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Jamie Durie's Future House - Season 1 Episode 2 -
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00:00crisis we've ever had. We need to build homes faster and more efficiently for all budgets
00:07and all Australians. And that's exactly what Future House is all about.
00:16Our mission is to build three houses for three families in just three months.
00:22For three different budgets using three different modern methods of construction.
00:30Now, we may not solve Australia's housing crisis, but we're going to give this a red-hot go.
00:38Previously, we met our three brave families who are joining us on this mission.
00:43The Fox family in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales are building two modular homes.
00:49Me and Helen are in the process of separating, so we want separate houses.
00:54But we still want her to be close to where our daughter is.
00:57The Quachini family from Canberra are building a precast concrete home.
01:03We have two beautiful children and a third one on the way.
01:06Unbelievable. At the same time, we're building a house.
01:10And us, the Juries, in the Northern Rivers of New South Wales, are building a 3D concrete printed home.
01:17I'm having heart palpitations just thinking about it.
01:24I didn't know it was coming today, no.
01:26Hey!
01:27You just knocked my sign!
01:29But as you can imagine, three houses in three months?
01:32The system is ridiculous.
01:34Well, it's never going to be easy.
01:36Well, there's no turning back now.
01:44Tonight, the Fox family get off to a flying star.
01:48These are your two houses.
01:50Wow.
01:50But it's not all smooth sailing.
01:54It's kind of emotional still.
01:55After months of red tape and frustration, it's Geronimo at Sean's house.
02:01And Builder Love goes to a whole new level.
02:04I love you.
02:05Oh, I love you too, buddy.
02:07And my first look at my dream 3D printed home...
02:11This looks incredible, mate.
02:13Look at the tree. Look at the tree.
02:14...blows my mind.
02:16Before it's back to the drawing board.
02:18No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
02:19There we go.
02:21Hey, hey, hey.
02:22Off he goes.
02:31Our farm in the Northern Rivers is our little piece of paradise.
02:36And right now, it's a demolition site.
02:40My mate Dazza is finishing off taking down the old caretaker's cottage.
02:55So we can build a new 3D printed concrete house in its place.
03:00I can't wait to get started.
03:03But first, we need to salvage everything that's worth saving.
03:07Yeah, save it. That's good.
03:11I need long pieces. Long.
03:13All the hardwood.
03:16And there's always some gold nuggets to be found amongst the rust.
03:21After the cottage came down, I thought,
03:23well, I'm going to salvage all of that beautiful hardwood
03:26because it was at least 70 years old
03:29and it's in perfect condition.
03:32And hopefully, we're going to find ways to reuse that in the new build.
03:39Okay, that's a beauty.
03:44Well, these are going to become the jams, the door jams,
03:48for all the new windows and doors.
03:51Nice.
03:51So that gets fixed up against the 3D printed wall
03:54and then inside here is where the new windows get fixed in
03:58and then your architraves go on the outside.
04:01Amazing.
04:02Yeah, we save all this.
04:03Beautiful wood.
04:04Great job.
04:07But these beautiful old beams aren't the only thing we're saving.
04:10All the concrete, timber and steel in this old shed
04:15will live to build another day.
04:19All flat.
04:21Beautiful.
04:25So now that we're here...
04:27Yeah.
04:28..we can orientate the house like that.
04:30Yeah.
04:30We'll get beautiful northern light straight into the front of the house.
04:33I think dreaming up your vision at the start
04:37is always the favourite process,
04:38talking about your hopes and dreams
04:40and how you see yourself living on the land
04:44and then coming up here every time to site.
04:47And we all seem to decompress a little bit and relax.
04:50But now, all of a sudden, it's a build site
04:53and the stress seems to have followed us to our tranquility.
05:03In Canberra, the Quachinis have chosen to build their family home
05:07with pre-cast concrete from ResiCast.
05:11Mate, I tell you what, what a cracker of a day.
05:14Yeah, how lucky I'll be, right?
05:15Oh, we should be at the beach, mate.
05:17Only we're in Canberra.
05:20After months of wading through red tape,
05:22today is a big step forward.
05:25It's knockdown day.
05:27Builder Mick and owner Sean can barely wait to begin,
05:30especially as Mick's made some pretty big promises.
05:34Going to lock the four Betty up for Sean and Sarah
05:37and the kids in ten days.
05:40Pretty exciting, isn't it?
05:41It's been coming for so long.
05:43I was at the point where I was ready to get the sledgehammer
05:45and just start doing it myself.
05:47Do you need a hug or are you OK?
05:49Ah, give us a hug.
05:50There you go, buddy.
05:52Aw, I feel better now.
05:54Are you doing OK?
05:55Oh, mate, I'm happy as Larry.
05:56We get to start.
05:57Yeah?
05:58Yeah.
05:59Here it goes.
06:01Oh!
06:05Well, I hope you don't change your mind.
06:09Oh!
06:09There goes the dining room.
06:11Oh!
06:12Here comes the brickwork.
06:19So the kids have been watching from home.
06:21We've had them on the video phone so they can see a lot of it.
06:25Oh!
06:27For all Sean's excitement, their family home still holds precious memories.
06:37I'm actually getting a little bit emotional at this point, you know, just watching it all go.
06:41So, Mick, this right here used to be a gazebo.
06:51So back in the day, they used to hold weddings right here.
06:54Weddings?
06:54Yeah, they used to have weddings.
06:55In the backyard.
06:56In the wedding arch.
06:57So, yeah.
06:57Sean.
06:58In the backyard.
06:59I love you.
06:59Oh, I love you too, buddy.
07:01It's really nice how well Sean and Mick seem to get along.
07:07It's just such a lovely working relationship.
07:10And I think we'll end up with a better house because of that.
07:14Look at the mess.
07:15You could have cleaned up for our wedding.
07:16Look at the mess.
07:17Hey?
07:17That's not a very good start to our relationship.
07:21You know, maybe if we get a divorce, you can have the house now.
07:24I'll get the house in the divorce.
07:27That's it.
07:28I'm done.
07:28I'm going.
07:29You're right.
07:38In the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, after 40 years together, Michael and Helen Fox are
07:44building two houses on the same block of land.
07:48Me and Helen, we're in the process of separating, so we want separate houses.
07:53They've chosen to live side by side so they can both continue to give care to daughter
07:59Caitlin.
08:01There you go.
08:02Come on, darling.
08:03Good girl.
08:04Come on.
08:05There's a lot of work behind the scenes, you know, that goes into caring for someone with
08:10special needs, especially high support needs.
08:12We just went to bed and I said, look, I really don't want you having to move far away.
08:16It's not fair.
08:17So now we're building one each on the same block.
08:20We'll have all of our own kitchen, lounge room, dining, bathroom and laundry, and we'll
08:26actually have a room each for Caitlin.
08:29They're small rooms, but we have all that we need.
08:33That's all that we need.
08:34Yeah.
08:35So here is where Mummy's house is.
08:39This is a bit strange, isn't it?
08:41Yeah.
08:41Because Mummy's got a house and Daddy's got a house, but this is Mummy's house and Caitlin's
08:46house.
08:47And Caitlin's room is going to be over there.
08:49Over there, yeah.
08:50Nothing's really changed.
08:52The only difference is that we're going to live, or I'm going to live my life more independently.
08:56I've been with him for, like, since I was 21.
09:01You know, it's lots and lots of years, and I haven't experienced any other life doing
09:06anything else, really.
09:08So, yeah.
09:10It might sound strange to a lot of people.
09:14Yeah.
09:16It's still emotional.
09:17But at the same time, yeah, it'd be good.
09:24Yeah, good luck for you.
09:26Can you come and have a look?
09:29Yeah, I think I'm coping pretty well with it now.
09:32It's, uh, initially it was difficult.
09:37You think your life's all set, and then everything changes.
09:42Yeah, it makes you feel quite down for quite a while.
09:48It takes a while to get over the shock of that and adapt to it.
09:53It sounds quite selfish, you know, in one way, that you want to do your own thing, but
09:57at the same time, it's healthy, because you are.
10:03Yeah.
10:05Yeah.
10:07Sorry.
10:09It's kind of emotional still.
10:12Yeah.
10:20Coming up, can Nick realise my vision?
10:23It's a staircase.
10:25It's like Morse code.
10:26It's like an atom bomb.
10:27Look, I love him.
10:28I understand him.
10:29And I think we'll get somewhere.
10:31And still to come...
10:34It's really a matter of choosing what sort of colourings we're thinking for both the homes.
10:39As we're splitting it up, it's one of the advantages.
10:41We can choose whatever we want and blow what the other wants.
10:44The more things change...
10:45OK.
10:46..it seems the more they stay the same.
10:48Are you going to say the same thing?
10:49We're going to put the same flooring in.
10:51And, of course, you copied me.
10:53Well, yeah, there you go.
10:54On our farm in the northern rivers of New South Wales, it's a big day.
11:06After months of back and forth, Nick from Contour 3D is here to show me what I hope will be the final designs for our new 3D printed concrete house.
11:16Good to see you.
11:17Good to be here.
11:17Welcome to the homestead.
11:19Should have brought my jacket a sweet chili.
11:20Yeah, it is, mate.
11:21It is.
11:23When we first met Nick, he inspired us with the capabilities of 3D concrete printing.
11:29And I want to use those capabilities to bring nature into our build.
11:34I love the idea of having these beautiful concrete trees mixed in with a real tree that might sit in the centre of the house.
11:44Would that work?
11:45It would.
11:45No, no, genuinely.
11:47You know, the printer doesn't care.
11:49It'll do whatever you put in there within reason.
11:51Nick claims that with 3D printing, almost anything is possible.
11:56And in our initial design session, I gave him a clear plan of exactly what I'm after.
12:02That's a staircase.
12:03I'll have to work that one out later.
12:06It's like Morse code.
12:09And this looks like an atom bomb.
12:14But between all these, I love him.
12:16I understand him.
12:17And I think we'll get somewhere.
12:21I realise I'm asking for a lot here, but it's not unlike me to push the boundaries.
12:26Yeah, there you go.
12:27So here's the model, which I'm hoping we can still bring some of these beautiful, you know, tree-like columns back into the house.
12:35The challenge is, has Nick realised my vision?
12:39Well, this is the tree that started the whole conversation.
12:46Look at these buttress roots coming out.
12:49I love the way the roots come down and it feels like it's just completely bedded into the landscape.
12:55It's planted.
12:56It's planted.
12:57Yeah.
12:57And this is what we try to mimic, you know, in the 3D.
13:01Absolutely.
13:02Yeah, yeah, yeah.
13:03I mean, I just love the shape, the contours.
13:06You'll look out from the window.
13:09Yep.
13:09Through these concrete columns, with a tree that's shaped exactly as it should.
13:15It's amazing.
13:16Yeah.
13:17Biomimicry.
13:18Biomimicry, yeah.
13:19It's where we mimic nature.
13:22And the idea of having the roof rest on a forest of concrete trees, I love.
13:31Shall we?
13:32Shall we see it?
13:33Come on.
13:33Is this the final draft?
13:34It's the final.
13:35Okay, great.
13:36Spin it around.
13:36Alrighty.
13:38Okay.
13:38So this is the actual layout that I think we've all settled on.
13:42As you walk through the front door here.
13:44Yep.
13:44And look, it'll be stunning.
13:46Oh, it's beautiful.
13:48And with a combination of the windows and the 3D printed columns, you know, there's no post finishing of the walls.
13:53Yep, yep.
13:54You know, it's all organic.
13:55It's magic.
13:56Columns look stunning.
13:58Yeah.
13:59You know, part of nature.
14:00Yeah, they do.
14:00But we'll get them in in less than a day.
14:02Really?
14:03It moves rapidly.
14:04We'll be printing it 200 millimeters a second.
14:06No.
14:07It just rises out of the ground.
14:09So...
14:09Quicker than watering a tree.
14:12If we get this right...
14:14Yep.
14:14...this could be an absolute game changer.
14:17This might be the way that people build their new houses.
14:21Before this, you know, and all credit to you, I'd never thought of columnising a house, I suppose.
14:25Well, I hadn't either.
14:27But I was sitting out here and I looked at the tree and I'm like, we should just print a tree.
14:32Yeah.
14:32And print many trees.
14:35And then put the roof on top of it.
14:37I'm excited.
14:38Mate, me too.
14:40I mean, this is revolutionary.
14:42There's never been a 3D concrete printed prefab house.
14:44So you'll be, you'll be first.
14:47We will be first.
14:48Yes, we will be first.
14:50I don't know if I'm crazy, brave or stupid, but this 3D printed concrete house is either
14:56going to be something very special or a huge white elephant in a beautiful forest.
15:02If we're going to build houses for the future, we've got to make them more resilient for Australia's
15:11changing weather conditions.
15:13Hey, Meeks.
15:14Yeah?
15:15Come and check this out.
15:16This is amazing.
15:18There's a new online tool that helps identify weather risks for wherever you live.
15:23It even provides tips on how to make your home more resilient.
15:27So Suncorp Insurance have developed this website.
15:31We're just punching our address here.
15:33Yeah.
15:34And there you go.
15:35Whoa!
15:37How cool is that?
15:39It's me, your home.
15:40It's good to finally chat.
15:42Our house talks to us.
15:45Can you believe I'm over 100 years old?
15:47Oh.
15:48Yep.
15:48Which is why we need to have a serious chat about my resilience.
15:52They say a home like me is a high risk for bushfires.
15:56This website works for everyone's area.
15:58So everyone just punches in their own address, whether you're in Canberra or the Blue Mountains
16:03or here in Bangalore.
16:04But that's incredible.
16:06I mean, that's a fantastic tool for people that are moving into a property.
16:09Climate change is something that's really relevant to everybody.
16:12You can see your own house.
16:13You can see what risks are relevant to you.
16:15See what you can do about them.
16:18Anyway, thanks for the chat.
16:19I really appreciate you taking the time to listen.
16:22And they've even used a fairly elderly voice.
16:26No, because she's 100 years old.
16:27Well, this is an old house, right?
16:29While I'm still mucking around with concrete tree designs for our 3D printed house, in the
16:39Blue Mountains, the Foxes' two modular homes are well on their way.
16:43These are your two houses.
16:49Wow.
16:50Oh.
16:52This all started last Friday.
16:54Incredible.
16:54Both houses, friends and cousins are up.
16:56And, you know, we are well ahead of time.
16:59Tomorrow, we'll, what we call, rough-ins.
17:01So the electrical, plumbing and the aircon.
17:04Wow.
17:04I think, you know, we'll achieve lock-up in the next two weeks.
17:07Well ahead of time as well.
17:08Wow.
17:08They're going very well.
17:09That's good.
17:10We better start packing.
17:11Yeah.
17:13They've chosen the Snowgum 60 design.
17:16Two bedrooms with built-in robes, separate bathroom and laundry, open-plan lounge and kitchen
17:22with an island bench.
17:23There's a lot packed into this 60 square metres.
17:26Oh, it's fantastic.
17:28It's, yeah, really good.
17:30Very happy with everything.
17:31Yeah.
17:32It's brilliant to come and see what stage they're at.
17:35They're moving along really fast.
17:36It's incredible, the amount of work these guys have put together in length in a week.
17:40The modular building process is not unlike building a lightweight house.
17:46The only difference is it takes place indoors.
17:49Last week, it was just raining cats and dogs, okay, but then our factory was just busy as,
17:56you know, we were still continuing to build and, you know, we didn't have any issues.
17:59We didn't have to stop because of the inclement weather, okay?
18:03That's one of the biggest advantages that we take with the modular.
18:06With Michael and Helen's house construction forging ahead, they're keen to decide on their flooring.
18:14And Carpet Court has made an on-site visit with their mobile showroom to help them choose.
18:20So this particular range here is the Parky Collection.
18:23A feature that I think is really important with this product, it's got the wood shield top coating on it.
18:30So you're going to find it's going to be really hard and sturdy for you.
18:34With their daughter Caitlin in mind, the Parky floor is the perfect option as it's resilient and easy to maintain.
18:41The other thing that I love about this product is it's sustainable.
18:46So it actually uses 25% less wood than other standard timber floors.
18:53So it's really a matter of choosing what sort of colorings we're thinking for both the homes.
19:01Yeah, I like probably a lighter color because I'm going to have dark walls.
19:06Okay.
19:06But also a natural looking timber.
19:09It was an opportunity to choose different ones so we could be, you know, as we're splitting it up, it's one of the advantages.
19:17We can choose whatever we want, blow up the other ones and we'll do our own thing, you know.
19:23Okay.
19:23Yeah.
19:25I was thinking originally going for something a bit darker, but I've actually come back to the natural oak.
19:31Are you going to say the same thing?
19:33We're going to put the same flooring in, I love it.
19:37Look, let's get this clear.
19:38I picked first all along.
19:41I went to this particular one, the natural oak.
19:44Okay.
19:44I liked its warmth and lighter tone.
19:47And then, of course, you copied me.
19:49Well, yeah, there you go.
19:51What more can I say?
19:52In Canberra, the Quichinis have knocked down their house.
20:08But now, Builder Mick and owner Sean have hit a major red tape hurdle.
20:14Do you know much about the solar encroachment?
20:16As much as any layman's person can.
20:21My understanding is it's about preventing my house blocking the solar effect on the neighbour's house.
20:27That's right.
20:28So you don't want to block the neighbour's house.
20:28Yeah, which kind of makes sense.
20:29Yeah.
20:30I'm designing this house to maximise the solar effect.
20:33We want to let everybody else do the same thing.
20:35In Sean's case, the solar encroachment rules require his house to be built two metres from the neighbour's fence to a wall height of just 1.8 metres.
20:44So this has to go down another 900 to reach the finished floor level.
20:51I mean, look, I'm about two metres tall.
20:54Oh, yeah.
20:55Two metres out.
20:57There's a shadow there.
20:58It doesn't even hit the neighbour's yard.
21:00And we're in the middle of...
21:00It doesn't even make it up my fence.
21:02My fence is doing more damage to their solar envelope than the house will.
21:06Well, true, isn't it?
21:07This really is red tape gone mad.
21:11So really, half a metre down will be your finished floor.
21:13You're going to be down in a hole, mate.
21:16And what you're saying is I could probably bring the house up and change that, but I'd have to go through a DA.
21:22You'd have to go through a DA.
21:24Sean now faces some difficult choices.
21:28Endure the long delay of applying for a DA or lower the level of his house and cop the extra cost of excavating hundreds of tonnes of additional soil.
21:38Oh, I'm just going to spend the money and not wait.
21:45Well, it's cheaper for you to spend the money than wait.
21:47It's cheaper.
21:47It's three times as much in rent.
21:49Correct.
21:49Yeah.
21:50Yeah.
21:53It's not even day one.
21:54And we're already...
21:55And we're already 20 grand in the hole, which is not even a hole yet.
22:00Rex and Hitek aren't the only modular home builder going from strength to strength.
22:13I'm heading to Queensland to see how another modular construction business, Ollie Homes, is growing to meet demand.
22:20CEO Dale Funston explains how far they've come since he joined 15 years ago.
22:28So back then, how long did it take to build one of these?
22:32A small one of these, about eight months.
22:34Eight months?
22:35Eight months.
22:35And what are you building them at now?
22:38Probably the four-piece one, eight weeks.
22:41Unbelievable.
22:41Yeah.
22:45Combank has led the way when it comes to modular housing loans and business lending.
22:49We know that housing supply is a real challenge.
22:53Yeah.
22:53And prefabricated housing is one way which we really think can help mobilise supply.
22:59Let's go and have a look at the finished product.
23:00Yeah, that's great.
23:00Beautiful.
23:06Why did Combank get behind prefab?
23:09Yeah, I mean, first thing is we wanted to do something about Australia's housing crisis.
23:13And then what we also have discovered is that manufacturing is alive and well in Australia in this segment.
23:19Combank's funding is enabling Olly Homes to expand their operations.
23:29You're now helping him build a second facility, is that right?
23:32We are.
23:32That's going to be 550 home a year capacity.
23:36So that's going to more than double the capacity that they have here today.
23:41So we feel very privileged to be a part of that.
23:50Having seen the designs for my 3D concrete printed house, I'm visiting the factory where
23:55all the magic happens.
23:57And I'm told they've got a little surprise for me.
24:01Oh, so we're going to do a VR?
24:02Yeah, exactly.
24:03You can see your home.
24:04Oh, great.
24:05Okay.
24:05This is amazing.
24:06Can I help you?
24:07Okay.
24:11Oh, that's beautiful.
24:13So you can walk around the house?
24:16Oh, wow.
24:17Okay.
24:17Look at the front entrance.
24:20Oh, my.
24:22This looks beautiful.
24:24Oh, wow.
24:27This looks incredible, mate.
24:30Look at the tree.
24:32Look at the tree.
24:32We have the real tree into the tree.
24:35This is the exact tree on the farm.
24:39Exactly.
24:39The designs Nick showed me on the farm truly have come to life.
24:44When you actually put those 3D goggles on and you start walking through the rooms, it feels
24:49absolutely surreal.
24:51I mean, I started feeling seasick.
24:53Whoa.
24:54Sorry, give me a sec.
24:55Is this your...
24:56It's so incredible.
24:59I've actually never put one of those on.
25:01Oh, yeah.
25:01No.
25:02It's like you're going to fall over.
25:03It's in here.
25:04I mean, like, I've got the sweats with excitement.
25:07That was amazing, mate.
25:09Really amazing.
25:11It's good.
25:12Fantastic.
25:13The virtual version of our 3D concrete-printed future home blows my mind, and it's just a taster.
25:21Downstairs, they're going to test run the first 3D concrete-printed tree column for our new
25:313D-printed house.
25:32This is good.
25:33This is good.
25:34Yeah.
25:35No, we're on it.
25:35How are we going?
25:36We're printing.
25:36Good.
25:37This is great.
25:38This is not the final material we're going to be using, so this is a slow-setting material.
25:42Okay.
25:43But we get the general shape.
25:44Well, yeah.
25:45Look, the shape looks beautiful.
25:46So I can already see the tree starting to fall.
25:49Yep.
25:50Imagine this all the way through.
25:51Yeah, yeah, yeah.
25:52And it'll come through.
25:53It's like an hourglass, and it'll come nice and straight, and then belly out at the top.
25:58I've always wanted to build a house that mimics nature, right?
26:02Sure.
26:03And this is the first pillar of our new home.
26:07It is.
26:07It's going to look stunning.
26:08So this really is the very first 3D-printed, prefabricated house in Australia, if not the
26:17world, as far as I know, because it's prefab.
26:21Everything's built in the factory and then brought out to site.
26:25Nothing like being the first.
26:27You could call us guinea pigs.
26:30We're always guinea pigs.
26:32Nick and his team at 3D Contour spend months pouring over concrete chemistry to get a
26:38mix exactly right.
26:40It's a high performance mortar.
26:42Almost 50% recycled.
26:43We've got a lot of herbs and spices in there.
26:45It drives to 60 MPa almost.
26:48Wow.
26:48So it's really, it's really tough.
26:49That's strong.
26:50Yeah.
26:51Mate, I'm very excited.
26:52Are you?
26:53Yeah.
26:54Yeah, I'm a little bit.
26:55Wait till we finish the test.
26:58We're making history here.
26:59Huh?
26:59I wouldn't expect anything left from you, Jamie.
27:02Mate, it's teamwork.
27:03I've got to say, you guys are so good to work with.
27:06It's really been fun.
27:08So we're getting a few expansion cracks.
27:12Oh, no.
27:18No.
27:20No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
27:22No.
27:22No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
27:38So we're getting a few expansion cracks.
27:40Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no.
27:42No.
27:44No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
27:46No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
27:51No, no, no, no.
27:52This is the first test print for my 3D concrete printed home.
27:56Let's just say it hasn't all gone according to plan.
28:00so the moment i saw all of that 3d material fall into a pile of cow manure i just felt like
28:10this is never going to work because you know we couldn't even get up 500 millimeters
28:17and we need to get 3.1 meters high
28:20why did that happen so the layers below weren't cured enough here so
28:28this was always going to fail i thought i'd get to a meter but i was right 500 millimeters short
28:35well i guess that's why we do tests right for sure it gives us a lot of data it's like uh it's like
28:41elon musk blowing up rockets he'll blow five up and the next one's next one's good so yeah so and
28:47we're happy to fail you know as long as we learn oh mate that was yeah it happens so quickly right
28:53it does so i think we learn we live and learn and we'll uh we'll know what to do for next time so
29:00let's get back into it tomorrow more accelerant yeah we're gonna use a different mix i'll be honest
29:07seeing the column collapse was like watching my dream crumble right before my eyes
29:13nick's still confident but i'm starting to feel just a tad worried
29:18up in the blue mountains helen is looking on the bright side as she explores her new neighborhood
29:34yeah this is our street
29:36yeah you can hear the highway yeah you can hear the railway but
29:41it's quite pretty ah here we go this is actually a high-tech home here
29:47and uh his is actually a bit bigger than ours
29:51he's even got a slow combustion that's fantastic
29:55the foxes have chosen the high-tech snow gum design
29:59which is just 60 square meters and costs only 76k each to lock up
30:06when you add internals and fit out plus delivery and assembly the costs can vary a lot
30:12in the case of the foxes the total cost for each house is just over 200k
30:17incredibly high-tech promises both houses will be delivered on site and installed in 12 weeks
30:26they've got first stage got the walls up it's starting to look good isn't it
30:32yeah and um yeah i'm really hopeful for what's going to happen next
30:35yeah so far so good it looks good
30:37with both houses only being 60 square meters each
30:41michael and helen know there'll be some challenges
30:45i think it'll be pretty small but it'll be manageable
30:48don't you think
30:49i hope so
30:51well worst comes to worst we could join them together and you know
30:56i'm sure it'll be okay yeah
30:59but you'd have to move out
31:01move out walls
31:01sorry
31:03in any house renovation or build choosing the styling is definitely the fun bit
31:14well we're here at oddy australia they are all things bathroom
31:17laundry we're looking for bathtubs tapware sinks
31:23someone's already made her mind up let's go
31:26come around this way i'll show you an amazing farmhouse look bathtub
31:37this is the bondyke
31:39that's nice
31:40this is the little mini
31:41it's cute i like it a lot it looks like the old the old tubs i love it
31:47really exciting collection the bondi collection so this is all about curves
31:51and what's perfect about these ranges as you can see it's the plywood detailing
31:57yeah so this is water resistant
31:58but traditionally a lot of this joinery has been mdf right
32:02always been mdf so
32:03so why do you do it out of plywood
32:04because it's more sustainable
32:06so it's longer lasting
32:07you'll love it forever until you're sick of it
32:10you know
32:10and no formaldehyde
32:11no formaldehydes
32:13less volatile compounds
32:14yep
32:15tick tick
32:17what does that button do
32:18magic
32:20oh
32:22so this is face lighting perfect for makeup
32:27it's like a tick tock light
32:29like we could start our own tick tock
32:31there you go
32:32maybe you
32:33i can teach you how to dance or maybe you can teach me how to dance
32:36we could revive the manpower days
32:39oh yeah great
32:40let's move on
32:42now being a gardener my first instinct is to start any build with the garden
32:51regardless of the fact that our 3d test print failed i'm still chasing my da and money's getting tighter by the day
33:01hey fat
33:02in a couple of years time
33:04we won't have to buy any fruit
33:06oh definitely
33:07definitely
33:08our grand plan is to replace the cows with trees
33:12which is why i've been making plenty of visits to tony
33:16our local fruit tree guru
33:18how are you jamie how you going mate
33:20how are you tony
33:20how are you pretty good
33:21nice to see you mate
33:22now what have i got and what haven't i got
33:25i don't think i got any avocados did i
33:28no you didn't
33:28yeah
33:29so i'll definitely get a couple of avocados
33:31yep
33:31we've got shepherd which is your first one in which is march
33:35yeah yeah yeah
33:36you've got april here
33:36yeah
33:37you've got august here
33:38you've got wurtz here which is december
33:40amazing
33:41well that takes care of my avocado for the year
33:43that's good to sort
33:44all right what else we got
33:46spent about three and a half thousand on fruit trees
33:49he bargained hard too
33:51i wouldn't mind some more of those dark oranges
33:54we've got some peaches nectrons
33:56we've got a blood plum
33:58blood plum
33:59may june here
34:01great
34:02yes
34:02i'll take all four
34:03yeah
34:03um
34:04i've got some lychees
34:07i've got avocados
34:08and we've got a whole tray of blueberry
34:11yep
34:11wow
34:12anything else you want
34:14i don't think there's anything left
34:15okay
34:16that's it
34:17i'm gonna
34:20i'm gonna rename you the fruit yoda
34:22is that all right
34:23that's all right
34:24go for it
34:25plus you're the only bloke i know that's actually shorter than me
34:29yeah thanks
34:29so this is going well
34:30so part of my negotiation tactic
34:35was that i would gift him
34:38some of our prize roosters
34:40this is where i get the big discount
34:42we love our roosters
34:45would we call them a gift
34:46they're the gift that keeps giving
34:49at 3am
34:50every day
34:51yeah
34:52they're in the prime of their life
34:54this has got to get me at least 100 bucks off
34:56holy moly
35:01i didn't think it was that
35:02he'll come back
35:04he'll come back
35:05off he goes
35:07have you ever tried to catch a rooster
35:09it's not easy
35:11we'll get him
35:14coming up
35:20the animals have gotten in
35:22and eaten all the trees
35:24it's the attack of the herbivores
35:26i want to get rid of all the cows
35:28and replace them with trees
35:31and later
35:36unless we get this resolved in the next 24 hours
35:39i'm gonna have to go talk to the real estate
35:40and find out how much i can get
35:41for selling this block as it is
35:43bureaucratic bungles
35:44leave sean's dream home
35:46hanging by a thread
35:48we can't move forward
35:49on the farm
35:57it's been two weeks
35:58since i bought a forest
36:00worth of fruit trees
36:01from the nursery
36:01and i've just heard
36:03from my farm hand
36:04fab
36:05there's been a little hiccup
36:07so mate
36:09what happened
36:13so
36:14the animals have gotten in
36:16and eaten all the trees
36:18they look
36:19a quarter of the size
36:21that they were
36:21oh yeah
36:22did someone leave the gate open
36:25well yeah
36:26the bottom gate got left open
36:28and there's also another gate
36:30down the other end
36:31that uh
36:32they've knocked over
36:33the cows i think
36:35right
36:35this is like three and a half
36:40grand's worth of fruit trees
36:41i thought this would be great
36:45in a couple of years time
36:46we'll start bearing fruit
36:47and off we go
36:48we've probably lost a year of growth
36:51if not more
36:52well that's
36:54because they're all
36:54this high
36:56i know mate
36:57i know
36:57full of leaves
36:58do you know
36:59don't tell me
37:00farming 101
37:02close the gates
37:04farm life
37:06it's tough on the farm
37:07i'm gonna put
37:09barbed wire
37:10and an electric wire
37:11i mean it obviously works
37:13on every other farm
37:14in australia so
37:15yeah
37:16i've never put up
37:17an electric fence
37:18before i wouldn't know
37:19i want to get rid of
37:22all the cows
37:23and replace them
37:24with trees
37:25i start absorbing carbon
37:28producing renewable energy
37:29and producing food
37:31yeah
37:31yeah
37:32i'm glad you're on this train
37:34with me mate
37:34okay
37:36i feel like i might need to go out
37:38and purchase a few more
37:39trees
37:40yeah
37:41more trees aren't the only thing
37:47on the shopping list
37:47for our new future home
37:49we're also looking for the most
37:51energy efficient
37:52kitchen and laundry appliances
37:54so we try to make sure
37:58that we work with
37:59brands and suppliers
38:00that have a whole range
38:02of options
38:02asco in particular
38:03are probably one of our
38:05most sustainable brands
38:06so in terms of
38:07the electricity
38:08and water efficiency
38:10but also in terms of
38:11how recyclable
38:12their products are
38:13at the end of their lives
38:14so they're thinking about
38:15the circular economy
38:16100%
38:16how we use it
38:17and then also what happens
38:18once we're done with it
38:19amazing
38:20whoa
38:25these look cool
38:27what do these do
38:27these ones
38:28you've got your washing machine
38:29and your dryer
38:30it has a 10 star energy rating
38:32so it doesn't get much better than that
38:34that's amazing
38:36yeah you can't beat that
38:36because the dryers are one of the biggest energy users
38:38in the household
38:39right
38:40100%
38:40okay
38:41we've got kitchen cupboard
38:42yep
38:42we've got laundry cupboard
38:44jazz you've nailed this
38:46the foxes are also making decisions
38:52about their kitchens
38:54so Neolith is a sintered stone product
38:59it mimics a really similar process
39:01that natural stone
39:03so your marbles go through
39:04and then the heat
39:05is actually what gives it
39:06the pattern that you see
39:08on the product
39:09so it's not printed
39:10it's baked
39:11because of the way that we manufacture
39:16it's completely non-porous
39:19meaning that it's really resistant to staining
39:21and it's ultra-hygienic
39:23so you only need to use
39:24a little bit of soap
39:25some warm water
39:26and it's completely clean
39:28fantastic
39:28yeah
39:29love it
39:29already
39:30Neolith's sintered stone
39:34is 100% carbon neutral
39:36and greatly reduced silica
39:38and then we have
39:40my favourite of the collection
39:42which is called Taj Mahal
39:43so this has got
39:44a really creamy
39:45neutral
39:46it's quite a soft vein
39:48yeah
39:49I like that
39:50but I think I might regret it
39:52does look like
39:53you like the
39:54kind of dramatics
39:55I don't know what it is
39:56yeah
39:56I'm checking out this one
39:58yeah
39:59I don't know why
40:01she could tell actually
40:02which one I was going to choose
40:03and it was called
40:06Taj Mahal
40:06Taj Mahal
40:07I think I'd probably have to go
40:10the same way
40:10you choose the same
40:12we have different tasting points
40:14he's led the right way
40:15well
40:16chosen the same again
40:18it seems the more things change
40:20the more they really do stay the same
40:22next up on the shopping list
40:26for our future home
40:27is fans
40:28and when it comes to fans
40:30there's no bigger brand than this
40:32I think the key things
40:37with fans is
40:37they're moving air
40:38throughout that whole house
40:3924 hours a day
40:41and it'll probably cost you
40:42anywhere between
40:438 and 12 dollars a year
40:44oh wow
40:45that's it
40:46yeah
40:46well they hardly draw
40:47any electricity
40:48this beautifully designed
40:51bamboo model
40:52is called a
40:52Haiku Lux
40:53the blades themselves
40:55have been designed
40:56to mimic
40:56an aircraft wing
40:57a 2.1 metre
40:59diameter fan
41:00just bear in mind
41:01you need a really big room
41:02and some pretty high ceilings
41:04to get that one in
41:04yep
41:05so Jamie
41:06this one here
41:07is basically
41:088 layers of
41:09most so bamboo
41:10layered on top of
41:11one another
41:12to produce this finish
41:13and
41:14from a sustainability
41:15perspective
41:16it's certainly best in class
41:18yep
41:18I can see this in the main
41:20living area
41:21now we've also got
41:23a bearing of that
41:24particular model
41:25that we've just brought
41:25to Australia
41:26it's called
41:26the coastal haiku
41:27we make these fans
41:29as durable as possible
41:31in outdoor environments
41:32and the coastal model
41:33for your outdoor areas
41:35would be the go
41:36sign me up for that one
41:38coming up
41:41I'm done
41:44I'm done
41:44Sean pulls the plug
41:47and
41:50listen
41:51if we didn't innovate
41:52we wouldn't have
41:53light globes
41:54would we
41:54Edison
41:56you're calling yourself
41:57no
41:58in Canberra
42:07Sean Quaccini
42:08has yet another
42:09red tape bungle
42:10to unravel
42:11why are we stuck
42:16once again
42:17on trees
42:18a number of a tree
42:18on the number
42:19of a tree
42:20on a report
42:21it's approved
42:24and the problem is
42:25that the certifier
42:26won't go
42:27I agree
42:28because of a number
42:30on a tree
42:31one number
42:31because that one number
42:32is not the same
42:34as that number
42:34an admin issue
42:37has resulted
42:37in the trees
42:38on Sean's plans
42:40being numbered
42:41differently
42:41in two different
42:43reports
42:43in the automated
42:45system
42:45that you have
42:46to fill it out
42:46on the thing
42:47you have to mark
42:48which trees
42:48they need to assess
42:49and then that
42:50creates the number
42:51of the tree
42:51it doesn't
42:52take it off
42:53the plan
42:54that you submit
42:54it just creates
42:56whatever order
42:56you put them
42:57on them
42:57you drew them
42:58on their map
42:59yeah
43:00that's all it is
43:01not hard
43:03there's no
43:03legal
43:04reason
43:06to do this
43:07to stop this
43:08from happening
43:09Sean's been
43:13trying
43:14unsuccessfully
43:15to navigate
43:16the ACT's
43:17fast track
43:17building approval
43:18process
43:19for 12 weeks
43:20longer than
43:21the 10 weeks
43:22it takes
43:23to build
43:23a ResiCast
43:24house
43:25he's now
43:27run out of
43:28time
43:28money
43:29and patience
43:31so right now
43:34unless we get
43:35this resolved
43:35in the next
43:3524 hours
43:36I'm going to
43:37have to go
43:37talk to the
43:37real estate
43:38and find out
43:38how much
43:38I can get
43:39for selling
43:39this block
43:40as it is
43:40because we
43:41can't move
43:42forward
43:43this has been
43:44months of
43:45stupidity
43:46I'm done
43:59I'm done
44:00I'm done
44:00back on the
44:11farm
44:11those pesky cows
44:13may think
44:14they've got
44:14the better
44:14of me
44:15but they
44:16can't stop
44:16me enjoying
44:17a big juicy
44:18steak
44:18with my
44:19mates
44:19it's also
44:22a great time
44:22for my
44:23beautiful
44:23singer-songwriter
44:24Amika
44:24and her
44:25band
44:25partner
44:26Matt
44:26Boylan
44:26Smith
44:27to set
44:28the
44:28move
44:28of course
44:43Jamie would
44:45plant fruit trees
44:46and have a great
44:47vision
44:47and then the cows
44:48would escape the paddock
44:49and eat the fruit trees
44:51that's just what happens
44:52to us
44:53is it annoying
44:54yes
44:55is it frustrating
44:55sure
44:56I think you just got to laugh
44:58and keep going
44:59otherwise I would be
45:00quite literally mad
45:01the 3D printing test
45:03fail on the other hand
45:05is no little thing
45:06I'm actually
45:12really really excited
45:14to live in the 3D
45:15printed home
45:16I'm just
45:17really
45:18at the moment
45:19apprehensive
45:20that it's going to work
45:21because it's experimental
45:23I
45:25I'm nervous
45:27I'm really nervous
45:28there's no plan B
45:32there really is
45:32no plan B
45:33no we're kind of
45:34we're in too deep now
45:35we've committed
45:36but I guess
45:38we've got to put
45:39faith in
45:39the team around us
45:40and
45:41hope that it all works
45:43because
45:43listen
45:45if we didn't innovate
45:46we wouldn't have
45:47light globes
45:48would we
45:48Edison
45:50you're calling yourself
45:51no
45:52you're comparing yourself
45:56to Edison
45:56no
45:56I'm just saying
45:58we've got to try
45:59new things
46:00next time
46:16on Future House
46:17Sean finally
46:18gets some good news
46:20it's all been in theory
46:21until this point
46:22and now it's here
46:23it's real
46:24it's great
46:24I think just like
46:25it's a dream come true
46:26it sounds so corny
46:28but
46:29it is
46:30it's just a dream
46:32yep
46:32I've got it
46:33there we go
46:34we built a house
46:35in the time you went
46:35and bought five chickens mate
46:37well nine chickens
46:39thank you very much
46:40but
46:40at our farm
46:41on the northern rivers
46:42oh
46:42this way
46:43yeah
46:44this way
46:44it's a disaster
46:45so
46:48so
46:51you
46:53and
46:53you
46:54You
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