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Series 5: 5. Isle of Wight & South West Wales



Jules Hudson catches up with two sets of entrepreneurial house-hunters who had grand plans to make an income from their new homes in the countryside. Jules returns to the Isle of Wight, the location of a 2018 property hunt, with a couple who wanted to tap into the island’s tourist trade. Two years on, he wants to discover whether they succeeded in finding a balance of home and business potential. Back on the mainland, Jules travels to south west Wales to meet a husband and wife who craved a sizable Welsh farmhouse but have found that a home is about so much more than bricks and mortar.

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