Ugly House to Lovely House

[Skerryberry]

Really???

Ugly house to uglier house. That design was shocking!

A lot of money spent for not a great result. And the gravel garden? Definitely not for me, and I like a lot of modern architecture.

The black paint was awful, made the house look so oppressive.

I thought I was alone. Thank you for starting this thread.
I wondered if I hated it because it was soooooo masculine. But I have decided I hated it because it was just soooooooo bloody ugly.
And how much??

I decided that I definitely hated it when I saw the steps that led you down into the horrid extention. It made me think of the back bit of glamorous hotels. The bits you, as guests, aren't ever meant to see.

I just saw the end of the programme on C4 - couldn't believe my eyes! Was it finished? Was that monstrosity "it"?

Switched to C4+1 to watch what happened. The first thing I noticed was that the plan didn't address the two main problems that George highlighted - the narrow hallway and the sloping ceilings in the bedrooms.

Loved the extension inside but the inside of the old house and the exterior were truly awful. That hallway was an absolute eyesore.

It made me think of Beetlejuice.

Was good old George patting himself on the back again?

I also liked the extension. But the original bit and especially the black exterior was beyond hideous.

Is this a new series?

I hated it. Not a big fan of poured concrete.

I liked it.

I am still in shock, I think! The old handrail up the stairs, simply painted over...it made it look like an old bedsit. The black exterior paint over the old brickwork detailing...why?! It needed re-rendering to get away with that paint job.

I admire their lovely open-minded attitude and they were seemingly calm throughout, but it really wasn’t for me.

Watching it now, it reminds my of a youth club from the 70s where there tried to jazz it up abit with some MDF and leftover paint.

Then I saw the outside, yep def a youth club

It was the stairs that got me, maybe it's my age but I thought they were an accident waiting to happen.

Really oppressive hallway and yes, the bedrooms still had the restrictive headroom.

They couldn’t have made the house any more ugly. Can’t believe they spent so much money on it! I bet the neighbours are devastated. We have neighbours that have built something as ugly and modern across the field from our 350 year old stone cottage. We hate it!

Agree with the above.... not sure if I missed something making sure kids were asleep but did they explain why it took so very long I saw the board for the roof being removed then lots of comments of how difficult the build was but it didn't explain the lost 2 years!

The frontage was hideous, and the gravel around the rear just screamed run out of money.

Not been impressed with any of them so far this series....loved the idea for this one but the execution didn't sit well with general living... more for architects to win awards, ( did like the little black mezzanine / house structure internally)

They’ve had done better to knock the original house down and start from scratch.

I was disappointed that they left the original staircase and hallway in situ, it really let the house down. If you're going to spend £250k on a massive project you want to walk in the front door and say "wow".

I thought their main gripe with the old house was the very narrow and very dark hallway. So why the hell did they leave it as it was AND paint it black to make it even darker?? And that dangerous, slippy metal staircase screamed 'broken hip' to me.

I said to DH, I'd have fucking sued the bastard architects for that monstrosity. I don't know how George found anything positive to say really.

I'm pleased to see I'm not alone! What was the big black box thing on two pillars over the dining table?

Oh No! Now I just have to watch it.

The poor neighbours! Imagine looking at that everyday from your back garden!

I also thought they just seemed to ignore the original bit of house and just stuck a new one on the end! What happened to the dining room?

How did they ever get planning permission for such a monstrosity??

I'm usually left with a bad case of house envy at the end but that was just hideous.

Is this a new series or repeats? I thought I'd watched them all but none of this thread is ringing any bells....