Draft:Sarah's Mountain Escape

Sarah's Mountain Escape is a renovation television show for HGTV Canada starring Sarah Richardson and her husband Alexander Younger, produced by Corus Entertainment and Insight Productions. They set out to renovate a rundown Bavarian-inspired bed-and-breakfast in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada; and turn it into a luxury vacation rental property. It went to air in the 2022-2023 TV season as 10 episode series in an hour-long timeslot. It premiered on 19 October 2022 at 9:00pm on HGTV Canada.

Premise
Sarah Richardson buys a run-down bed-&-breakfast ski resort inn, and renovates it into a high-class vacation rental. She redesigns the inn with her design team at her interior design company, Sarah Richardson Design. Sarah commutes between her home and office in Toronto, and the inn in Whistler.

Cast

 * Sarah Richardson, designer/co-owner
 * Alex Younger, co-owner
 * Ashley de Boer, site supervising designer
 * Nathan, co-head general contractor
 * Nathaniel, co-head general contractor
 * Jarrath, contractor
 * Ryan, contractor
 * Chungmo, structural engineer
 * Hugo, landscaper
 * Chris, signmaker
 * Dani, real estate agent
 * Fran Friesen, exterior Bavarian artwork artist
 * Kris Gibson, legacy carpenter from Sarah's other reno shows becomes supervising contractor
 * Shannon, Sarah Richardson Design staffer project manager
 * Natalie, Sarah Richardson Design staffer lead designer
 * Karen, Sarah Richardson Design staffer project assistant
 * Ashley, Sarah Richardson Design staffer design assistant

Resort
Haus Heidi (House Heidi) is an inn in Whistler, B.C., Canada; and a quirky local landmark. Sarah and Alex have bought the chalet. The B&B building was a Bavarian-style chalet inn when the Richardsons bought it.

History
Haus Heidi is located at 7115 Nesters Road, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, V0N 1B7. It is located on a knoll with a 1 acre estate, overlooking Whistler-Blackcomb. The house was built in 1978, before Whistler town centre was built. The third level was added in 1985. The turret was later added in 1986.

Haus Heidi Alpine Country Inn was operated by one family for 30 years before being put on sale.

Haus Heidi was originally put on sale in 2018 for $5,000,000. It was located in the Pension zone, allowing the entire chalet to be rented as a unit, or operated as a bed-and-breakfast.

Richardson and Younger bought the property on a whim, and at a financial challenge, at $3.7 million in December 2020. They had been looking for a property in the Whistler-Blackcomb area after their local ski hill closed, and them having two ski-racing daughters. For the renovations in 2021, the couple hired local area CVC Custom Builders and Squamish designer Ashley de Boer as the local assistant. They spent a-year-and-a-half renovating the building.

Specifications
Before being renovated on the TV show, the 5000 sqft Bavarian-style chalet had 8 bedrooms and 8 bathrooms, with a large central fireplace on the a main floor, two room floors, a crawlspace and and upper level. located on a 1 acre estate. It could sleep 18, and had an additional studio unit for staffing.