt to relocate from Whitby to a 500-year-old farmhouse in the Pennines, which they set out to transform into a home for their large family. Architect George Clarke offers advice about restoring the collapsed roof and laying a concrete floor, and lends moral support when flooding means they lose precious time and have to seek shelter with Marilyn's father

Architect George Clarke helps a Buckinghamshire couple escape their demanding jobs and relocate to Scotland, where they intend to modernise a 120-year-old farmhouse with their own designs. Businesswoman Carol becomes project manager and aims to be settled before Christmas, but bad weather and delayed planning permission put the date back, forcing the family to spend more time apart

George Clarke helps two IT managers move to the village of Gweek in Cornwall, advising them as they renovate a dilapidated houseboat and attempt to begin a business ferrying divers to wrecks around the coast. The four-month deadline seems hopelessly tight as the need for new plumbing delays other work, and the fledgling venture has difficulty getting off the ground so late in the season

George Clarke advises a finance director moving from London to his dream home, a 16th-century property in the Cotswolds near Oxford. The £250,000 redesign is developing as work progresses, but the owner is not always around to make decisions, and the builders grow frustrated. With a wedding due in a few weeks, the completion date looms ominously

George Clarke helps Birmingham couple Dave and Rebecca as they renovate a derelict Welsh barn while living in a caravan on the site. The pair apply for planning permission - but a cash shortage threatens to end their dream before it has begun

George Clarke advises two accountants as they quit their jobs and set off to renovate a 200-year-old barn in Devon. Husband Martin was supposed to be project manager, but having to work out his notice meant wife Clare taking over the job, and she now seems reluctant to relinquish control. Construction progresses smoothly, but George is horrified by plans to remove the property's original features

George Clarke supervises Martin and Rebecca as they attempt to turn a dilapidated old church in Ollerton, Nottinghamshire, into their dream home. The inexperienced couple employ friends to help keep the project on a tight budget and, after a shaky start, everything goes ahead on time. However, as the roof work takes its toll on their finances, the pair realise they need a cash injection to complete their house

George Clarke advises inventor David as he converts a Norfolk water tower into a dream home for his family. The structure is set in a forest, and has a central well that the owner wants to floodlight and cover with glass. Unfortunately, bad weather delays the building work, and time management soon becomes a problem. Six months on, financial concerns threaten the entire enterprise

George Clarke offers advice to a couple converting a Cambridgeshire apple store into their dream home and stables, but is not sure dad Paul can get everything completed in the three months he has allotted for the work. As delays with materials set the project back, money starts to run low - and the pair are devastated when contractors do a bunk with their remaining cash, leaving them penniless and without hope of finishing

George Clarke advises Glyn and Jan, who intend to refurbish a Derbyshire farmhouse that comes with a barn and 12 acres of land. Having taken out a loan to pay for the building, they want it to be waterproof before they go on holiday at Christmas - but delays in planning permission and financial difficulties mean paying out thousands in interest before a stroke of work has been done

Architect George Clarke offers advice to a married couple relocating to Ireland, where they plan to live a mortgage-free, self-sufficient existence with their daughter. With a budget of £14,000 to renovate a derelict house that has been empty for more than 30 years, they expect to move into their new home within four months. If they miss their deadline, they face spending Christmas in a tiny caravan

Architect George Clarke lends his expertise to couple Adrian and Denise Nuttall, who have invested their money in a run-down garden centre and a 400-year-old barn and farmhouse in the Suffolk countryside. The pair plan to open a chilli farm, shop and restaurant on the site, but things take a drastic turn for the worse just one month into the project

Architect George Clarke meets a couple who want to move from Surrey to the wilds of Lincolnshire, where they hope to start a business and convert a ruined 18th-century granary into an idyllic rural home

George Clarke meets Jason and Phillipa, who have left behind their well-paid careers in Aberdeen's oil industry to renovate a chateau in France's Loire Valley. The pair hope to transform it into a luxurious bed and breakfast, as well as making it a home for themselves

George Clarke meets Jez and Laura, who want to leave London behind for the coast. After waiting three years to fulfil the requirements of the local planning authority they can finally begin work on their dream home - a beach house in Worthing. The couple refuse to compromise when it comes to cost and materials, and as summer approaches must pull out all the stops to complete the project

George Clarke meets a couple who have given up their jobs and the hectic pace of life in Sheffield. They plan to convert a 100-year-old tin church on the Isle of Seil into a small B&B within eight months and with a limited budget of just £70,000. The architect is more than a little sceptical, but the pair are determined to complete the project without taking on a loan

George Clarke meets Frank and Alice from Cambridge who decide to move to rural Croatia, planning to convert a dilapidated stone house and its idyllic surroundings into a nature retreat with six log cabins for guests. While things seem to go well at first, difficulties with the local authorities, the language barrier, and a divining rod soon cause problems for the project. Last in series

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Richard and Jane snap up an incredible bargain – an abandoned historic building in a grand country estate sitting in 8 acres of Capability Jones designed grounds. For the price of a 4-bed semi, they plan to create a magnificent family home fit for a Lord. But the building is a ruin, and a Listed one at that. Jane is a first-time project manager, running the entire restoration on her own. And they may aspire to a home fit for Kings, but they have a budget that’s definitely for Commoners.

Following a heart attack scare aged 29, workaholic Mick Wilmer from Grimsby needs a complete change of life. He’s given up his job in a chemical plant to move to the rugged south west coast of Scotland with his wife Jenny and their two children. Their dream is to set up and run a small farm, and build a home from the ruins of a 600 year old farmhouse. Their budget is a mere £90,000 pounds, which quickly disappears, leaving the family with rising debts, and Mick facing exhaustion as he battles night and day to hold onto their dream.

Dave and Debbie from Blackburn want to spend more time with their two daughters and disabled son. So they’ve decided to pursue their life long dream to set up an antiques business for the family to run together. They’ve found the perfect place, a historic school house in the Scottish town of Newton Stewart. But before they can move the family up and open for business they need to bring this derelict building back to life. With a tiny budget, they attempt to do all the work themselves, whilst holding down full time jobs 3 hours away in Blackburn. And when tragedy strikes the family, they have to decide whether to continue, or look for a different future.