Grand Designs?

[EdlessAllenPoe]

new one!

is his hairline further back than before...

awww..hippy couple :) aren't they sweet.

tin mine isn't it?

they are going to get completely rinsed by english heritage/ nat trust/ listed building bodies aren't they?

bet she has kids before they finish. just imagine four storey house @ 8 months pregnant....

£200k?

ha - double it and add a hundred...

not liking the balcony.

would be great from the inside though.

'good luck'....'you are going to need it' (unsaid)

was this last year? aren't they going to hit snow....

talks to self

I saw this in the week. Result v disappointing.

'20 metre wide hole' bloody hell.

my dad's neighbour had such a hole in their garden after a collapse. happens all the time in Wigan..it just appeared overnight - one day flat turf - the next - 6ft hole!

Such a beautiful building in a magical setting too. And a very likeable couple.

site archaeologist....my mate does that for a living.

he loves it and has been time team!

yes i agree - they seem really lovely. some of the couples i end up really disliking (violin factory couple spring to mind - they were odious)

these seem just to want to create something beautiful and different in a location they love.

franke don't tell me ...

there is the possibility this could end up looking some recent build Neo-Cornwall style buildings

I've been there! That's the mine museum in Redruth isn't it....
i think that's a 'man engine' machine - it works by pulling up a beam with steps attached - man jumps on a step and off at the top of a stroke, then on again, and off, all the way up to the surface with strokes of the engine...

ah, dontcha hate being right? roads frozen up....

is that reclaimed slate?

ah yes it is.

but 2009...

my mums house was owned by a building surveyor. the wiring was wax-coated....(amongst other dangerous and annoying faults in the construction/fittings)

Don't worry, I won't say a word. In fact this conversation you're having is much more interesting without me in it

pointing...that is going to take forever to dry ...

ah..wood porn. those oak beams are lubberly.

i like Grand designs. Dh isn't into it in the same way...i wonder why..

Dh is getting excited about those giant tenon joins though.

'i love wood, it's fabulous'...

that carpenter was being super nice ...things not fitting is a major cause of non-payment in construction (with the usual hoo-hah of 'it was made to your spec' vs 'we can't use it' vz' 'we are long standing custmers can you not correct it in good will'...etc etc..)

'put that kitchen in, and employ someone to clean it'

singing my song there Kevin.

love those big orange beasts of radiators...how the jeff will they get those off the bottom floor though...