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grand designs 2013 - will there be polish builders this time?

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MousyMouse · 03/09/2013 23:41

starts tomorrow.
sooo excited!

how many pregnant ladies?
major building desasters?
blown budgets?

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MousyMouse · 04/09/2013 21:01

settles down with a bag of chrisps and Brew

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nemno · 04/09/2013 21:03

Thanks for reminding me Grin

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MissBartlett · 04/09/2013 21:04

Ooh it looks promising..surely nothing can go wrong with converting a 1920s cinema. And they've got no experience. How unusual Wink

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MousyMouse · 04/09/2013 21:06

concrete concrete concrete...
but the floorplan actually looks sensible.

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Roshbegosh · 04/09/2013 21:07

Polish builders, is there any other kind?

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MousyMouse · 04/09/2013 21:10

rosh that is exactly my point. polish builders are everywhere and doing -quite often- good quality work.
just not on grand designs.

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MousyMouse · 04/09/2013 21:25

I rather like the wooded concrete.

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Meglet · 04/09/2013 21:28

I tried to not judge Katie Jo for her pink builders helmet. But the floor removal incident has pushed me into judging mode.

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MousyMouse · 04/09/2013 21:44

aircraft hangar door - I don't want to live there when that doesn't close properly. hope she gets a sensible solution.

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WetAugust · 04/09/2013 21:57

Too much natural concrete for me. Pool is a bit naff. I expect someone will but it one day and plaster/paint/tile the concrete.

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WetAugust · 04/09/2013 21:59

Too much natural concrete for me. Pool is a bit naff. I expect someone will but it one day and plaster/paint/tile the concrete.

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MissBartlett · 04/09/2013 22:19

I thought the same about the door - what happens when it won't close 20 mins before the school run. I liked it, and them, and amazing what £450k got them, but it wouldn't be for me. Wouldn't that wood effect concrete get v dusty?

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WetAugust · 04/09/2013 22:27

Don't think the wood flooring next to the hydraulically opened door will last long if the wind blows the rain in.

Looks novel but is it really practical except for a few days a year?

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OhYouBadBadDragon · 04/09/2013 22:31

Had to tape it so ignoring thread bak tomorrow lalalala

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KatoPotato · 04/09/2013 23:03

Anyone notice the funeral parlour across the road?

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BlueSkySunnyDay · 05/09/2013 09:46

I (kind of) eventually thought the door was clever but no way would I sit under it, I kind of felt they would come to curse it eventually - how long it takes to open and when it inevitably goes wrong.



I liked them though, they were very good natured.

I liked the pool Blush

Hated the new over hang at the top, they should have left the façade as it was.

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BMW6 · 05/09/2013 10:01

With all that concrete [boak] it'll be a bitch to keep warm in the depths of winter surely?

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FruOla · 05/09/2013 10:38

Oh damn I missed it.

Actually, your descriptions have reminded me that someone posted a link to an article about that house quite recently.

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HormonalHousewife · 05/09/2013 10:45

I thought it was lovely. I could live in something like that.

A bit tooo much concrete in some spaces though, I would have hated using the bathroom looked too austere and prison like.

Though the area looked awful though. If I'd spent close to half a million I wouldnt want to be there snob who searched rightmove

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FruOla · 05/09/2013 10:46
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WetAugust · 05/09/2013 13:19

Did we see the restored green/black original polished concrete floor at the end?

I was a bit disappointed. Saw the trailer and thought - Yes, will enjoy seeing the original Art Deco features etc. Except for the façade there didn't seem to be many in the completed house. I suppose the rear was a modernised version of Art Deco with its verandahs etc.

Wrong building for that area and too overlooked by surrounding housing.

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Meglet · 05/09/2013 17:19

wetaugust Katie Jo concreted over the original floor Shock.

That electronic door was great fun, until it breaks. What if it broke in the open position Hmm. I'd hope it had a manual override function if the electrics went.

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WetAugust · 05/09/2013 17:54

I missed that bit Sad

I don't think Kev was overly impressed. It wasn't a patch on the couple who created a brand new Art Deco house a few series ago - he was a pilot and they had trouble reproducing the curves if remember.

What we saw last night was naff. Big, blingy and naff.

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noddyholder · 05/09/2013 17:55

I have Polish guys atm really good and the finish is fantastic. They rub everything down over and over though (matron)

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alcibiades · 05/09/2013 19:08

I'm certain that Gwyn said the original flooring had to go because it had no insulation underneath, so would have been a heat sink. I think it's probably in some building regulation or other that conversions have to be as insulated as possible.

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