打造完美居所 第3季第3集 -娜塔夏與蓋爾 中文字幕
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你想要一個讓你活得
你所想要的生活方式嗎?
我的天啊!
我愛它!我愛它!
我愛它!
你有沒有想過
如果我把屋頂打破了怎麼辦?
這就像在邁阿密一樣
Don Johnson在哪裡?
我們回來了
我們比以前還要大
只有有問題的家庭
才能體驗到
這個奇妙的設計
才能讓建築師到達
六位不可思議的建築師
競爭著轉變家庭
表演時間
這太棒了!
這不可能的!
你贏了!
發生了什麼事?
整個過程非常刺激
這對我來說意義重大
驚人的設計方法
哇!
這太瘋狂了!
我愛它!
我現在想好好享受
很難形容
因為我們非常高興
感覺是完美的
今天要尋找設計
可以改變他們的生活
的建築師和項目經理
Natasha
我們怎麼樣了?
很好
我們去聊聊天嗎?
好啊
你真是個很英俊的情侶
我感覺很短
而且我穿了高跟鞋
我也穿了高跟鞋
很好
三歲的Kameya
跟著九歲的Sylvina
他們找到了夢想的家
在埃塞克沙漠的沙漠旁邊
但十八個月後
對他們來說
一切正在開始變好
看起來你們很投契
但你買房子在海邊
當你討厭沙
感覺是個很基本的錯誤
是的
沙漠裡的沙很堵塞
很難清潔
沙就在海邊
但不在我身旁
可以在外面安裝電源
更便宜
Natasha和Gail
從他們的倫敦樓
移居到這間四人牀
Edwardian Semi
excited by all the room
and the great outdoors
Look Kami
Moving out here is great
because we've got so much more space
Do you want to do another one?
You never kind of wonder
what we're going to do with the kids this weekend
because actually there's so much
just on our doorstep
There's going to be a lot of sand in your bag
I grew up in Belgium
Brussels
We met in London
five years ago
and you know
we lived together
You don't have to go to London
I don't know how to put it
Natasha和Gail
love Lianxi
Yummy, yummy
But the house is proving less than ideal
Let me get the knife quickly
The house kind of stops us from
cooking together
or play together
It's just preventing us
from being social with the children
It would be so much better
if we all enjoy it together
That's what it's all about
The hall leads first
to a period front room
then round the back of the staircase
to the kitchen
which opens to a corridor and bathroom
added in the 80s
Retracing steps back through the hall
leads to the dining room
And on the other side
the original 1930s garage
The kitchen did have a window
overlooking the garden
but it was lost to the add-on bathroom
And now having a kitchen
cut off from the house
is a big problem
especially for a young family
Because we've got smaller children
it does make you feel a bit anxious
when you can't really see where they are
The kitchen is just
it's like an island in itself
And the children can be in the garden
You can't see them
So you constantly have to go in and out
And a windowless kitchen
can be depressing
Do you want me to put some onions on it, Tash?
For the baby, don't be silly
If you're in the kitchen cooking
Which Gail does much more than I do
You can't see him
He's just kind of there on his own
facing a wall
And myself and the children
are in another space
You're just like punished
at the back there
You go there in the kitchen
And silence
Gail and Natasha have renovated
the family bathroom upstairs
This one downstairs, however,
is cold and impractical
I think it was once a cold shed
It's such a waste of space
And there's frustration
with the function in the dining room, too
It's kind of
an underutilized space
Or rather, I don't know
Maybe we're actually overutilizing
It's a big mishmash of everything
And between
a mix between dining room, storage,
playpen
We can't entertain people
as we would have loved to
And in the garage,
the family has so much stuff
To get at anything,
everything has to come out
So we've got Gail's kayak
that I got him
And my paddleboard
Kameya's bike
My bike
Go on, push, push, push
Tools, motorbike
Garden tools and whatnot
are cluttering
the garage
I get this out
I need more space for my stuff
Some invective system
needs to be fitted
I mean, if it was up to me,
I'd probably knock it down
We definitely need a storage space
That I don't deny
But I'd probably just have a shed
at the end of the garden
But storage isn't the only issue here, is it?
I hate sand
And every time we've got to go
through the front door
I don't have to put that sand
all over the place in the house
And, you know, having to clean it
all up behind us
It's just too much
The garage is just one point
of contention between this pair
Gail keeps talking about
some kind of sunken seated space
I like the idea of a sunken floor
beside the dining area
I think that would be a total waste
of investment, waste of money
And every penny counts
Natasha and Gail have taken out a loan
because they worry the kids will have grown
and gone by the time they've saved
We want to live here
for a long time
We see the kids growing up here
and us being here for ages
So we've got to get it right
Does it feel, Natasha,
like you have to rein Gail in a little?
Yeah
How do you feel about the sunken seating?
That's just not happening
I see how it works now
Every house is always the same
Having it on a slightly different level
would be quite, you know, unusually nice
Okay, and that's important, I think
for both of you
It's not just copy and paste
Absolutely
You know, you want your house
to be a little bit of a reflection
of who you are and your history
and where you come from, where you've been
who your kids are
Let's talk money
Budget is 50K
It's a lot of money
but a lot to do for that money
Yeah, we realise that
When you see these designs
what is the thing
that you will absolutely not compromise on?
It's got to be open, we've got to open it up
Then we need to have more storage
With six architects
all ready to pitch
There's a rare pool of talent
to pick from
And today, the two battling it out
for the instruction
are big-scale designer Damien Burrows
and innovator Lizzie Fraher
She's nice and calming
We love having her in the studio
When you're having a stressful call
with a contractor
Just give her a little rub
All calm
We don't have a dog
But I like this as a texture
So I have rubs
And it kind of does have the same effect
She makes me feel very calm
And influencing how we feel
is at the very heart of Lizzie's work
Great design is when you go into somewhere
and you feel that it means something to you
If it doesn't mean something to you, it's boring
It's like...
Damien's a really great designer
He's got lots of experience
So I'm excited to see
what he pulls out the bag for this one
If you ask my family and friends
I'd say that I was really competitive
Who wants to go into a competition
and not want to win?
Of course I want to win
So this is my version of a house
And then I like quite a grand door maybe
I'd go for an arch
It says a lot
Really? What does it say?
Big arrival, big presence
This is why you do what you're doing
That and emotional neglect
Damien is fond of a big statement himself
But behind it is a lot of planning
I am super organized
I have lists on lists on lists
I like to know what I'm doing
I won't go away on holiday
Until everything's booked in advance
During a normal architectural design process
You would come back and speak to the client
Several times, probably six to ten times
Before you've got the design right
This is different
You sit down with them once
You get one chance to listen to this
And then you pitch
And the decision is made on that
That means you've got to be really good
The architects are in Lyon C
To get a closer look
At Natasha and Gail's home
Damien heads straight to the back of the house
Drawn by a burst of color
To put this bold print up
It's look at me
This is personality
It's quite a statement
The problem is it's a dead end room
It's got a lot of functions
But it doesn't have a function
Moving on
Damien picks up the kitchen's vibe immediately
Whether it's getting something from the microwave
Making coffee
Making toast
Boiling the kettle
Boiling an egg
Washing up
And facing the wall
All the time
You have this much space
In between your face and the cupboard
It would make you feel isolated
And miserable
While Damien sees how separated the family is
Lizzy gets to know them
When I look around the house
I see color
I couldn't stand the house that was all bland
I used like a pastel color
It's because I want to
Put lots of artwork on the walls
I've lived in several countries
Mostly in Africa
There's quite a lot of influences from that
Is there anything you really don't like?
I hate poured concrete
She's wrong
Poured concrete is wonderful stuff
Why would you have a poured concrete floor
When you can get so many beautiful tiles
Concrete requires very little cleaning
No, no
She doesn't like it at all
I think it would be wonderful
I feel like I've got two strong characters
Even though there's tons of stuff in here
It's really well organized
All the paints in a row
All the saws, the tools
Everything's hung up
Someone is on top of it
It's freezing cold
And it doesn't feel inviting
But there's no reason why it shouldn't feel inviting
And it shouldn't feel as part of
Integrated into the house
With Damien set to seize Gayle's garage
Lizzie turns her attention
To what Kameya and Sylvina might need
They obviously have a space
Where they would like the children to play
Whilst they're cooking
So observation of young children
Is a classic thing
And it would be nicer if it wasn't just kind of
Tucked by the back of the fridge
Now he's eyed up the footprint
Damien tests the client's limit
How open plan
Is too much open plan
White box open plan
That's actually my nightmare
Is to have like a
That almost to me
Sounds like a really bland neutral space
I like texture, you know
Like fabric and color
The things I'm nervous about
With this particular project
Is creating the space that they need
But also having enough of the budget
Left to layer that up
With all of the texture and the warmth
And the materials
That Natasha's looking for
Gayle said very specific things
About the materials
And Natasha's felt quite nervous about those
And then obviously we've got
The bad relationship to the garden
So somehow I've got to
Try and juggle all those aspects
Turning an Edwardian plan
Into a modern social space
For £50,000
Will take real ingenuity
With two completely different solutions
Will Natasha and Gayle
Find a way forward
I guess with this house
It's so disconnected really
Particularly for a young family
Yeah we've got the space
The answer isn't always doing a massive extension
Because if you do the big extension
Does it help your existing spaces work
Lizzie you're up first
Okay
Okay good luck
I can't wait to see this one
While Lizzie pictures
Damian will be watching with me in the gallery
I feel for Lizzie
This must be nerve wracking
I feel like you might be projecting onto Liz
So how are you feeling
Very nervous
Oh no I'm super excited
Great well do you want to take a look
Okay then
Okay so we are in your existing dining room
Oh
It's a lot cleaner
It's tidier
The wallpaper
Lovely wallpaper is still there
You can see here that there was
Kind of problems with circulation
Back to your existing kitchen
The set bases aren't very sociable
They're not very connected to one another
And then this is a great view out
Towards the garden but it would be nice
To give other parts of the house
A little bit more of that connection
So my design really focuses
On looking at how we can make the spaces
Work in a more sociable way
So you ready to see my design
Yeah definitely
Okay let's see
Okay let's go
Oh my god
Hey wow
Oh my god
Oh
Look at that
Oh my god
That's pretty cool
Lizzie's knocked down sections of the wall
To link the dining room and kitchen
And allow flow between the spaces
Without losing the clear function of either
The old bathroom has gone
And Lizzie has extended out
To the side of the house
The new kitchen now connects
To the rest of the house
With a centrally placed playroom
Where the old kitchen was
And the dining room
That's such a better connection
With the kitchen isn't it
So you can see your kitchen
Through there where the old
Bathroom was
What it means is we're connecting
This dining room space
With the kitchen space
But we haven't blown this whole wall
Wide open
It's got its own separate identity
But it relates back to the dining room
And the dining room's got this
Amazing kind of social seating
That wraps around the edge of the space
With windows that look
Directly out over the garden
Oh my god
Look at that
You've got the storage
That you want to get
It's a lot of storage
And it's great
A little bit of bench seating
Yeah
And then you can see
To the left of the fireplace
Is a really large glazed door
That then takes you out to the garden
It's really wide
I love the way you've got the different spaces
But they all kind of flow through
And also you'll notice
The kitchen's on a different level
So you step down into the kitchen
What that does is it makes the space
Feel separate again
But also past the dining room
To enhance each room's separate identity
Lizzie's contrasted wood flooring
With tiles inspired by Ghanaian design
To chime with Natasha's heritage
So imagine you're sitting
In your dining room now
You've had an amazing
Three-course meal for say 20 guests
Then you put your table to the side
You start the music
And it becomes a really kind of
Social party dance space
The evening's closing in
You can pull back the bifold windows
Oh wow
I like the way the window opens
You just feel like you're totally outside
At the same time as being inside
Indeed yeah
We can entertain very very comfortably
In this
As an architect
You've got to take them on that journey
You've got to really put them in the space
And let them know how it feels
I want to see the rest of it
Okay then let's go
Now instead of being isolated
The kitchen is at the heart of the house
Linked to all the other areas
It's so cool
I really like it
I love it when you're
In front of the sink
And you've got the view of the garden
It's really really nice yeah
So these windows bifold back this way
The kitchen becomes part of the garden
The garden becomes part of the kitchen
You could set up your barbecue outside
You could be using this as a ledge
You could sit in
It's kind of a barstool area as well
I presume the barbecue is just
Right down there at the back
Yes barbecue is just there
Oh wow nice
So what's your relaxing having a nice glass of wine
Sitting at the bar then you're cooking
It's unbelievable
Really really nice
That's amazing
The more that they're in that space inside the VR
The more they're starting to understand it
The more they're starting to love it
It's not looking good is it
How different is yours from this
Quite different
As well as addressing the need for social spaces
Lizzie's challenge is to reconcile
A difference in taste too
I thought I'd like a black kitchen
But that really worked
All the fronts of the cabinets here
Are a rough sawn timber
So it softens it a bit
If you add texture to it it doesn't become so stark
The wall colour is a very very subtle pink
Wanted to warm it up slightly
I quite like it
I can really imagine the kids sitting at those stools there
When they're a bit bigger
Rather than that little tiny table we've got in the kitchen at the moment
It's amazing
And Lizzie's eye for detail
Doesn't preclude a feel for glamour
I've also done something extra with the ceiling
To make this space feel really special
Do you want to see
Oh my goodness
Oh wow
Did you bring in all the light
Because that's what's missing isn't it
It's wonderful
It's really really more than I asked for
It's really really great
I love it because it's like an atrium
Oh she's taken the ceiling up
And put a skylight in
Nice
So that's a little
A little vaulted ceiling
It's a really easy way
Of making a room go from
I mean a standard room
To being an exceptional room
Rather than have a flat roof
We can do something special with it
And it really creates a focus above the kitchen
Almost like a chapel to eating
If you're worried about cleaning up roof light
You can clean it from your first floor windows
She's quite a stickler for detail
Now you have to think about these things
Yeah
But also anticipating
That somebody's thinking that's lovely
Until the bird craps all over
It focuses view up as well as out towards the garden
So you're again
We're always stretching space
To make it work really hard for us
And she's not finished stretching just yet
I was thinking about three key spaces
Which is play, cook and entertain
Instead of Kameya and Sylvina
Being stuck on that little table by the fridge
Lizzie's turned the whole kitchen
Into their playroom
Oh this is perfect
We wanted to create something
Which is about play
Oh Lizzie it's like
Coolest thing ever
This is the darkest part of your house
So it can be kind of a snug cozy room
But then we've made this big opening
Out to the kitchen
And also you've got a lovely view onto the garden
So we're bringing the view of the garden
Right back into the house
This is my favourite room
I love it
It's her favourite place
I just worry with the amount of natural light
You'll get in there
Whether it's somewhere the kids
Will want to spend a lot of time
Wherever there's no natural light
I'd always put the stuff that don't need it
Like your bathrooms and utilities
You don't want to take the goggles off do you
Back into reality
I am so relieved
I'm so relieved it's done
I was really surprised
About actually how much they loved the playroom
At the end
I thought the focus would be on the sociable spaces
Now after a sizzling pitch from Lizzie
Can Damien tempt Natasha and Gail
With his take
Shall we go in
OK show time
So here we are
In your existing front dining room
It's very clean
We had a little spruce round before you came
Actually come to think of it
We just need a cleaner
For me I think this is probably
One of the nicest rooms that you've got in the house
I just think the only issue is
It's a real trudge to get to the garden
When we have parties etc
It's not very comfortable for everybody
So what we need to do
Is try and connect it to the rest of the house
Yeah you're right
But you've got a long wish list
For a relatively tight budget
So how do we get the most out of that
We've had to think
A little bit differently
Before Damien reveals his design
He needs to explain the core idea
That makes it possible
OK
Let's go
And these are its bare bones
What is that
Oh my god
Look at the space you've got
It's like a hole
Really huge
Oh
He's mowing down
I'm a little bit shocked by how big that is
Damien swept away
Almost all of the internal walls
And expanded to create
One big 35 meter square space
When you start off building an extension
A lot of the money can go into the ground
So you've got to dig down
To your foundations
But we raise all the floor up
And then putting a simple lean-to structure
In timber on the side of the house
I just can't get over how big it is
Is this actually possible
You'll notice that we've gone up
A couple of steps
Now all that does is it creates a void
Underneath all of this floor
Which means we don't have to go into the ground
To dig out for all the services
The green pipes are your sort of soil
Your water
And then the red is metal conduit
To connect electrical points
It's a really good idea
How you hide the ugly bits
Kind of like, you know, underwear
VPL
That's it, surface VPL
That's smart design
And then you've got your sunken floor
Look
We lifted all the rest of the house
To give you your sunken floor
It just means you've got more money to play with
Amazing, that's so cool
I really want to see the rest
A timber frame can be cheaper
Than traditional construction
And using it as a financial saving
For his design, Damien's ready
To reveal his vision
OK, let's go
Oh my god, wow
That's amazing
Turn in here
Oh wow
Frankie likes it
It's amazing
I like the steps to come up
To go to, look at the kitchen
It's completely changed
It's amazing
I love it
It's very different
On the timber frame
Damien's given Natasha and Gail
A 17-metre square kitchen-diner
With steps down
To the sunken seating area
You've still got
A separate dining room here
You've got the connections through
You can be cooking
You've got a bench area here
Where the kids can do their colouring in
Damien's knocked through the kitchen
To the dining room
Creating an opening to what is now
A sunken living room
So you had your French doors
Out here before
We've kept the same lintel in the top
You've chased it down
We've brought some bricks up
And here you've just got a massive
Great big picture window
That looks out over the garden
It's just amazing
And the best thing is this area here
You could double as a dance floor
We've got a sunken dance floor
You're ready to go
It's so different to what it is
It's really really impressive
I can't wait to actually see the kitchen
And it's really from their new kitchen-diner
That Damien can show off
Just how much extra space
He's given Natasha and Gail
This is amazing
We are really really amazing
I love the beams
Like this
It actually looks like it was here forever
You can see all of the structure
That we're getting another use out of
And here it just frames it
So it's like you're in this
Beautiful sort of ribbed room
And you've got
Look at the copper sink
And the taps
It looks amazing
Is it actually going to be this big
Well that's the reason for using the timber frame
Raise it up, stay out of the ground
Timber frame construction
It means that what we're not putting in there
And using on the drainage
We can spend on the extra space
That looks fantastic
It looks beautiful
And the connection back through to the living spaces as well
He's really surprised
The nice thing about design is
It opens up an understanding of their house
They didn't have
Often when a client has a house
They're so used to the set formation of their rooms
They don't really understand
How wide their site is or how long it is
It's only when it's totally transformed
That they become aware of the boundaries
Of what they actually own
The kitchen diner
Gets light through the garden window
But Damien has found a way of getting even more
So if you look out
It's amazing
Absolutely perfect
These are just standard roof lights
It's not bespoke glazing
But when you put them in between those ribs
All of a sudden they take on
A whole different meaning
It's amazing
That's way better than I expected
With overhead windows
Letting in three times more light
Than regular ones
The kitchen will be super bright
They're excited though by this
They are
I'm feeling a little bit nervous
And Damien has a final trick up his sleeve
You wanted another entrance
To the building as well, didn't you?
So there's no sand when you're coming in
From the beach
So if you just have a little look behind you
Is it the space for real?
Come on
Wow
So that's his garage space
With all the storage
It's quite futuristic
It is
Damien's replaced the old garage
And fire doors connect directly
To the kitchen and to a new utility
And shower room
And the garage has its own water supply
For cleaning off sandy kit
So you can come in through the door there
You take your shoes off
You can rinse your feet down
You can hang your coat up
Wow, my god
It's absolutely perfect
Really
If only you're living in there
I live in there
I'm lost for words
I can't answer anything more
Oh, well, back in the room
I want to stay back there
Can we go back there?
All I'm going to say is
They're very fickle
Because they did
Say that Damien could probably just head off
After they saw yours
I don't think he'll be heading off
Well, we'll see
Nat and Gail now have the tricky decision
Of who's designed to go for
Lizzy's series of rooms
Flooded with light
From a glamorous atrium
Or Damien's ginormous kitchen-diner
And sunken living room
What I love about Lizzy's
Is that space for the kids
That's snug
Which can always be their space
In different ways as they grow older
She's nailed that family living
But I'm leaning towards Damien
I have to say
The island
With the hub there
In the middle
The friends right the way around
And us, the kids and family
I just wonder if
Is it really deliverable on our budget
Reaching a decision
Has been a real struggle
I mean, there isn't a magic money tree
I think that's what we came to the conclusion
Balancing hearts and heads
What I really liked about Lizzy's design
Is you have this series of
Interconnecting rooms
And that's like a Ghanaian kind of tradition
In comparison with Damien
He exploded the space
The thing is, the architects
They're sort of dreamers
Damien is a dreamer
It turns out that we're mad enough
To actually fall for it
They're both good designs
But Damien's just
It nailed everything that we needed
But is it a stretch too far
Damien said
If you can't quite afford it now
There is a way of like
Just leaving a baby house
Without it being too irritating
When they've saved more money
Gail will finish the utility and wet room himself
And that's lucky
That I'm the best plumber in London
Now four weeks into the build
Gail and Natasha have made one
Significant alteration to the plans
Basically the original design
Was timber built
But the building company
They advised us to go with
The old traditional brick and mortar
So we've sunk
A lot of the foundations and the works
And that means
We haven't got a sunken floor
In the dining area
So it's going to be a flat floor
The whole way through
Which is a tragedy for me
It's a tragedy
The builder quoted the same
For foundations as a timber platform
But things are tight
And it's testing the project manager's mettle
If there's the slightest problem
That comes up in the build
I don't know what we're going to do
So we had to kind of have those
Conversations about
Do we really need a contingency on the build
If the costs are escalating
We can just not finish this bit
And it'll be fine
I thought you said it was going to be sunny
It's not looking the best is it
It's atmospheric and moody
Four months on
And Damien and I are back in Lianxi
To find out whether thinking big
Has paid off for Natasha and Gail
They've got a lot of style
Don't they this pair
I mean they know what they like
Sometimes they differ a bit
I did want this one because
Do you remember this wonderful sort of palm wallpaper
And anyone that says to me
I want a Miami Vice living room
You're like sign me up
The Edwardian house was full of character
But far from the sociable family home
That Natasha and Gail needed
The cut off windowless kitchen
Was a miserable place to be
And with young children
Especially impractical
The dining room served no clear purpose comfortably
And valuable space was wasted
So the budget was
Tight
Top priority
Kitchen, social space, wow factor
That's three
They're all top priority
Hello
We have been to the beach briefly
Do we need a hose down first
Damien
Wipe your feet
Damien's ambitious design
Cleared away internal walls
And extended establishing a huge
Social space for the family
And for their friends
But is so much achievable
In reality
Oh my
It's so
Colourful
It is
It's nice isn't it
You walk in
And your whole spirit just goes bang
Before the kitchen and dining
Come everything room
Were separated by the hall
Now internal walls
And the downstairs bathroom
Have come down and an extension to the rear
And side return have gone up
Creating one huge space
With defined areas for cooking, dining
And relaxing
It's so bright
How does it feel now
It's awesome
You know you just walk in here
Lovely little house
And that's how it is
It kind of unfolds now
The old dining room
Felt too cramped for the parties
Natasha and Gail loved throwing
It was just messy
It was a corridor
Walking through a corridor
With like kids island either side
Now it couldn't be
More inviting
So
Comfortable now
You could get what
20-30 people in here
9 people can sit comfortably on the bench
That was the thing wasn't it
That social the kind of sense of
This house as a place
Filled with people and music
And noise
Give it a couple of weeks
Instead of using
The original chimney breast
To connect the new sitting room and kitchen
As Damien imagined
Natasha and Gail have lost more of the wall
But stopped short of complete removal
That idea of having
A kind of room breaker
Particularly with kids
You want somewhere that you could tuck things
What you could have done
Is just knocked out the biggest opening possible
And what's really lovely here
Is it still feels like it's two different rooms
Unfortunately the only thing that's missing
Is the
Sunken floor
Damien's timber platform
Would have housed the new services
And as a by-product
Given Gail the sunken seating area
He craved
So what happened yes
Because that was a big thing
It was the reality of building
It's really hard to get a builder to do it
It's something that builders are getting
A lot more used to doing on domestic projects
But it's still got a way to go
Natasha and Gail have tweaked
The original plans
But there's one element
Look at my view out here
They wouldn't change for love nor money
You've got those gorgeous kind of
Slanted windows
And all those beautiful trees
I have to tell you
The chief builder
Decided to actually do the same
For his next extension
For his house
He said this is his favourite building
Here's the address so I can send the invoice
Damien's bi-fold doors
Reconnect the kitchen to the garden
And his glazing above the doors
Increases the volume and airiness inside
Gail for you
Because obviously you love cooking
And entertaining
And you were stuck in there
Facing the wall in the dark room
Damien didn't stop with the bi-folds
He introduced yet more light
By pushing the ceiling up to the rafters
And fitting skylights
As a space for a kitchen
How does it feel sort of stood there
That side cooking
It's like my stage
It's just so nice
Having the light coming through
You can see the sun
And the clouds and the birds
It's wonderful
It's gorgeous
It kind of doesn't feel like
Cooking is a chore
Or anything like that anymore
Because the kids actually
Often come up here
And are sat here
It's really cool
And having that kind of connection
Isn't it
Because before
They were over here
You were over here
It felt quite disconnected
Beautiful
To look at this living space
It's hard to believe
That Damien has extended
By a relatively modest
Seven square meters
Given that we haven't lost
Any of the outdoor space
Bar this section here
It's wild what they've gotten
It's just about reconfiguring that space
The kitchen was in the darkest part of the house
So all you need to do
Look at it and plan first things
Where's the light coming from
How can I make this space work better
Push all of the things
Where you don't need light deep into the plan
And bring all the areas
Where you really want to be together
Bring those out to the edge
Apart from thriving in the light
Gail has another reason
To love his kitchen
It was so daunting
To actually imagine
How to put it together
And everything
Because I fitted the kitchen
Yep, Gail built the whole thing
With his very own hands
It's a huge kitchen
To fit yourself
So hats off to you
Because this has got shadow gaps
Everything's so plump
It's a really difficult kitchen to fit
The fact that you did this on your own
Is absolutely incredible
It's gorgeous
But this was quite difficult
To actually install as well
Because obviously the ceiling is not flat
So to get it right
Took a little while
How many times did you have to walk away from it
When you were just about to go like this
At least ten times
There were plenty of times
I'd find him going
What do I do next
And I'd be like you can do it, it's fine
It feels like the whole back of the house
Is just window
It's completely connected to the garden
It is, you can almost fall out
Of this window
Natasha and Gail have nabbed
Lizzie's bifold windows
It just kind of opens up everything
Yeah
Which they loved on site
It feels like you're literally outside
I absolutely love this window
Even today
It's not the height of summer
But you can kind of just love
Being in and out at the same time
It's funny, everyone who walks into this house
Is like oh my god, does that window actually open
Yes it does
What are you most looking forward to doing in here
The kids come home from school
You can have dinner
They can be doing their homework at the table
Playing
Actually hanging out together
You're already in here
I mean you literally
We are here
You need stamina don't you
Absolutely
I think if you had the whole package
Kind of organized with somebody else
You could just accept the journey
When you've got to come in and do
Like Gail had to do the floor
And the kitchen and the bench
And lots of bits and pieces
Of the plumbing on the way
You've got that kind of journey
To sort of get through as well
Gail got properly stuck in didn't she
She really really did
You're very proud of Phil
He's done really really well
And if design perfection
Were ever attainable
It's got to be right here
In Gail's garage
This is a purpose built room
For you to hose down your feet
I had to get rid of the sand from the beach
I can't stand it
Okay you really can't
They were like many other people
Like it's standard now
It's still got to be practical
For my tools
For the beach gear
For my kayak
And the motorbike
The height of it is quite dramatic
For practical reasons again
We can hang the bikes on the wall
And you didn't want to have to
Duck under your kayak
Yeah precisely
So it's just as it should be for me
That's the ultimate luxury isn't it
Yeah
And why not
Ideal for what it's made for
And yeah I'm happy
Okay Baba
Take a little bit with the spoon
So with the new living area now complete
How did the finances hold up
The budget
Was 50,000 right
How did that go
It didn't fare very well
We blew the budget
Okay I think there was always that question
About 50,000 but is it enough to do
What do we want
And basically we've got everything
Almost there
So yeah we spent
70
So it's quite a lot
Not way over
But it's probably worth a bit more than that
Because Gail fit the kitchen
Did the floor
Will fit the bathroom
Will do the utility
So some of the extra work
Yeah sure we've done ourselves
But I suppose it's the difference between
Going for a really basic spec
And just more of a quality finish
So that cost a little bit more
We almost didn't compromise
Much for the quality of product
That we wanted
And as Natasha said
Utility and bathroom
Work in progress
Phase two
Phase two that's right
And then there will be the garden
Phase three
At least you're able to sit in phase one
And go
At last
You can breathe
Cam do you want some strawberries
Are you hungry Camille
Natasha and Gail have taken
Damian's design and run with it
To get both the scale
And the standard of finish
Their hearts were set on
It is better than we expected
You've got all this space
The roof, the ceiling
You walk in and you're like
It's got that kind of
That wow factor
