COLIN McAllister and Justin Ryan have revealed how they ploughed all of their pension and risked their relationship to buy a hellish hotel.
The popular TV design duo embark on their biggest project to date in new series, Colin and Justin's Hotel Hell.
The Channel 5 series follows the couple as they buy and transform a run-down hotel in rural Nova Scotia on the Atlantic Coast of Canada and attempt to turn it into a luxury high end boutique hotel.
With the aim of opening in early summer 2022, the documentary series tracks their ambitious undertaking as they buy and transform a 22-room, old fashioned and tired hotel which includes a restaurant and beach house.
Speaking about what was at stake by taking on such a project, the couple said: "It started in the early part of the pandemic when we felt locked out from our regular lives in Glasgow, London and Toronto.
"When we stumbled across an exciting a hotel for sale in Nova Scotia, in need of major updating but with so much potential, we emptied our bank account and ploughed our pension into the purchase.
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"What we quickly learned is that there's no such thing as a bargain."
Teasing what fans could expect to see, they continued: "Have we made the wrong decision, and can our relationship weather the storm?
"As hoteliers with no experience whatsoever, some might say we're in over our heads, ring leading our toughest challenge ever, but we can’t wait to see what happens next.”
Not only will this series follow their attempts to renovate the hotel, it will also document their personal journey settling in to the local community as the city boys try to get the town on board.
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They hire local tradespeople and suppliers, from lumber merchants to honey makers and build a team of hotel staff.
Viewers will also get a flavour of what life is like living in remote Canada.
Colin and Justin have been on our TV screens since the early Noughties with shows including The Million Pound Property Experiment and 60 Minute Makeover.
They have also appeared on a number of reality shows including I'm a Celebrity in 2009, Celebrity Coach Trip in 2010 and Celebrity Masterchef in 2012.
Colin and Justin's Hotel Hell begins tonight, Sunday, September 18 at 9pm on Channel 5.
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