Sarah Beeny and family
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The property guru has moved to the county from the city and and it’s all being filmed for a Channel 4 programme
‘Over the past 30 years my husband Graham and I have renovated lots of houses,’ says seasoned broadcaster Sarah Beeny, who has presented numerous programmes on Channel 4 including Property Ladder, Double Your House for Half the Money and Sarah Beeny’s Selling Houses. Her last project was Rise Hall, a Grade II listed 97-room mansion in Yorkshire that the couple transformed into a wedding venue, selling it for £1.4million.
It featured on her 2010 TV series,
Beeny s Restoration Nightmare, but when Sarah sold up in 2019, she explained that it wasn t all negative: It wasn’t as bad as it appeared on TV. It s been an amazing journey and it took a lot of energy, but we love the house and we are leaving with a lot of magical memories.
The Grade-II listed property features a total of 97 rooms and 30 acres, and cost Sarah and Graham £435,000. Nonetheless, while the cost may seem small for its size, it came with endless problems including a leaking roof, mould and 149 rotting windows.
Sarah and Graham used it as their second home, as well as a