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Eve Rowlands

George Clarke's Remarkable Renovations sees young couple transform abandoned old electrical substation into an idyllic open plan home

George Clarke's had his breath well and truly taken during the latest episode of his second series of George Clarke's Remarkable Renovations that aired this evening.

When young couple Morveth and Abi Ward from Cornwall decided to take on a 110-year-old derelict Edwardian electrical substation that had been abandoned for 70 years and transform it into a rustic, carbon-neutral three-bedroom home and idyllic retreat, he thought they were absolutely "mad".

"It’s a really difficult building to convert, in an exposed moorland location that’s battered by wind and rain, and surrounded by ugly pylons," George tells the pair. "The fact that you can actually envisage living here really is remarkable."

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