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- Hello.
So we'd thought we'd start the day
with giving you a little tour
of where the house is at,
what the current state is.
There will be a big video coming in January
all about the renovations,
what's been going on,
wow, look how nice it looks right now,
but that's really just downstairs.
Only downstairs looks nice.
Upstairs not so much
and we're gonna give you a tour of upstairs.
Prepare yourself.
So, as you may have seen from my Instagram stories,
look at this beautiful new Parquet flooring
we've put in. Delightful.
Oh, isn't it stunning, so much better than the,
ignore the Amazon parcel,
so much better than the ugly gray carpet
which coated our hallway floor
and was not a good idea when you have dogs.
Don't have hallway carpet when you have dogs.
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But, this is all gonna get changed in time,
but the big development is if you look right up here,
you can see the underside of the new stairs.
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Hi, I'm here to give you some scale,
and cover up the terrible marks on the wall.
Fine, it's all fine.
Fortunately, the builders that did downstairs
are the one's doing upstairs,
so any bits of our beautiful dado rail
that they now carve out,
they were at least replaced, 'cause they know it was them.
Tilly's not very pleased, really, with life.
You may remember this hallway
from previous videos or photos.
It's a little bit more cramped right now,
because yes, the stairs have come down,
the new stairs, here they are,
taking up a little bit of the hallway that was here before,
but also, this part of the hallway has been blocked off.
If you remember, this used to be our bedroom
and that was the stairs up to the loft.
Our bedroom is not looking so good right now.
That's a hole.
The stairs to the loft are also looking hmm.
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And this is my filming studio,
which you may remember from such Instagram stories
as, oh no, the ceiling's fallen in.
Fortunately, it's been plasterboarded now.
I try every day not to worry about this mark.
It's also a little difficult to get to my filming equipment.
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Bath time in the building site is always fun
and exciting, now with the added side quest of,
will a nail fall on me?
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This is our current bedroom
and you really don't need to see that.
This is the airing cupboard.
Sometimes I take a towel out,
and just debris falls on me.
Are you ready for the really exciting bit though?
Here we go, up the new stairs. So exciting.
They're so new.
This is going to be a window,
but right now, it's how the builders come in every morning.
So it's actually just an open hole.
It's a bit cold.
This is our new bedroom.
This is where our bed will go.
This is a massive window
and I'm actually looking out to the sea.
Not just some, whatever that is.
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This is my stunning wardrobe
where all of my clothes will hang.
They're gonna look amazing.
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Is the en suite.
I don't know why we're calling it that
when it's far bigger than our actual family bathroom.
This is where Claudia's shower will be.
This is me sitting in the tub.
Although, I'm 50, 50 on whether the neighbors
will be able to see me when I get out the bath.
This will be a toilet.
Here I am at the sink.
And this is the secret cupboard. Shh.
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And this is our new lawn.
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That doesn't really relate to the new loft conversion,
I just wanted to show it off.
You think the two of us can move this whole bark thing?
- Yeah, I mean, I really didn't know
how big a 70 liter bag was
and also, how heavy, but it is.
- This is ridiculous.
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Not to sound big headed or anything,
but carrying this is surprisingly easy.
I think it's cause I've been there,
tryna bulk up.
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(hammer banging)
Okay, look, I'm good at carrying bark bags,
I'm not good at this apparently.
(hammer banging)
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So we got two bags.
- Yeah, well we actually got half the bags.
So we got what, 10 bags out of the-
- Oh yeah, okay.
- Into the back.
So we got two bags unloaded
and we've put the little stumpy bits round.
- Yeah, we did the stumpy bits.
Go us.
Yeah, but maybe we ask the builder now.
(laughing)
For one of his very strong team members,
who can do it in two seconds.
- I think it was fun.
- I love gardening with you, Claud, I promise.
But I am now very pooped.
- It'll be worth it in the end.
- Time for a family walk.
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(laughing)
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That was quite a good one.
Normally I throw it and she has no idea
where I've thrown it,
'cause I'm apparently bad at aiming.
Good girl.
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Hi Tilly.
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I have made a fatal error on this walk,
in that I am not wearing tights
because all of my tights are in the wash.
It's really rather chilly.
Yup, yup, yup.
Oh and I can feel it on every pore in my legs.
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Well, it true Jessica fashion,
I managed to injure myself right at the end of the walk.
How?
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Ow. (laughing)
I got Walter's lead wrapped around my finger.
So foolish.
Well now I am freezing cold.
Now I am so tired and my hair is ruined.
But, shall I do a hat fun?
Come show your happy, smiley face.
(laughing)
- I like a bit of manual labor.
- I know, like one square meter of our garden
has bark on it. Yay.
(laughing)
Just another 30 to go.
So if you do like my lovely people jumper
and would fancy one for yourself,
they are still available in my teespring store.
Yes, I have two much stores, it can be a bit confusing.
There's DFTBA, which has the enamel badges
and cool readings cards, which yay, I'm very excited by
and then there's teespring,
which has a whole host of things on,
including this Christmas jumper here.
The difference between them is that I make no money
from teespring. (laughing)
So that's the difference.
But, you do get to wear the same jumper as me
if you buy something from there
and that's pretty cool.
And speaking of Christmas jumpers,
thanks so much to everyone who didn't vote for me
in the last video's Christmas jumper challenge.
I mean, fair, to be honest, fair.
Claudia did an exceptional job.
I, myself, was quite blown away
by how good the job was that she did.
I mean, who saw that coming?
I didn't and I was sitting there watching her do it.
So, a well deserved win for Claudia.
(cheering)
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Does that sound right?
I'm too tired to work out whether that sounds right.
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- [Claudia] It's bells in the background.
- The sound of Christmas bells in the background.
It's not, it's Walter jangling his collar
against a bowl that he's licking out.
♪ Holidays are coming ♪
Yeah, it's the Coke train.
That's right, thanks wife.
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