Dr Chris Brown recalls "dramatic" personal renovation disaster
Dream Home host Dr Chris Brown has revealed his own renovation fail on the latest episode of the show.
The vet turned TV star has taken on a new role where he guides six teams of aspiring renovators through the joys — and pitfalls — of house remodelling in the new Channel 7 reality show.
Speaking to 7NEWS, the star recalled the terrifying moment his home nearly fell in on itself when he was trying to build a garage.
“On my first renovation, I decided I needed a garage underneath my house,” he said, adding that he had council approval for the renovation.
“With a couple of tradies, we went about digging out the garage underneath the house, in the sand.
“We just kept on digging, digging, digging, until a rather large sound indicated the house was about to fall into the hole!
“So that’s about as dramatic as it as it gets.
“To have your house sort of falling in on itself, that was a pretty big learning curve.”
He said that the problem was solved "very quickly" with a lot of underpinning and structural support.
“A lot of those steel support posts that you can sort of wind up and down, they went in, and thankfully the house didn’t fold in half,” he said, laughing at the situation.
He added that unexpected situations like this are what make renovation shows so appealing as "there’s so much natural drama, you don’t have to fake anything."
“Choices have to be made, and it’s either the right way or the wrong way, and you only really discover that as you go along," he added.
“Sometimes it’s too late to turn back once you realise you’ve made a terrible mistake.”
Chris added that his role on the show is almost as a"coach" to the pairs, supporting them through the renovation challenges, and helping them get to the finish line.
“What these couples are going through, and just how much they put on the line to get these renovations done, is quite inspiring and quite uplifting and but also thoroughly entertaining,” he said.
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