Looby
Well-Known Member
Yeah, I don't think I'd like it either. It was well done but it was far too sparse and industrial for me.
Grand Designs
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Yeah, I don't think I'd like it either. It was well done but it was far too sparse and industrial for me.
Motown_ben
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I loved how it looked outside but internally it looked like ssome sort of institution. It really needed a bit more luxury inside for my liking.
Gromit
International Man of Misery
Let's not forget that they lost their contingency money at the start and propping the barn came to more than expected.
I think the sparseness was more of a must than a choice.
I didn't like that grey pool outside the bedroom. The fact then barn had no windows in the end. How much light those blinds let in. The price. Quite a few bits tbh.
I think the sparseness was more of a must than a choice.
I didn't like that grey pool outside the bedroom. The fact then barn had no windows in the end. How much light those blinds let in. The price. Quite a few bits tbh.
Gromit
International Man of Misery
Yeah of course it was. I'd make out it was a preferred design choice also if had no other design option due to budget restraints.
I bet they slowly tart the place up more as and when they can afford it.
madzone
Physically unfavourable
It probably cost them more to have the industrial stuff out on show than it would to have covered it all with plasterboard.
Gromit
International Man of Misery
Remind me never to employ you as a project manager if you think no materials is more expensive than have to buy materials.
Though I agreed with them that in a passive house plasterboarding the ceilings would have been a mistake.
High ceiling are essential in underground dwellings to limit that I'm underground feeling. Plus it would have blocked some of the heat.
There are other ways to hide the wiring and ducts though. More expensive ways but its possible.
Spion
I hear ya
It was pretty ugly, IMO, and they'll be lucky not to be living at the bottom of a pond during the first winter. Seemed silly to me to be building a house in a hole in a field with no mention of how water drained away from it. I didn't trust that waterproofing to last either. It'll be a dripping mess in 10 years time if it's not submerged.
Can you tell I've had water ingress issues, btw?
Can you tell I've had water ingress issues, btw?
madzone
Physically unfavourable
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
They must be the most repeated programmes on TV
(and they aren't usually even the "revisited" versions
)
madzone
Physically unfavourable
I thought passive meant it didn't require heating. So why the wood burner?
Maybe it's passive aggressive.
Gromit
International Man of Misery
I thought passive meant it didn't require heating. So why the wood burner?
Same reason people have them in central heated homes. Decorative feature.
Plus there are bound to be instances where in a really fierce winter where passive just isn't warm enough and it needs a little help.
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
turned out nicer than you would have expected for an airtight underground box. is it just me that was rather alarmed at the airtight bit? do they never fart?
Gromit
International Man of Misery
Extra heat from the hot air expelled. They'll wish to keep that in.
Not sure how they are meant to breath though.
WouldBe
Dislicksick
It can't be "airtight" airtight just draft proof. I think they use those heat recovery ventilation things to get fresh air in while not losing all the heat.
Proper Tidy
Arsed
Petty sure they will have just used heat exchange pumps to pump the stale old air out, transfer its heat, and therefore pump fresh clean new warm air in.
She kept saying 'cool' which got on my tits, and she was clearly a bit frightened by the oik builders. Ugly house too.
She kept saying 'cool' which got on my tits, and she was clearly a bit frightened by the oik builders. Ugly house too.
miniGMgoit
OverWeightUnderAchiever
They must be the most repeated programmes on TV
Nah, that's Friends, easily.
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
Yes, but presumably they repeat the whole series and not just half a dozen programmes ?
Haven't got a clue; I thought it was shite from the very start.
GD, on the other hand, I'm a relatively late-comer to, starting watching about three years ago, so I do sometimes find there's a repeat that I haven't seen (although they are all on 4od).
spliff
New Member
The best, or at least the nicest IMO was a woodsman named Ben Law in West Sussex.
Series 3 Episode 5
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/grand-designs/4od#2920078
Series 3 Episode 5
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/grand-designs/4od#2920078
WouldBe
Dislicksick
I liked that one a lot as well, and I seem to remember reading that Kevin thought it was his favourite too.
trashpony
Hag
It's a really nice house and she seems a really nice (and very unself-pitying) lady.
I can't see the front door from my bedroom so maybe we're going to get murdered in our beds. I don't think I could cope with the drama of building my own house though - it's stressful enough just buying another one and deciding what colour to paint the rooms
and she seems a really nice (and very unself-pitying) lady.I can't see the front door from my bedroom so maybe we're going to get murdered in our beds. I don't think I could cope with the drama of building my own house though - it's stressful enough just buying another one and deciding what colour to paint the rooms
Scaggs
following seagulls
Yea, it was sad. Liked the house though. They didn't concentrate on the detail of the construction but that seems to be the way in this new series. More moody shots of kevin spouting pretentious, meaningless cliches and less of the actual build.
It was a nice-looking building, but for me it didn't look like a home externally. The front facade had no windows which made it look a bit drab, but still a nice building, and with a clever roof trick.
Amazingly, we're now three episodes into this series and still none of the women have got pregnant during building. Plus Kevin hasn't been too pessimistic about schedules and costs yet.
Amazingly, we're now three episodes into this series and still none of the women have got pregnant during building. Plus Kevin hasn't been too pessimistic about schedules and costs yet.
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