[Closed] Could McMoonter Tower's Pool Hoose be the 'Shed of the Year'?

Both are very nice. Might be worth checking all planning / building regs necessary were followed before agreeing to show them on TV though.

where can we vote?!!??! 😀

'Both are very nice. Might be worth checking all planning / building regs necessary were followed before agreeing to show them on TV though. '

That did cross my mind.

Voting? Nae idea yet.

Is that not the one you nearly dropped a tree onto?

That did cross my mind.

Too late. I've already grassed you up out of pure jealousy.

Is that not the one you nearly dropped a tree onto?

The very same. Must be fate.

Google wants me to create another flippin account before I can see your creations 👿

Every time my therapist helps me get my life back on track, McMoonter pops up with another amazing lifestyle thread.

*sobs uncontrollably*

MoreCashThanDash - Member

[b]Best of luck Peter[/b]

We need a support group or something.....

Excellent - you should ping them some photos of the studio and the holzhausen. Get those wound into the narrative and you've got to be a shoe in.
Good luck!

Every time my therapist helps me get my life back on track, McMoonter pops up with another amazing lifestyle thread.

*sobs uncontrollably*

LOL Me too. Serves me right for wasting my time looking after the disabled. I really need another job with pay and prospects and stuff.

Nice one MM .... I'd certainly say they deserve to be included.

My only word of warning [this is for egeneric TV participation] is that the production company have you by the balls. They can shoot the footage and then put it together any way they want and either make you look like a hero or k**b - it seems it's how the director or producer feels will get them the best ratings.

[This is my experience from taking part in a series a couple of years ago. I/we got out of it unscathed but some people were portrayed in a less than flattering light].

Anyway with G Clarke involved I suspect it will be pretty good and defo one to watch 🙂

Neither of those are sheds 😕

njee20 - Member 
Neither of those are sheds

Heretic!!

if George Clark comes to your house can you do me a favour and make sure he has an "accident" under one of your ubiqutous woodpiles?

Wow 2 stunning sheds. Good luck.

How exciting.
I like the programmes that George makes.
I also like the soft furnishings in the 'pool house' - written to annoy Stoner 😉

njee20 - Member
Neither of those are sheds

Agreed. I have two sheds but neither are quite a nice as those.

Do people actually sleep in the Pool House? Given how far north you are I would guess it is quite chilly.

Obviously happy to vote for you. I assume we can vote online multiple times.

'Do people actually sleep in the Pool House?'

The USP that won the guys over was the fact that you can indeed sleep in it. It's registered on warmshowers.org as a place passing touring cyclists can overnight in. Already this year we've had a Canadian girl and a German guy come to stay and we have a couple from California due in July.

I have only a little building experience but lots of enthusiasm, that probably more than anything helps me get things done. I seldom start a project with a complete materials list nor any real idea of how it will turn out. I'm a painter by training, so I employ a similar organic process to how I build stuff.

the poolhouse with the bed in it is 100% of awesome

The TV guys are coming tomorrow so we've had a bit of a tidy up in the Pool Hoose. My only regret is that we wont have these two Argentinian Warmshowers guests here in time for the filming. They arrive on Thursday evening. Pedal faster guys and you could be on TV.

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I've just emailed Admin to ask for your "member" title to be changed to read "Arthur Two-Sheds Jackson."

If they are going to do a Summerhouse of the year, then why don't they call it "SUMMERHOUSE of the YEAR"?

This is a shed
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Yeah, I'm bloody happy for you.

Shed my arse! That's nicer than my house...if it's a shed where are the half-used tins of paint?

Also...warmshowers.org...I was worried it might be NSFW 😉 but actually that could come in dead handy..

Dez, are you nominated as well ?

You might want to see about, nah, forget it - perfect as it is

[i]Dez, are you nominated as well ?[/i]

How could I be? I don't have a summer/pool house.
(or a shed, for that matter)

I've got an old tea chest you could use Dez

I'll have to search round a bit though; think it's in the east wing somewhere 😉

I can confirm people do sleep in the Poolhouse. I did and very nice it was too. Ta 🙂

I have a shed. It's full of firewood, spider webs and mouse droppings. I feel very inadequate.

The TV guys are coming tomorrow

Get a picture of Big George doing a wave for the STW massive.

If Kevin McCloud was coming he'd get your statue pregnant.

The researcher confided that they were both amongst the producer's favourites.

This was an outright lie.

That counts for little as the winner will be the product a public vote.

This is also probably a lie.

Welcome to Television. 😉

Iron that new bed sheet.

Also...warmshowers.org...I was worried it might be NSFW

It's a really good resource. I only used it once in the States. It had been a hellish couple of days with torrential rain and storm force headwinds. With nowhere to camp I checked out the site. There were three WS hosts around Salem. The first I called was in and at short notice they said I should come and stay. The forecast was bad for the next day so they insisted I stay a second night. It was one of my tour highlights.

It's a site that is growing in momentum. Well worth registering on if you are planning a tour.

That's the guys from Channel 4 just away. They've been working flat out from 9 o'clock. It was fascinating seeing the production process. I keen to hear how the rain sounded on the tin roof in the final cut.

The cameraman works regularly on Top Gear and the Director does a lot of stuff with James May. He made the Meccano motorbike around the TT circuit film. Top day!

Top guys.

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Happy cameraman seems to think he's holding a death-ray gun.

EDIT: Also a strange miniature person appears to be hovering vertically in the background.

mcm - make sure you PSA when it's going to be on the box as I have no idea whats on when these days. Will really love to see some footage of mcmoonter towers.

and why arent you wearing your "special jumper" 😉 ?

He isn't?

Happy cameraman seems to think he's holding a death-ray gun.

LOL

Good luck with the vote sir. Tis very nice is that.

Bookmarks warm showers for when I'm too tired to bike back over the bridge.

'make sure you PSA when it's going to be on the box as I have no idea whats on when these days. Will really love to see some footage of mcmoonter towers.'

Will do.

My understanding is the show has something like five categories. Eco sheds, unique sheds, home offices, workshops and Tradii (if there is a plural of Tardis). They'll have broadcast a selection from each category one night a week or one a night for a week. A finalist will be selected from each round and be put to a public vote.

Award night is July 17, Tom the director said to keep that date free.

They did a bit of filming around the garden and the house, which may well work against me. I'm not a toff and everything planted or built we've done with our own hands. On the plus side they said they'd illustrate my entry with some paintings from my website which is a bonus. It was a lot of fun building the Pool Hoose, it survived a near death tree fall. http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/tree-surgeons-will-i-die-if-i-try-this

The guys were very enthusiastic and Max even interviewed me from the comfort of the freshly ironed bed linen, so they were pretty relaxed and I hope they enjoyed their visit as much as I did

if they came to see you, who is the red legged geezer taking centre stage in the pic above?