Grand Designs in Brixton, Channel 4

[equationgirl]

The architect didn't live in for very long if they've sold it already.

 

[Winot]

Lots of building work happening on both sides of the Slip House - was cycling past and didn't stop to see what was going on.

 

[Rushy]

I'd love to see a Grand Designs where the pressure of the build and financial strain is all too much and the house is repossessed by the bank. This tears the smug couple apart, ruining their superficial relationship and catapulting one of them into alcoholism, and eventually losing their job and falling down the ladder into a damp council flat in a 'gritty' part of city.

OK maybe that's a bit extreme but the people on GD's are like the people in Country Life magazine - on a total fucking different planet to the majority of the populace.

I like architecture (it's what I wrote my dissertation on) but I *really* can't stand some of the materialistic, shallow, ostentatious cnuts that appear on that show.

'Tragic' and 'saddest ever' Grand Designs episode sees married couple split with £4 million in debt and lighthouse dream unfinished

https://www.housebeautiful.com/uk/lifestyle/property/a29424781/grand-designs-lighthouse-north-devon/

 

[pbsmooth]

is it illegal to revisit such as old thread?! just seen the Brockwell Park house episode (big glass modernist one) and curious if that family are still there? watching it now it seems unbelievable they got that plot so 'cheap'

 

[editor]

is it illegal to revisit such as old thread?! just seen the Brockwell Park house episode (big glass modernist one) and curious if that family are still there? watching it now it seems unbelievable they got that plot so 'cheap'

There's been two on that show - this one which was put together by Karl Turner who then went on to completely fuck over Grow/Pop Brixton,,,

And the Brockwell one which is on AirBnB

Home in London · 4 bedrooms · 4 beds · 2.5 bathrooms

Grand Designs House in Park

www.airbnb.co.uk

 

[quimcunx]

It has an extension now. This is from a couple of weeks ago.

 

[teuchter]

^ that's not the Brockwell Park one.

 

[editor]

It has an extension now. This is from a couple of weeks ago. View attachment 214419

Looks like some kind of industrial extraction facility.

 

[Rushy]

It has an extension now. This is from a couple of weeks ago. View attachment 214419

It's a separate house. Designed by the same architect. Largely built by the hand of its owners.

 

[editor]

I sometimes find there's a certain arrogance when a LOOK AT ME I'M A TOP ARCHITECT type rocks up into a traditional street to make their big AREN'T I CREATIVE statement that doesn't match anything in the street and seems more interested in bolstering their arty business portfolio than contributing to the streetscape.

 

[quimcunx]

It's a separate house. Designed by the same architect. Largely built by the hand of its owners.

There appears to be a glass corridor between them.

 

[Rushy]

There appears to be a glass corridor between them.

It's a light well.

 

[djdando]

I sometimes find there's a certain arrogance when a LOOK AT ME I'M A TOP ARCHITECT type rocks up into a traditional street to make their big AREN'T I CREATIVE statement that doesn't match anything in the street and seems more interested in bolstering their arty business portfolio than contributing to the streetscape.

Have you walked up Lyham Road before? I'd love you to tell me what matches? It's a complete mix of styles.

 

[editor]

Have you walked up Lyham Road before? I'd love you to tell me what matches? It's a complete mix of styles.

Of course I have, and nothing looks remotely like this indulgent 'statement.'

 

[teuchter]

Have you walked up Lyham Road before? I'd love you to tell me what matches? It's a complete mix of styles.

Certainly on that stretch! Next door to the contentious one are these two...

 

[Rushy]

The Victorian terraces didn't match the fields they replaced. The Edwardian terraces next door to them didn't match the Victorian ones. The rabble of garages in the small gap between the two were not architecturally considered. The timber frame Eco house which replaced one of the garages was certainly incongruous in its looks. The Slip House which followed it was only carrying on the tapestry. Four architecturally unique and considered properties by three architects in a row. And all with an element of self-build about them. Not many places you get that in London. I really like that little corner.

 

[pbsmooth]

There's been two on that show - this one which was put together by Karl Turner who then went on to completely fuck over Grow/Pop Brixton,,,

And the Brockwell one which is on AirBnB

Home in London · 4 bedrooms · 4 beds · 2.5 bathrooms

Grand Designs House in Park

www.airbnb.co.uk

Two Airbnb reviews from 2015! Didn't go that well then. Family presumably still live there rest of time still

 

[thebackrow]

I'd love to see a Grand Designs where the pressure of the build and financial strain is all too much and the house is repossessed by the bank. This tears the smug couple apart, ruining their superficial relationship and catapulting one of them into alcoholism, and eventually losing their job and falling down the ladder into a damp council flat in a 'gritty' part of city.

Little did Firky know that his dream show had already started filming way back in 2012....

'Tragic' and 'saddest ever' Grand Designs episode sees married couple split with £4 million in debt and lighthouse dream unfinished
'Saddest ever' Grand Designs ep: £4m in debt, collapsed marriage & an unfinished build

 

[technical]

Lyham Road grand designs house is up for sale at £1.65m

3 bed detached house for sale in Clapham Park Terrace, Lyham Road, London SW2 - Zoopla

 

[pbsmooth]

doesn't exactly look comfortable...

 

[BusLanes]

I walk passed there quite often. Looks slightly better irl.

Happy to move into it if anyone wants to gift me some money