From Neglect to Dream Home - The Restoration Man - S02 EP2 - Home Renovation

[@michellesimmons6741]

Can y’all PLEASE,PLEASE Do a show where you do updates on each of the buildings and families here in 2022?

[@ExpectMiracles55]

Thank ouMichelle, you read my mind!

[@pravachan4355]

2024 now

[@megb9700]

Or whenever the update happens…

[@robertfay1150]

A very cleaver man but kind.ness is also very important

[@cappsginny699]

Clever, not cleaver!

[@andreaandrea6716]

If you click on the 3 tiny dots to the right, you can edit (and correct spelling. I have to do this all the time as I'm terrible at typing and then, cannot se properly!).

[@englishrose4388]

Such a beautiful architecture for a circular building. And I love the beach stone floor on the top that Anna put in, so cool.

[@solidstateresistor2485]

A dust and crumb trap. Keep a hoover close by.

[@pravachan4355]

I'm shocked that they didn't take your advise on the central vacuum, intercom and laundry chute, and there's no way I could live there without an elevator.

[@susanaaragorn8606]

Yes, an elevator is a must especially for access for the elder and unfirm. At least they seem to have a bathroom inneach floor. The though of having to go up and down all the time will be unnerving. Bit the view!

[@maryherring4261]

All those steps! What happens when they age? How to go up and down to access the important rooms like the kitchen and their bed and bath rooms? Guess it's too late to consider an elevator and some other convenient amenities. Well, good luck, guys.

[@snoopygonewilder]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@Moonbeams0]

A couple I caregive for are 96 and 92 years old. They credit their good health and old age to having to climb the stairs to their home from street parking for over 50 years. They hiked it 2 to 4 times a day. Neither one has any pain or severe health problems. Both had parents who died in their late 60’s to late 70’s. Those stairs will add many years of health and life to this couple…they can sell when it becomes to hard on them.

[@NellsTravelKitchen]

I don't understand why they didn't use the central column as a lift shaft. It even had openings at every floor. They could have used some of the iron beams to fix the lift casing. Obviously they still need the stairs for fire safety but it would help for daily life.

[@susanaaragorn8606]

​@@NellsTravelKitchenyes, I was thinking there were more convinient ways to put the stairs and elevator, maybe a elevator in the central part and the stairs aroundbit, so you have the windows for the rooms and more easy to clean. But I suppose cost precluded it.

[@agneshwang2118]

Breathtaking!

[@thyslop1737]

Absolutely right. What an incredible blank canvas and a building that is built like Panzer tank.

[@rego1739]

Absolute Love for this

[@odeyani5665]

Wow beautiful n staning project. Congratulations 😘😘😘😘

[@andreaandrea6716]

what is 'staning'??

[@saibliss7976]

Beautiful, I doubt if this young couple stayed together.

[@charliefoster3221]

Yah, she won't stand up to him.

[@veronicaalweisscoachingllc4133]

They married in 2013.. and appear to still be together. I am surprised as well.

[@andreaandrea6716]

@@veronicaalweisscoachingllc4133 Wow! Shocker. (He grew up??) Did they stay in that building?

[@gillianlaing1073]

She needs to kick him out,too controlling

[@andreaandrea6716]

@@gillianlaing1073 Don't hold your breath! (She would have to leave. He would never leave that building).

[@snoopygonewilder]

Beautiful home, gorgeous really, would have been even better if they integrated George's ideas for convenience; If I have to guess Andy didn't want them so they didn't happen... he comes off as the type of guy who has the last say in any conversation or all hell breaks lose. Anyhow, I don't think I could live in a home with so many floors. I've lived in 3-floor houses twice in my life before: First time I was a teenager so I didn't much care, I had all the energy in the world, second time I was in my late-twenties with roommates... you think you're still young and spry at 26 but then you have to go to the second floor for bathroom and kitchen (My room was behind the garage in the ground level), third for shower and laundry and you realize you are not as energetic as you were at 17---never mind a home to grow old in. If I ever buy my own home it wont be more than 2 stories, preferably 1, and Kitchen needs to be in the ground floor.

[@ericgrigorof1509]

I keep coming back to this. That staircase is beyond beautiful

[@perlitacardenas8067]

Beautiful!

[@lyn-marieohara184]

Brilliant ,

[@Xoda_]

Beautiful.

[@chrisnavin7208]

Gor Blimey, guv-na. Top show!

[@MrMountainchris]

My only negative is I wish they had done brick on the exterior of the observation deck. I actually really like the beachy floor up there though.

[@stephanierodriguez3828]

Love

[@randomvintagefilm273]

Im so damn jealous, this is what I wanted 😢

[@rebeccaberlin]

I LOVE the rock floor upstairs. Whatshisname was off with the judgy moment at the end.

[@YesItsMeGuys68]

going to be a difficult home to live in with all those stairs . No elevator or even a dumbwaiter . Not child friendly or mother friendly or elderly friendly . I doubt the roof deck will get used much as it will be too exhausting ti get there with a tray of beverages or plates of food . If the laundry is on the ground level ... I am sure the laundry hamper are just emptied over the upper floor stairwell railings .. Wait till their knees go or if someone breaks a leg or has foot issues .... OTHER than that , It's fantastic !

[@jclark2752]

Yeah, don’t blame Anna for not adding in the changes he suggested - I get the sneaky feeling any of Her ideas were pretty quickly shot down, belittled, and overruled! Call it a hunch.

[@andreaandrea6716]

Agreed. I'd be surprised if they are still together.

[@eecforeststewardship640]

first build where we went from stairwell to finished house in one jump- no interior process. Andy is a monster, I can see why he took no suggestions and walled his wife off in the kitchen. Dysfunction junction!

[@replyno1]

I wonder if she will be around for the long run

[@mellie4174]

i had the same thought. the fact that he put in nothing to ease her labor in that house. can you imagine hauling the vaccuum and the laundry?? nuts! he doesn't seem like a very nice spouce type person.

[@charliefoster3221]

Well if she ever gets pregnant guess who will be trucking the laundry up and down the stairs? His kid will most likely challenge him because parents usually get the opposite of what they want. This will teach him he ain't right all the time.

[@omeomy33]

She’s an IT professional! Why is it her responsibility to cook and clean?

[@joge6496]

@@omeomy33 why should any one part of any couple be fully responsible for cooking, laundry and cleaning? it-specialist or not.

[@gillianlaing1073]

Na,wouldn't want to go up& down all those stairs phew 😅 I've got a laundry chute it is brilliant 👏

[@rhaivaen]

That crane's damage should not be his problem, the hire company should be ensured

[@snoopygonewilder]

I was thinking the same. I was like "Oh that sucks, but the insurance will take care of it." How is that company not insured?

[@janetlittle9817]

All that work and it just looks like a series of dreary offices inside.

[@ursonate]

amazing architecture, but sad furniture. but it makes sense since their budget was tiny and the host kept trying to get them to spend more.

[@omeomy33]

@@ursonate A laundry chute is cheap. It’s a tube. Intercom is cheap. They were popular in the 80’s. It’s inconvenient to be on the top floor and have to run down 4 levels to answer the door. I guess they can install Ring or other doorbell cameras later.

[@sandraford4235]

Yes I thought that, I hate the open staircase

[@andreaandrea6716]

That's what I thought!!! "An office building!!"

[@ddnz7]

guy is a genius

[@andreaandrea6716]

Who's 'guy'?

[@abuubaydullah1]

When you walk in and look up its a block of posh flats and it is not child safe at all but then i'm not living in it ;-)

[@thyslop1737]

How arw they going to heat and cool it and at what cost?

[@maryherring4261]

Exactly!!

[@alexanderpasnl]

That's why all the rooms can be closed off so they can only heat the room they are in. They can even close off the kitchen from the living room. I live in a tiny house compared to this, but it's from 1936 and there is almost no insulation. I do it the same way. Only the living room is heated, the rest of the house isn't. Thanks to tado I now can choose to heat only the office or bedroom without the living room. I guess if people are used to heating a whole house, it'll take some time to adjust haha. I don't know anything else than to only heat what is necessary and at most prevent the rest of the house from getting too cold.

[@susanaaragorn8606]

That space where the stairs are will be too big to heat😮

[@thecocktailian2091]

Ao about 15 years ago now. They somehow renovated that for 200k. Would be at least double that now. So much more now that it becomes unviable. I would have done it completely different, I hate having vast spaces feel so cramped. I would be celebrating the space, not cutting off into tiny little pie slices.

[@jenniferleewalesdavis1500]

There should have been insurance on the crane, the family should not have had to pay for those damages done by the vandals.

[@manuela_kral4983]

I was wondering why the didn't use the big column to install an elevator... This project was well organized but in the end the couple doesn't look happy. When I would have realized my dream project, I would grin from ear to ear. They don't.

[@kishinumaayumi]

tbf there shd also be a stairwell for safety, always.. ig if u had to choose stairwell or elevator, it's good to choose just stairwell I suppose

[@judywebber5341]

I doubt they are still together. The tension between them was so obvious and neither looked happy. He certainly did not incorporate any ideas to make life easier in that building which is also short sighted if its sold in future. Even George said he was surprised there was no lift.

[@61Eva1]

The old building is beautiful. That's why the new horror next door - disaster.

[@susanaaragorn8606]

My thoughts. Why modern practical constructions are not beautiful as before?

[@marcuscicero9587]

the old water tower is stunning. the rusting metal structure next to it, not so much

[@ursonate]

No way is this couple still together.

[@cindythomas5895]

That what I think too 😳

[@andreaandrea6716]

Someone here said they married in 2013!

[@Qwijebo]

Those antennas and cellular next door is a huge concern

[@susanaaragorn8606]

An eyesore!

[@martinsorra6529]

Watched this a while ago on someone elses channel. the way buddy treats and talks to his wife/girlfriend, I hope she ran fast and far away from the idiot. To me she seems like the sweetest of sweethearts and he comes off as the biggest asshole dickhead one could ever dream of. No way that relationship could ever last.

[@LithaMoonSong]

I was stunned they covered the brick... that ruined it for me. The roof top is stunning though.

[@snoopygonewilder]

I don't think they covered it in the stairwell, which was stunning I must say.

[@susanaaragorn8606]

Maybe because insulation?

[@CrashcatMG]

What is the music playing during the intro? I would love to hear the whole piece!

[@alexanderpasnl]

I love this program, but sometimes I don't get the priorities.Ten minutes going on about cholera, while a simple 'water towers were being build to prevent diseases like...' and be done with it would be alright for a program about restorations of buildings. On the other side they visit another beautiful water tower to get inspired and all they show is a closet and part of a kitchen. I'd rather have them spend the cholera minutes to showing more of the other tower. I do like him to get into the history of the building, but this was more about anything else in history instead of the building and similar buildings itself.

[@ExpectMiracles55]

I totally agree. I was frustrated as I wanted so much to see how that other tower was designed/furnished and... nothing...

[@namthomson1124]

❤

[@williamglaser6577]

Hire a night watchman. Far less costly than repairing vandalism.

[@jamgart]

Just the thought of bringing in the weekly shopping ruins the whole thing for me. You know he basically thought that he wouldn’t be the person cleaning, cooking, doing laundry, hoovering! And the shopping, so putting in anything that would help wasn’t even near the middle of his priorities. He does not care one bit about how it will affect her. It looks like the only decision she had was the beach floor upstairs (which I love by the way) and he scoffed at it like she was stupid to choose it. I hope she left before kids were involved so she never had to see him again.

[@lillic8522]

Why do these people always invent those crazy schedules? As an architect I have NEVER done work on roofs before the end of march. That crane cost more than the delay in starting work a few months later 🙄

[@StubbyPhillips]

Was a way cool structure, but they made it mostly normal and boring. Should have left some pipes and those beautiful old beams. And that last bit of cast iron: coffee table! I mean if you want to end up with a normal looking home, what's the point of starting with something interesting and trying to disguise it? Yeah, it still looks cool from the outside so I guess that's something.

[@jamesdellaneve9005]

I am all for renovating, but once the building is listed, the reconstruction is so rigid that they’ll lose more buildings than those that are restored.

[@jamesdellaneve9005]

The view is great, but you have to stand to see it. It’s too bad that it’ll be missed when seated.

[@seanohelan8241]

AAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMAZING

[@gnotegina9628]

This could have been designed better. If a fire breaks out in the kitchen, how can they escape?

[@NanaLaEnana]

Their knees are gonna hate them in a few years.

[@donnash5813]

Don't have to worry about the in laws coming over or staying for more that a couple days.

[@sandrajones3455]

Too bad he doesn't consider it Anna's home as well...anyone can see he doesn't.

[@lynzyrisingsun]

Kind of boring finish to me.. I was expecting more

[@andreaandrea6716]

Because HE decided what went up.

[@libbysevicke-jones3160]

Very controlling individual. He has very little creative imagination. Saying Hannah did’nt do this or that, is seriously unfair. Very little of that poor woman’s wants and needs would have been listened to by her partner.

[@gillianlaing1073]

Too controlling man,she needs to ditch him

[@kevorkcholakian4349]

I love it but am skeptical this all cost 200k. I would love them to recap how much they really spent.

[@noworriesnoproblems6382]

What over sized staircase with some room squeezed in

[@andreaandrea6716]

THAT's what I thought too!!!

[@drewwilkins9963]

For those playing the drinking game, "it's fantastic, isn't it" occurs at 5:21 kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2S2ip2caZuZfqc

[@Beautiful_Sacred_Land]

Oh dear right beside a big Mobile phone tower. I hope they know about YShield cos they will need it..

[@missinesamaro5978]

Great restoration,but the decoration is not good

[@lorrygeewhizzbang9521]

That poor girl. Afraid of open stairs...here let's put in open steps too. Not a home for kids but that's fine she has a nice view while doing the dishes.🤨

[@sandraford4235]

I don’t think Anna is too enthusiastic,I didn’t like that open stairway ,too much like a governmental building design ,It’s been 10 years wonder if they’re still there ,

[@id104335409]

With that new ugly tower right next to it? No way!

[@geraldmiller5260]

It would seem that the planning commissions would rather have buildings fall down instead of paying couples to save them.

[@StubbyPhillips]

Indeed. I get the impression that the U.K. has no shortage of officious twits standing in the way of anything and everything anyone wants to accomplish.

[@hogwashmcturnip8930]

No thanks. It isn't a home .It is a collection of small, isolated rather ordinary rooms off an overbearing staircase. Totally impractical. And the guy is creepy. I kept thinking 'Coercive Control' in his attitude to Anna. She doesn't like open staircases so what does he do? George expressed surprise that she hadn't incorporated the devices he had shown her. Perhaps she wasn't allowed. He hated it when George commented on her flooring. Like the spoiled self obsessed little brat he is. He had a perfect lift shaft and he ignored it. l . She should have run down those stairs and far away. She seemed so cowed and worn down. That had abusive relationship written all over it. All they will be doing is climbing up and down those damn stairs to their cut off little rooms like a pair of hamster in one of those multi level cages. This wasn't a home, it was an manchild's ego trip. He would have done better installing a lift(That shaft was crying out for one) reducing the staircase to functional, and making 4 1-2 bed flats and renting them out. Then he would have had funds for his next manchild ego boost..

[@kimmacdonald5364]

I would have left the roof and beams

[@markjob6354]

No elevator ?

[@JoanOfArgghh]

There's a thin, brown line between anarchy and civilization.

[@marcuscicero9587]

one year into the project they pitch their advisor from the roof for leading them into poverty

[@TheGeordieClan]

Disappointing result. You have a beautiful building and nothing in there shows it off. It's not a home or creative in any way, Sorry but it couldn't get any more boring .

[@andreaandrea6716]

Agreed.

[@4TheRecord]

30:16 F*** health and safety?

[@terrancemiller8350]

Now, why this tower get a closed in roof area and other towers are not permitted, and yet you pay good money for the to save the buildings but yet they hold a person hostage. Seem a bit crazy to me, if I were told I couldn't with in a agreeable sense of salvation I would just tare the thing down and piss them all off, oops I guess I shouldn't have taken that support beam out.

[@BraveFox100]

This place looks good not not for the kids 🙁

[@North49191]

too many stairs, not for me, it was a waste of time and money imho

[@Melrose51653]

Noble idea but little actual living space. Folly. Divorce. Nearly impossible to sell.

[@andreaandrea6716]

Office building!

[@bellareid3488]

Looks great but I assume they don't ever want kids, considered elderly parents or sudden injury or disability. Ridiculously impractical. Not future-proofed at all. Break a toe - they're screwed!

[@yesiownfrodo]

Bad advice. Install a DUMBWAITER as well as an elevator. That's the only way this is going to work. I also suggest a trash chute. In my opinion, those windows were a hideous choice. Why not stick to the original shape? Very poorly designed. They are going to regret those stairs and lack of dumbwaiter. They should have listened to you. That staircase is uber ugly, bulky, and overwhelming. Geesh. Just an awful design. The first car wreck or accident and they are going to be stuck. They should have made that first floor into a small apartment (mini kitchen, bathroom, sitting area, and bedroom) which they could stay in if they needed it (pregnancy and four flights of stairs is not going to work, for example) or perhaps rent on air b and b.

[@boricua4483]

maybe british english and US english words have different meaning, but wouldn't a restoration denote bringing it back for it's same purpose or even be a historical restoration? which means that it would restored for the purpose of it's historical value. isn't this a transformation, remaking it into the same model on the outside, but transforming it into a home on the inside? again, maybe the british and US translation aren't the same. but in america, this would be, at best, a very loose use of the word. then again, who am i kidding? we in the US do the same thing. Use a word just because it fits the title, rather than the actual scenario. I just think it makes the producers and so on look stupid no matter who does it. I get that somethings cool and interesting are outside your box, but it's not hard to include those things and still be considered intelligent speaking. "I know we're technically a restoration show, but today, we have something a bit off script." see it doesn't take a genius

[@OtikaOtikaOtika]

I don't like it ... so much space, but sooo cramped living, dining and master bedroom. No practical or/and wife input ...

[@joannahampton3808]

Not a child friendly home

[@lugubrioz]

Good! Not everyone wants a child!

[@gnotegina9628]

@@lugubrioz the wife clearly says she wanted kids...her husband wasn't thinking deeply enough about their future

[@omeomy33]

He said he would live there 10 years. She will get pregnant in 10 years or it will be too late or too risky.

[@randomvintagefilm273]

OMG, did that woman just say she couldn't invision living there? With a view like that? What a damn whiner

[@Dbergson]

Make the "host" shut up!

[@andreaandrea6716]

Never.

[@WINDYJEAN]

Except for that ugly tower next door.

[@neonskyline1]

Give the drama a rest man, don't buy the friggin thing if you're not prepared for some graft, it makes these programs boring

[@julianorenkertjunior2059]

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[@cappsginny699]

You're a tense bagpipe, playing a stupid tune!