BBC Escape to the Country's Jules Hudson issues warning about 'catch' after mystery house viewing

Escape to the Country's Jules Hudson was anxious to assistance a mates find their imagination location successful Perth and Kinross.

Escape to the Country big Jules Hudson didn't clasp backmost connected giving a informing astir 1 peculiar spot arsenic a prospective purchaser revealed uncovering the close location was proving tough.

In Thursday's instalment of the beloved BBC programme, Jules stepped successful to assistance a brace successful their quest for the cleanable idyllic retreat successful Perth and Kinross, wherever they could settee down with their 2 young lads, four-year-old Cooper and two-year-old Woody.

Former Bolton section Jess and her spouse Graham, primitively from Aberdeen, had sold their spot successful Warrington, Cheshire, fractional a twelvemonth ago, opting for a impermanent abode successful Pitlochry successful the meantime.

Armed with £350,000, the mates were looking for a 4 chamber location that had a dedicated bureau abstraction for their outdoor furnishings business, on with the imagination of owning astir a quarter-acre of onshore that boasts scenic views of mountains oregon forests, reports Wales Online.

Explaining their impulse to move, Jess said: "We privation to person the champion beingness ever for our children, for ourselves, our concern and for our hobbies."

Chiming in, Graham expressed: "We truly privation the accidental conscionable to beryllium capable to nip up and instrumentality yourself to the mountains successful the winter. We privation to beryllium surrounded by quality truthful we tin bash immoderate walking and bird-watching."

Jules took charge, showcasing a scope of properties for consideration, yet it was the intriguing 'mystery house' helium believed would genuinely captivate the couple's hearts.

The detached location conscionable extracurricular Alyth, initially priced astatine £250,000, boasted a duo of three-bed flats with the committedness of translation into a snug household dwelling, complemented by a spacious plot and serene countryside vistas.

Yet, the devil was successful the details arsenic they realised the renovation demands exceeded their archetypal estimates. Candidly owning up, helium disclosed: "There is simply a drawback and the drawback is this is simply a wholly renovation project."

Elaborating further, helium said: "Whether Jess and Graham support the 2 properties separate, 1 for them and 1 for mum, oregon merge them into 1 but they'd request to sound it astir a spot to marque it enactment for their increasing family.

"It's going to necessitate a hefty dose of creativity and funds. But here's a metallic lining - it's really the cheapest listing we've seen this week."

Jess, aft touring the home, wasn't sold connected the thought of undertaking specified an extended overhaul, noting: "I consciousness similar I'm struggling to spot the finished result. There are conscionable a batch of houses and it is simply a bully location to look astatine but it's whether oregon not we tin instrumentality connected specified a large task close now." Ultimately, the brace decided against making an connection connected immoderate of the homes.

Escape to the Country airs weekdays from 3pm connected BBC One and iPlayer