Subscribe for more! Thanks for watching! And as always, whatever your upto just keeep going! U got this📈

i love how unfiltered you were when it comes to complaints / time / money / rude neighbors etc, this was such a well narrated video. congrats on the transformation and all your hard work paying off! it looks beautiful

You have no idea how nice it was to listen to this and watch. No one ever says how much they pay for each step. You’re in a different part of the world but still. More people need to real so people don’t go in blind. It’s a gigantic project and you nodded to it. Thanks for that

Subscribed. 85 years old English Lady who 64 years ago did what you are doing. ! Not really builders did in S. France. On Three acres of land, The house abandoned. Last occupants German Soldiers from 40's. An old Mill with 2 metre walls 3 stories as ground was on different strates. 3 gardens 11 Species of trees making abetoreaum 82. The house had been built. On the ancient mill walls on ground level original 15 century. Jacobean style many rooms. I have been carried away late at night as your video sent me years back you are a fabulous young man i hope your partner in life values you . Wonderful result.

Wow! London. I worked in London and lived in Hampstead Heath during 1962. It snowed in London and it looked like a classic Christmas movie or Christmas card. I could have lived there forever, but my husband, at the time, who was English (and the reason I was able to work in England), didn't want to. He preferred California, USA. I was 21 or 22 and I'm now 81, but still remember London vividly.

My in-laws neighbour was EXACTLY the same as yours. They had a large rear and loft extension completed with a Juliet balcony overlooking my in-laws garden. Then objected to a reasonable rear extension that my in-laws wanted to do. The council came round did an inspection and laughed at their objections.

Bloody hell lad! Having first hand experience with large scale property renovations… this is massively impressive. The stones alone to pick up such a big project are beyond most people. The fact you are doing it now, at your stage in life, is EXACTLY the right time to lay rock solid foundations for success. 100% sub from me 👊🏼

As s one one who has spent three plus years renovating in Notting Hill, I can tell you how ridiculous your neighbours straight off. Here’s why. You accomplished all of it in a mere TWELVE MONTHS! My renovation, like most renovations in this posh area take literally YEARS! I for one would have done what you did, but I could never do what you do. Your neighbours should be thanking you and overjoyed. You’ve added value to their property too, and did it in only ONE YEAR! Very well done. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼💪🏼👍🏼

In 7 months whilst also working is seriously impressive. Can’t help but respect folk who put this much into anything. Hard work pays off

Just wow. Hands down one of the best Reno videos I’ve ever seen. No nonsense , just real talk and clearly, a lot of hard work. I’m impressed.

KZfaq decided to suggest your video to me. So glad they did. I’m currently renovating an 1830’s house in a tiny fishing village, and living in it while I do so. Although inconvenient at times, I’m enjoying the process immensely. Your home is lovely, good job you! 🎉

I work for myself as an architectural consultant, so know just how involved your project will have been from start to finish. You've done an incredible job, so congratulations for that, and bravo for your video too, it was engaging, informative and entertaining!

This was an incredible video. No idea it was this complex to rebuild an old house. Thank you for going into such detail!

Get proper sash windows in to finish it off. Personally, I hate the loss of period features BUT I understand when a house is so far gone , a complete renovation is the best way to go. You are a very impressive young man being able to do this.

As an architect I am super-impressed! Well done.

I’m always in awe of people who do these renovations themselves! I wouldn’t even know where to start. Well done 👌

My hubby thinks you must be a son he didn't know about! He loves you. Your attitude to work getting a good deal etc is at one with his. We have between us built block of flat renovated ancient cottages lived in a bungalow which we turned into a house like you used tin lid on top and acrow props everywhere!! Taken down chimneys too what a mess. I spent a 70 mile an hour storm with the tin lid on and the sheets flapping with my head under the pillow scared to death! ❤️ love what you did with the London house. HUZZAH. From two retired inveterant renovaters/builders.

I have no interest in London or renovation. I didn't search for this video but I watched every second of it. Very engaging and a great voiceover! Thanks for the financial transparency.

I really appreciate how you walked us through the whole renovation. I’m in interior designer who not only works for clients but also buys renovates and sells his own properties. I’ve never done a project to this extent before but I have done major hundred thousand dollar plus projects that I move into and then sell a year or two later. It’s been a very successful venture for me over the 35 years that I’ve been doing it. I can understand that doing a project In an expensive location has its downfalls, but the upside is this there’s loads of buyers when you’re ready to sell. Fortunately, in Canada, when it is your primary residence, and then you sell, There is no capital gains tax, a real bonus financially. You are so knowledgable about all the aspects of construction and where to spend money and where you can save money is really critical and having a successful project and you obviously are doing everything right. I’ll continue watching your videos for inspiration and also for sharing with clients who are thinking of doing a major renovation.

This is by far, the most realistic renovation video I have ever watched. The way you talked about how to deal with things throughout this video is amazing. Congratulations on the amazing build Sir!

Yo dude I'm a plumber gas fitter from Cambridge and what you've done in that house yourself an amount of time and money you've spent is amazing good on you my friend

New subscriber here. My 13 year old daughter and I watched all of this video and wow! You’ve completely inspired her so thanks for this . Amazing renovation!

What an enormous project! Fantastic end result though...well done! Such an achievement for someone so young. I have been renovating my house for five years now...five years of no kitchen, no washing machine, no sofa, bare stairs, etc. Absolute misery! I keep telling myself it will all be worth it in the end, but I am wondering whether I might die of old age before it's done! ;)

Greetings from the U.S. Whew, you uploaded this video five months ago! I'm a little late with my comment but, I just found your channel today and am a new subscriber. I must say, I am blown away with the final outcome and even more blown away by the amount of work that went into it. High praise to you for, what is now, an absolute masterpiece of a home.

No words but well done! My family home has three bathrooms with linear and after watching your video I’m going to be that young girl changing the bathrooms without hiring someone but self educating myself and watching videos like yours ❤️❤️

Would love to know, 1) Would you allow the 'miserable' neighbors to see what you've done and show them what they DON'T have? (Or is that rude? LOL), 2) Compared to the other 'posh' houses in your neighborhood, how much would your home appraise for now? Especially with the added bdrms & baths. Thanks for telling us the HONEST truth of the good & bad, and when to hire or do it yourself. Stunning outcome. Beautiful!

Hi Chris...loved the way you presented it. I am 76 and renovations have been the most enjoyable, but only because I have the skills to do most, but the top notch finishing you did was great. We from UK living in Canada for 40yrs, finishing our little house we bought in 2020. Understand where your coming from regarding neighbors. All the best Reg/Janet

really love the story telling, thats what keeps me entertained. not just people making sweet talk and normal commentaries

Hi mate, just stumbled upon your channel and I've got to say its insane. I'm currently in the process of saving to buy my first home so I've been watching a bunch of renovation series and this video is by far one of the best. Keep up with the good work and can't wait to see more stuff from you.

ah yes an affordable house at a million quid

This is so incredibly informative, really appreciate the transparency. You did an incredible job!!

What an Amazing Renovation. You and your brother should be immensely proud of yourself. Love you naturalness of explaining complex builds in a way that anyone could understand.

I have been watching every renovation show online for years, from every English speaking country you can find. You had my attention from the first, kudos to you and your graphic explanations of this project! If there's more, count me in!

Sadly, I think teenage-me would have internally scoffed at you in my head as a labourer (not my view point now I hasten to add). Adult me has absolute mad respect for you and what you've outlined here. Staying committed to a solid and consistent hustle mindset, whether you're living with the hell of a terrible office job or the hell of living on a building site, is so powerful. Congratulations and keep it up. Also, the delivery of this video was very watchable - the narration over a montage works very nicely.

I had that model of cement mixer back in 1969 and they are still giving good service to many people, the company must have made millions from it.

The rawness and depth of this is JUST SO GOOD. Thank you!!!

What a fantastic job! I got tired just watching it. It’s so impressive that you were able to manage that work load in addition to a full time job, just incredible. I really respect how brave you were in attempting things you had never done before. Thanks for sharing this with us!

The work you have done to renovate this house is mind blowing and very impressive.

feel like you're my soul sister (I'm 30). I also worked in finance, bought a crap house in London and renovated it. Did it once and employed builders and lived in a rental in Clapham whilst it was happening. Second time round and I am currently living in my construction site... quit my career too lol. I've subscribed, looking forward to watching your journey

Absolutely magnificent restoration/renovation! You did a beautiful job refinishing the furniture left behind and love how you used those pieces Bless you both your baby and your gorgeous home!

Absolutely love your transparency, it is so helpful to fully understand and also helps when planning to do something like that on your own. It is also so rare today that people are honest and share their true experience, especially including costs! Just amazing your work, big congrats, love it, that is an insane Job you did, yu worked so hard for this! Absolutely amazing!!

Absolutely incredible! Your work ethic is insane 🔥 Can’t wait to see your tiny house all completed! 🙂

All things considered, 7 months is outstanding ! Well done and congratulations 🍾

Thanks for uploading this, it was an encouragement to keep going with the renovation on my house in Surrey. It can be hard to stay motivated sometimes, especially when juggling a business as well! Very tastefully done and sensible choices when it comes to recruiting certain trades and haggling too - a man after my own heart! Enjoy the fruits of your labour.

Its always so nice when or rather to see someone purchase an old place and renovate it and what a great finish looks so stunning good for you enjoy

Great work showing the process and decision makings. Nothing feel like building your own. You get to know the house real well. Fantastic video.

Fantastic journey! EXHAUSTING!!! I cannot believe all the work. I KNOW it's a mother of a slog. I bow to you. You can be ultra proud of what you've accomplished! I was confused at the end when you weren't walking through the finished house but instead, we were looking at stills that seemed as if they were out of some brochure. For future reference, I prefer the out and out walk through the house SLOWLY, so I can appreciate all the extraordinary work you've done. Bravo!! Seriously.

I’m very impressed. I’ve just half renovated my (terraced) house and didn’t go back to the brick everywhere. And I’ve built a garden room. I wish I’d done this in my 20s or 30s cos it sure hurts my body now. Respect to you for the vision, courage, focus and dedication to this project. Seriously impressive!

You have a good narration to go with the constructed progress. I like that extra effort which ties everything together for the viewer. As we're not all into construction, it significantly enhances the video rather than just a time lapase of the work progress. It's learning and entertainment at the same time.

Really appreciate your candid comments. Fine labor, beautiful results.

What an amazing result, so inspiring! You mentioned you bought the kitchen direct from the supplier, can you share where you sourced it from? Would really appreciate it!

Beautiful work! Can't believe you managed to do all that work in 7 months!! That's insane!! Would love to know how much the house is valued at now that you've renovated it!

Mate. I’m doing this exact thing myself right now… your honesty and accuracy was a breath of fresh air. Much appreciated! Great video. Thanks. Always interested to meet other people keen to do this in London, at scale… open invitation. I’m also getting into making the furniture/cabinetry for high end.

What a great job 👏 well done for doing this on your own. Love how honest you are about everything.

Absolutely agree on the terraced house situation😢 they are a pain! What a loverly project you’ve maximized the potential of that house! Looking forward to the tiny house project developments!

I really enjoyed this video. Your honesty about the finances, the hard work, the neighbours. The realities of London life, where even the difficulty of a parking permit to get a plumber in makes most people want to cry. Thank you for demystifying the process of finding trades too.

Great narrative and video. Real professional and relatable. I would like to have seen a glimpse of your sleeping quarters. I can’t imagine moving a bed from floor to floor or having a finished bathroom before demolishing the existing one. I lived through a kitchen renovation while I continued to live on my second floor. Dust finds its way no matter how much you think you’ve hermetically sealed your living space. Not only is it filthy, it’s nerve racking waking up to a demolished home day after day. My hat’s off to you my friend.

I'm happy to see that 3 days after posting this video you got to surpass your subscribers goal. It's a great video and deserving of every view you got so far and for sure will keep on getting. Congrats for the hard work!!

congratulations on an amazing transformation. You have achieved so much in 7 months! Building costs and cost of housing are "insane" here "down-under" as well.

I'm likely to never be in a position to be able to afford to buy a home, but love watching renovations and restorations. I really appreciate that you break down the costs, which so many just don't address at all.

Such a London thing to say, “are you dumb!” Loved it 😂😂

Wow!! This was an amazing renovation! You sound like a person who is creating their dream life. I am all for that. I am going to go over and start watching your mini house series. Best of luck to you for your future projects! 😊

The video we've all been waiting for! Yes mate, thanks for getting it out there and sharing so much. Legend. Hope the tiny house is coming along grand in this weather

This is fantastic. I'm getting 2nd hand pride on your behalf just watching this. Really well done and wish you the best in all future projects.

Congratulations to you all on your new home. It looks airy, light, and spacious. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

What a great video! This was sooo interesting to see how much work and I love that you are totally transparent re costs, and all the challenges (including the neighbours)😩 Thanks and we’ll done fir an amazing job! I’m sure you will be very successful😊👍

I’m staggered at all this work you have done ..incredible

This was absolutely fascinating to watch! So cool how you went from being a labourer, the finance and then a mix of the two - increasing your wealth through this insane renovation. Really appreciate your transparency on costs too.

Just wanted to say that I LOVE this video. And your attitude. How you went from labourer to buying a house in a posh area in London. Wishing all the best of luck to you all. You seem so nice, and it's great to see young people winning in life.

Dude!!! You and your brother(sorry if I missed someone who also helped) did an amazing job!! Your parents must be so proud of you 2. Hard workers, smart with money, sensible and freaking funny. Your narration through the video was so honest so funny and perfect. From Tennessee U.S. good job.

I live in the US. I’ve never been to England. The old house you fixed up looks awesome renewed. I’ve never seen a house like that before. Something from the past in the city of London looking brand new is so cool. I really like how the look of the old house blends with all the modern upgrades you made. It has a lot of character

Incredible journey with this property and so well captured in the video. This guy's vision and work ethic is an inspiration. Many thanks for such fascinating content!

Fantastic result! Meaning both renovation and video 🙂

I’m a builder that has just completed my first London project for myself in London and I very impressed with what you have taken on and completed. Enjoyed watching your journey. I also have fallen out with the Neighbours. But I was working 12 hours a day so they had the right to complain 😂. To get it done in a year is nothing to be snubbed at! Where did you get your kitchen from?

Bloody well done! I'm impressed. Both regarding the renovation and also about how you changed your life! Clever you. Hats off.

Great work dude such a straightforward transparent video with so much genuine work put in and the result is absolutely fabulous, congratulations on the house and the renovation.

love how transparent and genuine your narrative is - I dare to say if you never built/renovated a house, you don't know what life is really all about (no other job/degree can even remotely match this experience)

This was such a great video. Loved how you narrated it, it was really entertaining and pleasant to watch. I'm currently renovating an old log cabin where I do all the work myself (with no experience) so watching and hearing your "do it yourself attitude" was really inspiring to hear! Also this was insanely impressive work!

Congratulations on a great project and video! The house looks fantastic. Agreed with many of the people who’ve commented. It’s really good to hear the costs and the amount time taken to complete the house, how to cut costs, the pit falls and the words of encouragement. Just subscribed to your channel. I’ll be watching the rest of the videos 😊😊

You can have no idea how very much I enjoyed watching this. I learned soooooooooo much that we never ever hear from people who talk about renovations. Great job. Well done you two guys. Really I have always wanted to know the truth. Thanks again. Cheers.

for 22 years now I have been building my home, with a carpenter for the last 14 years, I understand the challenges and I totally agree with your philosophy about doing it yourself..we even made our own doors and windows with curved upstairs french doors...I look at it now (still not complete) and wonder what happened....your videos are an inspiration to those who have not the confidence...my was driven by a creatiuve passion, havaing a home was secondary...your dedications and the beautiful result was truly amazing ...thank you

Randomly came across this video. Saw it from start to finish. Really pleased and inspired by it. Really, really impressive. Give me a shout next time you do a project I will come and do a day or 2 free labour with u. Good work, great tag team with the bro. I found this video 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Iv literally just found this channel by accident and this was the first vlog I watched, I agree with the other comments on how refreshingly transparent you were with the whole project and funny!! You are such a humble young man, very rare these days! What an incredible transformation it’s absolutely stunning! Your Neighbour clearly has some kind of superiority complex, There’s a quote that I love ~ Tolerance is the calm acceptance to allow others the same privileges you allow yourself ☺️

I just loved the whole journey. Thank you so much for sharing it and best wishes for the new year 😊

Oh my God you are literally the definition of a determined person🎉 if it was me I would quit in the first week lmao. Hope you have great memories in this house. You deserve this!🎉🎉🎉

This was so enjoyable to watch. Well done!

Wow, I am just flabbergasted. The amount of work you did in just a few months is amazing. You're going places!

Wowsa! This is by far the most impressive renovation I've ever seen. You are one impressive & inspiring human. I'm going to share this with my 14 year son who has similar aspirations to yourself. Thank you for sharing.

Great video well presented. I felt your pain, the cost, the amount of work, the strange trades & people you have to deal with. I was in the building trade for 30 years like you i could do it all but thankfully i have just retired and people are still trying to get me to do plastering work lol. Building takes its toll on your body damp cold dusty heavy work. Just one thing in your tool list you forgot Shovel, Hammer, & more Tea than you can shake a stick at. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

Looks really amazing, you did a fantastic job. You did an absolutely massive amount of work - well done. It must have been incredibly exhausting but what a result to be proud of. I like that you encourage others to do the same. It takes a lot of guts, time, energy and sacrifice but it’s worth it. My last landlord kept telling me to move out and buy anything and to stop wasting my money paying his rent, a nice guy who encouraged me to take on a much smaller project than yours! Congratulations!

great job, what an amazing video the transformation and work done is insane. this video was posted 2 weeks ago and you were saying that you are close to 10000 subscribers, I am really happy for you seeing that you have passed 30000 in those 2 weeks.

Wow, I am absolutely mesmerized by this video! You share your year-long renovation journey, capturing every detail of turning a dilapidated Victorian property into a breathtaking dream home.

I thoroughly enjoyed this video along with the crazy stories. 😅What a great renovation in the end! Hats off to you & all your hardwork.. 💪

i studied historic preservation and clicked right away to see the interiors of your terraced house and to see what you did to renovate. you truly took it down to the bare bones and then rebuilt from the basement up plus the additional spaces you created. many of these houses were practically thrown up to meet housing demands during the victorian era so it was cool to see the quality of the build from the original structure. obviously you wanted a modern interior and from the look of it so much of the original failing materials needed to be completely replaced or repaired in the case of the front brick, repointed. appreciated your transparency on the good, the bad and the ugly of doing the work by yourself, when to persevere and when to get help.. also sometimes when you are renovating getting someone else to do a job frees you up to do another part of the renovation which can absolutely be worthwhile in the end. also appreciated the financial transparency that was very helpful to understand on a different level. thanks so much for sharing your experience and knowledge. ☮

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Well done mate and well deserved. Its a very impressive undertaking especially given that you were working full time.

Awesome work mate! I'm currently renovating a 5 bed mid-terrace myself so I appreciate just how much effort goes into the stuff you don't see. I'm also doing the plastering and have got good at it so it's saving more money but costing more time. Well done on the result 👍🏻

Unbelievable work. It takes a lot of effort and belief to accomplish such a task. Hats off to you. Given me a new sense of what’s really achievable if you have a goal and slowly work towards it👏🏿

Mate I've been there and 7months for all this is IMPRESSIVE!! The house looks amazing, especially the kitchen/garden area.

You did a fantastic job. Besides all of the crazy renovation work the design aesthetic is amazing.