Home of the Year RTE 1 - 8.30pm Tuesdays

BabysCoffee

I think this house will be going through

PressRun

Another house with gigantic rooms with barely anything in them and where everything looks like it's never had a finger laid on it.

Thargor

That big window is stunning but listen to the way their voices are echoing, its a nice Summer day outside and Im shivering thinking about living in a concrete warehouse like that, upstairs is nicer.

PressRun

Thargor wrote: »

That big window is stunning but listen to the way their voices are echoing, its a nice Summer day outside and Im shivering thinking about living in a concrete warehouse like that, upstairs is nicer.

I find the big window a bit unnerving. Just a gigantic window with no curtains or anything. Nice during the day but creepy at night.

messy tessy

Wasn't a mad fan of either of those houses tonight. The second had fab 'picture windows' but didn't find it homely at all.

The railway house is a clear winner for me in the recap of the finalists!

Think the winner there was an amazing house, but not a home. I'd be perished !!

HeidiHeidi

If I hear "pop of colour" once more, I swear I'll scream :mad:

House no. 1 is lovely, but I agree with Declan, very dark overall. And the dining space upstairs is surely the height of impracticality, no?

HeidiHeidi

House no. 2 - reminds me of nothing more than a concrete bunker outside!

And echoes everywhere inside. Cold.

Stairs without a handrail would give me the heebie-jeebies :eek:

The kitchen looks like an awkward bit of corridor!

And that fireplace is a total waste of space, would annoy me after not very long.

The cattle are the total stars of this segment

I have no doubt that this will probably sail through, but not for me I'm afraid!

HeidiHeidi

So, the finalists are

Georgian converted apartment
Aluminium house
17C farmhouse
Bungalow in Wicklow
Railway house
Barrel-vaulted house in Norn Iron
Tonight's winner

Have to say of that lot there's only two - maybe three - in contention for me. The railway house, the aluminium house a close second, and maybe the one in Antrim. With the railway house being the winner if the terms of reference are "a house I'd love to live in".

threetrees

So many of the entries are "houses" not "homes". The ex station is by far the winner for me but I bet that cold picture window house from the last episode will win.

recipio

That window in Co Clare is enormous - I'd say it had to be specially imported. It kind of clashes with the cottage vernacular and the melange of furniture is not in keeping with a minimalist look,:rolleyes:
The converted schoolhouse must be the very devil to keep clean ?

Sunny Dayz

Only caught up with the latest episode last night.
Loved the restored school house, the brickwork outside was great, the landscaping of the gardens. Really liked the natural wood inside and the unusual items in the house. Wow that kitchen sink was so unusual. It did feel a tad cluttered but it was very interesting.

Not a fan of the second house, didn't like the outside where they didn't paint the plaster, it just looks unfinished. The front yard could have done with a tidying aswell. That big window was wow though, gorgeous views, apart from the big dirty weed growing up, yes I know it's nature but it wrecked my head! Wasn't a fan of all the big plain white walls and high ceilings, this house just didn't do it for me.

Looking forward to the final next week. Overall winner for me would be the aluminium house.

BabysCoffee

Sunny Dayz wrote: »

Looking forward to the final next week. Overall winner for me would be the aluminium house.

Is that the house in Grangegorman in the side garden site?

HeidiHeidi

BabysCoffee wrote: »

Is that the house in Grangegorman in the side garden site?

Was it Grangegorman? I had Swords in my head for it for some reason!

The one with the cycle workshop on the ground floor and those amazing bookshelves all the way up the stairwell.

messy tessy

Would not have chosen that as the winner.

HeidiHeidi

Just finished watching now.

Bah.

The railway house got done. Done, I tells ya.

(I'm usually a sucker for that type of house - although not sure I'd actually be able to live in one - but that one just left me cold. Even though those windows in principle are all I ever dream of..... it just didn't work, somehow.)

Posy

It was house of the year, but maybe not home of the year for me. That would have been the Wicklow cottage or Railway house.
The high ceilings and giant window definitely had the wow factor though.
I didn't think of it at nighttime- you would see plenty of stars I guess.

The owners said they spend a few months of the year in London, it looks like it. Couldn't live with those stairs. You couldn't have a child in the house- it worries me that they even have a dog!

_Whimsical_

I was disappointed with the winner. I felt like I've seen that winning house every week I've tuned into grand designs. White walls, big glass windows... what's new there? It's the cookie cutter wealthy persons home.

I really felt that the lady who had done up her bungalow was my winner. Her place was original, it had her personality stamped all over it, there was no imitation, it was all expression.

I'd like to have lived in the Railway house though in truth! But it was an amazing building, it would be hard to mess that one up.

BabysCoffee

Celebrity Home of the Year on RTE tonight. 9.35pm

BabysCoffee

I like the library!

HeidiHeidi

Anyone tuned in?

Did that woman actually sell any books, or did she just get a load printed and store all of them in her walk-in-wardrobe???

Not mad about that house - not to my taste at all. And the fecking flamingoes everywhere!

HeidiHeidi

Aha, I'm dying to see this one!!

BabysCoffee

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Anyone tuned in?

Did that woman actually sell any books, or did she just get a load printed and store all of them in her walk-in-wardrobe???

Not mad about that house - not to my taste at all. And the fecking flamingoes everywhere!

She asked her architect for a walk in book shelf not a walk in wardrobe!

I like the flamingos
The house is nice but very ordinary

BabysCoffee

David Norris' house is huge!

But is the plant dead around the front door?

Quazzie

Who's the northie guy in the hat?

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I don't want to sound like a bitch too much but both Melissa Hill and David Norris seem very vain. One with tonnes of her book everywhere and the other with 17 portraits (yes I know he said he didn't ask for them but still no need to hang that many up) :-)

BabysCoffee

Quazzie wrote: »

Who's the northie guy in the hat?

"Patrick" it seems

HeidiHeidi

Quazzie wrote: »

Who's the northie guy in the hat?

He build the container house on the family farm in Norn Iron in Grand Designs.

And whoever was asking about the dead plant - that's Virginia Creeper (or at least I think it is, maybe it's Boston Ivy) and loses its leaves in winter.

Would get headache if I lived in David Norris's house - I thought I was a clutter-collecter :eek:

Quazzie

BabysCoffee wrote: »

"Patrick" it seems

Thank feck... I thought Declan was after getting very very sick :eek:

HeidiHeidi

Oh my word, it's FABULOUS!!!

I'd certainly declutter, but it's just magnificent!

HTF did he get that tree to grow indoors?!