Architect and television presenter George Clarke has paid a visit to the hills above Manchester on his Channel 4 programme Old House, New Home.
George worked with a couple in this week's episode who had bought a dated farmhouse in Glossop for £510,000, and were attempting to transform it into a modern family home.
In Wednesday's episode, the property had walls and ceilings knocked down in a bid to build a more logical layout as well as modernising it.
At the start, the 18th century house featured brown patterned carpets and woodchip wallpaper throughout, with an en suite bathroom so bad the couple had given up using it and turned it into a makeshift nursery for baby Arlo instead.
George labelled the property 'dated', a 'decorative nightmare', and compared the en suite bathroom to 'a little nightclub', thanks to a huge mock-skylight.
The home's owners - project manager Martin and full-time mum Emma - were similarly mocking of their house's decor.
Martin said: "Every single surface in this house either has horrible wallpaper or a horrible shag carpet, it's disgusting."
Emma added: "It's pretty bonkers, living in such a knackered old house with a young family."
George proposed completely changing the upstairs floorplan to remove a 'long poky pointless' corridor, adding in a dressing room, en suite bathroom and vaulted ceilings.
In the episode, footage shows walls being torn out and the ceiling pulled down in a cloud of dust.
By the end, the newly raised ceiling had wooden beams and a huge customer chandelier, while the 'pointless' corridor had been fitted with sliding barn doors leading to an en suite and walk-in wardrobe.
With one half of the couple wanting a rustic farmhouse look, and the other preferring boutique hotel style, they settled on a navy blue colour palette with pink accents for the master suite, plus a modern chandelier, to go with the dark wooden features.
The couple took the boutique hotel vision to an extreme, even adding in a roll-top bath in the bedroom.
"It doesn't feel like our home! I keep thinking I'm going to have to check out at some point," said Emma.
Martin said: "It was a messy, messy thing to do but it was all worth it to expose those beams."
They also created a proper nursery for the baby, with Martin painting a mountain scene onto the walls.
Martin said: "When we bought the house we were leaving this room exactly as it was, we were just going to redecorate it."
Despite being a project manager by trade, Martin confessed it had gone over budget - mostly because he hadn't planned to knock a ceiling out.
"Yes, it's my fault a bit," George laughed at the end of the episode. "I've designed a scheme that was a bit more ambitious."
George Clarke's Old House New Home is available to watch on Channel 4 and online at Channel 4 On Demand.
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