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Banjo And Ros Grand Island Hotel - Season 1 - Episode 06: Winter Is Coming
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00:05we're in the depths of autumn now and it's cold and wet and windy it's hard we arrived here in
00:15the glorious sunshine and now I just feel like a husk of my former self oh my turn
00:25yeah I know when the Sun was out and it was all glorious it was a very different feeling
00:30the island's getting quiet you can feel it the tourists are gone the boathouse is closed for
00:35the season we're not going to be open till next spring
00:41good luck on your next adventure thank you
00:46chef Louie and Pila are going and it's sad because become friends with these people they've come part
00:50of your lives and then all of a sudden they're gone wait are you taking our food yeah they're my
00:58rice
00:58crispy bye guys it's very sad I don't know where I'm going to get my food from either you're gonna
01:05have 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 Alva House
01:23with passion and purpose Banjo has revitalized the reception rooms
01:32and designed a romantic honeymoon suite
01:36while 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
01:58they've ploughed through over two-thirds of the 150,000 pound budget
02:05now all eyes turn to the kitchen the quiet engine which will power every guest's stay
02:11and threatens to devour the remaining funds
02:15demo 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 pig outside
02:29let's be careful let's just slowly remove everything I'll get some stuff together god he's exhausting
02:38dad'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
02:59that's a good pig truck
03:05there's a beautiful old map of Alva
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
03:23I don't know when or who made it someone went to a lot of work at some point to do
03:28that
03:34bro what are you doing
03:37what are you
03:39what are you
03:40did you turn the water off
03:41no
03:43sorry
03:46got it
03:48I don't know what you're doing but you're stressing me out
03:49how are you going to run a hotel with me if this stresses you
03:52I'm not I'm going to run the hotel you're going to have to be somewhere else
03:57what an adrenaline rush
03:58all right this is what we're working with
04:04what on earth are you thinking this is
04:05so the copper off the flat roof
04:08yeah
04:09use them to make a gorgeous backsplash for the kitchen
04:12okay
04:12feature wall
04:13okay so no cabinetry on it
04:15no cabinetry
04:16okay okay
04:17but have a grand island
04:18so this is the island
04:20everything is going to be on the island
04:22okay
04:23that's going to really work hard for us
04:26I'm going to design a 1950s icebox
04:29that's going to conceal the fridge that'll go there
04:31then pantry
04:34gorgeous all your dry goods
04:37wood store gorgeous wood store
04:39no but no plate store
04:41okay ceramic store
04:43all right
04:44knock the door off
04:46put a new window on
04:47then you've got this
04:50wow look at those curves
04:52suddenly like we've got some organic kind of shape in here
04:56it's really nice for some reason seeing the shape
04:58i don't know why
04:59but i find that very pleasing
05:02we're opening it all up
05:04it's going to be one big beautiful space
05:10the centerpiece of the hotel's kitchen
05:12will be a grand island
05:14which banjo will design from reclaimed materials
05:18copper sheeting salvaged from the roof
05:20will form wall paneling
05:22and banjo is planning a retro style cabinet
05:26to house the fridge and freezer
05:32chef's kiss
05:41also demanding attention are the windows with shattered glass and rotten frames
05:47they are nowhere near guest ready
05:51should 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
05:59okay i think leave this where they are
06:02replacing the windows will be the final step in making all the house wind and water tight
06:07but banjo and roe need not worry about autumn as all locals know
06:14it's winter that shows no mercy
06:18obviously alva it's a tough place to be in the winter
06:21it's incredibly cold and very very wet every angle you can think of the rain comes with the wind and
06:27finds a way in if it can
06:29they need to really be aware of getting it completely wind and watertight
06:34getting their windows sorted or it will be a very long miserable winter for them in that house
06:41banjo and roe have paid 15 000 pounds for replacement heritage sash and case windows
06:47their biggest single outlay we need to get those windows done and replaced by the end of november
06:53if 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
07:04elements by then these windows are critical they should be here two weeks before the deadline
07:11they will be here two weeks before the deadline
07:17we'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 kind of in two
07:48mines i love the copper and then i love the verdigris show me the verdigris side no that is the
07:54verdigris
07:54the green is the vertical okay
07:59formed 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
08:15kind
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 path and then find an interesting new way to use them
08:29for
08:29the future banjo has sent the time-worn and weather-beaten copper across the water to a master of metalwork
08:38on mull
08:43so tom can turn this copper into a wow piece he knows how to spin gold from nothing
08:53howdy how's it going yeah pretty good the verdigris is this naturally occurring process but you can
09:00add a little bit of chemical or some magic potions to expedite that process tom really understands that
09:08This is your options so you got just bare copper just polished
09:12Then you've got one coat of sprayed verdigris, then two coats of sprayed verdigris
09:17But the first one is kind of white to make it more even and you got two layers of sprayed
09:21verdigris. What do you think Ray?
09:25I've got no idea. I
09:27Think I fancy this one. That's like a nice degree of the degree, but it's amazing
09:32You can kind of dial it up and down. It's just sprayed magic juice. What do you mean?
09:37Magic juice Tom because I know you can do P and that would work
09:42It's not your pay is it? It could be P about off eBay. So who knows what's in it?
09:47It could be somebody's P. It could be somebody's P. I don't know what's in it. That's a good business
09:51for somebody
09:52Well, whatever's gonna 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
10:01the best I think
10:01Oh
10:07Banjo has traveled to Perthshire to begin work in the kitchen island
10:15To build the bespoke piece he has chosen Bob a master craftsman with a sprawling workshop and salvage yard
10:24Bob
10:25Bob if I can find it and dream it he can make it
10:34Oh
10:36You beauty
10:41Hey
10:42Now we're talking
10:43So these could be perfect for the legs for a bit of the island
10:50This is the thing that's going to give it a bit of soul some lovely old found stuff and this
10:56place is just like treasure trove
11:01I want it to feel like a bit of an heirloom
11:04Kind 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
11:13I know it when I see it
11:16Oh, yes
11:19That will work nicely
11:25So I think those legs will work that I found in the yard
11:29Yeah, I know it. I know exactly where we got those from we got those act of a linen factory
11:35Um in kakordi. Yes, I love it
11:40My fridge hidden in plain sight kind of inspired by like a 1950s icebox those beautiful old timber ones
11:49Oh high-tech drawing. I'm actually self-taught as a designer. Can you tell? Yeah, so we're making a grand
11:56island
11:57A hidden fridge
11:59All in a couple of weeks because winter is coming bob and rury stop him running the boats as well
12:04So we kind of have that like hard deadline to get that done. Otherwise, it'll just be left out in
12:11the cold
12:16When winter hits rury will restrict ferry crossings to islanders only and even those will be at his discretion
12:27The waters are very deceptive around ulva
12:29Even 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 have done that even closer to home
12:50My uncle actually drowned in these waters
12:55He was an experienced sailor
12:58He'd lived in ulva for 40 years. It just shows you you can do something a thousand times and you
13:03can still make a mistake
13:05You can't beat mother nature. You just have to respect it
13:12Back at ulva house
13:17It's all hands on deck in the kitchen
13:20Ro says I never let him express his creativity when it comes to interior design
13:26So i've let him pick the kitchen tiles ro has opted for a white and peach marble
13:33They look beautiful
13:35Oh, they're stunning
13:37Not exactly practical wait until grandpa and my little pigs mess up those
13:43No pigs on my tiles
13:45Not a chance
13:47Hello
13:49Hello
13:52So i'm just keying back all the woodwork in here so we can get a decent primer on it
13:58Get all the lumps and bumps off and years of kind of you know gunk
14:04Tom 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
14:26We have to have our house wind and watertight otherwise we're hit with the 14 000 pound insurance bill
14:34And we're gonna miss that deadline
14:37Banjo is on the phone to the window maker desperate to confirm delivery before rury closes the ferry and the
14:45december deadline strikes
14:47We're just getting kind of hit from every which angle if you can't do it next week
14:52You'll be heroes if you can get them on time that that would be amazing
15:01If they're not here we're cooked that's our deadline to be wind and watertight gone
15:07If they don't get that in that's us stung with the 14 000 pound insurance bill
15:12Yeah, I know
15:16This could be disastrous for us, you know, we're stretched to our limit emotionally physically financially
15:23Moving to the island has brought us so much joy, but it's also pushed us to our limit
15:32Autumn leaves under frozen soul
15:41Hungry hands turning soft and low
15:49My hero cries as we stood out there in the cold
15:57Like these autumn leaves
16:00I don't have nothing to hold
16:03Have we made the right decisions?
16:05I don't second guess myself when we're out here
16:08It feels like oh, this is where we want to be
16:13But people have worked way harder and done way more in tougher conditions
16:20Yeah
16:20Like maybe we're just not tough enough
16:23You know, it's just everything just feels a bit harder and maybe we're just a bit naive
16:32These autumn leaves
16:40We promised that we could deliver this hotel and it was hopefully going to regenerate the island
16:46And that's put a lot of pressure on us
16:50I really need to know we're going in the right direction
16:54I'm kind of starting to doubt myself as a designer
16:57So I've invited Nicola, her husband Robert
17:00They used to own a boutique hotel on Mull
17:03They're blunt, they won't sugarcoat it
17:05They'll tell us what we've done
17:09She saw the place beforehand so I'm hoping they really like it
17:19Hello
17:19Hello
17:20How's it going?
17:22Good, thank you
17:24Come in, welcome
17:26Wow, quite a difference
17:28Quite a difference
17:30First impressions count in hoteling, don't they?
17:33I remember when we were talking at the start about how it was going to work
17:36Making sure it was warm and welcoming and it's absolutely beautiful
17:40Very nice indeed
17:40Yes
17:43This is the library
17:45Well, the library of booze
17:48Oh, the library with booze
17:49Yes
17:51It doesn't matter if you're a resort in the Maldives, a chalet in the Alps
17:54Or an island off an island off the west coast of Scotland
17:57You've got to make people want to come here
17:59And this is the kind of thing that a lot of people will want to do
18:02Oh, I'm excited talking to you
18:04Yeah, I know
18:05It's refreshing
18:07All right, come in
18:09Okay
18:09This is for our injury
18:14Another belter of a room
18:16So you reckon we're almost ready to open?
18:18Not quite, I'm afraid
18:20The house will need a lot of compliance, health and safety
18:25Alcohol licence
18:27Yeah
18:28If you don't have an alcohol licence then you've got very little chance of survival
18:31Fire regulations
18:32Electrical certification, patent testing
18:34Making sure you comply with all the complexities of your insurance is going to be key
18:38You'll be lucky if you're up and running this time next year
18:43There's a lot to do
18:44A successful business will only start to turn a profit after three years
18:48If you think you're going to be sipping champagne in the south of France this time next year
18:52Then you've got another thing coming maybe three or four years' time
18:55And upstairs, is there a bedroom above us?
18:58Yes, the honeymoon suite
18:59You're going to need to make sure that the noise down here is not too much
19:03Or the noise up there is not too much
19:07You're still smiling
19:08Yeah, we're still smiling, we're still smiling
19:10We're still smiling
19:10That's good, that's good
19:12I feel confident, we've made the right decision, this can be a viable business
19:16Yeah
19:17Good advice from a good source
19:18It's good, but more today
19:32Banjo and Roe are reinvigorating
19:35Their doubt drifting away as the kitchen units arrive to swell their renewed hope
19:43Got it?
19:45I don't know my own strength
19:49There's a lot, I just don't understand how this all fit
19:53Well it's a big room
19:54It shows you how much design input you've had into this, huh?
19:58Yeah, yeah, zero
20:00Once again, Roe to the rescue, he's an absolute star, he's come in, saved the day
20:04Three trips over, bravo
20:13You're beauty
20:14Beautiful
20:16While the kitchen emerges from imagination into reality, Tom fits the copper panels
20:24Wow
20:26No, that'll slide in there
20:29Yeah
20:30And it'll go together
20:32Like a glove
20:33With some bolts
20:34Look at these legs, these are the ones we found in your salvage yard
20:38That's the work of art
20:40Right
20:43Ta-da
20:45Wow
20:46This is reclaimed teak work tops from a school science lab
20:51You know, there's a few grooves, there's a little bit of graffiti writing in the one at the other end
20:56It's alive
20:57We're going to make our mark on it
21:00The kitchen isn't the only delivery Banjo and Roe are celebrating
21:08Oh, it looks so good
21:11Oh
21:12Makes it easy, makes it easy
21:14This is single-handedly like our biggest purchase for the house
21:18And we've got to carry the windows over on a brief boat
21:25The windows are a very expensive thing
21:28To bring this way
21:31Some sort of lonely fields and horses joke
21:33It's a
21:34Don't
21:41It's absolute chaos
21:42I don't care
21:43They're coming over
21:44We're getting them up
21:45We're going to be wind and watertight
21:50And avoid that insurance premium
21:52Oh, most importantly
21:53Yes
21:54This is just in time
21:56You have saved our bacon this winter
21:58Especially with the being of the dead
22:03This has given the house its second wind
22:06Yeah
22:06I don't think this would have made another winter
22:10And it's a step forward to preserving a piece of history
22:13Oh, watch me pal, Matt
22:14Like a glove
22:16You're a magician, I love it
22:23The kitchen is such an important space
22:27It's where I cook, it's where I eat, it's where I relax
22:29And we haven't had one for so long
22:34I'm just looking forward to making new memories in there
22:37Having people over
22:39Entertaining, cooking
22:40Oh, I can't, I can't, I can't wait
22:43I can't wait to have a kitchen
22:46You're something out of a dream
22:50Messing with my head
22:53And I've been looking for you
22:57Are you hiding?
22:59Cause I like the way you're calling to me
23:02Oh, oh, oh, oh
23:04You're standing upon me
23:05Oh, oh, oh
23:07You're something out of a dream
23:10Oh, oh, oh
23:29It's beautiful
23:31That fridge
23:33I love the fridge
23:34I think the fridge is great
23:38Having your own walk-in pantry
23:41Yeah, that's wild
23:42I can't
23:43That's good
23:46Is it too fancy for us?
23:49Maybe, but it'll be good for the hotel
23:51It's exactly what it should be
23:53Yes
23:54And these new windows are so great
23:56Oh gosh, yeah
23:57So warm and cosy
23:59It's lovely
24:02We'll treasure this
24:03Oh, I can start cooking
24:07I'm gonna start cooking
24:08Okay, good
24:09Well, that's perfect
24:10Cause Ruri and Rebecca are coming over for a feed later
24:12Yes
24:13I'm gonna do my thing
24:18Oh, howdy
24:20Good evening
24:22Evening
24:22Charity, it has arrived
24:23It has arrived
24:25Every single thing in that kitchen was touched by Ruri
24:28Plates, pots, pans, even the kitchen sink
24:31He's brought it all over
24:32Oh, yeah
24:32So it's only right that we sit down and celebrate with Ruri and Rebecca
24:36This does not look like the same place
24:39Welcome
24:40Where's the kitchen going?
24:41Yeah
24:41This is there
24:42That's amazing
24:43Oh, wow
24:43It's lovely
24:44What?
24:46That's nicely headed, that's for sure
24:47It's beautiful
24:48Genius
24:49Genius
24:50She said it
24:51So
24:53We've got a loin of venison
24:55From Ulva
24:59If you think back to six months ago
25:01Like, six months to now
25:02Yeah, like we've come so far
25:06When I look back
25:07Walking through those doors
25:08I was just naive about the amount of work for me to be done
25:13There's so much to do
25:14Yeah, but there's so much to learn
25:16Yeah, but we don't have much time to do it
25:18But I think actually probably being a bit naive about it is what was needed
25:24To see it at this point is actually unbelievable
25:27I'm really proud of how far we've come
25:30Ro, switch the generator on
25:35Wow
25:36It is so beautiful
25:38I can't believe it
25:41What did you think?
25:42Do you think we'd ever get to this point?
25:43I thought you could do it because I can see
25:46How stubborn particularly Banjo is
25:48That's a good thing
25:49You've got a vision and you're going to push forward
25:53Faded grandeur
25:54That's the vibe
25:55That's lovely
25:56Oh, wow
25:57Yeah
25:58What you've done must give you encouragement for the rest of it
26:00You know, you can see where it's going now
26:02There's lots
26:05The rest is possible
26:06Because for a while there it felt impossible
26:08Oh, that's going to explode
26:12Oh, God
26:13Oh, God
26:15I'm just trying to think what the weirdest thing I've taken over
26:18for you
26:19Us?
26:20Yeah
26:20Other than yourselves
26:24Probably the pigs
26:25It was very nice
26:26But it went very well as well
26:28Which was surprisingly well
26:29Surprisingly well
26:35Even when it was like really hard and I was really struggling
26:38I just knew
26:39It's like kind
26:40Yeah, it feels like home
26:43Oh, wow
26:45Oh, this is going to be good
26:47You don't have to be polite
26:50It sounds really delicious
26:52Actually, it was very tender
26:54Is it?
26:55I'm really surprised
27:00Enough with the pats on the back
27:02We actually have lots of work to do
27:04Can we just stop and enjoy this moment?
27:06No, I think we can relax when we have all the bedrooms booked with paying guests
27:11We need to finish the bedrooms
27:12We've got the bathrooms to do as well
27:14Duck pond
27:15I want to finish the turret
27:17The staff quarters
27:18The dining room
27:19I've got my donkey pavilion as well
27:21I've got to paint the outside of the house
27:24Landscaping
27:24I'm going to build a glass house
27:26Knocking through the wall
27:27And the boat out
27:28I want to do that driveway as well
27:30Running through the wall
27:59Moon
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