Grand Designs

[Saleen836]

Half a million spent and the wife gets a plywood kitchen

[anonymous-user]

Gretchen said:

Needs more glass.

Master bedroom looks awfully tight. Little room at the foot of the bed.

Agreed. I was quite surprised at that. Those windows also have mahoosively thick frames.

[Easternlight]

MitchT said:

Love the cladding inside. Needs a ceiling though!

That's the warehouse feel.

Should be fun to heat

[Bonefish Blues]

Saleen836 said:

Half a million spent and the wife gets an absolutely fking enormous plywood kitchen

To be fair

[Gretchen]

Also confused as he said at the beginning it would be a surfers house with everything in the right place. Yet they’ve shown nothing relating to where surf boards/wet suits would be stored?

[MitchT]

Kevin mentioned visitor centres earlier. It does have a bit of that going on. Funnily enough though, I've been in numerous visitor centres, usually the cafe area sipping a coffee and eating cake while pondered how much I'd like a house that had the same feel. Works for me ... just put up some ceilings!

[Sway]

I like it.

A car crash project, and clearly unfinished, however I could happily live there.

Certain bits are absolutely superb.

[MitchT]

Easternlight said:

That's the warehouse feel.

Which works great in warehouses. Totally at odds with this place.

[waynecyclist]

One of the worst I have seen.

Could have been so much better.

[Bonefish Blues]

Kevin hit it on the head when he said 20% less would be more.

[Saleen836]

Bonefish Blues said:

Saleen836 said:

Half a million spent and the wife gets an absolutely fking enormous plywood kitchen

To be fair

True but I think she will struggle getting stuff off the top shelf

[Bonefish Blues]

They didn't appear to have any stuff!

[Laurel Green]

Will be a bugger putting the Christmas decorations up.

Overall, thought it a stunning build for the price.

[greygoose]

It was not my taste at all but I just found Kevin to be way over the top in his negativity this week, give them a break they are chasing their dream and may be off on their finances but at least they are having a go. Would be nice if he actually guided people a bit instead of being a standoffish know it all moaning in the background, just because the wife did not get pregnant.

[bazza white]

Next weeks preview raised my eye brows..


I liked it but if it was my build id be gutted cutting those corners.

[anonymous-user]

greygoose said:

It was not my taste at all but I just found Kevin to be way over the top in his negativity this week, give them a break they are chasing their dream and may be off on their finances but at least they are having a go. Would be nice if he actually guided people a bit instead of being a standoffish know it all moaning in the background, just because the wife did not get pregnant.

He’s only there a few times and did suggest 20%less volume

He’s comments were justified imo.

[Pistom]

A lot of building for the price.

I usually love that kind of building but it has been badly implemented.

He said at the end that it was a happy build. Happy build? Ken, the key contractor died!

[FredClogs]

I don't really understand how or why people embark on these things without first spending a relatively minute amount of money on a decent quantity surveyor to tell them what they're original plan would cost. I mean it's not rocket science.

[Bonefish Blues]

FredClogs said:

I don't really understand how or why people embark on these things without first spending a relatively minute amount of money on a decent quantity surveyor to tell them what they're original plan would cost. I mean it's not rocket science.

Nor me. Ours had a lower budget but everything, and I mean everything was costed and specced up front - and not changed.

[227bhp]

Was there no insulation in that roof of was it on top (warm roof type) ?