Two sisters brought a house together at auction and saved saved £8,000 renovating it themselves by using ChatGPT.
Heather Roberts, 25, and Anya Hughes, 21, from Bournemouth, Dorset, UK took on the mammoth task after purchasing their first flat May 2024 for £140,000.
The inside needed ripping out completely and to save money the women taught themselves DIY skills - using YouTube, TikTok videos and even ChatGPT.
The sisters have been showing off their pink overalls and hope to inspire other women to try DIY.
Heather Roberts, 25, and Anya Hughes, 21, from Bournemouth, Dorset, UK took on the mammoth task after purchasing their first flat May 2024 for £140,000.
The inside needed ripping out completely and to save money the women taught themselves DIY skills - using YouTube, TikTok videos and even ChatGPT.
The sisters have been showing off their pink overalls and hope to inspire other women to try DIY.
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00:00Hi, I'm Heather. Me and my sister bought our first flat and despite the lack of skills, knowledge and strength, we're renovating it ourselves in six months.
00:06Welcome to Day 35.
00:07Today we had our fair few disasters.
00:09We got this front window replaced, which is so sad because I really love the stained glass, but I'm going to keep it and restore it.
00:14Then Anna dropped my phone in the paint right in the speaker hole, so if you're going to call me, you better shout because I can't hear you.
00:19Our grandma was around today, so she gave us hot chocolate and a sandwich for lunch so that we don't go and get Starbucks.
00:24Then I knocked it all over the floor and we have no water here to clear it up.
00:27Anna was painting and I started installing the architrave around the bedroom window.
00:31I measured it and then used a mitre and saw to cut it. We don't have a workbench, so this was the best we could do.
00:36I checked that it fit and then started cutting the rest of them.
00:39Checked that they fit, which they did. I'm as surprised as you are.
00:42I had to cut this bit of picture rail, don't ask.
00:44Then I put the no more nails onto the bits of architrave.
00:47This is really hard when it's cold. It feels like pushing cement out of a pinhole.
00:52Anyways, then I stuck it on and used a hammer to knock it in at our new window and look at my architrave.
00:58This is gorgeous.
00:59Okay, so we got a quote for £4,000 for this porch.
01:01Safe to say, we're not going to spend £4,000 on this porch.
01:04So, Anna and I decided to do it ourselves.
01:07We're just two girlies trying to prove that girls can do it too.
01:09Maybe. Maybe not. We'll see.
01:10Welcome to Day 38. I'm painting the doors from this awful blue colour to a gorgeous sage green slate.
01:16So, when painting a door like this, you've got to sand it down to give the paint something to stick to.
01:19And then I put some masking tape around the glass to protect the glass.
01:22Even though there was already blue paint on the inside of the glass.
01:25Okay, so I broke my nails for the first time in this four-month renovation.
01:28I tried to open the paint pot. Nails absolutely cracked.
01:31I just got to painting. I am going to do my neighbour's door, but it was closed.
01:33I gave it a go, but I haven't been able to get to the edges because the door was closed.
01:36Our front front door, the door to our porch, is being put on today.
01:39Thank God. Finally. Love it.
01:41I tried to screw in the door furniture.
01:44Safe to say, I had a bit of a mental breakdown. I'm not going to lie.
01:47I forget that I am making this up as I get along.
01:49When I take on a new task, I realise I actually have no idea what I'm doing.
01:52Turns out, you need to drill a hole in the door and then put the screw into that.
01:56Thank you very much. Didn't know that.
01:57Anyway, I managed to put a door knob on a door.
02:09You have to wait.
02:15You have to wait.
02:16ogeneity?
02:17You have to wait.
02:18You have to wait.
02:19Come to the window breeze.
02:20Tell me, let's go.
02:21You have to notice.
02:22Instagram is a然後 já pelo dummy minute to report out.
02:23Don't use my accessibility phone.
02:24Let's go.
02:30Let's go.
02:31And Equipe Desert Zone 2.
02:32Don't use the same.
02:34paycheck to work.
02:35What to do?
02:36With Wimentos Finela,
02:37All right.
02:41Check it out.
02:46All right.
02:49Check it out.
02:54All right.
02:57Check it out.