New series of Grand Designs

[Jasandjules]

Justayellowbadge said:

WTF?

They spent a million on an Ikea outlet?

How dare you.





It's clearly an Amazon warehouse.

[Justayellowbadge]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

Just seen inside the boxes.

They had that, and they built, well, fk all, with a big caravan at one end.

And left the main space as a complete waste.

Well done, Henning, you've just had one hour of prime time dedicated to why you should never work again.

[Justayellowbadge]

Just read the last page.

Should have done before watching that. In fairness, I was warned.

Could have been so, so, good though.

[InfoRetrieval]

So, basically it offered all the attractions of living in an industrial unit without the benefit of being able to bring your car inside to work on it.

Do not want.

[jules_s]

It never ever ceases to astound me how these 'Architects' wouldn't understand a detail if it punched them in the face

[Jasandjules]

It struck me that anyone willing to live with the bodged windows for a reduction in price would not be working on any project I run - I rather like things to be done correctly......

[sleep envy]

Even when you're shelling out for prelims and L&E from your own pocket?

[matchmaker]

It was utter ste. Close thread now, please.

[ajprice]

Big open metal box... any guesses for how many 0's on their heating bill?

[FourWheelDrift]

ajprice said:

Big open metal box... any guesses for how many 0's on their heating bill?

I may have missed it but what type heating system did they install? Or were they going for the open brazier style to match the rest of the warehouse.

[Trommel]

Underfloor and a wood burner.

[ajprice]

If there was any mention of a heating system I missed it too.

[Steamer]

FourWheelDrift said:

ajprice said:

Big open metal box... any guesses for how many 0's on their heating bill?

I may have missed it but what type heating system did they install? Or were they going for the open brazier style to match the rest of the warehouse.

I got the impression they were keeping themselves warm via her glow of self worth and burning his detailed drawings.

[Laurel Green]

Trommel said:

Underfloor and a wood burner.

Though that will be straight up and out through the roof me thinks. Unless of course the roof panels were twin-walled with insulation between but, certainly did not look that way to me.

[Beefmeister]

Trommel said:

Underfloor and a wood burner.

This. Underfloor throughout, including the box rooms.

[BoRED S2upid]

Laurel Green said:

Trommel said:

Underfloor and a wood burner.

Though that will be straight up and out through the roof me thinks. Unless of course the roof panels were twin-walled with insulation between but, certainly did not look that way to me.

There was a chunk of insulation in the roof panels its the 30 ft of glass windows on one side i'd be worried about. I would love to see one of those infrared images of heat loss on that property.

A £600k metal shed absolutely rediculous but in london probably would sell to an artist type for double that.

[Alfa numeric]

Laurel Green said:

Trommel said:

Underfloor and a wood burner.

Though that will be straight up and out through the roof me thinks. Unless of course the roof panels were twin-walled with insulation between but, certainly did not look that way to me.

They said at the end that it was completely double skinned and filled with as much insulation as they could cram in- although having said that they didn't seem to optimistic about the size of their energy bills...

I quite liked it- as it sounded like he worked there with a number of people it probably works quite well as a home/office. I'm not going to be at the front of the queue if he ever decides to sell though.

[Laurel Green]

BoRED S2upid said:

There was a chunk of insulation in the roof panels its the 30 ft of glass windows on one side i'd be worried about. I would love to see one of those infrared images of heat loss on that property.

A £600k metal shed absolutely rediculous but in london probably would sell to an artist type for double that.

I must have missed that bit. I just remembered seeing the folded roof panels and thinking they were standard sheets. Seems a tad strange to use the same profile with insulation sandwiched between, rather than a smooth profile on the inner side, but then I guess that was the look they were after.

Alfa numeric said:

They said at the end that it was completely double skinned and filled with as much insulation as they could cram in- although having said that they didn't seem to optimistic about the size of their energy bills...

I quite liked it- as it sounded like he worked there with a number of people it probably works quite well as a home/office. I'm not going to be at the front of the queue if he ever decides to sell though.

It would be interesting to see their energy bills for the winter period - deep pockets required me thinks.
You won't find me in the queue either but, did think the overall look and finish was OK for their requirements, just not a grand design!

[Marty Funkhouser]

Pretty soulless this weeks - another London couple desperate to impress the neighbours IMO.

[ajprice]

Marty Funkhouser said:

Pretty soulless this weeks - another London couple desperate to impress the neighbours IMO.

And of all the neighbours in all of London, they picked a property lawyer and an architect