New series of Grand Designs

[Jasandjules]

anonymous said:

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That is what I was thinking. They let her go rather a long time on their land (oh but in Winter so they didn't need their own garden) - I said to the better half I bet that if they needed to go on her land to undertake works she'd not let them............

[Marty Funkhouser]

anonymous said:

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Agreed. She, in particular, had that look-at-us-arent-we-creative-groundbreaking-and-uber cool all over her during Kevin's final visit. Sad thing was he was infinitely more impressed by the lets be friends building a glorified shed on the Isle of Skye.

[Baron Greenback]

Agreed with all comments so far! This is the only project that I can not understand why they have done such a house! Its not homely or warm, sound is going to echo every where! The material will age very quickly and look old and tatty so quickly! I felt so sorry for the contractor building door/windows and remaking it as the dimension have changed time after time! The neighbor were the best they could be, especially the ones with the squirrel and leaks! Ok I am sure they were pissed off having a empty workshop next door!
I love the idea of using an unused space to make a home and thinking outside the norm to make a house but I can not understand any of that build and that is the 1st for me on all grand designs so far!

[sjj84]

soxboy said:

Oh look, they've designed a public library. Well done.

That was the first thing I thought when they showed it finished.

[LordHaveMurci]

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.

It would need to, they paid £500k for the site on top of the £600k build cost I think?!

[Raify]

LordHaveMurci said:

It would need to, they paid £500k for the site on top of the £600k build cost I think?!

That's right, total 1.1m according to what they said.

[anonymous-user]

I actually preferred the other London whole from a couple of weeks ago. It may not have been to my taste but you could at least see where some of the money had gone. Also the other couple were pretentious aholes, but they didn't seem too fussed about pretending they weren't.

A big fat MEH on this one

[LordHaveMurci]

anonymous said:

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I suspect that for the space (6000ft2?) thats still a bargain in that location, st though the end result may be!

[Pesty]

Just watched this.

I'm going against what seems to be the prevailing view.

I liked it.

[matts4]

I was just wondering what happens when the young kids want to run around the kitchen/watch tv during half terms? That would be pretty un professional due to the fact the practice shares the same space?

[strudel]

On the plus side, an hour with a sledgehammer and you can start from scratch. If it were me I'd have installed a roof crane, then you can move boxes around at will and redesign your house when bored.

[Pesty]

anonymous said:

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Well yes I have seen similar builds.

Why? i'm no expert on architecure, don't really care about concepts etc ect being a bit thick the end product either appeals or it doesn't.

Why I liked this was was the big open space. Yes Im sure it could have been more ecomomically used but the idea of sitting on that sofa with a massive roof miles away is something I think I would like.

The parting shots with it in the evening just looked a nice place to be.

[Alfa numeric]

So tonight's episode's popular then!

It looks like a swedish sauna (and I wish I'd not settled down to watch it with a yoghurt...).

[Laurel Green]

Alfa numeric said:

So tonight's episode's popular then!

It looks like a swedish sauna (and I wish I'd not settled down to watch it with a yoghurt...).

Should be OK if eaten fairly quickly.

I expect the show being a repeat might have something to do with the popularity. I was expecting the house to have settled into the surroundings a tad but, seemed to be as crisp as when last the show was aired.

[ajprice]

It was a revisited, so as long as you've seen it first time round you can get the last 10 minutes of it. The yoghurt and cowst didn't work, and they're doing better in their office and workshop with the architecture and art. Job jobbed.

It was a nice place and I want to like it, but it's several buildings next to each other to me - new house, daughter in the old bit, office, workshop, tower. The open kitchen and the skylight was nice though.

The underground house with the disco floor next week, with the "Ricky's had an accident with the digger!" classic.

[DoubleSix]

Probably quiet on here cause the Palin in Brazil program is a delight on BBC 1, im watching GD on +1

[Jasandjules]

ajprice said:

The underground house with the disco floor next week, with the "Ricky's had an accident with the digger!" classic.

I've not seen that one.

Tonight I just got a bit bored with the idea of it really. The result was pretty cool though but seemed to be a bit "samey" - the studio, the kitchen with the sliding wall etc..

[Alfa numeric]

Jasandjules said:

ajprice said:

The underground house with the disco floor next week, with the "Ricky's had an accident with the digger!" classic.

I've not seen that one.

Last time it was on I spent most of it trying to work out whether the 911 parked in the background was a Turbo or a GT2, and getting annoyed that the fake bricks were stuck on in vertical columns.

[Mastodon2]

Watching this weeks episode now. The yoghurt on corrugated iron looks absolutely st.

[matchmaker]

Mastodon2 said:

Watching this weeks episode now. The yoghurt on corrugated iron looks absolutely st.

Err, it is st