Martin Roberts says he is willing to take any risk in his quest to help others after his near-death experience when he underwent emergency heart surgery in 2022.
The TV presenter and property expert, 60, was told he had “a few hours to live” and underwent life-saving surgery after suffering a pericardial effusion – a build-up of fluid in the structure that surrounds the heart.
Last year he revealed plans to bring the heritage of a Welsh Valleys community back to life by injecting £500,000 of his own money into a special project.
He has since begun renovating the local pub and Hendrewen Hotel in Blaencwm, at the top of the Rhondda Fawr Valley, enlisting the help of local schoolchildren who have become lost and are keen to get involved in practical work in a bid to find something. focus.
The Homes Under The Hammer presenter said Sun: Now I am more motivated and desperate to do everything I can.
Martin Roberts says he is willing to take any risk in his quest to help others after his near-death experience undergoing emergency heart surgery in 2022 (pictured last month).
He has begun renovating the local pub and Hendrewen Hotel in Blaencwm, at the top of the Rhondda Fawr Valley, with the help of local schoolchildren who have gone missing (pictured in 2022).
‘I have no idea how much time I have left but whatever it is, I want to make a difference to people. If I accidentally hasten my demise in the process, it’s a risk I’m willing to take. I’ve almost died, what could be harder than that?
The owners of the much-loved village pub decided to close the business during lockdown and Martin bought it in 2022 as he felt the community had “lost its heart”.
He didn’t even tell his wife Kirsty, to whom he has been married since 2010, his plans.
Since then, the broadcaster has been happy to see the change in the troubled children who asked to help with their project after difficult times, and the young people obtained qualifications for their work.
Martin said: “I’ve had parents call me asking what we’ve done to their children because they don’t recognize them anymore.”
‘Just because they are given a chance, they become more engaged and encouraged, and their families are seeing that.
‘One child stopped using drugs and another realized that he is not stupid because he does not know algebra or geography. Seeing the positive change they are making by working at the hotel is what really motivates me. Shows what kindness can do.’
Martin previously said the renovation project was “the most worrying” yet and decided not to tell his wife Kirsty about his plans so she couldn’t talk him out of it.
Last year he revealed his plans to bring the heritage of a Welsh valleys community back to life by pumping £500,000 of his own money into a special project, without telling his wife Kirsty (Martin and Kirsty pictured in 2017).
Despite insisting that he is living life to the fullest right now, Martin recently spoke out about the mental impact his near-death experience had on him.
He said wales online: ‘I often act a bit on instinct, and possibly I don’t always tell my wife because sometimes I think there’s a danger of being talked out of doing things because they seem silly on the surface, I only mention it when it’s too late !
“I’ve never run a pub, I’ve never run a restaurant and I’ve never run a hotel, so hey, what could go wrong?!”
Despite insisting that he is living life to the fullest right now, Martin recently spoke out about the mental impact his near-death experience had on him.
In an interview with MirrorHe confessed: ‘I cannot underestimate the mental after-effects of what happened to me.
‘Physical things are overcome, but it is the predominant thought that it could all be over.
‘Everything you tried to do, and your family, you realize it could all disappear.
“They told me I needed to slow down and I took the opposite route.
‘I hope I have many years but you never know.
Everything that happened to me makes you realize how fine a thread we are hanging on.
“But you can’t live life living in that fear.”