Room to Improve

[JaneJeffer]

New series tonight. Everyone ready for a million windows?

Hello! Checking in! That is one very large decrepit farmhouse!

People doing the renovations worried about budget. Dermot: buy, buy, buy

Every time I see high ceilings I just think of the heating bill!

Tony is yeah whatever

Is it shorter than usual?

I also think of the heating bill and how they manage it. Very good insulation might help? A lovely result in the end. Really pretty. The money that was poured into it and the worry of being able to afford it was a strain I'd say.

Definitely! Dermot gets carried away and doesn't listen to them when they say they don't want to spend so much money.

My money poured in via grant...
I might stop paying my tv licence in protest.

I thought that.

same vibe with the Hugh Wallace Bungalow Bliss prog from a few years back. Genuinely thought one man was going to have a heart attack with the stress of working 3 jobs in 2 timelines to find it all.

I'm watching.
Great to see an old farmhouse being renovated.
We weren't told how much it cost.
She got her wood flooring.

We should always be given cost breakdowns...purchase price, costs and grants. And how they fund massive cost overrun and afford amazing furniture!

I caught up later last night, thought the couple was lovely. And the house turned out really well. You'd be be having a stroke over the money though alright 😬

I’m going to watch it later (I fast-forward through the stressful bits, having just project managed a lengthy house renovation, with phase 2 still to come) but thanks for reminding me.

My architect friend absolutely loathes DB. It’s possible he’s a hate figure for all Irish architects.😀 Another architect friend likes Hugh Wallace, who she says is legit., but has an ingrained horror of the work of the other architect-judge on whatever that Home of the Year programme was (the one where the red cushion indicated the homeowner’s favourite spot) — the dark-haired woman who hated kitchen islands. Amanda something?

At this stage people must know what's in store when they employ DB. I always admire the end result and I like how bright and airy it is. The one time when he refused to have big windows on his own rebuild still cracks me up when I think of it. I don't know how people have big windows without curtains or blinds though. You would feel exposed and it's not cosy.

@HareSalient
Amanda Bone is the architect.
I have no idea what her architectural work is like but she personally has great style.
I rarely share her views when she gives her opinion on Home of the Year.
Hugh Wallace is less critical.

Love this programme. Dermot is hilarious.

I think his brother said that teenage Dermot used to cycle round looking in at people's houses. I love a good nosey in myself. Our bus was diverted via an upmarket area about 15 years ago in winter so it was excellent viewing.
He reminds me of a friend's architect son who is also super enthusiastic and wouldn't listen to clients!

I always wonder how they clean the giant windows.

That’s the one. Friend refers to her designs as ‘Dundrum humdrum’. I don’t know her (AB’s) work, other than having once been in an extension she did (but it was a party, I was tiddled and not taking much notice), only that she hated kitchen islands.

(It’s possible architects just aren’t keen on tv architects in general. I know I get wildly irritated when what I do gets misrepresented on screen…)

Our bus was diverted via an upmarket area about 15 years ago in winter so it was excellent viewing.

How do we feel this evening?

I think the couple were lovely. They had huge expectations for their budget. It seemed to me they wanted everything instantly. I thought they did well in the end. The house turned out well. What a fabulous location!

I'm watching it arseways because DS1 was watching the snooker so I saw the end first and now I'm watching the rest on +1

Sad that they lost their baby. They seem like a really strong couple though and a real team.

He looks so young to be a school principal. Probably just me getting older!

Amazing view of the Rock of Cashel and I laughed at the frosted windows the old owners had!

I like more internal doors personally.

Loved the house. And lovely people again. Dermot is losing his touch, it's all terribly civillised now!

Agreed on both points! They seemed young and he definitely seemed young to be a principal! I thought I heard him say at the start that he wanted a quiet place away from everyone else. That might have been the outdoor gym but it might not have materialised.

No strife any more 😁
That's the second derelict house as well tonight following on from last week.