The Restoration Man - C4
Discussion
I shuddered when they opened the upstairs wall out. All that rubble crashed down and covered the car parked the other side of the fence. Hopefully it was one of their own.
The shared atrium is going to be brilliant when one side is having a party and the other side fancies an early night due to a headache!
The shared atrium is going to be brilliant when one side is having a party and the other side fancies an early night due to a headache!
I thought the result the old man got was superb the whole concept was very good very often when converting something so large the end result looks rrdiculous with massive rooms. This had big rooms but not stupidly big. Buying a dozen plastic plants for the atrium bit just to please the film crew looked rediculous they could have done so much more with that bit I'd have put a tennis court in there!
Oh and it's neighbour with a U not neighbor ffs!
Oh and it's neighbour with a U not neighbor ffs!
Grandad Gaz said:
Yes, I didn't understand why they had to remove 200 tons of sand. Why couldn't they have left it in and just concreted over the top?
I think it was filtration sand, as the building used to be a water filtration plant. It's a different thing to "normal" sand used for building and is not that stable when subjected to loads, so maybe they were worried about the floor cracking/settling.boyse7en said:
Grandad Gaz said:
Yes, I didn't understand why they had to remove 200 tons of sand. Why couldn't they have left it in and just concreted over the top?
I think it was filtration sand, as the building used to be a water filtration plant. It's a different thing to "normal" sand used for building and is not that stable when subjected to loads, so maybe they were worried about the floor cracking/settling.They were sieving the it - wonder if they used it somewhere else, rather than disposing of it?
A rather disappointing episode, for a number of reasons.
So predicable Jimmy would leave the project, and sad that it seems it literally drove him to drink. Could see it coming a mile off, and a shame especially considering he seemed to be a likable character and suffered both the loss of his partner in 2010, and the caravan fire.
I too hope that he was at least paid for his time/efforts some way or another. They should never have got into such a huge, complex venture as a family with different amounts of input to offer!
The end result itself was disappointing too. Lacked character, some annoying details yet looking unfinished in other ways - badly finished off around the windows on the outside where the openings were cut out; paint not neat on the inside of the windows!
Also how come none of these places ever have curtains?! WTF?!
I too thought the atrium was a horrible, soulless space that felt like a DIY store!! Perhaps they should have knocked it down!
I also noticed the debris flying towards the Audi (?) when they were cutting out the window openings! I hope it was one of theirs! Also wonder whose the Rolls was? Looked in good shape!
So predicable Jimmy would leave the project, and sad that it seems it literally drove him to drink. Could see it coming a mile off, and a shame especially considering he seemed to be a likable character and suffered both the loss of his partner in 2010, and the caravan fire.
I too hope that he was at least paid for his time/efforts some way or another. They should never have got into such a huge, complex venture as a family with different amounts of input to offer!
The end result itself was disappointing too. Lacked character, some annoying details yet looking unfinished in other ways - badly finished off around the windows on the outside where the openings were cut out; paint not neat on the inside of the windows!
Also how come none of these places ever have curtains?! WTF?!
I too thought the atrium was a horrible, soulless space that felt like a DIY store!! Perhaps they should have knocked it down!
I also noticed the debris flying towards the Audi (?) when they were cutting out the window openings! I hope it was one of theirs! Also wonder whose the Rolls was? Looked in good shape!
the roof alone will eat up most of that am sure.Guide of £600 – £1,250 per m2 to convert a barn.
That's 4,000 sqft which is 371.6m2.
So it could cost between £222,960 and £464,500. And that is without unexpected costs. So she has probably based her £500k budget on a trouble free conversion.
I'm just waiting for the local planning officer to stick his nose in.
That's 4,000 sqft which is 371.6m2.
So it could cost between £222,960 and £464,500. And that is without unexpected costs. So she has probably based her £500k budget on a trouble free conversion.
I'm just waiting for the local planning officer to stick his nose in.
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