Room to Improve (v2)

blackbox

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118669083#Comment_118669083

I thought the interior was quit good but I thought the front facade looked dreadful.

What was the crack with those panels in the windows? They'd have been much better as glass.

gmisk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118669342#Comment_118669342

The furnishing, pictures etc all really nice I agree.

I agree about the front, I didn't really catch why they decided to do it...I think he said something about replicating more bespoke windows? Didn't work for me either

JustJoe7240

There's no way the builder took those price rises on the chin as they portrayed in the episode.There won't be a single builder in the country thanking them for that.

houseyhouse

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118669508#Comment_118669508

They went to tender in late 2020. A lot (but not all) of the price rises happened before that. They agreed to leave out some things, like the zinc roof, too.

JustJoe7240

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118669528#Comment_118669528

Not questioning the price rises. It's the part with the builder footing the extra costs is the unrealistic part

el Fenomeno

Very fortunate to have friends who can loan them a house. A bloody house! I can barely get a lift when I need it...

AndrewJRenko

Any idea whereabouts in Kilmacud it is? Would love to see it in the flesh.

Muahahaha

Like others I didnt like the front facade and the windows with no reveals, its like what youd see on an Ibis or Travelodge hotel near a motorway.

One thing not mentioned on thread, how would people here feel if they bought a 3 bed semi for circa 600k only to find out after the sale that the owners you bought it from are now building a house of twice the size next door for 400k? The newer house goes back about twice as far as the one that was sold so there would be light lost and a sense of being overlooked. If planning permission was granted before the sale the purchasers wouldnt have had a chance to express their views. I wonder if the purchasers even knew a house was to be built right next to theirs when buying it? It cant be nice to move into your new house and you're barely getting settled in and a construction site pops up next door with all that entails. Not sure about others here but a scenario like that would stop me buying the house in that situation.

Widdensushi

I would imagine if they had sold the site with planning it would have been more than the difference in price of the one they sold and the build cost. I also take all these tv show build costs with a pinch of salt, moreso the likes of grand designs where the costs are all controlled by the owners, sure they can say whatever figure suits them.

Princess Calla

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118670195#Comment_118670195

That's where due diligence comes in.

If you are buying a property with "free land" beside it , it will be up to you to find out who owns it. When you realise it's the people that are currently selling the house that you are buying alarm bells should be ringing.

It's hard to tell from the editing but it did look like the site was partitioned off before the house sold...so it is likely that the new owners were aware of the plan.

Also I don't think they got what the asking price they wanted but they never said what it did sell for.

muckisluck

I think they said €620 was the asking price but they sold for 20k less

lawred2

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118665804#Comment_118665804

yeah - it's gone up its own hole in the last few years

Grats

Regarding the new owners of the old house - They'd want to be blind not to see the building site beside them and stupid not to enquire of future plans for it.

Princess Calla

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118671542#Comment_118671542

I'd imagine planning permission for a new build was already granted before they sold their primary house, as in bog standard 4 bed detached house....otherwise they'd just convert/ extend the old house.

I think they wanted to release the capital of the primary house to pay for the new build.....they are probably mortgage free or fairly close to it now......if they went conversion route they'd have 200-300k extra expense so would need a larger mortgage.

That said as it was an inheritance property they probably always had a small enough mortgage, depending on how many siblings were needed to be bought out.

I'd say the issues to planning permission, if there were any were Dermot's proposed plan, as there's never anything bog standard about his plan.

KevRossi

House was sold in October 2020 for €545,000. Was priced at €550,000. https://propertypriceregisterireland.com/details/44_kilmacud_park_stillorgan_co_dublin_ireland-459940/

I didn't like the finish on the exterior too much, but I really liked the interior with the exception of the kitchen presses. Would have liked to have seen the garden fully, but it looked like a work in progress. Someone mentioned the side entrance, I really like it like that and the wall that slightly hid it.

The purchaser of the house next door would have been made aware of the new one by their solicitor, if not then off to the Law Society.

No mention of energy at all, also didn't see any roof panels but it could be an air source heat pump. That's a big mistake in todays climate, they could give it 2 mins (literally) of the 50 min running time.

Overall a good show and a nice couple.

ednwireland

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118672422#Comment_118672422

they mentioned the fact that pv panels were taken off the list in the cost cutting I think. like you say I think I'd cut elsewhere these days rather than leave those out. hopefully the cabling is there for them in future.

gonker

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118665396#Comment_118665396

You dont have to have a sensory room. I am sure you make up for it with love.

gonker

Hated the windows, like they had to pay a window tax so boarded up some of them!

AndrewJRenko

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118675268#Comment_118675268

Yeah, the asymmetric layout of the front windows was off, with the large middle section with no window upstairs.

gabbo is coming

Windows a shocker

Calhoun

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118669589#Comment_118669589

That's what I wondered, they made it sound like it was a contract cost built in. If that had if been the case and I was the couple no way I'd be cutting corners builder could go **** off.

Sleepy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118682208#Comment_118682208

I'd say if you took that stand too far, you'd end up with a builder declaring bankruptcy, leaving you in the lurch and starting afresh under the wife/sons names the next week.

lawred2

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118682208#Comment_118682208

Yeah that's not really how it works

Muahahaha

What was the actual story with the windows, like were they supposed to be a lot bigger but then the costs when up so they put panels where there was originally supposed to be glazing? iirc it was Rationel who did the windows who are a pretty expensive outfit for windows.

the_pen_turner

it seemed like they cut the back story out . we went straight into finding a solution without explaining why

the_pen_turner

why wouldnt you just take the crap out of the understares loo instead of sending guests to the ensuite

lawred2

Usual story. Oh we've a fierce tight budget. Fierce tight.

Oh look material costs escalating rapidly.

Yerra no bother.. there's some cash over here after all.

Same schtick every week.

appledrop

Ah I was looking forward to seeing how Dermot was going to manage this unusually house but sure easy just knock it all down + rebuild it!

How the hell did they got a mortgage for house in Howth when he was made redundant? I know he got a payout but doesnt make any sense to me, especially as they have 4 kids which isn't cheap.

lawred2

Less of the inane sh*t talk in the hotel

appledrop

Here he goes again with the tacky, cheap kitchen.

I'd love to be on the programme just to tell him where to go with his horrible cheap plywood kitchens.

The kictchen for me would be most important part of an extension + I'd want a top of the range one.