Uncle Kevin, at it again. Balls deep. 😆

thanks for the spoiler 🙄

dont click on the thread then 🙄

. Uncle Kevin, at it again. Balls deep.

So that’s why the wife always ends up pregnant?

Err yes, that was the point of the OP…

dont click on the thread then

first bake off now this 🙄

Well it’s not really a spoiler is it? ‘Wife gets up the stick during build’ – hold the front page….

Two metrics stood out for me: 3 x planned duration and nearly double the budget. Hmmmmm, and he does this for a living?

Not really a spoiler is it, Kev is always at “it” with the loyal wifey.

The caravan, the pregnancy, snoooow … 🙂

No, the main problem was that it was boring. Half hour of him being a dick digging a big hole, and going on about sourcing everything locally. Then ten minutes of outsourcing stuff when the digging became unrealistic and local contractors failed. Turned off at 3/4’s when it started to look like an overbudget visitors centre. Wife walked out when he said he was a self build architect.

I’m getting REALLY bored of GD nowadays. It’s all just square concrete boxes with huge windows and no curtains.

i’m getting REALLY bored of GD nowadays. It’s all just square concrete boxes with huge windows and no curtains.

You missed the cave last week then?

It’s all just square concrete boxes with huge windows and no curtains.

And if I remember last night, it was curved?

IMO its been the best series for ages. Some really interesting locations and super scaled builds. Plus Uncle Kev has turned his swagger charm up to 11.
Still beats 95% of other telly.

Seems to be only people with unlimited budgets or land their parents already own these days. Could do with a dose of reality imo.

Seems to be only people with unlimited budgets or land their parents already own these days. Could do with a dose of reality imo.

There’s a clue in the show’s name to what it might be about. Redecorating a Crappy Old Bungalow is a different show.

always interesting to see how the other half live.. ie those with mortgages they cant repay but flash houses and expensive cars.. cant help but feel i got it wrong by having paid off my house and driving a skoda..

Redecorating a Crappy Old Bungalow is a different show.

Lolz /\

He’s right, its pure escapism. Dare to dream what you may do, money permitting.
And by all means, take inspiration from some of the things you see!

And take heed of the massive c*ck ups…

those with mortgages they cant repay but flash houses and expensive cars.. cant help but feel i got it wrong by having paid off my house and driving a skoda..

Different people have different priorities. Neither is right. Some people prefer comfort and security, others want to push what they do with their lives. And he’s young-ish man, an architect and has a £250k mortgage – I think he will survive.

And I didn’t notice any car (I only saw the second part of the show though). Did he have a flash car?

Seems to be only people with unlimited budgets or land their parents already own these days.

Have you seen the price/cost of building land, ie that is actually available to a single-dwelling builder?

Plus often easier to get in-fill planning permission than green-field etc, and in-town often is priced for commercial or flats.

Kev is gushing about this weeks cow shed

And she is fit but not pregers 😉

Good effort by the owner, put his hand to anything.

Interesting but I thought the new series on The Landmark Trust was excellent

Interesting but I thought the new series on The Landmark Trust was excellent

That was much more like it. A real Grand Design not a multi million pound ego/vanity trip for City Trader alikes….

Yep, almost settled on GD (same old, same old), then found the considerably more interesting program about the landmark trust, where the dreams are held alive that we can stay in ‘grand designs’. And Anna Keay is easier on the eye/ears than Kev.

Went to the Grand Designs show at the NEC on Sunday.It was really, really shit.
A bit like being stuck in Homebase, interspersed with market stall type wonder gadget demonstrators. Was expecting inspiring, out there, pushing boundaries, daring to dream. Instead, got bland overpriced toys for rich people lacking imagination.

Just saying…

Kayak23 – that’s a very apt description. We went to the London one and found it oddly soul destroying. Clarks Man Caves were the only interesting bit. And can’t Our Kev talk? He just goes on and on and on. We lasted just over an hour before giving up on the whole thing. It’s like the Ideal Home show but without the free food.

Phew, that entirely fits with my pre-conceived idea of what a Grand Designs show would be. 🙂

Thought last night’s was okay. I’d be interested to see how the house looked when fitted out, but thought it was looking a bit shite when they had to do the wrap at the end.

Uncle Kev world record, 4 weeks to get his latest guest up the duff, good effort.

And before the first ad break, superb.

Tosser and pregancy. Hits the spot.

That’s a great shot if that’s how she conceived

Tshhhh boom.

Tonight line du jour.

“can we foxtrot Oscar that one down there”

He reminds me of Nathan Barley somehow.

Audi with roof bars with bike rack, so who’s going to out themselves then?

£1M, tiny garden, no garage and on a busy main road. Daft

Big drop to river + toddler. Idiot.