Grand Designs

[kev1974]

Evoluzione said:

Laurel Green said:

The minute word gets around that the customer is a perfectionist, the price goes up - perfection is a costly business.

The contractors will have spotted him a mile off and doubled the price, he knows it too, but if he can afford it then why not - he never complained about the price.

Yes he did, they showed him phoning to slightly whinge about the price of the glass or something like that going up

[Evoluzione]

kev1974 said:

Evoluzione said:

Laurel Green said:

The minute word gets around that the customer is a perfectionist, the price goes up - perfection is a costly business.

The contractors will have spotted him a mile off and doubled the price, he knows it too, but if he can afford it then why not - he never complained about the price.

Yes he did, they showed him phoning to slightly whinge about the price of the glass or something like that going up

It was only vague, he isn't stupid and knows he needs the money to back up his fastidious taste.

[susanq]

Strange when Kevin did his 'walk around' once it was finished, he said he hadn't seen the sculpture of the man looking upwards before; I noticed it earlier on, when they were installing the windows or something.

[No Bend]

susanq said:

Strange when Kevin did his 'walk around' once it was finished, he said he hadn't seen the sculpture of the man looking upwards before; I noticed it earlier on, when they were installing the windows or something.

Did he say, "View to infinity"??

[covmutley]

Nice building, but it's not a home. I think it's too good to enjoy living in (or maybe that is just how the guy himself comes across?)and not very practical.

[Jonesy23]

Having looked up where the house (Pavello) actually is it's relatively isolated but assuming it was built on top of the original house (which it looks to have been) it's closer to a road and another house than I'd want to be with all those big windows and deciduous trees around it. RH12 4TB will show you the nearest neighbours house, the new build isn't on Google but would be on the site of the house to the south east with the very long driveway.

[Pistom]

I liked the end result and looked good value at about £2.4M. The poor guy will go increasingly insane with the level of maintenance required to keep things as neat and tidy as he insists.

He didn't have a partner as Humans is just fiction for now but I suspect he will be at the front of the line for an Anita when Apple launch their iFuk.

Having read the review, I was expecting some rich guy with a bottomless budget, not just an average guy with a dream and a vision.

Clearly he didn't achieve either but he had a good go trying and for once there were no pregnant crazy women about.

[Mr GrimNasty]

FredClogs said:

Unless you've seen that manhunter film, I couldn't walk around in the buff even if it was only squirrels and dear watching.

Even the house in the Manhunter finale looks like a grand designs effort, plenty of the windows get shot out though, and now I can't get that Iron Butterfly song 'in-a-gadda-da-vida' out of my head.

[Chaffs]

I liked it and most definitely admired the guy's commitment to the details, etc. He reminded me of Ron Dennis .. A couple of things that really jumped out for me were the concealed lighting outside, which I thought looked great, and for the for the size and scale of the place, it would be great for parties, but surely there wouldn't be enough kitchen worktop space for a big party and I'm sure you'd need more than one warming drawer to cater for such a large scale house. I was also surprised that there wasn't a nice flashy wine cellar of some sort. Fair play to him though job well done.

[knight]

Jonesy23 said:

Having looked up where the house (Pavello) actually is it's relatively isolated but assuming it was built on top of the original house (which it looks to have been) it's closer to a road and another house than I'd want to be with all those big windows and deciduous trees around it. RH12 4TB will show you the nearest neighbours house, the new build isn't on Google but would be on the site of the house to the south east with the very long driveway.

It's quite close to me and I will be driving past a bit later, I'm going to try to remember to slow down and see what is visible from the road.

[MX51ROD]

Strange this link has not been posted before
gives a clue to where he got his lofty ideas from
http://www.dall.co.uk/about-us/

Edited by MX51ROD on Thursday 10th September 09:39

[anonymous-user]

MX51ROD said:

Strange this link has not been posted before
gives a clue to where he got his lofty ideas from
http://www.dall.co.uk/about-us/

Edited by MX51ROD on Thursday 10th September 09:39

The only strange thing is the fact that you did not see that someone had already posted it earlier in this thread

Edited by anonymous-user on Thursday 10th September 09:47

[Podie]

Beutifully executed, but completely devoid of any personality I felt (the house, not the bloke).

No personal effects either...

[tobinen]

I rarely watch but last night's place I thought was fantastic. Perhaps a tiny bit sterile but I am sure if it was lived in by a less particular person it could become warmer. Still, very impressive and probably even more so in real life.

[benters]

the welder/fabrication guys work was great. Pity the room was too tall !

[MX51ROD]

garyhun said:

The only strange thing is the fact that you did not see that someone had already posted it earlier in this thread

Edited by garyhun on Thursday 10th September 09:47

Doh , missed it

[DoubleSix]

Podie said:

No personal effects either...

A fact I envy.

The clutter of life is largely unnecessary. It's all just stuff. Especially with so much know stored and retrievable from digital formats.

The more crap and possessions I get rid of the more liberated I feel.

[FredClogs]

DoubleSix said:

A fact I envy.

The clutter of life is largely unnecessary. It's all just stuff. Especially with so much know stored and retrievable from digital formats.

The more crap and possessions I get rid of the more liberated I feel.

Me too, I really admire the discipline in not needing "storage". Can't wait until my kids feck off so I can see my walls and floors again. (youngest is 3 so it's going to be a while!)

[DoubleSix]

FredClogs said:

DoubleSix said:

A fact I envy.

The clutter of life is largely unnecessary. It's all just stuff. Especially with so much know stored and retrievable from digital formats.

The more crap and possessions I get rid of the more liberated I feel.

Me too, I really admire the discipline in not needing "storage". Can't wait until my kids feck off so I can see my walls and floors again. (youngest is 3 so it's going to be a while!)

The OH thinks our young 'uns have cured my aversion to clutter.

Little does she know it's merely in a kind of stasis until they are grown and I can return to my cleanfreak ways...

[98elise]

FredClogs said:

DoubleSix said:

A fact I envy.

The clutter of life is largely unnecessary. It's all just stuff. Especially with so much know stored and retrievable from digital formats.

The more crap and possessions I get rid of the more liberated I feel.

Me too, I really admire the discipline in not needing "storage". Can't wait until my kids feck off so I can see my walls and floors again. (youngest is 3 so it's going to be a while!)

Agreed. I seem to accumulate clutter. When my brother moved house he dumped everything except the very basics. I wish I was that ruthless!