Your Home Made Perfect

[Brillig]

Apologies if there's already a thread, but I couldn't see one. Anyone watching? Apparently this is a new series.

I'm waiting for the bench seats to make their inevitable appearance......

But it was a bedroom before the new design - I just couldn't understand why they needed a bed downstairs.

Back in the 80's I went to see rental flat in Clapham that had a bath in the kitchen, with a fold up worktop on top of it so it was "dual purpose." Oh how we laughed!! Philistines that we were!

Just caught up on this.

The designers are so predictable. I don't like Roberts designs but his was so much better than the end result. It looked so dark. That green was the wrong choice. They could have done just one wall or two not the whole room.

The bath cracked me up. Not very private.i think they also had an en-suite downstairs

Their teenage son would be cringing. He would avoid the area even more I would think.

No explanation of how the new staircase works or the chaos to the upstairs?

I love this program. I preferred Robert’s design more whereas usually I’m more team Laura. The kitchen island was fab but I didn’t catch what it was made from. Good start to the series & Robert didn’t grate on me as much as usual.

However dh has bets on to bench seating & to indoor garden. I kill plants just by looking at them so an indoor garden? No just no.

Dh & I had bets

Scary I wanted to know about the staircase too.If it didn't come out exactly where the original one did it would mean repartitioning the walls in the loft and maybe losing space up there.

I live in Brighton and I reckon they spent a lot more than 85k on that build (if they include fittings, units, bespoke sofa etc). We've been househunting (before CoVid) and all the agents have said the same, budget 50k+ for a loft conversion and 70k+ for a side return extension. Seen a few bungalows set out like that one with stairs in one room or end of room with some awful loft conversions. My neighbours had a simple side return done 2 summers ago, it cost 79k just for the build. This was a much bigger project and I reckon the family had to move out (so rental cost?).

It was nice they were just so pleased with it. I thought Robert could have complimented them a bit on it. I wonder how much the beeb help you, is it just the architect you get free or do they stump up money or furnishings and fittings as everyone goes way way over "budget"

I think there's a reason Robert didn't compliment them on it, they ruined his design

I thought the same about the budget, they originally said £50k and when I saw the designs I thought they'd never stick to budget!

Love the programme and preferred Roberts design this time. However, I didn't feel the people actually carried it through properly- bath in the living room was always "quirky" but Roberts design had a beautiful wooden bath...they put in a big standard plastic (possibly ceramic) bath! The colour of green they chose was hideous and drained all the light out of the room. They pulled off 70s hippy well but overall it wasn't a good look imo! Robert is about Japanese minimalism...not 70s hippy clutter.
Agree with the pp who suggested that rather than a curtain, doors would have screened the bedroom off more elegantly.
I possibly think the programme would have been better with different designers for a second series because we do really know how each of these two design and roughly what is going to happen.

I agree OnlyReading They should have a bigger rota of architects than just two.

Yes, the original bath (loopy though the idea was in the first place) was very much in the spirit of Japan - so more like a deep wooden tub, an onsen idea I guess, as opposed to 'having a good old lather' (which is just what you don't do in a Japanese bath, it's for soaking in, in wincingly hot water).

My eyebrows also climbed at Silvia sitting in said bath with the seat cushions - which they'd said were bespoke and cost a fortune - perilously nearby. Surely you'd have to move them ALL well out of the way?

I agree about the bath. Wouldn't it have been fabulous to put it in a window seat or platform in the bedroom area at the window?

And the paint colour, dark cupboards, normal furniture (the tv on a plain TV stand) they had gone with darkened it all down and detracted from the light zen Japanese style he was aiming for.

I don't usually like Robert's designs, but I did like this.

Unlike some PPs, I liked the green and felt that the end result reflected the Clients' taste (or Silvia's,at least). Julian seemed to be much more upbeat at the end of the programme too.

I can't see the the bench seats or the bath-in-kitchen lasting. I reckon they'll end up using the other downstairs space as a sitting area and the upstairs as a bedroom.

Can't remember though whether there was just the one bedroom upstairs? .

..oh-and where is the actual bathroom now?

There was an en-suite shower room off the bedroom space downstairs and the loft conversion had a bathroom, I believe.

Did no one else think that the end design look a bit like a static caravan from the 1970's?

Yes it was very 70s. Hideous.

I really hate Robert's idea of broken plan too. I can't we very well and that's going to get worse. I would spend my entire time falling up or down steps.

He also seems to creates lot of dead space.

I hope she had her bathers on😊

I was surprised that there was no access to their beloved garden from their kitchen / diner / living / sleeping room. Presumably this was from the unseen utility room, but I'd have switched out that window seat for doors.

Binky that was exactly the comment DH made.

I actually think this program would be better to have two different architects each series. There must be about 8 episodes in the series, so you still get to know the architects over that series.

Just feel like they are both quite samey and stick to similar formulas - bench seating etc.

Anyone agree about different architects? I wonder why they didn't go for that.

AnotherEmma I agree with everything in your post on Tuesday at 21.33.
Very cluttered, hippy 70's.
I hate uncomfortable bench seating.
Give me dining chairs with arms every time.
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I know Sylvia and she is so so so lovely and the way they did the home really reflects her.

She works in a local school supporting the kids and is an all round good egg.

Wasn't sure I could imagine her in the bath though and I agree about the bedroom with a curtain!

Just caught up, all I could think of when I saw the ridiculous bath in the kitchen was this.