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No matter how hard things get,

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love for family is unconditional.

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When the boys were born, I had hopes

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and aspirations that they would share the same experiences

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that I had, just being everything that I hoped they would be

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and that they wanted to be.

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They are our life. They are our soul.

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They are...what we are.

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There isn't words that can describe how much you love your boys.

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This family is still waiting for their children

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to hit the milestones that others do.

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They've got the developmental age of about 12 months...

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which is difficult, to have a baby for four-and-a-half years.

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These boys are growing every day, but with a totally inadequate house,

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all their futures hang in the balance.

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The twins are only going to get bigger.

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The boys would be forced to live down here.

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We'd probably all be living in the living room.

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And that's why we are here -

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to give these boys the best chance in life they can have.

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You couldn't buy what we are about to do,

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but you guys get to make a massive difference to this family.

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But with just nine days, can we do that?

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We need to get this family into the house and get this house working.

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No panelling!

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Missing my son's first birthday today,

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we'd better get it done.

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I don't think I dared to dream...

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It's just all so perfect. It really is.

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All the usual suspects are here. Gabrielle is our designer this week,

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but I'm worried about the sunny weather.

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How are we going to get the builders out?

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I've thought about that - ice cream. Loads of them.

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Ice cream!

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I wonder whether it'll work.

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CHEERING

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This is DIY SOS, The Big Build!

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Qualified lawyer Charlotte

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and charity worker Chris Bull from Birmingham

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live in a three-bedroom house with their three sons,

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Jack, age nine, and twins Alex and Dylan, age four.

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They met 17 years ago, when they worked together in a pub.

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What was your first impression of me?

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My first impression of you was..."Wow."

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"Now, there's a girl I want to marry."

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They had the wedding of their dreams and Jack was born two years later.

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He really did add an extra dimension to our family,

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because it was just us before then.

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It really made it truly magical again.

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And, four years on, he got news he was going to be a big brother.

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We went for a scan and...

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..when they said, "It's twins," I think it took a week

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for my jaw to be lifted off the ground.

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I totally didn't expect twins.

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The pregnancy ran smoothly until Charlotte went into early labour.

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I was only 31 weeks pregnant at the time.

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We had an emergency Caesarean section

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at seven o'clock that morning.

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They sorted the boys out and they showed me them briefly

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as they were whisked off to the neonatal unit.

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On the whole, they did really well and they were actually

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only in hospital for one calendar month, which was fantastic.

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With what they thought was the worst behind them,

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this family of five settled back into normal life.

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Things changed. They caught a cold, didn't they, to start with.

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Was it...Alex? Ended up in intensive care.

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We didn't think it'd be serious,

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but he was really struggling to breathe.

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Three weeks later, I started to be concerned about Dylan.

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He went blue and floppy, didn't he?

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The ambulance had to pull over

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because he'd just totally shut down and stopped

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and they had to resuscitate him and get him back.

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For the first year of Alex and Dylan's lives,

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they were in hospital far more than they were out.

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Eventually, they were diagnosed

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with severe asthma, bronchiolitis

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and lung damage.

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With life so hectic, crucial milestones went unnoticed.

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It was only when you realised

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that there were other children in the hospital

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that were starting to pull themselves up in the cot

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and things like that, and you said,

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"Well, why aren't my boys doing what normal boys do?"

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Further tests revealed Alex and Dylan had global development delay,

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which is a condition that slows down the process of walking, talking

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and interacting with others.

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They've got the developmental age of about 12 months...

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..which is difficult, to have a baby for four-and-a-half years.

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And they are still babies.

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Hiya...

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No-one knows what the future holds,

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but despite all their health issues, they are lovely, cheeky boys.

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And... Oh, oh, oh!

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HE LAUGHS

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Oh, we know where Dylan's chuckle buttons are.

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HE LAUGHS

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If you dwell on what they can't do too much,

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you become a bit obsessed by that,

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and so it's far easier just to get on with life

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and think about what they can do and the joy that they do bring.

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Dylan, do you want to play with this?

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They are happy boys within themselves.

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They smile a lot, they laugh a lot

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and they bring a lot of laughter into the house.

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HE LAUGHS

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But their other son Jack has a very different home life

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to the average nine-year-old.

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Not having the time to spend with him...

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I find that really, really difficult.

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I can't play football with my dad,

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because he has to look after my brothers.

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But my brothers need attention.

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Charlotte is battling on, as she wants her children

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to have the same everyday start in life that she did.

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I've got a lot of history with this house.

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It was my nan's house.

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She brought up her children here and I am struggling to do the same.

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But the house is really making life very hard.

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Access in and out is a real struggle.

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Charlotte is already suffering severe back pain.

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It's important to me that we all sleep upstairs.

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So, my back is constantly under strain,

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really, and having to do everything twice.

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I never want them to feel like that's their fault

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or they're a burden, because I am doing it for them

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and that's important - they are my boys.

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But she can't carry on like this.

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I think the future is very scary.

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The boys would be forced to live down here.

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There isn't space in the living room now,

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we'd all be living in the living room.

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The twins are only going to get bigger.

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The equipment is only going to get bigger.

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Space is only going to get less.

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And on top of that, this house has caused Alex and Dylan's progress

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to come to a halt.

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You can't help thinking it's just not stimulating enough.

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It's just not giving them the development that they need.

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We do both think, deep down,

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that one day, they will be walking on their own.

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We just want them to be the best they can.

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If the boys have any chance of catching up,

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they are not going to do it living in the house as it is.

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We need an army to get this family up on their feet.

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These are some of the nice people that have decided to join in.

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Can we just say thank you?

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Really, really can't put it into words.

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It is fantastic that you're all here.

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I really am so humbled by it, it's amazing.

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Thank you so much.

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What about you, Jack?

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If there's one thing that we need for this house, what do we need?

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-A lift.

-A lift?

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We'll try and sort something out for you as well.

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-Thank you very much.

-That's very nice of you, Jack.

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Thank you very much. Thanks for saying thanks.

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Given that the boys are already getting a bit fed up,

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we'll let you get going - this is you over here, is it?

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We do need to get started.

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We have only got the usual nine days and it's a massive task

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to convert this prison of a house

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into one that is accessible to the entire family.

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Everything is being ripped to bits

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and the Brummies are showing us how it's done.

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You see the size of that lintel he has just brought out?

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CHRIS LAUGHS

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-On his own?

-He just carried that out.

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Deliveries keep arriving for the outside.

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Two-storey timber frame.

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I love the way that extension has turned up on the back of a truck.

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-I know.

-It's clever, innit?

-Yeah.

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And even more clever, how it flies up.

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Amazing, when you look at the state of this,

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that in three days, we'll be fitting a kitchen in here

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in a fully plastered room, with all electrics and plumbing in.

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Well, that's the plan.

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Designer Gabrielle Blackman is back -

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as feisty as ever, unswerving in her designs,

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and she can't wait to get her manicured claws into it.

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-Well, it's a 1949 house.

-Yeah.

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Much loved, been in the family, Grandma had it.

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So what are we going to do to it?

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Well, what we want to do is try and keep that feeling

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of a traditional layout, and this is so important to Charlotte,

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and really emotional for her.

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So she wants her boys to sleep upstairs.

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She wants the whole family sleeping upstairs.

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For wheelchair access, it's making life really difficult.

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-We'll have to put a lift in.

-We've got to put a lift in,

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we've got to put four hoists in.

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And that's not it.

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On the ground floor, a new extension

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will give the family a sunny kitchen-dining area

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with an adjoining wet room for the boys.

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Crucially, we are installing a lift to the first floor,

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so no more struggling up the stairs.

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The partition wall in the living room is coming down

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to create a large open space.

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Upstairs, the two-storey extension

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will create a large new bedroom for Charlotte and Chris.

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A new bathroom will separate the twins' bedrooms,

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and Jack's bedroom is staying where it is,

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but it will be designed with space-saving ideas.

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Out the back, the garden will be fully turfed

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with a seating area and trampoline.

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Basically, it's a design nightmare,

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and what really worries me is lovely Jack, big brother Jack,

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who should really be getting the big bedroom,

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he should be getting his own bedroom,

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he's going to have to stay in that tiny boxroom.

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But, yeah, it's been really hard,

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and I'm sort of still feeling really agitated about it.

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They want their boys to walk.

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They want their boys to be able to communicate

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and we are having to think about the worst-case scenario...

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-To future-proof it for them.

-To future-proof it.

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And also, Charlotte's back - she's been...

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She said to me she'd carry those boys to the end of the Earth, but...

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-She wants to that, but she can't.

-No.

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We have to put in what they need, not always what they want.

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It's a tough spec, but it's all right,

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we've got the best of the best for this.

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And we've got Billy!

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-They're the only ones...

-Yeah, you don't want to dim...

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Any special electronics on this?

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I know how much you love special electronics.

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No, unfortunately, I was all psyched up for the special electronics,

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-but we ain't got none.

-We haven't got any?

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What are you up to you, Chris?

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Wallpaper stripping!

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I've been...scraping the paper off the walls today.

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And big man Jules has decided to take on the garden again.

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-How's it going in there?

-All right, there?

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-You like your garden?

-Lovely.

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He always does the gardens,

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despite knowing nothing about gardening...or designing them.

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Tea-time soon.

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'What he needs is a hand from moi.'

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-Mate, you are on the garden, aren't you?

-I am, yes.

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I was going to run a few ideas past you, cos I thought,

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-down at the end there...

-No. Sorry. No ideas.

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-Yeah, but...

-No. Really.

-Not even a...?

-No.

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I just think that I could, you know...I could help.

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No...

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-You NEED help.

-NICK LAUGHS

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Do you know what your problem is?

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I think you have got a supercharged brain.

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I think you think too much. You think too fast.

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Do you know why you have got a supercharged brain?

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Because of this massive air intake on the front of your face.

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That's the problem. I think you need to reduce your air intake.

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-You know those squidge-up earplugs you get?

-Yeah.

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Why don't you shove one of them up each nostril?

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Reduce your airflow little bit.

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HE CHUCKLES

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-What do you reckon?

-Do you know what?

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Can you feel your brain slowing down a bit?

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-Why would my brain slow down?

-Cos we've reduced the airflow.

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-Oh, yeah.

-I'll ask you a couple of questions.

-Go on, then.

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What is 2 + 2?

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Peking.

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No!

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-See?

-Yeah.

-That just proves my theory.

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That you have a supercharged brain.

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-What's he saying?

-Have you got that 50 quid I lent you last night?

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Oh, no, it was 60, I had no change.

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I had no change. It was 60.

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Lovely. Thank you. Cheers.

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I tell you what, it could be a very, very profitable day.

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Yeah, not for me, I don't think!

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And not for upstairs, either.

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OK, so what's the issue?

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-This is the issue, here - see these two pipes here?

-Yes.

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-Asbestos?

-They are asbestos.

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Oh, no. Really?

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We always have a survey done at the start of the job

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and they have removed lots of asbestos from the property,

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but these two pipes were actually under a floor.

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That's all there is to it. Can't do anything about it.

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-We've got to remove it.

-Close the site down.

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Gentlemen and ladies, if there are ladies in,

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we need to clear the site, because the asbestos removal people are here

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and they won't do it with any of us on site.

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-If you could all make your way to an exit.

-This way, please.

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-Thank you very much.

-This way, please, exit this way.

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By the way, you can't stay here, either.

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We put a couple of cameras up

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to watch what they do whilst we're out.

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People always used to build with asbestos

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until they found out that the fibres were lethal if inhaled.

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It's really important no-one is on site whilst it's removed.

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Those guys are going to be finished in ten minutes,

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so we've set a little challenge up.

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Can we get this down in ten minutes, this porch?

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Can we remove it from the front of the house?

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Go on, then, nail it - you've got ten minutes.

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We are not going to let a few deadly fibres put a stop to this build.

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It's hard work, innit, this DIY SOS?

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While the house inside goes all Breaking Bad...

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Five minutes!

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..outside, these guys are breaking good with the porch.

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Three minutes 30 seconds!

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That's it, it's finished, it's finished.

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And there is our time - 8.21.

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They took that down quicker than it took you to eat an ice cream.

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Yeah, but I have been savouring it.

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-Is that it finished, then?

-Yeah, that's it.

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We weren't doing anything.

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We were just standing around waiting.

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APPLAUSE

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With the asbestos cleared, there is no time to waste

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as we are approaching the end of the day, and the boys inside

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have discovered Nan's original 1940s parquet floor

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and it's caught Gabbers' eye.

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It's beautiful, look at this parquet floor.

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And it's in absolutely perfect condition.

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I know - let's rip it up and get it in the skip.

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LAUGHTER

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-Knowles, back here now!

-What?

-We have got to use this somehow.

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-To bulk out the skip? Landfill?

-No, it's absolutely beautiful.

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What I think we should do is take it up and use it in another room.

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It is beautiful and it'd be lovely if we could keep it,

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but in view of the fact that we're restructuring the rooms,

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it won't make any sense.

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So we do have to take it up. The best you can do with it

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is probably rip it up and sell it to a company who might sell it on.

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Well, if it could be lovingly taken up

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and I can find somebody to restore it,

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I'm going to use it in another room.

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-You've got to get this off the back.

-I know, but it must be possible,

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because people use reclaimed...

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How do you get bitumen off? You use heat.

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-I neither know nor care.

-You'll be there for a month of Sundays.

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Tell you what, you get a blowtorch...

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-Voice levels.

-Why are you getting so hysterical?

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You get a blowtorch and you take the bitumen off the back of it.

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Take the bitumen off the back of that, see how easy it is.

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-Why are you getting hysterical?

-Because you're being ridiculous.

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Taking this up carefully will take...six to eight hours.

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Taking it off roughly will take about 35, 40 minutes.

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That's the difference. And we are in something of a hurry.

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It's true.

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Can I have five minutes to think about it and run round asking...?

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-Oh, five minutes?

-If you go and sit outside

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and have five minutes to think about it,

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I'll have the floor delivered to you.

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See? I'm nice like that.

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Upstairs, the frames for all the bedroom walls are going in.

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Hold on, she's...she's in there.

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These guys are moving suspiciously slowly.

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What I've done, which is going to make me really unpopular,

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is I've just put the brakes on the build in the sitting-room

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while we lovingly and carefully pick up each piece of parquet,

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so Mark is going to kill me.

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-What are you talking about?

-Um...nothing.

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We're just talking about the floor.

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Don't start.

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She's already started,

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and it's going to be a late one for the floor guys!

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But it's the end of the day for everyone else.

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Well, that's the view, the garden view,

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from the new bedroom that didn't exist this morning.

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This is the top floor of our extension.

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But if you come through this way, you can see the bigger change.

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Taken out all the walls in here upstairs

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and have just started to put new walls in.

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Downstairs, the guys are cracking on

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and removing that flooring very slowly.

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As we push through into the backroom,

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the back of the house is being held up on acrow props - look at it,

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completely taken out in order to make space

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for the pads and the steel, which is the right length...?

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-He's only got it right.

-He's got it right!

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Which, of course, will lead through to our beautiful new kitchen area.

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That's the end of a day of delays

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and, as a new day dawns,

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there are nearly 100 builders on site - ho-ho!

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It is a hive of activity,

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and the steels are being fitted to support the upstairs extension.

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The trades of Birmingham are making progress

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and it's purely down to the spirit of these builders.

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See, that's Andy, who has come to do the roof.

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This is his second one. It happens all the time.

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People do one job for us,

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then, all of a sudden, they turn up on the next one,

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miles and miles away, and say, "I came back for another go."

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That's how much they love it.

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The outside walls of the extension are being built

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and the roof on top is also flying up,

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but that's creating a problem for Mr Perryman's garden.

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Can't really do a massive amount till that scaffold has come out,

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cos we haven't got access to get the digger in,

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so it's that scaffolding that is messing everything up, really.

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As soon as that is down, flat out in the garden.

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See, that's not going to happen till the last two days of the build,

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which means that it will be a mad rush at the end.

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Garden!

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So, we are second day in. What do you make of it so far?

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-Fantastic.

-Everybody helps each other.

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It's like putting it back into the community.

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You know, you're giving summat back.

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You've got labourers, tradesmen, all working together.

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It's incredible, really, you know?

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We've got all the window fitters up here,

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we've got the plumbers, the electricians,

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we've got joiners in the back,

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and we've got the hoist people,

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who are up doing the hoist for us at the moment,

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and we have got the guys fitting the lift behind us.

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It's pretty busy.

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Busy and wonderful - a great job for a lovely family.

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With any build, we have to listen to what the family want.

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Charlotte is not keen on hoists and wants what we all want -

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for the boys to walk. But we are following expert advice

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to prepare the house for whatever MIGHT happen.

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Gabbers wants to pay her a visit to talk it over.

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'The boys are just so full of laughter

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'and fun and smiles and mischief.'

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It means a lot, actually. I'm quite proud of their humour

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and their, you know...

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because that shows a sort of...an awareness.

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So, one thing that has really been playing on my mind -

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all the advice and consultation we have done

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is that we do need to put a certain amount of stuff in the house

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to help you keep the boys mobile and basically protect your back,

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and what I am really worried about is that that is going to seem

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like...a lack of confidence in the boys and their development.

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And I do appreciate that,

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and the challenge would be then not to use it, wouldn't it?

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I'm sure they'll walk one day.

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I'll send you a video.

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I would love to see that. I really would.

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Gabby is, of course, right to be concerned,

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but if Charlotte's challenge is not to use the hoists,

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I've found a man that might change her mind.

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There's something of a double-edged sword with hoists and things,

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because on the one hand, obviously, they are fantastic,

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because it makes life so much easier.

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-That's right.

-On the other, it is a sort of...

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an admission that it's needed. Do you know what I mean?

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That's right. I mean...

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Hoists, they can be used for a variety of uses.

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We do install them for rehabilitation as well.

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We do walking vests for people.

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So it's not just wheelchair to bed, and that kind of thing.

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We can actually use it for rehabilitation purposes as well.

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-Can you?

-Yeah, you can have a walking vest.

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Mum is convinced that she is going to get the boys to walk

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at some stage, and so this is a possible practice way

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of using it with a walking vest on them.

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That makes me feel so much better, cos the last thing I wanted,

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with all this work,

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was to look like we didn't have the faith in her boys that she has.

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-Cheers.

-You're the man. Thank you.

-Thank you so much.

-Thank you.

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We are surrounded by geniuses!

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Now we can concentrate on the rest of the build.

0:20:540:20:56

Can we have a noggin in there, sausage?

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And the plasterers are in tomorrow,

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so the electrics need to be fitted to all the walls.

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Today, we will be flying, because yesterday, we had...

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-We didn't have a good day, yesterday, did we?

-No.

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We couldn't get anything done.

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But now we are just going to put all the cables in,

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put all the first fix in. That's what we're looking for.

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-That's our aim, innit?

-Let's go for it.

-Let's go.

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Obviously, you would have seen Billy on the TV before.

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What's he actually like, honestly?

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There's always a downside to a job, isn't there?

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All joking aside, the sterling work that's going on here

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is all in aid of two very special boys,

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and everyone on site's constantly got that on their minds.

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About ten years ago, I had a major motorcycle crash.

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I was in a coma and I couldn't remember anything, nothing.

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I had to learn to eat, talk...

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From that day, I've decided that life's too short to be miserable.

0:21:490:21:52

You have to do some good in life. It's not only down to yourself.

0:21:520:21:55

It's down to other people helping people out.

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Those are the people we work with.

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We stand on the shoulders of giants.

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I want to find out how much this work means to dad Chris.

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What are your ambitions for the boys?

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I just want them to walk and talk and just be the best they can.

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We do both think, deep down, that one day,

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they'll be walking on their own.

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We both...we both believe they will, because I believe in them,

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you know? I really believe in them. Charlotte believes in them as well.

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She's just a fantastic person, you know? She's so strong.

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-You are very proud of her, aren't you?

-I am, yeah.

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I love her to bits. She's great.

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There isn't a person on this planet

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that would be a better mother for those boys.

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She's the cornerstone of our family, without a doubt.

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So, despite the fact that she doesn't...she doesn't really

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want hoists and things, if we could do that

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just to take the pressure off her...

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That would be great. And it would mean that

0:22:480:22:51

I don't have to watch her in pain.

0:22:510:22:53

-Especially when you love her so much.

-Exactly.

0:22:530:22:56

Especially when I love her so much.

0:22:560:22:58

It was getting pretty...close to the edge, wasn't it,

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in terms of being able to cope

0:23:010:23:03

-and being stuck in... not using most of the house.

-Well...

0:23:030:23:07

A lot of the house isn't safe for them.

0:23:070:23:09

They're kind of stuck in the living room.

0:23:090:23:12

-What were you going to do, then?

-Well, we haven't really got a plan.

0:23:120:23:16

We just kind of struggle on.

0:23:160:23:19

It would be nice to plan for the future, or have a plan...

0:23:190:23:23

But you're too busy actually getting through today.

0:23:230:23:26

We are too busy getting through day to day.

0:23:260:23:28

I walk in the door from work, and the boys need a routine,

0:23:280:23:32

a strong routine, and sometimes,

0:23:320:23:35

I've got time to drop my bag on the floor and that's it

0:23:350:23:38

until the boys are in bed.

0:23:380:23:40

Jack, if it's not raining,

0:23:400:23:41

he's in the back garden with a ball at his foot and he is always saying,

0:23:410:23:45

"Dad, come and kick a football with me,

0:23:450:23:47

"come and play football with me."

0:23:470:23:48

But I don't always have the time. Charlotte will be doing the dinner

0:23:480:23:51

and I have to keep an eye on the boys.

0:23:510:23:53

I have to be in the room with the boys, they can't be left.

0:23:530:23:55

When I see him sometimes looking over the fence,

0:23:550:23:58

watching the neighbours' kids, it's heartbreaking to think

0:23:580:24:02

that that's what we wanted for him as well, you know?

0:24:020:24:05

Just to have a brother or sister, whatever, that he could play with.

0:24:050:24:10

He loves his brothers,

0:24:100:24:11

and there's nobody that can make them laugh like Jack.

0:24:110:24:15

I can tell what my brothers want or need,

0:24:190:24:22

because Alex does this for drink, or food.

0:24:220:24:26

It makes me sad when my brothers cry,

0:24:280:24:31

but I do my best to make them happy.

0:24:310:24:33

I love looking after my brothers,

0:24:340:24:36

so my mum and dad can, like, have a break for a bit.

0:24:360:24:40

Maybe just sit down.

0:24:400:24:42

Jack is such an extraordinary young lad.

0:24:440:24:46

It's crucial we give him something back

0:24:470:24:50

and, by that, I mean more time with his dad.

0:24:500:24:52

I've got an idea, but it means a total change to the garden

0:24:520:24:55

and lots of replanning.

0:24:550:24:57

-Gabbers, Gabbers...

-Mm-hm?

0:24:580:25:00

-Just wanted a quick... No, wait, wait...

-Yeah, what?

0:25:000:25:03

Across the back, if we have a flat wall

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and a doorway on each side...

0:25:060:25:08

-I'm so busy... Yeah.

-..and then a net over the top...

0:25:080:25:10

-OK.

-..and just pull that back...

0:25:100:25:12

That will work, if you think about it. A nod would help.

0:25:120:25:15

-OK, yeah, I'll think about it. I'll think about it.

-All right.

0:25:150:25:18

I think she just gave me the brush-off,

0:25:180:25:21

she's not taking it seriously.

0:25:210:25:23

-Jules?

-Yes.

-Jules, darling. OK, something weird has happened.

0:25:230:25:26

-"Weird"?

-You know how Nick gets hysterical about the garden

0:25:260:25:29

and has been following me around just talking at me,

0:25:290:25:32

I've been trying to ignore it, but he actually accidentally

0:25:320:25:35

came up with quite a good idea.

0:25:350:25:36

My idea is to build a garden that is Jack's football paradise,

0:25:360:25:40

with artificial grass both horizontally

0:25:400:25:43

and on a vertical wall with a painted goal emblazoned on it,

0:25:430:25:46

topped off by an enormous net

0:25:460:25:48

to stop the ball flying into people's gardens.

0:25:480:25:50

I'm happy, but Chris isn't.

0:25:500:25:53

The floorboards are not here. No comprendo.

0:25:530:25:57

They are still at the builder's merchant,

0:25:570:25:59

cos they have been under-ordered. And it's quite important,

0:25:590:26:02

because it will stop the site in the morning

0:26:020:26:04

by about two or three hours, cos we want to get it plastered.

0:26:040:26:06

Well, one step forward, one step back.

0:26:060:26:09

The kitchen floors are delaying the build

0:26:090:26:11

and talking of floors, Gabbers has decided to

0:26:110:26:13

make some tables out of the parquet wood

0:26:130:26:15

so that Charlotte will have a piece of her nan's house to hold on to.

0:26:150:26:18

But Mark stuck her beloved parquet

0:26:180:26:20

as far away from site as possible, and rightly so.

0:26:200:26:23

We are five days into the build

0:26:230:26:24

and we haven't got any time to mess about with stuff.

0:26:240:26:27

We need the tops made, and I need them made today,

0:26:270:26:29

so my steel guy can make the frames for them.

0:26:290:26:32

So I'll just have to steal some of Mark's guys

0:26:320:26:34

and get them out here and do this,

0:26:340:26:35

cos otherwise it's not going to be done in time.

0:26:350:26:38

-Can I just quickly steal you now?

-Yeah, let's go.

0:26:380:26:41

-It'll just be two minutes.

-OK.

0:26:410:26:42

Everyone, could I borrow you, please?

0:26:420:26:44

Could you follow me? Everyone out!

0:26:440:26:47

Then we can get it done quickly.

0:26:470:26:49

You can't just clear the whole site and borrow everyone!

0:26:490:26:53

Just have a quick human chain, this is all about time management.

0:26:530:26:57

We have got about five minutes before Miller notices we're here.

0:26:570:27:00

I don't want anyone straining their backs.

0:27:020:27:04

What is your favourite? What do you think?

0:27:050:27:08

-What's it going to be?

-What we could do,

0:27:080:27:09

to add some feature to it, is put the square diamond in the middle

0:27:090:27:12

-and set it all off from there.

-What are they doing?

0:27:120:27:15

We've got the pattern and the finish,

0:27:150:27:17

now it's all about quality control, keep the best, best ones.

0:27:170:27:20

I think that's pretty good.

0:27:200:27:22

Right, this has gone on far too long.

0:27:230:27:26

Gabs? What the hell are you doing?

0:27:260:27:28

Um...we are just very quickly sorting out some tabletops.

0:27:280:27:31

The whole downstairs of the job has stopped.

0:27:310:27:33

All right, guys, would you mind...

0:27:330:27:35

Thank you very much. ..just cracking on with the rest?

0:27:350:27:37

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine...ten.

0:27:370:27:42

For that?

0:27:420:27:43

I'm a great fan of yours, Gabs,

0:27:430:27:45

but I think on this one, you've dropped one.

0:27:450:27:46

If each of them has been away, even for half an hour,

0:27:460:27:49

and there's ten of them, that's five man hours we've lost on the job.

0:27:490:27:52

-They weren't away for half an hour.

-They were.

0:27:520:27:54

You're getting emotional about this. It's fine.

0:27:540:27:56

-You've actually dropped a clanger, probably ruined the job.

-A little bit.

0:27:560:27:59

So, Gabbers has cost us another five hours,

0:27:590:28:02

but at least the electrics are on track...please, Billy?

0:28:020:28:05

It's, like, loads of fingers are all coming through the ceiling,

0:28:050:28:09

running everywhere else, taking electricity to it.

0:28:090:28:13

I've realised... I believe we're maybe a cable short,

0:28:130:28:16

but we'll find it.

0:28:160:28:18

It's somewhere.

0:28:180:28:19

This is a ring main. And that is downstairs lighting...

0:28:190:28:25

This could take some time.

0:28:250:28:27

If there's two cables there then we're all right.

0:28:270:28:30

With the floor not being delivered till tomorrow,

0:28:300:28:32

and no access to the garden,

0:28:320:28:33

Jules has decided to take Chris and Mark to meet the family.

0:28:330:28:36

-Hiya.

-You all right?

-What's happening, then?

0:28:360:28:39

We thought we'd do a little bit of aikido.

0:28:390:28:41

HE GRUNTS

0:28:410:28:43

Dad Chris and Jack rarely get any time together,

0:28:430:28:45

so we've have made it happen.

0:28:450:28:48

Where have the other two gone, then?

0:28:480:28:50

Cos Chris and Mark came in as well, didn't they?

0:28:500:28:52

I saw them come in, but I don't know where they went.

0:28:520:28:54

I'm so excited. I'm so excited.

0:28:540:28:57

I've got the outfits.

0:28:570:28:59

He may be small, but Jack is a powerhouse.

0:28:590:29:01

Prepare for a beating, boys.

0:29:010:29:03

HE LAUGHS

0:29:060:29:08

Are you sure this is the right stuff?

0:29:080:29:09

Yeah, that's what she said in the shop.

0:29:090:29:11

How have the twins been doing since we started?

0:29:110:29:13

Dylan has been out of his routine,

0:29:130:29:15

so he gets a little bit uncomfortable with that.

0:29:150:29:17

But he's adjusted better than I thought,

0:29:170:29:19

so it's gone all right.

0:29:190:29:21

I've got mine on back to front.

0:29:210:29:23

-Oh...

-MARK LAUGHS

0:29:240:29:26

All right, I didn't read the instructions.

0:29:260:29:28

It's my first time.

0:29:280:29:30

Boys, they might be both Japanese,

0:29:300:29:32

but you've got your martial arts mixed up here, I think.

0:29:320:29:35

We've got the wrong stuff, haven't we?

0:29:350:29:37

-You've made us look ridiculous now.

-You're not wrong there.

0:29:370:29:40

The question is, who will win - sumo wrestling or akaidu?

0:29:400:29:44

Ak...aikido...

0:29:440:29:45

-Come on, Jack, go and throw him.

-Go on, Jack, show what you can do.

0:29:450:29:49

Now, that's the advantage of having long arms.

0:29:500:29:52

THEY LAUGH

0:29:520:29:53

Oh, this isn't fair - maybe someone his own height, perhaps?

0:29:530:29:57

Nice throw, Jack.

0:30:000:30:01

Go on, Jack.

0:30:010:30:02

Well done. You know, I've been wanting to do that for ages.

0:30:040:30:06

-THUD!

-Oh!

0:30:080:30:10

Oh! Right in the prawn crackers!

0:30:100:30:12

THEY LAUGH

0:30:120:30:14

That's the killer shot.

0:30:140:30:16

NICK LAUGHS

0:30:170:30:18

Oh, that's fantastic.

0:30:180:30:19

Back on site, there's a delivery for Chris.

0:30:190:30:22

There it is - that there is your typical kitchen floor.

0:30:220:30:28

And it looks like Mark has recovered from his battering.

0:30:280:30:30

-SQUEAKY VOICE:

-Even though we've got the floor solved,

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it's knocked the plastering quite far behind,

0:30:330:30:35

cos we were supposed to be in the kitchen first thing today,

0:30:350:30:37

getting that all plastered and skimmed,

0:30:370:30:39

so poor old Chris is up against it now.

0:30:390:30:42

I think you might need to put some ice cubes on those.

0:30:420:30:45

While Chris and his lads crack on with the floor,

0:30:470:30:49

the garden is a far cry from the vision I had

0:30:490:30:51

of a football pitch for Jack.

0:30:510:30:53

Jules will be pulling his hair out.

0:30:530:30:55

Well, he hasn't got any, really, has he?

0:30:550:30:57

Where is the worried man in the garden?

0:30:570:30:59

You go down to the cabin, he'll have his shoes off,

0:30:590:31:02

shorts on, chocolate muffin,

0:31:020:31:04

having a coffee, talking about materials.

0:31:040:31:06

Yeah, I'll take delivery as soon as possible.

0:31:060:31:09

See, the thing is, it might look like I'm not doing much

0:31:090:31:13

but, really, this is the nerve centre. This is the hub.

0:31:130:31:16

See, Chris doesn't understand that.

0:31:160:31:18

He thinks it all happens, but...you know...

0:31:180:31:21

it takes a lot of work,

0:31:210:31:23

this...ordering of plants and materials.

0:31:230:31:27

Meanwhile, back in the real world I like to call building a house...

0:31:280:31:32

We, collectively, are going to clear the floors in the downstairs,

0:31:320:31:36

cos we've got to put this 100 bags of self-leveller

0:31:360:31:39

on that floor this evening.

0:31:390:31:42

So that's what we're doing.

0:31:420:31:44

We've got just two days until we finish and there's so much to do.

0:31:490:31:52

At least Chris can finally get on with the plastering.

0:31:520:31:55

Right, if I take you in and show you the kitchen...

0:31:550:31:57

I mean, it looks scary,

0:31:570:31:58

but there will be lads in a minute,

0:31:580:32:00

prepping this, and it'll all click.

0:32:000:32:03

And just like that...

0:32:030:32:05

All the plastering is done!

0:32:050:32:07

Ready for the decorators.

0:32:070:32:09

And someone else is in a good mood.

0:32:090:32:11

As you can see, the scaffold is coming down,

0:32:110:32:14

I'm very, very excited about being able to start the garden.

0:32:140:32:18

It's OK.

0:32:180:32:19

It's going to be spectacular.

0:32:190:32:21

Whoo-hoo!

0:32:210:32:22

With this positive attitude, we can do anything today.

0:32:220:32:25

We are all having a really nice time in the sunshine,

0:32:250:32:28

laughing and joking and cuddling each other

0:32:280:32:30

and doing all those things that people do on SOS.

0:32:300:32:33

And then I looked at my list and nothing had actually vanished.

0:32:330:32:38

My list has actually got longer.

0:32:380:32:40

We've got to finish the plumbing off,

0:32:400:32:42

we've got three windows to be fitted,

0:32:420:32:43

we've got three doors... Tiling.

0:32:430:32:45

Got to have these hoists in today.

0:32:450:32:47

Both skips are full and we have a house full of rubbish.

0:32:470:32:50

We've got to get kitchen in today. And all that's got to go in.

0:32:500:32:53

I need a 600 by 600 P plus.

0:32:530:32:56

I don't even know what that is, but it's being added to the list,

0:32:560:32:59

and Mark is feeling the pressure.

0:32:590:33:02

He thinks that everything -

0:33:020:33:04

the garden, the house - is way behind.

0:33:040:33:07

I'm more than confident with the garden,

0:33:070:33:09

because I've sat down in my office for two days and planned it.

0:33:090:33:12

That's his problem. He spends too much time

0:33:120:33:15

running around like a headless chicken

0:33:150:33:17

and not planning properly.

0:33:170:33:19

Cos we are...we are on the crest of the wave out here.

0:33:190:33:23

We're surfing.

0:33:230:33:25

This might distract the eejit from his list for a while.

0:33:250:33:29

It's a flippin' delivery of ladies.

0:33:290:33:31

-And I tell you what, they've got cake.

-It's amazing!

0:33:310:33:34

MUSIC: Here Come The Girls by Sugababes

0:33:340:33:37

Just wanted to stop by on our way to the races

0:33:370:33:40

because we're friends, family,

0:33:400:33:42

we're staff from the school that Alex and Dylan go to,

0:33:420:33:45

so we just wanted to say thank you.

0:33:450:33:47

CHEERING

0:33:470:33:50

Isn't that fantastic?

0:33:500:33:51

While Mark is preoccupied with the girls,

0:33:510:33:53

Gabbers has managed to sneak off

0:33:530:33:55

to see how her parquet-floor tables are doing.

0:33:550:33:58

We had to work out exactly what the sizes need to be,

0:33:580:34:02

so they fitted without any silly little cuts,

0:34:020:34:04

so they all look symmetrical.

0:34:040:34:06

It took three days to work it out!

0:34:060:34:08

Don't say that! Don't tell anybody that, OK?

0:34:080:34:11

I'll be in such big trouble. I'm in trouble enough.

0:34:110:34:15

So we'll just say it was a ten-minute job.

0:34:150:34:17

Just ten minutes...

0:34:170:34:18

And only ten minutes into his garden,

0:34:180:34:20

the access to get materials in for Jules is going to be blocked again.

0:34:200:34:24

This is because both the front and back ramps are being laid

0:34:240:34:28

and can't be stepped on whilst they're going down.

0:34:280:34:30

The people out the front want to know, can they close this off now?

0:34:320:34:35

Do you need any more stuff in here?

0:34:350:34:37

Why don't you just have a blast now

0:34:370:34:39

and get some hardcore in and put it in a pile somewhere?

0:34:390:34:42

Yeah, we haven't really set...

0:34:420:34:43

We haven't got set levels, really...as well,

0:34:430:34:46

to know how much hardcore to bring in.

0:34:460:34:49

You don't seem very organised, Julian.

0:34:490:34:51

HE SIGHS

0:34:510:34:54

-Look, just do what you want.

-No, no - you can say that, either.

0:34:540:34:57

That's an abdication of duty.

0:34:570:34:58

The front is not my department, all right?

0:34:580:35:01

-Is that how we work on these sites?

-Yeah, but I can't take...

0:35:010:35:06

Is that the view that these people that have turned up to help us have taken?

0:35:060:35:09

"That's not my job"?

0:35:090:35:11

I can't be responsible for planning the front,

0:35:110:35:13

cos I'm out the back. This is my domain, the back.

0:35:130:35:16

Yes, Jules, but you've got to be responsible, partly,

0:35:160:35:19

for the front, because otherwise, you can't get to the back.

0:35:190:35:22

Well, yeah, there is that.

0:35:240:35:25

Whilst he thinks it out,

0:35:250:35:27

it's worth saying the progress in the garden is frustrating,

0:35:270:35:30

but nothing compared to what the family's been through the last four years,

0:35:300:35:34

and Charlotte's sister Ellie has seen that first hand.

0:35:340:35:37

-Certainly, your sister needed some help.

-She did.

0:35:370:35:39

She doesn't like to say so, does she?

0:35:390:35:41

No, she doesn't. She's quite strong.

0:35:410:35:43

I think she's had to have been.

0:35:430:35:44

Do you think this will make a big difference?

0:35:440:35:46

-If we get the house sorted out?

-A phenomenal difference.

0:35:460:35:49

I...I can't even begin to...

0:35:490:35:51

I can't even begin to imagine

0:35:510:35:53

what a difference it's going to make, actually,

0:35:530:35:56

because...it's breaking them.

0:35:560:35:59

-It's actually breaking them.

-Hmm.

-And...

0:35:590:36:03

it's going to be huge, we're so excited about the future,

0:36:030:36:07

knowing that this sort of thing is around

0:36:070:36:09

and that there are people here, helping.

0:36:090:36:12

Yeah, and all of them determined

0:36:120:36:15

to make this house right for the family.

0:36:150:36:17

I want to see how things have been for Charlotte.

0:36:170:36:20

Do you sometimes pinch yourself, to realise the situation you're in?

0:36:220:36:26

I think about the twins

0:36:260:36:28

and how they have found themselves in this situation,

0:36:280:36:30

when, you know...

0:36:300:36:32

I mean, all they did was got born.

0:36:320:36:35

Forgive me for asking, but from the outside,

0:36:350:36:37

it's not necessarily easy to tell - what do you get back from the twins?

0:36:370:36:40

Every little new thing they do, you know, that's brilliant,

0:36:400:36:44

and text messages and phone calls go round the whole family.

0:36:440:36:47

'That's fantastic. It really is. It's a tonic.

0:36:470:36:51

'They thoroughly enjoy life

0:36:510:36:53

'and we just try and make it as easy as we can for them.'

0:36:530:36:57

You've got one! Yay!

0:36:570:36:59

I think we've come up with some really good ideas.

0:36:590:37:01

Have you thought about what life will be like

0:37:010:37:04

-if we get the house right?

-Um...

0:37:040:37:07

-You haven't, have you?

-No. Not really.

0:37:090:37:12

-You live really in the present.

-I think I do, yeah.

0:37:120:37:15

Deal with what's in front of you today.

0:37:150:37:18

-Yeah.

-No ambitions for yourself?

0:37:180:37:20

I wanted to be a lawyer, I wanted to be a solicitor,

0:37:200:37:23

and that's what I wanted to do with my life.

0:37:230:37:25

I did do really well. The degree I got was a first-class degree.

0:37:250:37:28

We kind of just had to stop and think, "This is where I am."

0:37:280:37:31

'And I've got this job to do and, in a lot of ways,

0:37:310:37:35

'it is the best job in the world.'

0:37:350:37:37

You said to Gabby that you'd carry them to the ends of the Earth.

0:37:370:37:39

The difficulty is,

0:37:390:37:41

for us to safety-proof the house for the future,

0:37:410:37:43

we have to put hoists in,

0:37:430:37:45

but you're not very comfortable with that.

0:37:450:37:47

It just seems a long way off.

0:37:470:37:48

I don't know. Yeah, I think you're right, actually.

0:37:480:37:51

Why is it a long way off if it's hurting your back now?

0:37:510:37:53

I think you're right, I think it's because...

0:37:530:37:55

It is perhaps because I see it as a sign of...

0:37:550:37:58

I don't want to admit that I can't do it for them, either.

0:37:580:38:00

Do you worry about the future?

0:38:000:38:02

I try...

0:38:020:38:04

It's in a "too difficult to deal with" box, really, the future,

0:38:040:38:07

cos I don't know what the future holds -

0:38:070:38:09

nobody really does - but specifically with the boys,

0:38:090:38:12

cos we don't really have any sort of diagnosis as such,

0:38:120:38:16

we don't know where they'll end up, and then...

0:38:160:38:19

It does worry me.

0:38:210:38:22

I just deal with what I'm given and deal with it in the way that I deal with it,

0:38:220:38:26

which might not be the best way,

0:38:260:38:27

but it's kind of the only way I know.

0:38:270:38:30

You have built such a wall up.

0:38:300:38:31

Are you not worried that it will break?

0:38:310:38:33

It's like a dam going, do you know what I mean?

0:38:330:38:36

-It just can't.

-It can't?

-You just decide it can't, yeah.

0:38:360:38:39

I made a decision on that one.

0:38:390:38:41

If we make the house easier to use,

0:38:410:38:44

will you try and take a moment for yourself?

0:38:440:38:46

I'll try.

0:38:460:38:48

I don't think I know how to do that any more.

0:38:500:38:53

Well, there's only one day left,

0:38:540:38:56

and the boys are girding their loins and gathering up

0:38:560:38:59

and going for it once again.

0:38:590:39:01

They are determined to get this house right.

0:39:010:39:04

I've got kids myself, as well, so, yeah, just...

0:39:040:39:07

You know, everybody has their trouble, don't they?

0:39:070:39:10

Get the little boys back on their feet, you know,

0:39:100:39:13

in a better environment, that's what we're looking for.

0:39:130:39:16

Tarmac is going down to create a front path -

0:39:160:39:18

lovely stuff, this isn't...

0:39:180:39:20

HE CHOKES

0:39:200:39:21

Inside, the lift is going in, too.

0:39:210:39:23

It's like Jodrell Bank in there - but very handy, cos essentially,

0:39:230:39:26

this turns the house into a bungalow.

0:39:260:39:28

It means there's access all areas.

0:39:280:39:29

There are decorators in and the hoists are being fitted,

0:39:290:39:33

and these can make a real difference.

0:39:330:39:35

Going to completely change

0:39:350:39:37

how she sees using the hoist, don't you think?

0:39:370:39:40

They want to get about and they're really frustrated

0:39:400:39:43

and I think they'll really enjoy this.

0:39:430:39:45

Jack's bed is being finished off - fantastic, it is.

0:39:450:39:48

And the same guys have also finished the parquet tables.

0:39:480:39:51

They're lovely, and a reminder of Grandma.

0:39:510:39:54

-Oh, that's pretty.

-They are beautiful.

0:39:540:39:56

Don't they look good?

0:39:560:39:58

But the big sticking point is still the back garden.

0:39:580:40:01

I am determined that we are going to create

0:40:010:40:03

a wonderful place for young Jack.

0:40:030:40:05

It's just we've only got a day left,

0:40:050:40:07

and Jules is like a large balloon with a slow puncture.

0:40:070:40:11

-I feel a bit deflated now.

-I do, to be honest.

0:40:110:40:14

-We'll get it done.

-I'm glad you're confident.

0:40:140:40:17

I wouldn't be - we need to build a football wall,

0:40:170:40:20

level the ground and put down artificial grass,

0:40:200:40:22

build the raised beds out of railway sleepers,

0:40:220:40:24

fill them with 20 tonnes of topsoil, put the plants in, pave the patio,

0:40:240:40:27

get some swings in and a trampoline...

0:40:270:40:29

And it's all my fault.

0:40:290:40:31

At the end of the day, without being able to have the time

0:40:330:40:35

to lay the brick in and make a brick wall,

0:40:350:40:38

sleepers seemed the best way.

0:40:380:40:40

The trouble is, we've been at a point

0:40:400:40:43

where we've had to make decisions and Jules hasn't been up to it.

0:40:430:40:46

-What was that?

-I was just saying

0:40:460:40:48

how well you'd done in the back garden...

0:40:480:40:50

-Oh, thanks(!)

-..over the last few days.

0:40:500:40:51

-Thank you very much.

-You were giving me evils.

0:40:510:40:54

-I wasn't.

-You were giving me evils.

0:40:540:40:55

I was wondering what ridiculous plan you'd come up with this time.

0:40:550:40:58

It wasn't... I have stuck to the same plan.

0:40:580:41:00

Since someone had to make a decision, I made a decision.

0:41:000:41:02

Come on, we're holding all these guys up,

0:41:020:41:04

they want to get on.

0:41:040:41:06

We're yapping in the middle of them all - let's step out and let the work commence.

0:41:060:41:09

Who gave him a positivity pill in the last 15 minutes?

0:41:110:41:15

It is true - time is running out.

0:41:150:41:17

Inside, Gabbers has designed bespoke storage space

0:41:170:41:20

so our chippies are right up against it.

0:41:200:41:23

Something's got to go.

0:41:230:41:25

-It is what it is.

-We need all of it.

-No, it is what it is.

0:41:250:41:29

We are bottomed out on...on personnel and time and access.

0:41:290:41:34

So, if we have to drop something, it's got to be the panelling.

0:41:340:41:38

Yes, the panelling has got to go.

0:41:380:41:40

We can do the panelling for you.

0:41:400:41:42

I know it's simple, but we don't have time.

0:41:420:41:44

Have we really got time, with everything else?

0:41:440:41:47

We're pretty much up against it, aren't we?

0:41:470:41:49

-We're back on to that now.

-What? Back onto what?

0:41:490:41:53

-The panelling.

-No, we can't panel it, we haven't enough time.

0:41:530:41:56

-He says... They say they can.

-I'm not...

0:41:560:41:58

-Don't give me the scary psycho look.

-It's not her.

0:41:580:42:00

We've got to get this house finished.

0:42:000:42:02

We need skirtings on, shelves in, we need that in,

0:42:020:42:04

need the doors finished, then we're out.

0:42:040:42:06

But if the chippies say they can do it,

0:42:060:42:08

who are we to tell them they can't?

0:42:080:42:10

-No panelling! No panelling!

-Mate, I think you've lost this one.

0:42:100:42:13

-No, there is no panelling.

-I think you've lost it.

0:42:130:42:15

We need to get this family into the house and get this house working.

0:42:150:42:19

-I don't know why you're telling me.

-Warren, no, please - don't.

0:42:190:42:22

All right.

0:42:220:42:23

I'm confused now. Does that mean we are or aren't doing panelling?

0:42:230:42:26

Yes, this build is taking on a life of its own.

0:42:270:42:30

The house is getting its finishing touches

0:42:300:42:32

and Gabby's vision is becoming a reality.

0:42:320:42:35

But in the garden, with hours to go,

0:42:370:42:39

my design for Jack is in serious jeopardy.

0:42:390:42:42

It's getting late, and there's a mountain to climb.

0:42:420:42:46

We haven't really got anything for here.

0:42:460:42:49

These guys, flat out, are an inspiration.

0:42:490:42:52

I know we can do it, cos you're a crack team.

0:42:520:42:54

I am missing my son's first birthday today.

0:42:540:42:57

We'd better get it done.

0:42:570:42:59

It's all for a good cause, though.

0:42:590:43:01

With the house finished...

0:43:010:43:03

CHEERING

0:43:040:43:06

LAUGHTER

0:43:060:43:08

..there's still no cause for celebration in the garden.

0:43:080:43:11

It's going to be a long night.

0:43:130:43:16

Nine days ago, we met a family trapped by their house.

0:43:230:43:27

Definitely feel like a prisoner in the living room.

0:43:270:43:30

Being in the house can be depressing.

0:43:300:43:32

They couldn't look forward.

0:43:320:43:35

It would be nice to plan for the future

0:43:350:43:37

or, you know, have a plan.

0:43:370:43:39

We are too busy getting through day to day.

0:43:390:43:41

The twins are only going to get bigger,

0:43:410:43:44

the boys would be forced to live down here,

0:43:440:43:46

we'd probably all be living in the living room.

0:43:460:43:49

It...it really doesn't bear thinking about, to be honest.

0:43:490:43:52

Come here. Let's get you in it.

0:43:520:43:54

Despite all this, Chris and Charlotte have never given up

0:43:540:43:58

on the hope that the twins will make progress.

0:43:580:44:00

I just want them to walk and talk and just be the best they can.

0:44:000:44:05

We just want them to be the best they can.

0:44:050:44:08

But their house was getting in the way.

0:44:080:44:10

We're desperate and we don't know what else to do.

0:44:100:44:13

We don't know where to start or what we can do

0:44:130:44:17

to give the boys what they deserve.

0:44:170:44:20

It's breaking them. It's actually breaking them.

0:44:200:44:22

It's fair to say the family were desperate.

0:44:220:44:25

She said to me she'd carry those boys to the end of the Earth, but...

0:44:250:44:28

She wants to do that, but she can't.

0:44:280:44:30

The troops were called to the rescue and in just nine days,

0:44:320:44:35

these brave Brummies have given this family a chance

0:44:350:44:38

to take their first steps towards a happier future.

0:44:380:44:41

We turned a cramped three-bedroom house

0:44:450:44:47

into a four-bedroom family home.

0:44:470:44:49

A ramp will mean getting through the front door

0:44:500:44:53

will no longer be the challenge it was.

0:44:530:44:55

The walls at the back of the house have been removed

0:44:550:44:58

to create a large kitchen-diner extension -

0:44:580:45:00

a place the whole family can enjoy and have mealtimes together.

0:45:000:45:04

The boys only went and completed the panel wall -

0:45:060:45:09

what a beautiful feature it is.

0:45:090:45:11

A lift has been added

0:45:140:45:16

so Charlotte doesn't need to struggle up the stairs.

0:45:160:45:19

The adjoining wet room comes with a changing table and hoist

0:45:210:45:24

so that bath-time is no longer a backbreaking affair.

0:45:240:45:28

Gone are the days of imprisonment in the living room.

0:45:290:45:32

The wall has been knocked down to create a large, open space

0:45:320:45:36

that they can relax in together.

0:45:360:45:38

Upstairs, the boys have been separated

0:45:390:45:41

into two different rooms,

0:45:410:45:44

so they'll no longer keep each other up during the night.

0:45:440:45:47

Each room reflects their personalities,

0:45:470:45:50

and both come with a hoist and walking harness

0:45:500:45:53

to get these boys on their feet.

0:45:530:45:56

The extension has also created a brand-new room

0:45:560:45:58

for Charlotte and Chris to relax and unwind in.

0:45:580:46:01

There's also a luxurious wet room upstairs for the whole family.

0:46:030:46:07

Jack's room may not have changed structurally,

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but a high-raised bed has been added to maximise the space

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and to give Jack a place to hang out in underneath.

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But the question is, did they finish the garden?

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Back of the net!

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These champion league stars have made a garden fit for a pro

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AND a place where Chris and Jack

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can get the father-and-son time they desperately craved.

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If you're ready, open your eyes.

0:46:370:46:40

SHE LAUGHS

0:46:420:46:44

-You can't?

-No, I can't!

0:46:440:46:45

Come on. Time to open your eyes.

0:46:480:46:50

This is...like a different house, totally.

0:46:550:46:58

Wow... Look at all this space!

0:46:580:47:00

-There's a lift.

-I know.

0:47:020:47:04

You'll be able to get them upstairs without breaking your back any more.

0:47:060:47:10

I'll be able to keep the boys with us, upstairs.

0:47:100:47:14

I can picture the boys, I can...

0:47:150:47:18

-SHE SOBS

-Look at this.

0:47:190:47:22

-I love the kitchen.

-So do I.

0:47:260:47:28

There is loads and loads of storage, extractor fan, beautiful hob...

0:47:280:47:32

-Just absolutely beyond belief.

-SHE GASPS

0:47:320:47:36

-I feel like I can't breathe.

-It's beyond belief.

0:47:360:47:40

This is all new house.

0:47:400:47:42

-Nine days.

-CHRIS LAUGHS

0:47:430:47:46

Wow!

0:47:460:47:47

You saw, over in the corner,

0:47:480:47:50

a little desk, a little writing desk.

0:47:500:47:52

-Did you notice that?

-I did notice that.

0:47:520:47:54

Cos obviously, someday,

0:47:540:47:55

you're going to go back to being a lawyer or something, aren't you?

0:47:550:47:58

-That would be nice.

-You'll find a way to do something.

0:47:580:48:01

You have to do...

0:48:020:48:04

After our discussion the other day,

0:48:040:48:06

you've got such huge ambitions for the boys -

0:48:060:48:08

and quite rightly, too -

0:48:080:48:10

but you mustn't let go of your own ambitions.

0:48:100:48:12

It doesn't have to be that way. You'll find a way to do it.

0:48:120:48:14

You will find a way to do it, cos you find a way to do everything.

0:48:140:48:17

As a family, you find a way to do everything.

0:48:170:48:19

-Oh, wow!

-I love it!

0:48:190:48:21

CHRIS LAUGHS

0:48:240:48:26

-Wow...

-Look at this.

0:48:270:48:29

First of the hoists that I am going to show you.

0:48:290:48:31

The bathroom, as they get bigger, you want to be able to take them

0:48:310:48:34

out of the chair and put them on the mat.

0:48:340:48:37

That is what that is for - to help with that situation.

0:48:370:48:40

-But the bathroom is a beautiful bathroom, isn't it?

-It is.

0:48:420:48:44

-It is.

-Absolutely. Look at it, it's just amazing.

0:48:440:48:47

It's got what we need, but...

0:48:470:48:49

It's got what we need, but it's got so much more as well.

0:48:490:48:52

Come this way.

0:48:520:48:53

-This is...

-Oh, my God!

0:48:550:48:57

SHE GASPS

0:48:580:49:00

Look at the boys!

0:49:000:49:02

Oh, wow!

0:49:020:49:03

Oh, my God.

0:49:050:49:07

-Come and have a seat.

-We were kind of trapped in this room, weren't we?

0:49:070:49:10

But look at it now.

0:49:100:49:12

-I wouldn't even mind being trapped in it now.

-No.

0:49:120:49:16

-It's just got... It's the space.

-Yeah.

0:49:160:49:19

It's the space for the boys.

0:49:190:49:22

SHE SOBS

0:49:220:49:25

Do you know, the other day,

0:49:250:49:27

you asked me what it was I thought you were doing

0:49:270:49:30

or what it was I wanted,

0:49:300:49:31

and people have asked me that a lot, and...

0:49:310:49:34

I don't think I dared to dream, I don't think...

0:49:350:49:38

I couldn't have imagined this in my wildest dreams.

0:49:380:49:41

It's just all so perfect. It really is.

0:49:410:49:43

It's just what the boys need, it's what we need.

0:49:430:49:47

It's the best thing in the world.

0:49:470:49:50

People that have given up time with their family

0:49:500:49:54

and time with their jobs and everything like that

0:49:540:49:56

to do this for us is just...

0:49:560:49:59

It's... It's just phenomenal. It's just unbelievable.

0:49:590:50:03

I asked you the other day whether you could see a future,

0:50:030:50:06

and you said you just didn't think like that.

0:50:060:50:10

You didn't think ahead.

0:50:100:50:11

I'll get the boys walking here. I will. I will, I promise.

0:50:110:50:15

This is the place I could do it.

0:50:170:50:19

The boys can be the best they can be here.

0:50:190:50:21

I can see that now.

0:50:210:50:23

CHOKED UP: Well, that's me ruined, as well.

0:50:240:50:27

THEY LAUGH

0:50:270:50:28

Don't need to bounce off the banisters,

0:50:280:50:31

cos they'll be in the lift.

0:50:310:50:33

Look at the size of our hall.

0:50:330:50:35

THEY LAUGH

0:50:350:50:37

How has it ever got this big?

0:50:370:50:38

Oh, look at this!

0:50:410:50:43

-Look at his bed.

-This is a proper little boy's room.

0:50:430:50:47

Alex's bedroom.

0:50:490:50:50

Oh...

0:50:500:50:52

No more trying to squeeze him into a cot.

0:50:520:50:55

Remember the problem we talked about?

0:50:550:50:58

Hoists, admitting defeat, not wanting to admit defeat

0:50:580:51:02

and, like, you're determined that they're going to walk?

0:51:020:51:05

OK - these are walking harnesses.

0:51:050:51:08

So, essentially, you put them in here,

0:51:090:51:12

they can learn to walk, up and down.

0:51:120:51:14

Oh...that would just be the best.

0:51:140:51:17

That's brilliant.

0:51:210:51:23

So a hoist doesn't have to be a bad thing,

0:51:230:51:25

doesn't have to be an admission of defeat.

0:51:250:51:27

It can actually be part of your ongoing plan.

0:51:270:51:31

That's fantastic.

0:51:310:51:33

I didn't know such a thing existed, I didn't know...

0:51:330:51:37

That's...that's brilliant.

0:51:370:51:40

I love it. I really... I love it.

0:51:420:51:45

Ah, cool!

0:51:470:51:48

Oh, wow.

0:51:480:51:50

Look at this. Beautiful.

0:51:500:51:54

-And a walking harness.

-Yeah.

0:51:540:51:57

-Oh...

-Wow. This is just absolutely amazing.

0:51:570:52:00

-Dyl's going to love this.

-You've done him proud.

0:52:000:52:02

You've done my boys proud, and that was what was important to me.

0:52:020:52:06

How long since you've had a proper night's sleep?

0:52:060:52:09

A long, long time.

0:52:100:52:12

-Oh, my... Wow! Look at this.

-SHE GASPS

0:52:140:52:17

Oh, it's beautiful.

0:52:170:52:19

It's beautiful.

0:52:210:52:22

-See the bedside tables?

-Yeah.

0:52:240:52:26

-You see the wood in the bedside tables?

-Mm-hm.

-Yeah.

0:52:260:52:29

That was the parquet flooring that was downstairs,

0:52:290:52:31

that was all covered up, because we wanted to make sure

0:52:310:52:33

there was a little piece of the original house...

0:52:330:52:36

-Nana's house.

-Your grandma's house.

-Oh... That's so thoughtful.

0:52:360:52:39

Oh, isn't that lovely?

0:52:390:52:41

Isn't that a brilliant idea?

0:52:410:52:43

I love it. I love it.

0:52:430:52:45

When we chatted the other day

0:52:450:52:47

and I said...I was talking to you about it,

0:52:470:52:49

you were saying you don't really do emotion -

0:52:490:52:51

you haven't got time for it and you are uncomfortable,

0:52:510:52:55

and I said you don't want to open boxes that don't want to be opened.

0:52:550:52:58

Just want to keep it all closed up.

0:52:580:53:00

You seem a different person since we walked into the house.

0:53:000:53:04

I think you were quite perceptive.

0:53:040:53:06

I think I don't think a lot and just get on with it,

0:53:060:53:10

and if you start to think, then I worry it's a spiral downwards

0:53:100:53:14

that I won't ever be able to crawl back out of.

0:53:140:53:18

Life WAS tough, but this is going to make it so much better,

0:53:180:53:22

and I can see that now.

0:53:220:53:24

I didn't want to think about...

0:53:240:53:26

I couldn't have dreamt of any of this,

0:53:260:53:28

but I think coming in here and walking in here

0:53:280:53:31

and seeing the difference and the fact that...so many things

0:53:310:53:34

that I couldn't have even thought about or dreamt about,

0:53:340:53:37

and how much better it's going to be,

0:53:370:53:40

it's...it's just phenomenal.

0:53:400:53:43

It's just... I don't know.

0:53:430:53:45

It's just rocked me to the core, I think.

0:53:450:53:48

So perhaps it's broken through a few of those boxes.

0:53:480:53:52

Now it's time for Jack's tour.

0:53:540:53:56

-What do you think?

-Hey, dude!

-Hiya.

0:53:590:54:01

That's your bed - proper bed. Built specially for you.

0:54:040:54:09

It's awesome.

0:54:090:54:11

-Look at it!

-Oh, look at that!

0:54:130:54:15

It's a football pitch.

0:54:170:54:18

That's good. There you go, that's the boy.

0:54:200:54:22

It doesn't go into next-door's garden.

0:54:220:54:24

-Like it?

-Yeah, love it.

0:54:240:54:25

This is so that you can have a bit of you-time out here and play.

0:54:250:54:29

-Is that good?

-Yeah.

-Can I have a cuddle?

0:54:310:54:34

-I love you.

-You can have your friends round now, play football.

0:54:340:54:38

I know you do.

0:54:380:54:39

-This is a bit different!

-It is, isn't it? There's no...

0:54:400:54:44

-No falling out of the front of the wheelchair.

-One-handed!

0:54:440:54:46

THEY LAUGH

0:54:460:54:48

-What do you think, boys?

-What do you think? Is this exciting?

0:54:480:54:50

Look, boys, it's home.

0:54:500:54:52

HE LAUGHS

0:54:520:54:53

-Yeah!

-What's that, Dyl?

0:54:530:54:55

-Are you going in with Al?

-Yeah, sure.

0:54:550:54:57

See you at the top!

0:54:580:55:00

Look at this!

0:55:020:55:04

What do you think?

0:55:040:55:06

SHE GASPS

0:55:060:55:07

This is Alex's bedroom!

0:55:070:55:09

Yeah!

0:55:110:55:13

Look at this!

0:55:130:55:14

This is your big boy room.

0:55:140:55:16

This is your room now, next to Mummy and Daddy's room.

0:55:160:55:19

-Stand right.

-Hey, good boy!

0:55:190:55:22

-Yeah!

-Look at this!

-He's stepping!

-Yeah.

-Yes, yes!

0:55:220:55:27

I think this is the tool to help us, I really do.

0:55:270:55:30

-I really am...really am pleased.

-He's just taken steps.

0:55:300:55:34

There's quite a few builders outside I'd like to introduce you to

0:55:340:55:37

-who have done all this. You up for that?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

0:55:370:55:39

I say "quite a few" - I mean a whole load of wonderful people.

0:55:390:55:45

APPLAUSE

0:55:450:55:47

To think that all you people have given up time

0:55:500:55:52

with your family and your jobs

0:55:520:55:54

to come and help people you've never even met before,

0:55:540:55:57

we really can't thank you enough.

0:55:570:55:59

There isn't words that can describe the way we feel at the moment.

0:55:590:56:03

You haven't just changed our house or our lives. It's transformed...

0:56:030:56:08

You are...just so amazing, and the twins,

0:56:080:56:12

they're going to do well because of all of you.

0:56:120:56:15

And I just want to say thank you so much

0:56:150:56:18

from the bottom of my heart, I really, really mean that.

0:56:180:56:21

Now, nice and quiet, because our new football hero...

0:56:230:56:26

-Do want to tell them what you think of the garden?

-I love it.

0:56:260:56:30

-You've got a little letter you want to read, yeah?

-Yeah.

0:56:300:56:32

Ready for that? Step to the front here,

0:56:320:56:34

so everyone can hear you.

0:56:340:56:35

"Thank you very much for working on our house,

0:56:350:56:39

"making it suitable for Alex and Dylan.

0:56:390:56:43

"Thank you very, very, very, very, very much.

0:56:430:56:46

-"Yours sincerely, Jack Bull."

-Well done.

0:56:460:56:48

The twins would like to say something, listen up.

0:56:500:56:54

-RECORDING:

-Thank you!

0:56:540:56:55

-RECORDING:

-Thank you!

0:56:560:56:57

-Thank you.

-You all right?

0:57:040:57:05

It's all these boys that have done it.

0:57:050:57:08

-I did the electricals.

-Thank you.

0:57:080:57:10

Every parent has dreams for their children's future,

0:57:100:57:12

but Charlotte had kind of given up hope,

0:57:120:57:15

because she knew what she needed wasn't possible.

0:57:150:57:17

She'd screwed down her emotions so tight

0:57:170:57:19

because she felt if she let go, she might never stop.

0:57:190:57:21

Yet, in there, she let go, didn't she. Why?

0:57:210:57:24

Because she now has the tools she needs.

0:57:240:57:26

She CAN see a future, she CAN dare to hope,

0:57:260:57:29

and who knows what this family can now achieve?

0:57:290:57:32

All cos of these people.

0:57:320:57:33

Maybe you know somebody who needs your help.

0:57:330:57:36

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