Grand Designs 25/2

[Steamer]

shirt said:

Jimboka said:

shirt said:

SJobson said:

shirt said:

SJobson said:

shirt said:

as this was a repeat

It wasn't.

are you sure? i didn't watch the program but the build is familiar, what it looks like, why they built in france, the paying help etc.

guess i must have seen it somewhere else.

Yes, certain - how do you know if you are familiar with the build if you didn't watch it though, Doctor Who?

just what you guys were describing sounded familiar, and i had an image if what it looked like in my head that matched up with reality when i googled GD. iirc the 'volunteers' were there to gain experience to build their own earthships.

i must have seen it elsewhere or in a magazine.

On a previous series, a chap who was building an eco house in the woods did have quite a few swampy types helping him out..

woodsman's cottage, not the one. this is going to bug me....

The guy who built the woodman's cottage was sound - and VERY skilled.

This particular chap however was involved with a very similar build project in the UK that was featured on telly too... bottles in the walls, old rubber for walls.

They showed a snap shot of it at the start yesterday - thats where you are probably getting deja vu from.

[shirt]

straw bale was the hippy woman in wales? no, not her either.

i have definitely watched a program or read an article on that exact house, and with it being on GD i just assumed it was a repeat.

i wish they'd repeat damien hirst's houseboat but they never do.

[robinhood21]

There was a build by a vet up in Yorkshire. Built into the side of a hill, then infilled to just leave the front open. Seem to remember it was rather dark too.

[shirt]

^^yeah, similar to the futuresystems one, but done on the cheap and hitting all the pitfalls!

http://www.future-systems.com/architecture/archite...

its this exact house i mean, as i had a mental image of it that exactly matched the house when i googled it.

i know a few architects and have an interest in it, so would probably have been some magazine or other.

[tescor]

I thought I was watching an episode of The Wombles!

Not sure where all that money went though?

[ewenm]

The couple were obviously enthusiastic about it and pleased with what they built. I wouldn't class it as a "Grand Design" and wouldn't want to live there myself, but good luck to them. It reminded me of visitor centres at nature reserves...

[Meeja]

ewenm said:

I wouldn't class it as a "Grand Design" and wouldn't want to live there myself, but good luck to them. It reminded me of visitor centres at nature reserves...

Agreed - I think the more recent series of Grand Designs has gone away from the original programme idea.

Some of the earlier builds truly were "Grand"

The Violin Factory



The French Manor house



The Waterworks



The Scheduled Monument in Yorkshire



And possibly my favourite, purely because I really warmed to the people - or it could be that the hand-made chimney pots were thrown by my father-in-law(!) ..... the Leith house - although I wasn't a huge fan of the interior.

[cardigankid]

Apart from the interior what was there about that last one to admire that wasn't done in about 1845? And the interior really sucked.

[Meeja]

cardigankid said:

Apart from the interior what was there about that last one to admire that wasn't done in about 1845? And the interior really sucked.

I think for me, it is the "rescuing" of a building that would probably have collapsed/been demolished etc if someone hadn't taken it on. Same applies for all of those buildings - I agree about the interior of the Leith house... definately not what I would have done.

Certainly rescuing was the order of the day for the Yorkshire castle - although when the spine wall "collapsed" it looked a bit suspicious to me.... the stonemasons just so happened to have a camcorder rolling at the time? Did it collapse, or was the building easier to restore/develop with the spine wall missing?!

[anonymous-user]

Anyone know what happened to the house with the 'Wing' shaped roof that got stained when it poured down with rain / owner kept getting hurt & it all went pearshaped?. Would love to see a revisit on that one & see how it all turned out..

[r1chardb]

Meeja said:

cardigankid said:

Apart from the interior what was there about that last one to admire that wasn't done in about 1845? And the interior really sucked.

I think for me, it is the "rescuing" of a building that would probably have collapsed/been demolished etc if someone hadn't taken it on. Same applies for all of those buildings - I agree about the interior of the Leith house... definately not what I would have done.

Certainly rescuing was the order of the day for the Yorkshire castle - although when the spine wall "collapsed" it looked a bit suspicious to me.... the stonemasons just so happened to have a camcorder rolling at the time? Did it collapse, or was the building easier to restore/develop with the spine wall missing?!

The guy had truely crap hair though. Like a wierd IT geek with Keith Flint style horns ffs!

[scotal]

Jimboka said:

Anyone know what happened to the house with the 'Wing' shaped roof that got stained when it poured down with rain / owner kept getting hurt & it all went pearshaped?. Would love to see a revisit on that one & see how it all turned out..

http://www.cloud8.org.uk/index.html

That's the site, but it hasn't been updated for 4 years.......

[Meeja]

Jimboka said:

Anyone know what happened to the house with the 'Wing' shaped roof that got stained when it poured down with rain / owner kept getting hurt & it all went pearshaped?. Would love to see a revisit on that one & see how it all turned out..

They did shoot a re-visit of it..... and it still wasn't finished!

He ended up putting a veneer on the inside of "that" roof - which was the one thing he swore he wasn't going to do.

I'd be surprised if it wasn't at least being lived in by now - if not finished. He was very dedicated to the cause - I'm just not sure the cause was the right one!

[ewenm]

r1chardb said:

Meeja said:

cardigankid said:

Apart from the interior what was there about that last one to admire that wasn't done in about 1845? And the interior really sucked.

I think for me, it is the "rescuing" of a building that would probably have collapsed/been demolished etc if someone hadn't taken it on. Same applies for all of those buildings - I agree about the interior of the Leith house... definately not what I would have done.

Certainly rescuing was the order of the day for the Yorkshire castle - although when the spine wall "collapsed" it looked a bit suspicious to me.... the stonemasons just so happened to have a camcorder rolling at the time? Did it collapse, or was the building easier to restore/develop with the spine wall missing?!

The guy had truely crap hair though. Like a wierd IT geek with Keith Flint style horns ffs!

He was a rock-climber - they often have bizarre hair. Not something I'd be concerned about!