George Clarke’s Remarkable Renovations viewers ‘heartbroken’ as homeowner reveals bombshell news
GEORGE Clarke’s Remarkable Renovations viewers were left ‘heartbroken’ after a homeowner revealed some bombshell news.
In the show, presenter , visits people who are breathing new life into unused and unloved properties, usually in the most creative of ways.
An episode of the Channel 4 show saw George meet James, who had bought a former glassworks in Brighton.
“This is an old Victorian glass factory, it’s been abandoned for 20 years. I’ve had my heart set on this building for 20 years and I’ve owned it for four years. But the whole of that time, I’ve been wanting to make this into my own home,” James explained when he met George for the first time.
James had decided to painstakingly restore the whole property with a budget of £500,000.
Along with his budget, James had an uncompromising vision for his glassworks renovation, which he planned to began before the pandemic in 2019.
He didn’t take the easy options and viewers were gripped by his progress with the property.
So much so, they were shocked to discover in the final moments that James planned to sell it.
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Taking to Twitter, one shocked fan wrote: “Oh he must be heartbroken having to sell after all that work.”
Another added: “All that effort and then selling it. #RemarkableRenovations.”
A third tweeted: “Selling it?!!! After all that? I’d be heartbroken #RemarkableRenovations.”
Viewers had become so invested with James’ renovation that they were not impressed by his decision.
“Hmm very odd programme do everything to keep the heritage intacted and money NO object then bang it immediately on the market soon as show is aired to bolt to med with £1.2 mill profit in not cynical at all,” one person commented.
Meanwhile, a fellow viewer commented: “So we’ve all just watched an hour long advertisement for a property sale.”
Channel 4 viewers were disappointed that James’ had decided to sell his dream home, but when he met George again in 2021, he admitted it had been a much harder and more expensive project than he’d anticipated.
James’s episode of George Clarke’s Remarkable Renovations aired on Wednesday on Channel 4 and is available to stream on All4.