Room to Improve.

yabadabado · 25-03-2018 11:26PM

Wait 10 years and he'll be on the Late Late begging her to come back when she's buried beneath the new slurry tank. #roomtoimprove

From Twitter. I laughed anyways

yabadabado · 25-03-2018 11:28PM

She just came across as a complete **** maybe she is maybe she isn't but I'd say she watched that show from behind the couch.I felt embarrassed for her at times.

I liked the house the way it turned out.

Lisa is outstanding

Spanish Eyes · 25-03-2018 11:29PM

I have to say that there is NO chance that the man/architect would ever get near my house.

I know drama is essential, but the over budget thing never fails either. Must be a huge contingency factored in there.

LirW · 25-03-2018 11:30PM

I think what put people off them was that they are the perfect incarnation of rural Ireland. A young couple still living somewhere in the 60s in Tipp on a farm.
She's a teacher and people seem to be worried now that someone like her could potentially their kids teacher.

This young couple stands for good aul culchie Ireland. I wouldn't mind some Supermacs now anyway.

Good for them that they got what they wanted in the end. Not being too keen on open plan myself, I can kinda understand where she is coming from. But for that I think the layout of the house was a bit strange because it seems that the kitchen was just off the entrance hall while it originally was where the living area was intended.

sligeach · 25-03-2018 11:30PM

With all the controversy over the b1tch tonight(no, not the dog, he was great), some people may have missed Dermot's line, paraphrasing, "So they're all milking cows? Male or female?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_epmoLeRGA

donkeykong5 · 25-03-2018 11:31PM

Greybottle wrote: »

BettePorter wrote: »

Lisa at the end was the only part worth waiting for in that episode.

And the puppy in the opening shots. Nicely bookended really.

Mushy wrote: »

The best are the tweets from the one who is local to her. Shows Katie for what she's really like. Which was seen in the show.

Any link to those tweets?

If you go back to iamwhoiam post. The link is there. Disgusted at the sad keyboard warriors disgusting language about someone who they have never even met.

the_pen_turner · 25-03-2018 11:31PM

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

I have to say that there is NO chance that the man/architect would ever get near my house.

I know drama is essential, but the over budget thing never fails either. Must be a huge contingency factored in there.

why . this one came in on or barely under budget

nice_guy80 · 25-03-2018 11:33PM

its a fairly accurate portrayal of a lot of teachers churned out by the teacher training colleges

uptight
conservative
opinionated

Alf Veedersane · 25-03-2018 11:33PM

the_pen_turner wrote: »

why . this one came in on or barely under budget

Also, a light is rarely shone on what the client adds into it.

the_pen_turner · 25-03-2018 11:33PM

LirW wrote: »

I think what put people off them was that they are the perfect incarnation of rural Ireland. A young couple still living somewhere in the 60s in Tipp on a farm.
She's a teacher and people seem to be worried now that someone like her could potentially their kids teacher.

This young couple stands for good aul culchie Ireland. I wouldn't mind some Supermacs now anyway.

Good for them that they got what they wanted in the end. Not being too keen on open plan myself, I can kinda understand where she is coming from. But for that I think the layout of the house was a bit strange because it seems that the kitchen was just off the entrance hall while it originally was where the living area was intended.

i dont think that could be any farther from the truth. him maybe but she is loud , obnoctious, and full of her own importance. they are more traits of big city folk

Spanish Eyes · 25-03-2018 11:34PM

the_pen_turner wrote: »

why . this one came in on or barely under budget

Must be an outlier so.

Or maybe the teacher was in charge and told them all to back off with their notions big time!

25-03-2018 11:35PM

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

I have to say that there is NO chance that the man/architect would ever get near my house.

I know drama is essential, but the over budget thing never fails either. Must be a huge contingency factored in there.

Came in under budget

the_pen_turner · 25-03-2018 11:35PM

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Must be an outlier so.

Or maybe the teacher was in charge and told them all to back off with their notions big time!

definetly an outlier.

Spanish Eyes · 25-03-2018 11:36PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Came in under budget

OK it was a one off wonder with the teacher in charge.

It doesn't always work out that way.

freshpopcorn · 25-03-2018 11:39PM

I think the finish of the house was nice(Didn't love all elements) but I think the couple would have being better with a more traditional architect.

meeeeh · 25-03-2018 11:39PM

I kinnda understand the budget thing, as soon as you go for some more high end or better finished stuff you will blow the budget. It also depends what money people have and what they are actually prepared to spend.

the_pen_turner · 25-03-2018 11:39PM

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

OK it was a one off wonder with the teacher in charge.

It doesn't always work out that way.

her being a teacher had no bearing on that.
the reason is because nothing suprising cropped up. thats because the whole house was gutted, all floors , ceilings, everything was priced to be repalced.
unless there was a problem with the roof or walls then there wasnt much else to go wrong

touts · 25-03-2018 11:40PM

donkeykong5 wrote: »

Some of the terms used to describe that girl on Twitter are disgusting. There was nothing wrong with her. She just had a strong opinion.

The IT manger girl by herself a few weeks ago and the arty one last week had strong opinions but were nice about it. You don't have to be rude to be firm. The only saving grace this week's one had was she couldn't be as bad as the masseuse who wanted the world to know she had married a multi millionaire in the second episode. But by God did she do her best to come close. That said she didn't lick it up from the stones. I'd say the "reigning calor house wife of the year" had a lot to do with how her daughter turned out. God help poor Padraic if mummy dearest ever comes to live with them.

Mountainsandh · 25-03-2018 11:40PM

I happened to watch it as I'm away from home, I thought she was great to stand up to him.

I get the not wanting open plan thing.
My house is a renovated old house, and we have a separate kitchen, it would have been very difficult to do an open plan, and I'm glad it didn't even enter our minds.

It's nice to close the door of the kitchen and prepare meals in peace while listening to the radio while the kids and father are at whatever they want to be at elsewhere.

I reckon she's right, people might rediscover the charm of smaller, more private rooms in the future. You know, for those days when you don't want your MIL hovering over you while you're peeling veg to tell you you're doing it wrong.

disclaimer : I may be one of them culchies LizW was on about.

Alf Veedersane · 25-03-2018 11:41PM

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

OK it was a one off wonder with the teacher in charge.

It doesn't always work out that way.

But it also doesn't work out that the client is happy with what their stated budget can get them.

The Cork girl in Clontarf the other week is a prime example. Sure they would find a solution anyway. Because solutions for to most problems are free.

That's an obvious example but it was always shown how the QS whittled back his design to come in on cost. More so when Patricia was QS - I mean it was shown more on camera when she was QS - but he isn't given free reign and costs are invariably added in at the homeowners behest.

mycro2013 · 25-03-2018 11:42PM

The twitter reaction of late will be the shows downfall. Why would a person subject themselves to the intrusion of a camera crew and then receive nasty personal swipes of their character on social media.

Similar behaviour to this ladies as shown tonight happens on sites and in workplaces countrywide. But the difference is you deal with it and move on.

Dermot seems to have forgotten the customer is always right mantra

ironwalk · 25-03-2018 11:43PM

Just watched it on plus one.

I did cringe at some of the interactions - Dermot has got where he is thanks to his ability to grin-and-bear-it with clients. I imagine that must be a big part of being an Architect/Project manager.

The comments about her here and on Twitter...not funny and going too far.
That's a real person with a family and friends... not OK to talk about her in that way.

freshpopcorn · 25-03-2018 11:45PM

Mountainsandh wrote: »

I happened to watch it as I'm away from home, I thought she was great to stand up to him.

I get the not wanting open plan thing.
My house is a renovated old house, and we have a separate kitchen, it would have been very difficult to do an open plan, and I'm glad it didn't even enter our minds.

It's nice to close the door of the kitchen and prepare meals in peace while listening to the radio while the kids and father are at whatever they want to be at elsewhere.

I reckon she's right, people might rediscover the charm of smaller, more private rooms in the future. You know, for those days when you don't want your MIL hovering over you while you're peeling veg to tell you you're doing it wrong.

disclaimer : I may be one of them culchies LizW was on about.

I get hat your saying but I would really question why anybody who would pick Dermot as an architect if they weren't into open plan living.

Mountainsandh · 25-03-2018 11:48PM

touts wrote: »

The IT manger girl by herself a few weeks ago and the arty one last week had strong opinions but were nice about it. You don't have to be rude to be firm. The only saving grace this week's one had was she couldn't be as bad as the masseuse who wanted the world to know she had married a multi millionaire in the second episode. But by God did she do her best to come close. That said she didn't lick it up from the stones. I'd say the "reigning calor house wife of the year" had a lot to do with how her daughter turned out. God help poor Padraic if mummy dearest ever comes to live with them.

I don't get all the hate.
She wasn't rude, she was assertive, and she knew what she liked and what they needed, and wasn't prepared to run with the script of : "oh, I didn't want that but wasn't Dermot great to add it, now I love it".

I didn't like the house finished very much, I would have done it completely differently.

memorystick · 25-03-2018 11:48PM

Deep down people are jealous of teachers. Shortish days, long holidays and ok pay. If she was a nurse they wouldn't be half as hard on her.

Mountainsandh · 25-03-2018 11:51PM

freshpopcorn wrote: »

I get hat your saying but I would really question why anybody who would pick Dermot as an architect if they weren't into open plan living.

Yeah good point. I guess because we can all see that he is a good architect, maybe there's always a hope that he might come up with some brilliant ideas and not push ideas that clients are completely set against ?

edit : I thought of another reason : maybe doing this show is a pretty good guarantee that the workmen will deliver, and do so to specs, and on time.

the_pen_turner · 25-03-2018 11:53PM

Mountainsandh wrote: »

I don't get all the hate.
She wasn't rude, she was assertive, and she knew what she liked and what they needed, and wasn't prepared to run with the script of : "oh, I didn't want that but wasn't Dermot great to add it, now I love it".

I didn't like the house finished very much, I would have done it completely differently.

she was very rude. look at the colour of the windows debate. im right im right, your wrong. then demot shows her the sample and its you must have changed the sample. total cow.

Patty O Furniture · 25-03-2018 11:53PM

Mushy wrote: »

The best are the tweets from the one who is local to her. Shows Katie for what she's really like. Which was seen in the show.

House was nice though, liked the blue in the kitchen

I was surprised that a lot of the tweets came from women :P
Inc some on radio & tv too!

In the background, it could be said, "Katie, always wins"

If Dermot wants to give up the day job, he wanted to be a pilot one time

25-03-2018 11:53PM

mycro2013 wrote: »

The twitter reaction of late will be the shows downfall. Why would a person subject themselves to the intrusion of a camera crew and then receive nasty personal swipes of their character on social media.

Similar behaviour to this ladies as shown tonight happens on sites and in workplaces countrywide. But the difference is you deal with it and move on.

Dermot seems to have forgotten the customer is always right mantra

Yep .....and exactly the same things happening with First Dates- people being shredded on social media ....it will be the downfall of a lot of these programmes.

That being said that girl tonight was extremely rude . There is a way of getting your point across and being assertive . Dermot did well to be as graceful about it as he was.

I’d say she’ll look back programme in years to come and regret what she said & how she came across .

the_pen_turner · 25-03-2018 11:55PM

mycro2013 wrote: »

The twitter reaction of late will be the shows downfall. Why would a person subject themselves to the intrusion of a camera crew and then receive nasty personal swipes of their character on social media.

Similar behaviour to this ladies as shown tonight happens on sites and in workplaces countrywide. But the difference is you deal with it and move on.

Dermot seems to have forgotten the customer is always right mantra

nobody believes that speal about the customer is always right.
they very rarely are, they are usually completely wrong on so many level its a joke. the trick is twisting it around so that you are rigth but they think they are

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