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£369,000,000 to refurbish Buckingham Palace

  • 18-11-2016 10:04PM
    #1
    Fleawuss
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    One's gaff needs a makeover. Children in Need on BBC tonight. Brit Twitter in meltdown.

    I can see the logic of keeping the place functioning though: the monarchy is a serious tourist draw and the Windsors have done a good job marketing their product. I've been through BP twice on the tours and you can see parts are in pretty poor nick. On balance, if they're keeping the monarchy they need the stage.


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  • #2
    Summer wind
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,285 ✭✭✭Summer wind


    Off with their heads!


  • #3
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,596 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    GDY151


    They better hurry or they won't be able to avail of the cheap European labour.


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 22,384 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Have they not heard of IKEA and Done Deal?


  • #5
    Ted111
    Closed Accounts Posts: 990 ✭✭✭Ted111


    Are they going with carpet or timber floors.
    If it's wood I know a guy.


  • #6
    BsBox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 91 ✭✭BsBox


    Initial reaction is disbelief, but when you think about it, it's really not that bad.
    The main section was built in 1703, and it now has ~775 rooms. Updating a building that large with a 310 year old core is hardly going to be cheap, and being so importantly both culturally and historically, it can hardly be left to degrade.
    It's a tourist attraction, art gallery, office space, residence, etc. all rolled into one. £370 million over 10 years doesn't seem completely outrageous to me.


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  • #7
    cocoman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,105 ✭✭✭cocoman


    Ted111 wrote: »
    Are they going with carpet or timber floors.
    If it's wood I know a guy.

    If it's carpet I know a few guys !!


  • #8
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 22,384 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    That Irish fellow who was caught in the Queens bedroom in the 80s will be around in a flash when he hears they've got new DVD players and tellies to steal.

    Edit...apparently not born here...

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Fagan_incident


  • #9
    murpho999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,956 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    I never get why anybody would care about anything whatsoever to do with foreign monarchies.


  • #10
    bodhrandude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,321 ✭✭✭✭bodhrandude


    Why the phuck don't they pay it themselves.

    If you want to get into it, you got to get out of it. (Hawkwind 1982)



  • #11
    tomwaterford
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,768 ✭✭✭✭tomwaterford


    bodhrandude wrote: »
    Why the phuck don't they pay it themselves.

    Fukkin scroungers that's why :D:D


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  • #12
    Sue Pa Key Pa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,060 ✭✭✭Sue Pa Key Pa


    British Monarchy bring in far more in tourism then they will ever cost.

    I wonder if there is anything to be said if we were to..............best not, I suppose


  • #13
    buried
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,980 ✭✭✭buried


    They should sell the west wing to Trump in order to raise the cash. Trump Buckingham Golf resort and Spa.

    Bullet The Blue Shirts



  • #14
    Venom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,984 ✭✭✭Venom


    BsBox wrote: »
    Initial reaction is disbelief, but when you think about it, it's really not that bad.
    The main section was built in 1703, and it now has ~775 rooms. Updating a building that large with a 310 year old core is hardly going to be cheap, and being so importantly both culturally and historically, it can hardly be left to degrade.
    It's a tourist attraction, art gallery, office space, residence, etc. all rolled into one. £370 million over 10 years doesn't seem completely outrageous to me.


    We can't mock as this country spent €43 million with nothing to show for it on the "Bertie bowl" :eek:

    http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/department-faces-grilling-on-43m-bertie-bowl-spend-26820640.html


  • #15
    Fratton Fred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,566 ✭✭✭✭Fratton Fred


    I don't think it is their house, it belongs to the Royal Estates, which is state owned.

    It's a bit like Micky D's gaff, they just get to live in it a lot longer.


  • #16
    Jimoslimos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,930 ✭✭✭Jimoslimos


    Fleawuss wrote: »
    I can see the logic of keeping the place functioning though: the monarchy is a serious tourist draw and the Windsors have done a good job marketing their product. I've been through BP twice on the tours and you can see parts are in pretty poor nick. On balance, if they're keeping the monarchy they need the stage.
    Sue Pa Key Pa wrote: »
    British Monarchy bring in far more in tourism then they will ever cost.
    Palace of Versailles brings in a lot of tourism (and more visitors than Buckingham Palace). Do they need a heir of Louis XVI to keep things going?


  • #17
    Suckit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,211 ✭✭✭✭Suckit


    They could get these guys a lot cheaper
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFuYIi5-igc


  • #18
    Red Kev
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,793 ✭✭✭Red Kev


    Some Hiace vans will be around tomorrow offering to do any tarmacadam or gutters.


  • #19
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 19,174 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Jimoslimos wrote: »
    Palace of Versailles brings in a lot of tourism (and more visitors than Buckingham Palace). Do they need a heir of Louis XVI to keep things going?

    Ahh but it's the Royal family in England that draws the tourists, it's a lot more than just Buckingham palace!


  • #20
    tomwaterford
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,768 ✭✭✭✭tomwaterford


    bubblypop wrote: »
    Ahh but it's the Royal family in England that draws the tourists, it's a lot more than just Buckingham palace!

    Kinda like animals on a zoo????


    Seems kinda cruel to keep people as an attraction?


  • #21
    nullzero
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,166 ✭✭✭✭nullzero
    °°°°°


    "I say Charles don't you ever crave, to appear on the front of the daily mail, dressed in your mother's bridal veil"

    The British monarchy, a great bunch of lads.


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  • #22
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,038 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    They generate more income for the country than they cost


  • #23
    BsBox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 91 ✭✭BsBox


    Venom wrote: »
    We can't mock as this country spent €43 with nothing to show for it on the "Bertie bowl" :eek:

    http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/department-faces-grilling-on-43m-bertie-bowl-spend-26820640.html

    I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
    At least he's gone now and we've a brand new set of lovely, honest, hard-working politicians with nothing but the people of this country's best interest at heart.
    You could almost think of it as if Bertie was a necessary setback to bring out the cream of the crop that we have in Irish politics now.
    God bless.


  • #24
    Oafley Jones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,426 ✭✭✭Oafley Jones


    Jimoslimos wrote: »
    Palace of Versailles brings in a lot of tourism (and more visitors than Buckingham Palace). Do they need a heir of Louis XVI to keep things going?

    Versailles is at least a nice building. Buckingham Palace has all the charm of a 1970s office block.


  • #25
    machiavellianme
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    Venom wrote: »
    We can't mock as this country spent €43 with nothing to show for it on the "Bertie bowl" :eek:

    http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/department-faces-grilling-on-43m-bertie-bowl-spend-26820640.html

    Only €43?

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  • #26
    tomwaterford
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    machiavellianme wrote: »
    Only €43?

    A hideous waste...couldve got 10 bottles of Smithwicks and change for chips outta it


  • #27
    nhunter100
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,990 ✭✭✭nhunter100


    BsBox wrote:
    I don't know whether to laugh or cry. At least he's gone now and we've a brand new set of lovely, honest, hard-working politicians with nothing but the people of this country's best interest at heart. You could almost think of it as if Bertie was a necessary setback to bring out the cream of the crop that we have in Irish politics now. God bless.

    I salute your eloquent sarcasm.


  • #28
    murpho999
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    Sue Pa Key Pa wrote: »
    British Monarchy bring in far more in tourism then they will ever cost.

    I wonder if there is anything to be said if we were to..............best not, I suppose

    Do you really think tourists wouldn't go to Britain without the monarchy?

    How do republics attract tourists then?


  • #29
    murpho999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,956 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    They generate more income for the country than they cost

    How? What income? How can you say this?


  • #30
    BsBox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 91 ✭✭BsBox


    nhunter100 wrote: »
    I salute your eloquent sarcasm.

    A necessary coping mechanism.


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  • #31
    The Backwards Man
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    murpho999 wrote: »
    How? What income? How can you say this?
    Would ye ever wheesht?

    Lots of Irish firms will do very well out of this.


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