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Welcome to DIY SOS. This week, in Chippenham, me and this lot...

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Well, me, this lot,

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and this lot of big-hearted volunteers have just

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nine days to take a house apart and put it back together again.

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In order to bring a family back together again.

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LAUGHTER

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Yes, this is DIY SOS, The Big Build.

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-Oh...and me.

-There's a shock!

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We're here to reunite the Jenkins family - Sue, Lois and Harry.

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Sue's eldest son, Jay, has been in hospital for the last year.

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He collapsed after suffering a traumatic brain injury

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whilst playing rugby for his school team in the spring of 2009.

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They came out to my car and said,

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"Oh, Sue, Jay's had a funny turn," so I drove my car across

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the front of the clubhouse and went into the changing room

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and he was on the floor, foam coming out of his mouth.

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I knew it was more than a funny turn.

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Jay was flown to hospital to have a blood clot removed from his brain.

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He survived the operation, but his condition was critical.

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They said he had a 1% chance of living for the first four weeks.

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He was totally life supported for the first week

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and, on the seventh day, they said I either turn off the life-support machine

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or give aggressive treatment and I went out to his bedside after that meeting.

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And I just put my hand on his right shoulder and said,

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"Jay, come on, you've got to get up and breathe, you've got to go out!" and he took his first breath.

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It was just like a bad dream and like, none of it was really real,

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and it was just so upsetting knowing

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that our brother could've died, but I'm so glad he didn't.

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The first couple of days, I just really wanted to wake up,

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because I thought I was asleep, but obviously not.

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We've always been a very close family.

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We always say we're the four Musketeers.

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I've been a single mum for 11 years now

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and we've always been very close. I mean, Jay, being the eldest,

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he was more like a father figure for Lois and Harry as well.

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So, for them, it's been quite a shock for them not having him around

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in that respect and for me, obviously,

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he was just so grown up and just a friend as well as a son,

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you know, which...

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(Don't cry.)

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Mum and Jay were just so close. He used to just come home from school

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and just crash on my mum's bed and just fall asleep talking to my mum.

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They were just really close together.

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Just I really miss... I really miss him.

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Anyway...

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'Jay's condition is now stable, but to get him home, Sue's had to move her family and buy a new house

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'that can be specifically adapted for Jay's needs.'

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Long-term, is he going to be all right?

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-I think so.

-You think he can fight back against all of this?

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I've got a lot of belief in God. I know that God heard me when I cried out, when the helicopter took off.

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I know for a fact. And I've got massive belief and faith

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that God's in control and got him in his hand and he's going to be OK.

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But you've also got to have a life for your...

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-for the two others, Harry and Lois.

-Mm-hm.

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It's only in the past couple of months, actually,

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I've realised I shouldn't feel guilty about taking them places and having fun, because...

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because Jay's missing out, you know?

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Because we haven't really done anything for...

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until about the past month, since we moved here.

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But it's quite a hard one to...

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to realise that I shouldn't feel guilty about doing things.

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HER VOICE BREAKS

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And that life's got to go on, really.

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Jay wouldn't want us to have no life just because he's in the predicament he's in at the moment.

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-Still going to be a long road, isn't it?

-Mm, yeah.

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It'll take as long as it takes and I say to him all the time,

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I'll be with him every step of the way until he's back on his feet.

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What is it that you need doing to this house? It's not bad, in terms of open plan.

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We've got a living room, dining room area, a decent size.

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What is it that you need doing to this house and why?

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He needs a bedroom, he needs a wet room, big enough because he's 6 ft 4.

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And we need a porch to put his wheelchair in,

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and some lockable cupboards for his medical supplies and everything.

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'Sue and the kids are moving out, so we can move in.

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'We've got a massive challenge to get this house fit for purpose in just nine days.'

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All right, so how much can we do to this?

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I don't know how... What are we going to do?

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-Shall I tell you?

-I'm looking and thinking there's not much that we can do to it.

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There's huge amounts! It's important, when Jay comes out of hospital,

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he has full accessibility on the ground floor to be very much part of the family again.

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'Our first task is to make some big structural changes downstairs.

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'We're taking out a wall to create a new, open-plan family room.

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'We're building an extension on the back of the house for Jay's bedroom,

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'wet room and to provide separate wheelchair access.

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'Julia's design needs to be functional and practical as well as easy on the eye.

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'We also want to do something special with the garden, as this will be Jay's window on the world.

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'But this story isn't just about Jay. We want to do something for the rest of the family as well.

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'So, as a one-off booking, we're bringing in an extra designer with bells and whistles.

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'We've pushed the boat out and booked a national treasure,

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'a star interior designer with unrivalled experience and hair.

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'Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen is a household name,

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'best known for restyling the nation's homes with a garish, trademark flair.

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'He dresses like a modern-day Beau Brummell.

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'He's been commissioned by moguls and millionaires but not for a while by the BBC.

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'But today, we're letting him loose on an ex-council house in Chippenham.

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'He's got his own unique style, but remember,

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'the Jenkins family can paint over it if they don't like it.'

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-Come inside, come forward, say hello.

-It's like the seven dwarfs.

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-You can approach! Come in.

-Meet our designer Julia.

-Very, very nice to meet you.

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-Do you want to meet Billy, or would you rather not?

-Right...

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-Let's go!

-LAUGHTER

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-This is mum's room.

-Obviously, very, very plain,

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and you get a real sense from this that,

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with all that's been going on over the last year, the last thing

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that she's going to think about is making a space for herself, time for herself, a treat for herself.

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'Whilst Julia's doing downstairs, Laurence has to transform

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'three bedrooms from blank canvas to bespoke boudoirs in a few days.

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'He must complement the practical and pragmatic design downstairs

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'with something indulgent and impressive upstairs.'

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I know a lot of people that would be extremely happy to help with something like this.

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So there's a particular... Mum wants...

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she's definitely going to get some kind of five-star,

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very, very elegant, very indulgent, very grown-up, feminine space,

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then we'll have a bit of fun for Lois and Harry.

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'This is a build of two halves, combining functionality and beauty.

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'Downstairs we've got to create a space that caters for Jay's special needs

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'but also retains the feel of a home for the rest of the family.

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'Upstairs, Laurence's here to give Sue, Harry and Lois

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'tailor-made treats in their bedrooms.

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'We've only got nine days for a job that should take six weeks,

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'so we need to clear the decks and get a move on.'

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-My fan's turned up!

-HE LAUGHS

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'Jules, Matt, Mark, Chris and Billy are here to do the business.

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'They're good, but not that good, and so to stand a chance

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'of getting the job done on time, they'll need a lot of help.

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'Not only are the Jenkins' family and friends lending a hand,

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'but a bunch of local trades have given their time for a good cause.'

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My wife's a teacher in the local school

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and she saw your advert that had gone up

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and said I should go and get involved with that.

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-You're local trade?

-Yes, just in Chippenham.

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-All right. And you've come along to help out?

-Yeah, yeah.

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-I saw the advert and just phoned up and came along.

-Lovely, thank you very much.

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'First up, Laurence needs to consult with his new clients about their design tastes.

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'We're keeping Sue in the dark about her room, so Laurence will have a free rein in there.

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'But the children have clear views on colour schemes.'

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What things would you like to see? What colours would you like? What sort of things do you dig?

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-Well, my favourite colour's blue.

-Right.

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-What kind of blue? Sky blue?

-Yes, sky blue.

-Very good.

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Right, now, Lady Lois.

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What about your passion palace, your boudoir?

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-She wants a night disco in her room.

-Really? We'll see what we can do.

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Well, I don't know.

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-Colours.

-Black and white.

-Right. OK. Any accent on that at all?

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-Flowery...

-Flowery?

-Kind of black-and-white.

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-I don't know.

-Yeah? If you had to put a colour with black and white,

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what would you put in?

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-Um... I don't know.

-The nation is on tenterhooks!

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What is she going to say?

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-SHE LAUGHS

-Um... I don't know.

-Pink?!

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-No. Purple?

-I like purple, but I'm not sure.

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-Blue?

-Nah.

-Green?

-I like green.

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Good. Jade would be very good with black-and-white.

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'Really?! I think I'll reserve judgement on that one.

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'Back at the house, the extension is starting to take shape.

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'It's like a massive flat-pack and three guys have to construct it in just two days.

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'Pretty impressive by anyone's standards.

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'At the front of the house, the well-dressed - well, the over-dressed one - is back.'

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What are you doing? I can't stand by and have you carrying things like that.

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-Don't you mind your nails.

-Yeah, well...

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What surprises me is that such a relatively small house can yield such a lot of rubbish.

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-Why are you making her carry things?

-Julia, excuse me.

-Excuse me.

-Just give us a lift up here.

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Do you want to do this one?

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-That's it. Come on, you boy, you!

-That's it. Look at that.

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Just don't tell anyone, OK? Just don't tell anyone.

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LAUGHTER

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Do you not have to do this when on site?

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Obviously, I'm always happy to help and that's why I'm wearing tweed(!)

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-LAUGHTER My work-wear.

-Yeah, I can see that.

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But you... I mean, um... I do feel...

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I know it's very old-fashioned, but it is odd to see a wonderful,

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-gorgeous, glamorous lady like yourself carting bits.

-Glamorous? Hmm...

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-I remember glamorous.

-Big bits of masonry. Look at you.

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-Not really glamorous any more.

-The more you stand next to him, the more glamorous you become.

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'What Laurence has failed to grasp is the bag of spanners look is de rigeur on site this season.

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'Just look at father-and-son kitchen fitters, Steve and Kyle.

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Not only have they given up their time to help with the build, but have dressed appropriately.'

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-I understand you know the family.

-Yeah. My, um...

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one of my son's knows the lad who's got injured.

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-Jay?

-Yeah. That's why we got involved with it.

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Make a big difference, if we can get this sorted.

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If he gets to come home, and they hope that'll improve his chances of recovery.

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Sue's in a crazy situation at the moment.

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She can't get him home until this is done.

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But she's got to get him home, so it's got to be done.

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'I couldn't have put it better myself.

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'We've made a great start to the build thanks to the local trades.

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'We've managed to wreck the house. Tomorrow, we can start putting everything back together.'

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'Day two, and the team are moving from destruction to construction.

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'The steel beams to support upstairs are going in like a treat, and outside, one of our many supporters

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'is delivering something else that will go down a treat.'

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-Cakes.

-Cakes?

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-Just baked this morning! Just baked now.

-Look at that!

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Would you like one with your tea? Go on, you haven't...

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-You haven't had anything sweet all week.

-I'm trying not to...

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-Shall I peel it for you?

-I just think I'm going to have to.

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-They're still hot in the middle.

-Oh, man!

-Oh, look!

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You know you're not allowed cakes, don't you(?)

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-Laurence, do you want a cake?

-Do I want what?

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-Would you like a cake?

-A what?

-A cake?

-Cake!

-A kick?

-Yeah, a cake.

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-I assume this is a joke, isn't it?

-No, this lady's just made us cake.

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Oh, cake! Oh, thank you, that's very sweet.

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That's lovely. Thank you. That's very kind.

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As you can see, they do need fattening up.

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'The roof's the most complicated part of the extension

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'as every piece of wood has to be cut and shaped individually.

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'The brickwork's going up at a rate of knots.

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'These guys don't know Jane, but have taken time off to help out.'

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Maz, Andy and Colin have been doing the brickwork for us.

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When they came in yesterday, we said, "How fast can you go?" And they said 1,000 a day.

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Didn't get started until 4 o'clock yesterday,

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and they reckon they'll do 1,600 today, because they're trying to pick up speed.

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And this wall's coming up really nicely.

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-How's it going, boys, all right?

-Not too bad at all.

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'If only it were going so well indoors.'

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-What's that, then?

-Lovely windows.

-Who put that structural beam in there, when I wasn't looking?

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-Well...

-The roof people?

-It's on the roof.

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-Did you not think that through?

-That's news to me.

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-Well, hold on a minute. Um...

-No.

-Clearly not.

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-I didn't know that was going there.

-Ah! Is that a problem?

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-Well, it is a little bit, because our windows won't fit now.

-Hang on a second! Where's...?

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-Where's Miller?

-Here we go. I didn't measure them.

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It is my fault. Pencil in the air, it is my fault. I didn't know that that beam was going up there.

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-Unless you leave it as part of what you look out at.

-No, that's silly.

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Put some lights up there. It would look lovely, that, into the room.

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Or put a couple of nails in and hang your dishcloths. That's where the sink's going.

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-Take those blocks out and lower it.

-Right, so that's done.

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'You'd think we were making it up as we went along.'

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I mean, it's quite a tricky, small space, but it's the biggest room.

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'Upstairs are people with notepads and measuring tapes.

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'Laurence is the perfect booking for this job.'

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Talking about black-and-white, which is extraordinarily stylish.

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A green accent, weirdly. You know, like a jade or a chartreuse.

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'This family need to be wrapped up in luxury and, with the help of his studio director, Julie,

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'Laurence will bring glitz and glamour to this box-shaped house.'

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We're going to use curtains going right the way across.

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It's so weird the way that architects build these houses

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with the window completely to one side like that.

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Actually, it feels really incongruous,

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so if we have floor-to-ceiling curtains,

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I think that's going to improve the sense of space here and make the room feel a lot bigger.

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In here, come.

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The whole idea is to create something that feels very

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like a sanctuary. Very serene, very elegant.

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Make a really very grand statement with the bed.

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Either a big floor-to-ceiling headboard,

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upholstered headboard, or some kind of drapery around it.

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'He's quite bossy with her, isn't he?

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'With everything we're doing, we hope to change this family's lives.

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'After a traumatic year, they deserve a break.

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'Harry and Lois have spent a lot of time apart from their mum while Sue has visited Jay in hospital.

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'They need some fun together and remind themselves they're still a family.'

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They're quick, aren't they? They're hopping up like monkeys.

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They are. They've always been like monkeys since they were young.

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-Have you been to this park before?

-Yes, but didn't come here.

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We were over by the beach about three years ago.

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-So, Jay would have been with you?

-Yes.

-Is it strange to come back?

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It is, actually. When we first drove in, I was like...

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-Last time we were here, Jay was here. But we'll come back again when he's ready.

-Yes.

-Definitely.

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Oh, look, she's shaking, bless her!

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OK, try and kick your legs over. That's it. One leg.

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Good boy. Two legs. Now wave to Mum.

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Have you told Jay we're here and what's going on at the house and that DIY SOS is around?

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Yeah. Every day I say about it and tell him what's happening.

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I've taken videos on my phone. Obviously, I can't now, cos it's all a big secret.

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-Yeah.

-But yeah, when I show him, he opens his eyes and he watches.

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He even tracks my phone when I move it around. He's watching it.

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-You're fairly sure he knows what's going on and what we're doing?

-Hmm.

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-Well done!

-APPLAUSE

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How is it seeing them hopping about and jumping about and having a chance to do something physical?

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It's lovely to see them enjoying themselves actually. Really lovely.

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It just makes me realise I need to do it more often with them.

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Come on, you can do it.

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'A new day, a new roof. Every single bit of wood has been made to measure

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'and there's the added complexity of supporting the special equipment Jay will need.'

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How's it going? I've been watching and it's probably the most complex roof I've seen in a long time.

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It is pretty complex, but we've got there in the end.

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The three different pitches are different. The angles are different?

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Everything is different, yes. You've got one pitch on this end,

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a small elevation with another pitch and you've got the side there,

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-That's a different pitch again.

-What's the hammering for up here?

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They're being beefed up, because there is a special hoist going in.

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Yeah, this is the hoist, so they can put him into bed.

0:18:510:18:54

-Exactly.

-When he comes home, you can move him around, cos he's a fair old size. He's 6 ft 4.

0:18:540:18:59

-So that's the purpose of these extra heavy beams. Lovely, thank you very much.

-Cheers.

0:18:590:19:05

'Upstairs, Billy's trying to throw light on Laurence's flamboyant designs.

0:19:050:19:11

'They may look like works of art, but the lack of technical detail is confusing our electrical friend.'

0:19:110:19:16

-He's got two hanging lights here.

-Yeah.

0:19:160:19:19

We don't know the size of the bed, not sure where the bed's going.

0:19:190:19:22

-We believe the middle of the room.

-There is a picture there.

0:19:220:19:26

Yeah, a lovely picture, but we're used to a picture with dimensions.

0:19:260:19:31

'Laurence is taken a huge risk leaving his design plans open to interpretation by Billy.

0:19:310:19:37

'Julia's taking no chances in the garden. She has drafted in a husband and wife garden design team

0:19:370:19:43

'to help create a vivid and stimulating space for Jay and the family.'

0:19:430:19:48

We've got plans for a lovely deck area outside the house.

0:19:480:19:51

A low sloping ramp going through to a lower deck area with a lovely L-shaped sitting area and a pergola.

0:19:510:19:56

Lots of nice plants, things that smell nice and sound nice.

0:19:560:20:00

It's really important for me that we create as much of a sensory garden as we possibly can,

0:20:000:20:04

because that's really going to help Jay with his rehabilitation.

0:20:040:20:07

That all sounds really exciting.

0:20:070:20:09

You've got your work cut out for you, haven't you?

0:20:090:20:12

You say "we". It's that one over there, really.

0:20:120:20:14

Poor hubby. Do you not get your hands dirty as well, then?

0:20:140:20:17

I don't get my hands dirty!

0:20:170:20:19

-There's something very wrong, clearly.

-I do the airy-fairy planting bits.

0:20:190:20:23

Well, it's just as important.

0:20:230:20:25

'Indoors, Julie and Chris and their mates are like pigs in plaster.'

0:20:290:20:33

Happy!

0:20:370:20:38

-How old are you?

-I'm 63 in November.

0:20:380:20:41

-Are you really 63?

-Yes.

0:20:410:20:43

You thinking of retiring at any stage?

0:20:430:20:45

Not really, no. I enjoy working and having a good craic with the lads.

0:20:450:20:49

-Are your arms extra-long?

-Do you want me to show you?

0:20:490:20:54

Come here. Put your trowel down. They all take the mickey out of me, right.

0:20:540:20:57

-I haven't been plastering as long as you. I've only been plastering 23 years.

-Yeah, OK.

0:20:570:21:02

-But doing ceilings and that, you adapt. Your shoulder.

-Probably, yeah.

0:21:020:21:05

Right, so I got extremely long arms.

0:21:050:21:07

-So the way we measure it, you see...

-Not face to face, is it?

0:21:070:21:10

Come here.

0:21:100:21:12

-The way we measure your wingspan...

-Are you winding me up?

0:21:120:21:15

No, no, no. I'm going to do it for you.

0:21:150:21:18

Look, that's my wingspan.

0:21:180:21:20

And that's my height. Yeah? Now, your arms should be the same length as your height.

0:21:200:21:25

If I do mine, for example.

0:21:250:21:27

They call me gibbon baboon man.

0:21:300:21:33

Look at that, see, it's the same.

0:21:330:21:35

My wingspan is the same as my height.

0:21:350:21:39

Go on, have a go. Do the best possible you can reach.

0:21:390:21:42

Got it? There you go.

0:21:420:21:44

Have we got it? Now, go on, tell the truth.

0:21:440:21:46

Yes, boom! My hero!

0:21:460:21:49

See, it's years of plastering.

0:21:490:21:52

-I still think there's some orang-utan in the family somewhere.

-It's a pleasure to meet you.

0:21:520:21:56

'Up on the roof, the felting is going on,

0:21:580:22:00

'which means the tiling can start tomorrow, and it's only day three.'

0:22:000:22:04

All done? All finished?

0:22:040:22:06

-Finished.

-Thank you very much.

0:22:060:22:08

And, Margaret, group hug? Group hug!

0:22:080:22:10

Not me, you fool, him.

0:22:120:22:16

Isn't that a beautiful thing?

0:22:160:22:18

'If it weren't for all the help we're getting,

0:22:220:22:25

'we wouldn't stand a chance of turning this job around in just nine days,

0:22:250:22:28

'and we wouldn't be here if it weren't for Jay's friends.'

0:22:280:22:31

-Danielle, right?

-Yeah.

-Who wrote in? Yeah. Why did you write in?

0:22:310:22:35

Um, cos one of my friends mentioned they wanted to do it, and they just didn't get round to it.

0:22:350:22:39

I thought it would be the right thing to do at the time.

0:22:390:22:42

And I'm friends with Lois, and my brother's best friends with Jay's little brother.

0:22:420:22:46

-So Harry's always at our house now.

-Is he?

-Yeah.

0:22:460:22:50

Have you seen what's going on in there?

0:22:500:22:52

-Inside?

-Yeah. What do you think?

-Amazing.

-It's good.

0:22:520:22:56

They're going to be so shocked.

0:22:560:22:57

-You think it will make a big difference?

-Yeah.

-They deserve this.

0:22:570:23:00

That's what we're here for, 'to make a difference. Whether it be digging a hole,

0:23:000:23:05

'wielding a hammer,

0:23:050:23:06

'or installing a kitchen unit, every little helps.'

0:23:060:23:10

I'm now about to join the merry crew of workers. I'm here in my work wear.

0:23:100:23:14

I'm wearing my work tweeds.

0:23:140:23:15

I've even got my work cufflinks on.

0:23:150:23:18

These have the added advantage of being silver bullets,

0:23:180:23:21

and it's coming up to full moon, and we know what happens to Nick at a full moon.

0:23:210:23:25

Just in case, I'm prepared.

0:23:250:23:28

Oh, now, look, this is looking really crisp...

0:23:280:23:30

'Laurence and Julie have a problem on their hands.

0:23:300:23:33

'They've got to get a large wardrobe into a very small hole.'

0:23:330:23:35

-So the wardrobe matches the bed...

-Yes.

-..and was...

0:23:350:23:40

-It was apparently bought by Jay...

-Right. OK.

0:23:400:23:43

..before his accident, so I know Sue would really like to keep it.

0:23:430:23:46

-You've thought of a cunning plan.

-I've thought of a cunning plan.

0:23:460:23:50

-Is it going to work?

-Well, it should work.

0:23:500:23:52

What's going on in here?

0:23:520:23:53

-The big wardrobe that needs to be incorporated into the scheme because of its emotional importance...

-Yes.

0:23:530:24:00

..which doesn't actually work...

0:24:000:24:02

If we put it there it's a bit of a shame,

0:24:020:24:03

because it ruins the possibility of having a nice console table and a mirror.

0:24:030:24:07

-But you want to put it...

-In here.

0:24:070:24:10

-Which I think is quite neat.

-Depth and height is fine.

0:24:100:24:14

Right.

0:24:140:24:16

-What width is it?

-118.

0:24:160:24:18

-The wardrobe is 118?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

0:24:180:24:21

-Basically, it would mean taking the architraves off and bringing the studwork back.

-Slightly.

0:24:210:24:26

Is it studwork or brickwork? It's brickwork, isn't it? You've got to take the door frame out.

0:24:260:24:31

-You might have to...

-Chip back a little bit.

0:24:310:24:33

..cut a little bit of brickwork back.

0:24:330:24:35

I'm sure we can find somebody for you later on.

0:24:350:24:38

'How come he's being so helpful? Laurence may be wearing work tweeds,

0:24:380:24:41

'but his definition of work seems to be a bit different to ours.'

0:24:410:24:45

Are you opening a tin of paint?

0:24:450:24:46

-I am.

-Are you painting?

-I'm doing stuff.

0:24:460:24:48

-Are you actually painting? In a tweed jacket?

-Yes!

0:24:480:24:52

-Who paints in a tweed jacket?

-I do!

0:24:520:24:54

-Aren't you going to splash it?

-No.

0:24:540:24:57

It goes everywhere when I paint.

0:24:570:24:58

You're doing the wrong thing.

0:24:580:25:00

No, but seriously, when I started off with really swanky places, in sort of palaces and mansions,

0:25:000:25:07

you're actually encouraged never to use anything more than a small dust sheet.

0:25:070:25:11

If you kind of cover everything and you wear overalls, the temptation is then to be a bit messy.

0:25:110:25:16

If you're turning up to work like this, little bit of a dust sheet,

0:25:160:25:20

-the idea is that you keep it controlled.

-Very nice.

0:25:200:25:22

-Yeah, so there we are.

-OK, all right.

0:25:220:25:24

-Do you do the same sort of technique when you're rolling a ceiling?

-No, I don't do rolling.

0:25:240:25:29

That's the only disadvantage. If I'm doing ceiling, it does take a long time.

0:25:290:25:33

A little tiny bit at a time.

0:25:330:25:35

And our designers over the years,

0:25:350:25:37

-because they tend to go at walls with two-inch brushes, and we get very annoyed with them.

-Hmm. Why?

0:25:370:25:43

It takes forever! We haven't got forever! We've got a limited amount of time to get it done.

0:25:430:25:47

How are you going to feel about this brush, then?

0:25:470:25:50

-You're not seriously going to...

-I am seriously going to do that.

0:25:500:25:54

It's these freehand scrolls,

0:25:540:25:57

which are going to be in white on black.

0:25:570:25:59

Lois was very keen on the idea of black and white. She says sort of girlie, florally wallpaper,

0:25:590:26:05

but I really like the idea, rather than doing something that's all over,

0:26:050:26:09

of actually just picking areas to bring the pattern in.

0:26:090:26:12

So a little bit of curl is fine. Too much, it could go horribly wrong.

0:26:120:26:15

Have you mentioned that to your hairdresser?

0:26:150:26:17

THEY LAUGH

0:26:170:26:19

I have, but the thing is, I'm never there.

0:26:190:26:23

I have to leave a little Post-it note, "Don't go too far with this one."

0:26:230:26:27

I'll leave you to it, I'll come and see what it's going like later.

0:26:270:26:30

'Well, obviously, with Laurence on the tools, we're going to tear through the upstairs(!)

0:26:300:26:36

'We've got more than 70 volunteers on this job,

0:26:360:26:39

'and it's not just the local trades who've given up their time to make the house ready for Jay.

0:26:390:26:44

'His schoolmates have been fund-raising for the last year to help the family.'

0:26:460:26:51

# I got a feeling, whoo-hoo

0:26:510:26:56

# That tonight's gonna be a good night... #

0:26:560:26:59

We're at a school who are organising a fund-raising event for Jay this evening,

0:26:590:27:03

and Sue and the family are here, aren't they?

0:27:030:27:05

And lots of Jay's friends, and we've had a chance to get all poshed up this evening, it's lovely!

0:27:050:27:10

Smart, isn't it? Very smart, eh?

0:27:100:27:12

What's great about this, Sue can come out and have a really good time, let her hair down.

0:27:120:27:16

She's put so much energy in, travelling back and forwards to see Jay all the time.

0:27:160:27:20

It's a great opportunity for her to come and let her hair down a bit.

0:27:200:27:23

I'm glad you haven't put really high heels on, cos I didn't want you to be towering over me.

0:27:230:27:27

-No, I was very careful about that tonight.

-Shall we go?

0:27:270:27:30

'There's a huge turnout, and loads of different ways of raising money.'

0:27:360:27:41

Oh, this is amazing!

0:27:420:27:43

It is absolutely fantastic, yeah.

0:27:430:27:46

We thought we were going to get 240 tickets, we got 400.

0:27:460:27:49

It's absolutely fantastic, the support's been amazing. We're so lucky.

0:27:490:27:54

It just goes to show, the support from Chippenham is just incredible.

0:27:540:27:57

-Come on, Chippenham!

-It really is.

-Come on, Chippenham!

-Amazing!

0:27:570:28:01

Katie? You set up a fund for Jay, is that right?

0:28:010:28:05

After the accident, we decided that we'd set up a fund to raise money

0:28:050:28:09

so that when he came home, we had enough money for equipment and things like that.

0:28:090:28:13

It's within school, and the first thing we did was a massive rugby match, which raised over £3,000.

0:28:130:28:20

-How much?

-3,000.

-Wow, well done.

0:28:200:28:23

So that was like the beginning, and since then any money that we get just goes straight to the fund.

0:28:230:28:28

-Can we have a toast?

-Yeah?

0:28:280:28:30

-You want a toast?

-Yeah!

0:28:300:28:33

ALL: To Jay!

0:28:330:28:34

'Jay's friends from the sixth form have pulled out all the stops.

0:28:340:28:37

'This fund-raising ball raised £8,000, all of which is going towards getting Jay back home.

0:28:370:28:45

'It's over a year since his accident.

0:28:450:28:48

'He's defied the odds, and is now in a stable condition.

0:28:480:28:52

'We're all desperate to reunite the family and get them back under one roof.'

0:28:520:28:56

You know, it's the sheer scale of the job that we've taken on here that's so impressive.

0:28:580:29:03

Go and have a look.

0:29:030:29:04

'Guest designer Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen still has a lot to do in Sue's room,

0:29:040:29:08

'but that sparkly wallpaper gives you an idea of what he has in mind.

0:29:080:29:12

'Harry's room now has a view and a cleverly designed bed.

0:29:120:29:17

'We're totally restructuring the downstairs.

0:29:170:29:21

'With this wall out, the kitchen's taking shape.

0:29:210:29:24

'Down into Jay's room, with the new entrance.

0:29:240:29:28

'And the wet room's coming together.

0:29:280:29:30

'Finally, it's out into the new garden.'

0:29:300:29:32

Pretty impressive, isn't it?

0:29:320:29:34

Look at this, almost all boarded out in here. What's that going on there?

0:29:380:29:42

Pocket door, they're finishing off.

0:29:420:29:44

Oh. The pocket door is when it slides in and out to make maximum use of the space.

0:29:440:29:50

Is that the bloke with the name?

0:29:500:29:52

-That is the bloke with the name.

-Oi, Hareward!

0:29:520:29:56

You can't call someone Hareward, what are you called for short?

0:29:560:29:59

-Hareward.

-OK!

0:29:590:30:02

How easy are these to sort out, these sliding doors, then?

0:30:020:30:06

If we had the instructions at the beginning, they would have been quite easy.

0:30:060:30:10

-Ah.

-We've now got the instructions, and it's going along swimmingly.

0:30:100:30:14

I see! So first off, you were just trying to throw it all together without knowing how it fitted, yeah?

0:30:140:30:19

-Yes.

-It's always nice when you get something new like that, isn't it? Is it going to be all right, though?

0:30:190:30:24

It will be wonderful... I hope.

0:30:240:30:26

Really? So if I pulled it now, it would work, would it?

0:30:260:30:29

-Yeah, it'll work, Nick, yeah.

-Oh, look!

0:30:290:30:31

-That's all right, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-Thanks for that.

0:30:310:30:33

Had fun with it, though, have you?

0:30:330:30:36

Er... I think, how many hours?

0:30:360:30:38

Ten?

0:30:380:30:40

-Yeah.

-Ten hours to fit a door!

0:30:400:30:41

Well worth it in the long run, though, innit, yeah?

0:30:430:30:46

'We may not have thought of instructions for the door,

0:30:460:30:48

'but we have given a lot of thought to our beams.'

0:30:480:30:52

Interestingly, the beam that goes through here is a wooden beam, and it's a laminate beam,

0:30:520:30:56

and it would actually last longer in a fire than a steel beam would.

0:30:560:31:00

Isn't that incredible?

0:31:000:31:01

It doesn't twist, that's why,

0:31:010:31:03

whereas a steel beam, once it gets hot, will twist and buckle

0:31:030:31:07

and then will collapse, whereas the wood beam won't twist, simple.

0:31:070:31:12

'He's my mentor.

0:31:120:31:13

'A brief but informative distraction from the ongoing drama of the pocket door.

0:31:170:31:22

'There's only so much door drama any of us can take in one day.'

0:31:220:31:25

Well, hello!

0:31:250:31:26

Howdy-doody!

0:31:280:31:29

Erm... We have a problem, Houston.

0:31:290:31:32

If anybody's vaguely interested,

0:31:340:31:37

this pocket door has got increasingly narrower and narrower,

0:31:370:31:40

and it's not going to be wide enough for the shower trolley.

0:31:400:31:43

It's all gone very quiet.

0:31:450:31:47

Mark and I rather foolishly took a view...

0:31:470:31:52

..that the door that we've got would be wide enough. And it's not.

0:31:540:31:58

Well, I don't see how you can change it now, the walls are in and the walls are plastered and the...

0:31:580:32:04

How did we get to that position?

0:32:040:32:07

We actually had a standard-sized door on it, and then Julia said it would be too small.

0:32:070:32:11

-It's got to be wide enough.

-So I went and got a bigger door to go into it, and it's still too small.

0:32:110:32:16

Didn't we know the size of the trolley before we started? No?

0:32:160:32:20

-Have you just got the size now? Have they just rang through?

-They've just rang through.

0:32:200:32:25

It's been a bit of a moveable feast, these sizes.

0:32:250:32:28

But it is absolutely something I should have...treble-checked on.

0:32:300:32:35

You haven't got 168 from the electrics.

0:32:350:32:40

So even if you had a door wide enough, and an opening wide enough,

0:32:400:32:44

you wouldn't have another recess for the door to disappear, anyway.

0:32:440:32:48

-Because you've got electrics down there.

-Oh, gosh.

0:32:490:32:53

-Oh, my God.

-Man!

0:32:530:32:55

Well, I think all you can do is take the door back

0:32:550:33:00

and put a frame in so that it takes a 900 door, and have a swinging door,

0:33:000:33:03

but it means we're going to have to cut all this out.

0:33:030:33:06

All that pocket door stuff that was really complicated to make will have to go.

0:33:060:33:11

We can't make this any bigger,

0:33:130:33:15

because all the frame's cut, so it wouldn't fit any more.

0:33:150:33:19

So we'll have to bin the frame.

0:33:190:33:22

Hang on, look, the boy's thinking.

0:33:220:33:24

Maybe we could gain more that... Take this out, back to the wall.

0:33:240:33:30

Well, from that cheek to the wall is 900.

0:33:300:33:33

Oh, actually, do you know?

0:33:330:33:35

That's a really, really good suggestion. Isn't it?

0:33:350:33:38

You see, people overlook what's actually going on inside that melon.

0:33:380:33:43

And actually there's a lot, isn't there?

0:33:430:33:45

Sorry, I'm standing on your side on this, because we...well, I have to take the responsibility.

0:33:450:33:50

You should both take responsibility for letting the team down on this one.

0:33:500:33:53

Do you mind?!

0:33:530:33:56

Mind the plasterwork!

0:33:560:33:59

If she wasn't in the way...

0:33:590:34:00

Yeah, I know, I know!

0:34:000:34:03

Stay there for a minute.

0:34:030:34:04

Anyway, there's another problem solved!

0:34:040:34:07

'Upstairs, no violence at all, it's all gentle and freehand and froufrou.'

0:34:080:34:12

Oh, look, it's all gone swirly in here.

0:34:120:34:15

It's a bit swirly.

0:34:150:34:17

This is my early swirly phase.

0:34:170:34:20

Welcome. Welcome to it. This is Tim, by the way.

0:34:200:34:23

Are you doing your own swirls, or are you filling in swirls that have already been created?

0:34:230:34:28

I do basic swirls, and Laurence does the fancy bits round the edge.

0:34:280:34:31

-Actually, to be honest, I think Tim does swirls, I do furbelows, but we won't...

-Furbelows?!

0:34:310:34:36

Yeah, let's not even go there, it's all going to get very complicated.

0:34:360:34:40

Is a furbelow to a swirl what voiles are to nets?

0:34:400:34:45

-Blimey, hark at you!

-Ah, see!

0:34:450:34:48

You've had some kind of designer book.

0:34:480:34:50

No, it's just the designers always call things different names ten years on,

0:34:500:34:54

so my mum used to have nets, they're out of fashion, now people put voiles in.

0:34:540:34:57

-Are they in or out at the moment?

-Well, it depends how nosy your neighbours are, really, doesn't it?

0:34:570:35:02

'Downstairs, Julia's facing a much more fundamental design challenge.'

0:35:080:35:12

Just trying to come up with a design for the storage solution for the hallway.

0:35:120:35:17

It's really important for Sue that she has storage for all of Jay's medical equipment.

0:35:170:35:22

Although we've got a nice wide hallway, we need a big turning circle

0:35:220:35:25

for the wheelchair as it comes round a tight corner.

0:35:250:35:28

So I'm trying to come up with something that still allows for that, that maximises all the space.

0:35:280:35:32

'Sue has no idea we're doing up her room.

0:35:340:35:36

'At this rate, she won't notice the difference.'

0:35:360:35:39

I was going to say, not a great deal of change.

0:35:390:35:42

Ta-da! I beg to disagree.

0:35:420:35:44

This is really the only element of richness in the room, but I think it's absolutely wonderful.

0:35:440:35:49

It looks quite organic, so I don't think she's going to be too frightened by that.

0:35:490:35:54

A little bird tells me £250...

0:35:540:35:57

It is quite expensive.

0:35:570:35:59

-Ah!

-I wanted to spoil her.

0:35:590:36:03

We never spend more than 40 quid a roll.

0:36:030:36:07

This is what was so lovely. The minute I rang some of these people up

0:36:070:36:11

-and told them what we were doing, it's like the suede that's going...

-Suede?!

0:36:110:36:15

-And the silk that's going on the bed.

-What?!

0:36:150:36:17

And the shag-pile carpet, all of these things, people have been so desperate

0:36:170:36:22

to give Sue a real sexy, slinky, quality environment.

0:36:220:36:27

'We're not sexy or slinky downstairs yet, but we're working on quality.'

0:36:280:36:33

The toilet originally we were going to put here.

0:36:330:36:36

-Yes.

-But the way the toilet, again, is moulded, the back of it is very tight,

0:36:360:36:41

so I think we would have to look at putting it diagonal.

0:36:410:36:43

We can't do that, because at some point in the future

0:36:430:36:46

there will need to be wheelchair access to it.

0:36:460:36:50

In order to shift from a wheelchair to a loo you need to be able to get either side,

0:36:500:36:55

and you need to be able to get a wheelchair up too,

0:36:550:36:57

so it's got to go on that wall, so we'll need to get a new loo.

0:36:570:37:01

-We'll have to get a new toilet as well.

-Excellent(!)

0:37:010:37:03

And there was me thinking I could go out and buy nice, pretty, shiny things.

0:37:030:37:07

Instead I shall be buying basins and loos.

0:37:070:37:09

And then Harry's room is now blue. These are actually self-adhesive.

0:37:090:37:14

This is actually just a shot from a local wood that we did on the way home the other day.

0:37:140:37:20

And the idea is to bring a sense of perspective into the room, because it's a very, very small room.

0:37:200:37:25

Explain to me something, because I've often wondered, what's the big deal with the three?

0:37:250:37:31

If there's a single theme in art over the last 20 years, it's been,

0:37:310:37:34

"take a picture and split it into three chunks." What's the deal?

0:37:340:37:37

You see, that's very interesting.

0:37:370:37:39

It's... You do tend to instinctively go for odd numbers in modern decorating.

0:37:390:37:45

Traditional decorating, you always go for even numbers,

0:37:450:37:48

so you think, a Georgian fireplace will have two candlesticks, two vases on the mantelpiece, or whatever.

0:37:480:37:53

Modern decorating, you tend to do it so it's asymmetric.

0:37:530:37:57

What this has done, by splitting the image into three, it's made it much more abstracted, which I wanted,

0:37:570:38:03

I didn't want it to be too intimidatingly a view of something, like Hilda Ogden's Muriel.

0:38:030:38:08

-I'm going to get back to the furbelows.

-Your furbelows and your flounces, lovely.

0:38:080:38:13

'There's no such fun downstairs. Julia can only dream of furbelows and wall art.

0:38:130:38:18

'She's got bridges to build with the sliding door work detail.'

0:38:180:38:22

How's it going, then?

0:38:220:38:24

-It's going OK.

-Yeah? Thank you very much, boys.

0:38:240:38:27

Got me out of a real hole here.

0:38:270:38:30

Not a wide enough hole, but there we go. That's great.

0:38:300:38:33

It'll be fine. We'll get it done.

0:38:330:38:35

-Yeah, it'll all work out.

-You see?

0:38:350:38:37

It's all about solving problems, isn't it?

0:38:370:38:40

Solving problems that designers cause in the first place!

0:38:400:38:44

We didn't say that.

0:38:440:38:46

'You didn't have to, mate, it was written all over your faces.'

0:38:460:38:49

Hello. You know what day it is today?

0:38:530:38:57

-Thursday.

-It's not Thursday.

0:38:570:38:59

-It is.

-Why?

-It says so on my socks.

0:38:590:39:01

-You've got the wrong socks on.

-No, it's Thursday.

0:39:010:39:04

-It's not Thursday. I knew you were the wrong person to ask.

-It's Thursday...

0:39:040:39:09

Steve? What day is it?

0:39:090:39:12

Er, Monday, isn't it?

0:39:120:39:14

Any sort of special Monday?

0:39:140:39:15

-Bank Holiday.

-It's a Bank Holiday Monday.

0:39:150:39:18

Exactly, there, thank you very much.

0:39:180:39:20

Mario, pull your trousers up.

0:39:200:39:22

-Andy, what day is it?

-Monday.

0:39:220:39:24

-What sort of Monday?

-Bank Holiday.

-Bank Holiday Monday, thank you.

0:39:240:39:27

All these people have given their time up on a Bank Holiday Monday to help us out. Thank you very much.

0:39:270:39:32

'Yes, thank you, thank you. The wardrobe Jay bought for his sister has arrived from storage.

0:39:320:39:37

'Julie's job is to see whether it fits into the widened opening.'

0:39:370:39:40

I'm sure it'll be fine.

0:39:400:39:41

'If she can't pull it off, he'll beat her. Not really, he doesn't do that.'

0:39:410:39:45

-Julie, who measured the hole? Did you measure the hole?

-I rang up and someone gave me the measurements.

0:39:450:39:49

Do you not think if you'd measured it yourself, you'd know?

0:39:490:39:52

-Yeah, but I couldn't measure it because it was in storage, so you have to rely on other people.

-Ah!

0:39:520:39:57

It'll be fine. It's always fine.

0:39:570:39:59

-Is it?

-Yeah.

0:39:590:40:00

That's not good.

0:40:140:40:15

Straight backwards until we've got it in line with the edge. Then start going in.

0:40:180:40:22

I feel sick.

0:40:220:40:24

Pass this end, yeah?

0:40:240:40:27

I feel really sick.

0:40:270:40:28

-It's going, yeah.

-Is it in?

-Yeah, it's going.

0:40:290:40:32

Thank God for that.

0:40:320:40:33

LAUGHTER

0:40:330:40:35

I don't know what everyone was so worried about.

0:40:350:40:38

'We've been flat-out in Chippenham for a week, working on home AND garden.'

0:40:420:40:47

-It's come along beautifully, hasn't it?

-It's looking lovely, isn't it?

-Lots to look at and think about.

0:40:470:40:52

-You pleased with it?

-Yeah, we are really pleased, just shows what you can do in seven days, really.

0:40:520:40:57

We are very pleased. I can't believe you came in and did all this. It will make a big difference to her.

0:40:570:41:01

Yeah, we can say there's going to be a few tears tomorrow.

0:41:010:41:04

And it's going to be very nice to see her reaction and be able to meet Sue,

0:41:040:41:07

and, you know, for her, for the pressure to be gone, it's going to be great.

0:41:070:41:11

'The special equipment Jay needs to move back home is being tested.

0:41:130:41:17

'And two of his heroes from Bath Rugby Club, David Barnes and Joe Maddock,

0:41:210:41:24

'have come to help with the finishing touches.'

0:41:240:41:27

Don't slow them up. There's more to do here, guys. Thanks very much.

0:41:270:41:30

-That's a nice colour, where did you get that?

-Lovely colour.

0:41:300:41:33

I don't want to interrupt your ironing too much, but you've been to see Jay, haven't you?

0:41:330:41:38

Yeah, we went to see Jay not long after his accident, actually.

0:41:380:41:41

It's obviously very sad what's happened to Jay but his family have rallied round

0:41:410:41:45

and, obviously, what you see today, a lot of people have rallied round him and it's great to see

0:41:450:41:49

something like this happening, get him home, and have him get better as quickly, as soon as possible.

0:41:490:41:55

'Sue's faith has got her through the last year, so we're painting a psalm on the wall.

0:41:570:42:01

'Upstairs, Laurence is admiring his handiwork.'

0:42:010:42:04

-Oh, Laurence.

-Hello.

-Ah...

-I'm waiting for an ironing board.

0:42:060:42:10

-Ah.

-Made the bed. It looks sort of...

0:42:100:42:12

It's getting there, isn't it?

0:42:130:42:15

The heirloom cupboard that it has to work around now fits almost perfectly

0:42:150:42:20

-in there. The carpet tiles look absolutely brilliant.

-These are tiles?

-They are.

0:42:200:42:24

And she was very keen on this idea of bringing a bit of green in there. Ah, more green.

0:42:240:42:28

Which is an unusual thing to do with black and white, but I think it works really well. It freshens it up.

0:42:280:42:33

I'm very happy with that.

0:42:330:42:35

At the moment, we're a bit congested in here.

0:42:350:42:38

Andrew's desperately finishing off the headboard and the bed.

0:42:380:42:41

Doesn't look desperate. He looks very much in control, in command.

0:42:410:42:45

-The most tranquil room in the house.

-Look, he's just made of suede.

0:42:450:42:48

-He's so unfazed, unhassled.

-Isn't he? He has great hair.

0:42:480:42:53

Shall we go and have a look at the other room? Yeah?

0:42:530:42:56

And then, to Harry's room, which is taking shape. You know Jamie.

0:42:560:43:00

-Jamie.

-Marvellous.

-Nick Knowles.

-Hello.

-Hi, Nick.

-Nice to meet you. How are you?

0:43:000:43:04

Very good, thank you very much. Look, sharp-dressed man.

0:43:040:43:07

How come everyone in your team looks like they are going somewhere interesting?

0:43:070:43:11

Do you notice how sweet that was? Because he's, very tactfully, he's taken himself off,

0:43:110:43:16

because he knows that that very smart shirt clashes with the walls.

0:43:160:43:19

-So you've got to be careful.

-This looks good.

-He's done brilliantly.

0:43:190:43:22

This is a workstation. Very simple, very modernistically done.

0:43:220:43:26

-Storage under the bed.

-Could you have put a bigger pelmet on, do you think?!

-It is, but I like that.

0:43:260:43:31

-I thought I would make a statement with my big pelmet.

-Are you pleased?

-Yes.

0:43:310:43:36

(HIGH-PITCHED) Yes, I'm delighted, thank you very much, Nick Knowles.

0:43:360:43:40

It's been a wonderful experience(!) Not life shortening at all(!)

0:43:400:43:43

-No, it's been a worry, hasn't it?

-You know, my parting's a lot wider.

0:43:430:43:48

-Is this the other one?

-It's got a lot wider.

0:43:480:43:51

-It is.

-You put the other one on this morning.

-This is the one that I washed at too high a temperature.

0:43:510:43:56

'The team are working into the night to get the job finished.

0:43:560:44:01

'The garden looks amazing in all its night-time glory.

0:44:010:44:04

'With specially fitted lights and a fantastic water sculpture.

0:44:070:44:11

'Look at that!'

0:44:110:44:13

'Nine days ago, Sue, Harry and Lois moved out so we could move in

0:44:200:44:24

'and get their home ready for Jay's return from hospital.

0:44:240:44:28

'They haven't seen the house since and, in that time, we've managed

0:44:280:44:31

'to completely transform the entire house and garden. On the ground floor,

0:44:310:44:35

'Julie's overseen a monumental amount of structural work to transform this drab interior

0:44:350:44:42

'into this!

0:44:420:44:43

'Hoo-hoo!

0:44:430:44:45

'We've taken down the kitchen wall and tarted up the units so they look brand-new.

0:44:470:44:51

'As well as a new hob and extractor there are new composite stone worktops.

0:44:530:45:00

'Julie's also designed windows looking straight into Jay's new room.

0:45:000:45:04

'Successfully marrying design and practicality.

0:45:040:45:08

'Jay's room was the one we simply had to get right.

0:45:080:45:11

'We built an extension with its own entrance and its own wet room.

0:45:110:45:14

'This work alone should have taken weeks but we've managed it in just a few days.

0:45:140:45:21

'Julie's big challenge was to come up with a design that provided everything Jay needs to come home.

0:45:210:45:28

'Impressively, she's also managed to add light, space and colour

0:45:280:45:31

'while filling the extension with stimulating images and familiar objects.

0:45:310:45:35

'At the back of the house, we've turned the disused garden into a sensory haven

0:45:350:45:40

'for Jay and the rest of the family.

0:45:400:45:42

'The gardeners have worked tirelessly to create a stimulating and interesting landscape,

0:45:420:45:48

'as this garden will be Jay's window on the world.

0:45:480:45:53

'He'll be able to see and hear the water sculpture, day or night.

0:45:530:45:58

'To bring a touch of glamour to this ex-council house,

0:46:000:46:03

'we made a one-off booking and invited a guest designer

0:46:030:46:06

'with an unrivalled reputation for opulence, luxury and big hair. Upstairs, Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen

0:46:060:46:11

'had a very different design challenge. We asked him to create

0:46:110:46:15

'three bespoke bedrooms for the rest of the family.

0:46:150:46:19

'Lois's drab room has been transformed into a teenager's dream den, with its black-and-white theme,

0:46:200:46:27

'its hand-painted furbelows and green accent. It's a room most girls Lois's age can only dream of.

0:46:270:46:34

'The pretty, sparkly consoles and cushions add essential glitz and glamour.

0:46:380:46:45

'Harry's tiny boxroom was a real challenge.

0:46:450:46:48

'The trio of tree panels gives the room depth and space,

0:46:480:46:52

'and a clever, extended built-in bed, gives the room character with plenty of storage underneath.

0:46:520:46:58

Next door, Sue has got a big surprise waiting for her.

0:47:010:47:04

'She knows nothing of the changes Laurence has made to her bedroom.

0:47:040:47:07

'He's gone for a luxury, upmarket feel with sequinned wallpaper,

0:47:070:47:11

'high-quality upholstery and suede coverings.

0:47:110:47:15

'Sue's room is classy and relaxing, a room fit for a glamorous mum

0:47:150:47:19

'who needs somewhere to recharge her batteries.'

0:47:190:47:23

We need...a bedroom and a wet room for Jay.

0:47:230:47:28

-And a home, where you can be all together.

-Yes.

-You don't care what it looks like, do you?

0:47:280:47:33

-Not really. Well, yeah, but not really. It's not as important as having rooms for Jay.

-OK.

0:47:330:47:39

Open your eyes.

0:47:390:47:40

Ha-ha! Wow!

0:47:430:47:45

Oh, it's awesome.

0:47:450:47:48

Thank you!

0:47:480:47:50

-Thanks.

-I'm glad you like it.

-It's awesome.

0:47:520:47:54

-Let's step up this way a little bit.

-I can see through the window.

0:47:540:47:57

-THEY CHUCKLE

-That's what you're excited about. The table, by the way, extends out

0:47:570:48:01

so you can get loads of people in there.

0:48:010:48:03

Look at that!

0:48:070:48:09

It's lovely.

0:48:090:48:11

"The Lord looks over all who love him".

0:48:120:48:14

-And you really believe that, don't you?

-Mm, I know that he's going to give Jay a full recovery.

0:48:140:48:19

Definitely. And he who believes receives, and I do really believe that.

0:48:190:48:24

You weren't sure whether you'd want something like that

0:48:240:48:27

in the dining room, but it means a lot to you, so...

0:48:270:48:30

It's lovely.

0:48:300:48:31

We've taken a wall out. Do you want to wander in and take a look?

0:48:330:48:37

Wow. Oh, wow, I love the worktops.

0:48:370:48:42

-Oh, look.

-Composite stone worktops, yeah.

-Wow.

0:48:420:48:46

The paint that we've used throughout the place is anti-bacterial - the kind of stuff

0:48:460:48:50

they use in hospitals - so that you don't get bugs or germs. That's important to you.

0:48:500:48:54

-Yes, definitely. Definitely.

-This used to be the back of your house.

0:48:540:48:57

It did. I can see through the window.

0:48:570:48:59

-You're excited about that room more than anything else, aren't you?

-Mm-hm.

0:49:000:49:05

Oh, wow!

0:49:080:49:11

Oh, wow!

0:49:130:49:15

It's lovely.

0:49:160:49:18

It's really lovely. And it's...

0:49:210:49:23

It's just lovely. Amazing.

0:49:230:49:28

Come this way. That's the doorway that goes out to back

0:49:280:49:30

out the front and has wheelchair access and a ramp on that side

0:49:300:49:33

so you can get him in. There's room to get round the corner. That's why we left the cut-out -

0:49:330:49:39

-to move around.

-That's really good, yes.

-Storage, lockable cabinet

0:49:390:49:43

-for all the medical stuff.

-Yeah, medical.

0:49:430:49:45

There's a few other things I want to talk to you about in here.

0:49:450:49:49

We were talking about sensory things, sensory lighting.

0:49:490:49:51

The light over his bed has a splay of light as it gets darker at night, and the little one up there,

0:49:510:49:57

it throws shaped lights out. And all of the lighting

0:49:570:50:01

-is sensory lighting.

-Oh, that's a coloured one.

0:50:010:50:03

That coloured one changes. It throws on to this piece on the wall. It creates shadows and colours

0:50:030:50:08

-on the wall, so there something in his eyeline all the time.

-To stimulate him. Brilliant.

0:50:080:50:13

-The bathroom's really important to you.

-Definitely. Jay's just going to love this

0:50:130:50:17

as well. Absolutely love it.

0:50:170:50:19

Temperature is really important. I know how careful you are with him, so showering is really important.

0:50:190:50:24

We have an automatic mixer in the roof that has a maximum set temperature

0:50:240:50:27

so it can never, under any circumstances, get too hot. No-one can make that mistake.

0:50:270:50:32

The other thing is when you start to hoist him,

0:50:320:50:34

there's a little silver button among the plugs on the wall.

0:50:340:50:37

Press that when you start to hoist him. The thing starts off and starts in there,

0:50:370:50:41

so that by the time you're in here it's actually up to temperature.

0:50:410:50:45

Wow.

0:50:450:50:47

Gadgets. Jay loves gadgets, too.

0:50:470:50:50

Is it what you wanted?

0:50:520:50:54

It's more than I could have ever imagined.

0:50:540:50:57

Thank God.

0:50:570:50:59

-What do you think Lois and Harry will make of it?

-They'll love it, absolutely love it. Absolutely.

0:50:590:51:06

-Woah.

-Woah.

0:51:090:51:12

Oh... I'm goi... Oh!

0:51:130:51:16

-Just look in here.

-What do you think?

0:51:160:51:18

-Well cool.

-Amazing.

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

0:51:180:51:23

Oh, the kitchen.

0:51:230:51:25

-I love the colour of the walls as well.

-Ohhh!

0:51:250:51:28

Oh...

0:51:280:51:31

Cool.

0:51:320:51:33

-Oh, woah, this is amazing.

-Oh, that's cool.

0:51:330:51:37

Oh, woah, look at Jay's room.

0:51:370:51:40

-Look at his TV.

-That's well cool.

0:51:400:51:42

-Can I go to Jay's room?

-Look at this hob thing.

0:51:420:51:45

-Woah.

-Is that a hood?

-Is that the hoover thing?

0:51:450:51:48

Yeah, a hoover thing. Hoovers all the cooking smells out.

0:51:480:51:53

-Take a look at...

-Look at how...

-Woah. The car, flying things and...

0:51:530:51:57

-This is jaw-dropping.

-It's like a lad's pad, isn't it?

0:51:570:52:01

-And the thing.

-So what do you think?

-Amazing.

0:52:010:52:06

I'm speechless.

0:52:060:52:07

-As Lois said, it's jaw-droppingly amazing.

-Can we go outside?

0:52:070:52:11

We have got one more thing to show you, actually. Well, let's just show you. Come this way.

0:52:110:52:17

Woah.

0:52:220:52:23

-Oh!

-Check out the water thing.

0:52:230:52:27

Oh, my days.

0:52:270:52:29

-Well cool.

-Wow.

0:52:290:52:31

So we had some local garden designers turned up and said, "Do you mind if we help out?"

0:52:320:52:38

-Amazing.

-They did everything they could. There's a slight slope.

0:52:380:52:42

All of it has been designed so you can get the wheelchair out here easily.

0:52:420:52:45

In this area, you've got the wind chimes, you've got flowering trees

0:52:450:52:49

and the bamboo which will rustle in the wind and make noises, too. So, how have we done overall?

0:52:490:52:55

I am just...

0:52:550:52:57

It's beautiful, absolutely beautiful.

0:52:570:53:00

-I could never have afforded to do this myself.

-This is one of the nicest houses I've seen.

0:53:020:53:06

Or had the imagination to do anything like this myself.

0:53:060:53:09

It's just incredible. I'm just overwhelmed, really.

0:53:090:53:12

It doesn't look like our house.

0:53:120:53:15

It feels like I'm visiting one of my friends with a posh house.

0:53:150:53:21

'If Harry thinks this is posh,

0:53:210:53:23

'I can't wait to see what he thinks of his bedroom.'

0:53:230:53:25

In you go.

0:53:250:53:27

-Oh!

-Woah!

0:53:270:53:29

Loving the carpet.

0:53:310:53:32

This is awesome.

0:53:320:53:35

This might sound weird but purple is my second favourite colour.

0:53:350:53:38

-Well done, Nick.

-Hop up and give it a try.

0:53:380:53:41

-Bouncy! Soft.

-Do you like your bedroom?

0:53:440:53:48

-Yes, it's well cool.

-It's awesome.

0:53:480:53:50

In you go.

0:53:500:53:51

Oh...

0:53:510:53:52

Oh, my days.

0:53:520:53:55

Oh, my...

0:53:550:53:58

No...!

0:53:590:54:02

-It smells lovely in here as well.

-The candles.

-Oh, wow.

0:54:030:54:07

-I can't believe this.

-This is awesome. Look, it's the cupboard.

0:54:070:54:14

It's the wardrobe in the wall.

0:54:140:54:17

We had to make a few adjustments to the wall to get that in.

0:54:170:54:20

So what do you think? Has Laurence got this wrong and you hate it?

0:54:230:54:26

-Look at the black curtain.

-Yeah. No!

-THEY LAUGH

0:54:260:54:29

Talk us through it. What do you like?

0:54:290:54:31

-I love everything about it. This isn't my room.

-But it is.

0:54:310:54:34

-SHE SQUEALS

-Oh!

0:54:340:54:37

-It's like a boudoir.

-What was that in English?

0:54:370:54:40

What was "ee"? Oh, the dressing table.

0:54:400:54:43

It's like a dream bedroom.

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Sue has no idea that Laurence has done her bedroom, too.

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I can only hope she's as delighted as the children.

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Beautiful.

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Well...?

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It's beautiful.

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Laurence thought you might like a little place to just come and chill out at the end of a long day.

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-Woah-ho!

-I love this wall.

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-Wow!

-It's a feature wall.

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Very good. It is. He's a young Laurence, isn't he?

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I love it.

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Is this...? Not that you ever told us that you wanted a bedroom, but will this do?

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It's absolutely incredible.

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Just lovely. It's really calming and peaceful, which is just incredible.

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You've done the whole house.

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And the garden.

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You look a bit gobsmacked.

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-I think Mum's pretty...

-Happy?

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I think Mum's lucky because she didn't exactly...her old furniture was, like, falling apart.

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So...it's good.

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Mum's never treated herself and now someone's treated her.

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We wouldn't have been able to do any of this if it hadn't been for the extraordinary people around here -

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the tradesmen, the brickies, garden designers, plasterers,

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construction workers, all of whom came along and gave their time.

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Here's just a few of the people that have been helping out.

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Step forward. Go and meet them.

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-Wow.

-What an amazing community you have, don't you think?

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Thank you, everyone.

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Obviously, those of you that have worked and been involved this week, thank you very much.

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Not all of you have heard why it's such a big deal.

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-The change is not just about giving you a pretty home, is it?

-No.

-Why is it important?

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Because it's perfect now for Jay to be able to come home.

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You can all come and party with us and Jay.

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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-I'm Laurence and I've spent the last eight days in your knicker drawer.

-I love my bedroom.

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-Oh, and I did your bedroom as well, but anyway...

-It's awesome.

-Well, I really am very pleased you like it.

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There were moments when I was worried about the sequinned wallpaper.

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I knew you had it in you.

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-So good.

-Oh, it's amazing.

-I love it, I love it. Really love it.

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It's brilliant. Jay's going to love it.

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That's the important thing.

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This is the one who's responsible for it all. Yeah.

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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Come on, then.

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Oh, OK. And the other side.

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I've got to go to Jay's review this afternoon. I'll be able to say, "His home's ready. He can come home now."

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It was a strangely different job this week because functionality was the key.

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It had to be functional so Jay could come home and join his family.

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A year this family has been apart since that accident.

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People always tell you that the community doesn't exist any more but look behind you.

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All the trades have turned out. We asked people to come for two days. They turned up and stayed for six.

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I love doing this because -

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look at it - you've got a community together and a family back together

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at the end of an extraordinary week. We'll do another one soon.

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Hello.

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Do you like it?

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-Say hello.

-Hello.

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Hello.

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Are you all right? Nice to meet you.

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Come here, my darling. Thank you.

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E-mail [email protected]

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