Summarize and humanize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in EnglishAndy Lee has spoken about the lengths he is prepared to go to to make his home renovation dream a reality.The funnyman, 43, is currently restoring a 150-year-old derelict mansion by the river in Hawthorn, Melbourne.Andy revealed on the Fifi, Fev and Nick show that he and fiancée Rebecca Harding, 35, squeezed themselves into a one bedroom apartment for more than a month amid their extensive $5million overhaul. ‘We were in the Quest Apartments for quite a while,’ Andy explained.’It was a few more weeks than we wanted it to be – it was about six weeks.’While Andy admitted he and his Welsh Terrier Henrietta didn’t mind the scaled-down digs, it was a different story for Bec. Andy Lee has spoken about the lengths he is prepared to go to to make his home renovation dream with fiancée Rebecca Harding a reality’Bec was like, “you realise we could go and live somewhere else,”‘ he said.’I was like, “this is fine, the dog loves it.”‘He then admitted that Bec’s main issue with the apartment wasn’t space, but rather a lack of readily available laundry detergent.’She goes, “yeah, but we have to go and ask for laundry detergent when they don’t fill our little pods,”‘ Andy continued.Fill-in host Jules Lund agreed with Bec, claiming that asking staff for detergent may not give off the right vibe. ‘And you just sound like a tweaker,’ Jules declared. ‘We’re renovating a mansion down by the river Can I have some dishwashing tablets?’Oh no, we’ve got some cookers in at The Quest.’Elsewhere in the lighthearted chat, Andy rubbished the suggestion from Jules that the comedian might one day enter politics. Andy revealed on the Fifi, Fev and Nick show that he and Rebecca squeezed themselves into a one bedroom apartment for more than a month amid their extensive $5million overhaul ‘We were in the Quest Apartments for quite a while,’ Andy explained. ‘It was a few more weeks than we wanted it to be – it was about six weeks’ ‘Definitely not,’ Andy said. ‘I get asked that a bit, weirdly.’When he asked if he gave off ‘pollie vibes’ co-host Fifi Box replied with a resounding, ‘no’.’It’s an offensive thing to be considered, I reckon.’ Andy added. Andy and Rebecca have grand plans for their Italianate manor, with the planned renovation worth an estimated $5 million having begun in 2023.The comedian has been hard at work on the derelict Melbourne mansion, called Ravenswood, he bought in 2021, in a Block-style rebuild.The couple won council approval for their development application back in June 2023.Plans for the site include adding a second building which will be connected by a tunnel to the original Italianate mansion, which was built around 1876.Other highlights planned for the 1950square metre holding include a home theatre, a gym, a swimming pool and a ‘mega bedroom’. Andy and Rebecca have grand plans for their Italianate manor, with the planned renovation worth an estimated $5 million having begun in 2023 The comedian has been hard at work on the derelict Melbourne mansion, called Ravenswood, he bought in 2021, in a Block-style rebuild In a statement to the Herald Sun, Boroondara Council confirmed it had issued a notice of decision to grant a planning permit for the Yarra Grove address.One neighbour told the Sydney Morning Herald in December that the construction cacophony had caused the couple to lose ‘a lot of community goodwill’.’The noise is just horrendous,’ the disgruntled neighbour told the publication.’Some residents just leave – they go away for a week at a time and come back on the weekend.’The publication also reported that residents are angry over construction noise that had continued for 26 weeks.The noise was due to piling reinforced steel pillars and it was also reported that dust from ‘constant’ rock breaking, had coated the solar panels on nearby houses.
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