New series of Grand Designs

[greggy50]

35k + a week :0

[CraigVmax]

"money...is worrying"

At £35k a week I bet it is!

[theironduke]

CraigVmax said:

"money...is worrying"

At £35k a week I bet it is!

Mental... Wonder how much his eventual mortgage will be a month....

[Justin Cyder]

This has surely got car crash written all over it.

[Jasandjules]

theironduke said:

He owns the "footprint" of the tower and the new bits, just not the "yard" area around it.

Ta. I missed that the footprint included the new build too...

[Hackney]

Stu R said:

Hackney said:

Given the number of bedrooms in the tower (and a lift) I reckon they plan or will have to turn some rooms into a B&B / hotel to help finance it.

Wouldn't a change of use like that not be a monumental ballache with a GII listed building like that? Well, I suppose even if it were they don't seem opposed to the odd challenge, but it seems more like they'll just lend a metric farkload against it.

Good point. I was thinking back to that one where the guy built the house in two halves and a random stranger lent him £200k or so. He turned half the house into a B&B although that was a completely new build.

[Dibble]

Completely OT, but I fkING hate it when people wear hard hats at a "jaunty" angle. tts.

[Hackney]

Just saw the £35k a week bit and wondered how the f**k it had already been posted.

Edited by Hackney on Wednesday 17th October 22:04

[onyx39]

I SO hope he finishes this.... Stunning!

[richtea78]

Im really hoping they get this finished

[theironduke]

Hackney said:

Stu R said:

Hackney said:

Given the number of bedrooms in the tower (and a lift) I reckon they plan or will have to turn some rooms into a B&B / hotel to help finance it.

Wouldn't a change of use like that not be a monumental ballache with a GII listed building like that? Well, I suppose even if it were they don't seem opposed to the odd challenge, but it seems more like they'll just lend a metric farkload against it.

Good point. I was thinking back to that one where the guy built the house in two halves and a random stranger lent him £200k or so. He turned half the house into a B&B although that was a completely new build.

The guy who rebuilt the castle (Peel Tower) on the Scottish borders ended up running it as a B and B to pay the mortgage.

[BigBen]

CraigVmax said:

"money...is worrying"

At £35k a week I bet it is!

I just wish they had hammered home he was spending £35k a week with a bit more force. It would not have to be monotonous, they could sometimes say £5k per day for a bit of variety.

That said loving this one.

[FourWheelDrift]

£4000 bath!?

Nice to see he has his finances sorted with priority purchases.

[theironduke]

FourWheelDrift said:

£4000 bath!?

Nice to see he has his finances sorted with priority purchases.

Relatively though surely? Seems silly to be undertaking something on that scale and stick a B and Q special in! Guess if you owe squillions then what's 4k!

[Jasandjules]

FourWheelDrift said:

£4000 bath!?

Nice to see he has his finances sorted with priority purchases.

Sure but you can bet he's going to be looking at a 2m property at the end of it so no point scrimping on fixtures and fittings?!?!

[greggy50]

Any guess on value of this when completed 4/5 million?

Looks fantastic I mist say

[BliarOut]

That panoramic view will make it worth every penny...

[Piersman2]

BigBen said:

I just wish they had hammered home he was spending £35k a week with a bit more force. It would not have to be monotonous, they could sometimes say £5k per day for a bit of variety.

That said loving this one.

Did you miss the bit where he said 7 thousand a day!!!!

(This obviously assumes a 5 day working week with no weekend, overtime, etc...)

But he did say it.

[Justayellowbadge]

Thinks he's financed because a property is under offer.

God loves an optimist.

[z4chris99]

where is it???