It is now 2022. In spite of a rocky start, I just looked at current info. They are up and running so they must have done things right and have continued to do so. Bravo for them.. It was and still is a stunningly beautiful estate.

@-ZED-

2 жыл бұрын

Same they've got good reviews and there marketing seems good too

@KNYD

2 жыл бұрын

Took me a moment, but I just realised they were featured in another youtube channel. "War Hero Stories that Will Move You to Tears | Pentillie Castle Part 1" on "American Viscountess" if anyone is interested to see what the place looks like now.

@edelweiss9460

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it is stunningly beautiful, and the owner's choice of exterior paint looks as good years later.

@ITSONLYMEWATCHING

Жыл бұрын

I'm very happy to hear that.

@justinwhite6787

Жыл бұрын

That's wonderful to see! I can't wait to look that up now! So glad it's a success!

I felt bad that the woman was so upset and cried. On the other hand, here is an opportunity to create something extraordinary by listening to the experts, and not taking things personally.

@SF-ru3lp

2 жыл бұрын

I agree... if one is in possession of a property of national importance it does deserve restoration treatment by people who have previous relevant experience. I do hope all has worked out well for the venture. I'm off to look at their website now. G Ire

@gleefulme9617

2 жыл бұрын

When people are tired & nervous, they tend to be emotional. The blonde haired lady was proding the bear.

@MizzAugust7

Жыл бұрын

@@gleefulme9617 The bear wasnt hiring a designer who knew what looked great. The flowery cottage look was dated & not apt to draw most people in on a webpage. I think the bear finally consulted a good designer.

@gleefulme9617

Жыл бұрын

@@MizzAugust7 It didn't make the blonde lady look good. It made her look like someone trying to be proactive for the TV cameras.

@kenziej4301

Жыл бұрын

I felt bad too but one has to understand the professionals point, a greatly estate like theirs has the ability to make an impression, you want to impress guests and journalists, not tone things down to (mute) play it safe (no buzz)

Omg Ruth is straight to the point and she is absolutely correct.

@24upickles

Жыл бұрын

Yes, pity people cannot listen to very sound ideas. An awful lot of energy could be saved.

@YourRichLifeMedia

Жыл бұрын

yep

@monetbeck7015

11 ай бұрын

What is with this English fascination with swinging a cat? 23:33

@nixm9093

7 күн бұрын

She has some good business ideas. Not keen on her paint and decoration ideas tho 😂

I'd like this series to do a "where are they now". Did all these people with these big homes manage to make a go or did they bale out? How has Covid affected them all? How long did it take to pay off the inheritance bill? I know I'd like to see all the fix's and completed projects.

@thegreatpotatokitty8196

Жыл бұрын

if u google the castle or estate for each episode most have current google reviws and photos.. pentile castle is up & running currently! and they figured out the seating!!

@lizcosgrove8199

Жыл бұрын

Tax man always has to be paid straight away as far as I know even if you have to borrow the money to pay..more expense with huge interest. It's as if governments want people to go under. When you think how huge these estates were and now some of them have mo land left. I know an estate in Ireland which belonged to a friends family. When her mother grew up here in 1800s there was 25000 acres..today all that's left is 1 quarter of the house ( the other 3/4 was knocked to avoid daylight tax which was calculated on the amount of windows in a house...and 175acres. Another estate beside me has gone from 2500acres to 150acres. Its owner a famous business man has added a lot to the house and bought 100s of acres around it as these farms come up for sale. We're going back to large estates but this time the landlords are Irish and give hardly any employment. The little employment there is is given to shipped in people from foreign lands and they're probably paid a pittance but the only few good paying jobs ate given to Irish but you could count them on 1 hand. At least with the big English landlords they employed so many. Even smaller estates could have at least 20 people employed and a lot also provided room and board. So they call it progress but I've actually got my doubts with so many looking for work and a roof over their heads.

@sallybrite1530

Жыл бұрын

10000 per week and it's all booked. Glad to see it's doing well!

@DocHellfish

Жыл бұрын

@@lizcosgrove8199 The estate tax is something you can always thank the left and Labour for.

@Khanfuzed1

Жыл бұрын

Yeah i mean the follow up is more interesting to me than 30min of… “oh these poor people inherited a fortune and need some experts to do anything”

Why would they take on a designer for advice then not do ANYTHING she suggest as a professional ?? What a wasted opportunity ! The woman has the very expertise the owners need to be successful

Inheritance tax is evil. You cant even die without paying a fee😂

Personally I would have taken Ruth's advice and contacted professionals and historians. I would love to visit. Looks absolutely stunning!

Just checked their website, and happy to report that Pentillie Castle is restored and thriving.

We visited Heligan in 2013 on our trip to the UK, having also visited the Millenium Project a few days previously. We were absolutely bowled over by what had been achieved by the team restoring those gardens. The difference is, of course, that Heligan House is separate entirely from the Estate gardens. Here it is the castle and garden/estate as a whole. I wish them every success.

I pray they not only prosper but thrive. 🙏❤️

@avgolden1974

Жыл бұрын

Amen 3x

I lived in Cornwall for 10 years in the 80s and never knew about this lovely house. What a national treasure.... thank you for saving it.

It's my understanding (from a previous show) that the title has to be transferred to a family member 7 years prior to the death of the owner to avoid the taxes. How horrible she never did that.

@nancycolbert2703

Жыл бұрын

The hermit was a very selfish woman knowing the inheritance tax that would be transfered to new owners. Hope her greed is documented through the family history so every generation knows what can happen without planning.

@nocount1

Жыл бұрын

It's madness to have to pay taxes on an asset that hasn't been sold and realized a capital gain.

@larrysorenson4789

Жыл бұрын

Of course, we all know when we are going to die. What rubbish.

They made a success of it and now the daughter and her husband run the business.

I agree with Ruth they should have consulted the experts for such an important estate. They could also receive government help if they use approved National help. Maybe they have by now.

the cameraman zooming in on her knife 😂...gotta love the humour. British humour is the best ❤

There is words one can choose, and a tone in the voice one can try, to help calm down the upset part. Ruth also has a really annoing schreeching voice, which does not help at all. I got the feeling she pushed for the sake of "good" TV. Anyways, what a GRAND country house and property!! My favorite one in this series.

They were a family who had not lived in a grand manner and suddenly they had to make a plan on a grand scale. Not consulting a paint expert was probably part of their habits of economy. So was doing as much on their own (vacuumig minutes before the press came) as possible and going to a local decorator instead of someone who was more widely experienced. I am so happy to learn that they have made a great success of it all.

@davidlynch9049

Жыл бұрын

Don't keep a nationally significant house if you are going to Walmart to pick the decor.

The inheritance tax in the UK is positively evil.

@SF-ru3lp

2 жыл бұрын

It seems like a tax left over from yesteryear, a blunt instrument, not geared towards encouraging family to maintain and develop historic properties, which is what all the British, National Trust and tourists want. The tax should be assessed/ levied differently in this modern era. Speaking as an inhabitant of a former British colony, the brutal ingenuity of taxation measures is a historic edifice of its own... I'm so glad this family were successful. G Ire

@emadintro7641

Жыл бұрын

louchat333: If you want to own a place like this you need to create a foundation (non profit organization) and the property is then owned by the charitable organization. Inheritance taxes are the cause that so many historical places are in ruins and destroyed. It´s evil.

@louchat333

Жыл бұрын

@@emadintro7641 I completely understand.

@michaela723

Жыл бұрын

There is ways around that inheritance tax ...

@joyce7892

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. But the royal family has to get their income from somewhere.

Inheritance tax is obscene

@nicktw8688

27 күн бұрын

It's meant to prevent a return to feudalism.

Sorry, I felt Ruth was BRUTAL with Sarah just minutes before press showed up! My Gosh, didn't she have enough pressure on her shoulders at that particular moment? It's fine that Ruth wants everything modern and beige contemporary, but not everyone likes that. Sarah put a lot of work into those boards and Ruth would have done well to acknowledge the level of work and curb her horrific timing for the critique! These folks aren't professionals, but they're doing their best, and she failed to appreciate the toll of sweat equity.

Pentillie Castle are now doing great, I seen it recently on American Viscountess here on KZread.

Took me a moment, but I just realised they were featured on another youtube channel. "War Hero Stories that Will Move You to Tears | Pentillie Castle Part 1" on "American Viscountess" if anyone is interested to see what the place looks like now.

@samanthab1923

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, will check it out

@rainsofhealing

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

I think this is my favorite of all the homes I've seen in this series so far (which is most of them). What a beautiful, classic home, with clean lines and not a lot of gaudy fuss. Beautiful land and views. So many surprises, too--that bathing house! Lovely family, as well.

I would just like to give the editor of this episode a huge shout out for the moment at 39:05 where Sarah is holding a knife when Ruth is talking about how much she hates the mood boards, I nearly fell out of my chair laughing at the implication she was ready to stab her 😂

Im glad to see they made a success of this house. Daughter Sammie and her husband took over running the business in 2017. It's still available for hire as a retreat home or special occasion venue.

Those old gardens are magical

The people who own this are your normal, run of the mill village people. They are not the super rich who come with all their attitudes and demands. The villagers were fantastic, and they will surely support the new owners as much as possible. Just word of mouth advertising can go a long way in getting the word out about this lovely place. In due time, it will all come together. The blond lady in the blue jacket has wonderful ideas, but all I see are dollar signs every time she has an idea. Top notch designers, paint specialists, etc. all cost a fortune. The work needed here is very substantial. Where is all that money coming from? They may not have it to spend. What a dilemma.

I wish the mentor lady had explained that they needed to style the estate not to their liking but to the grandure the estate deserves. I thought they weren't going to live there anyway but if they do they can style their private section to their own liking. The attraction for visitors is the grandure.

@danip6648

Жыл бұрын

agreed 100 % Plus the heart and soul of the owners shows up when they choose their own decor with a little help but ultimately their own taste and artistic uniqueness. For example I have decorated a few homes and without any expertise decorators and yet I have received so many compliments on the warmth and uniqueness of each room.

@christinabeck9316

Жыл бұрын

The decor was very “pedestrian” and dated. An expert equal to the task would’ve been appropriate.

This estate is absolutely beautiful this is my favorite one!! The garden and the old front drive was absolutely stunning......

Sure hope they are able to save it. Gotta be a labor of love from the heart to perserve it.

Most beautiful and appealing house I’ve ever seen on Abode. I liked the people, but it was nuts not to get guidance from professional restoration and preservation experts. Nuts. I am disappointed we saw only a few of the rooms, so little of the house.

I love this series! I only wish is they go back and give us updates on the places, people running them. Such beautiful places even before they begin to restore it! I pray one day I will get a chance to come from the USA to experience all the splendor! I would love to work/own one of the beautiful castles!

Family needs a you tube chanel with patrons.

@moonwitch1

2 жыл бұрын

This is a very old video. Pentillie is doing very well

Well I've just watched " the American viscountess " channel featuring the castle and it is actually beautifully decorated, nothing to do with the mother's mood boards. But the funny thing was she was saying that this is what she wanted to do from the beginning, that she knew exactly what she wanted and she had do e that🤣🤣 By the way,the exterior colour looks much lighter.🤣🤣🤣

@farmkay

Жыл бұрын

That part had me smile. The ever changing personal history.

@melize7035

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂 so the basically listened to Ruth after all and they’re milking all the reality tv money they can get. Those taxes won’t pay themselves 😩😂

Beautiful place and interesting commentary; however, the music is much too loud.

2000 acres, wow that is a lot of property. This is only my 2nd show and I am so enjoying it. It is a national treasure, and needs to be treated as such.

They need to watch Chateau Diaries and Journey to the Chateau. They will catch the spirit of bringing chateaus and castles back to life with whimsy splendor that everyone wants to visit and be part of. Seriously suggest that to them. Magazines would also help. Going to auctions would be good too.

Sara shouldn't have played interior designer for such a project, I agreed with Ruth about everything she said about Sara's design choices

Please ask for Professional Advice & Help when undertaking such a huge mansion's restoration , including the Professional Garden Landscaper!

The house looks like it was once stone and brick ... now it looks like somebody took some beige paint and covered the entire place with it. What I'm trying to say is that it looks out of place.

I would love to visit this one day! The gardens must be just exquisite ❤️

Exactly. Heroic efforts to turn these estates around and buckets of money.

I looked it up, but evidently, they have given up the B&B aspect, because all I could see was renting the entire house for much more than I could afford. I guess I won't be visiting there anytime soon. Beautiful place, though.

MUSIC TOO LOUD TO UNDERSTAND !

@07laines07

2 жыл бұрын

That’s an issue on several other episodes.

@sonaterese799

2 жыл бұрын

You need a nearing aid then because I didn't have a problem

@sonaterese799

2 жыл бұрын

mis-typed hearing aid

@hjpapow

2 жыл бұрын

This channel is horrible about that. Half their episodes are unwatchable. Even worse, a lot of original-content channels are adding ridiculously loud and manipulative music, too. It's aggravating.

@146agi122

2 жыл бұрын

I agree with every post regarding the ridiculously loud background noise, and not having a good solid voiced narrarator. PLEASE CHANGE YOUR PRESENTATION FOR MORE ENJOYABLE VIEWING.

This beautiful place featured in the TV series ‘Delicious’ with Dawn French. Like Highclere (Downton Abbey), being the host home for TV must be a great income booster.

Oh what a witch the little local woman is a wonderful person to hire. Getting the locals involved is a marvelous idea.

@Bigfoottehchipmunk

Жыл бұрын

I agree! Local support and relationships are important to the longevity of the estate. Snobbery and name recognition are not all that make qualification nor the best choice in the long run.

Something crucial is missing from this programme: how are people supposed to afford all of the repairs and experts when they've inherited a badly run down and large property with massive taxes? I'd be hesitant about using Ruth's experts as how could I afford them?

@ITSONLYMEWATCHING

Жыл бұрын

I know right. I'm thinking the British Establishment really doesn't care because a six million pound inheritance tax bill is ridiculous. One would think they would be trying to save these extraordinary and always historic homes??

@movingforwardfco1587

Жыл бұрын

Why yes some takes money. Some takes drive, research sometimes on your own can lead to professionals helping for free besides the company

@freedomlover24-7

6 ай бұрын

6:35 💰details are explained.

Ruth is brutal but I agree with her critique. They’re not making over a she-shed. Stop putting your own stamp to something so important and grand. The color they chose is off and the lady’s taste in decor is too old fashioned, and not in a classic kinda way.

Watching Ruth chase Sarah around the kitchen badgering her made Ruth look desperate…..desperate for television ratings. Sad sad bad manners.

@sonaterese799

2 жыл бұрын

You are the sad, sad, sad person - Ruth is wealthy enough to not need televison ratings and she has a life for goodness sake

@meganblasco2

2 жыл бұрын

It’s most likely not about the money …..

What a lovely person Ruth is I love her honesty and professionalism!! Sarah is weak and Ted is stubborn shame! Truly amazing you can lead a horse to water but can't make it drink. Mediocre isn't what they should strive for.

The background music is so loud I can hardly hear what this guy is saying

the interior of this house appears so understated, but the exterior up on that hill with the river makes this a top 5 or 6 out of this whole series for me. These houses are incredible, hopefully I visit one day to see a few!

Apparently no one in UK has ever heard of geothermal heating!

The owners have no taste and this project was way over their head! They should have listened to professional. Lol

I wouldn't like to be told everything I did was bad 5 minutes before important guests arrive. That was really bad timing!

I was disappointed in a little bit of a way that in the overall view of the property there is a beautiful pool that could be utilized as well for the public to help generate funds

A magnificent estate. So sad that they chose not to take Ruth's advice and hire a professional interior design team. They obviously went with the local person. The house deserved so much better than the nondescript poorly done interiors. There are so many beautiful country estates all over England, Ireland and Scotland that are well planned and executed. A pity this isn't one of them.

The daughter is beautiful!

I love watching Ruth Watson, her advice is super.

I think that the room decore boards were quite nice, and this lady critical remarks are not needed. She's a guide not the ruler.

This "advisor" is remarkably and horribly negative and underming!

@danip6648

Жыл бұрын

yes, a little pompous for sure. If you just mute her and watch her body language you will perceive this absolutley!

inheritance tax is barbaric.

It seems Mad Jimmy turned the maxim, “you can’t take it with you“ on its head. Perhaps he decided, “If I can’t take it with me, by God I shan’t go!“.

Oh that was such a display of not being able to handle criticism that is for your own good and emotional immaturity, No one loves criticism and also not everyone is an interior designer. That was disappointing to see but Im happy to hear that they've succeeded since then

Bless this family, they understood that they were out of their element and reached to Ruth for help. Hopefully they have learned how to style grand, it’s not an easy style in the modern age with most modern styles that are geared towards streamline and mostly neutral palettes. These things takes trial and error, so having those with experience really helps saves them a lot of errors when making decisions that could set them back. Glad the family pulled through and was easy to work with, understandable with the family past tension of why they hesitated taking on the project, but the building certainly called to them and they reconsidered together to try to make it work. So far, it seems it has thankfully for everyone.

Why didn’t they ever show the pool?

Provincial is definitely the way to go Ruth. Makes a huge mansion more cozy. Less intimidating

The music is way too loud!!

🇨🇦 no inheritance tax here, thank god!

I wonder why there isn't better estate planning to pay for the inheritance tax...usually people carry life insurance in order to cover that cost or use some other strategy.

I like the colour and the smile of their daughter.Beautiful familly i Wish them the outcome that they wish.Its big and its going to be successful!🌺💐🚩❤🎉😘

Music is too loud to catch up with the words

We don't have an inheritance tax in our country, but we'll have to pay taxes if we decide to sell the property afterwards.

why put relatively loud background music while the commentator is talking?

i like the color they painted the mansion

2024 now and you can stay there for 5 nights in August for £9k ! looks lovely . 11 bedrooms so 22 people could stay at £409 each for 5 nights which is really not that bad! Good on them

"There is no absolutes, I absolutely agree"

Good story but the music over the voice is sometimes too loud.

Successful and Ruth is there to help, family is stupidly painting it like a school bus and decor like tacky funeral parlor

The music overpowers the video

@ronadkins488

Жыл бұрын

I agree, so much info, but the music is much louder then the voices 💔

The color looks fine really

I am enjoying these episodes. Really beautiful place. The outdoor views look like something in a movie.

The fabrics that are in the house now are actually very beautiful and modern. So it seems that things have been changed a bit.

This is a even a great task and challenge for a top designer! I hope they went for real professionals!

The landscape is beautiful

I don't know why Ruth has to be so rude to people. To call the owners formerly "paupers", to make a snarky, condescending crack about " the little woman haberdasher from town", and to say that the outdoor seating arrangements look like it belongs at a youth hostel shows a lack of class on her part.

I do so love this wonderful series!! 🏆💕👍 Lovely family!

Absolutely beautiful. I just want to know how many total rooms ...just splendid

What a strangely austere facade. It's forbidding looking, and even stark. But the grounds are magical and if they can get the interior to be warm and comfortable, it's got a spectacular location and hopefully they've done well with it.

I like how blunt Ruth is I wish everyone was like that all the time

As per usual it is impossible to hear the introduction because of the LOUD MUSIC! !

I would have painted the building rose pink or salmon.

Music is MUCH too loud!!!!

I couldn't hear the narrative over that loud music, it was so annoying.

Can you raise the volume on the music? I can still sort of hear the narrator.

@carly4513

Жыл бұрын

lol so true

Love this series but the music reminds me of Halloween…🎃👻

My issue with some of these shows is that these people call in Ruth to HELP them because they are unable to do it on their own, then do not listen to her or get upset with her. Why did they have her come? Free advertising to be filmed? I get very upset watching professional advise that WAS ASKED FOR being ignored. Ruth has more patience than me. I'd probably have a recorder that played "you asked for my help so listen to me!" And walk out. I guess that is why she is the host! Lol [I have tried to be sympathetic and look from their side but in the end, I always come back to: "why ask for help if you will not listen to it?" Obviously if you see them now, they did what she said and are very successful. How much time and money was wasted trying to do it their own way? ]

Their pedestrian tastes reveal they are not of the manor born.

I wish they would show the beautiful hardwood floors that must be hidden under the carpeting which stains so easily.

Yikes! Over 2k to stay for a weekend!!