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For tens, if not hundreds
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human beings have relied upon
the pharmacy that nature provides.

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We have taken the leaves of plants

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and rubbed them into our skin
to cure ailments.

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We have chewed on bark.

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But who, in the 21st century,

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would decide to take all of
these arcane ideas of healing

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and wellbeing, and from them,
build a house?

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Tony is someone for whom life is
one long journey.

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The more I look at life,

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the more I recognise that
labels and boxes are limiting.

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In his 60 years,
he's been a nutritionist,

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a health researcher,
and a wellness coach.

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But now Tony wants to draw his
beliefs and passions together

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in bricks and mortar.

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I want to be able to use
the project to express

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the vision of wellness
through creating

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a house that is about
health and wellbeing.

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And Tony has a partner on
the path less travelled,

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Ara.

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My first career was 20 years
in the corporate world,

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working my way up
to senior management roles.

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But there was a massive shift
going on inside me,

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which made me re-evaluate
what was really important in life.

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And having fled office life
to become a physical therapist,

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Ara now feels more at home
in the woods.

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I've always needed to be close
to nature.

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I'm definitely a tree hugger.

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Ara has been able
to spend time among the trees...

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..because seven years ago

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the couple moved back into
Tony's childhood home near Henley,

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to care for his ageing parents
John and Betty,

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who designed and built
their terrific 1960s family home

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when Tony was small.

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But sometimes revolution
is more alluring than evolution.

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Tony's vision is to tear down
the old house and start again.

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The journey that I'm about
to embark upon is

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a new journey of embracing skills
that I haven't got, around building.

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Tony's vision of a health-promoting
house is driven especially

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by Ara's increasingly
fragile health due to

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a debilitating autoimmune condition.

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A nature-inspired house that
promotes wellbeing is maybe

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just the tonic that Ara needs.

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Rather sweetly set
in the woods here.

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Hello, Kevin. Hiya.
Welcome, Kevin.

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Thank you very much.
I'm very admiring of your estate.

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What are you planning to do
with this?

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We are building a new house,

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a very environmentally
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that promotes wellbeing through
its interconnection with nature.

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But what's spurring
the healthy aspect of the project?

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I developed a number
of autoimmune type of conditions

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and that's really the drive
for some of

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the health aspects that
Tony's bringing into the house.

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And to have a space that allows me
to be able to heal, erm,

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as much as possible.

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Stress is a big problem
with autoimmune. Mm.

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So during the course of the project,
your health might be tested.

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I'm sure will, it already is being.
OK.

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The only way I can think of
to do that is to emotionally

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and mentally let go
of as much control as I can

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because we would do it differently.

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Ara has her very own quadrant,

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her quarter of the house,

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to do basically exactly
what she likes with.

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There's definitely an Ara area.
Is there?

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You're going to be in your wing
upstairs having a nice time. Yes.

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Yeah, meditating.
Or playing in the woods.

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Yes, or playing in the woods.
Exactly.

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The first task facing this pair
of health-seeking dreamers

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will be to demolish their old
1960s bungalow.

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A highly insulated raft foundation
of polystyrene

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and concrete will then form
a U-shaped footprint,

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onto which
170 prefabricated wooden panels

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will be slotted together
to form the structure.

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The house will be separated into
two wings that'll wrap around

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a central atrium,

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conceived by the architectural
designer Nigel Hefferman

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as a way of bringing nature
right into the living space.

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The east wing will contain
two self-contained apartments,

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allowing Tony and Ara
to earn an income

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and share their therapeutic work
with guests.

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Ever the unconventional couple,

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they will each have separate
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Tony's one-bed apartment
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and bathroom downstairs,
and Ara's above.

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In pursuit of wellbeing,

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the house will have
mechanical ventilation

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and biodynamic lighting
to track natural daylight,

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so that on dark days,
it can still be sunny inside.

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Big glazing panels will give views
in all directions

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out into the old growth forest
which completely surrounds the plot.

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Larch cladding will
also mirror the woodland.

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And curves will flow around
the building in bands,

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topped with a slender zinc fascia,

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echoed at first floor level
by elegant connecting balconies.

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This is a low-carbon design
that seeks to emulate

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the vibrant life-giving force

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of the forest that inspires it
and its occupants.

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I just hope that the task of
building it doesn't drain them

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of spirit and energy in the process.

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When do you deliver Ara her finished
beautiful apartment, her space?

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April 2021.

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Which is 21 months away, yeah, yeah.

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Where are you going to live,
you guys?

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Well, there's a small room that
I will use as a bedroom. Yeah.

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Tony will use part of the garage.
Yeah. So how much have you got?

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I want to do it for 800,
we need to do it for 800,000.

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Is there a pension? Everything.

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That's everything.
Wow. What happens if it goes over?

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I mean it, it can't, can it?

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It can't. It can't.

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So as I understand it,

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project management
involves spreadsheets, forecasts.

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Is this something you're familiar
with or have done before?

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To be learned. You know all about
that though, I'm sure?

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I've been a project manager
in the past.

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I suppose I have to let go

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because this is Tony's project,

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and he has to do it his way.

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So, you know, I have a mantra -
fortune favours the brave.

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And Tony is certainly brave.

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That's the way the project works.

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We need to find
lots of fortuitous people

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and opportunities to fall
into place at the right time

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and the right way. Yeah...Yeah.

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So project management doesn't
do luck and fortune, does it?

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No, it doesn't, there's no,
there's no spreadsheet for luck.

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But before any construction
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there's the small matter of what
to do with Tony's parents' house

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and its treasure trove of memories.

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This is rather beautiful.

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It's lovely, isn't it?

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Yeah, yeah. And this,
with a clock in the middle of it.

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It's all been done with love.
And you can feel it.

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We got married in that room.

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My goodness me. The memories
keep coming, don't they?

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Wow.
How are you about this, Tony?

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I mean, this place must be
first of all full of memories.

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I think for me I've worked on a
strategy for being able to let go.

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Breaking eggs to make omelettes.

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Yes.

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Letting go of this place is going to
be as hard for you, as well?

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Oh, probably harder for me.

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Harder for Ara. Really?

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Harder for me because
I cared for John and Betty

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and because I know
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I know how much it meant to them.

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It meant a lot to me, too,
taking care of them here.

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Yeah, yeah.

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Wow. I mean, talk about loading up
your emotional wagon

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to the maximum permissible weight.

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I mean, here's Tony,

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tackling project management
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with no discernible skills
for that at all,

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with an extraordinary agenda
for this building,

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to do with health and happiness
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and the biodiversity of this place.

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And he's doing it on

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a site which is kind
of absolutely replete

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with these kind of nostalgic,
well, time-bombs, really.

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Boy, oh, boy.

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I mean, house building
is difficult enough.

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There are two days to go
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just time to salvage
the precious bits

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from John and Betty's '60s
interior.

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Is that the right screwdriver, Tony?
Yeah, I think so.

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And with demolition day looming,

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events in both Ara and Tony's past
are casting their shadows.

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I've done a build before,
a long time ago,

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with my first husband.

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We split up before it was finished

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and that's why I've been
very reticent.

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I can feel all this churning
going on in my stomach that

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I've been feeling for
the last few weeks,

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and you've been feeling things too.

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I mean, when, just the other day,

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you know,
you were really close to tears.

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I find certain things
about the past really difficult.

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It's important that,
rather than me live

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the rest of my life in
the shadow of my parents,

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what I need to do is to kind
of demonstrate my own competence

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and value that I've always
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the whole of my life, really.

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The project is really important.

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It's really his sense of purpose
now.

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It's the purpose of his life.

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The day of no return
finally arrives in the form of

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a demolition crew.

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Tony's parents' life's work
in brick and teak,

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the home they built from the ground
up when Tony was a toddler,

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is about to meet a brutal end.

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But for the moment,

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his inner child is transfixed
by the process.

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We have got a massive,
dinosaur-like machine

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with big grabby hands.

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But I'm not feeling greatly sad
at the moment.

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Tony might be putting
a brave face on it,

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but Ara is less comfortable

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with such a deep uprooting of
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I spoke to Betty about it
while she was alive,

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and she said, you know,
she'd be horrified.

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This was their forever home.

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I know that this is something
Tony has to do.

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He has to do it his way, which is
different to his parents' way.

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And now the space is being cleared
for Tony's creation

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because it's now just
a pile of rubble.

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I hope, for Ara's sake,

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that out of destruction
comes renewal.

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Tony's parents' house
has been consigned

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to the great skip of history,

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and work has already started
on the foundations.

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As part of his journey
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Tony wants to prove he can roll up
his project manager sleeves

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and help his groundworker Shaun.

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Away you go. All right.

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I think the key to driving it
is just to keep it

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at a nice steady speed.

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Not too fast, no sudden movements.

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Well, most customers
just want the house built,

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but Tony,
he was desperate to have a go.

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You'd probably find it easier
if you use that. OK.

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Tony's ambition with this project
was to learn on the job,

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and he's passed his first
dumper test

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with flying colours.

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A month later, I'm hoping to see
some progress on the foundations,

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which Tony promised would be kind
to the environment.

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Disruption in the middle of Eden.

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It's a sea of polystyrene!

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A prefabricated mosaic
of pieces marking the outline of

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the new house, like the remains
of some Roman villa.

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How are you? Nice to see you. How
are you? Good to see you. Very well.

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Are you apprentice or are you
master wrangler of polystyrene now?

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Just playing, really.

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No. I don't believe that.
This is a sandpit,

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and this is Lego to play with,
that's all it is, really.

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Sandpit and Lego.

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The pieces form
a kind of massive tray,

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into which a minimum amount
of concrete will be poured.

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And the technology in fact
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of Tony's nature-friendly ethos.

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Much of this polystyrene
is recycled.

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So have you been on site every day?

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This is you finally making your mark
in this place?

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Definitely. For so many years,

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both practically
and psychologically,

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I felt a little bit hidden in

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the shadow of what my dad had done,

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so now it's really my project.

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It is down to me to be able
to make it happen,

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to take away the doubt

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and the uncertainty
and the lack of confidence.

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Tony is clearly thriving,

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as is Ara.

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Since the demolition,
I've felt a lot better,

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and the reason is
because now Tony has taken over.

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So, it has released me from feeling
a need to be responsible.

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That, that is inherently
a stressful process

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and therefore don't go near it.

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A week later,
a thin layer of concrete is poured,

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and then the next phase of this,
so far, speedy project can begin.

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They seem to have brought a couple
of tree branches with them too.

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Today, this timber-framed house
will begin to rise from the ground.

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There are panels that come in

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that are pre-factory made.
It's very quick.

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This lorry load
of highly engineered timber panels

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should slot onto those
insulated foundations

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over the next couple of weeks.

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A simple construction method
for a complex design.

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Looks like they're all labelled,

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so it's like a big jigsaw.

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And Tony always loved jigsaws
as a child,

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so he'll love this.

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And he looks great
with his pink hat on, doesn't he?

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Completely dressed for the occasion.

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As the first floor comes together,

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Tony's architectural designer
Nigel makes a visit to site.

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He's been working on
the general design with Tony

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and Ara for a couple of years,

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and he's got to know
his clients' quirks.

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They are totally unique,

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and that's what makes them special.

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And I think the eccentricity
that they have is...

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It's going to actually reflect
in the building.

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But after 40 years of experience,

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Nigel is nervous
about Tony's decision

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to manage the project himself.

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I see buildings abandoned when
people try to do it themselves.

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And they can't adapt themselves
to it, get into a pickle,

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which could be a disaster.

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This house must not be disaster.

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Tony's vision is to construct
a healing house

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where the pressures on Ara's health
can be eased.

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And there is a special place
that could act as

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a fantastic reference point...

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..where the therapeutic potential
of nature is deployed

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in a truly unexpected way.

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This is a hospital.

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Like any hospital in Britain
it is medical,

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it's functional, it's practical,
it's institutional,

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it looks even industrial.

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It's got all the "als",
except one perhaps.

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It's not magical.

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That quality, that quality
is something that instead

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has been concentrated on
a little tiny site just next to it,

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hidden behind these trees,
shrouded in greenery.

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It even has a forest on its roof.

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This is a building
which is so magical

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and demands so much of your
attention once you find it that

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you don't even realise it's built
next to a multistorey car park.

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This is the Maggie's
Cancer Care Centre

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next to St James's Hospital
in Leeds -

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a building where
it's hard to tell

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where the realm of nature ends,
and the human one begins.

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Its architects, Heatherwick Studio,

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wanted to unleash
the healing power of nature

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by dragging it right in.

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Wild planting envelops
the structure,

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and the structure itself
speaks of natural forms.

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Inside, the call of nature
resoundingly echoes

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in myriad thoughtful details.

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I thought this was concrete -

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this is actually cork and plywood.

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Actually, the entire building
feels like three enormous trees

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stepping down the hill,
each with its own canopy,

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like medieval fan vaulting
with these over-reaching spans.

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There are more than 25
of these centres across the country,

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each a unique space
to promote healing.

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Maggie's chief exec is
Dame Laura Lee.

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There's that very famous
bit of research

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showing that people
who recover in hospitals

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with a view of greenery
need fewer meds,

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they recover more quickly.

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I think one of the most
important things for us

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is about how the building
is going to make people feel.

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People with cancer come in our doors

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and are feeling isolated.

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All of a sudden,
that just settles the mind

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and then it allows people to have
conversations about the most

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difficult things that they didn't
know they were going to have.

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Wow, I mean this place,
like all of the Maggie's centres,

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is world-class.

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Architecture and nature
working as a tonic,

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offering a healing spiritual hug
for anyone dealing with

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the impersonal and technical world
of a hospital.

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Just imagine what Tony and Ara
could achieve

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on their beautiful woodland site.

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00:19:12,840 --> 00:19:15,000
However,
there is one glaring difference

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between this place
and their project.

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No-one on this project had to sit

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and endure the construction process,

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and live in the building,
while it was being built.

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That's what they're doing.

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Back on site,

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Ara looks on from her temporary home
in the garden shed,

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unable to avoid
the relentless pace of the project.

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00:19:41,360 --> 00:19:44,560
Today, the glazing has arrived.

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It's a harmonious process when
things move in flow and harmony.

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00:19:50,520 --> 00:19:53,000
And once the roof
sub-structure is up,

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00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:56,920
the company constructing
the house frame leaves site.

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00:19:56,960 --> 00:20:00,360
Tony - something of
a novice project manager -

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00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:02,520
has so far impressed Ara.

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00:20:02,560 --> 00:20:05,560
He's on schedule
but to keep within budget,

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00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:07,440
he's now on his own,

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00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:10,320
with an enormous house
to fit out and clad.

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00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:16,600
It isn't long before
his first real challenge lands.

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00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:18,040
Winter is approaching,

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00:20:18,080 --> 00:20:21,520
and this wooden structure
is by no means watertight.

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00:20:21,560 --> 00:20:24,400
The problem partly
lies in Tony's decision

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00:20:24,440 --> 00:20:27,400
not to commission any detailed
drawings for the roof and gutters

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from his architectural designer,
to save money.

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00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:35,760
And without drawings,
no company will supply him a roof.

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I find it really quite
a painful experience

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00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:41,480
to see water leaking through
the timber of the roof

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and then landing on the floor below

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00:20:43,440 --> 00:20:45,760
and leaking through that
into the layer below.

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00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:51,880
November turns out to be
one of the wettest in memory.

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00:20:51,920 --> 00:20:55,400
And as the water pours through
the vulnerable wooden structure,

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Tony has to enlist Ara to help cover
the roof in plastic sheeting

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to minimise the damage.

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00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:04,640
The biggest worry at
the moment is having

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00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:07,440
a roof that isn't watertight
and the whole of

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00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:09,600
the black plastic sheeting
blowing up in the wind.

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00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:11,960
So this has become
a lot more critical.

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00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:14,120
The building is in jeopardy,

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00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:17,880
but the biggest threat may be
to Ara's delicate health.

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00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:21,400
So we spent four days literally
trying to cover the roof

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00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:23,280
with plastic coverings.

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00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:24,840
You know that something needs
to be done,

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00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:27,040
and you just have to do it.

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00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:28,680
And you have to take
the consequences.

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00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:32,840
It affects me physically, yeah,
and I just feel really unwell

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00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:34,760
and my energy is very low.

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00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:44,240
Comma, and I'd hoped
to discuss this with you today.

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00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:49,600
Tony is unsure who is going to
get him out of this awful bind -

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00:21:49,640 --> 00:21:52,400
the house frame company,
his architectural designer,

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00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:56,760
or another roofer,
so our rookie project manager...

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00:21:56,800 --> 00:22:01,480
Please do get back to me ASAP.

399
00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:04,240
..fires off email after email
into the night.

400
00:22:17,720 --> 00:22:21,160
Tony and Ara's wooden house
is half built

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00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:24,920
and not watertight,
and it's been raining nonstop.

402
00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:27,920
There's not a roofer
out there who wants

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00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:29,600
to help overcome the problem

404
00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:32,320
because Tony hasn't got
any detailed drawings

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00:22:32,360 --> 00:22:34,360
for his hidden roof gutters.

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00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:39,240
But Tony thinks he has
a solution for his gutter details.

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00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:43,000
It means enlarging one of
the key elements in the building,

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00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:45,200
envisioned by his designer Nigel,

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00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:48,360
the slender fascia capping
that curves around

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00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:50,920
the entire roof at the top.

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00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:55,400
Nigel has a way that he wants
this house to look.

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00:22:55,440 --> 00:23:01,120
And 650,
which is something like that,

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00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:04,240
is too big for him.
And he wants it to be like that.

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00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:08,120
It's very deep

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00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:11,680
and it's the sort of thing
you see on a factory building,

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00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:13,440
not on a house.

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00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:15,640
That's the problem.

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00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:19,680
One option is to cut
the roof down in situ

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00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:22,680
to retain that delicately
banded capping,

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00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:28,560
but this would stretch Tony's budget
to the limit and cost him £10,000.

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00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:31,600
Let us just say that Nigel
and I have a very clear

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00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:34,720
and strong difference
of opinion on this matter,

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00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:37,360
and I'm quite happy to run
with 650.

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00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:39,720
And that's the decision I've made.

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00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:41,200
What's more,

426
00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:46,320
Tony's abandoned Nigel's plan
to clad the capping in zinc.

427
00:23:46,360 --> 00:23:50,000
Instead, he wants to use
a cheaper liquid acrylic coating.

428
00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:52,440
This is an impasse.

429
00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:57,040
It's very hard to think that
a building might be desecrated.

430
00:23:57,080 --> 00:24:00,080
It's like trying
to take an E-Type car

431
00:24:00,120 --> 00:24:02,000
and putting a different bonnet
on it.

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00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:03,520
It's just not going to work.

433
00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:06,000
You know, it has to be
that free-flowing form.

434
00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:08,880
I'm very worried about the outcome.

435
00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:11,240
And I don't want my name

436
00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:14,520
to something that's
not what I intended.

437
00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:21,360
So, unable to find
a compromise between them,

438
00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:23,520
Tony and Nigel part company.

439
00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:26,200
Ara meanwhile,
has gone to stay at her nephew's in

440
00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:29,240
Madeira until her health recovers.

441
00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:31,800
Tony really is on his own now.

442
00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:37,200
But at least he's decided
what to do.

443
00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:40,280
He forks out for an expensive
temporary scaffolding roof,

444
00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:43,040
and gets to work building
the guttering and capping

445
00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:45,200
to his own design.

446
00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:46,360
It's a gruelling job,

447
00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:52,280
six metres up and 85 metres all
the way round the whole building.

448
00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:54,600
So, I'm basically making it up
as I go along

449
00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:56,560
and trying to figure out
a way of doing it.

450
00:24:56,600 --> 00:24:58,480
And we'll see whether that works
or not.

451
00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:01,040
If it doesn't work, we'll just have
to try something else

452
00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:02,400
until we find a way that does.

453
00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:04,600
And, in typical Tony fashion,

454
00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:08,320
he's viewing the challenge
as a therapeutic opportunity.

455
00:25:08,360 --> 00:25:10,640
I'm very easily distracted
by things.

456
00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:15,960
What I've wanted to be able
to do is essentially

457
00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:17,960
to fall in love with the process.

458
00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:21,400
For me, if you enjoy the process,

459
00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:23,600
it really doesn't matter
how long it takes.

460
00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:28,200
And so, five months pass,

461
00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:30,880
five months of scaffold hire
and lonely work

462
00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:35,880
before the roof is sealed, decked
with solar panels and trimmed

463
00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:38,040
with a great big grey acrylic
capping band.

464
00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:39,520
Yikes.

465
00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:42,400
But for Ara,
who's just got back from Madeira,

466
00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:44,400
there isn't any time
for celebration.

467
00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:48,480
It was complete chaos when I got
back and way, way over budget.

468
00:25:48,520 --> 00:25:52,080
But I would reckon we're probably,
at this stage,

469
00:25:52,120 --> 00:25:54,080
about 50 to 60 grand over budget.

470
00:25:54,120 --> 00:25:57,440
So there's no scope
for bringing in any other workers.

471
00:25:57,480 --> 00:26:00,040
With her bags barely unpacked,

472
00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:02,840
Ara is drawn back in to
the project.

473
00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:04,640
I caught a bit of a chill,

474
00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:08,960
I had two nights where I was up
till eight o'clock in the evening,

475
00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:10,200
it was cold,

476
00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:12,800
painting because we've got
a deadline.

477
00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:14,320
She's pulling out all the stops

478
00:26:14,360 --> 00:26:17,680
because the scaffolding's being
taken away in the morning.

479
00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:22,640
Tony still paces himself
with rest as well as work.

480
00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:25,560
I can't relax until
I get the job done

481
00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:29,160
and he can't get the job done
unless he has all these breaks

482
00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:32,320
and other ways of
being able to deflect

483
00:26:32,360 --> 00:26:34,400
the stress that he's under.

484
00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:39,920
So it just highlights the difference
in our personalities.

485
00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:42,800
The contrast in Tony and Ara's
sense of urgency

486
00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:46,440
is inevitably a concern for her.

487
00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:50,040
I try and whip Tony into shape,
but he's so resistant.

488
00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:53,320
From every point of view,
financially, health wise,

489
00:26:53,360 --> 00:26:55,960
I could walk away right now,
and I would be...

490
00:26:57,680 --> 00:26:59,120
..well.

491
00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:02,200
But that's not how
the heart works because I love him

492
00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:05,720
and I'm just hoping
I can survive this.

493
00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:11,360
Thankfully, the pair are able
to reach a compromise.

494
00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:14,120
Ara is desperate
to move back into a space

495
00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:16,000
with a functioning bathroom
and kitchen,

496
00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:17,800
so Tony commits to putting

497
00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:20,920
all the focus into finishing
Ara's apartment,

498
00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:23,880
before her health is put
under any more pressure.

499
00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:28,880
And, in typical Tony fashion,

500
00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:32,400
he's come up with a left of field
plan to cover the walls,

501
00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:34,880
that he thinks will help him
catch up time.

502
00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:36,680
I've done something
a little bit different.

503
00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:38,920
I haven't gone for
conventional plasterboard.

504
00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:40,960
Instead, he's using a wall board

505
00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:43,960
made from recycled gypsum
and cellulose.

506
00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:47,800
If it's placed accurately enough,
there's a big advantage.

507
00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:51,440
We don't need a plasterer, and
we probably don't need a painter.

508
00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:53,600
The downside is it's heavy.

509
00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:56,880
Each board weighs about
45 kilograms each.

510
00:27:56,920 --> 00:28:00,000
That's too heavy for Tony
to handle on his own,

511
00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:02,680
so of course Ara is roped in again.

512
00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:04,040
Which way are we doing it?

513
00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:05,520
The way we always do it, sweetheart.

514
00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:07,360
OK. I remember that.

515
00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:08,640
Three, two, one, go.

516
00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:15,000
Each board weighs as much as a baby
hippo so it's back-breaking work.

517
00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:16,960
Hold it this way to begin with.

518
00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:20,480
It's progress towards Ara
being able to move in.

519
00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:23,520
But with 450 boards to fit,

520
00:28:23,560 --> 00:28:26,720
much is resting on her shoulders.

521
00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:30,000
And getting drawn in was
just what Ara wanted to avoid.

522
00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:34,600
I guess, part of what
you're trying to do, of course,

523
00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:37,080
is to simply manage your physical
health, aren't you, through this.

524
00:28:37,120 --> 00:28:39,520
Absolutely, yeah. And are you
cool about that in terms of

525
00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:42,640
the progress being made
in terms of your flat?

526
00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:44,680
It's like this whole process
has been

527
00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:48,000
a bit like going on
a self-development course.

528
00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:49,200
With the building?

529
00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:52,360
Yeah, because at first,
I had to learn how to trust.

530
00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:56,120
And trust the process.

531
00:28:56,160 --> 00:28:57,720
And trust that...

532
00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:02,520
..you know, fortune favours
the brave. Yeah.

533
00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:04,280
And now I can learn patience,

534
00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:05,960
which is my next lesson.

535
00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:09,480
It's turning into some kind of
spiritual treatise.

536
00:29:09,520 --> 00:29:12,240
Yeah.
Well, isn't that what life is?

537
00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:22,400
However, this happy state
of equilibrium is short-lived.

538
00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:24,920
A couple of days after my visit,

539
00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:27,680
Ara's worst fears about
the danger of working

540
00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:31,520
with such heavy loads
come to pass.

541
00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:34,680
I was clearing up something
on the floor

542
00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:37,360
and I just heard him...

543
00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:40,760
..make a big noise.

544
00:29:42,040 --> 00:29:46,400
Tony fell off a trolley whilst
screwing a board into the ceiling,

545
00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:50,000
fracturing his tailbone
and cutting himself badly.

546
00:29:51,320 --> 00:29:54,040
He was rushed to hospital
to get stitched up.

547
00:29:58,120 --> 00:29:59,560
It was really scary.

548
00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:08,240
Tony spent a week in hospital.

549
00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:12,280
OK, let's tilt it because
you can already feel it bending.

550
00:30:12,320 --> 00:30:15,880
But only a month later,
he's back lifting boards,

551
00:30:15,920 --> 00:30:18,600
although, a full recovery
is going to take time.

552
00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:21,680
He's a lot slower.

553
00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:26,320
And, like, today, he slept
till about 11:30 this morning.

554
00:30:26,360 --> 00:30:29,920
You see, Tony's thinking of how much
time he thinks he's lost so far.

555
00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:32,920
I'm thinking of how much time
he's potentially

556
00:30:32,960 --> 00:30:36,320
going to lose moving forward.

557
00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:39,120
It's the classic dilemma
of the self-builder.

558
00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:41,880
On the one hand,
the freedom of doing it yourself,

559
00:30:41,920 --> 00:30:44,040
and on the other,
if you're struck down,

560
00:30:44,080 --> 00:30:45,920
and there's no money
to bring in anyone else,

561
00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:48,560
then you've run out of options.

562
00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:50,480
So I'll get the trolley now.

563
00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:57,720
Tony has no options
but to carry on as best he can.

564
00:30:57,760 --> 00:31:00,680
Almost two years since
they began the journey,

565
00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:04,120
there's still a mountain to climb
to get this vast house finished.

566
00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:08,040
I have serious doubts about
whether it'll ever get done.

567
00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:09,960
So Tony, how are you?

568
00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:11,840
OK. I was looked after really,
really well.

569
00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:13,440
Haven't we got an amazing
health care system?

570
00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:15,080
Yeah, you were very well looked
after.

571
00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:16,560
Good, good.

572
00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:19,360
Forgive me, but I can imagine Tony
building this house very happily

573
00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:21,200
for the next ten to 15 years,

574
00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:23,880
because you've accommodated it,
into your working life, daily life.

575
00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:26,080
It's integrated into
my lifestyle anyway.

576
00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:29,360
And it's a, it's a very beautiful
lifestyle, really, I think. Yeah.

577
00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:31,360
I mean, what a privilege
and opportunity

578
00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:33,080
to be able to have a wonderful place

579
00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:36,080
and to be able to learn
the skills of building a house.

580
00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:37,560
It's a, it's a one-off opportunity.

581
00:31:37,600 --> 00:31:39,640
I love all that, I love all that.
It's a disaster of an idea

582
00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:42,640
for the building, of course, because
the building wants to get watertight

583
00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:44,360
and weathertight.
The building does, yes.

584
00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:47,240
And Ara wants resolution. Mm.

585
00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:52,520
I think all you say is very true
and honest and spot-on.

586
00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:55,000
The only way
a building gets built

587
00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:57,560
requires a discipline
to get it there.

588
00:31:57,600 --> 00:32:00,440
Yeah, and to make it happen.

589
00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:08,640
Over the next few weeks,
as Tony's strength recovers,

590
00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:11,280
there is a renewed focus on site.

591
00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:12,800
When Ara's moved in,

592
00:32:12,840 --> 00:32:17,640
that will be a really
positive thing for both of us -

593
00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:19,600
for Ara it's because she's moved in,

594
00:32:19,640 --> 00:32:21,680
and for me it's because

595
00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:26,440
Ara can relax
and won't be as stressful

596
00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:30,040
and questioning of what I'm up to.

597
00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:36,160
Walls go up,
pollution-reducing paint goes on,

598
00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:38,200
a bathroom and kitchen go in.

599
00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:41,400
And before long, a very important
milestone is reached.

600
00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:44,920
Do you want me to take your box?
Yeah. Or the case?

601
00:32:44,960 --> 00:32:47,240
I'll take the case.
You take the case.

602
00:32:47,280 --> 00:32:49,600
You can roll the case, can't you?
Yeah. OK.

603
00:32:49,640 --> 00:32:51,000
Right, let's go move in.

604
00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:55,480
Welcome to your new home.

605
00:32:55,520 --> 00:32:58,520
Thank you. It's a lovely new home.

606
00:32:59,880 --> 00:33:05,560
So lovely to be able
to be here again amongst the trees.

607
00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:07,320
Enjoy your space, Ara.

608
00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:09,000
I will.

609
00:33:11,880 --> 00:33:13,680
Now that Ara is in,

610
00:33:13,720 --> 00:33:17,040
Tony can start to tackle
that mountain of other tasks,

611
00:33:17,080 --> 00:33:19,040
the cladding on the outside.

612
00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:21,560
He's using vertical strips
of Accoya wood,

613
00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:24,840
simpler than the original idea
of bending horizontal strips

614
00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:26,840
but less elegant,

615
00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:30,040
and the fit-out of the remaining
three quarters of the interior.

616
00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:36,160
But, as the peak of that mountain
appears through the clouds,

617
00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:39,040
Ara receives some devastating news
that forces them

618
00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:40,760
to reassess everything.

619
00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:46,760
I went to have a lump investigated
that had been there

620
00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:49,440
for some time but was getting bigger

621
00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:53,480
and I was told straight away
that it was a cancer.

622
00:33:55,240 --> 00:33:57,760
It really forces you to look at

623
00:33:57,800 --> 00:34:00,000
what's really important in life
and...

624
00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:06,840
..I really just have to do the best
I can to take care of myself

625
00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:09,520
and try and step back
from the build.

626
00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:13,240
I think it's really necessary

627
00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:16,000
for me to be able to put it
to one side.

628
00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:20,200
Ara has to focus all her attention
on her health,

629
00:34:20,240 --> 00:34:25,520
while Tony is forced to
confront an uncomfortable truth.

630
00:34:25,560 --> 00:34:28,840
Here's the difficulty,
here's the irony of the whole thing.

631
00:34:28,880 --> 00:34:31,800
The, the whole project
started out as creating

632
00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:34,960
a house that promotes
health and wellbeing.

633
00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:37,040
And from Ara's perspective,

634
00:34:37,080 --> 00:34:40,960
it's a house that has created
pretty much the opposite of that.

635
00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:43,480
I don't think
I've ever wanted a couple

636
00:34:43,520 --> 00:34:47,120
to succeed in finishing their
project as much as Tony and Ara.

637
00:35:06,360 --> 00:35:07,920
The seasons are on the turn

638
00:35:07,960 --> 00:35:10,160
in this patch of Oxfordshire forest,

639
00:35:10,200 --> 00:35:15,080
where Tony and Ara have been
toiling away for four years building

640
00:35:15,120 --> 00:35:18,840
a house that draws inspiration
from the healing power of nature.

641
00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:25,680
Well, I'm approaching Tony and Ara's
house with a little trepidation

642
00:35:25,720 --> 00:35:30,000
and no little concern
because on top of the emotional,

643
00:35:30,040 --> 00:35:32,480
the psychological, the physical load

644
00:35:32,520 --> 00:35:34,280
that this project
has brought to bear

645
00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:39,720
comes this latest news
of Ara's cancer, which is so sad.

646
00:35:39,760 --> 00:35:42,160
And do you know?
It wouldn't surprise me now if,

647
00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:43,840
as a result of all of this,

648
00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:48,720
the pair of them just decided
to walk away from the project.

649
00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:53,160
And I wouldn't blame them
for that, either.

650
00:35:53,200 --> 00:35:57,360
Tony's vision was to rejuvenate
the site where he grew up,

651
00:35:57,400 --> 00:36:01,360
make his mark here, deal with
the difficulties of his own past

652
00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:05,120
and help perhaps restore
Ara's fragile health.

653
00:36:05,160 --> 00:36:08,000
Is it possible that,
against all the odds,

654
00:36:08,040 --> 00:36:10,080
they may just have got there?

655
00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:14,760
Well, there's a thing.

656
00:36:14,800 --> 00:36:17,400
There is no site fencing.

657
00:36:17,440 --> 00:36:19,320
There is a finished drive.

658
00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:20,680
There is a finished house!

659
00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:27,280
Four years after pulling down
the old house,

660
00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:31,640
a new and curvy home
has finally asserted its place

661
00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:34,400
as the focus of
this woodland clearing.

662
00:36:36,640 --> 00:36:38,200
Kevin, welcome.

663
00:36:38,240 --> 00:36:40,280
Yeah, well, thank you.
Long time, no see.

664
00:36:40,320 --> 00:36:42,080
Good to see you again.
It's great to be back,

665
00:36:42,120 --> 00:36:44,480
to walk down a finished drive,
to see a finished building.

666
00:36:44,520 --> 00:36:46,640
It's come together
in the last weeks.

667
00:36:46,680 --> 00:36:48,720
And you're both living in it? Yeah?
Yeah, yeah.

668
00:36:48,760 --> 00:36:50,480
I'm really heartened by what I see.

669
00:36:50,520 --> 00:36:53,880
I think it's just awesome,
isn't it, what Tony's achieved?

670
00:36:53,920 --> 00:36:57,600
I think we've experienced
quite a lot together,

671
00:36:57,640 --> 00:36:59,560
including many challenges.

672
00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:01,040
Yeah. I mean, considering

673
00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:04,200
this man did it without much
in the way of detailed drawings.

674
00:37:04,240 --> 00:37:07,720
And complete incompetence, from
a project management point of view.

675
00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:09,440
KEVIN SIGHS

676
00:37:09,480 --> 00:37:11,760
Well, you mentioned that, not me.
Now Ara,

677
00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:13,760
I'm sorry to hear about
your cancer.

678
00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:15,960
Thank you. I want you
to save your energies

679
00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:18,200
and I'm sure you want to do
the same thing.

680
00:37:18,240 --> 00:37:20,080
Just assuming that I'll have
a look round with Tony,

681
00:37:20,120 --> 00:37:22,200
if that's all right?
That'd be great, yeah.

682
00:37:22,240 --> 00:37:24,720
Thank you. Yeah, yeah, OK.
I know we'll catch up later.

683
00:37:24,760 --> 00:37:27,400
Admittedly, Tony's chunkier
grey capping lends the house

684
00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:30,080
the air of a 1950s diner,

685
00:37:30,120 --> 00:37:32,760
but the overall achievement here
is astonishing.

686
00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:36,160
They've laboured to turn this house
from a shell to a finished home.

687
00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:39,720
Oh, whoa!

688
00:37:39,760 --> 00:37:41,200
Tony, it's done.

689
00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:48,400
It's delightful.

690
00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:49,600
It's airy.

691
00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:52,480
Welcome to our hallway.

692
00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:53,640
You've done it.

693
00:37:53,680 --> 00:37:55,600
The best thing of all
is that veranda beyond.

694
00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:58,680
And then, the green of the lawn

695
00:37:58,720 --> 00:38:03,080
and the depths of the forest beyond
is really arresting.

696
00:38:03,120 --> 00:38:05,760
There was a pond in your
parents' garden, wasn't there?

697
00:38:05,800 --> 00:38:08,560
And there's this sort of echo,
stylistically, of this,

698
00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:11,520
it's like almost looking at
a mitochondria there, you know.

699
00:38:11,560 --> 00:38:13,720
Those leaves floating
around on the top of it,

700
00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:15,960
it's like looking at kind
of stuff happening inside a cell.

701
00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:18,920
Yeah.
It's amazing. It's quite magical.

702
00:38:18,960 --> 00:38:22,080
The aim has always been
to have circles within circles.

703
00:38:22,120 --> 00:38:24,320
So, this is the inner circle,

704
00:38:24,360 --> 00:38:26,800
which is nature and outdoors

705
00:38:26,840 --> 00:38:30,160
and the house basically creates
a ring that goes around it.

706
00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:33,040
Yeah. Just remind me of
the geography, Ara's upstairs...

707
00:38:33,080 --> 00:38:34,920
Ara's upstairs, I'm downstairs.

708
00:38:34,960 --> 00:38:39,000
And two guest apartments
on the right-hand side.

709
00:38:39,040 --> 00:38:41,600
Of course, and the wellness
component of that

710
00:38:41,640 --> 00:38:43,520
in welcoming guests
into your house,

711
00:38:43,560 --> 00:38:46,680
is that also integrated
into each apartment, then? Yes.

712
00:38:46,720 --> 00:38:49,040
I wanted to create something
that goes beyond

713
00:38:49,080 --> 00:38:50,440
just the eco-friendly house

714
00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:54,000
and look at the concept of what
a healthy house is really about.

715
00:38:54,040 --> 00:38:55,920
Can we go and have a look
at some tech?

716
00:38:55,960 --> 00:38:57,840
Yeah. Let's go and have a look.
Yeah.

717
00:38:57,880 --> 00:38:59,200
This is where I'll be staying
when I,

718
00:38:59,240 --> 00:39:02,760
you know,
book my tree-bathing holiday.

719
00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:04,440
Indeed, this is the place to stay.

720
00:39:04,480 --> 00:39:06,080
It's bright in here.

721
00:39:06,120 --> 00:39:09,880
It's beautiful. All of the lights
in here do have the ability to mimic

722
00:39:09,920 --> 00:39:11,720
the daytime light.

723
00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:14,000
Even though we've got
a grey day today,

724
00:39:14,040 --> 00:39:16,000
if you come and stand where I am...

725
00:39:16,040 --> 00:39:18,200
Oh, my Lord.

726
00:39:18,240 --> 00:39:19,960
What trickery is this?!

727
00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:21,600
That's incredible.

728
00:39:21,640 --> 00:39:23,080
Just, just move and you can see,

729
00:39:23,120 --> 00:39:24,600
it jumps from one to the other.

730
00:39:24,640 --> 00:39:26,560
If somebody came
for the first time,

731
00:39:26,600 --> 00:39:29,600
they would look here
and think this is a sky light.

732
00:39:29,640 --> 00:39:31,440
It is sorcery,

733
00:39:31,480 --> 00:39:34,080
and yet it lifts my spirits.

734
00:39:34,120 --> 00:39:35,920
As the sun does.

735
00:39:37,080 --> 00:39:40,720
Tell me how you've managed
to finish this building.

736
00:39:40,760 --> 00:39:44,160
We went over budget...

737
00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:45,360
..200k.

738
00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:46,560
Where did that come from?

739
00:39:46,600 --> 00:39:50,040
Various things that
were originally allocated

740
00:39:50,080 --> 00:39:51,760
as pension funds and such.

741
00:39:51,800 --> 00:39:55,000
Oh. So, what that has now done
is placed

742
00:39:55,040 --> 00:39:59,800
a great deal more need
upon the house to pay for itself

743
00:39:59,840 --> 00:40:02,760
through programmes and retreats
and exciting things like that.

744
00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:06,480
Yeah, yeah. I mean, it strikes me
that, in describing this,

745
00:40:06,520 --> 00:40:08,360
what you've sort of
provided for Ara is

746
00:40:08,400 --> 00:40:11,120
the most supportive environment

747
00:40:11,160 --> 00:40:14,280
for her to battle this cancer
and win.

748
00:40:14,320 --> 00:40:18,480
Obviously, my hope is that all that
we are talking about now in terms of

749
00:40:18,520 --> 00:40:22,920
the health benefits of the house
can make a real difference for Ara.

750
00:40:22,960 --> 00:40:24,560
Yeah. And indeed,

751
00:40:24,600 --> 00:40:27,240
everybody else who comes to stay

752
00:40:27,280 --> 00:40:30,480
and experience the magic of
the house.

753
00:40:30,520 --> 00:40:35,280
There are illusions too in the way
the house plays with space.

754
00:40:35,320 --> 00:40:36,840
The guest wing is generous,

755
00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:38,720
but on the other side of
the courtyard,

756
00:40:38,760 --> 00:40:41,760
the couples' own quarters
are quite the opposite.

757
00:40:41,800 --> 00:40:44,720
There's a bedroom
for a monastic hermit,

758
00:40:44,760 --> 00:40:46,760
a humble kitchen,

759
00:40:46,800 --> 00:40:48,800
and a modest living space.

760
00:40:50,080 --> 00:40:52,840
They're one-bedroom apartments.
It's that simple. Oh, absolutely.

761
00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:56,040
I think it's the minimalist appeal
that works.

762
00:40:56,080 --> 00:40:59,280
My nature is to let go of the past
and focus on the future.

763
00:40:59,320 --> 00:41:01,400
Well, I think your decision
to remove

764
00:41:01,440 --> 00:41:03,200
the house that your parents had,

765
00:41:03,240 --> 00:41:06,240
you know, that in itself is
a deliberate...

766
00:41:06,280 --> 00:41:09,280
..statement of faith in the future,
in your future

767
00:41:09,320 --> 00:41:11,200
and a deliberate letting go
of the past.

768
00:41:11,240 --> 00:41:13,000
It is. It is. Very much so.

769
00:41:14,400 --> 00:41:18,520
The house may have taught Tony
to let go of unnecessary baggage,

770
00:41:18,560 --> 00:41:21,760
but for Ara,
who is now living with cancer,

771
00:41:21,800 --> 00:41:25,440
I wonder what her relationship
with the house now is,

772
00:41:25,480 --> 00:41:28,640
in the wake of
all the pain of its genesis.

773
00:41:28,680 --> 00:41:30,880
Hello. Hello. Welcome.

774
00:41:30,920 --> 00:41:32,720
This is a...

775
00:41:32,760 --> 00:41:35,040
..a space full of curves.
That's what I like.

776
00:41:35,080 --> 00:41:36,840
It's a lovely space.

777
00:41:36,880 --> 00:41:39,440
It's beautiful, looking out.

778
00:41:39,480 --> 00:41:42,080
I'm right in the woods, and for me,

779
00:41:42,120 --> 00:41:45,440
this is the magic
and I'm in my chair.

780
00:41:45,480 --> 00:41:47,400
It's just gorgeous.
And then the deer,

781
00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:49,280
they come pottering along, you know,

782
00:41:49,320 --> 00:41:50,680
it's all very pretty. Yeah.

783
00:41:50,720 --> 00:41:54,040
My main focus is
to be as happy as I can.

784
00:41:54,080 --> 00:41:56,800
And I think because being happy
helps your immune system.

785
00:41:56,840 --> 00:41:58,520
It helps healing in every way.

786
00:41:58,560 --> 00:42:02,000
Buildings can also magically
almost help that.

787
00:42:02,040 --> 00:42:05,240
Yeah. When you've got
a beautifully designed,

788
00:42:05,280 --> 00:42:07,080
beautifully insulated,

789
00:42:07,120 --> 00:42:09,400
the love that's been
put into it by Tony

790
00:42:09,440 --> 00:42:11,480
and everybody who's worked on it,
you know, like a meal

791
00:42:11,520 --> 00:42:13,600
that's been made with love,
you can feel it, can't you?

792
00:42:13,640 --> 00:42:15,440
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Absolutely.

793
00:42:15,480 --> 00:42:17,120
And allow it to heal you.

794
00:42:17,160 --> 00:42:20,040
Be at peace with life and have fun.

795
00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:25,320
Rarely have I come across
a house where the wellbeing of

796
00:42:25,360 --> 00:42:28,520
the people building it is
so intimately entwined

797
00:42:28,560 --> 00:42:31,960
with the building itself,
and its construction.

798
00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:35,440
So, is it now time for
a new chapter for Ara and Tony?

799
00:42:37,840 --> 00:42:41,000
What have you learnt
about yourself

800
00:42:41,040 --> 00:42:42,520
over the course of this project?

801
00:42:42,560 --> 00:42:45,240
I can't think you found it
very easy, have you?

802
00:42:45,280 --> 00:42:46,800
ARA LAUGHS

803
00:42:46,840 --> 00:42:48,240
No!

804
00:42:48,280 --> 00:42:51,120
It's been the hardest thing
I've ever done.

805
00:42:52,400 --> 00:42:55,160
I've had a lot of challenges
in my life. Yeah, yeah.

806
00:42:55,200 --> 00:42:57,320
There have been times
when I've been resentful,

807
00:42:57,360 --> 00:42:59,720
and I've come through that.

808
00:42:59,760 --> 00:43:01,600
What have you learnt
about each other?

809
00:43:01,640 --> 00:43:04,080
I mean, I've learned
a lot about Tony.

810
00:43:04,120 --> 00:43:05,920
Before we did this project,

811
00:43:05,960 --> 00:43:11,960
I hadn't seen him be as focused,
as dedicated,

812
00:43:12,000 --> 00:43:13,880
as stoic,

813
00:43:13,920 --> 00:43:15,920
and I think that was part
of his intention,

814
00:43:15,960 --> 00:43:17,680
you know, the redemption.

815
00:43:17,720 --> 00:43:21,560
He wanted to see what more
he could find within himself.

816
00:43:21,600 --> 00:43:26,280
You know, you've learned so much
and you've done so much.

817
00:43:26,320 --> 00:43:29,960
My father was somebody who,
practically, was very capable.

818
00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:35,120
And I think the redemption
was to embrace practical skills.

819
00:43:35,160 --> 00:43:38,320
That bit, I feel
a sense of accomplishment.

820
00:43:38,360 --> 00:43:40,360
But what he also did,

821
00:43:40,400 --> 00:43:42,560
which I haven't matched,

822
00:43:42,600 --> 00:43:44,240
was his ability...

823
00:43:52,640 --> 00:43:56,080
..his ability to take responsibility
for his family.

824
00:43:57,280 --> 00:44:00,000
I haven't got there yet.
I haven't managed it.

825
00:44:00,040 --> 00:44:01,600
And that, I think,

826
00:44:01,640 --> 00:44:04,960
is the deeper disappointment
that I feel about myself, really.

827
00:44:05,000 --> 00:44:07,640
I haven't managed Ara
and her health that well.

828
00:44:07,680 --> 00:44:11,400
Nobody could have predicted
what was going to happen to me.

829
00:44:11,440 --> 00:44:17,080
And so now, the path is
to do peace

830
00:44:17,120 --> 00:44:19,400
and contentment... Yeah.
..and gratitude. Yeah.

831
00:44:19,440 --> 00:44:21,840
And I have so much
to be grateful for.

832
00:44:21,880 --> 00:44:24,080
I mean, I live in a little piece
of heaven.

833
00:44:24,120 --> 00:44:26,440
It's heaven around here.

834
00:44:26,480 --> 00:44:28,800
It's my turn to get
a bit tearful now.

835
00:44:28,840 --> 00:44:32,920
I'm...in awe of the pair of you.

836
00:44:35,040 --> 00:44:36,280
Very tough.

837
00:44:36,320 --> 00:44:37,640
And very...

838
00:44:40,120 --> 00:44:43,280
..wonderful of you
to have got this far,

839
00:44:43,320 --> 00:44:45,880
I think that's just a great thing.

840
00:44:47,480 --> 00:44:51,840
If it were possible to actually
see positive human energy,

841
00:44:51,880 --> 00:44:56,920
then maybe it would look something
like this spaceship of a house.

842
00:44:58,640 --> 00:45:01,600
You know, I've always believed
that good buildings,

843
00:45:01,640 --> 00:45:04,880
especially houses built
by self-builders,

844
00:45:04,920 --> 00:45:10,160
can be a very pure, almost mythical
expression of who we are,

845
00:45:10,200 --> 00:45:13,560
our hopes, our dreams and desires,
ambitions,

846
00:45:13,600 --> 00:45:15,640
and of course, our fears as well.

847
00:45:16,880 --> 00:45:18,400
And, boy, is this no exception, eh?

848
00:45:18,440 --> 00:45:21,200
Because this place
has really put Tony and Ara

849
00:45:21,240 --> 00:45:23,040
through the mill,

850
00:45:23,080 --> 00:45:24,960
the absolute wringer.

851
00:45:26,200 --> 00:45:27,960
But what I think they've learnt,

852
00:45:28,000 --> 00:45:29,840
on the way through,

853
00:45:29,880 --> 00:45:33,680
is that the process of building
can also be a redemptive one,

854
00:45:33,720 --> 00:45:39,040
that it can be something where
the energies flow both ways.

855
00:45:39,080 --> 00:45:42,080
You see, now,
now it's time for this building

856
00:45:42,120 --> 00:45:46,480
to step up to the plate
and become what it promised to be.

857
00:45:46,520 --> 00:45:49,840
It's time for it to become
a house of healing.

858
00:46:01,360 --> 00:46:02,840
Echo!

859
00:46:02,880 --> 00:46:04,200
It's huge.

860
00:46:04,240 --> 00:46:07,680
If it does go on too long,
then we could grow to hate it.

861
00:46:07,720 --> 00:46:09,240
Yeah. Or each other!

862
00:46:09,280 --> 00:46:10,560
I think there's a very good reason

863
00:46:10,600 --> 00:46:12,640
that nobody's tried to live in this
water tower before.

864
00:46:12,680 --> 00:46:13,960
It's painful.

865
00:46:14,000 --> 00:46:15,240
This is very, very painful.

866
00:46:15,280 --> 00:46:16,640
I think it's mad.

867
00:46:16,680 --> 00:46:21,160
The one thing that could really
bugger us up here is if it leaks.

868
00:46:21,200 --> 00:46:22,400
Urgh...

869
00:46:22,440 --> 00:46:24,880
I'm the one that worries that
we break up as a family,

870
00:46:24,920 --> 00:46:26,240
and this ruins us.

871
00:46:52,240 --> 00:46:53,560
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