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Joanne Ridout

Inside Pamela Anderson's 'wild and sexy' home renovation where she's just given the basement a £20k facelift

Pamela Anderson has ditched the Hollywood lifestyle to go back to her childhood roots and renovate her grandparents' former lakeside property on the coast of Vancouver Island, Canada.

The journey to create her dream home, which is a site that the Baywatch star bought from her grandparents and is where she spent much of her childhood, unfolds on the new More4 property series Pamela Anderson's Family Home Renovation.

The property site in an idyllic spot by the lake offers Pamela three houses to transform and is about to experience relationship rows, interior designer dramas and unquestionably gorgeous makeovers as the series progresses.

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Family legacy bought from Pamela's grandparents at Vancouver Island, Canada (More4)
The site has three houses to renovate with probably the most work needed at The Boathouse, which will become Pamela and Dan's main home (More4)

When Pamela was a child her grandparents ran the site as a holiday village with wooden cabins for guests and a main building called The Roadside where they also sold some basic supplies to holidaymakers staying in the cabins.

The Roadside building is where Pamela and husband Dan are living as the site renovation progresses after giving it a "cheap and cheerful" makeover.

Cabin number six was Pamela's parents' home after they married but is no longer in existence. However, one of the nine holiday cabins is still standing and is part of this epic renovation journey.

The site also has a boathouse next to the water that has plans to become Pam and Dan's truly spectacular lakeside home - revealed further into the series. There are also the remains of a pier that Pamela has plans to reinstate and add a pavilion at the end for perfect alfresco dining surrounded by water.

The Roadside once contained a small store for the holidaymakers staying at the cabins but is currently where Pamela is living while the renovations happen (More4)
The Cabin is the third in the trio of houses to update into a dream home on the site (More4)
Pamela and Dan meet with construction consultant Kenny (left) and designer Teresa (right) to discuss the £20k basement update (More4)

Pamela states she has a budget of £750,000 for the 'first phase' of the renovation project and has big plans. She says: "I want something wild, sexy and crazy! I'm a mermaid and this is my mermaid castle."

With her 'A-team' tasked to make this mermaid happy comprising of construction consultant Kevin, who Pamela describes as the Hasselhoff of the team - "charming, handsome and cute", designer Teresa, and skilled craftsmen which includes her husband Dan in place, the first area to tackle is the basement of The Roadhouse.

BEFORE: 'Scary' basement (More4)
AFTER: The 'mud room' section of the space with seating, storage and a curtain Pamela made (More4)

Pamela says: "The basement is supposed to be a laundry room, but it's so scary!" But the most scary thing about this first chapter of the renovation story is the cost for this room. Pamela is shocked to find out the plans for The Roadside's basement transformation is going to be $24,500 - just over £20,000, but she ploughs ahead with it.

She says: "It needs it, it's worth it, it's going to be a life-changer, because especially as we're waiting for the boathouse (renovation) - we need somewhere for laundry."

BEFORE: The laundry area was not inviting or clean enough for clean clothes (More4)
AFTER: The laundry area includes a marble sink Pamela falls in love with (More4)
AFTER: The space opposite the appliances has room for ironing and drying clothes (More4)

No major challenges unfold during the basement's makeover from dark, dingy and disorganised into laundry obsessed Pamela's dream space that includes a 'mud room' with seating and storage, a walk-in pantry that includes a place for Pamela's homemade pickles, as well as the all important utility area that includes a marble sink.

Designer Teresa is nervous as she knows how important this space is for Pamela saying: "I've never met anyone who loves doing laundry as much as Pamela Anderson does. I'm a little nervous because it's the first project we've completed for her."

AFTER: There's now a walk-in pantry to make so many viewers jealous (More4)
AFTER: There's even a special shelf for Pamela's pickles (More4)
In episode one Pamela is happy with how the renovations are going... for now (More4)

But as the room transformation is revealed Teresa can feel calmer because Pamela is beside herself with joy. She says: "Oh my God, oh this looks so good, this looks amazing. My pickles! This is what a pantry should look like. You totally killed it, I've got chills. I can't believe this is the basement, it was the ugliest part of the house. It's gorgeous, I'm happy."

Pamela Anderson's Family Home Renovation is on More4 every Wednesday at 10pm, with episode one currently available to watch on All4 catch up.

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