\n The episode followed presenter Jules Hudson as he helped Steve Bate MBE and wife Caroline find a countryside home.\n<\/p>\n
\n Steve has been competing for Great Britain for over a decade, winning more than a dozen Paralympic and World Championship medals.\n<\/p>\n
\n The decorated cyclist revealed that he would be retiring in six months and returning to his roots as a carpenter so he was on the lookout for a workshop where he would be able to make furniture.\n<\/p>\n
\n Originally from New Zealand, Steve moved from rock climbing to two wheels after a diagnosis of retinitis pigmentosa (RP) in 2011 meant he was no longer able to climb.\n<\/p>\n
\n His wife Caroline is passionate about spending time outdoors and wild swimming.\n<\/p>\n
\n Ideally, the couple set their sights on a detached character property with two bedrooms, a small garage, storage space and a workshop, close to a village.\n<\/p>\n
\n They had a budget of \u00a3425,000.\n<\/p>\n
\n The first home they viewed was in Levens, near Kendal, where they found a detached dormer bungalow.\n<\/p>\n
\n (Image: BBC iPlayer)\n<\/p>\n
\n Built in 1947, the property comprised a living room, dining room, modern kitchen, two en-suite double bedrooms and offered a corner plot with a garage.\n<\/p>\n
\n As of April 2025, the house was on the market for \u00a3415,000.\n<\/p>\n
\n The trio visited Windermere, paying a visit to The Little Ice Cream Shop for a sweet treat before popping into The Northern Line and speaking to the owners.\n<\/p>\n
\n For the second property, they travelled to Wigton and looked at an original sandstone barn dating to the 1800s.\n<\/p>\n
\n (Image: BBC iPlayer)\n<\/p>\n
\n The building was converted to a home in the early 2000s and featured a lounge with patio doors to a south-facing garden, large kitchen diner leading to a terrace and detached garage, three bedrooms, and a family bathroom.\n<\/p>\n
\n This was on the market for \u00a3345,000.\n<\/p>\n
\n The programme also highlighted three properties of interest in the area; a pretty \u00a3265,000 two bed terrace cottage in Windermere, an imposing three bed Victorian property in Beckermet for \u00a3349,950, and a holiday let in Windermere offering \u00a3125 per night in low season.\n<\/p>\n
\n For the mystery property, Jules took the house-hunters to the village of Oughterside where they viewed an old farmhouse dating back to 1790.\n<\/p>\n
\n (Image: BBC iPlayer)\n<\/p>\n
\n The home boasted a large workshop, newly fitted kitchen, two reception rooms, three bedrooms, family bathroom, garden and solar panels.\n<\/p>\n
\n It was advertised with a price of \u00a3380,000.\n<\/p>\n
\n After discussing the options presented, Jules revealed that the couple chose to put an offer in on the Levens house, which was accepted.\n<\/p>\n
\n The episode aired on BBC One on October 20 and is available to stream on BBC iPlayer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The episode followed presenter Jules Hudson as he helped Steve Bate MBE and wife Caroline find a countryside…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217658,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-217657","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-cycling","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}