shared some important advice for homeowners who are attempting to renovate their properties. The presenter, 61, admitted those on the show are "very health and safety conscious" as people are unaware of the potential dangers that come with renovating a home. Martin, who has fronted the BBC programme since it first began in 2003, explained: "On the show, I try to make people aware of potential problems.

"And we are very health and safety conscious. People need to know that you can go down to your local DIY store and you can buy a piece of equipment that will kill you very, very easily." He continued: "There's nothing to stop you buying some things that if you use them wrongly will kill you, like a circular saw or an angle grinder. It's really important that you do take it seriously and don't embark on any projects or use any tools that you're really not experienced to do."

The star added to : "Because there's no amount of money that's worth injuring yourself." At the beginning of the year, Martin confessed he was "overambitious" with his pub renovation plans, admitting he was now "suffering".

He purchased the pub in Blaencwm, South Wales, in July 2022 after it closed during lockdown. Martin previously described the fixer-upper project as a "bonkers plan" after buying the rundown Hendrewen Hotel for a reported £200,000 with no prior experience in the hospitality industry.

But things haven't quite gone to plan. Posting a video in the new year, which was originally filmed on December 20, the .

"Another Christmas when the pub should be opened," he mused while walking through the clearly unfinished establishment. "You could say I was a little bit over ambitious with my timescales and budgets. I feel like I'm suffering.

"I'm a victim of my own, whatevers," he chuckled. "But the place is still a work in progress. It would be easy to say there's a long way to go."

Martin continued: "But hopefully in the new year, things will accelerate, and we've got lots of work going on outside, and hopefully the inside will start coming together. And the restaurant

"I mean, little things that are really keeping me going, things like this," he said, approaching a wall to showcase what appeared to be a shelf. "This old beam i found in an architectural salvage place. I don't know what it was."

He added: "And I got the second hand fire, and just sort of made this fireplace, which I think is going to be really nice. You can imagine sofas in front of here and people sipping on a latte and sitting with their kids and their dogs. And it's these kind of things which keep me going...two and a half years on."