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There's a show that was on the BBC called The Restoration Man where they showcase people repurposing listed buildings into homes that gets into a lot of the permitting and permission detail. Some people have to fund archeological digs before they can even get started.
While I can see the twisted chain of logic that gets us to where Dave and Betty are funding archaelogical digs, that's just not viable for most of us. It's insane!
I see a lot of "buy this remote villa in scotland that dates back to the 1800s" and I just know there's some heritage envelope of pain over the whole thing.