[Closed] Grand Designs.....

£1000 per square m for glass . . . bonkers.

what the hell is that thing?

LOL @ the kitchen ... now when she cooks the people upstairs get the oily air ... nice moisturiser ... 😆

"I have never considered Geoffs opinion"

well that says it all really

That just looks like a high end show house. Not somewhere to live

well that says it all really

Interesting project but I couldn't see myself living in a home that looks like a hotel.

She "likes to resolve the problems"

Really means - shout and whine at a window fitter, because she didn't manage her own suppliers properly and didn't think about the wiring

Marble was nice, but overall nothing special - still a pokey basement in holland park that's over priced and at risk of flooding if your neighbours pipes burst

"hewn out of the living rock"
c*ck

a bit echo-ey.

FCOL 🙄

Vanity project of the year surely?

It shouts [b]LOOK HOW RICH I AM [/b] love the [s]design by her[/s] paying huge amounts of cash to designers/specialists

Well, I liked her; knew what she wanted to do, got rid of the original site manager when he tried to dominate the 'little lady', and proved that she knew what she was about with the finished product. OK, a huge amount of money poured into a hole in the ground but I bet they'd still be on the right side if they sold... just! I wouldn't want to live there though.

where oh where is all their stuff?

Are there any windows to open?

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I liked it, but if you're going to live in London, and you want space, you go up or down, no other option.

Listening to her whinge about stress being a killer makes me laugh. You're spending millions on a huge vanity project. You are not connected the the stresses of real people living normal lives. The ones stressing about if they can afford to put the heating on etc are truly worried to affect their health.

Sorry, I got here late, just watching on catch-up...

[i]Kind of detracted from the real world and the reality of life[/i]
[i]Ooh, blurred-out names on contractor vests - usually means problems...[/i]
[i]shout and whine at a window fitter, because she didn't manage her own suppliers properly[/i]
[i]I couldn't see myself living in a home that looks like a hotel.[/i]
+4

[i]1k per m² for the glass.[/i]
That's the one bit I didn't think was too bad. I'm pricing up a roof light for my kitchen and the cheapest I can find is £500/m2. I said to the mrs that 40k seemed cheap (for what it was) then it turns out they`ve gone bankrupt

I did enjoy a bit of schadenfreude when Kev started talking about the monolithic kitchen island, which was not in the least bit organic.

Window cleaning bills'll be cheap.

I liked it, but if you're going to live in London, and you want space, you go up or down, no other option.

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Waiting for this idea coming back into the fold

The Shambles, York?

that looked like a development to sell, rather than something they would live in (as we saw how they lived at the start).

For a cool 16M they could have had somewhere with views.
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Silly billies.

I've got so much money I don't know what to do with it. I'll Spaff it all on this as ... Well, why not... It's not like if it all goes wrong there will actually be any real consequences for ME, ME, MEEEEEEE! Aren't I wonderful

Narcissistic horse-shit for trustafarians

as we saw how they lived at the start

Wasn't it a one bedroom apartment they were supposedly packed into? Given how much money they had, and that they had to move out while it was being done, it's kind of odd that they lived there at all. I wonder where the son was (seen in a photo somewhere and talked about for the room with the roof window).

Would be great to hear more of the history of that place and see some pictures of how it used to look - must have been a riot when full of artists with that enormous 'social club?' in the basement.

Kev didn't like them - she didn't end up pregnant and there were no drinks at the end.

I wonder where the son was

Would be great to hear more of the history of that place and see some pictures of how it used to look - must have been a riot when full of artists with that enormous 'social club?' in the basement.

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The 21 year old son????

Didn't get the whole build. Seems ridiculous for two or even three people. Wish they had turned off the lighting to see how light it really was.

He was just the money. Think he was just trying to keep her quiet for a while.

And who said the bankers and traders are suffering?

He’d have bought the whole building 5 years ago...

Was he 21?
At (expensive) uni then I guess. Did like Kev's comment about seeing their son with his girlfriend on the bed 🙂

Great link Klunk. I've got a couple of those albums listed there.

don't think I'd fancy living in a place that was dependent on a pump to keep the water out, power cuts would be interesting.

Looks interesting.

Bit more of a down to earth project this week - a million miles from the last months episodes (thankfully)

Likey mucho.

Really nice.

I don't like the white interior, but as long as they do thats the main thing. Skye is brilliant though.

Are they wife and wife?

I think last week it was husband and husband ... 🙄

Again you see kitchen at the wrong place ... wait until someone cooks and someone is asleep upstairs. The designer designed a toy house.

Chewkw, the 1970s are on the phone asking for their homophobia back 🙄

I liked the house.

It was a refreshing change to see a couple who weren't just throwing money at a house to make a statement, but wanted a nice home.

I liked it. I also like an interior like a foxes glacier mint, I've got one, a welcome change from my twee victorian semi

Nice place that, fitted beautifully in the environment.

Bit small for me, would have liked a sunken room or the studio attached to the house, but hey..

"Claps"

Came across as really nice folks too, nice and humble. Hey deserve to live happily ever after.

I really like that house. Being on Skye just adds to it. A truly magical, spectacular place that I need to revisit.
It wouldn't be a studio though....... Bike garage/man cave

cynic-al - Member

Chewkw, the 1970s are on the phone asking for their homophobia back

LOL! I am no homophobes but I think they are funny people.

Nice location ... not sure about the practically of the house but if the wives are happy that is good enough.

😆

p/s: really ... why not design a kitchen in the bedroom ... do they cook or simply rely on microwave food.

Not seen this for years but watched Skye house tonight. Liked it a lot. For that reason - I'm back in!