MAY: Our first year renovating Totnes House

Описание: It's May 2025 and we’re moving in! Yes, I am actually moving my family into a closed-down, run-down former Conservative Club with just a semi-functional commercial kitchen and temporary shower-room. But it does have two bars, so it’s not all bad news…

We’re taking you through our first year at Totnes House one month at a time with new episodes launching this spring in the run up to our one year anniversary.

Quality apology. This footage was shot on an old iPhone 12 in portrait format for Instagram. It’s not the best quality and reframing for YouTube’s landscape format is tricky. So please bear with us through these first few episodes, the quality will get better I promise. I have a new iPhone17 Pro now which is a huge leap forward and am shooting landscape format too.

About Totnes House. Totnes House is a grand Victorian villa built in 1889 as Totnes Club, a gentleman’s club in the heart of the market town of Totnes. In 2025 we started to transform it into a grand family home for our family of five, Jonney, Katie, Finbar, Theodora and Cormac. It’s a mammoth renovation that is going to take us many years, but we’re living here whilst we do it and telling our story with the help of the likes of Sarah Beeny and Ty Pennington both here and on Instagram. Do subscribe to stay up to date with what we’re up to!

About Totnes. Totnes is a beautiful bohemian town packed with thriving independent shops, cafes and restaurants. The high street that runs up the hill and through the arch is a model for what small town high streets should be like. The town sits on the River Dart, only a few miles from the sea at Dartmouth. With the rolling countryside of the South Hams Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty surrounding Totnes, seaside towns like Salcombe and Brixham and stunning beaches like Bigbury and Bantham only a short drive away, there really is no place in the world quite like it.

About the family. Jonney has spent the last 20 years making television programmes for the BBC, Channel 4 and Discovery, whilst Kate teaches secondary English here in Devon. Finbar, Theodora (aka Teddy) and Cormac are our three incredible children who we’re creating Totnes House for.