Discussion
Bonefish Blues said:
CAPP0 said:
I'll confess, we did wonder whether she was going to live long enough to see it finished. I'm sure that happened once (?) before, young couple, he died, she had to scale the build back to be able to finish it?
Indeed, the one with the split roof, IIRC.
t. As I took a big hands on role in it, not getting injured was paramount as we couldn't afford delays. She even joked about taking extra insurance out on me but I told her I didn't want her to have any more incentive to push me off the roof. As it happened, the worst I suffered on a 12 month build was a splinter in my index finger. On other occasions I've found myself in A&E just doing a bit of gardening.
Not seen this weeks yet as I watched the program about Aberfan instead so am looking forward to seeing this one.
MiniMan64 said:
Also, where did those neighbouring houses spring from?!!
One minute it's a forest glade, the next there's a bungalow in the garden!
They were very careful with most camera angles to hide the other house. The show would have felt more honest if they'd made this clearer and it was probably the real reason for the lack of windows. They tried to pretend it was an architectural decision based on light quality when in reality they were just overlooked by neighbours. Maybe they'd even convinced themselves?One minute it's a forest glade, the next there's a bungalow in the garden!
S10GTA said:
I thought it was quite nice when you consider the budget.
Didn't seem to be that great for a build price of £250,000 to me. Seems a lot of money for a timber-frame and concrete slab. They didn't even splash money out on the kitchen, which I thought was actually one of the best bits. the doors on a £4k kitchen look much the same as a £25k kitchen from a couple of feet away.Didn't like it... rooms looked dark, the view out onto the side of a big black boxy studio, exposed wiring/plumbing...
alock said:
They were very careful with most camera angles to hide the other house. The show would have felt more honest if they'd made this clearer and it was probably the real reason for the lack of windows. They tried to pretend it was an architectural decision based on light quality when in reality they were just overlooked by neighbours. Maybe they'd even convinced themselves?
They did say right near the beginning that there were no windows so they had privacy, nobody could see anything. I got the impression that she at least is a very private person.I think the end result was Ok, not for me but they seemed genuinely happy with it so good on them.
Watched it tonight as away, I didn't realise there was a house so close until the end shots. I am not a fan of concrete kitchens and thought it looked a bit industrial with the wiring fixtures etc for the woodland setting. On the other hand they built it on time and almost to budget so it was a success for them and they liked it which is the main thing.
Cupramax said:
Just watched on catchup, didnt like that at all, the wood setting was nice but that was about it. How much time will they spend cleaning all the light tubes from all the leaf debris theyll permanently be covered in 
And tree sap! Parked my car under trees a few times they sweat sticky sap all over it! C Lee Farquar said:
irocfan said:
not at all my taste - but then they're happy with it so that's all that counts. May have to take a drive past to see what it looks like from the road
Do you know the area? It looked to me that there may be a quite a lot of public access to the woods.C Lee Farquar said:
irocfan said:
not at all my taste - but then they're happy with it so that's all that counts. May have to take a drive past to see what it looks like from the road
Do you know the area? It looked to me that there may be a quite a lot of public access to the woods.
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