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00:01G'day battlers, we see you out there doing everything you can for your family and friends
00:07and we see where you've been living.
00:10That kitchen's had nothing done to it since World War II.
00:14We know times are tough, for too many hard working Aussies, it means putting your dream
00:19home on hold.
00:20I had plans for it but it just never happened.
00:23And that's where we come in.
00:27We are back.
00:28Hey Norm, over.
00:30Any drive-thru is an inverter, over.
00:32Bigger than ever.
00:33More battlers.
00:36More renovations.
00:38And more money.
00:40There's no more money, Norm.
00:43We are rolling up our sleeves to prove that big transformations don't need big bucks.
00:48I got her on Facebook Marketplace.
00:50She wanted $250, got her down $200.
00:53We've got just five days and $10,000.
00:58We're nice aren't just for the rich.
01:00To give deserving Aussies a home.
01:02Look, space.
01:04Oh.
01:08This is beautiful.
01:10That they can be proud of.
01:14Oh, no way.
01:16Better make me comfortable for the rest of my law.
01:19This is Budget Battlers.
01:20Oh no, we're crying already and we haven't even said anything.
01:26Tonight, the Budget Battler team tackle inside.
01:29Eight people living in this house with one shield.
01:32Outside.
01:33Hey buddy, what's happening?
01:35A shed.
01:36A caravan.
01:37Hi!
01:38David, how beautiful.
01:40In a makeover that makes a family smile again.
01:43Thank you so much.
01:45This is Budget Battlers.
02:01This is Dave and Jen.
02:04I've been married to this lovely lady for 38 years.
02:07She bought me a drink at the club.
02:11Yeah.
02:13I picked him up.
02:14Yeah, she picked me up and I was a local footballer and so it'd be.
02:18I never went home.
02:21That's about right.
02:22That's about right, yeah.
02:24And from that one drink at the local club, Galua and Milk, I believe,
02:29this is what they've created.
02:31This is the Trotter family.
02:34Dave and Jen, their two sons, Jake and Josh,
02:38their partners and their two grandkids with another on the way.
02:42Our kids have lived with us all our time.
02:45They've brought their partners in and now we've got our grandkids.
02:49They've got their own spaces and we've got our space,
02:51but having all your family together,
02:55to me, is number one.
02:59They all live together on a property on Jones Island,
03:02just out of Taree on the Manning River in New South Wales.
03:05When we bought this place, we fell in love with it, didn't we?
03:08Yeah.
03:08We bought this a bit over two years ago
03:11and because it's on the river, it was awesome.
03:13These guys are just crazy, bad fishermen.
03:16Every afternoon, Josh and Levi, who's the six-year-old grandson,
03:21he would take him down the back to the river and they'd fish
03:24and David would tag along as well, which was pretty cool.
03:26We have a son, my grandson.
03:28Yeah, it was pretty cool.
03:29Just live in the green, basically, yeah.
03:32In March this year, it started raining and it didn't stop.
03:37We had three days of constant rain.
03:41When there's rain on the coast and in the catchment areas,
03:43it's all got to come down, it can't go anywhere,
03:46so we just went up rather than out to sea.
03:50So, yeah, it was just basically a perfect storm.
03:53Not perfect for us.
03:54Not perfect for us, no.
03:55It was a tragedy for us, but as in flood-wise, yeah,
04:01it was a perfect storm.
04:03Taree, which is around three and a half hours north of Sydney,
04:06is right now experiencing its worst flooding event on record.
04:10The Manning River at Taree has now reached levels
04:13never seen before, Ali, since those records began back in 1929.
04:16This flood emergency, particularly in that region,
04:19is now proving to be even worse than those record-breaking floods
04:23that we saw back in 2021.
04:25The floods are the most surreal things you've ever dealt with.
04:29Like, you know, the water just comes up and you think,
04:32all of a sudden you've got nowhere to get out.
04:35You know?
04:36So then it's just like, we've got to get out ourselves.
04:39So we're lucky we had a couple of boats.
04:42Josh, our youngest, he's waded, like, up in, you know,
04:46chest-deep water to come over and get a boat.
04:49There's a small tinny so he can get it close to the house.
04:52You know, there's six adults, two young kids, four dogs.
04:56And we couldn't leave anyone, so...
04:59We climbed over the veranda of the house to actually get into the little boat,
05:03how high it was.
05:04Seeing the river the way it was, and the cattle and...
05:09Merwin and Karen on sort of thing going down the river,
05:11and you knew they didn't have a chance.
05:13Yeah.
05:14Yeah, where they...
05:15That was heartbreaking.
05:16Oh, it was very heartbreaking.
05:17It was just like a...
05:19Nearly a nightmare, but, you know, it happened.
05:22The flood couldn't have come at a worse time for Dave and his family.
05:28My father passed two weeks before the flood,
05:34which was a really bad way to go into the flood.
05:37And I was still trying to grieve,
05:39and the flood didn't come at a good time.
05:42We still hadn't organised anything for him.
05:46And, yeah, Liz and my dad was pretty hot.
05:50And it's still pretty hot.
05:54We lost, um, basically everything in the house,
05:57everything that was touching the ground.
05:59Um, so all of our appliances, um...
06:02We lost our lounges, beds.
06:05All my power tools, everything, all my hand tools, everything like that,
06:09I just...
06:09Yeah, it's either just mud affected, floated away.
06:13The family are known in the community for always helping out others.
06:17And now it's their turn.
06:19We don't feel that we deserve it.
06:22It's like...
06:22No.
06:22It's hard to think that people want to do this.
06:25That's right.
06:25It's just, yeah, it's hard for us to take.
06:27Because we're usually...
06:28We've always done everything for ourselves.
06:30We don't like to ask for help.
06:31No, don't ask.
06:32No, we don't ask for help.
06:33People usually ask us for help.
06:36Well, here on Budget Battlers,
06:38we like to help the ones who never ask for it.
06:41Coming up from the river this time,
06:43it's not flood, water and fear.
06:45It's the Budget Battler Group.
06:46Here to help and rebuild a home and a family
06:49so they can get back to what they do best,
06:52being together and casting a line or two.
06:55Can't put it into words.
06:57No.
06:57Like, what it means to us.
07:00Yeah.
07:04You know, like having people like yourselves and that
07:07to come and help.
07:09To do this.
07:09Yeah.
07:11Darling people,
07:12what you give back to everyone else
07:14is just out of this world.
07:17We are so privileged to be here today
07:19because what you've been through
07:21and what you've seen in the last couple of months,
07:23I don't know how you're still standing,
07:26being selfless and still being kind.
07:28And that's what being a battler is all about,
07:30is it's giving back in your lowest of times
07:32and not thinking about yourself.
07:34And sometimes that's got to come back to you.
07:36I'm sure you've been asked a million and one times,
07:40but are you OK?
07:42Yeah.
07:43We're OK.
07:44That's what all battlers say.
07:45Yeah.
07:46We've got each other.
07:47Keep soldiering on.
07:48We're doing it together.
07:49Yeah.
07:50Thank you for doing what you do
07:51for people in the community.
07:52And when the lowest was low,
07:54you're out there helping everybody else.
07:56And so we would like to let you know
07:59what it feels like
08:00to have people like you as friends
08:02and take over from your role
08:05and do something for you guys
08:07for the next five days.
08:09We may not have the biggest budgets,
08:11but these guys here,
08:13I've seen them in action
08:14and I've seen what they've done to people's lives.
08:16And they have the biggest bloody hearts.
08:19And that's something that you can't buy at a shop.
08:21We're hoping that you come in in five days' time
08:23and actually see the love
08:25that's gone into this joint,
08:27not just from us,
08:28but everyone around this area
08:30and this community.
08:31So we're looking forward to hooking in
08:34and finishing off what you've already started.
08:38We really appreciate it.
08:39Oh, you can't believe you're doing it for us.
08:42No.
08:43So would you mind?
08:44We would love you to come.
08:45We would love you to come.
08:46You beauty!
08:51Unbelievable.
08:52Unbelievable to have people turn up
08:54that we don't know to do this sort of stuff.
08:57Yes.
08:57Isn't it?
08:58Yep.
08:58It's, yeah, unreal.
09:01Very grateful.
09:02Very, very grateful.
09:03This doesn't sound very glamorous,
09:05but it's a budget battle away,
09:06but I've booked you an Airbnb in town.
09:10Loving it.
09:11I know it's not SeaWorld Resort,
09:13but if you do want to go to SeaWorld Resort
09:15or something,
09:15I'll just say,
09:16I've got a credit card,
09:17it's 55 days interest-free,
09:19I'll get it done.
09:20We've seen enough water.
09:21Oh, my God!
09:24Good day, man.
09:26No more water.
09:27Oh, yes.
09:28Ha, ha, ha!
09:37This week on Budget Battlers,
09:39we're in Jones Island,
09:41just out of Taree.
09:45Six months ago,
09:46floods ripped through this place.
09:48Taree is right now experiencing
09:50its worst flooding event on record.
09:53Destroying everything in its path,
09:54including the home of Dave and Jen.
09:58The local community have done a lot
10:00to start up the clean-up process,
10:03but we're here to finish it off
10:04and help them get their livelihood back.
10:07You can feel when people are hurting,
10:08and we're in a beautiful position
10:10where we can do something
10:12to make them feel better.
10:15Our mates at Storage King
10:16are once again on board,
10:18helping our homeowners
10:19stash away what little they've got left
10:21while we give this place
10:22the full makeover it deserves.
10:26Here's the plan.
10:27We want to clean up
10:28all the remaining mud and debris
10:29and give every room and space
10:31a spruce up.
10:32But the areas that will have
10:33the main focus
10:34are the front yard,
10:35which is the first thing you see
10:36when you drive up,
10:38the bathroom,
10:39and the one which is going to put a smile
10:41back on Dave's face,
10:42the shed.
10:43In the front yard,
10:44we're going to clear out
10:45the garden beds,
10:46add a fence and some turf.
10:48In the bathroom,
10:49we're going to make it way bigger,
10:51add a shower and fancy it up
10:52with a feature wall.
10:53And in Dave's shed,
10:55we're going to remove all the muds
10:57so you can hopefully see the floor again,
10:59concrete the entrance
11:00so it's more accessible for him,
11:01and put in some seating and a bar
11:03so the family have an extra area
11:05to hang out.
11:07Here's the budget so far.
11:08The main focus has been adding some space
11:10and a shower to the bathroom inside,
11:12so I've allocated $3,000 for that.
11:15And the kitchen cupboard flat packs
11:16have come in at $1,500.
11:18Norm loves flat packs.
11:20He'll be stoked.
11:21Add $400 from Kennard's
11:22to get some high-pressure washes,
11:24and we're just under $5,000.
11:26But it's early days,
11:27and it's a big job.
11:43This whole thing's coming out
11:45and going over there.
11:46Have we got bastards
11:47or anyone's in my booth?
11:49Lee and I are kicking things off
11:50inside the house.
11:51Luckily, a lot of fluorine's
11:53already been replaced since the floods.
11:55That's one less job for us.
11:58The kitchen cupboards
11:59need to be replaced
12:01with something fresh.
12:02We'll be replacing wardrobes
12:04and interior doors
12:05and giving the whole house
12:06a lick of paint.
12:08But first things first,
12:10we've got to start the demo
12:11on the bathroom.
12:13We've got less than five days
12:15to get it all done,
12:16so no mucking around.
12:19Eight people living in this house
12:21with one shower.
12:23Eight bums to wash per day
12:24if you average it out
12:25at one wash per day.
12:27I never really thought
12:28of it like that.
12:31Yeah, it's good timing
12:33because it's all rotten and wet,
12:34so perfect time to go and run out.
12:39Given the scale of the renovation,
12:41I've reached out
12:41to our investment mentor,
12:43Lachlan Vidler,
12:43for some expert advice
12:45to make sure every dollar's
12:46being spent in the right place.
12:48Look, here he comes now
12:49in his flash car.
12:51Hope he doesn't get bogged.
13:03I wasn't sure who it was,
13:04but then I realised
13:05that the car was far shardier,
13:07more expensive,
13:08and far more valuable
13:09than anything else.
13:09I said,
13:10oh yeah, the value guy's here.
13:11It's kind of like
13:11when the skip bin arrives,
13:12you know who it is
13:13as soon as they get there.
13:25It ain't just drive a Porsche
13:27into budget battlers
13:28like what happened
13:28to the old Miss Navarra style.
13:30Well, you'd have to hire
13:31a Miss Navarra
13:32to hide the Porsche.
13:39Excuse me, mate.
13:40Can I help you?
13:42I wanted to write you a ticket.
13:44For what?
13:45For you to show off.
13:48No, you earned it.
13:49Good deals.
13:52Come on.
13:53It's not budget battlers anymore.
13:55He wanted to give it to you.
14:00No, he doesn't
14:01because he heard
14:01what you said about his call.
14:02Oh, I was going to
14:03change my opinion there
14:05for a second.
14:05I know.
14:06This is the bathroom here
14:08that we're going to add
14:09to the house,
14:09which is obviously
14:10six people in the house.
14:11Yeah.
14:12One shower.
14:13Tell us the value-ad of this.
14:14I reckon this is
14:15like a no-brainer.
14:16Of course, it's a value-ad.
14:17It is so common
14:19that when you go
14:19and see a house,
14:20you've got a full bathroom,
14:21but then you have the half,
14:23which is usually
14:23just a toilet,
14:24exactly like what's here.
14:25But it can be really hard
14:27from a floor plan point of view
14:28to make it bigger
14:29to be able to turn
14:30into a full bathroom.
14:31Yeah.
14:31But with a bit of strategy here
14:33and probably a bit
14:35of good luck as well,
14:36we can obviously
14:37extend it out.
14:37And now you take it
14:38from a one,
14:39one-and-a-half bathroom house
14:40to two,
14:41and the value
14:42that comes from that
14:42is literally unbelievable.
14:45So if you even wanted
14:46to buy a house, right,
14:47to flip,
14:49if you just purely
14:50did the floors
14:51and did this
14:52to the bathroom,
14:54would you be making money?
14:56100%.
14:56Yeah, right.
14:57100%.
14:58So if you put all
14:58of our time and effort
14:59into this and that
15:00and this,
15:00this is literally
15:01what you could do.
15:01Yeah.
15:02And it's that simple,
15:03right?
15:03You've got to know
15:04what you're doing,
15:05but it's that simple.
15:06He's just handy to have
15:07and he's already
15:08got the runs
15:09on the board too.
15:10He's not just a yes guy,
15:12he's got a Porsche guy,
15:13so you know
15:13that he's going
15:14to make the right decision.
15:15Do you own
15:15your Porsche out, right?
15:17Of course, Jess.
15:18Of course.
15:20Eightly, bunks.
15:21Lots.
15:22Darlison's have dropped
15:23the gear off.
15:23We're on to go.
15:27Yeah, lift up.
15:32The amount of mud
15:33and rubbish
15:34even six months on
15:35is hard to believe.
15:42Hey, buddy.
15:43What's happening?
15:44Um, we're going
15:45to redo this whole shed.
15:47What are you going
15:48to do?
15:49Me and Caleb.
15:49Well, he likes
15:50to sit in here,
15:51so.
15:53And he's
15:54just struggling
15:55to clean it up.
15:56Yeah, I totally
15:57understand that.
15:58This is where we can
15:59actually make
15:59the most amount
16:00of impact
16:01because
16:02it's not a flash,
16:03we know.
16:04We do this
16:04to lift spirits.
16:06So,
16:07I'm just going
16:07to scrub it up,
16:10organise it
16:10so that the next
16:11time he sits in here,
16:12he's in a place
16:13where he can
16:13progress,
16:15not have to
16:15work out
16:16what he needs
16:16to do in order
16:17to get up
16:17to where he was
16:18before.
16:19This is where
16:19he spends
16:19the most amount
16:20of time
16:21and that you
16:21can tell
16:21that he's
16:22really struggling
16:22and we're
16:22just trying
16:23to get him
16:25out of it.
16:25Yeah.
16:26At least if
16:26he can walk
16:26in,
16:27I'll say,
16:27all your tools
16:27are boxed
16:28to you,
16:28he can pick
16:29a shelf
16:29and start
16:30putting them
16:30back out
16:31wherever he wants.
16:32It's not
16:33about
16:34materialistic
16:34things.
16:35It's so much
16:36deeper than that.
16:36It's a whole
16:37bunch of
16:37strangers
16:37going,
16:38g'day mate,
16:39I've never
16:39met you
16:39before,
16:40but I
16:41bet that
16:42we can
16:43get you
16:43in a good
16:43spot.
16:44So,
16:44wherever you
16:45go to a
16:45house,
16:46you're just
16:46like,
16:46let's have a
16:46crack at that.
16:47Worst comes
16:48to worst,
16:48you're just
16:49going to
16:49have a
16:49cleaner
16:49shed.
17:09Okay.
17:22We're here in Jones Island, just out of Tarbury, a community that's copped some of the worst
17:27floods on record.
17:28We got to the front gate and it was just mud all the way in.
17:37This week we're lending a hand to the Trotter family, helping them get back on their feet.
17:42We decided to go a separate little tiny house that we've got here, so yeah, that's us.
17:48Living on top of each other gets a little bit much, but with a bit of space, it works
17:53in harmony.
17:54Three months before the flood, we just moved in and we were still paying off the credit card
17:58for the first fit out, so unexpectedly to try and do it all again, it was...
18:06Drain the savings.
18:07Yeah.
18:08Everything we had, so yeah, do what you got to do.
18:13They've always been the first to help everyone else in town, and now it's their turn to get
18:17a bit of that kindness fag.
18:26You've got to watch her, not under that.
18:28There was a deck that was on the front of the tiny home.
18:30Swing this way a bit.
18:34And that washed away a little bit.
18:37Lots of munker got into that this morning and got it all ready and we lifted that back
18:41onto the front of the tiny home.
18:43Righto.
18:43Lifted.
18:44Good job.
18:45Look, no heads.
18:46Brilliant.
18:47Come around.
18:48Just watch that stump under your foot coming around.
18:50What are you doing, Lawrence?
18:53I'm organising, mate.
18:54Go in.
18:55Go in.
18:56That's it.
18:57That's it.
18:57Beautiful.
18:57Love your work.
19:09What's he?
19:11You got your shirt off, buddy.
19:13Yeah, I didn't want it to smell, Jess.
19:15I was digging these holes.
19:16I was sweating.
19:17Your scars, buddy.
19:18What happened?
19:20This one?
19:20Your scratch, yeah.
19:22It was a crocodile.
19:23What?
19:24A crocodile.
19:25I was up in Darwin and I was like, oh, you're going to be sweating.
19:27I was in a caravan park and I was grabbing me rod gun to go fishing and the boat next
19:32door
19:32he actually warned me.
19:33He said, don't go down there.
19:35Sorry, that was a really good story.
19:39He said, don't go down there, mate.
19:40There's crocs.
19:41I said, ah, bullshit, it's the beach, mate.
19:43Toss it a line and all of a sudden I seen it come up and all his frontclaw just grabbed
19:50me and I ran like shit.
19:52Ah!
19:55Providing ladies around Australia would be one of the most delicious TV moments
19:59that is going to cross their eyes in a long time before you met a guy called Lortz
20:02with a tiger tattoo on his back telling us how he got bitten by a crocodile while digging a hole.
20:06What?
20:08He did not get bitten by a crocodile.
20:11Don't be jealous.
20:12Oh.
20:12Just because you get upset when you pluck your eyebrows.
20:15Oh.
20:16Are you kidding?
20:16He does.
20:17He carries on like a pork shock god.
20:19The bitter man get bitten by a crocodile and then dig a hole.
20:22Oh, he just taped it up and it's all good.
20:24That's why it's all scarred like that.
20:27Yeah.
20:27It's all right.
20:28I'm glad you're on our team.
20:30I was going to get the trot as a washer and dryer, but then when I saw Lortz's ads,
20:35I was just like, oh, I'll just wash with their bloody underpants on that.
20:38Yeah.
20:40Old school style.
20:43Got some suds.
20:51Hey, Lee, have you got a stick?
20:53Yeah, yeah, sure.
20:54Well, I've noticed some mould around the home, especially in the bathroom that you working
20:58on right now, and I've got some products that might be able to help with that.
21:02That is great you brought that up because it's such an issue, like after flooding water,
21:07it is just, it comes out everywhere.
21:09So we've got quite a lot of areas that we need some sort of product that'll help.
21:14We've got some really great sprays that can do that for us.
21:19So they're mould sprays, you spray it on, let it sit for a while and then come back and
21:23remove it.
21:24And then we've also got some really great little buckets here.
21:28Then what you do is you just take the plastic off this, you pop this lid back on and you
21:32just let it sit.
21:33And what happens is it helps to prevent mould forming.
21:37Cool.
21:38That is, that is exactly what we've been looking for.
21:43Brunch of Battlers is about community and people coming together to help out other people,
21:47especially those that are battling.
22:02Hello, how are you?
22:04You are not going to believe what we have done for you.
22:07Humankind today rocked in with a beautiful, beautiful caravan.
22:12So we know that Brooke, she's having a baby.
22:15Yeah.
22:16So Humankind have got in touch with Noel here.
22:19G'day Noel.
22:20Through Facebook Marketplace.
22:22Through Facebook Marketplace.
22:23Oh God, you meet the best people through Facebook Marketplace.
22:25Real people, yeah.
22:27And he has provided this.
22:30I'm just so proud of them.
22:32Like they've got the budget, about the spirit.
22:34Are you Taree local?
22:35Yeah, yeah.
22:36They've been doing it bloody tough here, haven't they?
22:38Oh, 100%.
22:39You just don't realise the impact until you go through it yourself.
22:44Yeah.
22:45You know, and you know, but we have a great community.
22:49You know, when things get tough, everybody blinks their arms together and helps everybody
22:54and the town just come back together so fast.
22:57We can both battle it in.
22:59Well done, Angie.
23:00You are.
23:02That's all right.
23:02Do you want to check it out?
23:04Yes.
23:04Go and have a look inside.
23:05Doing up caravans is my dream.
23:06Yay.
23:07So how good now we've got a caravan to renovate.
23:09Woo.
23:10And a shed.
23:10And a house.
23:11And a lawn.
23:13And some concrete-ing.
23:16What's it like?
23:17Oh, here's Dave.
23:19Holy smokes, it would have been a rough ride.
23:21No, you took those corners a little hard, mate.
23:24Sorry, mate.
23:25Sorry.
23:25Turns and conditions apply.
23:26Dave didn't really jump out of the caravan.
23:28We just went in there so that we could get surprised when he arrived.
23:32So don't bother calling the cops.
23:34That'll come out easy.
23:36That's coming out very easy.
23:37Oh, my gosh.
23:39All right.
23:39There goes that.
23:40That's so...
23:41I love it!
23:43The people that really are going to be doing it a bit tough is Brooke and the husband
23:46and the newborn baby, which is coming in a couple of weeks.
23:49So this space is going to have a lovely couch, a telly, an air con, a place for them to
23:57sleep
23:57and a place for the baby to sleep so that they've at least got their little spots.
24:01And I just think that's so important.
24:03If I reckon diamonds are a girl's best friend, give me a caravan that looks a little bit dreary
24:07on the inside that's got full of potential, that's actually my sweet spot.
24:18How are you, mate?
24:19How are you?
24:20How are you, mate?
24:32Oh, we're just trying to help out with what we can and we've seen the show and stuff
24:36like that.
24:36We agree with what you guys are doing.
24:38I love it.
24:38You're a legend.
24:44Now it's my turn to go shopping.
24:46I've headed down to Beaumont Tiles to sort out the tiles for this bathroom.
24:50Look, I'm a bit of a regular when it comes to the shopping scene, like the styling side.
24:55You can just ask Jess that she does say that I have quite the ability to pick out a product
25:01that we need for the house.
25:02That's a lie.
25:03I am terrible at this.
25:05So what I do is I ring someone I know like me old mate Daz from Beaumont's
25:09and I just go down and see him and he just picks it all out for me.
25:13I go back to site.
25:15Everyone thinks I've picked it.
25:16I look like the key.
25:18How are you, Daz?
25:18I'm good, Norm.
25:19How are you?
25:19Going well, mate.
25:20What's happening?
25:20Oh, you know, working hard.
25:22How about you guys?
25:22Well, we've got a bit going on at the moment.
25:24Okay.
25:24So we're doing a house in Taree.
25:26Yep.
25:27Being completely flood damaged after all the floods I had there a few months ago.
25:30It's a family of six adults, two children.
25:33The problem is there's only one shower in the main house.
25:36We want to open up one bathroom that's technically just a toilet and basin.
25:41Okay, yep, yep.
25:42We want to put another shower in there.
25:44Okay, cool.
25:44So we need some tiles, brother.
25:47Easy.
25:47No problems.
25:47Let's head over to our BTMAX range and have a look at some options.
25:50Right.
25:51Beautiful.
25:51Beautiful.
25:52Now I'm thinking, because we've got a family of six adults, two kids.
25:56Yep.
25:57I think we should go probably for a darker floor.
25:59It hides a bit more of the dirt.
26:00Yeah, yeah, yeah.
26:01So I'm thinking we will use omni-stone, omni-form charcoal from the range.
26:07It is a textured tile.
26:08Oh, beautiful.
26:08So it is non-slip.
26:09Great.
26:10Right, so for the kids, it will help reduce slip factors when they're in the bathroom.
26:13Yep.
26:14And then I will pair that with just a simple gloss white wall tile.
26:20It's going to create more openness in the bathroom because of the gloss.
26:24Yep.
26:24So the bathroom will feel bigger than it actually is.
26:26Yeah, right.
26:26It's good because it's not a huge width in this bathroom.
26:30Beautiful.
26:30And remember too, bigger the tile, less grout lines.
26:33Yep.
26:33So it will also make the space feel bigger.
26:34Yeah, beautiful.
26:35All right, let's lock it in.
26:36Beautiful.
26:37Love your work, mate.
26:38Done.
26:39Yeah, I think it's going to make a massive difference to this family.
26:42They're just using one shower in the main part of the house and there's four adults,
26:46one kid and they're fighting over the shower every day.
26:49If we can extend that other bathroom out and put another shower in there,
26:53they're going to have a shower or toilet vanity.
26:56Two people can use that one.
26:57Two people can use the other one.
26:59So everyone's going to get a shower and they'll have the hot water systems going
27:03and everything will be right.
27:04Everyone will have hot water and can shower all day long.
27:14F***.
27:15Are you okay?
27:16Was it a whirlie?
27:18Who's Ken?
27:20A curly whirlie.
27:22It's a sick of a healthy luncheon.
27:27Where is the healthy luncheon?
27:29I need a drink.
27:31Oh!
27:31She's right.
27:33Ah!
27:34Ah!
27:34Ah!
27:35Ah!
27:35Ah!
27:35Ah!
27:35Ah!
27:36Ah!
27:36Ah!
27:37Ah!
27:37Ah!
27:37Oh my God!
27:38Ah!
27:38Ah!
27:40Ah!
27:41Ah!
27:42Oh, my God!
27:43They'd come around the corner and then rolled, rolled, rolled
27:46and then just hook up.
27:48That's bizarre.
27:50And Twister was on telly last night.
27:53I watched a bit of it.
28:02The Budget Bettlers team are in Jones Island, New South Wales,
28:06helping out a local family whose home was hit hard by the floods.
28:10Let's see how the cash spend is going.
28:13The Budget is still on track thanks to all the incredible donations
28:16we've received, including excavation gear donated by family members.
28:20But we've added $1,500 for paint for indoor and out,
28:24including the Dulux Renault range for the kitchen cabinet.
28:27Hine some gear from Kennards and $800 for extra tools and timber.
28:32Total spend so far, $7,200.
28:49By far one of the sweetest people on sight of the girls at Healthy Life,
28:53but for some reason Mother Nature chucked the Healthy Life tent up
28:56and put it upside down in a bloody tree.
28:59Oh, my gosh.
29:01It looks healthy.
29:03Yeah, I've got to get a few breaches out of here first.
29:07Our tent was completely gone.
29:11A mini cyclone came through and it blew it up into the tree,
29:17which upside down, might I add.
29:19Absolutely.
29:19I'm still sceptical if that was the wind
29:22or if it was the boys' hands open us.
29:24I don't know.
29:25All right, girls, there's your tent back.
29:28Thanks, guys.
29:29Oh, no.
29:36Obviously, you didn't have it weighed down, did you?
29:38Have a look at that.
29:39I don't think it would have mattered last night
29:41what you had on it, actually.
29:42It was going one way or another.
29:44Oh, no.
29:45Happy, healthy walk.
29:46All right.
29:46See you, Norm.
29:48If you're having one of those days where the Renault's gone sideways
29:51and your tent's ended up in a tree and you can't get to the doctor,
29:55don't stress.
29:56Our mates at Healthy Life have got you covered.
29:58I'm an idiot because I left some of my medication at home.
30:01Anyway, I've jumped onto Healthy Life's telehealth service
30:04to get my prescription filled
30:05and they deliver anywhere in Australia for free.
30:09So I don't even have to lose sight.
30:10I'm not going to lose time.
30:12It's bloody handy having mates with a telehealth service, isn't it?
30:15Hello.
30:16Yeah, I've left my prescription at home
30:18and I was just wondering if you'd be able to help me
30:21just get a new prescription
30:23because I'll be here for a couple of days.
30:28And that's how easy it is.
30:36MUSIC
30:58We love all of our mates on the Budget Butler team
31:00and one of them used to be a real housewife,
31:03a Sophie star, even 90s pop royalty.
31:05But to me, she's just the fanciest person I know
31:08with a heart of gold.
31:10Mel, what a ripper.
31:12I am no expert.
31:13I just go off what I think looks nice
31:16and what I think looks good.
31:18And yeah, you just got to kind of wing it, really.
31:23There's a beautiful story about this wooden table
31:27that they had in the lounge room.
31:29It was something that survived the flood.
31:31So they really wanted to keep that, which is amazing.
31:35So I've tried to go off those colours
31:38so you don't introduce another colour into the house.
31:42We want the family to come in
31:45and just be blown away
31:48and just love their space.
31:50Still make it feel like it is their space,
31:54but just add a bit of the Budget Battler, you know, slaver.
32:04Munger and Lortz are the ultimate Budget Battler warriors.
32:07They made the fence out of pine and pallets
32:09that they found around the place,
32:11which cost nothing.
32:12What a bunch of legends.
32:14Do you know how much they've spent to the week?
32:17Under $100.
32:19You and Lortz are just resource grabbers.
32:22Like, you look around, see what you've got.
32:24You just...
32:24Someone else might cost tight people.
32:27No, you're smart.
32:28I bloody love you.
32:29Wish I was a tight person.
32:31When it's go time,
32:33they've got two objectives.
32:35To bring people home,
32:36make sure that they're happy,
32:38but also not to break the bank
32:39because they know that every cent that they spend
32:41is going to take away money
32:42from the next house we've got to do.
32:54So there's going to be a concrete path
32:57from the road up until the shed.
33:00They're reconcreting a little bit of it.
33:02Then inside the shed,
33:03we're going to get Dave's Harley-Davidson
33:05back from the marina.
33:06We're going to put it on, like,
33:08its own little dance floor.
33:09It's going to be unreal.
33:15I've got a trailer load of stuff
33:17that the Turry Men's Shed
33:18gave to me a while back
33:20to help all of the flood victims.
33:22And it's tools, power tools,
33:24hand tools, nails, hammers.
33:26You guys are doing that shed,
33:28and I'm sure there's probably
33:29stuff in that trailer.
33:30Yeah.
33:30That you guys can snap.
33:32Oh, definitely.
33:33Yeah.
33:33Can we have a look?
33:34Yeah, absolutely.
33:34All right, let's go.
33:36It's random.
33:36I'd been watching their show
33:38a few weeks ago
33:39and saw this post,
33:40and I thought,
33:41it's a sign.
33:42I've got this trailer load of stuff.
33:44They need help.
33:45I saw how bad it was here,
33:47and so I just turned up.
33:49Ho, ho, ho.
33:51Oh, my God.
33:52There's almost everything
33:53that you can think of.
33:54It's just...
33:55Oh, yeah.
33:57So, Janine,
33:58just a random,
33:59just popped in
34:00with the trailer on,
34:01absolutely chock-a-block
34:02full of tools.
34:03So nice.
34:04The Turry Men's Shed
34:05donated all this stuff to her,
34:08and she's just going around
34:09offering whatever's in that trailer.
34:11If you need it,
34:12you take it.
34:13If you don't want it,
34:14so be it.
34:15I'll take it off
34:16until the next joint.
34:16Beautiful.
34:17I'm going to leave you guys with it.
34:18Janine, thank you so much.
34:19You're very welcome.
34:20Unbelievable.
34:21Awesome.
34:23Unbelievable.
34:24Yeah, it's an awesome community
34:25around here.
34:26Yeah.
34:27You just can't...
34:27So, grime me,
34:28that has been there
34:29all afternoon.
34:30Oh, Janine.
34:31She's been out there
34:32working outside with the boys
34:33and raking up gardens
34:35and laying turf.
34:36Was Janine the one
34:36doing the...
34:37pulling up the weeds?
34:38Like her?
34:39Yeah.
34:39That's Janine.
34:40She's lovely.
34:41I was like,
34:41who's that?
34:42Now I know.
34:43It's Janine.
34:43Janine.
34:55We wanted to put some doors
34:57in between the bedroom
34:58and the living room
34:59in Josh and Brooke's
35:01part of the house.
35:01And Foreman Lee
35:03has a great money-saving idea.
35:08BJ Board
35:09and he then encoded it
35:10with the MDF
35:11and then he got the rails
35:12that you do it.
35:12Look how beautiful it is.
35:14You can't tell me
35:15that that man
35:15is not a craftsman.
35:18He is...
35:19No, it looks amazing.
35:20Oh, he's good.
35:36Good job, Mike.
35:37Thank you, Lawrence.
35:38I'll be back.
35:39I appreciate it.
35:39I'll be back as soon as I can.
35:41Everyone has come together
35:42this week
35:43and it has shown
35:44how kind humans can be.
35:46Probably a good time now
35:47to get Humankind in
35:48to announce their
35:49Kindest Person on Site Award,
35:50I reckon.
35:51It was hard to pick
35:52because everyone's
35:52put in 110% effort.
35:54There's one person
35:55that has actually
35:55stood out quite a lot
35:56and from the very first day
35:57that we arrived
35:58they have just been
35:59stepping up
36:00and offering to help
36:01however they can.
36:02Yeah.
36:03They...
36:04The first person
36:05that we've seen
36:06every morning
36:07when we've arrived
36:08they've gone over and above.
36:10They've just always got
36:11this beautiful smile
36:12on their face
36:13and they're so warm
36:15and nothing's been
36:17too much trouble for them.
36:18We want to award
36:19this person
36:20$5,000
36:22so the person
36:23that we've chosen
36:24is you, Serena.
36:26Yeah!
36:28Yeah!
36:37Winning from the Humankind
36:38$5,000
36:40that's incredible
36:41no one's ever done that
36:43for me
36:43and I'm just
36:44feeling really overwhelmed
36:45actually
36:47because I feel like
36:48everybody deserves
36:49their own card
36:50of $5,000
37:06origin energy
37:07are here to make sure
37:08the whole house
37:09is electrified
37:09and to get some
37:10whopping big solar panels
37:12on the roof.
37:14So the sun grow inverter
37:16and battery
37:16is now fully commissioned?
37:17Yes
37:18and if you look at
37:20this beautiful installation
37:21here
37:21this is a single-phase
37:22hybrid 8 kilowatt
37:24inverter
37:24and this is a
37:259.6 kilowatt
37:27batteries
37:27and the customer
37:29can be able to monitor
37:30how much the system
37:31is doing
37:32how much the battery
37:33is charging
37:33or discharging
37:34from their mobile app
37:35called iSolarCloud
37:36I can show you
37:38through the
37:39iSolarCloud app
37:40right now
37:41the system is producing
37:42around 2.5 kilowatt
37:44the house is taking
37:45around 2 kilowatt
37:46and remaining is charging
37:47the battery
37:48so it is a very easy way
37:50for the customer
37:51to manage
37:52how much solar
37:53they have
37:53that's fantastic
37:54great
37:55thank you so much
37:56I really appreciate
37:57you coming out
38:07it's our final day
38:08here in Jones Island
38:09and the team
38:10along with the
38:11beautiful community
38:12haven't stopped
38:12they've worked
38:13around the clock
38:14barely sleeping
38:15to get this place
38:16ready in time
38:17for the family
38:18to come home
38:18that's right
38:19five big days
38:21a crew of
38:22bloody hard working
38:23volunteers
38:2410 grand
38:25and some ripper donations
38:27from some top notch
38:28people
38:28and businesses
38:29who just wanted
38:30to pitch in
38:31and do some good
38:39oh my goodness
38:40oh my goodness
38:44wow
38:45oh my goodness
38:48it's beautiful
38:48oh my god
38:49come on
39:06hello you darling
39:07trotters
39:07how are ya
39:08good
39:11we're great
39:12we're great
39:12we are so excited
39:13to show you
39:14what we're about
39:15to present
39:15but what happened
39:16in the last five days
39:17wasn't just a renovation
39:18it was a group of people
39:20that came together
39:21not just because
39:22they knew you
39:23but because they heard
39:24about you
39:25and as a result
39:26we have got to know you
39:28and how beautiful you are
39:29through your families
39:30your friends
39:30your stories
39:31what you've done
39:33and we just want to say
39:34we really love ya
39:35she's making you cry again
39:37sorry
39:37and me
39:39sometimes
39:39when you see things
39:43and you're inside the space
39:44you can feel the struggle
39:48and sometimes
39:48you don't realise
39:49how much that struggle is
39:51until you actually
39:51get in there
39:52and you go
39:53oh my god
39:54I'm so glad we're here
39:57thank you for letting us
39:58showcase Tari
39:59and the kindness
40:00and the love
40:00and the generosity
40:01that it is
40:03so if you don't mind
40:04she'll go into your house
40:05and have a look
40:07oh
40:07we would love to have a look
40:09come on
40:09let's go guys
40:14open her up
40:16trotters
40:16come on
40:36this is just beautiful
40:38they've actually done
40:39a mighty job
40:40they have
40:40from when they started
40:41the yard was just a muddy
40:43weeks and weeks of work
40:45has been done in
40:46in days
40:46in days
40:47you've just got to look at it
41:06oh my goodness
41:09oh my goodness
41:34what you've done in here is
41:37it's hard to explain
41:39it's unbelievable
41:40it's just
41:41but this table is a survivor
41:42because this survived the flood
41:44this is one of the only bits of furniture
41:45these chairs
41:46these chairs floated
41:47but
41:48that survived
41:49and it's like
41:49the whole eight of us
41:50can fit around this
41:51yeah
41:51it just looks beautiful
41:53just stunning
41:54I love it
42:03wow
42:03wow that looks so nice
42:04that's beautiful
42:10wow
42:11oh my god
42:13oh my god
42:31I can't believe it
42:33I can't believe it's the same room
42:34all those shelves are gone
42:50look at what forman Lee made
42:52with MDF
42:52and BJ
42:53I know
42:54that's beautiful
42:55how flash
42:59that is stunning
43:01isn't it
43:01that is stunning
43:03I'm busy
43:04barn doors on this
43:05did you
43:05that's what I wanted him to do
43:07but it was like
43:07so many jobs
43:09I was going to say
43:10you had plenty on your plate Dave
43:12I don't know whether
43:13I couldn't find a barn
43:23we're at the home of the Trotters
43:25in Jones Island
43:26near Taurine
43:27in New South Wales
43:28this is just beautiful
43:30and we are pleased to say
43:31they are loving
43:32what we've done so far
43:33what you've done in here is
43:36yeah
43:36it's hard to explain
43:38like it's
43:39it's unbelievable
43:40but the best is yet to come
43:46oh look at it
43:48it's beautiful
43:48oh my god
43:56the extra bathroom
43:58will make a huge difference
44:00there'll be no fighting
44:01at night time
44:03yeah it's
44:04game changer
44:05absolutely game changer
44:06that
44:07do you want me to show you
44:08how you can wash your phone
44:09no it's okay
44:11I'm guessing that is
44:12a bidet over there
44:13yeah
44:15it's a bidet from COVID
44:16so it's like a toilet
44:18so you put it on top
44:19so you don't have to
44:20replace your entire system
44:21oh lovely
44:22have you tried it yet
44:23no but I'm happy to
44:25do it in front of you
44:26to show you
44:27but I have heard
44:29you haven't lived
44:30till you've had water
44:30on your phone
44:33it's not bad
44:36I might get off it
44:39actually I don't mind
44:40that at all
44:43we should have a go
44:44like honestly
44:45you've got to try
44:46before
44:46no I'm not doing it
44:47at someone's new house
44:50I might do it in a motel room
44:52where I'm by myself
44:54is that your moral stance
44:56is that your moral stance
44:58he's a good guy
44:59you should put that
44:59on your tinder profile
45:00we'll not use a bidet
45:01at someone's new house
45:05we'll only do it at motels
45:09as Dave and Jen
45:10take a moment
45:11to enjoy their
45:12newly transformed home
45:13it's time to show
45:14Josh and Brooke
45:15their new retreat
45:16we know you're having
45:17a baby in a couple of weeks
45:18how's your hormones
45:19yeah
45:20ask Josh
45:22we have these friends
45:23called Dave and Anne
45:25they're from Humankind
45:25they rocked up
45:26with this caravan
45:27that they wanted to gift
45:29because I was telling them
45:30about you guys
45:30and I was like
45:31it's kind of hard
45:32not having your own space
45:33a little bit
45:34do you know what I mean
45:34just somewhere
45:35and so
45:37Lortz
45:37and Manka
45:38and Lee
45:39did an absolute
45:40all-nighter last night
45:42we all just wanted to
45:43create a space
45:44for you to be able
45:45to relax
45:46because being a mama
45:47for the first time
45:48with your baby
45:48you can't get
45:50you can't get that back
45:52so I hope this is the place
45:55you can tell the moms
45:56I know
45:59I love you
46:01okay
46:02go have a look
46:05oh my god
46:19oh my god
46:20you know this is ours
46:21oh my god
46:22I'm gonna start crying again
46:28this is gonna be really great
46:31for when we have the baby
46:32and we can come in here
46:34and just relax
46:35so you can come in here
46:37and chill with your little brother
46:40I'm like lost for words
46:51that little caravan
46:52that we get to call ours
46:54is amazing
46:55and it's gonna be
46:58a saviour
46:59when the baby's here
47:00and we just go sneak off
47:02and have some quiet time
47:07hi Jem and Dave
47:08hi Jess
47:10hi
47:10good to see ya
47:11god I'm just jump
47:12this is my mate Lydia
47:13she's from Origin
47:14she's gonna give you
47:15a little bit of something
47:16something
47:16when we heard about
47:17everything that you've done
47:18for the community
47:18we wanted to give
47:19something back
47:20so you probably saw
47:22that we've installed
47:23a great big solar system
47:25on your rooftop
47:26but that's not all
47:27we've also installed
47:28a 10 kilowatt battery
47:30so that means
47:31that all the excess solar
47:32that's soaked up
47:33by those beautiful panels
47:34up on your roof
47:35is gonna go into the battery
47:36and then as soon as
47:37the sun goes down
47:38your battery kicks in
47:39and your battery's
47:40gonna power your home
47:41at night
47:41so you know
47:42your home should stay
47:43a lot more comfortable
47:44and your bills
47:45will come right down
47:46wow
47:46with so many living here
47:48our bills are very high
47:50we are high users
47:51of electricity
47:51so that will be amazing
47:53that will really help us out
47:54so welcome
47:55thank you Slidia
47:56and thank you Origin
47:56so great
47:57can we have a little hug
47:58we have a little hug
47:59that's just
48:00solar panels everywhere
48:01it was just unreal
48:02so that'll make
48:04a really big difference
48:07this used to be your
48:10flood torn
48:11like areas
48:11with swamp
48:12we had your mate
48:13bring some gravel
48:14thousands of dollars worth
48:15to be able to give you
48:16a road
48:17so that you're able
48:17to access your machinery
48:19because then we know
48:19that if you were to twist
48:20or turn
48:21it could be catastrophic
48:22for you health wise
48:23so we can't thank
48:24the chameleon enough
48:25for even donating
48:26the rocks here
48:27that's amazing
48:27do you guys want to come
48:30come
48:30come with us
48:31come for a walk
48:39oh my god
48:47that's ridiculous
48:49oh my god
49:00they'll never come back
49:02to the house
49:04oh jesus
49:13I've never seen the floor
49:18oh my gosh
49:25thank you so much
49:32what are you thinking
49:37lots of words
49:57wow this
49:58I don't even have words
50:00sorry
50:00I have no words
50:01this is beautiful
50:04you've got a TV
50:07I'm not used to it
50:08when people do stuff
50:10for me
50:10have your joy mate
50:11I heard you needed
50:12a shed back
50:13and there you go
50:15thank you so much
50:16come here
50:16come here
50:16come here
50:17come here
50:17come here
50:17come here
50:17come here
50:17come here
50:18come here
50:18come here
50:18I know I've got
50:19a lot of good
50:20friends and that
50:20but like for them
50:21to then come and do
50:23this was
50:23yeah very
50:25it's emotional for me
50:31it's a weight lifter
50:32it is
50:32it's a massive way
50:33it's huge
50:35it's weeks and weeks
50:37of work
50:37to us
50:38has been done
50:40in days
50:40in days
50:41and
50:42let's say
50:43you've just got to
50:44look at it
50:44it's just
50:45my god
50:45it's beautiful
50:46it's unreal
50:47you know
50:49with a budget
50:50of less than
50:50ten thousand dollars
50:51it just proves
50:52that with some
50:53help from your mates
50:53and some creative
50:54ideas
50:55you don't have
50:56to spend a fortune
50:57to have nice things
50:58and be reminded
50:59that you loved
51:00we got local
51:01real estate agent
51:02Peter Sayers
51:03to see if our
51:03ten grand reno
51:04has added any
51:05value to the place
51:07oida
51:08yes
51:09how you going
51:09mate
51:10told ya
51:11oh what a difference
51:12who are you
51:13great great
51:14oh
51:16can't believe
51:17how much
51:17you've got done
51:18I mean
51:18oh my gosh
51:19what do you reckon
51:20what's your favourite part
51:21oh well this was
51:22this is a great
51:23man cave now
51:24this was obviously
51:25a good shed before
51:26full of tools
51:26and good for storage
51:27but what a usable space
51:29yeah
51:30and then the inside
51:31looks so different
51:33yeah
51:34added a bathroom
51:35so compared to them
51:37to now
51:37what are we looking at
51:38if we were to give them
51:39a bit of a nest egg
51:39you know
51:40if you were going to
51:40sell it as it was
51:41before
51:42versus now
51:43you'd have to be
51:44easily a hundred
51:45probably two hundred
51:46better off
51:47if you were to sell it
51:48as it was before
51:49so
51:50unbelievable turnaround
51:51in five days
51:52my gosh
51:58let's check out
51:59how we went on the budget
52:00the biggest cash spend
52:01this week
52:02was the bathroom conversion
52:03but adding an extra shower
52:04is life changing
52:05a thousand bucks
52:06for shelving
52:07with a few donations
52:08by the legends
52:08at re-sync
52:09and we did receive
52:10some incredible donations
52:11and a lot of chop out
52:12from mates
52:13including excavation hire
52:15kogan
52:15the caravan
52:17from humankind
52:17and a special shout out
52:19to david latham
52:20at ford's quarry moorland
52:21for all the gravel
52:22but total cash spend
52:23under nine grand
52:25my best budget
52:27butler bargain
52:27is the shed
52:28sometimes things
52:29just need a good scrub
52:30it's amazing
52:31how it turns out
52:32i get the same feeling
52:33when i have a shower
52:34my best budget
52:36battle of bargain
52:37has to be
52:38the barn doors
52:39made out of mdf
52:40and cost them
52:41less than 400 bucks
52:43they look amazing
52:45good work lee
52:48sometimes life
52:49takes a bit of
52:50a rumble and tumble
52:51we know that
52:52it was more than
52:52the floods
52:53that has affected you
52:54and janine
52:55we also know
52:56that you have been
52:56having a really tough
52:57time as well
52:58and so
52:59lachlan piddler
53:00from atlas property group
53:01we have gotten
53:01to know each other
53:02and he is one of
53:03the most genuine
53:03and i'm proud
53:04to call him friend
53:05he wants to tell you
53:06something
53:06we would love
53:07to send you away
53:08for a few days
53:09to hamilton island
53:09in queensland
53:10oh my god
53:11so that you can
53:12have a nice little
53:12break and really
53:13be able to have
53:14some time to
53:15yourselves and also
53:16have some time
53:16with each other
53:17oh wow
53:19that's crazy
53:20that's crazy
53:22no way
53:23like norm and jess
53:24like they are
53:25they go beyond
53:26and beyond
53:27like we love them
53:28immensely like
53:28what they've done
53:29for us
53:29and we feel like
53:30we've known them
53:31all our lives
53:32they just make you
53:33feel so welcome
53:34they're just such
53:34fair thinking people
53:36it's the first time
53:36we've ended the show
53:37with a mercedes
53:38have a wonderful time
53:40and thank you
53:40for being such
53:41the most beautiful
53:42wonderful battlers
53:43we wish you all the best
53:44we love you
53:45thank you again
53:46bye guys
54:00so
54:01we'll be right back to you
54:07we'll be right back to you
54:09we'll be right back to you
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