Grand Designs star to launch period homes business

Two local business women launch their online homes restoration service next month with the help of a special guest – and they are giving away free tickets to the launch.

Restoration & Beyond, which helps period home owners and self builders to source specialist products and services for their homes, is being launched at the Home Building & Renovating Show in Harrogate on 6th November.

Christine Pearce from Hartlepool, and Paula Smith from Peterlee, have spent the last year developing their business and creating a service that is currently not available anywhere else.

And they will be joined for the launch ceremony by Francis Shaw of Peel Castle, whose inspirational transformation of the 14th century Yorkshire ruin was a favourite of viewers of the Channel 4 Grand Designs series.

Mr Shaw will be at Restoration & Beyond’s exhibition stand (number 335, in Hall B) at 3pm on the 6th November to cut the ribbon and officially launch the new web site.


Restoration & Beyond are giving away free tickets to the show with visitors to their stand also having the opportunity to win a two nights stay at Peel Castle. To claim your free tickets simply follow the link at http://www.restorationandbeyond.co.uk/ and sign up for their e-newsletter.


Looking forward to the launch, Christine Pearce says: “Restoration & Beyond is an exciting new concept that will revolutionise Period Home and Self-Build shopping. It is not a directory but a time-efficient way of sourcing and purchasing everything from reclaimed stone to works of art, as well as the people with the expertise to restore period homes sympathetically and help self-builders to create new homes to the highest of design and eco standards.

“It is the only website where products for this market can be purchased from many different companies through one simple checkout and where service providers can be found through 'mini-sites' within the site, rather than directory listings, making it much easier to use”.

Christine is herself a period home owner and for the past 17 years has been frustrated by the difficulty in finding the right products and services for the restoration of her home. Restoration & Beyond aims to save others that frustration while at the same time promoting a wide range of independent home-related businesses.

To find out more, visit http://www.restorationandbeyond.co.uk/