Grand Designs

[Northern_Monkey]

Can't help but feel they'd have got a nicer end result by pissing about a bit less

[greygoose]

I could think of far better ways to spend £840,000 on a house.

[anonymous-user]

I like some bits and not others.

External brickwork and zinc is beautiful. Living area and fireplace look cold and unfriendly.

It's impressive and has many fun elements but overall not sure it's for me.

[KP328]

I think i prefer the old lodge.

[bazza white]

I like it as a stand alone build the brickwork is lovely.


That old house will get neglected and knocked down in a few years.

[Laurel Green]

garyhun said:

I like some bits and not others.

External brickwork and zinc is beautiful. Living area and fireplace look cold and unfriendly.

It's impressive and has many fun elements but overall not sure it's for me.

That about sums it up for me too.

[sidicks]

The exterior brickwork is very nice - everything else is a bit 'meh'!

[KTF]

I see they forgot to join it to the old house and also forgot to refurbish the old house.

Funny that.

[BoRED S2upid]

I bet they don't have much trouble getting the kids to go to their bedrooms. Finding them in the morning would be a different matter.

Great house. Very much a case of because we can.

[greygoose]

KTF said:

I see they forgot to join it to the old house and also forgot to refurbish the old house.

Funny that.

Indeed.

[Tango13]

Less than the sum of it's parts...

[Shakermaker]

greygoose said:

KTF said:

I see they forgot to join it to the old house and also forgot to refurbish the old house.

Funny that.

Indeed.

But they haven't finished spending yet - they have £40k left in the budget yet for that.

[Pistom]

If they didn't have bad taste they'd have no taste at all. But it's their house, their money.

[Bonefish Blues]

I get what they did. It's a house by them for them and I think that for them it's brilliant.

It's not going to age well for the children, but the construction means he can sort that.

Brickwork on the exterior was beautiful, I don't think I've ever seen that on a modern building.

[MiniMan64]

Did no one else notice that the kids hiddy holes weren't plastered or anything?

Those are clearly structures only designed to be around a few and then knocked through for bigger kids rooms come the teenage years..

[joema]

Looked pretty imposing on the old place. Don't think they go together at all.

Impressive interior but when the kids are bigger I cant see the hidden stuff being used much.

Rather have last weeks place.

[Adam B]

loughran said:

How did they get planning for this ? They're building a massive warehouse next to a quaint old lodge house.

no one near to complain?

loving this so far, especially the little hides/snugs

[Adam B]

wonderful playfulness, kitchen/living room/master bed are incredible

some of the finishes are not me at all

some bits are plain odd - do you really have to spin the bath round to get in en suite bathroom?

exterior actually works well, like the zinc and brickwork

[Simes205]

Very creative and enjoyable.

[Tuna]

I half expected it to get up and sit on the old lodge and squash it like a ripe tomato, Monty Python style.

Didn't 'get' it.