THEY built a garden bar to keep themselves entertained during lockdown.
But fast forward four years and the Radfords have been forced to take action, because the structure is “knackered” and “leaks something rotten”.
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So dad-of-22 Noel took charge of the makeover project, and documented the process on the family’s YouTube page.
“I’m going to take this bar down today, get rid of it, then hopefully in the summer what I’d like to do is build a proper bar/barbecue area out of stone, brick and concrete and then a nice roof over the top of it, just so we can sit out in the evenings.”
He added that the bar area would also protect the family from the “wind tunnel” that forms in their garden.
Noel then started dismantling the bar, as he sighed: “Do you ever get those jobs where you think we should never have started?
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“It’s going to be one of them isn’t it!
“What a mess, what a mess that is! My God!
“Anyway it’ll certainly make the patio a much bigger area because it was just taking up too much room and looking scruffy and it just turned into a junkyard.”
Noel then enlisted the help of son Max to take the wood down to the tip, which they managed to do in two trips.
Next up, Noel began jet washing the patio, and noted that it was going from “green and manky” to “pretty clean”.
He then turned the camera to show the rest of the garden full to the brim with other bits and pieces, including two barbecues, a fire pit that needs repainting and a pizza oven.
Sue then popped up in the video, revealing that she’d been busy tidying the house inside with Noel was hard at work in the garden.
“I’ve cleaned the ovens as well today so yeah we’ve both had quite a busy day today!” she laughed.
“The garden is looking miles better outside, I think Noel’s been itching to take that bar down for a while now so it looks so much better.”
Noel then showed off the results of his hard work, as he said: “Patio’s looking nice and clean, I’ve moved that table set over there, I’ve just got to paint the patio warmer thing, I’ve left that dining table set there and I’ve jet washed all the cushions.”
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He added that he wasn’t holding out much hope that the patio cushions were salvageable, but was pleasantly surprised by how clean the jet washing got them.
“I quite like the open space, it’s very nice!” he concluded.
Shortly after posting the vlog on YouTube, the Radfords were inundated with people all asking the same question – namely what happened to the house they were planning to move into.
“Thought you was moving to new house?” one person wrote.
“What happened about the new house?” another asked.
The Radford Family
Who’s who in the Radford family?
The Radfords are Britain’s biggest family with 22 children.
Here are the kids from eldest to youngest include:
- Chris – born May 7, 1989
- Sophie – born December 13, 1993
- Chloe – born July 31, 1995Â
- Jack – born April 9, 1997
- Daniel – born March 3, 1999Â
- Luke – born October 1, 2000Â
- Millie Radford – born August 29, 2001
- Katie – born November 14, 2002
- James – born October 17, 2003
- Ellie – born May 6, 2005Â
- Aimee – born April 21, 2006
- Josh – born July 3, 2007
- Max – born December 11, 2008
- Tillie – born May 2, 2010
- Oscar – born October 22, 2011
- Casper, – born October 3, 2012
- Hallie – born June 3, 2015
- Phoebe – born July 24, 2016Â
- Archie – born September 18, 2017
- Bonnie – born November 6, 2018Â
- Heidie – born April 3, 2020
“Rewind … I thought you was packing to move,” a third said.
“When are you moving to your country home?” someone else asked.
“Did you not move house in the end?” another wrote.
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To which someone else replied: “They are NOT moving now, it fell through.”
“They’ll probably explain why in the next TV documentary,” another added.
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