Your Garden Made Perfect (TV)
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I've just seen this, I think Angela's OK, personable and you need a presenter rather than a gardener.
The small one I thought was ridiculous, wood will look scruffy, damp and mouldy in no time. Outside kitchen pointless when they've a new kitchen a few meters away.
It was a 20 sqm space, a really nice courtyard garden would have been easily achievable.
The big one looked OK, but I'd like to see it in season after a couple of yrs.
The small one I thought was ridiculous, wood will look scruffy, damp and mouldy in no time. Outside kitchen pointless when they've a new kitchen a few meters away.
It was a 20 sqm space, a really nice courtyard garden would have been easily achievable.
The big one looked OK, but I'd like to see it in season after a couple of yrs.
JackReacher said:
I wasn't that keen on the £60k garden, but the small Ealing one looked good.
However, my favourite was the jungle style South London one they visited, lovely.
Yep, cool beer surrounded by that However, my favourite was the jungle style South London one they visited, lovely.
£66K, ouch. Looked more 16K TBH. Maybe it'll look great in 2-3 years. Talking of which, I wish these programs would go back so we can see how it got on & how practical it all is/was.....LaurasOtherHalf said:
To be fair on that one, the monkey puzzle was in a ridiculously stupid place in the garden. I thought their finished item was a real success.
Surely it could have been dug up & sold?? Those things are ££££ when larger. Seeing it chopped down at the base seemed such a waste. (very un-PH of me I know)Dave_ST220 said:
JackReacher said:
I wasn't that keen on the £60k garden, but the small Ealing one looked good.
However, my favourite was the jungle style South London one they visited, lovely.
Yep, cool beer surrounded by that However, my favourite was the jungle style South London one they visited, lovely.
£66K, ouch. Looked more 16K TBH. Maybe it'll look great in 2-3 years. Talking of which, I wish these programs would go back so we can see how it got on & how practical it all is/was.....Clifford Chambers said:
Dave_ST220 said:
JackReacher said:
I wasn't that keen on the £60k garden, but the small Ealing one looked good.
However, my favourite was the jungle style South London one they visited, lovely.
Yep, cool beer surrounded by that However, my favourite was the jungle style South London one they visited, lovely.
£66K, ouch. Looked more 16K TBH. Maybe it'll look great in 2-3 years. Talking of which, I wish these programs would go back so we can see how it got on & how practical it all is/was.....Dave_ST220 said:
Clifford Chambers said:
Dave_ST220 said:
JackReacher said:
I wasn't that keen on the £60k garden, but the small Ealing one looked good.
However, my favourite was the jungle style South London one they visited, lovely.
Yep, cool beer surrounded by that However, my favourite was the jungle style South London one they visited, lovely.
£66K, ouch. Looked more 16K TBH. Maybe it'll look great in 2-3 years. Talking of which, I wish these programs would go back so we can see how it got on & how practical it all is/was.....
Dave_ST220 said:
LaurasOtherHalf said:
To be fair on that one, the monkey puzzle was in a ridiculously stupid place in the garden. I thought their finished item was a real success.
Surely it could have been dug up & sold?? Those things are ££££ when larger. Seeing it chopped down at the base seemed such a waste. (very un-PH of me I know)That guy does seem to have a very loose definition of budget.
Last week’s St Albans garden seemed to offer less than he promised for £6k over budget. That couple in Plymouth spent less than their target but only because they cut back on the rock cladding and did most of the work themselves.
On the other hand I couldn’t see the woman’s design being made for £30k either.
Both me and the Mrs like Manoj the best and are disappointed his designs haven’t been chosen yet.
I was accused tonight of only watching it for Angela Scanlon. Busted
Actually our garden needs a make over and this series has given me some good ideas.
Last week’s St Albans garden seemed to offer less than he promised for £6k over budget. That couple in Plymouth spent less than their target but only because they cut back on the rock cladding and did most of the work themselves.
On the other hand I couldn’t see the woman’s design being made for £30k either.
Both me and the Mrs like Manoj the best and are disappointed his designs haven’t been chosen yet.
I was accused tonight of only watching it for Angela Scanlon. Busted
Actually our garden needs a make over and this series has given me some good ideas. Could'nt get my head round the Plymouth swimming pool one at all
1, Views bungalow with huge swimming pool that has terrible access and zero garden
2, Despite it being easy to find out running and maintenance costs and that figure being beyond what they can afford, buys it??
3, Point 2 comes home to roost. Patch up pool and get back on the market, no, live with it empty for years
4, Make no attempt to fill it with rubble or whatever. Pretty sure if you did a facebook thing for local builders to save on skips, bring your rubble round to mine, or asked family to bring round sacks of rubble from they're own projects it'd soon get filled
5, End up with a fire pit from B & Q and a nice sitting area with views of walls
1, Views bungalow with huge swimming pool that has terrible access and zero garden
2, Despite it being easy to find out running and maintenance costs and that figure being beyond what they can afford, buys it??
3, Point 2 comes home to roost. Patch up pool and get back on the market, no, live with it empty for years
4, Make no attempt to fill it with rubble or whatever. Pretty sure if you did a facebook thing for local builders to save on skips, bring your rubble round to mine, or asked family to bring round sacks of rubble from they're own projects it'd soon get filled
5, End up with a fire pit from B & Q and a nice sitting area with views of walls
Biggus is indeed, spot and on! ^^^^
Had this council ground worker and some of his mates chipped away at the upper level, they could have filled the pool and it's overall ridiculous elevated position, to become more useable ..... But they drained it and left it empty - for YEARS!
Sitting in a f
king hole doesn't make the best of the views they raved about!
Had this council ground worker and some of his mates chipped away at the upper level, they could have filled the pool and it's overall ridiculous elevated position, to become more useable ..... But they drained it and left it empty - for YEARS!
Sitting in a f
king hole doesn't make the best of the views they raved about!Think of the poor guys who built the pool in the first place!
You can get huge foam blocks to fill in pools these days, there's no way you could get folk traipsing up there to dump builders bags of rubble-the success was one of the main reasons it was such a complicated job.
I also thought it was pretty brave drilling the holes for drainage mid way through the build.
I wonder if they did water table tests? I know it looked an elevated position but more often than not pools are skinned to keep water out rather than in-I had visions of them drilling through and a gusher shooting up to fill it!
You can get huge foam blocks to fill in pools these days, there's no way you could get folk traipsing up there to dump builders bags of rubble-the success was one of the main reasons it was such a complicated job.
I also thought it was pretty brave drilling the holes for drainage mid way through the build.
I wonder if they did water table tests? I know it looked an elevated position but more often than not pools are skinned to keep water out rather than in-I had visions of them drilling through and a gusher shooting up to fill it!
Only just caught up with the 60k one - don’t have an 18 month old if you want to watch tv
I would make the point that it was clearly *just* after finishing it, they where rushing to get the filming in before the weather turned, and that therefore everything looked a bit crap, for example the stream was still cloudy.
It’s going to take atleast a year for it to settle in and it won’t be mature for 3-5 years, but it’ll look great in that timeframe I think.
Now planning my own stream. I did like the outdoor fire place thought that was a good bit of fun!
I would make the point that it was clearly *just* after finishing it, they where rushing to get the filming in before the weather turned, and that therefore everything looked a bit crap, for example the stream was still cloudy.
It’s going to take atleast a year for it to settle in and it won’t be mature for 3-5 years, but it’ll look great in that timeframe I think.
Now planning my own stream. I did like the outdoor fire place thought that was a good bit of fun!
The irritating thing is they commit a load of dosh on one design. Each design has decent ideas, if you were instructing a designer you'd pick the best of each.
It's not like the kirsty and Phil thing we're kirstal's presents an idea that our hero's then interpret.
I've just seen the one with scaffolding and planks. What a waste.
Liking the budget garden ideas, I can see that bloke getting his own series.
It's not like the kirsty and Phil thing we're kirstal's presents an idea that our hero's then interpret.
I've just seen the one with scaffolding and planks. What a waste.
Liking the budget garden ideas, I can see that bloke getting his own series.
abzmike said:
Bizarre plot... Had a swimming pool, turned it into a rock filled pit. I’m not sure what the answer to the problem would be for me, but that wasn’t it. Maybe an outdoor home cinema?
I couldn’t get “zoo enclosure” out of my head. It would have been improved with the proposed stone clad walls, but it was still just very unusual. They’ve ended up with something very different, but IMO they’d have been better off filling it and having a garden that took advantage of the great views. Edited by abzmike on Thursday 25th February 23:06
ajap1979 said:
abzmike said:
Bizarre plot... Had a swimming pool, turned it into a rock filled pit. I’m not sure what the answer to the problem would be for me, but that wasn’t it. Maybe an outdoor home cinema?
I couldn’t get “zoo enclosure” out of my head. Edited by abzmike on Thursday 25th February 23:06
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