okay so it's the 30th of June and I've just signed a contract for a home
extension so I'm just gonna make a little video to show what it's like now
I don't know if I want to publish this or not, if you watching this it probably
means I'm doing a review of LeapFrog Homes who I am
using to carry out the extension. I just wanna get some footage of the before and
the after so I can compare what it's like. So we're in the hall now, this is the
kitchen area and the doorway we've got here is going that's not going to be anymore.
We're getting the kitchen completely ripped out
out you see it's quite a narrow kitchen at the moment this is the TV/living room
area, so again that wall is going at the moment we've got the TV, kinex, Xbox
all that kind of stuff just at the side and we're gonna move that round and pop
that on this back wall so you have a door there you'll come round and you'll
be into the main kitchen which is going to go out the back. This is all going,
this is all going, this is all going, all this decking is going, all of this
is going, we're going out the side, that's gonna be a all kitchen and a utility room.
so each morning up and coming in and sitting up this little camera with a
battery to keep it powered and they've got this on time-lapse mode and
hopefully we'll be able to come out with some really cool time lapses.
Day five, week one, and we have a trench!
POW! POW!
How's the work looking Tink? Is it up to your standard?
July 19th, it's a Tuesday, and the glorious sunshine is out, the trench has been filled in
while all this was taking place we were still living at home no problem
it didn't really cause any disruptions at all. The guys who were really good about
this so we actually had to move out for a week while this building was done, this
was been done outside so didn't impact us at all. At this point we were still involved
in making decisions so we went off to do some research about ovens and hobs
John Lewis was very good for this, had loads of ovens available to have a play with
so Monday the 22nd of August and a lot more roofing now and...
...a giant gazebo!
Absolutely no idea what this stuff is
Foam by the looks of it.
Once the house was all sealed up and secured we went on holiday for a week to come
back and find walls had been knocked down
"Hello, wow that looks really different!"
There's all the old windows
Just returned home from holiday
And the wall in the kitchen and the living rooms come down
The kitchen ceiling has come down revealing the original. The back wall, which led to the decking originally,
has also come down. okay so we're just back from work and quite a lot of
stuff has been done so you can see above is this new low ceiling weren't
actually expecting this got back yesterday and just decided to lower the
ceiling so we have had a chat about that and that's to hide these steel bars, got steel
going across there's steel going across there you can see the rooms
really opened out now all these wires dangling down are for LED spotlights
lots of electrical work getting done at the moment and so the suspended roof is
going in and just hop over here get a much better sense of the windows so you
can see really nice big windows have been installed they look great and the
windows above as well as the Velux windows, apparently they're solar-powered
and come with any really cool control which I will do a review of once it's
up and running and next week we're due to have the kitchen fitted so that's going
to be a big step up its really starting to come together now.
so it's interesting that as we've removed this you have little messages
Joyce...something, born...born 1950, moved here 1959 been
here 7 years and I think these are they actual previous owners that I bought the
house off, so there you go there's a little tip if you're redecorating your
room you're gonna put something over it wall paper or whatever get a special
message and then years later, if someone buys your house, they'll gets to see it.
Flooring starting to go down, wooden floors, got the tiles down for the kitchen, kitchens
in place as is some of my equipment I've been filming a review today couple of
videos a review of my new microwave oven so everything's looking really good we
had a problem with the light that's now been sorted they've just got to do some
corrective work on the old holes and we're looking at maybe another couple of
weeks worth work now inside and out to get everything finish off.
It's November 26 and everything
is finally done taking a little bit longer than expected, we had few issues
with Currys who have been terrible, don't ever use them, and I'm really pleased with it
We've got loads more space, the kitchen looks great, the new living area is fantastic
So that's where the TV was, I've got this brilliant unit which I'll be
doing a review of, absolutely fantastic if you've got a load of technology, great
airflow, just coming around we've got nice little breakfast bar area.
These stools are great, just on Amazon, very cheap I'll put a link to these
below. Got a new utility room, a second Nest, I've already got one this Nest controls
the underfloor heating which is fantastic if you want underfloor heating
definitely go for it if you're umming and arr-ing, it is fantastic. Lovely big kitchen now
so you've probably seen this on the review, got the Samsung oven, the Neff oven
got the Neff hob, had a few issues with this, got that sorted
it's a really nice and spacious, really clever little storage areas we
just come out and rounds giving us loads of storage, that was something we were really missing
All soft close, again more storage on this side, everything integrated, so dishwashers
integrated, it's all soft close and then around the back we've got lovely by folding
doors which, in the summer, as you can see it's November so it's quite frosty, but in the summer
we just open these out and let in a lot of fresh air and that will complement
the windows, the Velux windows that we've got, we've two of those and
they're controlled by simple little box and that allows you to open and close
them remotely they're all solar powered. So it's been an interesting experience
it's taken a few months and it's not always been the most comfortable of months but
I have to say the guy's at LeapFrog home have done a fantastic job I'd like
to thank them if they see this and if you are considering using them and the
only tips I can give you is make sure you write down everything make sure you
get everything written down put it in emails if you have meetings that kind of
stuff get everything in email so everyone's very clear what's going on
and if there's any problems just give them a bell and they generally sort
things out very quickly. Don't use Currys, as I said earlier they
were terrible and do get to underfloor heating if you can because it is so nice
and toasty and warm it's superb. Thanks for watching this video if you've taken
the time to sit through it it's one of my longer ones, I'll be back to normal
technology reviewing soon, and that will probably include some of the items
I've just shown you