Room to Improve.

They were a very bland boring couple and Im sorry but what was with the shaving of hair. She was a bit old for that look.

What's everyone having with her hair, isn't that her own thing like?

the_pen_turner wrote: »

most of it goes in doing up the old houses.

The extension was prices at 115 grand I think, it had a sqm price of over 1900 Euro.

appledrop wrote: »

That kitchen was dreadful. Looked like a cheap 1980s kitchen that the council would put into one of their houses. Also only about 3 presses. Where would everything go. This is one of few houses I really disliked. Everything about it was just wrong. Mural was hideous. Yes fair enough if you want some artwork but how the he'll did that one have any meaning? Part if problem was probably that they had already spent money in rooms so these couldn't be changed. In saying that this is my favourite ever series of Room to Improve as all the extensions have been different rather than glass boxes in other series.

that is one of the big issues here. they had done up some of the rooms. that sitting room is really dark and should have been stripped back .
it put a lot of design constraints there that made it hard to get a really great layout

BabysCoffee wrote: »

Anyone know how the baby's name is spelled?

I’d guess Luan-Luan Parle is a singer. I love the name!

CH3OH wrote: »

in anybody's money... €180,000 seems like a lorra lorra money for what they got

But quite apart from the extension, there was probably rewiring of the existing house, insulation, new windows, new boiler etc.

just flicked over to plus 1 . god that green kitchen looked cat. looks like a diy painted cheapy mdf doors you would throw into a bedsit

Jesus that green and white extension is horrible that kitchen looks rough as....the doors look ready to fall off flimsy crappy material, looks cold and clinical eugh

appledrop wrote: »

That kitchen was dreadful. Looked like a cheap 1980s kitchen that the council would put into one of their houses. Also only about 3 presses. Where would everything go.

Looked like birch plywood used in the kitchen, it wouldn't be a cheap material

Larbre34 wrote: »

If you were doing a job like that, on a site like that, why in hell wouldn't you do a two-storey extension while you were at it? Even a first fix fit out upstairs and revisit it when the budget allowed

probably wouldnt get planning. its very close to next door at the back. probably end up overlooking them

Larbre34 wrote: »

If you were doing a job like that, on a site like that, why in hell wouldn't you do a two-storey extension while you were at it? Even a first fix fit out upstairs and revisit it when the budget allowed

Money!!!

gmisk wrote: »

The couple should have known about the asbestos roof when they had the survey done before buying the house?

They may have , but not aware of the implications.

ShamoBuc wrote: »

I like the builder, he knows what he is doing and he is not waisting time.
He was right about the brick.
Yes, he is a bit pushy, but so far I think he's been faultless.
Quality and speed of his work seems well up to scratch.
And he's not taking any crap from Dermot.

Agreed, I originally thought he was pushy about having the brick by Monday, but this should have been decided before the build started.

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

No sign of Lisa at all this week.

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My name is URL wrote: »

Not a good advertisement for this builder at all. What numpty would carry out extra work and charge for it without the customer signing off on it?

Builder was good, he can only give a quote based on what the architect and QS give him. It's not up to him to survey the place if he is not asked.

The lack of communication here is between the QS and Dermot. The builder cannot go to the client for every change of plan or extra cost. They hired their own QS, this is the guy the builder speaks to, not the client. It's then up to the QS or Dermot to go to the client with this.

FWIW I think that bit was staged as the build went so well, there were no dodgy sewage pipes or massive changes, or windows getting broken on the M4.

The €3,000 contingency was a joke. In a build of that age you would have had €15,000 minimum, or 10%.

I'd hire that builder on the spot to be honest. He seems to be a top project manager.

Greybottle wrote: »

Agreed, I originally thought he was pushy about having the brick by Monday, but this should have been decided before the build started.



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Builder was good, he can only give a quote based on what the architect and QS give him. It's not up to him to survey the place if he is not asked.

The lack of communication here is between the QS and Dermot. The builder cannot go to the client for every change of plan or extra cost. They hired their own QS, this is the guy the builder speaks to, not the client. It's then up to the QS or Dermot to go to the client with this.

FWIW I think that bit was staged as the build went so well, there were no dodgy sewage pipes or massive changes, or windows getting broken on the M4.

The €3,000 contingency was a joke. In a build of that age you would have had €15,000 minimum, or 10%.

I'd hire that builder on the spot to be honest. He seems to be a top project manager.

agree 100%
the brick colour issue should have been nailed down before tendering. what kind of clown organising the job hasnt major things like that decided before the builder needs them.
there didnt seem to be any discussion on windows so they must have been desided a month before hand