What is wrong with people who go on Grand Designs?

[RobynRB]

Seriously, time and time again it's the same thing. Why do people feel they need to build a house the size of a cinema complex and then moan when they run out money. Most of these things could be 10-20% smaller and you wouldn't even notice. Don't these people understand that materials like wood and concrete cost money so buy less of them and the house will be cheaper.

Speaking of which, last night was a classic case... we haven't got any money, but we bought this copper bath for our bedroom and this (frankly disgusting but I'm guessing ridiculously expensive) gold and black marble for our kitchen.

It struck me the reservoir building was big enough to build a reasonable house in, maybe with a smaller extension to the side. It certainly looked twice the size of my three bedroomed house on it's own.

And of course five minutes after they started they announced they were having a child. What brilliant timing...

La la for short 😒

Isn't Lagertha a Scandinavian name? I don't mind it, personally.

I enjoyed the catch up with the triangular house too. Thought he'd done such an amazing job on that plot. I liked the bus workshop too.

I liked the triangle house and the couple and I get the house was designed for the space but they must have been very determined to live in the area. I couldn't help but feel all that talent was wasted on such an ugly small hemmed in plot.

I think it was more that they couldn't afford a better plot, @Laughingravy. I agree that the house would've looked tonnes better on an open aspect plot but I think the programme was pretty clear that they they had always rented and owning a home was so far beyond either of their wildest dreams, so the 'ugly' plot was almost didn't matter to them because it was still a dream just to have the opportunity.

I think it was a perfect matching of ugly plot to people who could/would make it beautiful.

I really liked the triangle house and the people building it. I'd like more of the series to focus on more modest or at least standard sized family houses where people have innovated to have their own home.

The aircraft hangers built on piles of debt just get tedious.

That house was liveable and made what would have been a bit of scrubby eye sore land, into something appealing.

I like seeing talented people with a normal income build something beautiful, instead of idiots with too much money build a warehouse on an area of outstanding beauty. It's boring when they can't budget but a relative slings them another 50k

Whether today’s works or not it’s madness. If you have parents that need support and want a multi generational home buy it. Don’t spend ages getting planning permission only available if you have a complicated build. Then at least a year building.
Also don’t think doing this would necessarily help with care home and certainly not nursing fees.

Just heard parents saying they may not move anyway. They seem very sensible.

Just realised this is a repeat from a while ago, very sad that the father died.

I thought the gran on the mums side had a very pokey bedroom with 2 small windows up too high to see out of, and at the back of the house. Poor lady. All those massive windows and she gets a room with no view. Felt mean to me.

One of my favourites from the days of yore was the Australian joiner who built two houses on a small plot in London. They were modest and beautiful.

I watched the couple who were building a hyperallergenic house for their two highly allergic boys. In the last segment when it was completed I saw they had a dog, that made no sense, they also had opening windows/sliding doors and loads of electic systems with no solar panels, obvioulsy made of money

I loved last nights house, not that I would have elderly relatives living with me* but the design, so organic yet modern, I loved the black internal beams which gave it an air of timber frame cottage.

*I might settle for the older lady last night who was hilarious

Anybody know if there is a thread for Extraordinary Extensions with Tinie Tempah on Channel 4?

I am loving it! But nothing appearing in Search.

I'm loving extraordinary extensions too.

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