Help! My house is falling down!

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Anyone who's dipshit enough to buy a £250,000, 18th century house without bothering to do a structural survey before purchase deserves a swift kick in the jacksie, not help from a show.

What a pair of dumbasses.

you have a lovely family area now. Kitchen is gorgeous. I also adored the bedding / bunk unit in the boys' bedroom.

Is Sarah Beeny a Tory? I must know!

DP say she must be, all estate agents are tories.

I say no, she's far too nice! I like Sarah Beeny, please don't say it's so!

Is Nick still looking at this thread?

If so, I'm intrigued - how did you get the loft conversion done so cheaply? I thought it looked very good. Was it done using largely modern materials? For example, what did you use for the insulation, what did you use for the plaster, and so on? It looked suprisingly light at the end - was it the one original window re-opened plus a conservation skylight, or was there a second skylight that we couldn't see?

I agree that the mortar for the pointing looked wrong - is that why it was only partially done?

Presumably the editors thought that discussing listed building status would distract from the main thrust of the programme, so that was why all that was ignored.

Fluffy, I'm so pleased that your house worked out. It's gorgeous. It was painful to watch parts of this programme. Mr Fluffy is a 'keeper' too. ;)

Fluffy - your house looked lovely by the time you finished.

Your family is lovely and you all came across really well.

Bless you Fluffy me & DH were sat here all for you what a nightmare . DH & I have been put to shame by the sheer amount of graft Mr fluffy and you put into your home after working and looking after kids all day-fair do's fluffy you deserve a lovely home & now you have one:) Hope the drains have now been sorted for you x

PS totally agree you came across really well & your DCs are lovely am very glad their health is better:)

Thank you everyone it was a tough year but with great results. We're a happy Baker family now..minus the rats :)

oh, fluffy. love your house!
you must be really proud of yourself and your dh for ending up with this marvelous house.
I hope the crack has not reappeared or the insurance paid for this foundation thing. must be so scary for you.

how unlucky were you !!! having a house built on the bog - the people who put the extension up should be sued,as techinally their fault

hope if does move again then insurance should pay out for it

wow - have to say mr fluffy is a man in a million!!!

he worked so hard to get your house in a lovely condition and have to say the end result was lovely

fluffy - you certainly have a lovely family and home

Can i ask, what is the paint colour in your kitchen above the tiles? I love it, and am about to decorate mine

Fluffy & Nick ......Please can you email me your email addresses so we can compare notes ! Ours is the 5th show ! Loving all the talk on here, its what i expected and can't to see what people put about ours LOL ! (Our's has definately been edited to make good tv!)

'waits patiently for no 5' :)

dare I ask what was wrong with your house?

And to you and nick and fluffy - do you see the edited programe before us or do you not know how you are shown till on tv iyswim?

None of us get to see any of it !!!! Sorry can't give any of it away - you will just have to wait and see LOL !

We were as much in the dark as anyone else...I had a cushion ready to cringe behind...maybe i should have had a big glass of wine too..but opted for sharing the kids popcorn instead! lol

moomin my email is [email protected]
:-)

Fluffy, did you find Sarah Beeny's advice helpful or did all your filming commitments get in the way of sorting out your house?

Hi, just came back from a family trip to dublin, had to drown my sorrows with guiness after all the abuse!!!, so have'nt seen the latest programme. Will have a look 2mrow fluffy!!It sounds like it's gonna be good!!
moomin - email address is [email protected].
Grendelsmum - The loft conversion should have cost an absolute packet!!,we spent much more than 5k, but with the intervention of T.V etc.. builders do deals!, which has upset us a great deal as they were not given any credit within programme. There WAS a second conservation roof light and the original gable end window re-opened. The pointing was done absolutely to conservation/listed building spec by a professional stonemason who specialises in church's and grade I listed buildings but again not shown!!!!.. I was'nt being lazy not doing this, but just wanting it done properly and looking as it should.

JetCat I will try & find the tin & get you the code...it's a dulux paint..one that you get mixed up from the cards. :)
Nick hope you had a good break :)

CrackFox...let's just say she was a lovely lady but didn't tell us anything we didn't already know. She seems to us just to be "the face" of property shows. Don't get me wrong I could be totally wrong as she didn't actually spend that much time filming compared to the amount of filming we did in total..she obviously knows her stuff but this show was more about specialists than property development :)

Hi Fluffy, thanks had a lovely break. Enjoyed your programme!!!!. I agree with you, SB, a very nice lady but more just fronting the show than getting involved. There filming for the bad news and then back once work completed. We had the impression the programme was to be more educational for the viewer and showcasing tradesmen/specialist solutions in overcoming unusual problems etc.. not a 'DIY makeover' show. But hey, thats the power of editing!!!.

Was out tonight and just saw this isn't on my sky+ planner :(

was it on tonight?

Will it be on ch4 catch up online?

no there was the big brother final instead...

Oh wow Fluffy- your house looked amazing at the end. I love your kitchen. LOVEEE it.

Thank you Emma xx