Couple Inherit Mansion Then Slapped With £6,000,000 To Pay In Tax | Country House Rescue | Abode
Ted and Sarah inherit a beautiful home in Cornwall. Previously owned by a “reclusive widow” who banned even her relatives from visiting. However, they didn’t just inherit the house but £6,000,000 to pay in inheritance tax. With the estate already in an unkept state, the couple have the mammoth task of fixing up the estate so that they can raise money to pay taxes. This is why they’ve recruited the help of a business woman, Ruth Watson. Can the couple save the estate? Or will this inheritance be the worst thing to happen to them?
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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.
Same they've got good reviews and there marketing seems good too
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.
Yes it is stunningly beautiful, and the owner's choice of exterior paint looks as good years later.
I'm very happy to hear that.
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.
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
When people are tired & nervous, they tend to be emotional. The blonde haired lady was proding the bear.
@@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.
@@MizzAugust7 It didn't make the blonde lady look good. It made her look like someone trying to be proactive for the TV cameras.
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)
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.
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!!
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.
10000 per week and it's all booked. Glad to see it's doing well!
@@lizcosgrove8199 The estate tax is something you can always thank the left and Labour for.
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
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.
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.
It's madness to have to pay taxes on an asset that hasn't been sold and realized a capital gain.
Of course, we all know when we are going to die. What rubbish.
Omg Ruth is straight to the point and she is absolutely correct.
Yes, pity people cannot listen to very sound ideas. An awful lot of energy could be saved.
yep
What is with this English fascination with swinging a cat? 23:33
Just checked their website, and happy to report that Pentillie Castle is restored and thriving.
I pray they not only prosper but thrive. 🙏❤️
Amen 3x
The inheritance tax in the UK is positively evil.
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
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.
@@emadintro7641 I completely understand.
There is ways around that inheritance tax ...
Agreed. But the royal family has to get their income from somewhere.
Personally I would have taken Ruth's advice and contacted professionals and historians. I would love to visit. Looks absolutely stunning!
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.
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.
Don't keep a nationally significant house if you are going to Walmart to pick the decor.
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.
They made a success of it and now the daughter and her husband run the business.
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.
Inheritance tax is obscene
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.
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.
the cameraman zooming in on her knife 😂...gotta love the humour. British humour is the best ❤
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.
Wow, will check it out
Thank you
Those old gardens are magical
Pentillie Castle are now doing great, I seen it recently on American Viscountess here on KZhead.
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.
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.
The decor was very “pedestrian” and dated. An expert equal to the task would’ve been appropriate.
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 😂
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.
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.
Please ask for Professional Advice & Help when undertaking such a huge mansion's restoration , including the Professional Garden Landscaper!
Beautiful place and interesting commentary; however, the music is much too loud.
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.🤣🤣🤣
That part had me smile. The ever changing personal history.
😂😂😂 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 😩😂
MUSIC TOO LOUD TO UNDERSTAND !
That’s an issue on several other episodes.
You need a nearing aid then because I didn't have a problem
mis-typed hearing aid
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.
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.
Watching Ruth chase Sarah around the kitchen badgering her made Ruth look desperate…..desperate for television ratings. Sad sad bad manners.
You are the sad, sad, sad person - Ruth is wealthy enough to not need televison ratings and she has a life for goodness sake
It’s most likely not about the money …..
Family needs a you tube chanel with patrons.
This is a very old video. Pentillie is doing very well
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.
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.
Sure hope they are able to save it. Gotta be a labor of love from the heart to perserve it.
The background music is so loud I can hardly hear what this guy is saying
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.
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.
Oh what a witch the little local woman is a wonderful person to hire. Getting the locals involved is a marvelous idea.
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.
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.
This estate is absolutely beautiful this is my favorite one!! The garden and the old front drive was absolutely stunning......
Inheritance tax is evil. You cant even die without paying a fee😂
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!
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.
Sara shouldn't have played interior designer for such a project, I agreed with Ruth about everything she said about Sara's design choices
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.
I would love to visit this one day! The gardens must be just exquisite ❤️
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.
Exactly. Heroic efforts to turn these estates around and buckets of money.
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?
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??
Why yes some takes money. Some takes drive, research sometimes on your own can lead to professionals helping for free besides the company
6:35 💰details are explained.
The daughter is beautiful!
The music is way too loud!!
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.
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
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
I wouldn't like to be told everything I did was bad 5 minutes before important guests arrive. That was really bad timing!
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.
As per usual it is impossible to hear the introduction because of the LOUD MUSIC! !
The owners have no taste and this project was way over their head! They should have listened to professional. Lol
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 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!
Why didn’t they ever show the pool?
"There is no absolutes, I absolutely agree"
I love watching Ruth Watson, her advice is super.
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.
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.
Music is MUCH too loud!!!!
The landscape is beautiful
Good story but the music over the voice is sometimes too loud.
Music is too loud to catch up with the words
i like the color they painted the mansion
Provincial is definitely the way to go Ruth. Makes a huge mansion more cozy. Less intimidating
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!“.
I am enjoying these episodes. Really beautiful place. The outdoor views look like something in a movie.
This "advisor" is remarkably and horribly negative and underming!
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.
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.
Absolutely beautiful. I just want to know how many total rooms ...just splendid
The color looks fine really
🇨🇦 no inheritance tax here, thank god!
why put relatively loud background music while the commentator is talking?
Successful and Ruth is there to help, family is stupidly painting it like a school bus and decor like tacky funeral parlor
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!🌺💐🚩❤🎉😘
Can you raise the volume on the music? I can still sort of hear the narrator.
lol so true
Apparently no one in UK has ever heard of geothermal heating!
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? ]
I couldn't hear the narrative over that loud music, it was so annoying.
I think they need to fire this woman is spreading dissatisfaction over everything this wonderful family is doing. It looks like their open house is a great success and is very much enjoyed by their visitors while she is walking around still criticizing their efforts.
How does the UK expect owners to preserve these historic estates and also pay these enormous inheritance taxes? It seems to be a great paradox.
Why did you bother Ruth…..they didn’t listen to you. Their loss.
This is a even a great task and challenge for a top designer! I hope they went for real professionals!
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.
Excellent show; the "background" music was a bit loud.
I do so love this wonderful series!! 🏆💕👍 Lovely family!
Why don't people listen to expert advice? They could have absolutely "hit the ball out of the park' with the paint color! I agreed with Ruth about the fabrics as well. Those fabrics were not unappealing but just looked 1980's country house rather than on a grand, national, five star level. Beautiful, sweet family though and the property is incredible! Congratulations to them!
The fabrics that are in the house now are actually very beautiful and modern. So it seems that things have been changed a bit.
As a retired art educator, I understand about trying to open people's eyes to what could be. But I think Ruth's constant attempt to make the every part of the project current London 'High Style", especially on the day the press is coming, is quite ill conceived and often ill timed. It takes people time to change their views, and they don't do it on the word of one person they don't know. You have to show them what could be, and allow them time to encompass that. Is there maybe a little ego involved on Ruth's part? If you think working with these people is not a good fit, just tell them, and make a graceful exit. People come to a country estate as much for how the place feels, as how it looks. Personally, I'd rather have a warm welcome and 'dated' country comfort than the latest, but soulless, decor, and a stuck up proprietor.
I think the views are different, Ruth is there to help them make money and they need to learn it fast. Unfortunately, they need a place want to take pictures of and for that they need the press to like. If they have the money they could afford to learn it and change, but with no money even to affford the heat, they need to think business and they need to accept professional help as well.
I thought some education and perspective might have been in order, like taking them around to some of the successful castles so they could see the standards currently set. But tv productions are edited for drama so maybe she did that, and maybe the family wasn't as recalcitrant as shown. Looks now like the decor is up to date and the place has been doing pretty good business.
@@mjinba07 so I guess they listened to Ruth after all.
Sometimes experience & success deserve a bit of ego, in having done it before. The flowery look wasnt going to make them a constant income. Do you know what kind of money people spend on weddings? Massive amounts, much more than college.
Unbelievable... Inexperienced people given the opportunity to benefit from the experience of someone with true business acumen & they're too stubborn & arrogant to take it! ❤️🙏
I think Ruth was a bit harsh.
She always is. She's a 'self-made businesswoman,' not a lady. What do you expect?
fawn17,she has to be. That's her style. She has to bring people down to reality.