My Bungalow Bliss

jos28

Thargor

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118328285#Comment_118328285

Thats what Im thinking, insurance will be an issue here aswell surely, interesting episode though.

ShamNNspace

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118328300#Comment_118328300

Whats the foundation going to cost??

Storm 10

They are only going to use it as their weekend home for fck sake they are well off this is not what I thought the show was about going on past shows

jos28

I knew they were going to say €350K, seriously this would put you off hiring an architect. Giving them a very bad name, can they not design to budget ??

Muahahaha

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118327674#Comment_118327674

350,000 "ball park" aka 400,000+. Well done the architects yet again blowing the budget that their clients have, jeez

ednwireland

My first thought as well was first big storm that could go.not like we don't get them up here.

I know Someone who parks his van in front of the big picture window.

MBE220d

What's your budget? We have 200k 230 at a push.

Okay so we have designed your new house for 350k, why bother asking in the first place.

ednwireland

Eek that's a soil cliff hoped it was rock.

lawred2

Ffs

Yeah sure here's some VR. That'll help you find another 100 grand.

Usual RTE choreographed "budget" dance

lawred2

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118328350#Comment_118328350

It's the done to death dance on budget that RTE have to squeeze into every one of these shows

ednwireland

Well that's way above the ceiling price for the area

adocholiday

Currently modernising an old bungalow and we had an architect in. Our budget was ignored and the designs all but disregarded our primary asks. The ballpark figure we got from the eventually agreed design was far too low as well.

They live in a fantasy land.

farmerval

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118326478#Comment_118326478

A cottage or nearly any old farmhouse usually had the layout of going in the door you went left to the kitchen and maybe a room off it and right to the sitting room with one or two rooms off it. The chimney in the middle of the house was a huge division between the two sides of the house, in my mothers house the chimney breast downstairs was two thirds the depth of the house and about 6 feet deep, it took a huge chunk of the floorspace.

The early bungalows were an antidote to the traditional houses, rectangular with really big windows (single glazed) a corridor accessing each room so no rooms off rooms etc. Early ones had heaps of small rooms again a reaction to the old style farmhouse with a couple of larger rooms often with several kids sharing one room.

Princess Calla

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118328350#Comment_118328350

I said the exact same!

As soon as they started talking cantilever...cha-ching budget gone..... architects on their vision journey to make a statement piece.

Why was the architect so reluctant to give the cost. Surely all that's in a spreadsheet as they are working through the design.

Sam Russell

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118326315#Comment_118326315

Given the title of the show, a bungalow is a building based on a design published in Jack Fitzsimons book.

A cottage is a building based on older vernacular design, with a large open kitchen heated by a range or turf fire with rooms off. A cottage can be two story, but not like current three bed semis.

Tandey

How long before their expensive glass extension is floating in the Atlantic ocean?

Finty Lemon

Huge closet required this week

Trondheim

Somebody above called this an architect circle jerk. As the architects sat around talking about bungalows, that phrase was all I could think about!

techman1

another thing that really distinguishes the 70s/80s bungalows from everything else is those heavy concrete black or brown roof tiles. They were not really used before then or since. Must have been heavy work for the roofers back then

Shelga

Much prefer this to last week. Those views are incredible. I’d be worried about coastal erosion though! Also waiting for them to finally say the total cost!

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118328442#Comment_118328442

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118328426#Comment_118328426

That all makes sense to me now. I’m not originally from Ireland and when I first started looking to move out of the city I couldn’t understand what I was seeing with respect to what appeared to be a fascination with long dark corridors instead of adjoining open spaces

RurtBeynolds

Close to half a mil and your kids still have to share a room.

standardg60

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118328541#Comment_118328541

Agree, top job for the budget compared to last week, i know which one i'd prefer.

MBE220d

I actually like it and the total cost of 495k is coming in cheaper than the other 2. would I buy it? no, too near the cliff edge for my liking.

Sam Russell

So what was the final cost? Or was it just an -ish price. Just too much over budget to admit.

Trondheim

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118328565#Comment_118328565

Is it only 2 bedrooms?

no way a boy and girl will be happy to share a bedroom in a few years.

lawred2

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118328565#Comment_118328565

Sounded like a summer home so I'd say they'll deal with

Car99

Did that cost less to build and finish than the bungalow last week if 350k is accurate?

Muahahaha

In fairness it was a very good job this week. The budget was blown yet again but unlike last week this couple looked like they could absorb it more as they already have their main house. They spent 350k total on the works and got a hell of a lot more for their money than the couple last week who spent 337k and didnt even get a ulitity room.

enricoh

I thought they got better bang for their buck than last week's. Half a mill for the weekend gaff- I am a bit jealous, but fair play if they can do it. I'd be out with the lobster pot !

Shauna677

Hope he doesn't lose his job!

Sam Russell

Last week had to suffer a stupid mistake when the builder dug up the foundations in order to put in underfloor heating - at a cost of 70 grand. Take that off the final bill and it might have been OK - and add a porch so that the wind does not blow the heat out of the only living space.

This week is at least a nice result with spectacular views.

MBE220d

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118328578#Comment_118328578

350k and the cottage cost 145k, so not bad when you see the finished house.

No comparison to the previous week's money pits.

ednwireland

a lot of money went into those foundations

spyderski

1/2 Mill my arse. With those finishes that’s a 1/2mill refurb without the purchase price. Fabulous job, but wish them luck with the Revenue audit they’re about to have.

ShamNNspace

Same craic on this one, mentioned how cold the original house was at the start then no more about it, would have liked to see which heating system they used? how they insulated it? practical stuff, likes the oul plamausing that guy, he's on screen too much, the build should be the star not him

Car99

That hot tub alone must be close to 10k.

MBE220d

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118328640#Comment_118328640

True, any shuttered reinforced concrete doesn't come cheap.

Pussyhands

Very cocky and well off family...the kids are only about 7 or 8 and they're saying they'll be in Riverdance or Lord of the Dance...

I don't like it.

The view is a beaut but the house itself...it wouldn't be for me.

MisterAnarchy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118328598#Comment_118328598

Who knows, I'd say they are pulling the figures out of their behind.

Its a tv show, they can literally say whatever figures they want and who is to know any better.

standardg60

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118328650#Comment_118328650

Thought that too, imagine the original cottage was at least dry-lined. At least they didn't go digging up the floor in pursuit of fancy under floor heating revealing a structural issue which had to be sorted!

Pussyhands

"I wanna spend some money, but I don't wanna spend a load a money on something no one is ever gonna see"

🙄

gooner99

Didn't notice the flooring, but the supplier list mentions polished concrete. So they may have dug up the cottage floor.

You can play with the final budget too. Is it the build cost or the cost with everything right down to the soft furnishings. Some very fancy finishes. Big money in any case, but much better value than last week's. I really feel for that couple.

So do we think that the final bungalow will come in on budget, given that the architects house on great house revival when aired came in slightly under budget?

Shauna677

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118328643#Comment_118328643

The views are utterly amazing but if I had the choice, I would buy a cheaper holiday villa in sunnier climates and not do such expensive renovation on a cliff edge in rain soaked Donegal.

I'm just stunned at the divide that's happening in this country, it must be coming from America and their Dallas type mansions.

Princess Calla

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118328705#Comment_118328705

Well to be fair their parents were in Riverdance. Their parents run an Irish dancing school. So it's not really beyond the realms of possibility that they will continue in their parents footsteps (dance steps 😅) if they want to.

Pussyhands

You have to laugh really. This programme highlights the absolute scutter that comes out of the architects mouths.

Hugh looks at the finished article and says "looking back, it's the sheer simplicity of the architecture, the natural timbers etc.

Then at the end the architect says "we've really pushed the boundaries of architecture"

Which is it? 🤣

C. Eastwood

My comments on My Bungalow Bliss on 15th Dec.

It was a wonderful Architectural design given the financial constraints.

They stated that it cost approx €140k +€350k. I would think it cost more.

Buying property and renovating is an investment only. Was it a good investment- the only way to answer that question- is to offer it for sale.

Congratulations to McCabe Architects.

Well done to Hugh for an enjoyable show.

Muahahaha

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118328804#Comment_118328804

yeah as much as I love Donegal I wouldnt want a holiday home there as you cant guarantee the weather. Still though when its lashing rain theyve a pretty nice house to cosy up in.

They must be dong pretty well with the dance school to be able to afford all that, I didnt hear any mention of a loan or mortgage either in the program.