Timelapse of our entire 1920’s house renovation
I wanted to document our entire 1920’s house renovation and extension in a single time-lapse video. This is everything so far from start to finish excluding the garden.
Time lapse of the garden makeover:
• 1920’s garden makeover...
Renovation playlist:
• 1920's SEMI RENOVATION
Extension playlist:
• SELF BUILD EXTENSION
Renovation cost breakdown:
• So how much did this 1...
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Renovation Time-lapse Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
00:57 - Kitchen rip-out
01:22 - New water supply & drains
02:18 - Fireplace removal
03:00 - Soundproofing
03:35 - Wall & joist repair
04:10 - New utility floor
05:05 - Bathroom & wall rip-out
06:15 - Under floor insulation
07:17 - Skirtings & architraves
08:10 - Stair repair
09:03 - Door restoration
10:15 - Extension starts - groundworks
11:38 - Back-filling
12:36 - Upstairs knock-through
15:20 - Rear lean-to roof
16:59 - Bedroom floor
17:35 - Kitchen floor
19:00 - Downstairs knock-through
20:00 - Finishing off outside
20:45 - Plastering preparation
21:53 - Kitchen fitting & flooring
23:00 - Utility room
25:25 - Final reveals
27:15 - Outro
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I think you do yourself an injustice calling yourself a "handyman" your more like a construction superhero 😂. Looks absolutely mint 👌
I thought the same just started to watch this u tube l will go back and watch all of videos thank you best wishes from Lynda
@@lyndaward5179 I would have demolished the whole place and started again from scratch personally.
@@PreservationEnthusiast So much for being a "Preservation Enthusiast" - proving that nominative determinism isn't a thing!
I’d love a handyman like him about the house.
Did you just cut a hole in your sound wall? 😬
I loved the help that the kitten was providing when the door was being painted!
Без котёнка ничего бы не получилось
I always say this whenever our ginger shorthair comes over to "help" me with DIY. It's clear to me he's doing a quality inspection as the site foreman
Most important part of a new house. Install Cats
Cats 🐈 are wonderful and the Spirit of the Home. For sure.
@@JamoonXerxesSauber Absolutely nothing like a Great Ginger.
You sir could never ever be described as a ‘handyman’. One can only sit back and admire you and your lady for the effort and workmanship you put into that tired house! It’s so beautiful and you two thoroughly deserve to spend the happiest days in your stunning home. 🙌 ❤👏👏👏
mandatory youtube fanboy suckup comment
To see a skilled,true and honest builder at work gave me so much joy. The care and attention to detail is astonishing, I'm presuming your wife was assisting, what a team you two are. You reminded me of my brother,thanks for talking the time to film this video and sharing it with all of us around the world, warm regards .
I am 72 year old woman and I am exhausted watching you. LOL. Loved every minute. If only more people (including myself) and youngsters had skills like you. I'm sure we'd never be out of work. Fantastic quality work. Wonderful. I am moving onto the garden renovation, which is much more in my capabilities and talents. Thank you again.
Sadly young people aren't being motivated to learn these skills. Here in Australia a lot of our tradies are immigrants. Now we're starting to see a real shortage. The low pay as well as demanding physical labour makes the job really unattractive to young people like me. I want to be able to afford rent, not even expecting to have a house of my own. I'd be living from paycheck to paycheck at best if I worked in the industry, at least right now.
@@charlottebarham7722 I do understand the problem and I sympathise. I don't know anymore if cookery and wood working and things like that are taught in schools any more? I guess it's all about finding a balance in life. Of course we have to march resolutely towards an I.T. future (the stuff that pays well), but we also have to balance that with relearning the value of the practical stuff. What I don't understand is if less young people are going into building/electricity/plumbing/gardening/DIY the demand for a dwindling supply should increase the value of the suppliers? Maybe I'm missing something here. I hope you don't think I'm teaching you to suck eggs but have you looked into tiny homes? Or house share buying?
@@jacquelinelion9879 Woodworking and cookery are most certainly still taught! My sister actually took a woodworking course recently. As for the dwindling supply thing, the value of suppliers should be going up, it's just not. Corporate greed and all that. I haven't looked into house share buying and all that yet because I've got a few more years of high school to go and am still working on basic life skills like emotional regulation and recognising the sensations in my body e.g. hunger/needing to use the bathroom (I'm disabled). I won't be moving out soon at all but I'll certainly take your advice when the time comes! It feels pretty weird, I've just gone from being a carefree kid to a teen with only a few years before I'm going to be an adult and already having to think about the future. The economy sucks and I'm certainly anxious but I have hope!
Amen to all you have said!!
I am 35 and I am exhausted as well😅
You are indeed an incredibly talented,knowledgeable, very hardworking man. I hope your wife appreciates how blessed she is to have such a magnificent husband.
He really is. I can’t imagine how much money I would save/saved if I had a handy, willing husband like this. I try and do as much as I can, but there are limits when you’re a registered nurse who doesn’t have those skills, and a lone parent.
His wife actually put her weight in participating and worked hard as him, now enjoy your beautiful home.
Absolutely magnificent!! If only the people who lived there in the 20's could see how beautifully you fixed it up!
I think they'd be too amazed by things like indoor plumbing and electric lighting to notice the decor
Your attention to detail and build quality exceeds so many of the projects you see online - very, very commendable.
Having watched every video in this series multiple times, I am so happy to see this in all its glory.
Same here Callan. The video shows an unbelievable effort by team Mac
Was going to say the same also. Fantastic result to make such a wonderful home. Thanks for sharing it all with us Andy.
Thank you! Brought back a lot of fun memories putting this together for you guys! 👍
@@GosforthHandyman don't know if you've ever heard of a KZhead couple 'kingingit' but they've just bought a house in Scotland and they are asking KZheadrs for renovation advice. Think they're pretty clueless. Maybe you could reach out to them. You're obviously far more than a handyman
Hi, I stumbled over your channel. Amazing effort to get to this point. My family comes from Newcastle. What is it about Geordies? They work so hard.🇦🇺 well done.
An astonishing level of skill, utterly astonishing…👍🏻
Watching at 0345 as awake with nasty cough. What a great project and video. Glad to see the cats being helpful as usual!
Literally the same, came downstairs to watch something cozy so I didn't wake my boyfriend up with my coughing fits 😂 What a lovely video to keep us company in the small hours ❤️
One of the best videos Ive seen in ages. Good on you for having the strength, insight and determination. I cant imagine how proud you must be
Absolutely full of admiration. My husband doesn't know one end of a screwdriver from the other. I'm the one with the toolkit and paintbrushes. So envious. Fantastic job
😂😂😂😂😂😂
I'm sure he has other great qualities Jane
@@shake741 that's debatable 😂
Usually there is a sharp bussiness-end and a stubby handle part.
@@ducemano maybe there is a KZhead tutorial about tools and what they're for 😀
The kitty helper was nice!! Always good to have help!
Even your cats appreciate the end result! Totally magnificent 😍🐱🐱
I gutted and refurbished a 120 yr old house in Canada so it was interesting to see the differences in building code, supplies and finishes. You've done a wonderful job! Cosy, warm and very attractive
Вы тоже герой. А вы видео своей работы снимали?
Awesome to see Mrs Handyman getting stuck right in, she is a keeper!
Without a doubt, you are the most awesome handyman in the UK. You have exceptional skills. You know all the trades.
I'm always so happy and proud for people when they work so hard and create something so beautiful at the end! It's inspiring, great work!
I’ve watched every video in this series (I’ve been a subscriber for years prior) but this is wonderful to see in all its glory. How you lived through those cold and wet winter days is simply amazing to me, true northern grit!
Love the fact you tidy up as you go along.
Watched these as you went through the trials and tribulations. You must both be so proud of what you achieved.
I loved watching that all over again in a Time-lapse I watched it from the first time round. I am an OG to your channel. Like I’ve said before behind every man is a good woman and you’re a lovely wife deserve a bloody medal all that work she did helping out 😊😊
And his wife probably took a lot of the video, too. They make a great team.
I’m watching this just before bedtime and I’m exhausted to see all you’ve done. Will sleep well. 🤣 Truly an amazing work!
You've got a lovely home now Andy. Mrs Mac gave you invaluable help when you needed it and she also has a great eye for decor. Please pass that on. 👍👍
I will - thank you so much!
Beautiful detail and skills. I'm proud for you and the lady and 2 tigers. Very well done
Excellent mate, been there, done that in a 1930s semi, taken years, back to shell, start again from new roof down, extension, doing garage now 👍🏻👍🏻 nearly finished, then just gardens to sort👍🏻
Even speeded up you can tell what a lovely neat worker you are. My husbands the same as am i. Beautiful work thanks for the upload!
WOW! FANTASTIC! My Father was a carpenter and I used to watch him build houses. Never was a fascinating as this was. You have skill!
Wow, fantastic job, you are a skilled man not a handyman, and i love that you keep cleaning up as you go along so you're not trying to make progress in a big mess. Final result looks amazing. I have just painted my 1990's pine bedroom furniture the same green as your kitchen cabinets and it looks great, i love that soft green its very calming. Well done to you both and the kitties too!
What a fabulous video! My favourite part was the renovating of the old door. So satisfying seeing the hardboard ripped off and the panels revealed. The doors in our old home were like that and I used to beg my dad to uncover them, but he wouldn't. I don't know what people were thinking in the 70s, doing stuff like that to beautiful panelled doors!
Barry Bucknell was there.
My dad ripped all the panels off ours. Beautiful doors underneath.
I second Peach below - handyman indeed, wish there were more of them like you. Wonderful job well done.
You just got to love when you see the pets enjoying the process of seeing the house also getting renovating. 😊
This was a truly heroic enterprise - and the result is absolutely gorgeous.
Bet your next door neighbours loved you and i've never seen a handyman do such a professional job you and your Mrs are an awesome team even saying that its an understatement 😁
I was here for the kitties! Gorgeous house!
Its good to look back and remember how it was, I still remember the 1st video of you going in to the house and I was thinking cant wait to see it finished. glad I had the privilege to watch the full process.
You are very skilled ...give yourself a pat on the back ,well done you FABULOUS !😊
Wonderful. I really enjoyed this transformation. What a super-man and wonder-woman!
Nice work. Good to see there are still craftsmen out there.
God Bless You Both. Love in action 🙏 My favorites: -Your Fur Babies…Tabby kittens with lovely markings. I have a long hair tabby 😻They need a rug to lay on in front of the fireplace. Purrrrfect -Both of you working together in such harmony… -Finding all the bird and hornets nests. -The green moss, yes, damp lived there. I watched the garden makeover, thrilled. May you always have a happy home sweet home. 🏡
Awesome. So much work, so much to worry about. What a hero 😊
Absolutely gorgeous, I wish i had half your skills and talent. My wife can only dream!!
Dude, I am totally impressed....beyond impressed....with what you guys have done!!!! You didn't so much as remodel as rebuild!!!! It is stunningly beautiful!
What a transformation. Absolutely love it. Lovely cats too
Wow, Wow, Wow! Skills, Determination & Hard Work shown here! Amazing Results... Well Done👏💎😻
What extreme talent you and your wife have. I love everything you have done. Even the colors.
I have never seen anything like it. What an amazing home you’ve built.
Wow, you took on an incredible project and knocked it out of the ball park. Lovely.
The work you did is amasing and heroic. I did once in my life a complete old house renovation and I WILL NEVER DO IT AGAIN! I admire a lot your hard work, your knowledge and the resuls (they are fantastic!). For the next 50 years the house is as good as new. You should have placed under the floor a plastic bag with today's newspapers - a treasure surprise for next renovators.
great idea, i would have kept the ones he found, framed them and used them as art ♥
So many questions! Enjoyed this renovation so much. The 2 project mangers,🐱🐱🐾❤️😄,didn’t seem to help much 😉☺️. I appreciate & respect your attention to detail. I know this is hard, tedious work. Beautiful results👍🏻
I agree! Those two project managers 🐱🐱 weren’t very helpful at all! In fact one was MIA (as far as work was concerned) until the end when the fire was lit! and to give the other one some credit he did ‘inspect the painting’ however I do believe that they only took the job on for the food and the treats.😂
Very impressive. You guys are really hard workers. Everything looks beautiful. 😊
Andy, you are a King of Handyman, it's amazing what you're done in this project! Big-big congratulations!
Thank you so much!
It’s nice to see somebody who is so passionate about his work that he even wipes off the excess cement from the walls under the doors on the outside ! My dad would have loved watching this - he was a stickler for doing a job ‘done right’. My father, who was a carpenter, bought our family home for £1,200 in 1950 in Droylsden (Lancashire at the time, but now part of Tameside, Greater Manchester) a year after he’d married our mother (they lived the first year with her parents in Burnage (it was posh once !) He’d actually watched this house get built in 1931, when he was 6 years old ! (My mother wanted a big family because she was an only child and my father stated he wouldn’t be able to afford that on his wage, so he followed his father’s-in-law into the Police in 1951) It was a 3 bed semi detached with garden front and rear, a long hallway leading to a tiny kitchen and a long landing with a separate toilet and bathroom which he knocked into one room. He added a hatch between the dining room and kitchen and also hand made little cupboards in the kitchen for herbs and spices, medicine and staples like rice and flour. He also built fitted bookcases either side of the window in the front lounge to exactly fit my mum’s ever-growing classic novels book collection. He built a brick porch on the front with a slated lean-to roof, and a brick wall all around the perimeter of the front of the house with big white iron gates and a coal bunker to the side. My parents brought up SEVEN children in this home and I was the last of them. For years, my mother boiled up Terry nappies in the tiny kitchen and cooked wonderful meals there. She had always hoped for a bigger kitchen and my father had plans from the ‘50’s/60’s to build an extension. There was land to the left of the house which had been a public right-of-way prior to the housing estate being built (when my parents moved in, there was a big family living in an old cottage without water and electricity in the land at the side of this way) that my father contested in court to own years later but lost to the new owner of the land where the cottage once stood (a timber merchants). After my father retired from the Police force in 1982, having done his 31 years of service, he found the time to dig the footings, build and kit out the new extension. I remember the officer coming from the council and stating that he’d never seen such neat trenches before, nor perfect curved edges to the mortar between the bricks - dad had used a length of dowelling to make sure these were all perfectly the same ! Dad passed away in 1992. I was the last to leave the family home in 2001 after my mum had passed away in 2000 - I sang ‘This House’ by Alison Moyet with tears in my eyes on the day I handed in the keys to the Estate Agent. PS - all the things that my dad had built in the house were still there when it was sold.
My husband and I used to restore, renovate and extend properties so I understand what it’s like. This was just amazing to watch, keep making more, it’s fantastic. Your skills are truly amazing. Well done, loved it. 💕
What an epic retrospective of all the effort both Mr. & Mrs. Mac have put into the renovation. Well done you two on all the hard work 👍
Hi, can I just say a big WOW!!!.... fantastic work and need to give credit to the one person that is so important in jobs like these ....the missus because we all know that it's the women that make a house a home 🌟🎊🥳🤩
Hiya 🌞, Congratulations!Considering that you call yourself a ""handyman",as my father was a civil engineer- I can say with respect that you rebuilt your dwelling from the foundations up,& with exacting care! Enjoy the fruits of your intense labour- best Regards, J.I.M.K Mrs. Brisbane, Australia. 🇦🇺 ❤ 😀 🪃
Wow, amazing but what a gorgeous gem of a house and space you have. Bless your patience and fortitude because I could not do that for 2 years, I'd be completely gray and my enthusiasm would wane inside of 6 months. I hope you enjoy your home for many years to come, you deserve it 💜💜
Wow! You are fantastic with your detail and focus. BRAVO! Well done! Am subscribing. It's a pleasure to watch someone do things RIGHT rather than cheap and half assed.
Having gone through something similar 5 years ago, you have done a truly amazing job, well done.
Superb work, you make it look so easy. The home looks extremely cosy too, nothing beats a wood fire with cats on the floor
Amazing! Your exactly like my Husband, you can do everything, a man of many talents. And what an absolute grafter your partner is ❤. We've done this twice now and boy is it a roller coaster but always worth it in the end!
This is insanely beautiful! Great job!
You are a genius it was so good to watch your journey I'm 87myears young nana who when my husband and I did all renovations but didn't have the tools that are around now take care be safe look forward to your next vlog 😊😊
Is there anything you can't do? And a perfectionist to boot. Hats off to you sir .
You should be really proud of your achievements. Well done, guys. Spacious, yet cosy, quality home.🎉
Brilliant transformation. You are a first class builder. So pleased you put in the log burner. Gorgouse ginger kittens.
What a lovely accomplishment. Your craftsmanship is brilliant. Congratulations.
Be incredibly proud of yourself. Fantastic work has been done. Wishing you full enjoyment of life in such a beautiful home!
You clever man, well done. What a transformation!
Man, I sincerely hope that you're happy with the results because that was a lot of hard work!
We love it!
That is one BEAUTIFUL WORK OF ART! BRAVO!
Thank you for showing and explaining why the different parts of the renovation were done, it makes it educational as well as interesting.
What a fantastic job you did on that house. Your detail and workmanship were second to none. Please keep your videos coming.
Having the right tools is EVERYTHING !!!! Beautiful ❤️
This is one of the best videos on KZhead and the exactness of the work and how tidy and clean the jobs were.! well done looks amazing.
When doing your yard digging I was looking for a Saxon Grave. Time Team style. Beautiful craftsmanship.
By the time I started to watch your channel, I was also planning to do a similar project. Our project is also almost done now-and watching your channel was massively helpful! I was also struggling with a contractor who kept postponing the work I have already paid for and becoming dodgy. Coincidentally, you posted a video about why/how you got rid of a builder like that and how better you feel even after losing some money. That encouraged me to take a decision right on time-otherwise, I would have been ripped off further and waiting still to get the groundwork finishes. I got rid of them at the end of November and employed a new builder on the 2nd of December. Things progressed really well. They started by completing the remaining groundwork that the previous builder failed to complete and they finished everything up to roofing (oversite, concrete flooring, concrete pads, steel beam structure with 3 columns and 2 beams, walls, 2 massive roofs, floor insulation+screed etc) before the end of January. Today the house became wind proof after the installation of doors, bifold door, skylight lantern and windows. I followed most of the things you have done, but I had to go for Wren Kitchen instead as DIY Kitchens do not offer monthly payment options. The previous contractor ended up billing me twice the price he initially quoted. I also understood that he couldn't do it all for the initially quoted price, so I paid him the money he asked for. But I realised that he took the advantage of it making my budget tight in the end.
I wish the podcast was still going, because the chat about this video would be great. Definitely blown up!
It’s a pleasure to see such tidy working. Too many people work mess over mess over mess etc. Good job done!!
I love the noise that is produced by the tools, etc, when it's sped up😊
Love the Colour of kitchen cabinets
Phenomenal! I couldn’t stop watching. You guys have serious skills!
Love ‘Before and Afters’, especially in time-lapse form. Enjoyed the garden make-over too. Thanks.
Lived in Gosforth area until 35 years ago - great area. What a wonderful job you have done.
Amazing work, but did you have to destroy the fireplace,
I enjoyed that summary , having watched all the detail ones. Thanks to both of you its been great viewing.
Thank you!
Fabulous job. You make a good team. Well done. A lovely home now. Best wishes from Australia.
Nice to see your partner sharing the fun, very rewarding for you both, great job!
i don't agree with everything you've done BUT! I have a lot of respect for you that you dared to remodel the house all by yourself. Keep up the good work!
Just found this channel. Wow. I wanted a guy like you 25 years ago. Lol. Now at my age I just buy a book or google it. Now I have another idea. Thank You.
You turned a sow’s ear into a silk purse! Congratulations on a job well done! What a cozy home! ❤️🌻❤️
I cant believed how thoroughly you did it without cutting corners. I loved this renovation
Вы настоящий профессионал! Я в восхищении!!! 👍👍👍
So incredibly happy for you to be blessed with this beautiful property. I could feel the love poured into this project. What an amazing job you’ve done. Congratulations.
Seeing the change from start to end really shows the outstanding amount of effort and the amazing end result. Particularly when largely still living in the property and doing most of it yourselves.
Absolutely phenomenal. The colours & tone you’ve used couldn’t be more British 🇬🇧… Give yourself a pat on the back 👍🏼
Great job! Beautiful home 😀👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 love your kitty cats too 😻
You are gifted my friend what a treat for me to have had a piece of your life- thank you Mr Humble ❤