Grand Designs

[waterloowelshy]

the fake medieval thing? ha yeah, that couple just screamed "lottery winners with bad taste" to me.

it was funny though, you could see kevin cringing all the way through the show

you and me both. read back through this post though - and you will find that there must be a fair few people with bad taste following the reaction i got for daring to suggest that the mock medievel house was awful. ill stand by it though. it was awful and this weeks was great.

 

[stavros]

That one last night didn't really wow me or appall me. They didn't seem that limited as a lot of them are and so nothing really went hugely wrong. Even Kevin seemed relatively upbeat last night (I say relatively). What the fuck was the bloke wearing at the end? Tartan trousers with tape measure braces.

 

[marty21]

The library was lovely.
But it will take a few big trees to blend that into the scenery...

Still worried about the kid though.. tucked in his snug alone watching T.V.

he'll be fine, they were going to give him the cottage next door, that they also own

 

[bi0boy]

I wish I had 300000 pounds to spend on playing with some mud.

 

[SpookyFrank]

I got so fed up with the crappy houses in this series I sat down and designed my own. Took me the better part of two days using some crummy freeware 3D drawing software but it looks lovely. I've even built in a secret tunnel leading from the cellar out to the garden shed

I'd post some screenshots of it but it's on a different PC

 

[El Sueno]

I still can't stop smirking at the image of Kevin, casually chopping herbs in that burlesque-looking red apron. I love the way he ptches in like that.

 

[Sweaty Betty]

God what an odious women she was- so off hand and blase about the obscene amount of money she had at her disposal, UNTILL she brought down her neighbours wall and garden along with it- then she didnt have enuff money

And why be so coy about the amount she spent at the end, when she had spent the whole programme telling us how loaded she was......

 

[stavros]

Kev's apron had me pissing myself too.

I did like the house this week, although that purple wall was feckin' hideous. It looked so out of place as did the purpley kitchen top.

 

[la ressistance]

God what an odious women she was- so off hand and blase about the obscene amount of money she had at her disposal, UNTILL she brought down her neighbours wall and garden along with it- then she didnt have enuff money

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i thought she was great.very chipper woman

 

[Sweaty Betty]

God what an odious women she was- so off hand and blase about the obscene amount of money she had at her disposal, UNTILL she brought down her neighbours wall and garden along with it- then she didnt have enuff money

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i thought she was great.very chipper woman

It was her off hand manner with cash that irked me and lets not forget 200 lorry loads for one foundation and a road closuure to put the ruddy house together...it was when she mentioned nearly crying when she saw her crane towering above the land as she drove home in her car that did it for me

 

[Firky]

I Like this show because I like architecture however I rarely like the people on it. The couple from Bath were horrible. He was a fucking cock and she was so pretentious it made me hurl. Nice house from the outside but horrible on the inside.

 

[Sweaty Betty]

I Like this show because I like architecture however I rarely like the people on it. The couple from Bath were horrible. He was a fucking cock and she was so pretentious it made me hurl. Nice house from the outside but horrible on the inside.

The best one i seen so far is that dude from the last series that made that oak staircase out of an 800 year old piece of recaimed wood

He built the whole fucking house by himself with his diddy wife that looked like a happier yoko ono

At zero cost to the environment in comparison to this ass of a couple

When she refused to say how much they spent i nearly kicked the TV

 

[Firky]

If I won the lottery I'd buy myself a small plot of land in Hampshire or Somerset (about an acre) build a little house as greenly as I could (with crustychick's advice) and be install a big fuck off soundsystem, a lush kitchen garden and buy a good laptop. Couldn't give a shit about bespoke taps and door knobs. Wankers.

 

[Sweaty Betty]

If I won the lottery I'd buy myself a small plot of land in Hampshire or Somerset (about an acre) build a little house as greenly as I could (with crustychick's advice) and be install a big fuck off soundsystem, a lush kitchen garden and buy a good laptop. Couldn't give a shit about bespoke taps and door knobs. Wankers.

Yep although that tap my boss had was groovey his settee however was shit and so was his kitchen
I hope he dont surf here

 

[Firky]

A Bloke / mate I used to work with about someyears ago ran an IT company. He had fuck all qualifications just uber clever, helped the government build robotic systems and do AI research. Anyway to cut a long story short he floated his company on the stock market when the dot com boom was on, he got MILLIONS for it. The thing started up as a bunch of mates doing pissing about doing contracts for Whitehall. With the money he made he bought a derelict church, not a small chapel or a church but a BIG FUCKING CHURCH! He turned it into his house and made the bell tower his bedroom, it was in the middle of nowhere of northumberland. The roof of his bedroom was glass suspended with fuck all! Lie on the bed and see the stars and the moon. Amazing house. He sold it a few years ago as he felt guilty for living in such a place and made more money off it than he spent on converting it. Now he lives with his beautiful wife and step daughter in a little cottage doing SWFA.

Some people have all the luck / money.

I don't like money, hate the fucking thing, it turns people into wankers. But if you never had money then get it... then I think it makes you alright. It certainly would make my life so much easier if I didnt' have to worry about how I can afford the bus to work.

 

[WouldBe]

Yep although that tap my boss had was groovey his settee however was shit and so was his kitchen
I hope he dont surf here

I've seen a tap very similar to that one in B&Q or somewhere for a tenth of the price they paid for theirs.

 

[marty21]

I Like this show because I like architecture however I rarely like the people on it. The couple from Bath were horrible. He was a fucking cock and she was so pretentious it made me hurl. Nice house from the outside but horrible on the inside.

i'm going to have to watch this now - i might know them

 

[Sweaty Betty]

I've seen a tap very similar to that one in B&Q or somewhere for a tenth of the price they paid for theirs.

maybe i should mention it to him next time he comes into the office

 

[Reno]

God what an odious women she was- so off hand and blase about the obscene amount of money she had at her disposal, UNTILL she brought down her neighbours wall and garden along with it- then she didnt have enuff money

And why be so coy about the amount she spent at the end, when she had spent the whole programme telling us how loaded she was......

It was her off hand manner with cash that irked me and lets not forget 200 lorry loads for one foundation and a road closuure to put the ruddy house together...it was when she mentioned nearly crying when she saw her crane towering above the land as she drove home in her car that did it for me

This just strikes me as self sanctimonious griping. I just watched the programme and absolutely nowhere was she "blase about the obscene amount of money she had at her disposal". The neighbours wall falling down was ude to subsidence and heavy rain and completely unforeseeable. Even though that's what insurance is there for, I suppose you believe she should have paid it herself anyway. She was far from off hand IMO and they really didn't strike me as people who has limitless resources. She put on a brave face for the camera while admitting that they completely overspent due to various disasters and that she didn't sleep at night with worry.

Why shouldn't she be crying with pride and relief when after all they went through after their house finally goes up ? In the end I thought the building was merely OK, but I admired her spirit in seeing it through.

 

[marty21]

i didn't know her, quite liked the building, not sure about the pink internal scheme, view was great, i know people who live on that hill (bathwick hill) and it does have a great view...ended up not getting that annoyed at the woman, thought i would end up hating her, but despite the obscene amount of money they spent, quite liked the building, might run into her one day when i go to waitrose with my mum

 

[grace_p143]

First of the new ones I've seen.

Shit house for kids really. £1k for a tap! worth it my arse.

The glass was cool but the fireplace was the the bit I really liked.

Actually I kind of liked living in it.

 

[stavros]

New series tonight.

 

[stavros]

Oh dear. I can forgive him being born into landed gentry, but scraping round for money whilst sending your son to a private boarding school?

The house looked pretty good from the outside, but was way to indulgent inside.