Britain's Empty Homes - Rosemary Draper

There are nearly a million properties lying empty in the UK just waiting for someone to come along to make them homes again. Jules Hudson reveals the great potential vacant places for sale can offer buyers in terms of budget and lifestyle, while the work of the nation's Empty Property Officers explores what's being done to get the thousands of houses that lie abandoned and neglected across the country back into use. And we hear from the people who've rescued wrecks and transformed them into beautiful homes again. Rosemary Draper wants to downsize. No stranger to home renovation, she's looking for something she can really put her mark on. And with a total budget of 600 thousand pounds, she'd like to find a period country cottage somewhere in the Sussex countryside. Presenter Jules Hudson shows her around a couple of lovely old empty houses that with a little imagination could be transformed into her ideal home.