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I couldn’t warm to that bloke or his house, although the finished Guild Hall looked spectacular in a “Disney” sort of way.
I hope that his wife was off shagging her golf instructor whilst he was out commissioning stained glass windows and gardens that she didn’t want.
It was utter shite, worst building/s i've seen on the show. He was a helm' 😡
might as well of demolished the lot and started again, no character.
"helm" ❓
Glad it wasn't just me then. I'm off to Grand Designs Live tomorrow at the NEC for some more inspiration and ideas.
Matt.
Very boring. Disliked him from the start. End result looked a complete mess - he seemed to think he was 'all that'. Nob.
Only good thing was that i let my 10yo daughter stay up (we'd been out at a school open evening and mummy was out ) and she thought he made a mess of it and you couldn't "see any of the history"....... that's ma girl 🙂
oh yeah...... stained glass window? what a c0ck.
Was I the only one slightly dissapointed at the exterior finish of the Guild Hall bit? I wasn't expecting "footballers mock tudor mansion look" but it looked quite unremarkable considering the effort put in.
The adjoining corner bit looked way overbuilt and the timber looked way too chunky and orangey. If it had been built to give the impression it was completely glass I think it would have worked better.
I thought he had a very sad attitude towards his wife too. Kind of "pat the little lady on the head, there, there husband knows best dear". Didn't warm to the guy much at all.
For once I agreed with Kevin about the guy removing the history from the house.
The people doing the restoration work seemed to be very talented though, I could have stood and watched them for days, very clever.
cynic-al - Member
"helm"
Helmet as in cock end.
The guy was a total prat.
Finished article was a hotch-potch of mismatched finishes and colours. White windows and brown door? FTW.
Crap planing dept can make designs even worse.
Abysmal choice of tiling and paving, aside from other things which turned what could have been a delightful development into the resulting confused bland disappointment!
The husband seemed to contradict himself - he wanted reclaimed tiles for the roof of the guildhall, but then put new Travertine limestone tiles on the floor inside?!?! WTF! He rejected the original herringbone brick work and used it somewhere obscure in the courtyard. Muppet! How did the building conservators/council let him get away with that? The owner made refereces to the fact he was only the guardian of the building. So why did he vandalise it then??
The courtyard had horrible concrete slabs laid unimaginatively in a straight path from gate to fron door. Wrong materials, no design. It looked shxt!
The paint used on the guildhall looked a bit "Chigwell" and so was a lot of the furniture.
The use of pressed hardboard georgian panel doors was laughable! Why not Suffolf latch braced and ledged oak doors??? It is a Suffolk barn and not a Wimpey home!
The bland sand coloured tiles in the barn looked vile and that stained glass window! What a completely unsuitable piece ofcrap that was. Totally out of context with the building. What was going on inside that guy's head when he decided he needed that?
The owner wouldn't know a good piece of architecture if it slapped him in the face! My advice to him would be to let his wife make all the design decisions.
It's usually the way, the more money, the less interesting the build. See last weeks for further proof.
Not a fan then Spongebob?
Kev didn't seem too impressed with it either.
We've noticed that if the building company and architect's name/logo is prominent from the start then it usually a good one. If it has been edited out then it usually a bit of a turd.
See the green gate, thought that was just there for a piss take.
The total project would have been better un-touched.
I watched a repeat last night of a gay couples white box on the beach in Hastings.
Thing is it didn't look *too* bad (not my thing but hey) but the guttering/drainage on the side utterly made it look like an old silo.
....and the lad whose house it was said 'why dont our neighbours like us' (err guess).
The best bit was , undoubtedly , watching the big chunks of timber being put together. I'm always very impressed with the firms who do this sort of framework. A friend who has redeveloped his ancient house said it was the best day off ever when the guys came to do theirs.
Mrs Gnasher was very unimpressed at that blokes 'little woman ' attitude.
Yeah, I used to dream of building a house out of green oak. I'd have been in my element!
Too bloody expensive now and this is assuming you could get land with permission at a sensible price in the right location.
If I was developing a grand design property, I would use a local architect largely for the benefit of their ongoing relationships with the planners and partly for their advice and recommendations.
I have qualifications in graphic design and know i could create something special and unique, that was tailored (in detail) to our needs.
I don't think I'd want too much creative input, but the design process would be in close consultation with the architect. These guys have 7 years training and so know a great deal more about the subject than I do, but i've lived in several houses and know what works and what doesn't. It would be a fascinating process to create a workable design, let alone the fun of the actual build.
I can't afford it and my wife doesn't share my passion for a project like this, so time to stop dreaming!
The floor tiles were terrible and he was just a control freek, what person commissions a landscape plan without telling his wife...!
all 3 buildings looked like they were bought separately by Stevie Wonder then fitted together the best way they could (in the dark with no instructions!)
It also sounded like he made his missus put all her paintings into storage, or on ebay. The black granite worktop didn't work and the upstairs was a very pokey. Turning the guild hall into a dining room? God, can you imagine how boring the dinner conversation would be?
all 3 buildings looked like they were bought separately by Stevie Wonder
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He's not wrong.
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It just needs a sign outside.
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^^ I would have just used glass
He'd built 9 houses before and in his words hadn't got any right. Well, better make that 10.
I still like the Woodsmans cottage best of all the builds on Grand Designs, I've never seen a building blend with the surrounding environment so well. The extension he built for his Mrs and kids didn't work as well though.
The barn might have looked better without the horrible black cladding, the porch was horrible and the pink guild hall with the yellow floor and a few odd natural coloured panels AAaaaagh. My eyes, (even without the tasteless furniture).
A massive miss for me, could have been great, and yes, the bloke was a complete cock. (wonder if the sweary filter will modify that?)