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The Home show on channel 4

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wintera · 23/07/2009 21:43

Just watched this for the first time ever and I thought that the couple featured were a pair of ungrateful bastards basically. That house was a friggin eye sore before that George fella got his hands on it and to throw a hissy fit because he ran out of money to finish the en-suite was ridiculous. Anyone else see it?

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chegirl · 24/07/2009 15:13

BOF lets just say it enhanced my chav credentials!

None of this 'sourcing' palavar!

nigglewiggle · 24/07/2009 15:18

Did it take an 'hour'?

ruddynorah · 24/07/2009 15:18

no not chavvy people.

the designers genral ideas and styling are good. i did like how they put the woman's nice pictures and bits of furniture back in, not like those shows where they just ditch everything they've accumulated and put in all habitat stuff.

KirstyJC · 24/07/2009 15:19

Was it 60 second makeover chegirl? My DH thinks anything on ITV MUST be chavvy!!.

I watched last night and I agree that George dropped a bollock on this one - he made them stump up almost double the amount to get everything they wanted, then didn't give them that, but did give them something they didn't ask for (kids' ensuite). Why the heck did he think 2 bathrooms on the first floor, and none on the top was a good idea? How about 1 on each floor? Not exactly rocket science is it?

nigglewiggle · 24/07/2009 15:21

I was being more cryptic Kirsty .

KirstyJC · 24/07/2009 15:23

Sorry, X posts- I am a very slow typer and you had already written yours before me!!!

nigglewiggle · 24/07/2009 15:26

I like your bold approach!

ruddynorah · 24/07/2009 15:27

and that enormous deck they didn't ask for?! couldn't that have been done 'at a later date' i mean that must have cost over £1k which would have covered the cost of the bathroom.

poor bloke now re mortgaged to the hilt and having to piss in his son's bathroom, keep his slacks in his daughter's wardrobe and keep his files strewn across the landing. ffs. but at least he has a teeny tiny balcony so he can enjoy the view of his enormous decking

MrsTittleMouse · 24/07/2009 15:27

I always watch the start of this programme and then switch off/over in disgust. Or DH does it for me.

I am seriously glad that I didn't see this one to the end though. I can't believe that he thought that it was fine to completely alter the spec without telling them when they had told them that they were comprimising their retirement for this build. He has his head firmly wedged up his arse, that's for sure.

Hulla · 24/07/2009 15:32

My friend is waiting to hear if she's been successful in her application for a home makeover. The production team wanted her to get friends around for "cameo" appearances so she asked me. It's my idea of hell tbh but as it turns out I was uninvited because I'd have my 6month old dd. "These things take 10 times longer when children are involved" apparently. Not sure what they think dd will do but at least I'm off the hook!

MarshaBrady · 24/07/2009 15:36

The kitchen was a damn sight better.

But holy hell every week it's a surplus of sofas, cushions, bad paint, accent colours and coffee tables. They need a new stylist.

jeanjeannie · 24/07/2009 15:38

Going the same way as Grand Designs...where everything ends up looking like a vistor's centre. The stylist makes everything look like low-cost, boutique hotels

ruddynorah · 24/07/2009 15:42

oh i didn't think the styling was too bad. it was pretty much their won stuff with some new seating. and i did like the kitchen. better than wehn it's all accent colours and twigs in vases or when they do stuff like print superimpose a wedding photo onto some roller blinds..bleurgh..

FritesMenthe · 24/07/2009 15:44

George annoys me because of the way he pronounces 'architect'.
But I the shots of him wearing rigger boots.

Agree this week he was way out of order - any fool would've spotted the lack of headroom for the staircase - he could've built a dormer to accommodate that instead of the ridiculous balcony.

chegirl · 24/07/2009 15:44

Yep it took them an hour. It took me fecking months to sort it all out LOL.

Actually they used loads of my stuff anyway. I got a bit miffed they were making out they were fantastic design gurus when in fact I am

midnightexpress · 24/07/2009 15:51

FritesMenthe, not to mention the way he pronounces 'your naked house'.

I miss him on 'New life in the country' or whatever it's called though. The new bloke has appalling taste in too-tight tank tops.

LOL at Grand Designs like visitors' centres.

FritesMenthe · 24/07/2009 15:56

chegirl - did you get french furniture in your bedrooom? I may have seen that episode

chegirl · 24/07/2009 15:59

Yes I did Frites but I think most people do

They did OH's shed. He started getting fans on another forum I frequent. I was PMSL which isnt nice, but I was anyway

FritesMenthe · 24/07/2009 16:09

LOL at shed makeover.
I saw a show once where they were showing off the newly made-over living room and reflected in the mirror over the fireplace was the corner behind the door that had been missed out of the decoration

LynetteScavo · 24/07/2009 16:11

I woudl have been really anoyed if they hadn't fitted an en-suit for me, but had for my DC. Atleast they will be able to keep thier clothes in what should have been the en-suit.

I thought Geoprge was the ungracious one saying he couldn't do anything for them for £70K. I would have taken the check back off his, and told him I would find someone who could.

CybilLiberty · 24/07/2009 16:14

Oh dear, I've just realised after calling the couple in this weeks show lazy ungrateful gits that I missed the first bit of the programme where they actually said what they wanted.

So it looks like George was a little fast n'loose

ruddynorah · 24/07/2009 22:53

frites was it a shed with a neon sign and a boxing body thing?

chegirl · 24/07/2009 23:07

What you asking her for? It was my shed

msled · 24/07/2009 23:11

I also could not believe he'd given the grungy teenagers TWO bathrooms, inc their own bonus ensuite, and nowt for hte parents who were stumping up a massive amount for all this. And no wardrobes! The balcony was stupid - so small - should have had a proper dormer so the chap could have had an office. And yes, cut out the deck, the 'balcony' swap corian for Ikea wood, or ditch the deck and there would be plenty of money for the ensuite upstairs.
Actually with a proper dormer there would have been no faff redesigning the stairs at apparently huge extra cost, and room for an office UPSTAIRS as well a bedroom and ensuite,

GrendelsMum · 01/08/2009 19:01

Megalol at "poor bloke now re mortgaged to the hilt and having to piss in his son's bathroom, keep his slacks in his daughter's wardrobe and keep his files strewn across the landing. ffs. but at least he has a teeny tiny balcony so he can enjoy the view of his enormous decking"

I think that George doesn't live in a real house like other people do - he probably lives on a spaceship with Sportacus - and so has no idea that you need to have wardrobes and bathrooms, and that if you have an open plan house with children, you just have stuff everywhere and screaming hordes chasing each other past the hob.

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