How A Viscount Rescued A Neoclassical House | Country House Rescue: Colebrooke Park | Real Royalty

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  @WilldoAldone · 4 years ago

  Allen's brother hit the nail on the head when he said, these houses were not made for just two people to be walled off from the rest of the world. They were built to be a community within themselfs.

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• MI

  @michaeljames9882 · 3 years ago

  I really really wish 'Country House Rescue' would do one, two, or even more years, after, follow-up episodes.  It would be interesting to see the successes (those that took Simon's advice and/or even ran with it) and, dare I say, failures (if any...*cough*...Great Fulford...).

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• ER

  @ermaek2145 · 4 years ago

  I think one optional part of a spa package/day could be afternoon tea in one of the grand rooms, just one. Guests could dress up, have some nice tea and pastry and feel like an aristocrat for a couple of hours! I'd buy that experience, if it weren't too expensive!

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• KN

  @knjmoorhouse5093 · 4 years ago (edited)

  Many of the local people are descendants of folks who had some sort of relationship with the estate. It makes sense that they open the house to the public and become part of the community. The house and family history are very much tied to the history of the whole town and region. It is a shared heritage. I am glad that they can still live in their home and enjoy the fruits of their labor.

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• DY

  @Dylan20004 · 3 years ago

  A lord whom has manners to allow guests in first, carries bags for guests and is not pompous, but humble.

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• LO

  @louisnealon6811 · 4 years ago (edited)

  Colebrooke is an ideal location at which to hold an international three-day-event that could bring thousands of people to the area for a week or so every year. Many landed estates benefit handsomely by hosting three-day and other events that appeal to the country set (e.g. sheep dog trials, hunter trials, hacking). Building cross-country courses/fences that could be rented to equestrians/riding clubs, etc. might also be an appropriate option for them. Memberships/licenses to use the facilities could be sold.

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• JE

  @JennyWinters · 3 years ago

  They could pressure wash a great deal of this house to make it a bit less moldy, mossy and dirty black.  They could hire a catering firm to free the wife up from cooking.  They could install a driving range or a putting  range for golfers.  They could get some landscapers in to give a beautiful garden atmosphere.   They could hold Sunday Teas with specialty baked goods and a look thru the home for one day a week.  So much,  They could rent out the mother in law apartment.  They could  start a riding school . So so many things  They could get Meri Berry out there and do some Irish bakeoffs!

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• SH

  @sharonothefae · 4 years ago

  Seasonal garden parties, farmers markets, historical tours, fancy dress dinners, work and rest bnb guests, YouTube income omg my mind is going nuts on all the possibilities

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• PA

  @PatrickDKing · 3 years ago

  Basically what I'm getting from this couple is we want people to pay us for use of our house without getting the use of our house...  Too bad they can't go back in time and have slave labour and raise taxes from local residents.

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• CL

  @cliffthatcher4574 · 3 years ago (edited)

  That's the real crime here - the inheritance taxes took so much of the property to pay off, it leaves places like this in danger of collapsing and disappearing forever.  Governments rarely, if ever, think anything through to its logical end.  Inheritance taxes are immoral.

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• CA

  @carmelagarin8645 · 4 years ago (edited)

  The estate tax is killing them. I think if they could compromise in opening part of the house for I say 5 years, save the income for the restoration.

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• KA

  @kate2create738 · 3 years ago

  I do sympathize with Allen in some aspect, how many of us would be welcoming to random strangers to be in our home? To us the place it’s just is huge to discover, but to him, it’s his home he lived most of his life in. That said, this was a good direction to go more on the health and spa operation. This makes the estate more unique compared to other high estates that just rely on the bnb, and it gives Allen a chance to grow trusting certain strangers.  And he seems more relaxed because of this transition.

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