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All grandparents know that time with the grandchildren is precious. | 0:00:02 | 0:00:05 | |
She loves coming to the park. | 0:00:05 | 0:00:08 | |
She just likes being outdoors and playing and running around. | 0:00:08 | 0:00:11 | |
90% of the time I'm shattered! | 0:00:11 | 0:00:14 | |
-I'm falling! -Nanny's got you. -They don't like to leave Nanny alone. | 0:00:14 | 0:00:18 | |
Even when Nanny has a break, "No, I want Nanny!" | 0:00:18 | 0:00:21 | |
So sometimes it's hard to separate them. | 0:00:21 | 0:00:23 | |
But a family tragedy has turned Sandra's life upside down. | 0:00:23 | 0:00:28 | |
I've not just lost my daughter, I've lost my best friend. | 0:00:28 | 0:00:31 | |
Sandra is looking after her grandchildren | 0:00:31 | 0:00:34 | |
with the help of son Ziggy. | 0:00:34 | 0:00:36 | |
She said, "Promise me that you'll be a role model to Deago and Ameira," | 0:00:36 | 0:00:41 | |
so that's what I try and do. | 0:00:41 | 0:00:42 | |
But they're living on top of each other, | 0:00:42 | 0:00:45 | |
crammed into a tiny two-up, two-down. | 0:00:45 | 0:00:48 | |
It's just, like, small. | 0:00:48 | 0:00:49 | |
I feel like I'm letting my daughter down, | 0:00:49 | 0:00:52 | |
that I'm not giving them what they need, really. | 0:00:52 | 0:00:55 | |
But now these amazing volunteers are coming to the rescue | 0:00:55 | 0:00:59 | |
to give this family the space that they need... | 0:00:59 | 0:01:02 | |
Come on! | 0:01:02 | 0:01:04 | |
..to rebuild their lives. | 0:01:04 | 0:01:06 | |
This is overwhelming, it really is. | 0:01:06 | 0:01:09 | |
This may be one of the smallest houses we've ever taken on. | 0:01:10 | 0:01:13 | |
The house is getting bigger already. | 0:01:13 | 0:01:15 | |
Small house, big problems. | 0:01:15 | 0:01:17 | |
That's basically the outside wall of the house. That's ridiculous. | 0:01:17 | 0:01:20 | |
So we're going to use hugely talented professionals... | 0:01:20 | 0:01:23 | |
-Get in there! -Did you accidentally drop your colour charts? | 0:01:23 | 0:01:25 | |
..to turn this into a family home bursting with love. | 0:01:25 | 0:01:29 | |
We have all the usual suspects. Mel Massey is our brand-new designer. | 0:01:29 | 0:01:33 | |
We have just nine days to do the job. | 0:01:33 | 0:01:35 | |
We put out a call to all the trades and suppliers of West Brom and said, | 0:01:35 | 0:01:38 | |
"Come and help us," and nobody turned up... | 0:01:38 | 0:01:40 | |
..other than this lot! | 0:01:40 | 0:01:42 | |
This is DIY SOS: The Big Build! | 0:01:44 | 0:01:47 | |
West Bromwich in the Midlands. | 0:02:05 | 0:02:07 | |
Whee! Hold on tightly. | 0:02:07 | 0:02:09 | |
Here, for 52-year-old grandma Sandra, family comes first. | 0:02:09 | 0:02:14 | |
Yay! Is that high? | 0:02:14 | 0:02:15 | |
And like most proud grandparents, | 0:02:15 | 0:02:18 | |
she thinks the world of her two grandkids. | 0:02:18 | 0:02:21 | |
Deago's quite a mummy's boy | 0:02:21 | 0:02:23 | |
and quite an achiever, really, educationally. | 0:02:23 | 0:02:27 | |
Five, six... | 0:02:27 | 0:02:29 | |
Ameira's just full of energy. | 0:02:29 | 0:02:31 | |
She never stops. She's just on the go all the time. | 0:02:31 | 0:02:35 | |
Whee! She keeps me on my toes, she really does. | 0:02:35 | 0:02:39 | |
Oh! | 0:02:39 | 0:02:40 | |
Sandra knows the true value of family, having grown up in care. | 0:02:40 | 0:02:44 | |
She's spent her adult life as a social worker, | 0:02:44 | 0:02:47 | |
turning the lives around of hundreds of young people going through | 0:02:47 | 0:02:50 | |
the care system. She even refers to them as her children. | 0:02:50 | 0:02:54 | |
I still see my kids. | 0:02:56 | 0:02:57 | |
I can be in Asda and they'll shout me and I'll think... | 0:02:57 | 0:03:00 | |
And I have to look sometimes because they're married with children. | 0:03:00 | 0:03:04 | |
-Yeah, higher. -Higher! I know! | 0:03:04 | 0:03:06 | |
Alongside her social work, Sandra was bringing up her own family - | 0:03:06 | 0:03:11 | |
her first-born, Crystal, and then Ziggy, who's now 19. | 0:03:11 | 0:03:15 | |
My mum's amazing. She's probably, for me, | 0:03:16 | 0:03:19 | |
one of the strongest people I know, being through everything she's | 0:03:19 | 0:03:22 | |
been through and being able to look after me and my sister as well. | 0:03:22 | 0:03:24 | |
Just being able to bring up some good kids. | 0:03:24 | 0:03:27 | |
I think I'm a good kid. | 0:03:27 | 0:03:29 | |
When my mum had work, | 0:03:30 | 0:03:31 | |
my sister - she'd always be there to look after me. | 0:03:31 | 0:03:34 | |
She had an impact on what I'd wear | 0:03:34 | 0:03:35 | |
and how I'd look and things like that. | 0:03:35 | 0:03:37 | |
Yeah, she taught me how to be cool. | 0:03:37 | 0:03:39 | |
Crystal's character - really loving, really caring. | 0:03:40 | 0:03:44 | |
She'd grab me and squeeze me and she always made me smile. | 0:03:44 | 0:03:48 | |
Always. | 0:03:48 | 0:03:49 | |
When Crystal had her own two children, Deago and Ameira, | 0:03:50 | 0:03:54 | |
Sandra and Crystal remained as tight-knit as ever. | 0:03:54 | 0:03:57 | |
There wasn't a day that passed that Crystal didn't see me | 0:03:57 | 0:04:01 | |
or I didn't see Crystal. | 0:04:01 | 0:04:03 | |
I'd be round her house, she'd come round to see me. | 0:04:03 | 0:04:06 | |
We were very close. | 0:04:06 | 0:04:08 | |
But four years ago, Crystal started to feel unwell. | 0:04:09 | 0:04:12 | |
She'd been complaining about her back and her stomach, | 0:04:13 | 0:04:18 | |
so they did an X-ray and she had bloods taken. | 0:04:18 | 0:04:22 | |
Nothing seemed to be wrong. | 0:04:22 | 0:04:24 | |
I never would've imagined, you know, | 0:04:24 | 0:04:28 | |
what happened would've happened. | 0:04:28 | 0:04:31 | |
After two years of pain and discomfort, | 0:04:31 | 0:04:33 | |
Crystal was eventually admitted to hospital. | 0:04:33 | 0:04:36 | |
We were waiting for tests... | 0:04:36 | 0:04:39 | |
Her back was getting worse and they did the scan | 0:04:40 | 0:04:43 | |
and that's when we were told. | 0:04:43 | 0:04:47 | |
They told us that she had 48 hours to live, um, and... | 0:04:47 | 0:04:53 | |
That was probably... one of the hardest times of my life, | 0:04:59 | 0:05:03 | |
seeing my sister like that because I knew she was going to pass away | 0:05:03 | 0:05:06 | |
and there was nothing I could do about it. | 0:05:06 | 0:05:08 | |
Mm, yeah. | 0:05:10 | 0:05:12 | |
And she died in my arms. | 0:05:13 | 0:05:16 | |
Crystal had been diagnosed with advanced stomach cancer, | 0:05:19 | 0:05:22 | |
which had spread to her spine. | 0:05:22 | 0:05:24 | |
She died on the 15th of October 2015, | 0:05:24 | 0:05:28 | |
after holding on for four weeks in hospital. | 0:05:28 | 0:05:31 | |
She was just worried about her children | 0:05:33 | 0:05:36 | |
and wanted to know that they would be OK | 0:05:36 | 0:05:40 | |
and they'd grow up together... | 0:05:40 | 0:05:42 | |
..and that I care for the children. | 0:05:44 | 0:05:46 | |
She said, "Promise me you'll be a role model to Deago and Ameira," | 0:05:47 | 0:05:51 | |
so that'll never leave me. | 0:05:51 | 0:05:53 | |
So that's what I try and do, I try and, you know, | 0:05:53 | 0:05:55 | |
cos she made me promise her when she passed away. | 0:05:55 | 0:05:58 | |
So, the children moved in with Sandra and Ziggy, | 0:06:00 | 0:06:03 | |
into their tiny two-up, two-down, | 0:06:03 | 0:06:05 | |
which was barely large enough for an adult and a teenager. | 0:06:05 | 0:06:08 | |
Mimi, please get down before you hurt yourself. | 0:06:10 | 0:06:13 | |
Now there's a growing family sharing this tiny space. | 0:06:13 | 0:06:17 | |
There's nowhere to get away, be alone and grieve, | 0:06:17 | 0:06:19 | |
let alone function on a daily basis. | 0:06:19 | 0:06:22 | |
Downstairs, we don't even have a dining room | 0:06:24 | 0:06:27 | |
to eat, cos it's just little. | 0:06:27 | 0:06:31 | |
It's just, like, small. | 0:06:31 | 0:06:32 | |
It's not easy for my mum. I think it's really stressful for my mum | 0:06:33 | 0:06:36 | |
because she has to share the room with Deago and Mimi. | 0:06:36 | 0:06:39 | |
-That tea is hot. -Yeah. | 0:06:39 | 0:06:41 | |
It's uncomfortable for her because she has to sleep with Mimi, | 0:06:41 | 0:06:45 | |
so she has to deal with that. It's just bad. | 0:06:45 | 0:06:48 | |
Come on. | 0:06:49 | 0:06:51 | |
At bedtime, it's difficult and just trying to settle her. | 0:06:51 | 0:06:55 | |
Come on. She wakes up in the night, she disturbs Deago, | 0:06:55 | 0:06:59 | |
so he then doesn't get any sleep. | 0:06:59 | 0:07:01 | |
It's difficult, especially for him, | 0:07:01 | 0:07:04 | |
and I feel like I'm letting my daughter down in that... | 0:07:04 | 0:07:09 | |
..that I'm not, you know, giving them what they need, really. | 0:07:11 | 0:07:15 | |
And that's why we're here, to keep a grieving family together, | 0:07:16 | 0:07:20 | |
giving them the space they need to rebuild their lives. | 0:07:20 | 0:07:25 | |
So, a real ball of energy? | 0:07:25 | 0:07:26 | |
-Yeah. -Which in a tiny space must be... -It is. It's difficult. | 0:07:26 | 0:07:31 | |
And what's it like for you being in the same room with her all the time? | 0:07:31 | 0:07:34 | |
-Annoying. -Annoying. | 0:07:34 | 0:07:36 | |
Is that what you just said - annoying? | 0:07:36 | 0:07:38 | |
Is this what it's like all day? | 0:07:38 | 0:07:40 | |
-Yeah. -Wow! | 0:07:40 | 0:07:42 | |
-Yeah. -I need a wee! | 0:07:42 | 0:07:45 | |
Ameira's loo break allows me a quiet word with Sandra. | 0:07:47 | 0:07:50 | |
How can we make your life easier? | 0:07:50 | 0:07:52 | |
I think for Deago to have a room, that would be, you know, | 0:07:52 | 0:07:57 | |
the most important thing, really. | 0:07:57 | 0:07:58 | |
But that leaves you with Ameira still in the room. | 0:07:58 | 0:08:01 | |
-Yeah. -Without much sleep, by the looks of things. | 0:08:01 | 0:08:03 | |
Yeah, but you know, I would manage that as best I can, you know, | 0:08:03 | 0:08:07 | |
if Deago could have a bit of space. | 0:08:07 | 0:08:09 | |
So if we can get one more room for Deago, that makes life a bit easier? | 0:08:09 | 0:08:12 | |
Yeah, definitely. I'm really thankful because there's no way I could have | 0:08:12 | 0:08:16 | |
-done it. -Let's wait and see what we can do first, shall we? | 0:08:16 | 0:08:19 | |
-Do you want to come and meet them? -Yeah, yeah. | 0:08:19 | 0:08:21 | |
-Family's outside, let's go outside. -OK. Thank you. | 0:08:21 | 0:08:24 | |
Here they all are. Come and say hello. | 0:08:26 | 0:08:29 | |
What a lovely looking bunch, aren't they? | 0:08:29 | 0:08:31 | |
We're really appreciative of your time. | 0:08:31 | 0:08:34 | |
It means so much to us. | 0:08:34 | 0:08:36 | |
I didn't expect to bury my daughter. | 0:08:36 | 0:08:39 | |
I didn't expect to be caring for my grandchildren full-time | 0:08:39 | 0:08:43 | |
but, you know, anything you can do, | 0:08:43 | 0:08:45 | |
anything at all, we'll be extremely grateful. | 0:08:45 | 0:08:48 | |
Thank you. Thank you. See you later. | 0:08:48 | 0:08:50 | |
With just nine days to turn around this family's life, | 0:08:56 | 0:09:00 | |
it's time to get cracking. We may as well get you all in there and get started. | 0:09:00 | 0:09:03 | |
No, we're not charging into this one. | 0:09:03 | 0:09:05 | |
-Why not? -We're just going to take it nice and steady because this here is | 0:09:05 | 0:09:08 | |
a timber-frame build that isn't very stable at the moment | 0:09:08 | 0:09:10 | |
because we've taken the side wall out. We're going to open it up | 0:09:10 | 0:09:13 | |
and there's going to be quite a bit of movement. | 0:09:13 | 0:09:15 | |
It's a bit like yourself - it's a little bit wobbly. | 0:09:15 | 0:09:17 | |
-How wobbly? -Very. -Is it? | 0:09:19 | 0:09:20 | |
Bit rude, that. And the dodgy wall isn't the half of it. | 0:09:20 | 0:09:23 | |
First thing we're doing is putting a timber-frame extension up, right? | 0:09:23 | 0:09:27 | |
-Yes. -Am I wrong in thinking that I can't see a timber-frame extension | 0:09:27 | 0:09:30 | |
-anywhere? -You're absolutely bang on. | 0:09:30 | 0:09:32 | |
-Where is it? -Somewhere on the M6. -Right. | 0:09:32 | 0:09:35 | |
Going well, this, isn't it? | 0:09:35 | 0:09:37 | |
We're having to approach this tiny big build the way we always approach | 0:09:37 | 0:09:41 | |
Billy - slowly and with caution. | 0:09:41 | 0:09:44 | |
This little house has already caused us a few headaches. | 0:09:45 | 0:09:48 | |
To prepare for the extension, we've had to underpin the foundations, | 0:09:48 | 0:09:52 | |
undertake major drainage works | 0:09:52 | 0:09:55 | |
and carefully remove the gable end, brick by brick. | 0:09:55 | 0:09:58 | |
-This is dodgy, look. -They're ALL dodgy. | 0:10:00 | 0:10:03 | |
Can you all hear me? The stairs are really dangerous at the moment, OK? | 0:10:04 | 0:10:09 | |
Really? What else can go wrong? | 0:10:09 | 0:10:10 | |
Mate, in the nicest possible way, you standing on them saying, | 0:10:10 | 0:10:13 | |
"Don't get too many people on the stairs," is putting | 0:10:13 | 0:10:15 | |
too many people on the stairs. And although you're small, | 0:10:15 | 0:10:18 | |
you're incredibly dense for your size, so too much weight... | 0:10:18 | 0:10:21 | |
-Heavy. -No, dense, cos if you're small and heavy, | 0:10:21 | 0:10:23 | |
that means you must be denser than the rest of us. | 0:10:23 | 0:10:26 | |
-Talking of dense... -Oh! | 0:10:26 | 0:10:28 | |
..what are the others up to? | 0:10:29 | 0:10:31 | |
Challenges of the day. Mainly access. | 0:10:31 | 0:10:34 | |
So the neighbours have kindly let us use their driveway | 0:10:34 | 0:10:37 | |
so we can get into the back garden. | 0:10:37 | 0:10:40 | |
People are generally quite wonderful. | 0:10:40 | 0:10:42 | |
I wouldn't do it for my neighbours, no. | 0:10:43 | 0:10:45 | |
Course I would! | 0:10:45 | 0:10:47 | |
He's not joking. Jules declares war on the garden. | 0:10:47 | 0:10:50 | |
We've already won our battle with the staircase. | 0:10:50 | 0:10:53 | |
Yeah, that's it, let's have that away. | 0:10:54 | 0:10:56 | |
You know what's nice about it is the house is getting bigger already. | 0:10:56 | 0:10:59 | |
Did I mention it's one of the smallest houses | 0:11:00 | 0:11:03 | |
we've ever worked on? This build is going to be tricky, | 0:11:03 | 0:11:06 | |
but our new designer Mel Massey | 0:11:06 | 0:11:08 | |
has done loads of designery stuff before. | 0:11:08 | 0:11:11 | |
Look, here's some Mel made earlier. | 0:11:11 | 0:11:13 | |
Not bad, eh? | 0:11:13 | 0:11:16 | |
Where do designers go to buy their clothes? | 0:11:16 | 0:11:18 | |
-Because the trouser end is all right... -I've got good... -The trouser end and boot, very good. | 0:11:18 | 0:11:22 | |
-Top end... -I have to bring a little bit of glamour and design to this | 0:11:22 | 0:11:27 | |
-building site. -But from the 18th century? | 0:11:27 | 0:11:29 | |
Well, I just thought I would cover up, you know, | 0:11:29 | 0:11:31 | |
can't be too, you know? | 0:11:31 | 0:11:33 | |
Lace. I mean, when one thinks, "I'm going to a building site today," | 0:11:33 | 0:11:35 | |
is lace the automatic thing that comes the mind? | 0:11:35 | 0:11:38 | |
-It certainly is. -Is it? | 0:11:38 | 0:11:39 | |
Coming to DIY SOS on these grand-scale builds, | 0:11:39 | 0:11:42 | |
-how nerve-racking is that? -I've been warned YOU'RE quite hard work. | 0:11:42 | 0:11:45 | |
-Have you really? -Yes! -Have you really? | 0:11:45 | 0:11:46 | |
-I heard... -That I give designers a hard time? | 0:11:46 | 0:11:48 | |
-That I have to charm you. -Is that how it is? | 0:11:48 | 0:11:50 | |
Really? Anything else? | 0:11:50 | 0:11:52 | |
I mean, it's a huge build in terms of the number of people involved. | 0:11:52 | 0:11:55 | |
-Small house, though. -Tiny house. -This is one of the smallest projects I've done, but if we can open it up, | 0:11:55 | 0:12:00 | |
make it much more practical for Sandra and just give her her life back a bit. | 0:12:00 | 0:12:03 | |
We're only adding two metres on the side and we're going to try and | 0:12:03 | 0:12:06 | |
-turn that into four bedrooms? -Yeah. -I don't know. | 0:12:06 | 0:12:09 | |
It's good to look good. It's good to be bijou, | 0:12:09 | 0:12:11 | |
but they're going to be very well-designed space-saving ideas. | 0:12:11 | 0:12:15 | |
And that is what it's all about, | 0:12:15 | 0:12:17 | |
giving Sandra's family a more practical space to call home. | 0:12:17 | 0:12:20 | |
So, downstairs will be open plan | 0:12:23 | 0:12:25 | |
with a living room and kitchen | 0:12:25 | 0:12:27 | |
looking out onto a low-maintenance garden. | 0:12:27 | 0:12:30 | |
The new extension will house the dining area and the new staircase | 0:12:30 | 0:12:34 | |
and the doorway, allowing us to turn the old porch | 0:12:34 | 0:12:38 | |
into a handy downstairs loo. | 0:12:38 | 0:12:39 | |
But it's on the second floor where the challenge really kicks in. | 0:12:39 | 0:12:43 | |
You see, we're aiming to turn two bedrooms into four. | 0:12:43 | 0:12:45 | |
The extension will house the new children's rooms | 0:12:45 | 0:12:48 | |
and there'll be a family bathroom, but it's a tall order, | 0:12:48 | 0:12:51 | |
considering we're only adding a 2.5m wide extension to the house. | 0:12:51 | 0:12:56 | |
And here it is! I should be celebrating, | 0:12:56 | 0:12:59 | |
but I'm still reeling from Mel's comment. | 0:12:59 | 0:13:01 | |
What was she warned about, coming to join in? | 0:13:01 | 0:13:04 | |
-Do you know what she was warned about? -I don't know. | 0:13:04 | 0:13:06 | |
-Yeah, me! -No! | 0:13:06 | 0:13:08 | |
No! And you seem shocked. | 0:13:08 | 0:13:11 | |
-I AM shocked! -Genuine? -I am, honestly, yeah. | 0:13:11 | 0:13:14 | |
I've always been very supportive of designers. | 0:13:14 | 0:13:16 | |
What, at the end, when they reveal? | 0:13:16 | 0:13:20 | |
In the middle, you might have a little bit to say to the designers | 0:13:20 | 0:13:23 | |
-on the, you know... -I'm prepared for battle. -Good girl. | 0:13:23 | 0:13:26 | |
I think everyone's beginning to pick on me. | 0:13:26 | 0:13:29 | |
Our plan is for the timber-framed extension to be up by the end | 0:13:29 | 0:13:33 | |
of the day. What are we adding on, about a third to the building? | 0:13:33 | 0:13:37 | |
-We've done about 40% on this here. -It's about 40% extra building? | 0:13:37 | 0:13:40 | |
-Yeah, yeah. -Wow! -You saw it, there's, like, where do you put those children? -Yeah, right. | 0:13:40 | 0:13:44 | |
When I was chatting to her this morning, little 'un | 0:13:44 | 0:13:46 | |
was wriggling away and I think she does that from morning till night, | 0:13:46 | 0:13:49 | |
and in bed at night when she is sharing a bed with Nan! | 0:13:49 | 0:13:51 | |
-It's like... -Oh! -Yeah. Sandra just never, ever gets any rest at all, | 0:13:51 | 0:13:55 | |
so if we can squeeze two bedrooms in, that's magnificent. | 0:13:55 | 0:13:58 | |
We hope, hopefully we... | 0:13:58 | 0:13:59 | |
We WILL get two bedrooms in. | 0:13:59 | 0:14:01 | |
We will get two bedrooms in. | 0:14:01 | 0:14:02 | |
Yep, two extra bedrooms would be incredible, | 0:14:02 | 0:14:04 | |
amazing, fantastic. Not that we're making a song and dance about it. | 0:14:04 | 0:14:08 | |
He's just desperate for the toilet. | 0:14:11 | 0:14:13 | |
That's how the whole dance system was invented, apparently. | 0:14:13 | 0:14:16 | |
Just desperate for the toilet. | 0:14:16 | 0:14:18 | |
Michael Flatley, desperate to go to the loo. | 0:14:18 | 0:14:20 | |
-That's what it was. -I haven't got flatulence! | 0:14:20 | 0:14:23 | |
Now, how's that old dozy Devon doughnut getting on? | 0:14:24 | 0:14:27 | |
Come round, come round. Look, watch him scraping the top off here, look. | 0:14:27 | 0:14:31 | |
It's like Time Team when they go, | 0:14:31 | 0:14:32 | |
"Take an extra quarter of an inch off." Ah, mate, that hand has practised for years. | 0:14:32 | 0:14:37 | |
-All right, darling? -Couldn't help noticing | 0:14:37 | 0:14:39 | |
the little wrist action going on there. | 0:14:39 | 0:14:41 | |
It's all, you know, it's all very precise stuff. | 0:14:41 | 0:14:44 | |
Oh, yeah, you look at me and say, | 0:14:44 | 0:14:48 | |
"That old dozy Devon doughnut driving that digger." | 0:14:48 | 0:14:51 | |
That's what I said, actually, that's almost exactly, word for word, what I said. | 0:14:51 | 0:14:54 | |
We've had a cracking morning's work on this little house. | 0:14:54 | 0:14:57 | |
It's been gutted and new bits are even starting to go in. | 0:14:57 | 0:15:00 | |
It's probably about time it threw us another curveball. | 0:15:00 | 0:15:03 | |
That ring beam that comes across, | 0:15:04 | 0:15:06 | |
that's basically held up with nails that are spiked in there. | 0:15:06 | 0:15:09 | |
It's appalling - appalling. | 0:15:09 | 0:15:11 | |
-Oh, that ring beam's not connected in there? -No, it's just sat on the upright. | 0:15:11 | 0:15:15 | |
The timber frame of the original house wasn't built to today's | 0:15:15 | 0:15:19 | |
higher standards, and the place is definitely looking wobbly. | 0:15:19 | 0:15:22 | |
It's just ridiculous, isn't it? | 0:15:22 | 0:15:24 | |
I don't know how they ever got away with doing this in the first place. | 0:15:24 | 0:15:27 | |
Look, look, look, it's moving, look, look. | 0:15:27 | 0:15:29 | |
Yeah, that's basically the outside wall of the house, that's ridiculous. | 0:15:29 | 0:15:32 | |
That's why I'm slightly worried, because of the amount of movement. | 0:15:32 | 0:15:35 | |
So we have to pause and make the structure safe | 0:15:35 | 0:15:38 | |
before we do anything else. | 0:15:38 | 0:15:40 | |
It will put us behind creating this new home, | 0:15:40 | 0:15:43 | |
and Sandra's family desperately need this, according to Sandra's | 0:15:43 | 0:15:46 | |
sister-in-law, Cara. | 0:15:46 | 0:15:48 | |
So I was trying to... | 0:15:48 | 0:15:49 | |
We managed to clear all the internal walls out of the building | 0:15:49 | 0:15:52 | |
and ended up with just the shell of the building. | 0:15:52 | 0:15:54 | |
-Yep. -And you could see the size of the house, | 0:15:54 | 0:15:56 | |
which is not a great deal bigger than a standard garage. | 0:15:56 | 0:15:59 | |
It's absolutely tiny. | 0:15:59 | 0:16:01 | |
-And there's four of them in there? -Four of them in there. -And she's been living in a room with...? | 0:16:01 | 0:16:04 | |
Ameira was in the bed with Sandra and she had a camp bed at the side | 0:16:04 | 0:16:08 | |
that we managed to squeeze in for Deago. | 0:16:08 | 0:16:11 | |
Not ideal, not ideal at all. | 0:16:11 | 0:16:13 | |
The stress of the thing was massive. | 0:16:13 | 0:16:15 | |
And then to take on this and not to get a break, | 0:16:15 | 0:16:17 | |
and for Sandra not to get an opportunity | 0:16:17 | 0:16:20 | |
-to breathe or sleep or recover, or... -Grieve. -Or grieve. | 0:16:20 | 0:16:24 | |
-That's a very good point. -It was just intense from day one. | 0:16:24 | 0:16:27 | |
I mean, she took her daughter to hospital, her daughter was sick, | 0:16:27 | 0:16:31 | |
and a week later she was told that she had 48 hours to live. | 0:16:31 | 0:16:34 | |
I still can't get my head around how you cope with that and how you tell | 0:16:34 | 0:16:38 | |
the children. No child should ever have to say goodbye to their mother. | 0:16:38 | 0:16:42 | |
I still can't get my head round that bit. | 0:16:43 | 0:16:45 | |
-We can't mend that, but we can certainly make life a little more comfortable for them. -Yep. | 0:16:45 | 0:16:48 | |
Over the last 22 months, | 0:16:51 | 0:16:53 | |
the family have struggled to come to terms with the loss of a sister, | 0:16:53 | 0:16:56 | |
a daughter and a mother. | 0:16:56 | 0:16:58 | |
Still got all the flowers. | 0:17:00 | 0:17:02 | |
Deago, I used to have to hold him at night and rock him to sleep, | 0:17:02 | 0:17:07 | |
because he would kick the walls. | 0:17:07 | 0:17:09 | |
He basically blamed me. | 0:17:09 | 0:17:12 | |
I'm Crystal's mum, and I shouldn't have let her die. | 0:17:12 | 0:17:16 | |
And that's sort of how he felt for a good time. | 0:17:18 | 0:17:23 | |
Ameira, I've not used the word "death". | 0:17:24 | 0:17:28 | |
I try and deal with that by saying, "Mummy's with the flowers," and, | 0:17:28 | 0:17:32 | |
"Mummy's in your heart." | 0:17:32 | 0:17:34 | |
The conception of death for her is difficult. | 0:17:34 | 0:17:37 | |
I've not just lost my daughter, I've lost my best friend. | 0:17:39 | 0:17:42 | |
And sometimes I just want to pick up the phone, | 0:17:44 | 0:17:48 | |
or go and see her, and I can't. | 0:17:48 | 0:17:51 | |
So having the children, I know that I have to get up every day, | 0:17:51 | 0:17:55 | |
I have to make sure that they're OK. | 0:17:55 | 0:17:57 | |
If the children are happier, then I... | 0:17:57 | 0:18:02 | |
..will be happier - for them. | 0:18:02 | 0:18:04 | |
So we're hoping to take the stress off Sandra a little | 0:18:10 | 0:18:14 | |
by creating an environment | 0:18:14 | 0:18:16 | |
in which the family can function as a proper family. | 0:18:16 | 0:18:19 | |
Right, we happy? | 0:18:19 | 0:18:21 | |
But getting the house structurally sound is proving a bit of a palaver. | 0:18:21 | 0:18:24 | |
Fingers! | 0:18:24 | 0:18:25 | |
Give it a little tap, you've got to persuade her, that end. | 0:18:25 | 0:18:28 | |
It's basically 10mm too long for the hole. | 0:18:28 | 0:18:30 | |
-Yeah, but it's only 10mm one end! -It's only 10mm one end! | 0:18:30 | 0:18:34 | |
So, with a bit of jiggery-pokery... | 0:18:36 | 0:18:38 | |
..the house is stabilised with a hefty wooden beam | 0:18:39 | 0:18:42 | |
to hold up the second floor of the gable end, | 0:18:42 | 0:18:44 | |
with the help of more props than the Rugby World Cup. | 0:18:44 | 0:18:48 | |
-Flippin' 'eck. -And at last, everyone can get back to the original plan. | 0:18:48 | 0:18:52 | |
We've taken all the walls out up here and obviously we're extending out. | 0:18:55 | 0:18:58 | |
But it's still very difficult to imagine how you're going to get | 0:18:58 | 0:19:01 | |
-four bedrooms and a bathroom here. -Yes, the bedrooms, | 0:19:01 | 0:19:04 | |
the two new bedrooms are going to be very small. | 0:19:04 | 0:19:06 | |
But we are maximising those to make good storage. | 0:19:06 | 0:19:09 | |
Boys bedroom, girls bedroom... | 0:19:09 | 0:19:11 | |
-Grown-up bedroom? -Yes, and Ziggy bedroom. | 0:19:11 | 0:19:14 | |
-Yeah. -He wants somewhere to store his trainers and Deago wants | 0:19:14 | 0:19:17 | |
somewhere to put his socks. | 0:19:17 | 0:19:19 | |
-Is that what they've said? -I know, that's what they said, | 0:19:19 | 0:19:22 | |
-that's what they said. -Aww. -And Ziggy wants a bigger bed. | 0:19:22 | 0:19:24 | |
So we're going to put a bigger bed in for him, | 0:19:24 | 0:19:27 | |
-but with loads of storage underneath it. -OK. -That's what we've got to do. | 0:19:27 | 0:19:30 | |
All Sandra has asked for is a downstairs loo. | 0:19:31 | 0:19:34 | |
That's going in the front porch, which, like much of this house, | 0:19:34 | 0:19:37 | |
has been pulled apart. | 0:19:37 | 0:19:39 | |
Elsewhere, the plumbers have started their first fix, | 0:19:39 | 0:19:42 | |
and so have the electricians, expertly guided by Billy(!) | 0:19:42 | 0:19:46 | |
Yeah, go on, film it, film it! | 0:19:46 | 0:19:48 | |
And the extension is taking shape, | 0:19:48 | 0:19:50 | |
although not quite as quickly as we'd hoped. | 0:19:50 | 0:19:53 | |
Well, it's been a great day. We've managed to clear all the walls out | 0:19:53 | 0:19:57 | |
downstairs and the stairwell that was here isn't here any more. | 0:19:57 | 0:20:01 | |
It's going to come into this part, the new extension, | 0:20:01 | 0:20:03 | |
which is starting to look great too. | 0:20:03 | 0:20:05 | |
On any normal building site, that would be a great day. | 0:20:05 | 0:20:07 | |
The problem isn't downstairs. | 0:20:07 | 0:20:10 | |
All our issues are in the top half of the building, where, | 0:20:10 | 0:20:13 | |
through nobody's fault, | 0:20:13 | 0:20:14 | |
we are a good deal behind where we'd like to be. | 0:20:14 | 0:20:17 | |
-How far behind are we? -About a third of a day. -And have we got these boys | 0:20:17 | 0:20:19 | |
-tomorrow? -No. -And have we got any chippies to replace them? -No. | 0:20:19 | 0:20:22 | |
That's going to be interesting, isn't it? | 0:20:22 | 0:20:24 | |
-Yeah. -We'll see you tomorrow. We'll work it out. | 0:20:24 | 0:20:26 | |
Good morning! It's day two of the build. | 0:20:33 | 0:20:36 | |
Our volunteers are on site at the crack of sparrows, | 0:20:36 | 0:20:38 | |
removing the upstairs internal sidewall. | 0:20:38 | 0:20:41 | |
Come on! | 0:20:43 | 0:20:44 | |
But we still need an expert to help us build the extension roof | 0:20:44 | 0:20:47 | |
and safely tie it into the house. | 0:20:47 | 0:20:50 | |
So last night we didn't get the extension finished, | 0:20:50 | 0:20:53 | |
so I had to make a quite important phone call. | 0:20:53 | 0:20:55 | |
But my phone made a funny sound when I made the call, | 0:20:55 | 0:20:58 | |
it went, sort of, "Beeeeeep!" | 0:20:58 | 0:20:59 | |
So I realised the guy I was ringing was abroad. | 0:20:59 | 0:21:02 | |
He flew back last night and he's going to cut the roof in for us. | 0:21:04 | 0:21:07 | |
-All right, And! -All right? | 0:21:07 | 0:21:10 | |
How you doing? And this is him, this is him! | 0:21:10 | 0:21:12 | |
-Where were you when I phoned you last night? -Kos. | 0:21:12 | 0:21:15 | |
-On the beach. -You were on the beach in Kos. | 0:21:15 | 0:21:18 | |
-Yeah. -Amazing. -He asked me to come back early, | 0:21:18 | 0:21:20 | |
so I left my wife and children in Kos and I've come back. | 0:21:20 | 0:21:23 | |
But you are the roof-meister. | 0:21:23 | 0:21:25 | |
Left his wife and children in Kos. | 0:21:25 | 0:21:27 | |
-They're having a ball, I bet you. -They won't come back now, you watch. | 0:21:27 | 0:21:31 | |
Andy may just have saved us from our own Greek tragedy. | 0:21:33 | 0:21:36 | |
Mind you, we are a man down. | 0:21:38 | 0:21:40 | |
Do you think he's looking a funny colour today, a bit ill? | 0:21:42 | 0:21:45 | |
He's been backwards and forwards to the ablutions quite a lot. | 0:21:45 | 0:21:48 | |
-You think it's the altitude? -Eh? -Well, we're not in Devon, are we? | 0:21:48 | 0:21:52 | |
We've moved, we've driven like 200 and something, 170... | 0:21:52 | 0:21:55 | |
-Not upwards, we haven't. -Yeah. It was uphill from Devon, innit? | 0:21:55 | 0:21:58 | |
-Everywhere's uphill from Devon. -Devon to Scotland, | 0:21:58 | 0:22:01 | |
-it's a gradient all the way. -No, heading north doesn't mean you're going uphill. | 0:22:01 | 0:22:04 | |
Of course it does. Scotland's at the top, we're down the bottom. | 0:22:04 | 0:22:07 | |
Yeah. I don't travel very well. | 0:22:07 | 0:22:09 | |
Once you go past Exeter, that's it. | 0:22:09 | 0:22:11 | |
Geography, innit? | 0:22:11 | 0:22:13 | |
I don't think it is geography, no! | 0:22:13 | 0:22:15 | |
I don't think it is geography. | 0:22:15 | 0:22:17 | |
Despite the workload ahead, this lot are BEAMING. | 0:22:17 | 0:22:21 | |
The second floor of the gable end is about to get the support it needs | 0:22:21 | 0:22:25 | |
to allow us to tie in the new extension roof. | 0:22:25 | 0:22:28 | |
On three. | 0:22:28 | 0:22:29 | |
-Three... -Here we go. | 0:22:29 | 0:22:31 | |
I guess the collective noun for a bunch of sawers must be a band. | 0:22:35 | 0:22:38 | |
Band sawers. A band of sawers, band-a-sawers - | 0:22:38 | 0:22:42 | |
sounds like a dinosaur! | 0:22:42 | 0:22:43 | |
I got that one from Billy. Yep... | 0:22:44 | 0:22:47 | |
There we go. | 0:22:47 | 0:22:49 | |
Get in there! | 0:22:49 | 0:22:50 | |
Today, I would like to get the roof on, | 0:22:53 | 0:22:55 | |
felt and battened and the slates up onto it. | 0:22:55 | 0:22:57 | |
Inside, I'd like to get all the stud work finished upstairs | 0:22:57 | 0:23:00 | |
and all the door linings in place. | 0:23:00 | 0:23:02 | |
If I can be there at the end of the day, that's us caught up again. | 0:23:02 | 0:23:06 | |
I mean, he's not actually doing it, but it's only half of what we need to do. | 0:23:06 | 0:23:09 | |
We also need to get the new downstairs extension wall up, | 0:23:09 | 0:23:12 | |
and the old walls prepped for plastering, and the garden level, | 0:23:12 | 0:23:15 | |
and the double glazing in, and sort the electrics, | 0:23:15 | 0:23:18 | |
and complete the plumbing for the new heating system. | 0:23:18 | 0:23:20 | |
I understand that you have a disagreement. | 0:23:22 | 0:23:24 | |
About this smart thermostat. | 0:23:24 | 0:23:26 | |
-Because someone's offered it us free... -Yes. -..we think, | 0:23:26 | 0:23:30 | |
"Oh, we'll have that," but they don't offer anyone installing it. | 0:23:30 | 0:23:33 | |
He's offering installation and he's also... | 0:23:33 | 0:23:35 | |
You might want to put a kettle on and make a cup of tea at this stage, | 0:23:35 | 0:23:38 | |
because it sounds like this could go on for a bit of a while. | 0:23:38 | 0:23:41 | |
..electricians do it... | 0:23:41 | 0:23:43 | |
New designer, see, so not used to this to kind of conversation. | 0:23:43 | 0:23:46 | |
Normally you speak to an electrician and say, "This is what we want," | 0:23:46 | 0:23:49 | |
and they do it. Not always the way with Bill, obviously. | 0:23:49 | 0:23:52 | |
I don't think there's any sparky... | 0:23:52 | 0:23:54 | |
-Do you not think... -There's always sparks involved when it comes | 0:23:54 | 0:23:57 | |
-to wireless systems. -If people were spending time away from the home, | 0:23:57 | 0:24:01 | |
with hospital visits and so on and so forth, and you go, | 0:24:01 | 0:24:03 | |
"Oh, I forgot to put the heating down," then having the remote system | 0:24:03 | 0:24:06 | |
is a really good idea. For this family, that's not an issue. | 0:24:06 | 0:24:09 | |
OK, you've talked me round. | 0:24:09 | 0:24:10 | |
-No... -I agree, I will not bring it up again. | 0:24:10 | 0:24:13 | |
I bow to your superior knowledge. | 0:24:13 | 0:24:15 | |
-They're hugging, the world's gone mad! -That frightens me. | 0:24:16 | 0:24:19 | |
-What? -Designer hugging me. | 0:24:19 | 0:24:21 | |
-Oh, really? -Usually they're hiding from me! | 0:24:21 | 0:24:23 | |
Yes, well, it's all very odd, we've never had | 0:24:23 | 0:24:26 | |
such an easy-going designer. | 0:24:26 | 0:24:28 | |
Let's hope it continues, as we build this new home for Sandra, | 0:24:28 | 0:24:31 | |
Ziggy and the kids. | 0:24:31 | 0:24:32 | |
Like his mum, Ziggy believes in helping others - | 0:24:33 | 0:24:36 | |
he's a volunteer mentor, assisting kids who are struggling at school. | 0:24:36 | 0:24:40 | |
And he's a volunteer coach for a basketball team | 0:24:40 | 0:24:43 | |
here in West Bromwich, | 0:24:43 | 0:24:44 | |
where he brings Deago to help him channel his thoughts, | 0:24:44 | 0:24:47 | |
his understandable anger and his grief. | 0:24:47 | 0:24:50 | |
A lot of 19-year-olds are out, you know, partying, having a good time. | 0:24:50 | 0:24:54 | |
At this particular time in your life, at 18, 19, you've had | 0:24:54 | 0:24:57 | |
to really centre your time on the family again, haven't you? | 0:24:57 | 0:24:59 | |
Yeah. So, if my friends want to go out, there's been many a times | 0:24:59 | 0:25:02 | |
where they've been going out and I have to say, | 0:25:02 | 0:25:04 | |
"I can't come out, I'm looking after Mimi and Dede." | 0:25:04 | 0:25:07 | |
But they understand as well that my family's | 0:25:07 | 0:25:09 | |
definitely my highest priority, because I love them | 0:25:09 | 0:25:11 | |
and, you know, my sister wouldn't want anything else. | 0:25:11 | 0:25:13 | |
And what did she say to you about the kids? | 0:25:13 | 0:25:15 | |
Just kept telling me, make sure that I look after them | 0:25:15 | 0:25:18 | |
and make sure that they're safe, | 0:25:18 | 0:25:19 | |
and, "Make sure Deago grows up to be a man like you will be." | 0:25:19 | 0:25:23 | |
That's a big thing, to have your sister ask you | 0:25:23 | 0:25:25 | |
-to take on that responsibility, though? -Yeah. | 0:25:25 | 0:25:27 | |
When it first happened, you know, it definitely hit Deago hard, | 0:25:27 | 0:25:30 | |
and it definitely had... Like, he had issues at school, so... | 0:25:30 | 0:25:32 | |
Around that time was the time where I was like, "Come play basketball." | 0:25:32 | 0:25:35 | |
So I think the basketball really helped him, like it helped me, | 0:25:35 | 0:25:38 | |
it just took his mind off things and gave him something to do | 0:25:38 | 0:25:41 | |
where he's away from everyone else. Just play some sport. | 0:25:41 | 0:25:44 | |
Let's talk about your mum, | 0:25:44 | 0:25:46 | |
cos she says that she's lost her best friend. | 0:25:46 | 0:25:47 | |
They were like an old married couple, honestly. | 0:25:47 | 0:25:49 | |
Sometimes they'd be arguing, | 0:25:49 | 0:25:51 | |
but sometimes they were just talking all the time, | 0:25:51 | 0:25:53 | |
just like friends, really. Just loved each other. | 0:25:53 | 0:25:56 | |
-How has she been since? -I can tell that she's struggling. | 0:25:56 | 0:25:58 | |
It's definitely hard for her but she tries to put a brave face on for us. | 0:25:58 | 0:26:02 | |
But I think she's doing a great job for them, | 0:26:02 | 0:26:05 | |
and I think my sister would be proud of her | 0:26:05 | 0:26:07 | |
and hopefully proud of me too. | 0:26:07 | 0:26:08 | |
-I'm sure she'd be proud of you, mate. -Oh, thank you. | 0:26:08 | 0:26:11 | |
You're doing a great job, and I'm sure that, for your mum, | 0:26:11 | 0:26:13 | |
it's a huge deal to have you take some of that pressure off, | 0:26:13 | 0:26:16 | |
and to have someone to help guide them through as well, | 0:26:16 | 0:26:19 | |
which is going to be a big deal. | 0:26:19 | 0:26:20 | |
She's climbed all kinds of mountains in her life, hasn't she? | 0:26:20 | 0:26:23 | |
Yeah, she has. That's why she's very motivational for me. | 0:26:23 | 0:26:25 | |
You know, she showed me never to give up and to keep going, | 0:26:25 | 0:26:28 | |
so I've got to do the same thing. | 0:26:28 | 0:26:30 | |
What a very impressive young man. | 0:26:30 | 0:26:32 | |
Back at the build, | 0:26:32 | 0:26:34 | |
we have a huge surprise in store for Ziggy and Deago. | 0:26:34 | 0:26:36 | |
Alongside a dining area and play space for Ameira, | 0:26:36 | 0:26:39 | |
we're building them their very own miniature basketball court - | 0:26:39 | 0:26:44 | |
a place for Deago to come and deal with things. | 0:26:44 | 0:26:47 | |
Billy used to play basketball, you know. | 0:26:47 | 0:26:50 | |
Well, I had trials with the Harlem Globetrotters. | 0:26:50 | 0:26:52 | |
-Did you? -Yeah, me and Meadowlark Melon, | 0:26:52 | 0:26:55 | |
we was like that, who was going to be picked. | 0:26:55 | 0:26:58 | |
And he beat me to it. | 0:26:58 | 0:27:00 | |
He got all that fame and I didn't. | 0:27:00 | 0:27:02 | |
Well, look at this, look where you are now. | 0:27:02 | 0:27:04 | |
-Yeah, you don't see him like this, do you?! -No. | 0:27:04 | 0:27:07 | |
By the end of the second day, | 0:27:07 | 0:27:09 | |
you could almost see how the new upstairs layout is going to work. | 0:27:09 | 0:27:13 | |
For the first time in nearly two years, | 0:27:13 | 0:27:15 | |
Deago, Ameira and Sandra will have their own bedrooms, | 0:27:15 | 0:27:19 | |
and it's all thanks to our amazing volunteers. | 0:27:19 | 0:27:22 | |
-Are you enjoying yourself, fellas? -Yeah, loving it. | 0:27:24 | 0:27:27 | |
What's your favourite thing so far? | 0:27:27 | 0:27:29 | |
Learning new skills, | 0:27:29 | 0:27:30 | |
learning everything and getting on with everyone, | 0:27:30 | 0:27:32 | |
it's brilliant, making new friends. | 0:27:32 | 0:27:34 | |
This is the best thing I've ever done in my life. | 0:27:34 | 0:27:36 | |
-Is it really? -It's absolutely amazing, Nick, it really is. | 0:27:36 | 0:27:39 | |
Why? Explain to people who haven't done one. | 0:27:39 | 0:27:41 | |
It's just the feeling you get from doing this and helping out, | 0:27:41 | 0:27:45 | |
and you meet these great guys who are working really hard, | 0:27:45 | 0:27:48 | |
long hours for no money. | 0:27:48 | 0:27:49 | |
But the pleasure we're getting out of it, it's fantastic, man! | 0:27:49 | 0:27:52 | |
-I love it! -He loves it! NICK CHUCKLES | 0:27:52 | 0:27:55 | |
I love the accent and the enthusiasm. | 0:27:55 | 0:27:56 | |
You know, we're going to succeed here. | 0:27:56 | 0:27:59 | |
Is that watertight now? | 0:27:59 | 0:28:00 | |
-Yeah, it's lovely, isn't it? -Really? -Yeah. -So has he gone, then? | 0:28:00 | 0:28:03 | |
-Who? -Andy. | 0:28:03 | 0:28:05 | |
-Pah, long gone. Flew in from Greece... -Did the roof. | 0:28:05 | 0:28:07 | |
..smashed the roof on, then the roofers turned up, | 0:28:07 | 0:28:09 | |
felt and battened, they're coming back in the morning | 0:28:09 | 0:28:11 | |
-and it'll be done by 12 o'clock tomorrow. -Lovely. | 0:28:11 | 0:28:14 | |
Watch out, Thunderbird One's coming through, here we go. | 0:28:14 | 0:28:17 | |
-All right? -Yeah. All right? | 0:28:17 | 0:28:18 | |
Yes, we had a rocky start and, yes, we are still a little bit behind, | 0:28:19 | 0:28:23 | |
but with our dedicated volunteers, and maybe a late shift, | 0:28:23 | 0:28:25 | |
I reckon we can pull this all back. | 0:28:25 | 0:28:28 | |
Are you boys staying on to have a "get ahead" night? | 0:28:28 | 0:28:31 | |
Yes. So, tomorrow morning, | 0:28:31 | 0:28:32 | |
the boarders can come in and joy themselves. | 0:28:32 | 0:28:36 | |
-And do what? Join themselves? -Enjoy, enjoy themselves. | 0:28:36 | 0:28:39 | |
Your words are getting worse, aren't they? | 0:28:39 | 0:28:41 | |
No, they're... I just try and use bigger words and they don't work. | 0:28:41 | 0:28:45 | |
As the flooring guys and electrician settle in for the night, | 0:28:46 | 0:28:49 | |
I'm off to book Billy some elocution lessons. | 0:28:49 | 0:28:52 | |
See you tomorrow. | 0:28:52 | 0:28:53 | |
And here it is already! Ha-ha! | 0:28:55 | 0:28:57 | |
Welcome to the great British summer. | 0:28:57 | 0:28:59 | |
Still, it's not going to stop us. | 0:28:59 | 0:29:02 | |
We've got the brickies working undercover, so that's all right - | 0:29:02 | 0:29:04 | |
they should be able to get on OK. | 0:29:04 | 0:29:06 | |
And the roofers? | 0:29:06 | 0:29:07 | |
Well, they're not. | 0:29:07 | 0:29:09 | |
Sorry, mate. | 0:29:09 | 0:29:10 | |
Do you think I'm in the way? | 0:29:11 | 0:29:13 | |
You see, we should be plasterboarding by now, | 0:29:13 | 0:29:15 | |
but having so many trades in a tight space is slowing down the studwork. | 0:29:15 | 0:29:19 | |
Downstairs, something else is being slow. | 0:29:21 | 0:29:24 | |
Why's he in here with your plasterers? | 0:29:24 | 0:29:26 | |
Because he's so ancient, | 0:29:26 | 0:29:27 | |
he physically wants to drill the holes for the downlighters | 0:29:27 | 0:29:31 | |
as the plasterboard goes up. Look, look. | 0:29:31 | 0:29:33 | |
-Bill. -Yeah? -Why don't you wait until after they've done, | 0:29:33 | 0:29:37 | |
and then go get the cables? | 0:29:37 | 0:29:38 | |
The reason we don't do that is because they work at such a speed, | 0:29:38 | 0:29:41 | |
sometimes cables get jammed. | 0:29:41 | 0:29:43 | |
We've been doing this since day one | 0:29:43 | 0:29:45 | |
and it's a safe, sure thing of getting all the cables through. | 0:29:45 | 0:29:48 | |
But doesn't it get in the way of the plasterboarders a bit? | 0:29:48 | 0:29:51 | |
They're happy to do it because they understand what the build's about. | 0:29:51 | 0:29:56 | |
-How happy are you that he's in here? -Oh, ecstatic. | 0:29:56 | 0:29:58 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:29:58 | 0:29:59 | |
The mood does feel super-positive today. | 0:30:01 | 0:30:03 | |
You see, all these people are here to do something for Sandra, | 0:30:03 | 0:30:07 | |
because she's a woman | 0:30:07 | 0:30:09 | |
who has dedicated her life to helping others. | 0:30:09 | 0:30:11 | |
Roxana is just one of hundreds of young people | 0:30:12 | 0:30:15 | |
who have been touched by Sandra's kindness, | 0:30:15 | 0:30:17 | |
as she went through the care system. | 0:30:17 | 0:30:19 | |
-You know Sandra really well? -Yeah. | 0:30:21 | 0:30:23 | |
I moved to Swan Lane, where she worked at, when I was 15, 16, | 0:30:23 | 0:30:28 | |
and when I moved there I wasn't really interacting with the staff, | 0:30:28 | 0:30:33 | |
because I'd been in care, I was in foster homes of my life. | 0:30:33 | 0:30:36 | |
I think with Sandra, she brang me out of my shell | 0:30:36 | 0:30:38 | |
and she pushed me to do more. | 0:30:38 | 0:30:40 | |
I've never had someone to push me to go further in life. | 0:30:40 | 0:30:43 | |
But Sandra, she's a good person, and she pushes you and she... | 0:30:43 | 0:30:46 | |
I'm going to cry. | 0:30:46 | 0:30:47 | |
-If Sandra hadn't have come into your life... -Yeah? | 0:30:47 | 0:30:49 | |
..would life have been very different for you? | 0:30:49 | 0:30:52 | |
I think so, yeah. If I didn't move to Swan Lane, I think so, yeah. | 0:30:52 | 0:30:55 | |
And I genuinely mean that. | 0:30:55 | 0:30:58 | |
-So she's made an amazing change for a lot of people? -Yeah, yeah. | 0:30:58 | 0:31:02 | |
And Roxana isn't the only person on site who Sandra has helped. | 0:31:02 | 0:31:07 | |
She used to be my social worker when I was in the children's home. | 0:31:07 | 0:31:10 | |
-Is that right? -Yeah. -So she used to look after you then? | 0:31:10 | 0:31:12 | |
Yeah, but this was like 25, just over 25 years ago now. | 0:31:12 | 0:31:16 | |
She was a lovely woman, you know. She'd do anything for anybody. | 0:31:16 | 0:31:19 | |
-So that's why you came down? Because... -Yeah. -..it was her? | 0:31:19 | 0:31:22 | |
-Pay her back a little bit? -Yeah, definitely. | 0:31:22 | 0:31:24 | |
You see, Sandra is an amazing woman. | 0:31:24 | 0:31:26 | |
With the new stairs in, | 0:31:26 | 0:31:27 | |
it really feels like we're getting somewhere on this build. | 0:31:27 | 0:31:30 | |
Here, drop it down. | 0:31:30 | 0:31:31 | |
Which means Billy and I have a chance to escape. | 0:31:31 | 0:31:33 | |
For the last two years, | 0:31:37 | 0:31:38 | |
basketball has proved the perfect getaway for Ziggy and Deago. | 0:31:38 | 0:31:43 | |
It's the one release they've had, | 0:31:43 | 0:31:45 | |
and it's the place they come to de-stress and unwind. | 0:31:45 | 0:31:49 | |
But we may be about to spoil all that. | 0:31:49 | 0:31:52 | |
What do you think, they any competition? | 0:31:52 | 0:31:54 | |
Yes. | 0:31:56 | 0:31:57 | |
All right. Shall we go now then? | 0:31:58 | 0:32:01 | |
I'll take the little one out, you take the big one out. | 0:32:01 | 0:32:03 | |
Well, it's going to have to work that way, isn't it? | 0:32:03 | 0:32:05 | |
-Yeah. -You ready? | 0:32:05 | 0:32:07 | |
Guys! Can we join in? | 0:32:09 | 0:32:11 | |
Yes, way back in the mists of 1963, | 0:32:12 | 0:32:15 | |
Billy won a small plastic trophy at school | 0:32:15 | 0:32:18 | |
for Most Unimproved Player. | 0:32:18 | 0:32:20 | |
I'm hoping he's still got some moves. | 0:32:20 | 0:32:22 | |
I think you can safely say... | 0:32:26 | 0:32:27 | |
..he hasn't! | 0:32:28 | 0:32:30 | |
You swapped over - you suddenly started marking the big one. | 0:32:31 | 0:32:33 | |
You lost complete... You've got to stick with your man. | 0:32:33 | 0:32:36 | |
VOICEOVER: I think we might have underestimated the competition here. | 0:32:36 | 0:32:40 | |
I'm here, I'm here! | 0:32:40 | 0:32:41 | |
Referee! | 0:32:43 | 0:32:44 | |
-He just pushed it out of your hand. -But it's handball! | 0:32:44 | 0:32:47 | |
Yeah, don't give up the day job, Bill! | 0:32:47 | 0:32:48 | |
What happened? | 0:32:52 | 0:32:53 | |
INAUDIBLE | 0:32:53 | 0:32:55 | |
We haven't had an attack yet. | 0:32:55 | 0:32:57 | |
An attack? I'm having a heart attack! | 0:32:57 | 0:32:59 | |
Don't duck! What are you ducking for? | 0:33:00 | 0:33:03 | |
Have you got your shirt on back to front? | 0:33:04 | 0:33:07 | |
Am I playing the wrong way? | 0:33:07 | 0:33:08 | |
So am I really a number nine? | 0:33:10 | 0:33:13 | |
He really has got his shirt on back to front. | 0:33:13 | 0:33:15 | |
Right, Billy Byrne, you have one ball to redeem yourself. | 0:33:16 | 0:33:19 | |
Go! | 0:33:19 | 0:33:21 | |
MUSIC: Ode To Joy | 0:33:21 | 0:33:23 | |
Yeah! | 0:33:23 | 0:33:25 | |
VOICEOVER: Believe it or not, that did actually happen. | 0:33:25 | 0:33:28 | |
Here it is again. | 0:33:29 | 0:33:30 | |
And hey up! | 0:33:32 | 0:33:34 | |
Ha-hey! | 0:33:34 | 0:33:35 | |
Yeah! | 0:33:35 | 0:33:37 | |
I know it looks like I've swallowed a basketball, | 0:33:37 | 0:33:39 | |
but I'm back in the gym! | 0:33:39 | 0:33:40 | |
Back on site, we're over halfway. | 0:33:42 | 0:33:44 | |
Deago's very own basketball court is taking shape. | 0:33:44 | 0:33:47 | |
Hello! | 0:33:48 | 0:33:50 | |
And check out the upstairs. | 0:33:50 | 0:33:52 | |
Bedroom one, boarded. | 0:33:52 | 0:33:53 | |
We have the master bedroom, which is a bit of a mixture of the old... | 0:33:55 | 0:33:59 | |
..with the new. And if you'd like to reverse up... | 0:34:01 | 0:34:04 | |
..this is bedroom three in here. | 0:34:04 | 0:34:07 | |
And obviously not missing little Ameira's bedroom, | 0:34:07 | 0:34:09 | |
over where the carpenters were. | 0:34:09 | 0:34:11 | |
So there's your four bedrooms, bathroom, | 0:34:11 | 0:34:14 | |
in that little tiny house that we walked into Tuesday morning. | 0:34:14 | 0:34:17 | |
Day one. | 0:34:17 | 0:34:18 | |
And they said it couldn't be done. | 0:34:18 | 0:34:21 | |
Over the next 24 hours, it's a bit of a plastering party. | 0:34:21 | 0:34:24 | |
Oh what a feeling, I'm plastering the ceiling! | 0:34:25 | 0:34:28 | |
NICK LAUGHS | 0:34:28 | 0:34:29 | |
It was like being in the room with Lionel, wasn't it?! | 0:34:29 | 0:34:32 | |
Now, we can fit the bathroom and fully-equipped kitchen | 0:34:32 | 0:34:35 | |
which will allow the family to function properly | 0:34:35 | 0:34:37 | |
for the first time since the children moved in. | 0:34:37 | 0:34:39 | |
This is all in now for the guy to come in and template. | 0:34:39 | 0:34:42 | |
So all the bases are in. | 0:34:42 | 0:34:43 | |
Electrics are dropping in while we're going along, | 0:34:43 | 0:34:46 | |
so no problem. Easy peasy. | 0:34:46 | 0:34:47 | |
-Like your style. -Yeah? | 0:34:47 | 0:34:49 | |
Much of the furniture is being bespoke-built - | 0:34:49 | 0:34:52 | |
a large seating area to allow the family to dine together. | 0:34:52 | 0:34:55 | |
In the children's rooms, beds and storage are being handcrafted. | 0:34:55 | 0:34:59 | |
And Mel's met up with Deago and Ameira to sort the finer details. | 0:34:59 | 0:35:04 | |
If you could have anything in your bedroom, what would it be? | 0:35:04 | 0:35:09 | |
Basketball. | 0:35:09 | 0:35:10 | |
What about the windows? | 0:35:10 | 0:35:12 | |
Mimi, if you could have anything in your bedroom, what would you have? | 0:35:12 | 0:35:15 | |
-Flower. -A flower? | 0:35:15 | 0:35:17 | |
Well, that shouldn't be too difficult. | 0:35:17 | 0:35:19 | |
It's exciting! | 0:35:19 | 0:35:20 | |
The community is continuing to come out in force | 0:35:22 | 0:35:25 | |
to help create Sandra and her family a happy home. | 0:35:25 | 0:35:29 | |
I can't knock down walls and build houses, | 0:35:29 | 0:35:31 | |
so I might as well just make some cakes. | 0:35:31 | 0:35:33 | |
Did you make this? Thank you very much. | 0:35:33 | 0:35:36 | |
Thank you. | 0:35:36 | 0:35:37 | |
And the family's loss is resonating with all of our volunteers. | 0:35:38 | 0:35:42 | |
Many have come here with their own stories of pain and bereavement, | 0:35:42 | 0:35:45 | |
and emotions are running high. | 0:35:45 | 0:35:47 | |
My son is 47 now. | 0:35:48 | 0:35:50 | |
And when he was 22, he contracted... | 0:35:50 | 0:35:52 | |
..meningitis and, er... | 0:35:54 | 0:35:57 | |
..I was told...he was going to die. | 0:35:59 | 0:36:02 | |
So I said a lot of prayers... | 0:36:05 | 0:36:06 | |
..promised a lot of things. | 0:36:08 | 0:36:10 | |
One of them was that, one day, I would do a good deed. | 0:36:11 | 0:36:15 | |
I've done my bit. | 0:36:15 | 0:36:16 | |
Everyone here is doing their bit, and we're hoping that all these bits | 0:36:17 | 0:36:21 | |
will come together to create something big and special | 0:36:21 | 0:36:25 | |
for an inspiring family to be able to rebuild their lives. | 0:36:25 | 0:36:28 | |
With only three days to go, everyone's surprisingly relaxed. | 0:36:34 | 0:36:37 | |
That's a common barbel, that. | 0:36:38 | 0:36:40 | |
Thing is, people just do the fish impression - | 0:36:40 | 0:36:42 | |
-they're not being the fish. -No. -They're not being the fish. | 0:36:42 | 0:36:45 | |
You have got to get the movement and... | 0:36:45 | 0:36:47 | |
-And the drift and the current. -And the drift. | 0:36:47 | 0:36:49 | |
You see, that's the key, the drift and the current. | 0:36:49 | 0:36:52 | |
We've hauled in loads of volunteer decorators, | 0:36:52 | 0:36:55 | |
the kitchen is pretty much in, | 0:36:55 | 0:36:57 | |
the flooring's going down | 0:36:57 | 0:36:59 | |
and Billy's electricians are finishing up. | 0:36:59 | 0:37:01 | |
Kind of. | 0:37:01 | 0:37:02 | |
Oh. There's no indication light. | 0:37:05 | 0:37:07 | |
Could you see if the plug's turned on? | 0:37:07 | 0:37:09 | |
-HE LAUGHS -It's not turned on, is it? -No. | 0:37:11 | 0:37:13 | |
-Why isn't it turned on? -Because there's not a socket there. -Oh. | 0:37:13 | 0:37:16 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:37:16 | 0:37:17 | |
No socket where there should be one. | 0:37:17 | 0:37:19 | |
Hard to believe, isn't it? Billy's been doing this for 18 years. | 0:37:19 | 0:37:22 | |
In other news, the downstairs loo... | 0:37:22 | 0:37:23 | |
Oh! | 0:37:23 | 0:37:25 | |
..and upstairs bathroom are coming along. | 0:37:25 | 0:37:27 | |
And our very own Jules has officially been on Planet Earth | 0:37:27 | 0:37:30 | |
for 47 years, and is still standing. | 0:37:30 | 0:37:34 | |
-BOTH: -# Happy birthday to you-ah | 0:37:34 | 0:37:37 | |
# Happy birthday to you-hoo | 0:37:37 | 0:37:42 | |
# Happy birthday, dear Julian | 0:37:42 | 0:37:48 | |
# Happy birthday to you-ou-ou-ou-ou! # | 0:37:48 | 0:37:56 | |
Whoo! | 0:37:56 | 0:37:57 | |
-Happy birthday! -Thank you. | 0:37:57 | 0:38:00 | |
-Did you think we'd forget? -Yeah. -Yeah. | 0:38:00 | 0:38:01 | |
Well, I think you did forget. | 0:38:01 | 0:38:03 | |
Thanks, guys. Thanks for the thought. | 0:38:03 | 0:38:05 | |
-Did you have the top of that bun? -Yeah, I did. | 0:38:05 | 0:38:07 | |
You don't want any more than that. | 0:38:07 | 0:38:08 | |
It's bad for you. Keep you up all night long. | 0:38:08 | 0:38:10 | |
Anyway, you haven't got time for tea. | 0:38:10 | 0:38:12 | |
-Well done, Jules. -Thanks. | 0:38:12 | 0:38:14 | |
Yup, still standing and not condemned. | 0:38:14 | 0:38:16 | |
We almost have a basketball court, you know, | 0:38:16 | 0:38:18 | |
and with a stack of volunteers stacking up the paving, | 0:38:18 | 0:38:21 | |
I'm wondering if we may even pull this one in ahead of schedule. | 0:38:21 | 0:38:25 | |
Look at this go down. Look, it's amazing. | 0:38:25 | 0:38:28 | |
The speed that it's going down. | 0:38:28 | 0:38:29 | |
-Are we winning? -Yeah, we seem to be doing all right. | 0:38:29 | 0:38:31 | |
We're doing well indoors. | 0:38:31 | 0:38:33 | |
I think we're going to have three bedrooms ready to dress tonight. | 0:38:33 | 0:38:35 | |
The screen's going in up the back. The blinds are going in. | 0:38:35 | 0:38:38 | |
-It's pretty good, actually. -Yeah. | 0:38:38 | 0:38:41 | |
Who'd have thought it? After that rocky start, | 0:38:41 | 0:38:43 | |
it looks like we're actually going to finish this with time to spare. | 0:38:43 | 0:38:46 | |
The mood on site is one of happiness, togetherness, | 0:38:46 | 0:38:49 | |
even euphoria. | 0:38:49 | 0:38:50 | |
What could possibly hold us up now? | 0:38:50 | 0:38:54 | |
THUNDER RUMBLES | 0:38:54 | 0:38:55 | |
Well that could, yeah, to be fair. | 0:38:55 | 0:38:57 | |
They said it was going to rain. We didn't believe them. | 0:38:57 | 0:39:01 | |
But it is. | 0:39:01 | 0:39:02 | |
This is a disaster for us. | 0:39:02 | 0:39:04 | |
-Absolute disaster, isn't it? -Mm, yeah. | 0:39:04 | 0:39:06 | |
But the trouble is we can't lay the driveway | 0:39:06 | 0:39:08 | |
and we can't finish off the garden. | 0:39:08 | 0:39:10 | |
On the upside, when you have a cup of tea, | 0:39:10 | 0:39:12 | |
it fills up as you're drinking it, which is quite good. | 0:39:12 | 0:39:14 | |
-Endless tea. -Yeah. | 0:39:14 | 0:39:16 | |
No, it's not good. Not good. | 0:39:16 | 0:39:18 | |
And we will all be gutted if we're unable to finish this build on time. | 0:39:18 | 0:39:23 | |
Everyone has worked so hard to create a new home | 0:39:23 | 0:39:25 | |
for Sandra and her family. | 0:39:25 | 0:39:27 | |
A space where she can keep Crystal's memory alive. | 0:39:27 | 0:39:31 | |
We get to meet you, we get to meet Ziggy, | 0:39:31 | 0:39:33 | |
-we get to meet the kids, obviously. -Yeah, yeah. | 0:39:33 | 0:39:36 | |
The one person we can't meet is Crystal | 0:39:36 | 0:39:38 | |
and I'd kind of like to know a little bit about her, | 0:39:38 | 0:39:40 | |
-if that's all right. -Yeah. I'll get upset. | 0:39:40 | 0:39:43 | |
Yeah, she was a bubbly, charismatic, dependable, honest, caring, loving, | 0:39:43 | 0:39:51 | |
you know, a really good girl. Really good girl. | 0:39:51 | 0:39:54 | |
You've done such a lot of work with young people | 0:39:54 | 0:39:57 | |
-who are going through the care system. -Yeah. | 0:39:57 | 0:39:59 | |
-And we know that you went through the care system yourself. -Yeah. | 0:39:59 | 0:40:01 | |
When you had Crystal, | 0:40:01 | 0:40:03 | |
did you feel it was you and her against the world? | 0:40:03 | 0:40:05 | |
Yeah, absolutely. | 0:40:05 | 0:40:06 | |
You know, I vowed that I would do my utmost for my children, | 0:40:06 | 0:40:11 | |
because I'd seen what it has done to hundreds of kids, really. | 0:40:11 | 0:40:15 | |
Which made you super close. | 0:40:15 | 0:40:17 | |
Yeah, absolutely. | 0:40:17 | 0:40:19 | |
She would tell me everything and she knew everything | 0:40:19 | 0:40:21 | |
and there wasn't a day that passed when she left home | 0:40:21 | 0:40:24 | |
that we didn't see each other. | 0:40:24 | 0:40:26 | |
Very, very close. | 0:40:26 | 0:40:27 | |
There is no way of putting this any other way - | 0:40:27 | 0:40:29 | |
it must have been devastating. | 0:40:29 | 0:40:31 | |
-Yeah. -To have no time to come to terms with it either, | 0:40:31 | 0:40:35 | |
cos it was such a short diagnosis, | 0:40:35 | 0:40:36 | |
and she passed away so quickly after the diagnosis. | 0:40:36 | 0:40:39 | |
I mean, I didn't want to believe it. | 0:40:39 | 0:40:41 | |
So...so you kind of don't prepare yourself when you're told, | 0:40:41 | 0:40:46 | |
because you just think, "That's not true." | 0:40:46 | 0:40:49 | |
And she...she was really good. | 0:40:50 | 0:40:53 | |
She just was worried about the kids. | 0:40:53 | 0:40:55 | |
And that's all she kept saying. | 0:40:57 | 0:40:59 | |
"You know, Mum, make sure the kids are OK. Look after the kids." | 0:40:59 | 0:41:02 | |
And you haven't really had a chance to grieve since, have you, | 0:41:02 | 0:41:06 | |
I suppose, because you had to start being a mum straight away for... | 0:41:06 | 0:41:09 | |
Yeah. Yeah, that's the difficulty - | 0:41:09 | 0:41:11 | |
you are a nan who kind of spoils and lets them get away with a lot more | 0:41:11 | 0:41:16 | |
than my daughter would have let them get away with. | 0:41:16 | 0:41:18 | |
And then I've got to try and put some routine | 0:41:18 | 0:41:20 | |
and boundaries in for them and be more of a mum. | 0:41:20 | 0:41:24 | |
It's not an easy task. | 0:41:24 | 0:41:25 | |
What do you wish for now? | 0:41:25 | 0:41:27 | |
I wish that... You know, that the children | 0:41:27 | 0:41:30 | |
..will be good, in the sense that they will grow up | 0:41:31 | 0:41:35 | |
and achieve and have happy lives. | 0:41:35 | 0:41:38 | |
That's what I wish for. | 0:41:38 | 0:41:39 | |
No wish for yourself? | 0:41:40 | 0:41:41 | |
Um, just to just keep going. | 0:41:42 | 0:41:45 | |
-LAUGHING: -Just keep going. | 0:41:45 | 0:41:47 | |
That's it, yeah. | 0:41:47 | 0:41:49 | |
Do you know what? The layout of the building can help Sandra keep going, | 0:41:50 | 0:41:54 | |
just by getting her some sleep. We want to create a place | 0:41:54 | 0:41:56 | |
that Ziggy and the children are delighted to be. | 0:41:56 | 0:41:59 | |
I just hope our new designer, Mel, | 0:41:59 | 0:42:00 | |
is creating an environment that they love. | 0:42:00 | 0:42:02 | |
Behind your head, where we're looking at the moment - peach. | 0:42:02 | 0:42:06 | |
It's not peach, it's Aurora. | 0:42:06 | 0:42:07 | |
Aurora's not a colour, it's a constellation. | 0:42:07 | 0:42:11 | |
It's like my gran's peach. | 0:42:11 | 0:42:13 | |
It is very in! | 0:42:13 | 0:42:15 | |
So on that wall, you have got peach, dark blue and then patterned green. | 0:42:15 | 0:42:19 | |
Did you accidentally drop your colour charts? | 0:42:19 | 0:42:22 | |
I'm hoping the colour charts are back in order | 0:42:22 | 0:42:24 | |
upstairs, in Sandra's room. | 0:42:24 | 0:42:26 | |
-Peach and green. -It's not peach! -Peach. -It's pink. It's pink. | 0:42:26 | 0:42:31 | |
-It's horrible. -It's not! -It's not even a good green. | 0:42:31 | 0:42:33 | |
This would be a good green | 0:42:33 | 0:42:34 | |
if it was in, like, a men's toilet in a hotel. | 0:42:34 | 0:42:37 | |
No, this is a good green. This is a beautiful, warm, sumptuous green. | 0:42:37 | 0:42:41 | |
On the other side, repainting a new house isn't that difficult. | 0:42:41 | 0:42:45 | |
-So... -She may be wanting to do that. | 0:42:45 | 0:42:48 | |
She will not. | 0:42:48 | 0:42:49 | |
I do have something positive to say, though. | 0:42:51 | 0:42:53 | |
So, bathroom and four bedrooms, amazingly, in a space | 0:42:54 | 0:42:57 | |
that I thought you weren't ever going to be able to make it. | 0:42:57 | 0:43:00 | |
It's genius, in its own way. | 0:43:00 | 0:43:03 | |
The design is brilliant. | 0:43:03 | 0:43:05 | |
The colours are horrible, but the design's brilliant. | 0:43:05 | 0:43:09 | |
Well, I like the colours, too. | 0:43:09 | 0:43:11 | |
Well, it's a bit late to change the colours now. | 0:43:11 | 0:43:13 | |
I just hope Sandra and the family like it. | 0:43:13 | 0:43:16 | |
Tell me he's convinced. | 0:43:16 | 0:43:18 | |
Look at that. Ceiling done as well. Look. | 0:43:18 | 0:43:21 | |
VOICEOVER: Who does the ceiling? Who wallpapers a ceiling?! | 0:43:21 | 0:43:24 | |
At least the weather gods have been kind to us | 0:43:26 | 0:43:28 | |
and it's full steam ahead inside and out for the final push. | 0:43:28 | 0:43:31 | |
Sandra's community have pulled together on this build, | 0:43:36 | 0:43:39 | |
they've brought their skills and artistry and work ethic. | 0:43:39 | 0:43:43 | |
Ho-ho-ho! You've absolutely done a brilliant job. | 0:43:43 | 0:43:47 | |
A couple of general builders have even crafted a tepee from scratch | 0:43:47 | 0:43:51 | |
for little Ameira. | 0:43:51 | 0:43:53 | |
And one or two of her friends. | 0:43:53 | 0:43:55 | |
THEY CHEER | 0:43:55 | 0:43:57 | |
How many was that? | 0:43:57 | 0:43:58 | |
-14! -Really? | 0:43:58 | 0:44:00 | |
That's some tepee, isn't it? | 0:44:00 | 0:44:03 | |
And that's the power of getting | 0:44:03 | 0:44:04 | |
a bunch of motivated individuals together | 0:44:04 | 0:44:07 | |
to help a family in their hour of need. | 0:44:07 | 0:44:09 | |
It's about community. | 0:44:09 | 0:44:10 | |
For the last 20 months, | 0:44:17 | 0:44:18 | |
Sandra and her family have been coming to terms | 0:44:18 | 0:44:21 | |
with the loss of a mother, a sister and a daughter. | 0:44:21 | 0:44:24 | |
A day don't go by where I don't really think about her. | 0:44:25 | 0:44:28 | |
Like, I think about her a lot. | 0:44:28 | 0:44:29 | |
It came as a shock to me. I didn't really expect it. | 0:44:29 | 0:44:31 | |
If it wasn't for the children, | 0:44:33 | 0:44:35 | |
I think I would never have got out of my bed, ever again. | 0:44:35 | 0:44:39 | |
I just wanted to be with my daughter. | 0:44:39 | 0:44:41 | |
Sandra and Ziggy had taken on the care of Crystal's children, | 0:44:42 | 0:44:46 | |
but, living in a tiny two-up two-down, | 0:44:46 | 0:44:49 | |
there's been no private space and nowhere to grieve. | 0:44:49 | 0:44:52 | |
It's just, like, small. | 0:44:52 | 0:44:55 | |
Sandra has been sharing a bedroom with Deago and Ameira | 0:44:55 | 0:44:58 | |
and the stress has been holding back everyone from dealing with things. | 0:44:58 | 0:45:02 | |
It means the world to see my mum and the little ones happy, | 0:45:02 | 0:45:05 | |
so it will be amazing just to see my family happy. | 0:45:05 | 0:45:08 | |
Over the last nine days, a bunch of selfless volunteers | 0:45:09 | 0:45:13 | |
have proven why the Midlands is the heart of the country. | 0:45:13 | 0:45:16 | |
They've worked tirelessly to transform | 0:45:16 | 0:45:18 | |
what was this tiny two-up two-down | 0:45:18 | 0:45:21 | |
into a fully functional four-bedroom home, | 0:45:21 | 0:45:24 | |
fit for a growing family. | 0:45:24 | 0:45:26 | |
The two dingy, cramped downstairs rooms have been transformed | 0:45:29 | 0:45:33 | |
by adding a side extension and knocking through. | 0:45:33 | 0:45:37 | |
It's now one large open-plan space with three distinct zones. | 0:45:37 | 0:45:42 | |
There's the living space - | 0:45:44 | 0:45:45 | |
room for the whole family to kick back together | 0:45:45 | 0:45:48 | |
on comfortable sofas in contemporary surroundings. | 0:45:48 | 0:45:52 | |
There's a dining area which means the family can, for the first time, | 0:45:52 | 0:45:55 | |
sit down and eat together. | 0:45:55 | 0:45:57 | |
And we've built them a glossy kitchen, | 0:45:59 | 0:46:00 | |
fully equipped with every mod con that Sandra and Ziggy will need | 0:46:00 | 0:46:05 | |
to bring up the children. | 0:46:05 | 0:46:07 | |
And, by moving the front door, | 0:46:07 | 0:46:08 | |
we've turned the old porch into a trendy downstairs loo. | 0:46:08 | 0:46:11 | |
Upstairs, the side extension | 0:46:13 | 0:46:15 | |
has allowed us to create two new bijou bedrooms. | 0:46:15 | 0:46:19 | |
Ameira's room is designed and built just for her, | 0:46:19 | 0:46:22 | |
complete with the required flowers. | 0:46:22 | 0:46:25 | |
Now Deago has a place to escape, too - there's a hand-built bed | 0:46:25 | 0:46:29 | |
and more than a nod to his love of basketball. | 0:46:29 | 0:46:32 | |
Ziggy's room has been given an urban look with plenty of storage. | 0:46:34 | 0:46:38 | |
And, for Sandra, her very own peaceful sanctuary | 0:46:39 | 0:46:43 | |
with her very own comfortable bed - | 0:46:43 | 0:46:45 | |
not just a place to sleep, but somewhere to de-stress | 0:46:45 | 0:46:48 | |
and get away whenever she needs a break. | 0:46:48 | 0:46:50 | |
Four bedrooms and a family bathroom complete the new upstairs layout. | 0:46:52 | 0:46:56 | |
Outdoors, there are was little room for the children to play. | 0:47:00 | 0:47:03 | |
But now it's transformed into a low-maintenance urban garden. | 0:47:05 | 0:47:09 | |
There's an area to eat, artificial lawn to play on | 0:47:10 | 0:47:13 | |
and that miniature basketball court will allow Deago | 0:47:13 | 0:47:16 | |
a place to let off steam whenever he needs to. | 0:47:16 | 0:47:19 | |
It's a home fit for this family to start rebuilding their lives. | 0:47:19 | 0:47:24 | |
OK, welcome to your new home. | 0:47:32 | 0:47:34 | |
Open your eyes. | 0:47:34 | 0:47:36 | |
Oh, my God! | 0:47:36 | 0:47:37 | |
Oh! | 0:47:39 | 0:47:40 | |
It's amazing. Oh, wow! | 0:47:40 | 0:47:43 | |
HE SOBS | 0:47:48 | 0:47:51 | |
-I can't believe it. -Do you want to look round? | 0:47:57 | 0:48:00 | |
A lot more space. | 0:48:00 | 0:48:02 | |
I love this. This is...absolutely fantastic. | 0:48:02 | 0:48:07 | |
Just to sit and have a meal together at a table, | 0:48:07 | 0:48:10 | |
it's going to make such a difference. | 0:48:10 | 0:48:12 | |
-HE PUFFS -I'm shocked. I am. | 0:48:12 | 0:48:15 | |
I'm speechless, honestly. It's amazing. | 0:48:15 | 0:48:17 | |
Can you see this working for the family? | 0:48:17 | 0:48:19 | |
Brilliantly. And the children can do a bit of cooking with me. | 0:48:19 | 0:48:23 | |
It's just beyond what I could wish for, it really is. | 0:48:23 | 0:48:27 | |
Come see the kitchen. Take a wander off and see the kitchen. | 0:48:27 | 0:48:30 | |
-It's all yours. -Wheee! | 0:48:30 | 0:48:32 | |
It's big. | 0:48:34 | 0:48:36 | |
-Walk around... -Sink in the middle. | 0:48:36 | 0:48:38 | |
So, basically, if the kids are playing in the garden, | 0:48:38 | 0:48:40 | |
-you can keep an eye on them. -Yeah. | 0:48:40 | 0:48:42 | |
And that one - pull that one to the right there. | 0:48:42 | 0:48:45 | |
Oh! Wow! | 0:48:45 | 0:48:47 | |
I've never had a dishwasher. | 0:48:47 | 0:48:49 | |
A good-size one as well. | 0:48:49 | 0:48:51 | |
Got the ultimate kitchen, then? | 0:48:51 | 0:48:52 | |
Absolutely. And it will alleviate a lot of the stress | 0:48:52 | 0:48:56 | |
that I've been under and I'm sure that we've all been under. | 0:48:56 | 0:49:00 | |
So have we done everything that you asked for? | 0:49:00 | 0:49:03 | |
Yeah, just a toilet, I think. | 0:49:03 | 0:49:04 | |
Where are we going to put a toilet? | 0:49:04 | 0:49:06 | |
I know. I know. It was a big ask. | 0:49:06 | 0:49:09 | |
It's just that when you're on the loo, | 0:49:09 | 0:49:11 | |
someone else always wants the loo, that was just it. | 0:49:11 | 0:49:15 | |
You might want to look from there. | 0:49:15 | 0:49:16 | |
-NICK LAUGHS -Oh! | 0:49:18 | 0:49:21 | |
-Wow. -It's your old porch. | 0:49:21 | 0:49:23 | |
-Removed the front door. -OK. | 0:49:23 | 0:49:26 | |
That's a massive bonus, it really is. | 0:49:26 | 0:49:28 | |
-Do you like it? -It's beautiful. | 0:49:28 | 0:49:30 | |
Have a little look. | 0:49:30 | 0:49:31 | |
Oh, wow. | 0:49:32 | 0:49:34 | |
-SHE SNIFFS You all right? -Yeah. | 0:49:39 | 0:49:41 | |
-Just the pictures? -Yeah. -Yeah. | 0:49:41 | 0:49:44 | |
They're beautiful. | 0:49:44 | 0:49:45 | |
Come on, we've lots more to show you. | 0:49:47 | 0:49:48 | |
-Happy? -Thank you. -Ready to see some more? -Yeah, yeah. | 0:49:57 | 0:50:01 | |
-I love this carpet. -Yeah. -It's gorgeous. | 0:50:01 | 0:50:04 | |
Right, how many doors do you count? | 0:50:04 | 0:50:06 | |
Five. | 0:50:06 | 0:50:08 | |
What does that mean? | 0:50:08 | 0:50:09 | |
That means everybody's got a room, which is... | 0:50:09 | 0:50:12 | |
Yes! Yes, yes, yes! | 0:50:12 | 0:50:15 | |
We managed to get four bedrooms in here! | 0:50:16 | 0:50:18 | |
Right, walk straight on, we'll have a look at the bathroom. | 0:50:20 | 0:50:23 | |
-Step in. -Oh, my gosh. | 0:50:23 | 0:50:26 | |
That is beautiful. | 0:50:26 | 0:50:28 | |
Yeah, that's... That is something else. | 0:50:28 | 0:50:32 | |
Listen, the bedrooms are obviously not massive, | 0:50:32 | 0:50:34 | |
you can understand that. But we wanted to give everyone | 0:50:34 | 0:50:37 | |
their own space, so whose do you want to see first? | 0:50:37 | 0:50:39 | |
-Um... -Mimi's. | 0:50:39 | 0:50:41 | |
Wow! Oh... | 0:50:45 | 0:50:48 | |
Oh, wow! | 0:50:48 | 0:50:50 | |
Oh, she will love this. | 0:50:50 | 0:50:52 | |
What does this room mean for you? | 0:50:52 | 0:50:54 | |
That I can maybe have a night's sleep, | 0:50:54 | 0:50:58 | |
that she can have a little bit of independence. | 0:50:58 | 0:51:02 | |
You know, it will help her mature a little bit. | 0:51:02 | 0:51:05 | |
Fab, isn't it? Fab. | 0:51:05 | 0:51:06 | |
Oh... | 0:51:09 | 0:51:11 | |
Wow! | 0:51:11 | 0:51:12 | |
Oh, wow! | 0:51:12 | 0:51:14 | |
So the cabinet was actually spray-painted by an artist | 0:51:14 | 0:51:17 | |
specifically for Deago. You'll see his name on the top. | 0:51:17 | 0:51:19 | |
Oh, my God. That's sick, man. | 0:51:19 | 0:51:20 | |
How do you think this room's going to change things for Deago? | 0:51:20 | 0:51:23 | |
It will make a massive difference. | 0:51:23 | 0:51:25 | |
I think it will help with his behaviour. | 0:51:25 | 0:51:28 | |
I think it will hopefully help him feel, you know, | 0:51:28 | 0:51:31 | |
that he's here and he's not going anywhere. | 0:51:31 | 0:51:34 | |
This is his family. | 0:51:34 | 0:51:35 | |
-Shall we go and see yours, Ziggy? -Yeah. -Yeah? | 0:51:37 | 0:51:39 | |
-Yeah... -Oh, my gosh. | 0:51:42 | 0:51:46 | |
It is so grown-up. | 0:51:46 | 0:51:47 | |
I'm so proud of you. | 0:51:50 | 0:51:52 | |
I don't know how I would've coped without you. | 0:51:52 | 0:51:55 | |
HE SOBS | 0:51:55 | 0:51:57 | |
OK? | 0:52:01 | 0:52:03 | |
-My birthday, that was, remember? -Yeah. | 0:52:04 | 0:52:07 | |
And she would be so proud of you. | 0:52:07 | 0:52:09 | |
You've taken on a lot of responsibility | 0:52:10 | 0:52:11 | |
and you need some space where you can come and chill out, too. | 0:52:11 | 0:52:14 | |
This is it. | 0:52:14 | 0:52:15 | |
You might want to look behind you, Sandra, there - left-hand door. | 0:52:15 | 0:52:18 | |
-Oh, wow! -Oh, yeah. | 0:52:18 | 0:52:19 | |
Now, we've measured those spaces over there | 0:52:19 | 0:52:21 | |
-to be three shoe boxes high! -Ha-hey! | 0:52:21 | 0:52:24 | |
-Tell us what's going in there. -Jordans! | 0:52:24 | 0:52:26 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:52:26 | 0:52:27 | |
Nice place for you to come and hang out? | 0:52:27 | 0:52:29 | |
Yeah, I love it. Like, it's better than what I could have expected. | 0:52:29 | 0:52:33 | |
It's amazing. | 0:52:33 | 0:52:34 | |
-That's everything, isn't it? -Yeah. Um... | 0:52:34 | 0:52:38 | |
You know there's a room for you! | 0:52:38 | 0:52:40 | |
Let's go and have a look, shall we? | 0:52:41 | 0:52:43 | |
Oh, wow. That's beautiful. | 0:52:47 | 0:52:51 | |
Absolutely beautiful. | 0:52:51 | 0:52:53 | |
I couldn't have wished for anything better. | 0:52:53 | 0:52:56 | |
-You like it? -I do. I really do. | 0:52:56 | 0:52:58 | |
I wasn't sure about the colour mix - the pink and the... | 0:52:58 | 0:53:00 | |
I love it. It's just a subtle pink, and I love green - | 0:53:00 | 0:53:04 | |
green's my favourite colour. | 0:53:04 | 0:53:05 | |
Just goes to show what I know, doesn't it?! | 0:53:05 | 0:53:07 | |
The colours are so calming. | 0:53:08 | 0:53:11 | |
To be able to have a night's sleep, | 0:53:11 | 0:53:13 | |
absolutely beyond what I could have asked for. | 0:53:13 | 0:53:15 | |
It means such a lot. It really does. | 0:53:22 | 0:53:25 | |
Shall we show the children? | 0:53:26 | 0:53:28 | |
-Yeah. -Definitely. | 0:53:28 | 0:53:30 | |
-Yeah? Ready for this? -Yeah. -I'm excited. | 0:53:30 | 0:53:32 | |
Isn't it beautiful? | 0:53:39 | 0:53:41 | |
Does it look sick? | 0:53:41 | 0:53:43 | |
-DEAGO: -Looks better than sick! | 0:53:43 | 0:53:45 | |
Is this our house? Is this our house? | 0:53:45 | 0:53:48 | |
Yo. This is sick. I don't know how we've been living here for years. | 0:53:48 | 0:53:52 | |
-Do you like it? -Yeah, I do. I like it more than "like it". | 0:53:52 | 0:53:55 | |
It's your room! | 0:53:57 | 0:53:59 | |
Isn't that fantastic? | 0:53:59 | 0:54:01 | |
-Are you happy? -Yeah! -Yeah! | 0:54:01 | 0:54:04 | |
Oh! | 0:54:04 | 0:54:06 | |
So good. | 0:54:06 | 0:54:08 | |
-I want to stay here. -You want to stay here? | 0:54:08 | 0:54:10 | |
Sorry to interrupt. There's two things I need to say to you. | 0:54:10 | 0:54:13 | |
First is, for those at home who don't understand, | 0:54:13 | 0:54:16 | |
"sick" is very, very good, cos that's mostly what you're saying | 0:54:16 | 0:54:18 | |
and not everybody's cool like you and knows that. | 0:54:18 | 0:54:20 | |
Secondly, I've got one other thing to show you, | 0:54:20 | 0:54:23 | |
so I want to get everyone back downstairs, if you're ready. | 0:54:23 | 0:54:25 | |
-Happy? -Yeah, that's cool. | 0:54:25 | 0:54:26 | |
Oh, my God! | 0:54:30 | 0:54:31 | |
Wow! | 0:54:32 | 0:54:34 | |
No way, man! | 0:54:35 | 0:54:37 | |
-It's amazing. -I don't need to go nowhere to train. | 0:54:37 | 0:54:39 | |
-And he's made the first one! -The first one?! Nice! | 0:54:39 | 0:54:42 | |
NICK APPLAUDS | 0:54:42 | 0:54:43 | |
Oh! That is... I haven't got it. | 0:54:45 | 0:54:48 | |
HE CHUCKLES | 0:54:48 | 0:54:49 | |
Oh, this is brilliant. | 0:54:49 | 0:54:51 | |
I can't believe what they've done with the space, I really can't. | 0:54:51 | 0:54:54 | |
-Have you got everything you need now? -Absolutely everything. | 0:54:54 | 0:54:57 | |
It's magic. Absolute magic. | 0:54:57 | 0:55:00 | |
You've still got a lot ahead of you, a lot of hard work ahead of you. | 0:55:00 | 0:55:03 | |
Yeah. But this is just going to now make that a lot easier. | 0:55:03 | 0:55:07 | |
The children having somewhere to play is just going to mean | 0:55:07 | 0:55:11 | |
that I can focus more, I can give them what they need. | 0:55:11 | 0:55:14 | |
-And get some rest. -And get some rest. Brilliant. | 0:55:14 | 0:55:17 | |
-Yay! -Yay! | 0:55:17 | 0:55:19 | |
-Yay! -High five, Mimi! | 0:55:19 | 0:55:22 | |
Hey! | 0:55:22 | 0:55:23 | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | 0:55:25 | 0:55:27 | |
This is overwhelming, it really is. | 0:55:39 | 0:55:43 | |
My daughter, Crystal, passed away, and the children lost their mum. | 0:55:43 | 0:55:48 | |
But they also lost their home. | 0:55:48 | 0:55:50 | |
They've been with me. | 0:55:51 | 0:55:53 | |
But, as you all know, the house was extremely tiny. | 0:55:53 | 0:55:56 | |
It's been really difficult, it's been extremely stressful. | 0:55:56 | 0:56:00 | |
The children not having any space, | 0:56:01 | 0:56:03 | |
and me feeling that I'm letting my daughter down, | 0:56:03 | 0:56:07 | |
that I'm not doing what I need to do for my grandchildren. | 0:56:07 | 0:56:10 | |
What you have done, honestly, | 0:56:12 | 0:56:14 | |
it's going to make such a massive difference. | 0:56:14 | 0:56:17 | |
The children have a room, | 0:56:17 | 0:56:20 | |
I may be able to get a night's sleep! | 0:56:20 | 0:56:22 | |
-LAUGHTER -Maybe. | 0:56:22 | 0:56:25 | |
I mean, realistically, we should be clapping you guys | 0:56:25 | 0:56:27 | |
for everything you've done for us, | 0:56:27 | 0:56:28 | |
and honestly I just can't explain how you're going to change our lives | 0:56:28 | 0:56:31 | |
and help out my mum and my family. | 0:56:31 | 0:56:33 | |
It's-it's amazing. | 0:56:33 | 0:56:35 | |
Thank you, thank you. | 0:56:35 | 0:56:37 | |
Thank you, thank you. | 0:56:47 | 0:56:49 | |
You're very welcome. | 0:56:49 | 0:56:50 | |
Sandra's one of those people who, | 0:56:50 | 0:56:52 | |
despite going through the care system when she was young, | 0:56:52 | 0:56:54 | |
decided to dedicate her life to changing young people's lives around | 0:56:54 | 0:56:57 | |
at critical moments, | 0:56:57 | 0:56:58 | |
and here she was facing a critical situation herself, | 0:56:58 | 0:57:02 | |
trying to raise her two grandchildren. | 0:57:02 | 0:57:04 | |
All these people came out and made a difference at that critical time. | 0:57:04 | 0:57:09 | |
And it comes back to the same thing every time - | 0:57:09 | 0:57:11 | |
at the risk of repeating myself, we can't help everyone, | 0:57:11 | 0:57:14 | |
but everyone really can help someone. | 0:57:14 | 0:57:16 |