This also left me feeling very irritated too - glad to see I'm not the only one. It wasn't just their sheer financial stupidity but, as others have identified, their sense of entitlement and their devil may care attitude towards the suppliers they were leaving in the lurch.
All that crap about the house/location 'demanding' (or words to that effect) a particularly high spec finish and so forth. As if 'it' couldn't possibly be finished along different lines to their original plans which is what most people would consider when money's running short. Which is all well and good if you can afford it, and, I suppose, if you can raise enough further funds to complete the job. But horribly arrogant if, in the meantime, your stubbornness and refusal to compromise causes hardship for the suppliers caught up in your delusions of grandeur. While I can completely understand how a near-death experience would make many people rethink their lives and perhaps subsequently chase their dreams, no-one has the right to do that at other people's expense ... regardless of how traumatic an experience you've endured.
I don't think Kevin is anybody's fool for a moment .... you can always tell, or at least I like to think so, when he considers his Grand Designees to be twats. He's unfailingly polite and usually manages to find something positive to comment upon but at the same time his asides ('Footballers' Wives' ha ha) and the merest raising of an eyebrow speaks volumes. I didn't feel he warmed to them at all ... conversely, when he's been truly impressed by someone's efforts, determination, imagination and persistence there's no mistaking the admiration shining out of him.
I'm usually very interested in modern architecture but that place seemed so soulless .... I wonder if they'll truly be happy there ? and irrational or not I wanted to slap the woman
Next week's looks far more up my street - something very out of the ordinary and what looks to be a lot of bloody hard graft to achieve something unique.