Initially the main house had no windows, no internal doors, and the ground floor had been used as a living space for goats for hundreds of years.   In short, it was a ruin.

All windows and doors made by local artisans.  Baths were imported from England (possible in those heady pre-Brexit days).  The whole roof was removed and replaced.  Evidence of goats was shovelled and taken away in barrows, and added to the rose beds.

Roses were planted, and then the forest was addressed.  The house stood in an area of thick oak scrubland.  It was impossible to tame.  Instead, a wall was built.  The oaks lived on one side of the wall and people on the other.  A fence would have been an easier solution, but instead the wall was hand built from local stone.

The estate had its own river, and the river had a dam, and the dam had a small canal which ran for almost a mile to the house.  On the way it fed a swimming pool with river water.  The pool was improved, and a vegetable garden was laid out.  Bamboos were planted.

The house was saved and the estate was put into good order.