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Shame about the budget finish not!
They must have been desperate for cash !
That oak flooring was industrial depth.
Saved £8000!!! by doing that bit themselves, the contrators must have overcharged everywhere?
The pictures on the wall too , crazy spending
Did you see their dog!
The mum may leave them loads of money , she may have a Putin moment of the entrance !
Good design but not a family home.
I do like semi buried buildings for some reason.
Caught the last quarter or so. Can’t say I found it an attractive building from the outside and it looked like living in it would involve a lot of walking.
Nice views but not 1.2m worth. Agree the Grandfather fixation was a bit weird but maybe hammed up by the production company.
I liked the house, can’t get why you’d want to be that close to a toilet in bed…. And if you’re that tight on money - none of that landscaping was anything you couldn’t have done with a small digger and some well spent evenings and weekends.
It was a bit weird in places, I agree.
I liked bits of it, the upstairs was just an odd waste of space, could they not have just had the full height and boxed in the end as a mezzanine snug over the kitchen.
Looked like a very expensive way to build a house, would they not have gotten exactly the same end result from breeze locks and rendering it afterwards?
I like the shower and bath in the room, that's cool, not so keen on the toilet and sink.
Outside looked a mess still. I know they ran out of budget but just running over everything with a petrol tiller and scattering grass seed isn't expensive.
Outside looked a mess still. I know they ran out of budget but just running over everything with a petrol tiller and scattering grass seed isn’t expensive.
It might have been time they ran out of, not money. That big reveal part of the programme was only filmed last month.
I liked it but the money bit never adds up. If I was that broke, that stressed and in that much debt, I would not have installed the most expensive marble kitchen in the world, or the brass bath in the bedroom, or industrial oak flooring.
I do very much like houses with courtyards though. My Grand Designs build would be a south facing steading type design with three distinct wings, a bedroom wing, living / kitchen wing and utility / garage wing. All connected by a banging kitchen garden and outdoor seating in the courtyard. Bliss.
I bet they end up using a bog and shower at the other end of the house
Worked on a mega bucks house just north of Regents Park, the ensuite was the other side of the house so they had a "night time WC" just off the master bedroom, so maybe they're just right on trend 🤔
The actual reservoir section of the house seemed to be an extremely poor use of space. If money was such an issue and the reservoir was the sentimental part, why not just restore/develop that? The guy himself said that the reservoir alone had more space than the house they were living in.
@franksinatra I think I’m with you on the courtyard. Becomes a very usable outside living space and kitchen garden.
I find all the house building and property modification tv shows a bit crap.
Starts with high hope.
The struggles in the build and artifical jeopardy
O dear we are over budget.
All well and we admire the superior architecture.
The houses all look like identikit structures from the book architects book of buildings.
The pompous presenter.
Lovely
I just can’t get my head around how an audiologist and skydiving instructor can fund a £1.2m build.
My wife's an audiologist so I've just messaged her to see if she knows Rosa, and get the dirt if she does. I'll also be demanding to know why we don't live in a £1.2mill house! (Must be because I can't sky-dive...)
@twodogs where on Gower is this? I haven't seen last night's episode yet, so is this next week's?
I find all the house building and property modification tv shows a bit crap.
Mrs_oab also watches the place in sunny places and off to the country type programmes looking to buy a place - most of them seem to be a desperate for 15 mins of fame with little intention of moving, plus unrealistic expectations and no experience of actually living where the properties are. Madness and I think 90% TV and 10% looking to move...
I love the fact that they borrowed money from all and sundry, so they could live in an aircraft hanger / hotel lobby.
Everyone else gave up holidays / new cars/ luxuries etc , so they could live like wannabe film stars.
It was ego / mind **** territory - I am assuming her full time job was "influencer" as I have no idea what their revenue stream was - other than selling sweets and sky diving.
The decor was premier division footballer / 1 million quid spend in Woolworths. And the marble just says all you need to know. All very Dubai - in Hereford
IMHO the marble was one of the worst bits it was truly ghastly. I would also have not had the concrete finish and saved a fortune in that, plasterboard and some walls clad to match the old building would be more my cup of tea.
@twodogs where on Gower is this? I haven’t seen last night’s episode yet
It's in last night's episode...Kevin went to visit it cos it's sort of buried. East end of Llanmadoc Hill, off the road between Kennexstone campsite and Llanmadoc.
In our house the sunny places programs are called unrealistic expe tations. They have to fill the air with crap when they could be inspiring adventure, nature, kindness and exploration.
I find all the house building and property modification tv shows a bit crap.
I suppose you could try not watching them, and not wasting your time commenting on a thread about one of them....just a thought.
I generally don't. Sorry if you are offended
Offended by what? I just don't understand why you bother to post to say "all these programs are crap" (tho if you don't watch them, how do you know?). Strange.
@twodogs where on Gower is this? I haven’t seen last night’s episode yet
It’s in last night’s episode…Kevin went to visit it cos it’s sort of buried. East end of Llanmadoc Hill, off the road between Kennexstone campsite and Llanmadoc.
Just watching it now, and yes, I know exactly where it is. I’ve suffered many times climbing up that gravel track to the hill fort, with plenty of time to browse at the posh house. 😂
Just watching it now, and yes, I know exactly where it is. I’ve suffered many times climbing up that gravel track to the hill fort, with plenty of time to browse at the posh house. 😂
Indeed... I used to just about be able to do it on my singlespeed....I'd die if i tried that now 😂
But have you ever seen an occupant?
No, never even a car on the property.
My wife doesn’t know Rosa, but does know a few people who know her. Nothing unkind to say about her at all. Sadly. 😁
No, never even a car on the property.
Weird innit
Hoping they weren't on a 2yr fix and need to remortgage currently/soon.
I normally only like maybe 2 of the builds per series and this wasn't one of them but it did tick a lot of GD bingo points. I've still no idea how they are servicing such an amount of debt with their jobs to the point my other half looked on Rightmove to see if they were already selling it (wouldn't be the first one).
I liked the house (apart from the doorless ensuite) but can't fathom how they raised that much money or how they're going to pay it back.
How much does a Skydiving Instructor make over time in United Kingdom? Skydiving Instructor professionals in United Kingdom have a wide total pay range, between £18,418 and £51,865 depending on experience, with an estimated total pay of £30,907 following the average career path of a Skydiving Instructor.
Curious, I was just having a conversation with my wife about their finances and guessed his income at around £30k. Hers would be somewhere between £30-80k depending on how much commission she makes. Maybe slightly more, but she’s probably at the high end.
On the basis that something wasn’t being disclosed, and they didn’t seem the sort of people who had families with lots of disposable, what other activities could persuade a mortgage lender to give you more money? There’s one obvious, glaring thing, and it’s very unfair of me to think it because it’s purely based on appearance. Does he have an Only Fans page? 🤔 😂
So assuming they are both the best in their fields, (govt says up to 50k for experienced audiologist) they could be in a family income of 90-100k a year, plus the chocolate business. £680k loan value at 2% over 30 years, is 2.5k a month, on 5k ish take home, plus chocolate. So far so good.
Goes up to 4k a month if rates are 6% though.
plus the chocolate business.
Putting together packets of pic’n’mix isn’t going to buy them a million pound house. That was lockdown pocket money. 😂
Could keep covering living expenses though?
Plus, they got past the banks affordability checks, so can’t be impossible for them. Hopefully they got a long fixed initial term
Early in the show, when they said that they had a £700k budget, didn’t they say they only had £200k to put in and the rest would be borrowed? Did I miss something later, when the costs went to over a million? They did suggest that Grandad had left some money, but £100s of £1000s? All very strange.
Grandad left them a £150k house
They borrowed somewhere around £850,000 then?
Maybe I'm old (53) but taking on that debt, FFS.
High maintenance both her and the house and the mortgage.
The whole water tank was a waste. Seemed to be two wrong houses mismatched together. They could have had a great house in the tank, stick the dining room wing on and probably 3bedrooms the high snug, decent kitchen etc. Nar money but massively egotistical, they mortgage must be nearly what they earn and that's a barn to heat.
And the architect needed a slap.
680 off the bank, 100k of their own savings, 150k from grandads house, the rest from ‘family & friends’ I think
Just watching on catchup.
Does he have an Only Fans page? 🤔 😂
that thought had passed my mind 😎
Grandad left them a £150k house
£150k for a large detached house ?
Surely it was worth a lot more than that ?
If that’s the going rate , I’m moving to the Wye Valley 😂
I wonder if they sold off any of the land he owned as well ?
Anyhoo, I’ve just realised that Mortimer and Whitehouse Gone fishing is a new series and not a repeat 🤦♀️ . That’s the next couple of hours sorted
High maintenance both her and the house and the mortgage
seems the type that hasn’t had the word no thrown in her direction a lot 😂
I liked the original part of the building but the new part felt too cramped and all corridor. If it had been me, I’d have just done the original bit up as a more modest build with a plan to extend in the future.
How much room do you need for three/four... and heat it on their salary.
OK, at the end now, but WTF... skydiving and drug selling ? your F35/Euro Fighter pilots cant afford this
Who the fark cleans these houses - it's hard enough working full time and getting in from a bike commute, then cooking and then cleaning a small house...
150k for a large detached house ?
Surely it was worth a lot more than that ?
I assumed that she wasn’t the only beneficiary from the sale of it.
Ive built a house. Everything non structural you do cheap as you can. Cut your cloth and so on. Easy. Marble doodahs and fancy lights are financial drains. Save up and buy with cash later on