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I didn't see the introductions. I assumed that was who he was. Could have been the chippy for all I know.


 
Posted : 23/09/2015 9:26 pm
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Only just watched last weeks. He was basically Rattie from Wind in the Willows.

Messing about on boats....


 
Posted : 23/09/2015 9:26 pm
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Madness bloody madness, they have lost the plot he nearly kicked the bucket and wanted escapism, all they have done is provided themselves with him having another heamorage. It looks like it will either never get finished or sold as soon as it has been, they cant afford it. Bloidy crackers.


 
Posted : 23/09/2015 9:31 pm
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Is the architect the bastard child of Alan Davies and Jamie Oliver?


 
Posted : 23/09/2015 9:34 pm
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Why and how was someone driving a boat up the beach!?!
Love Kevin's footballers wives comment :


 
Posted : 23/09/2015 9:34 pm
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boxer dog in high viz, is this becoming a theme.


 
Posted : 23/09/2015 9:35 pm
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Twunt with a pinky ring...


 
Posted : 23/09/2015 9:39 pm
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Is the architect the bastard child of Alan Davies and Jamie Oliver?

He's not an architect!

He's an 'architectural designer', the difference being 7 years of training and a pretty comprehensive code of conduct. You could set up tomorrow as an 'architectural designer', and no-one could stop you. You couldn't set up as an architect without the aforementioned 7 years of training, getting chartered, signing up to the code of conduct, and taking out some hefty PI insurance.


 
Posted : 23/09/2015 9:41 pm
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I'm pretty sure the "architect" is the chap who did the yoghurt covered tree house on the island few seasons ago. This whole project is one massive vanity project for the designer and Brahms and will end in tears.


 
Posted : 23/09/2015 9:41 pm
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he just said £1.8m.

That lass can spend it.


 
Posted : 23/09/2015 9:43 pm
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I like the house, but have zero sympathy for their 'suffering'. Consumption so conspicuous really doesn't sit right with me.


 
Posted : 23/09/2015 9:43 pm
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Borrowing money from friends.... Not desperate are they?


 
Posted : 23/09/2015 9:44 pm
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He's not an architect!

I know that, it's just fun watching you jump on every mention of him being an architect. I guess it pisses you off somewhat. 😆


 
Posted : 23/09/2015 9:44 pm
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Just tuned in for the "Money shot", what have I missed?


 
Posted : 23/09/2015 9:47 pm
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Borrowing money from friends.... Not desperate are they

I was suprised they had friends...


 
Posted : 23/09/2015 9:48 pm
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Well tbat near death experience really brouvht them back down to earth


 
Posted : 23/09/2015 9:48 pm
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They will die !


 
Posted : 23/09/2015 9:48 pm
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How posh is that boat with wheels?


 
Posted : 23/09/2015 9:49 pm
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So an architect ( or architectural designer) who can't manage client expectation and budget and a bloody accountant who can't track budget and finance? Jesus wept. Incompetent the both of them on a personal and professional level.


 
Posted : 23/09/2015 9:50 pm
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he is taking the piss now.


 
Posted : 23/09/2015 9:52 pm
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Tacky watch and Bose speakers you can buy from Currys. 😆


 
Posted : 23/09/2015 9:57 pm
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£3.3 million !!!!!!!!


 
Posted : 23/09/2015 9:57 pm
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Make a note to self to avoid whoever design that building ... 😆

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£3.3 million !!!!!!!!

Crikey, they must be spending future money? Ya?


 
Posted : 23/09/2015 9:58 pm
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I guessed 2 mil! Blimey!!!


 
Posted : 23/09/2015 9:59 pm
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Nice house, but now that I have finished wiping the tea from my keyboard, did he just say '3.2 - 3.3 [b][u]million[/b][/u] pounds'?!

You can buy a decent bike for that and still have change.

Was the term WTF invented for this evening's episode?!


 
Posted : 23/09/2015 10:00 pm
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Amazing building...but fools for spending what they did. Next week.looks good too!


 
Posted : 23/09/2015 10:00 pm
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Money aside its a lovely looking place with some wonderful views but faaaaaaaaak how can anyone live with that amount of financial stress. Bonkers.

Next weeks looks fun 🙂


 
Posted : 23/09/2015 10:00 pm
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Electric BMW.

Natch.


 
Posted : 23/09/2015 10:00 pm
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Money aside its a lovely looking place with some wonderful views but faaaaaaaaak how can anyone live with that amount of financial stress. Bonkers.

Compared to the stress of nearly dying, money is nothing.


 
Posted : 23/09/2015 10:04 pm
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the house was nice, if a little like a posh forestry visitor centre.
but the notion that spending 3 million quid that you don't really have is justified because you nearly died once is profoundly obscene.
she mentions that it was worth it because being able to go to sleep hearing the tide coming in gives them an amazing quality of life. buy a tent and go sleep on the beach then.
FFS.


 
Posted : 23/09/2015 10:05 pm
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Compared to the stress of nearly dying, money is nothing

I imagine the stress off paying off high interest bridging loans may be pretty high..


 
Posted : 23/09/2015 10:09 pm
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Agree with brakes. Yes nearly dying would be life changing but they seemed to have changed their lives for something that could put his health at risk again. Bonkers.


 
Posted : 23/09/2015 10:10 pm
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Life changing illness often makes us a bit mad, but limits often remain


 
Posted : 23/09/2015 10:12 pm
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I can only guess that you need have the experience to understand.


 
Posted : 23/09/2015 10:15 pm
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I didn't much care for his smug attitude to having contractors haranguing him for payment of invoices. Compared to his own mortality, debt isn't that important, but those invoices quite often represent the success or failure of people's businesses & food on people's tables.


 
Posted : 23/09/2015 11:03 pm
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Surely someone with kids who has had such a stark reminder of his own mortality would think about what he would leave his family should the worst happen. In this guy's case, crippling debt... 🙄


 
Posted : 23/09/2015 11:05 pm
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Also, what mos said, very disrespectful towards contractors livelihoods.


 
Posted : 23/09/2015 11:06 pm
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i dont even get how you can borrow that much money .
surely he must be earning a huge amount.


 
Posted : 23/09/2015 11:10 pm
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3.3 million and can't afford a ping pong table.


 
Posted : 23/09/2015 11:13 pm
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Just watching it now. Is it a requirement to wear a hard hat at a jaunty angle to be on this programme ?


 
Posted : 23/09/2015 11:31 pm
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If slightly baffled, who can afford this type of debt...£ 15K a month mortgage FFS !

Per month, you repay
assuming your interest rate stays the same
£15,646
Total you'll repay over full term
(Includes mortgage debt, £3,300,000 + total interest £1,393,892)
£4,693,892


 
Posted : 24/09/2015 6:24 am
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There must be more to it than the programe let on, as surely they couldn't borrow that amount of money without the resources to pay it back.

Not to mention the fact that he's had a life threatening problem that may impact the ability to get a future mortgage.

They probably got critical illness payouts etc before and maybe had a million or so from the old house but even so to have that degree of arrogance and sefishness over not being able to pay and the effect on livelyhoods of others is disgusting.

Nice house, but far too big for somebody who can't really afford it.


 
Posted : 24/09/2015 6:44 am
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The one thing he wanted was a table tennis table. The one thing he didn't get was a table tennis table.

The one thing she wanted was a big house.

Oh and a big kitchen.

Oh and the kid's bedrooms' to be a km away.

And a BMW.

And walls built from stones collected from the scummy public beach.

She wanted a private beach thrown in as well.

He kept talking money. She looked as though money wasn't an issue.

The designer, fair play, had a touch of genius in him.


 
Posted : 24/09/2015 7:21 am
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For GD give me a madman over a money bags any day.


 
Posted : 24/09/2015 7:32 am
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Just did fag packet calcs .....

I dont earn a bad wage neither does the mrs .....

Earning potential over our working life time wouldnt clear that mortgage , let alone the term payment.....


 
Posted : 24/09/2015 7:34 am
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