Grand Designs anyone?

[SlantyBaws]

Anyone else watching?

New series started tonight. Bonkers toff from SW London wants to convert a building in a cemetery.

I completely agree.

They seem an unusual couple.

I bet he builds his house properly, not like the boxes made of ticky-tacky that he builds for his job that no doubt leave people with years of legal battles to get things fixed

They don't seem like a couple, just two people who are together. It's a bit odd.

They actually seem to hate one another.

I bet Nathan's first wife is pissing herself.

I wonder if she was the OW.

The house looks good from the outside, it's huge!

I think that's a bit harsh. There's no indication of that.

Why is there a drowning hazard pit in the garden?!

Great staircase for toddlers.

@SoupDragon

Why is there a drowning hazard pit in the garden?!

I think it's probably to collect rain water and avoid flooding. Some new developments near me have a feature like this. It might not always have water in it. But maybe it's just an ugly pond.

Open plan toilet! 😱

I don't like the ensuite bathroom. Not much privacy.

No doors on the bathroom....

Prefer the annex

@DobbyTheHouseElk

Prefer the annex

So do I.

I think it's probably to collect rain water and avoid flooding. Some new developments near me have a feature like this. It might not always have water in it. But maybe it's just an ugly pond.

Most likely it is fir flooding given the location but it was the slope down
To the hidden water... the stuff of nightmares with children! They'd better have good fencing planned.

The children will have fallen down the stairs before they get as far as that.

Maybe it will all look better when it has weathered and the landscaping has settled but I'm not a fan of either house or annex really.

The house wasn't for me.

@SoupDragon

I think that's a bit harsh. There's no indication of that.

It was Kevin's comment at the beginning that made me wonder he said that 'His life was completely turned upside down when he met Amy'.

@CaptainMyCaptain

The children will have fallen down the stairs before they get as far as that.

Yes that house was so dangerous and the water outside

It was just so big and soulless.
But it's not mine and so long as they are happy

@CaptainMyCaptain

I don't like the ensuite bathroom. Not much privacy.

Imagine one person lying in bed while the other does a poo just the other side of that wall.

I said exact same thing, Dietrich. Passion-killer supreme.

There was a stair gate built in to those stairs wasn't there?

My SIL has an ensuite like that in her house - I would rather at least an actual door between me and DH having a shit tbh.

I always wonder where they get their money - his parents clearly aren't wealthy bless 'em!

@SoupDragon

Why is there a drowning hazard pit in the garden?!

Its to take the run off water. Its normal in Lincolnshire. Our local leisure centre has two massive ponds like that.