with or without polish builders? Grand Designs 2015

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no pregnant woman (yet).
but the first one ticks the huge square box box.

Interesting. DS1 wants to watch Clinton's willy plumb line palace but it's gorn completely from All4.

I liked last one. though have to agree with her about the straw bale internal walls.

The last one was lovely, wasn't it? Normal couple just doing their thing. No massive egos, no huge costs for a unicorn hair shower curtain. And no babies were born! Next week looks like it will be a twatfest though.

One month in and she's knocked up already.
It's Kevin, either he does the job or they rub his bellend for luck.

I'm not warming to these two - they need £60k for the next bit but have ploughed lots of money into getting married back in NZ and also been spending loads on bespoke items for inside the house.

Surely they'd be better trying to do one thing at a time ........ build house, furnish/decorate house, then get married and/or have baby

Why bother getting married? This is not the time to do it.

And if you can build a house, why build it next to an A road?

Give over, Kevin, you tit - it looks like a barn stuck on a glass box. Fugly, and they're smugly. 'Beautiful architectural home' my arse.

I thought it looked like a barbecue

It's on a A Road with no outside space. What is the point with a view of the lovely country side if you can't get at it?

It's a toddler death trap.

I never get this open plan obsession- sometimes you have to
Be able to close the door on CBeebies.

I see that Kevin has once again worked his magic on the woman. They should use him instead of IVF

I hate that steel mesh. It's horrid.

The inside is so cold, dark and empty. I do like the kitchen cupboards and the dining table. Beautifully made.

I get the feeling that the wife didn't like it.

I really got the impression that the bloke chose the style, finish etc to try and show how stylish, wealthy and different he is (in a "oh look at me and what I can afford!" way) rather than having any real passion for the project.

The poor wife and baby probably spend all their time holed up in the nursery which was more realistic and had a more homely, warm feel to it with colour, soft furnishings and toys.

Isn't it a security risk all those windows with no garden to protect them and a couple who both work? Plus if that bit got planning permission the opposite bank may. I suspect there will be blinds/ curtains in a couple of years.
Living in a goldfish bowl is only entertaining for so long. It looked like a public right of way was along the bank outside.

That table is going to be a nightmare to keep clean, once the kids start spilling their weetabix all over it! It is absolutely gorgeous, though - and if they have any sense (debatable), they will have varnished it with something bomb proof, so there will be no red wine stains for him to lose the plot over!

And Ubik's right - it's a toddler death trap - inside and out. They are going to lose their minds when the baby starts walking, and is underfoot in the kitchen all the time, and putting sticky hand prints everywhere on the shiny, pale surfaces! The windows are going to be fun to keep clean too.

And it is ugly as sin.

A real Grand Designs classic!

The table was attractive but had holes in it which is fine for an ornamental piece of wood but I'd have thought was a pain for a table.

The holes in the table were very impractical and there was something just not right about it.

On the other hand I saw this on a website and fell in love with it - the same sort of thing but with the addition of glass it makes it more practical as there are no holes and it's rectangular.

That looks much more practical. I'm currently dressmaking on our dining room table and holes in it that pins etc could fall down would be a major pain. If you put a table cloth on it to cover the holes I'd then worry I'd put something on the holy bit and either break the table or cause the thing to fall over as it doesn't balance.

My thought was what if the land over the river got built on too. I have heard it said 'never buy a house for the view unless you own everything between you and the horizon'.

The rusty metal wasn't quite as ugly as I expected but the brick was super ugly. It looked like the toilet block on an 80s comprehensive school.

I actually liked this one.
wouldn't want to live in there though. just too impractical. and I dislike open plan.
the table was stunning, we looked at a similar one but ended up with ikea

but was at the price tag, for a relatively small house on a shit site.

I agree with the dislike of open plan. They had just one living space. I want to be able to be in the kitchen with the radio on while DH does something else in the living room.
And what was the picture in the bedroom?
Also - I didn't see a bath, not ideal with a baby.

I agree that it was a shit site. No garden, fairly isolated but on a main road.

Here is is under construction: www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.8715132,0.0238925,3a,75y,249.5h,79.2t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1stxIutMi48WCIUrRNqXGNUQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

And before they bought it: www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.8715143,0.0234722,3a,75y,225.41h,73.53t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1svFwcYis1v3eysTh_Hxu0Qw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

For a million pounds I would want a large garden, particularly with children and I love gardening. 300k just for the site seemed extortionate. I don't get the GD obsession with bespoke fittings. They're just taps and shower heads.