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No you're not. It wouldn't be my choice, but that's the case for many, indeed most of the GDs, but that doesn't reduce the admiration for the achievement, the persistence, the unrelenting attantion to detail, and the resolve of the whole family.
Hell, I get pissed off with a job that I can't finish in a morning, or where I find out I have to go back to Homebase a second time.
Hell, I get pissed off with a job that I can't finish in a morning, or where I find out I have to go back to Homebase a second time.
Chicken Chaser said:
BlueHave said:
I usually skip to the 'revisited' bit at the end of the episode to see a matured and lived in house at the end.
This guy has years to finish the project and he still hadn't finished when Kevin turned up a second time.
I'm not sure what the guy was hoping to achieve, it didn't look particularly impressive for a house that was 10 years in the making and still in progress.
I'm not sure we were watching the same programme! Everything was made by hand to fit. That's some achievement considering the amount of wood and size of the place. I think he was just a perfectionist on a budget who thought the pursuit of building was part of the experience. This guy has years to finish the project and he still hadn't finished when Kevin turned up a second time.
I'm not sure what the guy was hoping to achieve, it didn't look particularly impressive for a house that was 10 years in the making and still in progress.
This last GD revisited.
So what if he's still building it 10 years on. It's his hobby and one that the family got involved with too.
Not to my liking in most aspects but some of the detail was great.
Another one where I really liked the people too. I doubt any of them will suffer stress related illnesses.
Would love to see how he gets on in the next 10 years.
So what if he's still building it 10 years on. It's his hobby and one that the family got involved with too.
Not to my liking in most aspects but some of the detail was great.
Another one where I really liked the people too. I doubt any of them will suffer stress related illnesses.
Would love to see how he gets on in the next 10 years.
LordHaveMurci said:
Am I alone in thinking that is a magnificent achievement & a truly beautiful house?
Like many, I thought they were mad to begin with, listening to Kevin I kind of understand their reasoning now & best of luck to them, far nicer than where we love & he can take pride of ownership in virtually all of it.
no you are not:Like many, I thought they were mad to begin with, listening to Kevin I kind of understand their reasoning now & best of luck to them, far nicer than where we love & he can take pride of ownership in virtually all of it.
Planet Claire said:
That house is just beautiful and beats any of those modern glass boxes that we see so many of, hands down.
Me? magnificent achievement - yes. beautiful house - noyou couldn't help but admire the guys resolve and effort - some of it was lovely (the entrance hall, kitchen worktops, the vaulted ceiling) but I wasn't a fan of the exterior look (hobbit mansion is about right) and a lot of it was too kooky or lacked a consistent theme for my tastes - but then they were hippy eco-warrior types and so they wouldn't find my ideal house "beautiful" either
Spectacular house.
Would love to see the finished article, or at least 'more' finished as it still seemed to be quite some way off completion (roof obviously far from done and quite a bit of interior at a very early stage).
Seemed to be largely a one-man effort (from the TV edit, anyway) but at least he wasn't stressed out. If he was going to devote time to getting the old place ready to use as a let to raise cash, surely he'd have been better focusing on it as from what I could see it still was 'under renovation. If they got it bringing in money, they could probably speed up the main build.
Would love to see the finished article, or at least 'more' finished as it still seemed to be quite some way off completion (roof obviously far from done and quite a bit of interior at a very early stage).
Seemed to be largely a one-man effort (from the TV edit, anyway) but at least he wasn't stressed out. If he was going to devote time to getting the old place ready to use as a let to raise cash, surely he'd have been better focusing on it as from what I could see it still was 'under renovation. If they got it bringing in money, they could probably speed up the main build.
Adam B said:
Me? magnificent achievement - yes. beautiful house - no
you couldn't help but admire the guys resolve and effort - some of it was lovely (the entrance hall, kitchen worktops, the vaulted ceiling) but I wasn't a fan of the exterior look (hobbit mansion is about right) and a lot of it was too kooky or lacked a consistent theme for my tastes - but then they were hippy eco-warrior types and so they wouldn't find my ideal house "beautiful" either
I think that sums it up for me too.you couldn't help but admire the guys resolve and effort - some of it was lovely (the entrance hall, kitchen worktops, the vaulted ceiling) but I wasn't a fan of the exterior look (hobbit mansion is about right) and a lot of it was too kooky or lacked a consistent theme for my tastes - but then they were hippy eco-warrior types and so they wouldn't find my ideal house "beautiful" either
A lovely family enjoying the process and probably learning much about themeselves and the environment they were in. A case of the journey being more important than the destination.
I have nothing but admiration for them and his skills.
Do I like the design and the finish, would I want to live there - no! But that takes nothing away from their achievement.
I wasn't keen on any of them really. Same old garden shed meets 1950s public toilets, with hints of Nazi coastal fortification.
I bet the house in London gets strangers wandering in all the time to use the facilities.
The little Scottish shed was ruined by the red roof.
The big shed with the corner window had no eaves or gutters I noticed. So the copious rainfall on the roof will run straight down the walls and windows. Quite nice inside though and those views were lovely.
I bet the house in London gets strangers wandering in all the time to use the facilities.
The little Scottish shed was ruined by the red roof.
The big shed with the corner window had no eaves or gutters I noticed. So the copious rainfall on the roof will run straight down the walls and windows. Quite nice inside though and those views were lovely.
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