Our DIY Home Renovation

[@NickyandHarri]

Let us know your thoughts on keeping an internal window! 😊 See you next week 👋🏻❤️

[@peterthorogood7025]

I still think you need a window in that bathroom...just a small one over the toilet to let some natural light in...

[@Holly1709]

I think no window in utility. We don’t have one and it’s means another wall of units for storage

[@karensalter1560]

I like the ideal of a slit window. Shame you can't put a window in the end wall where the cooker is currently x

[@prospect2664]

I think its an great idea for utility room, however for kitchen/dining area it would look kinda wierd/offputting so i would have to vote for removing the window

[@JakirMennacer]

I vote not to remove the window

[@paulj3625]

If it was me, I would block up the utility window and put one in on the other external wall at the end. Great work guys

[@kimwood159]

100% agree. If you are not allowed an opening clear window you could go for a fixed frosted window. Or a frosted door for access to a washing line. You could also use utility room as a boot room so you can clean footwear in utility/boot-room rather than going through new kitchen extension.

[@chriswelsh4397]

You guys are doing amazing and here is a helpful tip from a tradesman. You thought you’d made a mistake with the base plate to your stud wall by not leaving out for the doorway but you actually didn’t, this is exactly how it should be done 🤩 your base plate goes down in one full length in order to keep your wall in a straight line, once the timber studding is complete and ready for plaster boarding, you can then cut the base plate to except ready for the new door lining to be installed. 🙌🙌🙌😆👍

[@Rzarecteh]

If money is no issue I would brick up the window & put a window on the side wall where the oven currently is (or you could just put an exterior door there instead) which will give you some natural light & as it is a utility room access to fresh air is never a bad thing.

[@eIIioni]

An inside window between two rooms doesn't bring that much light and it might look a bit awkward. If possible and doesn't cost/ take too much time I think you should move the window to the external wall instead. That way you'll get more natural light and you can actually use the window.

[@lindakleiner5734]

Block the window up you’ve got a small window on the outside wall make that larger or place a door to the outside with a glass panel in it. You’re doing a wonderful job.❤

[@beckyallen4172]

Good morning Nicky & Harri, another great video! I firstly want to say that I have so much admiration for the two of you. I love that your doing the majority of the work yourself & your just up for giving anything a go, that takes some balls! 😂 Your last house looked so beautiful when you finished it, so I can’t wait to see the end result of this one. I personally think we need to see Nicky the bricky at work again! so I would personally brick the window up which would give you more wall space for cupboards or shelves. Re; the garden I think a tranquil area would be perfect. I would have a pergola it would be lovely have a look at Whitestores outdoor living website the white metal one will give you an idea of what I have in mind & maybe give you some inspiration. Lastly a water feature would be a must for me! With all that space you could have a beautiful garden stream, which I’d really love to have or something different but you get the gist. It would be somewhere to relax & reflect away from the busy world we live in. Have a great week & I look forward to seeing what you’ve been up to next Sunday. xx

[@leannehind5514]

Make the window smaller…. Garden zone each area… plan for the future, think what would others want if you sell it. Kid zone flat area for basketball hoop…. Play center trampoline etc … raised vegetable garden. Fire pit sitting area

[@NickyandHarri]

Awesome ideas Leanne, we’re thinking of doing exactly that- making zones of flat areas for playing/hosting! A fire pit sounds very cool 🔥

[@Christopher_T_Paul]

When it comes to building stud walls with a door entrance, the way you did it first was OK. It is easier to put the bottom plate in one strip , build your stud wall (obviously leaving the required space for your doorway) and then trim away the bottom timber in the doorway. This assures your wall is straight

[@jvgl2024]

Block it up and put in a window on the external wall. I know there will be a view of a fence, but it will not only help with ventilation, but it will add natural light.

[@rosehughes599]

They might have planning issues making window looking into neighbours property

[@neilcarter7412]

Wow can’t believe how much work you pair get through in a week. Excellent progress, you must be very proud. Great video, thanks for sharing

[@LeePearson06]

Loving your channel and renovation journey. Well done all round! Can't wait to see the end result.

[@CatherineH.-gf7mm]

A pocket door into the utility area would be a real space saver! :)

[@Jules_Pew]

Put a window on the outside wall or even a door so you can take laundry outside to hang in summer. Also why the narrow gap on side of the basin vanity unit? Going to be hard to clean all the cobwebs out in the future.

[@dominicturner1726]

I think definitely keep some kind of window, difficult to visualise the height without the extension but natural light is the winner! Also (I'm sure your electrician will know) before you finish the bathroom boxing, make sure you take an earth bond to the metallic water supply 👌

[@NickyandHarri]

Fantastic, thanks Dominic- will chat to him today and make sure he’s got that on his radar 👍🏻

[@bobbysmith855]

Congratulations, you've managed to capture exactly how reno's are! My husband any myself have done a few and 2 self builds....along side bringing up a family of 8! 😂....it was hell but I wouldn't have missed a thing! Love reminiscing with your videos. Well done guys!

[@NickyandHarri]

Awh thanks Bobby, we’re glad we can bring you some nostalgia of the renovations! We’re really trying to enjoy every step this time 🤗

[@MaximusClarkus]

Amazing progress guys! Loving the videos. You have also inspired my husband and I to knock a wall down in our house today ourselves instead of paying someone else to do it. Don’t worry we have checked with a structural engineer it’s ok to do so. Anyway, good luck and can’t wait for the next video 👍

[@Absfor30]

Guys, quick tip, to speed up your drying out of the new plasterwork use a dehumidifier and a fan, heaters are a lot slower, we've been using this combo and it dries out freshly skimmed walls in less than 24hrs with the doors and windows closed.

[@andrewkedian7244]

Hi guys you both are doing a great job love the bathroom have a lovely week 😊😊😊

[@sarahburgess-hamlett212]

I would have put the entry door more central to the space, so you can utilise the wall space on each side, and place a new window opposite where the oven is, and block up the the window entirely

[@alexwood5026]

Hey, make sure to future proof the rear garden by running an armoured cable down there for maybe some down lights on the sleepers where it steps down and and other areas you’d like garden lights plugged in or outdoor sockets. Also I’d recommend putting a wifi extension maybe at the end of the new dining room plugged in to help with wifi coverage in the garden :)

[@cdclashes]

Yours vids are my new favourite thing about Sunday mornings. Love watching your journey, already looking forward to next week

[@robertburgess3767]

Keep the window guys...more natural light in there the better..the bathroom although very small is looking fantastic...cant wait for next Sundays catch up....top vid harri and nicki ❤

[@NickyandHarri]

Awh thanks Robert, we’re glad you enjoyed this weeks video! We’re already looking forward to bringing you next weeks vid 😅💙

[@MarionHuart-k4p]

I would block up the window and put a smaller window that can be opened on the side wall x

[@natedawg2p]

With the utility, have you got space on the side of the house to put a door? If you put an external door I think it would add so much. You'll have somewhere to put muddy boots after walking. Dogs to wash down after the walks etc.

[@karencarpenter8275]

For the utility window, if you can, leave a narrow long horizontal picture window high up - if it is above your proposed new roofline. Light and ventilation in a utility is good

[@PJS-uu9xu]

Utility Gate…. I would keep a window…… but not in a regulation shape like the current one. Go high….. long and narrow maybe only 300 deep in Acid Etched. You’ll be surprised about how much light it’ll let in but just as importantly it won’t detract from your contemporary new kitchen layout. Oak frame it ( fake it ) 😉 Just my two cents. That garden is a bit of a monster! Your plan for terrace / patio and then lawn with retaining wall all sounds good. I’m not a huge fan of gravelled / stone areas but just purely for maintenance might be worth considering a section. If garden office / summer house / garden store are off budget at moment; Easily get a veg patch…. Probably reuse the greenhouse….. plant fruit trees? Depends if you guys are into the “good life”. Another good week 👍

[@no4h1453]

I would block up the window and put one either over the existing one on top of the extension roof, if this is possible, or put a new one the other external wall. You will have much more natural light and also it will help with the ventilation. Without any external windows, you might have to put an extraction fan to air the room later on.

[@Zeus_1983]

Personally I'd try to avoid the timber sleep retaining wall in the garden, they do t last long term and you need to consider the amount of pressure it's holding back. Look at gabion baskets or interlocking blocks.

[@Absfor30]

Team brick it up, bring on Nikki the brickie!

[@chrisclose7793]

im keep window ,when i renovated my house i did first fix intruder alarm cable and first fix plumbing at same time after ripping everything out to save time and to save money i used a 25 yard skip to take every bit of the rubbish from the renovation inside the house for the garden renovation and drive i hired a 5 ton digger and had a grab to take waste away i would suggest gabion walls as would look nice and natural as thats what i did for my garden

[@deemarie8647]

Loving these videos. Would it be possible to put a window in the other wall, which would be an outside wall?

[@janetbruijns6260]

Its all looking great so far, well done! For the garden id highly recommend an outdoor covered space for both summer and winter use. Shaded when warm weather and can be heated with outdoor heaters when cold but oh so cosy. Just a few poles and a roof so pretty affordable too. What do you think? p.s We did exactly what you are doing with our old house, 84m2 increased to 230m2( with roof terrace)😊 Good luck!

[@brickstop9538]

Nice, some motorvation for Sunday, keep it up guys.

[@NickyandHarri]

Thanks very much!! 😅👍🏻

[@cyclist20]

borrowed light is the thing. Slit window high up.

[@carolcreamer8285]

Enjoyed the vlog Nicky , Harri 😊😊😊 love the bathroom , will be looking forward to next Sunday vlog 😊😊😊❤

[@CorinneAtHome]

Id block the utility window and put a window to the left of it on the outside wall for ventilation. I love how you can just throw up a wall like that! You must be saving so much. Can I just ask why you didn’t take the flooring up before you put the wall in?

[@charlieehstephenson4893]

Happy Sunday hope your both doing well ☺️

[@NickyandHarri]

Thanks Charlie, we’ve had a great week- we hope you have too!! 😅

[@bobbysmith855]

Keep the window! 👍

[@charlieehstephenson4893]

Make it a transient window and put a colour in it so light floods in but looks like an art piece on the other side

[@NickyandHarri]

That sounds very cool 😎

[@NerysAstbury]

Team keep the window!! what about lowering the bottom to be flush wish the worktop- letting in a bit more “borrowed” light!?

[@NickyandHarri]

Interesting, we definitely could lower it right down! 💭

[@geolyn]

Sunday coffee and toast with your video is great. I am with the outside widow brigade if possible. Also, as you can do anything, how do you get marmalade off the touch pad of the flaptop?

[@adriandeb2710]

I would block the window up, also you can put wall units on the wall

[@victoriavicky2437]

Awesome job done in the bathroom 🎉It looks cozy and nice. I am wondering why no one is using installation toilets 🚽 but the flushing toilets. Is it just bc it’s cheaper? Thx for weekly videos ❤

[@stew8490]

Bathroom mirror needs to be an anti steam one. there nightmire when hot tap on or shower Also need Extract to fun in there to help with damp 😊

[@yvonneculley5626]

Good on you guys… awesome work… Keep your vitamins up… 😂❤

[@djsioux2265]

Yay cracking start to the day 🤗😁❤

[@NickyandHarri]

😅🥰

[@fionaokane9113]

Brick up the utility window, internal is weird + if you can put a small one on an external wall do that. Otherwise none at all, lots of flats etc have internal bathrooms + utility rooms with no windows + still look great/ function

[@NickyandHarri]

Interesting, thanks Fiona! The external wall on that side has a rubbish view of just a fence- so probably won’t be adding one there!

[@rosehughes599]

The external glazed door to the side?

[@victoriavicky2437]

@@NickyandHarrihow about a skylight to give it a daylight? And a round internal art window )

[@kevsterman]

I'd usually be all for keeping an internal window as they really add character but in this case I'd block it up as I think it would look odd if you keep it.

[@BeccifromOz]

Put a window on the external wall so you can keep the utility room soundproof from the new extension

[@jeffpayne5922]

Great video

[@carolcreamer8285]

Hi Nicky , Hi Harri nice to see you both 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@TomaszBoro]

Why not build atmospheric skylights (glass blocks) instead of windows, which will allow natural light to come in and at the same time won't look strange from the perspective of the extension?

[@SylviaWhite-w7p]

I’d keep the window myself

[@joshattard9069]

Is that your main stop clock in the house in the bathroom? If so you might want to get it earth bonded needs a 10mm2 earth onto it from your Fuseboard so incase the pipes become live it’ll short to earth

[@Nathan.20244]

Deffo put the window on the outside wall if possible, wouldn’t out a window inside!

[@NickyandHarri]

So expensivvveeee and a bad view of just a fence that way 😦

[@carolcreamer8285]

Keep the window 😊

[@josiejo-fh4ep]

Block the utility window up, single glaze let’s sound through so defeats object of putting wall up.

[@juliebrooke6099]

Can’t you put a small window on the other outside wall in the utility? If it overlooks neighbours you can always use obscured glass if you need to.

[@KT_37]

I studied architecture in college and I see two issues you and any other future homeowners are going to hate in the long term with the current layout. Don't make it a step down kitchen. It will be a regret when you are done plus an issue for any parent with small children needing to figure out a gate to prevent falls. Instead raise the extension up to match the current level of the house. You are already talking putting in a retaining wall and building up the yard for the patio off the kitchen. I would just plan to raise that up there or have it step down out of the kitchen onto the patio if raising the patio up to the kitchen level is too much. Other item is you come in the front door go down a hallway on the right and then turn left to go around a wall to go down another hallway on the left. to get to the new kitchen It is better to avoid this and have a straight shot to the back of the house for easier traffic flow but also avoid a nightmare of turns trying to move future furniture through that maze that will also have a staircase. Seriously it is going to sound like Ross in Friends, "Pivot, pivot." My advise is open the front door leave a good space to stand and take off a coat aka the new entryway. Then the stairs will go straight up the bedroom wall on the right side. The front bedroom door can easily be moved to accomodate the stairs even potentially putting the door off the new front entry. Now remove the wall blocking the new hallway to the kitchen. This is going to dramatically open up the home and create a small straight back hallway off the back of the living room to the new kitchen. Light can pour straight through the home plus allow the living room to now go all the way across to the new staircase thus making the living room a little larger as well. I hope my ideas help

[@charlieehstephenson4893]

It was me 😂😂😂I’m a girl the bucket is genius ,also what’s the name of the kitchen company you used last year I’m designing mine now and definitely want to check them out .

[@NickyandHarri]

Ooooops- sorry Charlie 😂 DIY kitchens- they’re the best!

[@IMOO1896]

The only way a window would make sense in a utility room would be for sunlight, so I say nix the window.

[@MissDelia]

What about a retro glass brick wall area in the utility/kitchen ?

[@prospect2664]

Might be the camera angle, but can you actually open the shower glassdoor fully? Looks like the cabinet is in the way

[@NickyandHarri]

It will open fully, it’s tight- but the door actually opens from that side to the right 👍🏻

[@rosehughes599]

"Part time legend" 😅. Does that mean he's a bit ordinary on Tuesdays and Wednesdays?

[@Anne3000]

The lounge/family room is gonna be so tiny for that size home. How about opening up bedroom 1 & 2 to make a good size family room and have one bedroom downstairs where the current little family room is.

[@NickyandHarri]

The kitchen/living room is going to be the heart of the home. The small family room is only there to serve as a smaller snug- we do get what you mean though! 👍🏻

[@shonalogan1581]

Leave the window. ❤

[@anonymouscooks3221]

keep on thriving ❤👏❤️👏

[@NickyandHarri]

Thanks very much!! 😅👍🏻

[@waynesarahburns3871]

Keep the window, keep it double glazed so it cuts out the washing machine sound

[@CallumGaming01]

you hade idea i hade have a wall out bck and steps going down i hade same idea soon i saw it seems good idea and have lights on the steps to side of it like one built in to steps

[@rachelleherron8389]

Keep the window.

[@mrwalklate84]

why don't you put a window with frosted glass on the wall where the cooker is now?

[@NickyandHarri]

We could do- but it might look weird with frosted glass?

[@mrwalklate84]

​@NickyandHarri Or clear? Just wasn't sure if it would be overlooking next door?

[@FarrahLawman]

Could you put a velux in?

[@NickyandHarri]

We have a dormer being added above this room- so not in here!

[@RemnantsOfBeauty]

In my opinion there's no way I'd be doing this at the start of a project. This is probably one of the last things to do.

[@Geekidge91]

brick it uppppp

[@rosehughes599]

Drilling holes in newly tiled walls is THE WORST! Nerve-wracking

[@philiptheoret9311]

Block it up! It's only a utility room!! You're not in there long!!

[@NickyandHarri]

Trueee

[@pamelapattison7921]

i still think a window

[@TheRichardNL86]

Brick up the window in the utility room!

[@tonywheelybarrow]

Why are you always bent over to camera? Lol