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We're a flat of three girls--
all very different characters.
But we all get on like cars on a tire--
cheese and crackers--
jandals in summer.
We're all very, very silly.
Our flat is your typical villa in Auckland--
wooden floors--
white walls, and big open ceilings.
We love our backyard.
It's not very usable at the moment,
but it has huge potential.
We would love some furniture and get rid of that grass.
I'd love a new fence, a vege garden, maybe some herbs,
and spices.
And we need somewhere where we can watch the movies
with our friends.
We want to be that flat that all our friends want
to come out at, and hang out, and spend the weekend here.
Oh hey, Stan.
Ok, guys.
I got a plan here.
I've taken all your ideas.
We've got a pretty big day ahead.
The first thing we're going to do is get a digger in here.
We're going to dig your grass all the way back.
We're going to retain that with some premier retaining
walling to create a nice little hangout zone.
We're going to remove the old fence--
that's pretty stuffed.
We're going to build some wire ball out
of number 8 fencing wire.
We're going to have hanging lights going across it.
We're going to have a herb garden down here.
But before we do that, we need to hook into that back area.
You need to put your safety gear on and tame that grass.
Vamos, let's get to work.
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Another job we've got to do is replace this whole fence.
She's pretty rickety.
But what we want to do is actually
save all these palings, because we'll make some furniture
out of it a little bit later.
So there's a hammer each for you, and there's a bar.
Just take these palings off quite gently.
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OK, love, so just drive that pin into the ground.
I'll show you a little trick.
So what we're going to do is use that as our pivot point,
and we're going to dig out this half circle here.
Down a bit lower.
OK, mate, so we're going to get the digger in here now.
We're going to start hooning all that out.
And then we're going to have this level with the deck.
And then we're going to retain all the way around here.
This is going to be your main siesta party area.
What do you reckon?
Whoo.
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There's all the old palings you guys took off.
So what we want to do is just chop them in half.
We're going to make some tables out of it and some benches
later too.
Cut these straight in half, lay them out,
and start making our top.
We've got these premiere retaining blocks here.
So what we want to do is continue this line-up.
So we're probably going to go about four or five high.
Now we've got this little notch at the end here.
That interlocks with the one behind.
So all we do--
that sits on the back there--
really, that simple.
Whoops.
Want some yellow?
Just gave you some.
Ah!
We're going to create some steel balls out
of these number 8 wire--
real simple.
And all we're going to do is take our little pliers like
this-- and we've got a little ring clip on here--
you're just going to simply just put that straight on, and clamp
it right around.
Keep on going, stitching them out until you get a ball
and we'll spray paint them-- nice and simple.
Kind of weird.
We're actually putting long grass back in.
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Mm.
Nailed it!
I definitely think we have achieved
what we planned and more.
Because it looks incredible.
It's really cool that we've got heaps of lights
and the outdoor fireplace.
We're so stoked that we've got a big long table so everyone
can come round and hang out.
I like the vege garden.
We got to plant all the herbs, and capsicum, and tomatoes.
I think our friends are going to be gobsmacked, to he honest.
Like our backyard just looks awesome-- real cool.
We've all worked so hard today.
Like it was pretty awesome to see
everyone get stuck in and just like get it done.
We nailed this today.
It looks too good for our flat.
We're going to have to do some indoor DIY now.
It's so awesome that we can just throw
a sheet over the wire frame we made and project a movie on.
Yay!
Everyone knows where to go on a Friday night.
Our house.