Room to Improve (v2)

ShamoBuc

John Walsh the builder is great craic.

freshpopcorn

appledrop wrote: »

Where is Gustav from? Very unusual accent maybe a twang of South Africa but not sure.

There was a mention of somebody being from South Africa at the start!

HeidiHeidi

That's their A rating gone out the single-glazed, old, wooden windows!

James 007

Andrew00 wrote: »

Obviously she is but rte want us to think Ireland is diverse and what not

Andrew your dead right, ethnic QS, two gay guys to show we have moved on, & a coloured son throwing in for good measure, anything else that would satisfy your way of thinking

HeidiHeidi

Mac-Chops wrote: »

740k on PPR mid 2017. 150k budget to keep it under the 1 mill was a good goal!

the 150 didn't last very long!

lawred2

appledrop wrote: »

That's the exact words I said aswell! No surprise that the clients thought the same.

I hope Dermot does f**k this up. Beautiful old house. Yes it needs work + insulation bla bla bla but if he plonks on a glass box at back it just wont work.

Where is Gustav from? Very unusual accent maybe a twang of South Africa but not sure.

It'll work alright

jos28

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Grace Park Gardens, link posted above

Priced at 750K in 2016 :eek:

Was it mentioned what these guys do? Clearly something lucrative!

Gustav is a banker and Greg is a youth worker

Atlantic Dawn

Lol, old school building work before regulations and that.

ScallionAyter

Andrew00 wrote: »

They had to get an ethnic quantity surveyor instead of an Irish one for "diversity"

Rte are a pisstake

Next week on Room to Improve: "The Ryans" hire Dermot to spruce up their house*


*in preparation for selling it and moving abroad.

Alf Veedersane

appledrop wrote: »

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Why the **** would you have two family bathrooms on the same floor, beside each other???

That's the exact words I said aswell! No surprise that the clients thought the same.

I hope Dermot does f**k this up. Beautiful old house. Yes it needs work + insulation bla bla bla but if he plonks on a glass box at back it just wont work.

Where is Gustav from? Very unusual accent maybe a twang of South Africa but not sure.

He's from South Africa

Atlantic Dawn

€1800 is farthings on this job.

lawred2

Of course they have 1800

They just magicked up 70k for pointing bricks..

Ahaha a new roof

jos28

Have they miraculously found another €70K

LirW

Mac-Chops wrote: »

740k on PPR mid 2017. 150k budget to keep it under the 1 mill was a good goal!

1 million for an A3 old redbrick in affluent Drumcondra is pretty decent. There are redbricks in the area for more than a million on the market that need work to make them warmer.

iamwhoiam

I am no expert but should a good architect not anticipate such problems?

appledrop

freshpopcorn wrote: »

There was a mention of somebody being from South Africa at the start!

Ah I was right. He doesn't have a really strong accent so hard to work out. He has probably lived away for years so has softened his accent.

HeidiHeidi

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

€1800 is farthings on this job.

Exactly.


Complete spoofery.


Now, 18K might be a different matter :eek:

lawred2

Jaysus I've never seen Dermot so pale

HeidiHeidi

iamwhoiam wrote: »

I am no expert but should a good architect not anticipate such problems?

It's a very old house - just looking at them costs a bloody bomb (I own one!)

ShamoBuc

Thay will frighten the shít out of them...........he's showing it's getting to him.

SEPT 23 1989

That’s not getting finished

LirW

Even though we renovated 2 years ago, this whole situation hits home because we had some proper freak revelations too. I guess I'm still a bit sore.

Atlantic Dawn

Roof would be €20k plus to redo I'd think.

tototoe

Delusional to think they could do this for 150k.

iamwhoiam

lawred2 wrote: »

Jaysus I've never seen Dermot so pale

He should have bloody well guessed those problems surely

appledrop

iamwhoiam wrote: »

I am no expert but should a good architect not anticipate such problems?

Yep like ffs it's an old house. I was laughing when he said 10 grand for electrics. A joke for a house that age.

Of course a roof that old will need a load of work.

juneg

iamwhoiam wrote: »

I am no expert but should a good architect not anticipate such problems?

This x 1000

Why does he never leave anything for repairs. Why is it always crisis fire fighting

RobertKK

There is always something...

Atlantic Dawn

€2500 for the chimney redone ain't bad.

Andrew00

James 007 wrote: »

Andrew your dead right, ethnic QS, two gay guys to show we have moved on, & a coloured son throwing in for good measure, anything else that would satisfy your way of thinking

Exactly what I'm thinking but didn't want ta say it