Emmerdale’s Kelvin Fletcher recently began clearing out his family home after it was destroyed in a fire.

The actor, best known for playing the role of Andy Sugden in the ITV soap, runs a 120-acre farm in the Peak District with wife Liz and their children Marnie, Milo, Mateusz and Maximus.

Everything changed for the family in 2024, when they discovered their home was on fire. The clan were on holiday at the time, and rushed back to see the devastation.

In the latest series of Fletcher’s Family Farm on ITV, Kelvin and Liz visited the home ahead of reconstruction.

It’s understandably a very emotional task, as the couple attempted to take in how badly the blaze destroyed their belongings.

‘The smoke damage made the house unliveable’, Kelvin said in the voiceover.

‘Insurance rules meant the place had to stay untouched for months. But today’s a big moment, we can finally start clearing the site and begin the journey towards rebuilding.’

Kelvin reflected on ‘dealing with a lifetime of memories’ amid the clear out, and then admitted that he’s become ‘detached’ to the property as he’s waited so long to go back inside.

‘You walk past it, and I’ve just lost my connection, really, which is heartbreaking to say, but it was our home’, he added.

‘It was our dream home in many ways, and to have that disconnect, and you’re just so busy with everything else, and the process has been so long, it’s just finally good to turn a new page and finally start the rebuild.’

Kelvin and Liz spoke to Metro in 2024 about adapting to life as farmers.

‘There are moments, the landscape and the backdrops are like postcards’, Kelvin said.

‘There are so many times, just the other day, we had a really tough day with the animals and we had cows in for pregnancy testing, some had escaped, it was a whole day of everything going from bad to worse. Everybody gets those days but amid all of that, once Liz had gone home, I was in the woods and a family of deer were there, and I just sat and watched them for 20 minutes. That was amazing, it’s all worth it.

‘You forget all the mess before that! The sunrise, the sunset, whatever it might be and it’s all nature as well! They are the moments when you really appreciate the seasons and, like you say, those moments really make it all worthwhile.’

‘They have jumped in feet first’, Liz smiled as she reflected on how involved their children are with the farm.

‘They’re obsessed with the animals. Our youngest twin wants to be within the animals, Marnie has her own flock of sheep and she even wants to own her own field!