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00:00we're in the depths of autumn now and it's cold and wet and windy
00:11it's hard we arrived here in the glorious sunshine and now I just feel like a husk of
00:19my former self oh hi too yeah I know when the Sun was out and it was all glorious it was a very
00:28different feeling the islands getting quiet you can feel it the tourists are gone the boathouse
00:34is closed for the season we're not going to be up until next spring good luck on your next adventure
00:42thank you chef Louie and Pila are going and it's sad because become friends with these people
00:50they become part of your lives and then all of a sudden they're gone wait are you taking our food
00:55yes they're my rice crispies bye guys this is very sad I don't know where I'm going to get my food
01:04from either you're gonna have to cook I'm cold I'm hungry I'm broken and we don't have a kitchen either
01:15the seasons have changed since Banjo and Roe first set sail for Ulva House
01:21with passion and purpose Banjo has revitalized the reception rooms
01:32and designed a romantic honeymoon suite
01:37while Roe has toiled with rewiring re-plumbing and banishing leaks from the long neglected roof
01:44together they are bringing their vision of a unique boutique hotel to life
01:59they've plowed through over two-thirds of their 150 000 pound budget
02:06now all eyes turn to the kitchen the quiet engine which will power every guest stay
02:11and threatens to devour the remaining funds
02:16demo time delicate demo time no full throttle attack not full throttle attack there's something
02:23we need eye muffs sledgehammer crowbar eye protection get me everything
02:28pig outside let's be careful let's just slowly remove everything i'll get some stuff together
02:33god he's exhausting dad's grumpy that is not suitable
02:46you beauty nice get the right tool for the job is what i would say
02:53you're like a bull in a china shop
02:55oh that's a good pig truck
03:05there's a beautiful old map of Ulva
03:09okay so it's fantastic so you can see like the woodland walk
03:15there are two types of woodland a native woodland and a hazel woodland
03:19i don't know when or who made it someone went to a lot of work at some point to do that
03:33no what are you doing what are you what are you did you didn't turn the water off no
03:42oh god i don't know what you're doing but you're stressing me out how are you going to run a hotel
03:51with me if this stresses you i'm not i'm going to run the hotel you're going to have to be somewhere
03:55else what an adrenaline rush
04:02all right this is what we're working with what on earth are you thinking of so
04:06the copper off the flat roof yeah use them to make a gorgeous backsplash for the kitchen
04:12okay feature wall okay so no cabinetry on it no cabinetry okay okay but i have a grand island
04:19so this is the island everything is going to be on the island okay that's going to really work hard
04:24for us i'm going to design a 1950s ice box that's going to conceal the fridge that'll go there
04:31then pantry gorgeous all your dry goods wood store gorgeous wood store no but no plate store
04:42okay ceramic store all right knock the door off put a new window on then you've got this
04:50wow look at those curves suddenly like we've got some organic kind of shape in here it's really nice
04:57for some reason seeing the shape i don't know why but i find that very pleasing
05:02we're opening it all up it's going to be one big beautiful space
05:10the centerpiece of the hotel's kitchen will be a grand island which banjo will design from reclaimed
05:16materials copper sheeting salvaged from the roof will form wall paneling and banjo is planning a
05:24retro style cabinet to house the fridge and freezer
05:31mmm chef's kiss i like it
05:38i just feels a lot
05:41also demanding attention are the windows with shattered glass and rotten frames they are nowhere
05:48near guest ready should we rip all this up at the moment it's probably keeping water out
05:54well where there's rain there's water and when there's water there's rock okay i think leave
06:00these where they are replacing the windows will be the final step in making olva house wind and water
06:07tight but banjo and ro need not worry about autumn as all locals know it's winter that shows no mercy
06:17obviously obviously it's a tough place to be in the winter it's incredibly cold and very very wet every
06:24angle you can think of the rain comes with the wind and finds a way in if it can they need to really be
06:30aware of getting it completely wind and watertight getting their windows sorted or it will be a very long
06:37miserable winter for them in that house banjo and roe have paid 15 000 pounds for replacement heritage
06:46sash and case windows their biggest single outlay we need to get those windows done and replaced by
06:52the end of november if we don't we're going to get hit with a massive insurance premium 14 grand
06:58their building insurance renews in december banjo and roe must fortify the house against the elements by then
07:04these windows are critical they should be here two weeks before the deadline
07:12they will be here two weeks before the deadline
07:18we'll just get the best looking
07:23their first task in redesigning the kitchen is ransacking the copper removed from the roof
07:29so that's one two three four five for the feature wall splashback
07:35they're pretty rough conditions some are covered in tar some have been beaten by hail and just won't
07:41be able to be used but others are fabulous they've got that gorgeous brown copper color
07:47kind of in two minds i love the copper and then i love the verdigris show me the verdigris side
07:53no that is the verdigris the green is the verdigris oh okay
07:56formed by wild hebridean weather this verdigris has developed over decades as the copper reacted with
08:07nature's forces so that as a backdrop be really lovely the copper yeah would be lovely too like in a kind
08:15of beautiful rich warmer color salvaging these panels is going to look really lovely whether they're the
08:23copper color or the verdigris i can honor the past and then find an interesting new way to use them for
08:29the future banjo has sent the time-worn and weather-beaten copper across the water to a master of metalwork on mull
08:38tom can turn this copper into a wow piece he knows how to spin gold from nothing
08:49howdy how's it going how's it going yeah pretty good the verdigris is this naturally occurring
08:59process but you can add a little bit of chemical or some magic potions to expedite that process tom
09:06really understands that this is your options so you got just bare copper just polished then you've got
09:13one coat of sprayed verdigris then two coats of sprayed verdigris but the first one's kind of
09:18white to make it more even and you've got two layers of sprayed verdigris what do you think ray
09:25i've got no idea i think i fancy this one that's like a nice degree of verdigris but it's amazing
09:32you can kind of dial it up and down it's just sprayed magic juice what do you mean magic juice tom
09:38because i know you could do p and that would work it's not your p is it it could be p about off ebay
09:46so who knows what's in it it could be somebody's p could be somebody's p i don't know what's in it
09:50that's a good business for somebody well whatever's going to get you patina down p-tina
09:57okay so which one are you going with i think i like this one yeah this has definitely come up the
10:00best thing banjo has traveled to perthshire to begin work on the kitchen island
10:15to build the bespoke piece he has chosen bob
10:19a master craftsman with a sprawling workshop and salvage yard
10:23bob if i can find it and dream it he can make it
10:34oh you beauty
10:41hey now we're talking so these could be perfect for the legs for a bit of the island this is the thing
10:51that's going to give it a bit of soul some lovely old found stuff and this place is just like a treasure trove
11:01i want it to feel like a bit of an heirloom kind of like it's always existed
11:07i'm looking for something to clad the inside of the island something to add a bit of texture and depth
11:12i know it when i see it oh yes that will work nicely
11:25so i think those legs will work that i found in the yard yeah i know i know exactly where we got
11:31those from we got those out of a linen factory um in kakordi yes i love it
11:39my fridge hidden in plain sight kind of inspired by like a 1950s icebox those beautiful old timber
11:49ones oh high-tech drawing i'm actually self-taught as a designer can you tell yeah so we're making a
11:56grand island a hidden fridge all in a couple of weeks because winter is coming bob and reary's
12:03stopping running the boats as well so we kind of have that like hard deadline to get that done
12:09otherwise it'll just be left out in the cold
12:17when winter hits brewery will restrict ferry crossings to islanders only
12:22and even those will be at his discretion
12:25the waters are very deceptive around ulva even the narrow sound between ulva and mal can be treacherous
12:34it looks easy doing what i do but unfortunately there's all sorts of danger in any sort of water
12:42i've seen people being overly confident and making mistakes and i've saved people
12:47i've done that even closer to home my uncle actually drowned in these waters
12:55he was an experienced sailor he'd lived in ulva for 40 years it just shows you you can do something a
13:02thousand times and you can still make a mistake you can't beat mother nature you just have to respect it
13:08back at ulva house
13:17it's all hands on deck in the kitchen
13:21roe says i never let him express his creativity when it comes to interior design so i've let him pick
13:28the kitchen tiles roe has opted for a white and peach marble they look beautiful oh they're stunning
13:36thank you thank you
13:38not exactly practical wait until grandpa and my little pigs mess up those beautiful tiles no pigs
13:44on my tiles not a chance hello hello
13:52so i'm just keying back all the woodwork in here so we can get
13:56a decent primer on it get all the lumps and bumps off and years of kind of you know gunk
14:03tom has cast his alchemy with the magic spray and is making delivery of his first batch of panels
14:14that's great from the roof to the wall beautiful absolutely beautiful well done tom
14:21we have to have our house wind and water tight otherwise we're hit with the 14 000 pound insurance
14:33bill and we're going to miss that deadline banjo is on the phone to the window maker desperate to
14:40confirm delivery before rury closes the ferry and the december deadline strikes
14:47we're just getting kind of hit from every which angle if you can't do it next week you'll be heroes
14:54if you can get them on time but that would be amazing
15:01if they're not here we're cooked that's our deadline to be wind and water tight go on
15:07if they don't get that in that's us stung with the 14 000 pound insurance bill yeah i know
15:12i don't know this could be disastrous for us you know we're stretched to our limit emotionally
15:20physically financially moving to the island has brought us so much joy but it's also pushed us to
15:30our limit
15:36from the frozen soul
15:41hungry hands turning soft and
15:49my hero cries as we stood out there in the cold like these autumn leaves
16:00i don't have nothing to hold
16:03have we made the right decisions i don't second guess myself when we're out here
16:09feels like oh this is where we want to be
16:12but people have worked way harder and done way more in tougher conditions yeah
16:20like maybe we're just not tough enough you know it's just everything just feels a bit harder and
16:26maybe we're just a bit naive we promised that we could deliver this hotel and it was hopefully
16:44going to regenerate the island and that's put a lot of pressure on us
16:49i really need to know we're going in the right direction i'm kind of starting to doubt myself
16:56as a designer so i've invited nicola her husband robert they used to own a boutique hotel on mull
17:03they're blunt they won't sugarcoat it they'll tell us what we've done
17:07she saw the place beforehand so i'm hoping they really like it um
17:19hello hello how's it going good thank you
17:25come in welcome wow quite a difference quite a difference first impressions count in hoteling don't
17:32they i remember when we were talking at the start about how it was going to work making sure it was
17:37warm and welcoming and it's absolutely beautiful very nice indeed yes
17:44this is the library well the library of booze the library with booze yes it doesn't matter
17:51if you're a resort in the maldives a chalet in the alps or an island off an island off the west coast
17:56of scotland you've got to make people want to come here and this is the kind of thing that a lot
18:01of people will want to do oh i'm excited talking to you yeah i know it's refreshing all right come
18:08in okay this is the orangery another belter of a room so you reckon we're almost ready to open
18:19not quite i'm afraid the house will need a lot of compliance health and safety alcohol license
18:27you don't have an alcohol license then you've got very little chance of survival fire regulations
18:32electrical certification patent testing making sure you comply with all the complexities of your
18:37insurance is going to be key you'll be lucky if you're up and running this time next year
18:43there's a lot to do a successful business will only start to turn a profit after three years if you
18:48think you're going to be sipping champagne in the south of france this time next year then you've got
18:53another thing coming maybe three or four years time and upstairs is there a bedroom above yes the
18:58honeymoon suite you're going to need to make sure that the noise down here is not too much or the
19:03noise up there is not too much you're still smiling yeah we're still smiling we're still smiling that's
19:11good that's good i feel confident we've made the right decision this can be a viable business yeah good
19:17advice from a good source it's good but more today
19:32banjo and roe are reinvigorated their doubt drifting away as the kitchen units arrive to swell their renewed
19:40hope oh you got it hey i know my own strength there's a lot i just don't understand how this
19:52all fit what's the big room it shows you how much design input you've had into this yeah yeah
20:00once again ruler to the rescue is an absolute star is come in save the day three trips over bravo
20:10you're beautiful while the kitchen emerges from imagination into reality tom fits the copper panels
20:24wow now that'll slide in there yeah and it'll go together like a glove with some bolts look at
20:35these legs these are the ones we found in your salvage yard that's a work of art right
20:44ta-da wow this is reclaimed teak work tops from a school science lab you know there's a few grooves
20:52there's a little bit of graffiti writing in the one at the other end it's alive we're gonna make our mark
20:58on it the kitchen isn't the only delivery banjo and roe are celebrating
21:08oh it looks so good oh nice and easy makes it easy this is single-handedly like our biggest purchase
21:17for the house and we've got to carry the windows over on a brief boat
21:21the windows are a very expensive thing to bring this way some sort of lonely fields and horses joke
21:41it's absolute chaos i don't care they're coming over we're getting them up we're going to be window
21:45watertight and avoid that insurance premium oh most importantly yes this is just in time you have
21:56saved our bacon this winter especially with it being the dead
22:03this has given the house its second wind yeah i don't i don't think this would have made another
22:09winter and it's a step forward to preserving a piece of history oh watch me palmet like a
22:15glove you're a magician i love it the kitchen is such an important space
22:27it's where i cook it's where i eat it's where i relax and we haven't had one for so long
22:34i'm just looking forward to making new memories in there having people over entertaining cooking
22:40oh i can't i can't i can't wait i can't wait to have a kitchen
22:54look into you
23:14this is stunning it's unreal it's unreal i can't i can't believe we did it and our grand island
23:21yeah that is a stunning stunning piece of work it's a showstopper very proud of it it's beautiful
23:31that fridge i love the fridge i think the fridge is great
23:38having your own walk-in pantry yeah that's wild that's good
23:43is it too fancy for us maybe but it'll be good for the it'll be good for the hotel it's exactly what
23:52it should be yes and these new windows are so great oh gosh yeah so warm and cozy it's lovely
24:02we'll treasure this oh i can start cooking
24:05i'm gonna start cooking okay good well that's perfect because rory and rebecca are coming over
24:11for a feed later yes i'm gonna do my thing
24:19oh howdy good evening evening
24:22howdy it has arrived it has arrived
24:25every single thing in that kitchen was touched by rory plates pots pans even the kitchen sink he's
24:31brought it all over oh yeah so it's only right that we sit down and celebrate with rory and rebecca
24:36this does not look like the same place welcome where's the kitchen yeah this is there that's amazing
24:43oh wow lovely what that's nicely hidden that's for sure it's beautiful genius genius she said it
24:51so we've got a loin of venison from olva
24:59if you think back to six months ago like six months to now yeah like we've come so far
25:06when i look back walking through those doors i was just naive about the amount of work for
25:11anything to be done there's so much to do yeah but there's so much to learn yeah but we don't have
25:17much time to do it but i think actually probably being a bit naive about it is what was needed
25:24to see it at this point is actually unbelievable i'm really proud of how far we've come roe switch
25:31the generator on wow it is so beautiful i can't believe it what did you think do you think we'd ever
25:42get to get to this point i thought you could do it because i can see how stubborn particularly banjo
25:48is that's a good thing you've got a vision and you're going to push forward faded grandeur
25:54that's the vibe that's lovely very nice yeah what you've done must give you encouragement for the
26:00rest of it you know you can see where it's going now there's lights the rest is possible
26:06because for a while there it felt impossible oh that's gonna explode oh god oh god i was trying
26:16to think what the weirdest thing i've taken over for you other than yourselves
26:24probably the pigs it was very nice but it went very well as well surprisingly surprisingly well
26:30even when it was like really hard and i was really struggling i just knew it's okay yeah it feels like
26:43oh wow oh this is gonna be good you don't have to be polite it's actually delicious actually it was
26:53very tender is it i'm really surprised enough with the pats on the back we actually have lots
27:03of work to do can we just stop and enjoy this moment no i think we can relax when we have all
27:09the bedrooms booked with paying guests we need to finish the bedrooms we've got the bathrooms to
27:14do as well duck pond i want to finish the turret the staff quarters the dining room i've got my donkey
27:20pavilion as well i've got to paint the outside of the house landscaping i'm going to build a glass house
27:26knocking through the wall on the boat house i want to do that driveway as well
27:50i want to do this you can clean the apartment and come in and find the house and apply the house
27:59so
27:59the house has been Khalil and the roof over there
28:00so
28:01the house has been filled with the house astonishing ish
28:02and then finally I was like
28:04exactly right
28:04so
28:04that was a real difference
28:06and I can't get it
28:07and I can't get it
28:09and I can't get it
28:10and I can't get it
28:12or he can't get it
28:13you
28:14and then I can
28:17and I can get it
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