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Thought it was great in the end. The decision to put colour on the interior walls was probably the master stroke. It's good that there are people like him around prepared to pay what it takes for high detail level, bespoke work.
One detail that I'm surprised he allowed to slip through was the tiling/grout lines on the internal floor tiling did not match the external floor tiling.
As to the comments about sterile, car showroom, gallery etc - that's where he drew his inspiration from and specifically confirmed that he liked the high end showroom look when questioned about it by Kevin.
One detail that I'm surprised he allowed to slip through was the tiling/grout lines on the internal floor tiling did not match the external floor tiling.
As to the comments about sterile, car showroom, gallery etc - that's where he drew his inspiration from and specifically confirmed that he liked the high end showroom look when questioned about it by Kevin.
Pistom said:
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.
My OH suspects it'll be one of the boys rather than anita 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.
And he's hardly average spunking almost £2.5m on a house!
LordHaveMurci said:
My OH suspects it'll be one of the boys rather than anita
And he's hardly average spunking almost £2.5m on a house!
Yes, OH may be right but each to their own I suppose.And he's hardly average spunking almost £2.5m on a house!
By "average", I meant he found himself facing the same limitations that most of us face, all be it on a larger scale. Before watching it, I thought it was going to be a multi-billionaire. A few good decisions and a bit of hard work could put many of us in a position to spunk £2.5m on a house.
My comment to Mrs f was "it looks like an Audi showroom"- I had a chuckle when I saw him driving the R8 
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As a fully paid up member of the Construction Consultants Union I could not believe he had a circa £1.5m project yet never considered spending money on a Project Manager and QS. OK, he obviously had OCD issues and an unwillingness to relinquish power that may have meant he never wanted a PM involved, but £20k-£30k on a QS would have been recouped multiple times over. I recall early on in the project (when 750k was mentioned as a budget), the hesitancy in the discussion showed he had no clue whatsoever everything was going to cost, it was evident then than costs would run out of control.
Mind you, he was so much a perfectionist I'm sure managing budgets on that particular project would prove to be somewhat of a challenge!
.As a fully paid up member of the Construction Consultants Union I could not believe he had a circa £1.5m project yet never considered spending money on a Project Manager and QS. OK, he obviously had OCD issues and an unwillingness to relinquish power that may have meant he never wanted a PM involved, but £20k-£30k on a QS would have been recouped multiple times over. I recall early on in the project (when 750k was mentioned as a budget), the hesitancy in the discussion showed he had no clue whatsoever everything was going to cost, it was evident then than costs would run out of control.
Mind you, he was so much a perfectionist I'm sure managing budgets on that particular project would prove to be somewhat of a challenge!
darren f said:
My comment to Mrs f was "it looks like an Audi showroom"- I had a chuckle when I saw him driving the R8 .
As a fully paid up member of the Construction Consultants Union I could not believe he had a circa £1.5m project yet never considered spending money on a Project Manager and QS. OK, he obviously had OCD issues and an unwillingness to relinquish power that may have meant he never wanted a PM involved, but £20k-£30k on a QS would have been recouped multiple times over. I recall early on in the project (when 750k was mentioned as a budget), the hesitancy in the discussion showed he had no clue whatsoever everything was going to cost, it was evident then than costs would run out of control.
Mind you, he was so much a perfectionist I'm sure managing budgets on that particular project would prove to be somewhat of a challenge!
I think the finished product was testament to his project management skills tbf. He was capable..As a fully paid up member of the Construction Consultants Union I could not believe he had a circa £1.5m project yet never considered spending money on a Project Manager and QS. OK, he obviously had OCD issues and an unwillingness to relinquish power that may have meant he never wanted a PM involved, but £20k-£30k on a QS would have been recouped multiple times over. I recall early on in the project (when 750k was mentioned as a budget), the hesitancy in the discussion showed he had no clue whatsoever everything was going to cost, it was evident then than costs would run out of control.
Mind you, he was so much a perfectionist I'm sure managing budgets on that particular project would prove to be somewhat of a challenge!
Clearly had good relationships with people like the metal fabricator etc
In short, nobody's fool despite what some in here would like to believe.
DoubleSix said:
I think the finished product was testament to his project management skills tbf. He was capable.
Clearly had good relationships with people like the metal fabricator etc
In short, nobody's fool despite what some in here would like to believe.
Calm collected and knew what he wanted. Good chapmI thought.Clearly had good relationships with people like the metal fabricator etc
In short, nobody's fool despite what some in here would like to believe.
Liked the style and admired the eye for detail and perfection, exterior finish was a bit uniform for me so was a bit car showroom, could have been broken up with different shapes.
And for me it was crying out for a small second floor so you could have a large roof terrace, with steps down to the pool area.
Still it was finally a GD house where I didn't feel "why didn't they make it bigger for proportionally little extra money"
And for me it was crying out for a small second floor so you could have a large roof terrace, with steps down to the pool area.
Still it was finally a GD house where I didn't feel "why didn't they make it bigger for proportionally little extra money"
TeeRev said:
My wife and I are going to do our "Grand Design" next year, nothing like as big as the one that's on now but an interesting project in a lot of ways.
She's said we should contact Channel 4 and see if they're interested and what they might offer us to be involved, I'm not so sure but if the money's good it might help fund my future car purchases, do you have any idea of what they are offering your mate?
They only seem to be happy when it all goes wrong and/or they get to make you look like a nugget. And then you and your Mrs get dissected on internet car forums . . .She's said we should contact Channel 4 and see if they're interested and what they might offer us to be involved, I'm not so sure but if the money's good it might help fund my future car purchases, do you have any idea of what they are offering your mate?
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