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Who, growing up,
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wouldn't have wanted
one of these, eh?
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I have built several treehouses
and I think I have enjoyed
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building them as much as my kids
have enjoyed playing in them.
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There is something
in treehouses, isn't there?
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The very idea of escape,
of fantasy, of living a simple,
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remote dream-like existence.
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The thing is, of course, growing up,
you leave these things behind,
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don't you? But not everybody.
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I mean, given the chance
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of building a permanent
treehouse as your home...
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Well, you would, wouldn't you?
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Once upon a time,
the Earth was covered in trees,
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but we are losing our trees
at the rate of one football pitch
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of natural forest every two seconds.
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We shouldn't be cutting down trees.
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We should be learning
to live among them.
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That's amazing!
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What a setting. It is. Isn't it?
Absolutely beautiful.
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'I am with plumber Jon Martin
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'and ceramic artist Noreen Jaafar -
a couple who want,
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'more than anything else,
to live up in the tree canopy.
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'Before they start
to build their own treehouse,
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'we have come to Belgium,
to see a treehouse that might help
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'me understand what is
so special about woodland living.'
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Go on, touch it! No, I can't
touch it. You can almost touch it.
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Yeah. Look at that fantastic bark.
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And you have the shadows
dancing on the roof
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and that branch
just goes over the corner.
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It's really pretty. Gorgeous.
It's that relationship.
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That's what
we've got to try and achieve.
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Here, you are up,
inside, under the foliage,
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in the canopy,
amongst the birds and the squirrels.
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Yes. I think there is that
connection, when you touch the bark,
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even at this distance.
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What do you see when you touch the
bark? What do you see when you look
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a lot further and what do you see
right in the distance?
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On our plot, we have got those three
things, but we have to make it work.
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'If you are going to build
a treehouse, the rules of engagement
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'completely change.'
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What this simply
is about is lifting you
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onto a platform in the trees.
And getting close to the trees.
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Yeah. Getting close to them,
yeah. Yeah.
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Jon and Noreen dream
of a treehouse for themselves
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just like this.
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And they are going to build one,
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but in a very different
kind of location.
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Jon knew of
a little patch of woodland
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in his home town of Dursley in
Gloucestershire, which is hemmed in
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by a supermarket car park and
a Methodist chapel.
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When it came up for sale,
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he and Noreen were smitten.
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You looked at it
as a kid and loved it.
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Peeped through a hole and thought,
"Oh, that looks amazing!"
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And it was completely overgrown.
It was unloved. Yep.
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And the trees.
We wanted to just take care of it.
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'This tiny, abandoned, half-acre of
urban woodland was once as garden.'
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It is in a conservation area and it
has nearly 30 protected trees.
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Some lovely ash and lime trees
and a majestic Scots pine.
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What is it, for you,
that connects you trees?
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What is it that matters
about being in amongst them?
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I think it's just that whole thing.
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It gives you that, sort of,
peaceful, woodland glade feeling.
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You step off the high street,
you walk down...
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Feelings of damp, you mean(?)
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LAUGHTER
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Indeed! Damp!
Shaded when it's 30 degrees
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on a good British summer.
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But sitting on a balcony, looking at
the raindrops drop off the eaves,
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there's something special about
that. They were here before
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we were here. They are going to
be here when we go.
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And that is brilliant,
to be part of that.
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You can buy a new house,
you can plant a tree and it may get
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to a reasonable size
by the time you move on,
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but I mean, to live amongst this,
this is a real privilege.
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How much did you pay for it?
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Eh, at the end of the day,
it was £85,000.
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That's all right, though, isn't it?
It is. With no consent?
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With no consent.
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It's either a very expensive garden
or a very well-priced building plot.
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Yeah! But it had been up for sale
for at least 18 months,
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before we bought it. So, did you
sound out the district council?
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Did you sound out the planning
department and ask them what they
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felt about your plan? Yes. Know
what they said? Absolutely no way.
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Yet you still went ahead and bought
it? We did. Our sense was,
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if we could make something
that was truly different,
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which added to the local community,
that there would be a good chance.
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So, it was, basically, on that basis
that we pushed forward.
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Jon and Noreen were proved right.
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They eventually
got their planning permission,
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but the conditions are harsh.
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They must not disturb
ANY of the trees or their roots,
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so fixing the house into the ground
is going to be quite a challenge -
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one that local architects,
Millar Howard Workshop,
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enthusiastically took on.
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To avoid the tangle of roots, they
came up with the ingenious solution
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of anchoring the house with
slender screw piles.
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To protect the trees,
they will not be using any concrete.
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Instead of foundations, there will
be a steel frame above ground,
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connected to the piles.
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The lowest, and smallest,
of the three wooden boxes
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that make up the house
will be Noreen's studio.
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The middle floor box
will be the living space.
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It has verandas on three sides.
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And the top floor
will contain the bedrooms -
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40 feet up, among the branches.
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It will sit under a flat roof.
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The top two floors
will be clad in native larch
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and the basement will get a skin
of reflective, polished steel,
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that should mirror the surroundings
and help the house appear to float.
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On the top floor, there will
be three ensuite guest bedrooms
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and the master suite.
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And in the spirit of a treehouse,
a 12-foot high narrow walkway
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through the trees will bring you to
the front door and into the large,
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L-shaped living space.
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Every window will be carefully
placed, to capture a favourite view
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and the verandas will take Jon and
Noreen within touching distance
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of the higher branches.
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Landscaping will be by
Mother Nature herself.
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The point of this building being
to place you in intimate contact
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with the rawness and energy
of the natural world.
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'Jon and Noreen met 24 years ago.
They recently sold their big, old,
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'draughty five-bedroomed house,
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'bought this plot and moved in
to an on-site cabin.'
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'Whiling away evenings in the cabin,
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'Jon has lovingly built his own
model of their house-to-be.'
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I love your trees.
Yeah, they are all to scale.
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It's a series of three step boxes
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and each layer doesn't...conform.
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There is no....
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There are no contiguous walls
all the way up, are there? No.
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Every box is slipped. Yep. And
that's what the structural engineer
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is struggling with, at the moment.
And who does this? Who builds this?
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Well, I will be helping
doing a lot of it.
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I will be project managing it,
or we'll be project managing it.
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And how much is that, then...?
At this stage, with the piling,
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if there aren't any unforeseen
instances, depth-wise...
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268.
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LAUGHTER
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At the moment! At the moment.
That has gone up, from 250.
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Is that for everything? 268? Yeah.
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268,000, all-in, done? Yes.
We have already been making cuts,
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to hold it at that.
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Can you afford that? Yes. Yes.
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That was part of our contingency
in budget is just that we are...
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We really do not want
a mortgage at the end of this.
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How long will it take you to do?
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I'm hoping about nine months.
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That's what the target is.
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So, as soon as the piles go in
the ground, then we'll know!
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Yeah, nine months from the piles!
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When is that scheduled for, then?
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Either side of this Christmas.
OK. It was going to be before,
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but I think we are looking
at just after now. OK.
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So, just nine months
to build the home they want
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in the town they love.
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'Jon was brought up here and is
as deeply-rooted as his trees.'
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Is this your school? Yep. This
Church of England school? It is.
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When I was, oh, five, six,
seven - that sort of age -
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I used to go to that school.
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I could understand, by circumstance,
that you would be born here
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and go to school here. But why stay?
Contentment or happiness
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is an internal thing.
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I think you can, sort of,
wander around, looking for it,
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but I think you can
make that where you live.
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And trying to create
a slightly better environment
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and improve where you live and do
a bit for where you live,
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I think, that gives you
a certain sense of satisfaction.
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And it is beautiful.
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This little patch of land
has a lot to live up to.
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Invested here are the dreams
of two passionate people.
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In buying this site for £85,000,
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Jon and Noreen...were making
a decision purely from the heart.
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They had been told they wouldn't
get planning permission and, yet,
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they carried on.
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They were determined that this
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would, should, was going to, work.
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Amazing, isn't it?
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Jon grew up with this site.
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He knew that he was going
to be able to live here.
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In a way...
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..it was always his, this place.
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Right from the start,
however, Jon and Noreen
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meet trouble. They were hoping to
sink their pile foundations
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around Christmas. They didn't.
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They can't do any construction
until they have
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the structural engineering drawings
for the whole house.
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All Jon and his old friend
Stuart can do
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is prepare the ground,
by laying down a mat,
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to protect the tree roots.
As you can see from this diagram,
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done by the arboriculturalist,
the Scots pine, for instance,
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closest to the cabin
where we are living,
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the crown is that wide but the tree
roots area that you have to protect
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is, sort of,
one and a half twice as wide.
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So, as the pathway, which is
at the top of the picture here,
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comes across, that entire area that
will have vehicles going across it
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has to be protected,
so we don't damage the roots.
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The difficulties
of building on this plot
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shouldn't be underestimated.
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First of all, they can't use any
concrete to form foundations.
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They have to avoid
all the tree roots.
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And, then, there is the anti-gravity
design of the house itself.
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So...a timely memorial, really.
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People have built tall structures
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by doing this,
with bits of building.
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Ziggurats and pyramids.
It's very, very solid,
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it centres the building.
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It works with gravity.
Whereas, of course, Jon and Noreen
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are doing something
entirely different.
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They are doing the opposite of this.
They are starting with
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Noreen's workshop at the bottom
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and then there is an overhanging
bit, right, like that.
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And then, there is a top floor,
which goes there.
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I mean...they have got
to try and keep this
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structure up, in amongst the trees,
on pile foundations.
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It is a real
caramel shortbread conundrum.
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How on Earth do you make sure the
top floors are properly supported
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and connected to the piles below?
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Months go by and Jon and Noreen
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still haven't got their
structural drawings.
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The timber company who hired their
structural engineer has pulled out
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and, now, they are waiting
for a second structural engineer
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to deliver.
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Well, we have been waiting
for his calculations
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for over eight months now.
We have been promised them
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for over two months
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and they have never arrived, so...
It's really frustrating,
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cos you are so keen
to get on and you are so keen...
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We desperately want to start.
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It's not just the waiting.
The costs are going up.
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Jon and Noreen's new structural
engineer thinks they need
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to double the amount of steel
to anchor the house into the ground.
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It did get to the point,
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two or three weeks ago,
when we actually thought,
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"Can we continue?"
If this is actually the costs
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that are coming in now, I actually
thought, "Can we continue?"
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They may love them,
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but their trees
seem to be biting back.
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To look at, you wouldn't know
that Jon and Noreen's plot
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is bang in the centre of a town.
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Even so, they want to be
as self-sufficient as possible.
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While waiting for the structural
drawings to materialise,
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Jon has found his own water supply
in the non-orthodox way.
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You got this source of yours,
your borehole,
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you got that to the right depth
in the right place? Yep.
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I dowsed it, but I had another top
water-dowser check it just before
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I paid the money for the rig
to come in, and it was spot on.
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You do this quite a lot, don't you,
though? You're a... Erm...
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An official dowser, as it were.
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It's like playing basketball.
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You might not get every ball through
the hoop, but you get better at it.
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The more you practise,
the more you're in tune.
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I want to have a go at finding
the underground spring.
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First, purge your demons.
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What we want to get you to do
is programming the brain,
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connecting with the body.
Because it's the body's response...
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Because the whole point about
dowsing is it's not this
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that's doing anything at all, it's
your... Absolutely. It's the body.
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Your body and your head
which is detecting something.
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And this is just an amplifier.
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Perhaps a little bit more upright.
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That's it, that's good.
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So just thinking about
that underground stream.
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Thinking about that
underground stream. Yeah.
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Oh, I'm going to have to... Oh!
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If it's anywhere, it's right here.
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I think that's about it, yeah.
Is it?
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Yeah, it's curving round gently
down towards there. Seriously?
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Exactly, yeah. Spot on.
I can do it! A natural.
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Look, two bits of wire, look!
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In the height of summer
comes a breakthrough.
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It's taken eight months to get here,
but today, they can sink
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the 16 screw piles that will anchor
their treehouse into the ground.
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It's...been a long old haul
to get to this stage,
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so it's nice something's starting.
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The way these screw piles work
is surprisingly simple.
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They rely on a thread -
just like these rely on
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a tiny, tiny thread - in order
to hold the house in place.
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Now, it is best demonstrated
if I screw this into the wood.
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And if I then represent
the forces of nature...
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..by tying a sling to that.
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OK?
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Right, Jon, when you're ready.
OK? Yeah, yeah.
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Oh!
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Great, I'm flying.
286
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Hey, hang on! Hey!
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Today was great.
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It's more than
the foundations going in,
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it's like literally
putting your mark in the ground,
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connecting with it.
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I think we're on our way now.
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But Jon's optimism is misplaced.
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A full eight months
since the piling,
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there is still little to see.
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Jon and Noreen have just endured
their second winter here,
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waiting for the detailed
structural drawings.
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This is not where we wanted to be
in any shape or form.
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They've never had
a generous budget -
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a carefully balanced 268,000.
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So every estimate and every bill
is a worry.
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It's that continual haggling,
that continual hassle.
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Not just haggling
for the sake of it,
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just to stay exactly where you are,
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otherwise you're slipping backwards
all the time.
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That's the real challenge.
It's that continual,
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unrelenting pressure and trying to
earn a living at the same time.
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Just a few weeks later, at last, the
steel frame is springing into life.
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Their third and hopefully last
structural engineer
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has devised his own clever solution
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for keeping this top-heavy building
stable and rooted.
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So that's where we've introduced
the diagonal bracing.
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And then the same on the other side.
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Like that.
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So that gives you... That stops
the whole thing from swaying.
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And he's saving money.
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This design has ten tonnes of steel
compared to the previous design
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that had 18 tonnes of steel.
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It will save I think around about
?2,000 a tonne, so that's,
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you know, ?16,000.
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And the steel frame
is on its way to site
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on a friend's tractor and trailer.
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The treehouse is, at last, growing.
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And the frame...
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Thank goodness!
325
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Oh, at last!
So we're above the ground.
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Right up against the tree, too.
Yeah.
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There is a small steel to come out
yet on that side. Good heavens.
328
00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:48,119
Yeah. That is impressive. Yeah.
329
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To be able to work
within the trees, as you've done.
330
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And there's more yet to come?
331
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There's quite a big pile
of steel over there.
332
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Yeah, we're coming right out
to that pile there.
333
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Oh, what, this one? This one here.
334
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Even with the protective mat,
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a conventional crane
would crush the tree roots,
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but an old school friend
is helping Jon with his own
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state-of-the-art mini telehandler
that he's designed himself,
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with intriguing triangular
tracked wheels.
339
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Everything that you see here has
been lifted into place with this.
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And we've been working on
this uneven slope.
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You know, you have to be careful,
but, it's...
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In terms of getting your
centre of balance? Yeah. Yeah.
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It surprised us as to how stable
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and how little damage
is done to the ground.
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So is this a prototype piece?
346
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It's the second one in the country.
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There are two very, very important
technical tools
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used to manoeuvre steel on-site.
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One is a crane like this
and the other
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is a five-metre length of string.
351
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They're both really important
as each other.
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This steel frame is doing
what it should -
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bolting together as designed.
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Until we get to a plate that has had
to be offset to avoid a tree root,
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which means
trying to fit a bent leg.
356
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Very slowly once it's been
tucked under.
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Attach this corner
when it's touching...
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You could almost grind a couple
of mil off this joint here.
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00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:32,759
But with a bit of elbow grease,
power tools
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and careful manipulation,
the cranked leg gets sorted.
361
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The steel frame at ?15,000 is their
biggest ticket item so far.
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00:20:45,360 --> 00:20:49,119
Its complexity and delicacy
has cost Jon and Noreen
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?14,000 in engineering fees alone.
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So far, with all the bills in,
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they've spent one-third of their
modest ?268,000 budget.
366
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The next challenge for their wallet
will be the timber frame.
367
00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:10,640
So, when it comes to the timber
frame, are you outsourcing that?
368
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Well, after going
here, there and everywhere
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and the convoluted design journey
we've been on with it,
370
00:21:18,080 --> 00:21:22,080
it's designed to be made on site
so that's what we are going to do.
371
00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:25,519
So I'm going to probably step
into the breach. By you.
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We do not have any room for
manoeuvre financially. No.
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We cannot get that money
from anywhere else.
374
00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:32,479
For various reasons, that is it.
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It has to be built for that.
376
00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:37,720
We're not going to magic some money
from somewhere. That is it.
377
00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:42,399
This is a dangerous decision.
378
00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:44,399
The timber frame
will be complicated.
379
00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:47,519
It's going to be over 12 metres
up in the air
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and Jon's a plumber,
not a carpenter.
381
00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:54,440
But there is one secret weapon
local boy Jon has up his sleeve.
382
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If Jon hadn't been able to find
his bespoke mini telehandler,
383
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of which there are only two in the
country, then he'd have had to
384
00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:06,279
instead hire a much larger six-wheel
crane that he'd park just there...
385
00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:07,919
Oh, no, he couldn't have done that,
386
00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:10,359
because they couldn't have got onto
site. There's no access.
387
00:22:10,360 --> 00:22:12,679
They'd have had to park an even
bigger crane than that
388
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behind the Methodist chapel
over there
389
00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:17,079
or even over in the supermarket
car park, and that's the point.
390
00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:21,080
You see, all the problems to do with
this site are to do with access,
391
00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:24,079
slope, and the trees.
392
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And all the solutions are thanks
to Jon having grown up in this area
393
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and knowing anybody who's anybody.
394
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Thank God for schoolmates.
395
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POWER TOOL WHIRS
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20 months in,
Jon has turned into Tarzan.
397
00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:56,959
And with yet one more old school
friend, Julian,
398
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he's building his frame from slices
of tree up IN the trees.
399
00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:03,039
They're now ready for the glulam
beams
400
00:23:03,040 --> 00:23:05,599
which will support
the cantilevered top floor.
401
00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:06,999
One, two, three.
402
00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:09,479
But there's
no crane here to help them.
403
00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:13,480
They cannot damage the tree roots.
404
00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:17,639
25 kilos a man for lifting.
405
00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:20,159
Er, this is 225 kilos,
406
00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:24,160
and there's...
well, a couple of us lifting it!
407
00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:28,039
I had Weetabix this morning!
408
00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:31,559
Jon's been lucky to add another
willing volunteer to his team
409
00:23:31,560 --> 00:23:32,919
for this heavy lifting.
410
00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:35,439
Another old friend,
who's a yacht engineer,
411
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is taking his holiday here.
412
00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:41,800
No, it's been very interesting.
It's probably been one of the better
holidays I've ever had, I think.
413
00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:43,639
OK. Ready?
414
00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:45,799
One, two, three...
415
00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:47,839
40 feet high up in the canopy,
416
00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:50,799
Jon and friends are turning into
heroes of the forest.
417
00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:53,959
It's on my shoulder. I've got it
as well. I've got it. It's easy.
418
00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:56,799
Only if it's
a British-standard milk crate.
419
00:23:56,800 --> 00:23:59,679
I need about another 20mm
to get in line here.
420
00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:01,679
So 20mm. Down.
421
00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:05,680
Perfect!
422
00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:23,959
Timber by timber, floor by floor,
423
00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:27,960
Jon, Julian, Noreen and friends
put the house together.
424
00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:31,879
Summer turns to autumn,
the weather takes a turn,
425
00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:34,479
and the strain begins to show.
426
00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:37,759
It's taken nearly two years
to get this far.
427
00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:40,599
Sometimes I think I've taken on
too much, it's, er...
428
00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:43,559
I could do with a break now but
we've got to get it watertight,
429
00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:47,560
so those extra hours
make the difference now.
430
00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:51,559
When Jon's up here late, I do worry,
especially when it's now dark,
431
00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:54,319
and so long as I can hear banging
and noises I know
432
00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:58,320
he hasn't fallen off the side, but,
yeah, it's not good, and I do worry.
433
00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:03,600
Jon's dedication is amazing.
He just keeps going. He...
434
00:25:03,760 --> 00:25:06,639
He just keeps going. I don't how
he does it sometimes.
435
00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:08,359
Neither do I.
436
00:25:08,360 --> 00:25:11,519
This building is turning into
a monster that threatens to
437
00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:15,520
devour them, and the consequences
are plain to see.
438
00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:20,320
It's almost shocking to hear Noreen
talking about how this project
439
00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:23,399
has depleted them physically and
emotionally.
440
00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:24,679
Buildings do that.
441
00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:28,439
They have a habit of draining every
ounce of reserve out of you,
442
00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:32,399
and at the same time they play this
game, they can also inspire you.
443
00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:35,159
At this stage this building is
leading them on,
444
00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:37,999
it's giving them some hope,
it's suggesting that actually
445
00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:40,279
things are going to be all right
in the end.
446
00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:42,879
But they are absolutely on
the knife edge here.
447
00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:46,880
You know? It's like playing with
the building a game of daredevil.
448
00:25:55,120 --> 00:25:59,119
With heroic persistence,
working seven-day weeks,
449
00:25:59,120 --> 00:26:02,199
Jon hits a key target and the house
is ready for the windows
450
00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:04,239
before the end of the year.
451
00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:08,240
I've got it. OK? Yeah.
452
00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:11,799
And with the windows in,
Jon and Noreen now have
453
00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:15,800
a weatherproof shell to work in
over the winter.
454
00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:20,720
For the first time,
there are proper rooms to see.
455
00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:25,039
So you'll walk in, there's an
entrance hall, stairs up to the...
456
00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:29,040
up to the first floor, and then
a door into the living area.
457
00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:32,959
So one big sort of L-shaped...
Exactly.
458
00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:35,799
..living room, kitchen/diner.
459
00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:39,679
'And the whole point of this house
being up in the trees
460
00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:41,439
'is at last revealed.'
461
00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:43,799
Mmm. Great view. Great view.
462
00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:47,719
And this balcony is genius.
Thank you.
463
00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:50,479
OK, well, it's quite...
464
00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:52,319
it's moderately good genius,
465
00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:56,039
but the point about the balcony for
me is that it's the moment at which
466
00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:58,919
the building stops being a house
and becomes a treehouse, where
467
00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:02,920
all those childhood stories that
involve trees suddenly come true.
468
00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:09,559
And when you have this...either the
early-morning or the evening sun,
469
00:27:09,560 --> 00:27:12,599
in particular, it lights up that
hill and you get layers of
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00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:16,600
a view, and that's a rare thing,
to get those.
471
00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:18,599
It's almost like in one of those
472
00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:21,039
fake 3-D pictures
where you...dnk-dnk-dnk-dnk.
473
00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:22,399
No, it's lovely, yeah.
474
00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:24,839
This is brilliant, this is
proper architecture, isn't it, eh?
475
00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:26,879
You know? Joy.
476
00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:28,199
NOREEN SIGHS
477
00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:31,279
'Proper architecture doesn't
come cheap.'
478
00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:33,839
So how are the finances?
Erm, not bad.
479
00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:37,519
I mean, only because I'm doing it
myself with one other guy,
480
00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:41,520
we're about...we've just gone over
the ?200,000 mark to get to
481
00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:44,119
where we are, so...
482
00:27:44,120 --> 00:27:48,120
We're being very careful but we are
just about on track.
483
00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:52,280
So, to finish the house and keep
within the 268,000 budget,
484
00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:54,839
Jon has been out on the scavenge.
485
00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:57,639
I had a great find. I was looking
for this for ages,
486
00:27:57,640 --> 00:28:01,239
I wanted a sort of green to add to
the greenery that's around it.
487
00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:05,240
This is, erm, green honed
Cumbrian slate. Ooh, beautiful.
488
00:28:05,440 --> 00:28:07,999
So... Yeah, it's magnificent.
This is a real find.
489
00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:10,239
Which looks like it's been laid
somewhere before.
490
00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:12,439
It has. It came from a Rolls-Royce
garage. Seriously?
491
00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:15,079
It did. Tell you what, if it's
good enough for Rolls-Royce...
492
00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:18,559
It's good enough for my treehouse.
Is this going in your sitting room?
493
00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:20,799
Yeah, this is going on
in the basement
494
00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:24,079
and across the whole middle floor,
everywhere's covered in this.
495
00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:25,599
OK.
496
00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:29,399
And my other find, and I bought
a basketball court. What?
497
00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:31,319
A basketball court. What?
498
00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:33,679
You don't just go out and buy
a basketball court.
499
00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:37,680
I mean, is it the...? It was being
ripped up, so hopefully...
500
00:28:37,760 --> 00:28:40,319
I can see some of that.
So it's still got the rings on it.
501
00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:42,879
What is it, is it beech?
Beech, yeah.
502
00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:45,919
Where's that going, top floor? Top
floor. With the rings and the marks?
503
00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:47,799
And the tape? I want to.
There's a bit of...
504
00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:51,679
A bit of tension there, I imagine.
Bit of tension there, yes!
What, Noreen doesn't want it?
505
00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:54,599
She doesn't want the lines, but
we'll see what it looks like.
506
00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:58,600
It could be kind of quite graphic
in a way. I think so.
507
00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:06,000
Jon seems at home on a building
site. He is after all a plumber.
508
00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:09,239
But he has hidden depths.
509
00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:12,039
I'm going to drag him away from
the site for a quick break.
510
00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:16,040
His aim is to do less plumbing and
more painting in the future.
511
00:29:16,320 --> 00:29:20,320
I also paint, so I see a chance for
a bit of a sketch-off.
512
00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:24,519
I think of you as
a sort of polymath, really.
513
00:29:24,520 --> 00:29:28,520
You're a plumber, heating engineer,
builder-engineer, artist,
514
00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:30,879
all these things.
515
00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:33,439
Which of them are you looking
forward to enjoying,
516
00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:36,399
as it were, when you...?
Do you know what I mean? When you...
517
00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:40,400
Even, I think, building a house is
a desire to create something.
518
00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:44,119
I think most people, whether it's
decorating a room or painting
519
00:29:44,120 --> 00:29:47,319
a picture, there's a desire to
create, and I just think...
520
00:29:47,320 --> 00:29:50,359
That's why I'm building a house
and that's why I paint.
521
00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:52,639
But it would be nice to not have
the stress
522
00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:56,640
that goes with
the building-the-house part.
523
00:29:58,120 --> 00:30:02,120
During this drawn-out two-year
construction period, Noreen's been
524
00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:06,279
keeping the family finances afloat
with her ceramics business.
525
00:30:06,280 --> 00:30:08,839
But she has found time to design
tiles
526
00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:11,119
for their kitchen and bathroom.
527
00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:15,120
I was standing washing-up in the
caravan and I was surrounded by
528
00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:16,959
all these gorgeous native birds,
529
00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:19,519
just two feet in front of me
they were all over the place,
530
00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:22,839
just eating and flying about, and I
thought, that's what I need to do.
531
00:30:22,840 --> 00:30:24,999
So I've started to go for
the more native angle,
532
00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:29,000
and as soon as I did them they
started coming out of the kiln fine,
533
00:30:29,080 --> 00:30:32,519
so I think that the kiln god
spoke to me and said,
534
00:30:32,520 --> 00:30:35,639
"This is what you need to do."
535
00:30:35,640 --> 00:30:38,679
It's just as well Noreen is
happy in her work.
536
00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:42,680
She's facing her third winter
working in the garage.
537
00:30:48,360 --> 00:30:50,919
On just about the shortest day
of the year,
538
00:30:50,920 --> 00:30:54,679
the treehouse is ready for some
spray-foam insulation,
539
00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:58,680
developed to keep the homes of
Canada warm.
540
00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:15,600
At ?13,000 it's
a big investment for Jon and Noreen,
541
00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:19,879
but it will make this building
airtight and super insulated
542
00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:23,880
to the highest standards,
and it's done in a day.
543
00:31:35,120 --> 00:31:37,799
Now there are actual rooms in
the treehouse,
544
00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:41,159
Noreen's mind is turning to what
they're going to put in it.
545
00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:45,160
When they moved into the cabin they
asked a friend to look after their
furniture for them.
546
00:31:45,520 --> 00:31:49,520
So it's all in here, all your stuff?
Pretty much, it's all in there, yes.
547
00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:53,519
And out of the goodness of your
heart, then,
548
00:31:53,520 --> 00:31:57,199
you lent these people some space in
your barn, yeah? Well, yes.
549
00:31:57,200 --> 00:31:59,719
How long did you negotiate for
initially?
550
00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:03,720
I think you thought about a year,
didn't you? Yes, I think we said it
will probably be about a year.
551
00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:07,880
And it's been...?
It's been almost four.
552
00:32:09,240 --> 00:32:12,599
I think after a year had passed, not
only were you not nearly finished,
553
00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:15,359
I don't think you'd quite started,
so at that point we knew
554
00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:17,959
we were in for the long haul, but...
Right. Right.
555
00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:21,960
So is any of the stuff worth
keeping? I hope so. I do hope so.
556
00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:26,560
Definitely there are some bits and
pieces that I'm looking forward
557
00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:30,640
to seeing again after all this time.
558
00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:33,999
I have to say that those
Ercol Windsor-backed chairs, which
559
00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:36,719
are covered in paint, are actually
worth quite a bit these days.
560
00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:39,119
Oh, yes. They WOULD be.
They would be, I know,
561
00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:42,599
and, again, they need a bit of love
and attention.
562
00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:45,919
'So this is what Jon and Noreen's
house is going to look like.
563
00:32:45,920 --> 00:32:49,239
'We're talking mid-century
Scandi sleek.
564
00:32:49,240 --> 00:32:53,240
'Not a knobbly wooden elfin
chair in sight.'
565
00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:56,839
Now, this, I really would like to
have it in our hallway
566
00:32:56,840 --> 00:32:58,239
when we get in.
567
00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:00,279
Bet you can't wait to
get this back, can you?
568
00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:01,799
Well, I suppose so. We've...
569
00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:04,559
We've written it off, really, but,
yes, we'll have to have
570
00:33:04,560 --> 00:33:07,239
a family argument about what to do
with it next, I suppose.
571
00:33:07,240 --> 00:33:10,519
Yeah, yeah.
572
00:33:10,520 --> 00:33:14,520
February is devoted to
cladding the building.
573
00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:19,720
The top two floors are being done in
native larch but they want to
574
00:33:19,880 --> 00:33:23,880
camouflage the lowest floor.
575
00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:28,239
They're sampling some mirror-like
stainless steel that they
576
00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:31,599
hope will suggest that the rest of
the building is floating.
577
00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:34,279
From back here, the one that is
least brushed is that one.
578
00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:35,559
That one, yeah. Yeah.
579
00:33:35,560 --> 00:33:38,279
But you still get the reflection,
580
00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:42,280
a sort of milky reflection of the
trees and bushes and the branches.
581
00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:47,959
But maybe that's just milky enough
to tell a bird that it's...
582
00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:50,799
Yeah, "Don't fly into it, Mr Bird."
A line of dead blackbirds...
583
00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:54,039
I know, yeah.
Because this is much softer.
584
00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:58,040
That's beautiful, it gives a lovely
milky coating. I think that's it.
585
00:33:58,080 --> 00:34:02,080
You're very beautiful.
586
00:34:02,960 --> 00:34:06,719
If Jon and Noreen want to avoid
another winter in the caravan,
587
00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:10,720
they'll have to enlist the help of
woodland sprites.
588
00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:13,719
So when do you think you're going
to get this all ready,
589
00:34:13,720 --> 00:34:15,239
ready for final inspection?
590
00:34:15,240 --> 00:34:17,479
I've got various friends that
should come and help.
591
00:34:17,480 --> 00:34:21,480
I've got the guy that I normally
work with and I've got another guy,
so we'll have four plus the tiler.
592
00:34:21,840 --> 00:34:24,879
Leading to the answer that it will
be ready for inspection...?
593
00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:26,719
Summertime. Summertime.
594
00:34:26,720 --> 00:34:30,720
Sometime.
Summertime! Sometime summertime.
595
00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:35,280
It is only March. Perhaps they'll
do it, if Jon has the energy.
596
00:34:38,240 --> 00:34:41,159
It means him devoting himself
seven days a week
597
00:34:41,160 --> 00:34:45,160
to every corner of the house,
inside and out.
598
00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:56,000
This is more than a labour of love.
599
00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:10,199
So, the last time I was here,
the house was just there.
600
00:35:10,200 --> 00:35:12,999
I mean, it was... It's gone.
601
00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:17,000
Obviously it's behind the trees
but it is completely invisible.
602
00:35:18,720 --> 00:35:22,079
The thick summer foliage is hiding
Jon and Noreen's house
603
00:35:22,080 --> 00:35:24,999
from the prying eyes
of downtown shoppers,
604
00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:27,199
but just take a few more steps,
605
00:35:27,200 --> 00:35:31,200
look up and you see...
well, something truly magical.
606
00:35:38,320 --> 00:35:40,559
A house so hidden within the trees
607
00:35:40,560 --> 00:35:42,919
that it's become
what it promised to be,
608
00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:46,920
a treehouse,
a big, proper, grown-up treehouse.
609
00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:53,880
Oh, heavens. This is good. This is
like the ramp from ET's spaceship.
610
00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:57,079
Hello, you two! Hi, Kevin!
611
00:35:57,080 --> 00:35:59,959
What an arrival.
Thank you. What an arrival!
612
00:35:59,960 --> 00:36:03,759
That is magnificent.
Lovely to see you. Yeah, yeah.
613
00:36:03,760 --> 00:36:07,039
What a magnificent approach.
This grill you put down...
614
00:36:07,040 --> 00:36:09,439
It works well, doesn't it?
It is, and it's made from what?
615
00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:12,679
These are what used to support
the old Lister's diesel engines.
616
00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:14,039
From the factory here?
617
00:36:14,040 --> 00:36:16,519
Yes, the one on the hill,
when they were putting it down.
618
00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:19,959
And you had them re-galvanised?
Absolutely. Cut, trimmed to size.
619
00:36:19,960 --> 00:36:21,599
Doesn't it look magnificent? It is.
620
00:36:21,600 --> 00:36:23,879
What's amazing is that
you can't see the house
621
00:36:23,880 --> 00:36:27,559
from the beginning of the path.
Only, it only emerges at the end.
622
00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:30,519
It is amazing, it is amazing.
It's a miracle.
623
00:36:30,520 --> 00:36:33,599
You wouldn't know it was here. Good!
624
00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:37,600
And it looks fantastic.
625
00:36:39,160 --> 00:36:42,439
The larch, of course, suggests
a children's treehouse
626
00:36:42,440 --> 00:36:45,239
knocked together from fallen logs,
627
00:36:45,240 --> 00:36:46,599
except it ain't.
628
00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:49,679
It's a high-performing, engineered,
trapeze house
629
00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:53,479
that reaches way up into the canopy.
630
00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:57,480
What's inside?
Come in and have a look. Can't wait.
631
00:36:57,600 --> 00:37:01,079
Oh, big, big, slow,
sharp intake of breath. Whoa!
632
00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:05,080
If the outside enthrals, the inside
doesn't disappoint either.
633
00:37:06,280 --> 00:37:09,799
There's a big open-plan room
for everyday living
634
00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:11,199
up at squirrel level.
635
00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:14,519
Very beautiful. Thank you. Thank
you. We're very pleased with that.
636
00:37:14,520 --> 00:37:18,239
The kitchen's in. I do like this,
this is what? Is it recycled?
637
00:37:18,240 --> 00:37:21,199
This is iroko,
out of an old science lab.
638
00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:23,679
What, from a chemistry lab? Yeah.
639
00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:26,039
I'm looking for the blue
Biro graffiti.
640
00:37:26,040 --> 00:37:28,479
There's a little bit of graffiti
behind.
641
00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:30,999
There is a bit,
you don't want to look too closely.
642
00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:34,239
1972, Dunstable grammar school.
643
00:37:34,240 --> 00:37:38,159
Where's the chewing gum?
We scraped that off.
644
00:37:38,160 --> 00:37:40,119
Wow. What a thing.
645
00:37:40,120 --> 00:37:42,479
Are you going to leave it?
It's pre-distressed.
646
00:37:42,480 --> 00:37:44,439
Yeah, a little bit of work
needs doing to it.
647
00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:47,999
Do you think so? I think you should
leave it as is. What do you think?
648
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:49,559
Yeah, I like it, I like it.
649
00:37:49,560 --> 00:37:52,679
I don't want anything too precious
because it's going to get beaten up.
650
00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:56,680
It's fantastic. It's got character,
so, yeah. I recognise these. Yeah!
651
00:37:57,000 --> 00:37:59,679
These are yours? Yes, they are.
652
00:37:59,680 --> 00:38:01,799
What a lovely thing to be able to
bring into a home,
653
00:38:01,800 --> 00:38:05,800
your own ceramics, you know,
your own work.
654
00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:11,439
It wasn't ever going to be
a surprise
655
00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:14,999
to find Noreen's hand-painted tiles
in the kitchen.
656
00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:19,000
But on the opposite wall
is something quite unexpected.
657
00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:23,959
Is that one of your paintings? It is
indeed, yeah. I'm glad you noticed.
658
00:38:23,960 --> 00:38:26,879
They're all yours, are they? They
are, all the landscapes are mine.
659
00:38:26,880 --> 00:38:28,399
They're more than accomplished,
660
00:38:28,400 --> 00:38:32,400
they're really very beautiful. Thank
you very much. They are local views.
661
00:38:32,760 --> 00:38:36,159
They're all just within a mile or
so. I mean, look. Like that, look.
662
00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:38,879
Although I have to say, that does
not look like Gloucestershire,
663
00:38:38,880 --> 00:38:41,799
that does look like Belize.
It does a bit, doesn't it?
664
00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:45,119
I expect to see a macaque monkey
running up that tree.
665
00:38:45,120 --> 00:38:49,120
Or a grey squirrel.
666
00:38:49,360 --> 00:38:53,360
The success of this house was always
going to be measured in trees.
667
00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:57,839
The trees brought Jon
and Noreen here,
668
00:38:57,840 --> 00:39:01,039
and they were lucky to find humans
who cherished them.
669
00:39:01,040 --> 00:39:05,040
And all this is your Rolls-Royce
floor? It is, indeed.
670
00:39:05,320 --> 00:39:07,919
Beautiful green marble which is
absolutely in keeping,
671
00:39:07,920 --> 00:39:09,679
in period with all the furniture.
672
00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:12,879
Rolls-Royce floor,
Reliant Robin budget. Absolutely.
673
00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:14,079
That is our budget.
674
00:39:14,080 --> 00:39:16,639
That looks like pretty Rolls-Royce
wallpaper, actually.
675
00:39:16,640 --> 00:39:19,639
Yeah, that is a bit Rolls-Royce.
We're very pleased with that.
676
00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:22,879
That was a little... That was our
one bit of luxury.
677
00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:24,319
It was. A treat for us.
678
00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:28,320
Weird, a CinemaScope screen.
679
00:39:28,360 --> 00:39:29,999
Oh, no, it's a window!
680
00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:33,159
Looking out onto more trees. It's
up close and personal with trees.
681
00:39:33,160 --> 00:39:35,679
It's great, isn't it? I mean,
the windows are, all of them,
682
00:39:35,680 --> 00:39:38,719
so abstract in terms of what they
give. You know, what they provide.
683
00:39:38,720 --> 00:39:41,639
The close-up views, it's that thing,
and the layers going out.
684
00:39:41,640 --> 00:39:43,519
You don't feel hemmed in, do you?
685
00:39:43,520 --> 00:39:46,319
No, no. You don't miss the horizons.
686
00:39:46,320 --> 00:39:49,399
Having seen some of these pieces in
Nick's garage,
687
00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:51,919
I should perhaps have been prepared
688
00:39:51,920 --> 00:39:55,879
for the extra layer of distinctive
Jon and Noreen style.
689
00:39:55,880 --> 00:39:58,279
This is a tree top take
on retro vintage,
690
00:39:58,280 --> 00:40:02,280
a lifetime's reimagining of junk
shop finds assembled at altitude
691
00:40:03,560 --> 00:40:07,560
and populated with wildlife.
692
00:40:08,200 --> 00:40:10,959
Ooh, nice sliding doors.
They're lovely to use, really light.
693
00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:14,959
Triple glazed. Absolutely, yeah.
Keep all the sound out.
694
00:40:14,960 --> 00:40:17,199
But the sound of the rain
is one of the best things.
695
00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:19,799
You're right, absolutely,
because the sound of buildings
696
00:40:19,800 --> 00:40:22,639
is never really fully appreciated.
Yeah, it's lovely.
697
00:40:22,640 --> 00:40:25,599
And...for that matter,
698
00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:29,600
this building has something really,
really precious which is this deck.
699
00:40:32,760 --> 00:40:35,639
There has to be something
special about a house
700
00:40:35,640 --> 00:40:38,879
that is as lovely in the rain
as it is in the sunshine.
701
00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:42,880
Oh, to the undercroft.
Yeah. Look at that!
702
00:40:43,080 --> 00:40:47,080
It's...it's like a fairground
hall of mirrors. It is, isn't it?
703
00:40:47,720 --> 00:40:51,199
So that is stainless steel. It is.
Not quite mirror finish.
704
00:40:51,200 --> 00:40:53,679
No, not quite. Deliberately so.
705
00:40:53,680 --> 00:40:56,319
We don't want bird strike and
I think this is perfect because
706
00:40:56,320 --> 00:40:59,679
it's reflecting the vegetation
which is what we always wanted.
707
00:40:59,680 --> 00:41:03,680
As you stand back from it, you get
that lovely green waviness. Yeah.
708
00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:08,000
It's giving that floating feeling
that were always aiming for.
709
00:41:09,040 --> 00:41:10,879
And doesn't it just?
710
00:41:10,880 --> 00:41:13,719
This treehouse looks like
it could take off at any minute,
711
00:41:13,720 --> 00:41:17,720
as though tethered down by those
elegant slender piles.
712
00:41:18,240 --> 00:41:22,039
It's interesting, isn't it? Because
you could unscrew this building.
713
00:41:22,040 --> 00:41:24,639
And put it somewhere else. And you
wouldn't know we'd been here.
714
00:41:24,640 --> 00:41:28,640
Absolutely.
And for both of you, that's...
715
00:41:28,800 --> 00:41:32,639
It's really important, it's how
we started off this build
716
00:41:32,640 --> 00:41:36,079
and the site dictated it to us
as well.
717
00:41:36,080 --> 00:41:38,959
We loved the site and we thought,
how do we work with it,
718
00:41:38,960 --> 00:41:42,439
not on it or through it,
but how do we work with it?
719
00:41:42,440 --> 00:41:46,440
And I hope, I think we have
achieved that, I hope we have.
720
00:41:47,560 --> 00:41:49,439
And this is your workshop?
721
00:41:49,440 --> 00:41:52,919
Yes, that's going to be my lovely
workshop, studio and kiln room.
722
00:41:52,920 --> 00:41:56,920
Oh, wow.
723
00:41:56,960 --> 00:42:00,960
Not as finished. Not as finished,
very soon, very soon. Yes.
724
00:42:04,720 --> 00:42:08,319
Upstairs, high up in the trees
on the bedroom level,
725
00:42:08,320 --> 00:42:12,320
there is yet more inventiveness.
726
00:42:12,920 --> 00:42:16,239
Oh, oh, hang on,
is this what I think it is?
727
00:42:16,240 --> 00:42:17,759
This is, this is the...
728
00:42:17,760 --> 00:42:19,639
Yes. This is the gymnasium floor.
729
00:42:19,640 --> 00:42:21,839
It is indeed.
Slightly controversial.
730
00:42:21,840 --> 00:42:25,840
In what sense? I think it's safe to
say we all like it now. Yes.
731
00:42:27,040 --> 00:42:29,999
Wasn't sure about the stripes
at first.
732
00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:31,439
But now I'm convinced.
733
00:42:31,440 --> 00:42:35,039
So, yeah, they are to stay. Come on!
I know, yeah. You're an artist.
734
00:42:35,040 --> 00:42:39,039
There'll be companies offering this
for sale within five years,
735
00:42:39,040 --> 00:42:41,479
and they'll be faking it.
Yes, you're right.
736
00:42:41,480 --> 00:42:43,679
You know what, what though?
You can't fake the finish
737
00:42:43,680 --> 00:42:45,519
because this has been polished
738
00:42:45,520 --> 00:42:48,599
by generations of plimsolls
and adolescent knees.
739
00:42:48,600 --> 00:42:49,719
Yeah.
740
00:42:49,720 --> 00:42:52,839
Hello, cat.
You've taken it through the bedroom?
741
00:42:52,840 --> 00:42:55,559
I love it.
742
00:42:55,560 --> 00:42:58,359
Jon and Noreen at last have
their master bedroom
743
00:42:58,360 --> 00:43:00,639
and can move out of the caravan.
744
00:43:00,640 --> 00:43:02,319
But there's still work to be done
745
00:43:02,320 --> 00:43:06,320
in all the three other bedrooms
up here.
746
00:43:11,560 --> 00:43:14,039
There's no arguing
the quality of life,
747
00:43:14,040 --> 00:43:18,040
rare beauty and unusual experiences
this place offers.
748
00:43:18,680 --> 00:43:21,639
But I wonder if they've spent
beyond their means?
749
00:43:21,640 --> 00:43:25,640
They wanted to build it for
a modest ?1,400 per square metre.
750
00:43:25,720 --> 00:43:28,319
So when we met for the first time
three years ago,
751
00:43:28,320 --> 00:43:32,320
you said you wanted to spend
?268,000 building this. Yeah.
752
00:43:33,160 --> 00:43:36,119
Which is how much you had,
and that was it, there was no more.
753
00:43:36,120 --> 00:43:40,120
That's right. That was it. Yes. So
how much, have you added it up yet?
754
00:43:40,320 --> 00:43:44,320
Yes. Oh, yeah. And it is? We spent
just over that, we spent about 270.
755
00:43:45,320 --> 00:43:47,959
That's shocking!
But we haven't finished.
756
00:43:47,960 --> 00:43:51,639
Reality is we finished a good chunk
of the building, most of it,
757
00:43:51,640 --> 00:43:55,640
we've probably got another... To
finish it off, I guess 12. 10, 12.
758
00:43:56,160 --> 00:43:59,999
So, all in all, you'll have spent
roundabout ?280,000.
759
00:44:00,000 --> 00:44:02,279
Yeah, basically. On the project.
That's remarkable.
760
00:44:02,280 --> 00:44:06,280
It's amazing value for a house that
flies. That's probably it, yet!
761
00:44:07,920 --> 00:44:11,920
Bearing in mind what it has cost you
personally, in terms of energy,
762
00:44:11,960 --> 00:44:15,959
time and commitment, all that kind
of stuff, is it worth all of that?
763
00:44:15,960 --> 00:44:18,199
Is it worth having done all of that,
gone that route?
764
00:44:18,200 --> 00:44:20,599
If you'd have asked me
at several points along the way,
765
00:44:20,600 --> 00:44:21,679
I'd have said no.
766
00:44:21,680 --> 00:44:24,599
Absolutely not. It has been really
tough. It has been tough.
767
00:44:24,600 --> 00:44:27,639
It has been really, really tough.
You just have to keep going.
768
00:44:27,640 --> 00:44:30,399
We did have a vision
and we stuck to it.
769
00:44:30,400 --> 00:44:33,279
I can understand that the physical
hours required is enormous
770
00:44:33,280 --> 00:44:36,479
but doing your own place,
it's sort of emotionally,
771
00:44:36,480 --> 00:44:38,919
spiritually, utterly draining,
isn't it? It is.
772
00:44:38,920 --> 00:44:41,799
It is, because it is
a place of safety, of sanctuary.
773
00:44:41,800 --> 00:44:44,919
And it reflects
your own personality, doesn't it?
774
00:44:44,920 --> 00:44:47,599
And your character and your dreams
and desires.
775
00:44:47,600 --> 00:44:51,600
Everything's invested. Yeah.
776
00:44:52,520 --> 00:44:56,520
This house responds so delicately
to where it is.
777
00:44:56,560 --> 00:45:00,560
It could only have been built right
here in this town,
778
00:45:00,600 --> 00:45:03,839
and for that matter, by this couple.
779
00:45:03,840 --> 00:45:07,159
I appreciate the view every time
I look at it and I'm grateful
780
00:45:07,160 --> 00:45:10,039
to have been born
where I've been born.
781
00:45:10,040 --> 00:45:14,040
I'm very, very thankful
to live here. Very thankful.
782
00:45:18,640 --> 00:45:21,119
HE SIGHS DEEPLY
783
00:45:21,120 --> 00:45:23,199
Not bad, is it?
784
00:45:23,200 --> 00:45:27,200
Actually, I'll revise that.
This place is flipping brilliant.
785
00:45:27,560 --> 00:45:30,559
It's a great credit to the
architect for designing
786
00:45:30,560 --> 00:45:32,759
such a really low impact treehouse.
787
00:45:32,760 --> 00:45:36,760
It's a great example of how you can
build putting nature first
788
00:45:36,920 --> 00:45:39,119
before human nature.
789
00:45:39,120 --> 00:45:43,120
And of course it's fantastic
testament to the stamina and the
790
00:45:43,840 --> 00:45:47,840
passion and the vision and
the resilience of Jon and Noreen.
791
00:45:47,960 --> 00:45:51,960
These are qualities for which
I will always salute self-builders,
792
00:45:52,960 --> 00:45:56,199
because without the examples
and inspiration they provide,
793
00:45:56,200 --> 00:46:00,200
the rest of us would just be living
in grim little grey boxes.
794
00:46:02,200 --> 00:46:06,200
With no trees!
795
00:46:15,880 --> 00:46:19,880
We're trying to make it something
that makes us laugh.
796
00:46:20,080 --> 00:46:24,039
Spin it around. We give the
dog walkers a bit of a shock.
797
00:46:24,040 --> 00:46:27,439
Each child has a little den
which they get to via
798
00:46:27,440 --> 00:46:28,919
a ladder that's hidden.
799
00:46:28,920 --> 00:46:31,159
It'll be great, I would have
loved that when I was little.
800
00:46:31,160 --> 00:46:32,319
You tell me what you'd like.
801
00:46:32,320 --> 00:46:36,320
The question is whether all of those
wonderful playful ideas in the end
802
00:46:36,560 --> 00:46:40,560
gel into a coherent building.
70053
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