Room to Improve (v2)

Wildsurfer · 13-10-2019 9:50pm

Andrew00 wrote: »

They had to get an ethnic quantity surveyor instead of an Irish one for "diversity"

Rte are a pisstake

Would think it might be Gustav knows her. Both South African I would guess?

LirW · 13-10-2019 9:50pm

Andrew00 wrote: »

Obviously she is but rte want us to think Ireland is diverse and what not

My gynaecologist is Indian and he's pretty decent, does the HSE want to make me think Ireland is diverse? Jesus it's about the house, it's 2019 Europe isn't pale white and people across the board are skilled.

Rockbeast2 · 13-10-2019 9:50pm

Gracepark GARDENS!

Thanks, been a few years :-)

RobertKK · 13-10-2019 9:50pm

Be better to say they just got the costs wrongs initially.

HeidiHeidi · 13-10-2019 9:50pm

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Grow up

x100

appledrop · 13-10-2019 9:51pm

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Why the **** would you have two family bathrooms on the same floor, beside each other???

That's the exact words I said aswell! No surprise that the clients thought the same.

I hope Dermot does f**k this up. Beautiful old house. Yes it needs work + insulation bla bla bla but if he plonks on a glass box at back it just wont work.

Where is Gustav from? Very unusual accent maybe a twang of South Africa but not sure.

freshpopcorn · 13-10-2019 9:52pm

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

WTF? That's really the first thing you thought of? :rolleyes:

When I saw the comment I said to myself Gemma O'Doherty will be ragging!

iamwhoiam · 13-10-2019 9:52pm

appledrop wrote: »

That's the exact words I said aswell! No surprise that the clients thought the same.

I hope Dermot does f**k this up. Beautiful old house. Yes it needs work + insulation bla bla bla but if he plonks on a glass box at back it just wont work.

Where is Gustav from? Very unusual accent maybe a twang of South Africa but not sure.

I thought Dutch

lawred2 · 13-10-2019 9:52pm

Usual story... All concern about budget overrun and then they spaff another 70k into it.

Just like that...

Mac-Chops · 13-10-2019 9:52pm

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Grace Park Gardens, link posted above

Priced at 750K in 2016 :eek:

Was it mentioned what these guys do? Clearly something lucrative!

740k on PPR mid 2017. 150k budget... Wonder if they can keep it under the 1 mill total!

ShamoBuc · 13-10-2019 9:52pm

John Walsh the builder is great craic.

freshpopcorn · 13-10-2019 9:53pm

appledrop wrote: »

Where is Gustav from? Very unusual accent maybe a twang of South Africa but not sure.

There was a mention of somebody being from South Africa at the start!

HeidiHeidi · 13-10-2019 9:53pm

That's their A rating gone out the single-glazed, old, wooden windows!

James 007 · 13-10-2019 9:53pm

Andrew00 wrote: »

Obviously she is but rte want us to think Ireland is diverse and what not

Andrew your dead right, ethnic QS, two gay guys to show we have moved on, & a coloured son throwing in for good measure, anything else that would satisfy your way of thinking

HeidiHeidi · 13-10-2019 9:54pm

Mac-Chops wrote: »

740k on PPR mid 2017. 150k budget to keep it under the 1 mill was a good goal!

the 150 didn't last very long!

lawred2 · 13-10-2019 9:54pm

appledrop wrote: »

That's the exact words I said aswell! No surprise that the clients thought the same.

I hope Dermot does f**k this up. Beautiful old house. Yes it needs work + insulation bla bla bla but if he plonks on a glass box at back it just wont work.

Where is Gustav from? Very unusual accent maybe a twang of South Africa but not sure.

It'll work alright

jos28 · 13-10-2019 9:54pm

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Grace Park Gardens, link posted above

Priced at 750K in 2016 :eek:

Was it mentioned what these guys do? Clearly something lucrative!

Gustav is a banker and Greg is a youth worker

Atlantic Dawn · 13-10-2019 9:54pm

Lol, old school building work before regulations and that.

ScallionAyter · 13-10-2019 9:55pm

Andrew00 wrote: »

They had to get an ethnic quantity surveyor instead of an Irish one for "diversity"

Rte are a pisstake

Next week on Room to Improve: "The Ryans" hire Dermot to spruce up their house*

*in preparation for selling it and moving abroad.

Alf Veedersane · 13-10-2019 9:55pm

appledrop wrote: »

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Why the **** would you have two family bathrooms on the same floor, beside each other???

That's the exact words I said aswell! No surprise that the clients thought the same.

I hope Dermot does f**k this up. Beautiful old house. Yes it needs work + insulation bla bla bla but if he plonks on a glass box at back it just wont work.

Where is Gustav from? Very unusual accent maybe a twang of South Africa but not sure.

He's from South Africa

Atlantic Dawn · 13-10-2019 9:55pm

€1800 is farthings on this job.

lawred2 · 13-10-2019 9:56pm

Of course they have 1800

They just magicked up 70k for pointing bricks..

Ahaha a new roof

jos28 · 13-10-2019 9:56pm

Have they miraculously found another €70K

LirW · 13-10-2019 9:56pm

Mac-Chops wrote: »

740k on PPR mid 2017. 150k budget to keep it under the 1 mill was a good goal!

1 million for an A3 old redbrick in affluent Drumcondra is pretty decent. There are redbricks in the area for more than a million on the market that need work to make them warmer.

iamwhoiam · 13-10-2019 9:56pm

I am no expert but should a good architect not anticipate such problems?

appledrop · 13-10-2019 9:57pm

freshpopcorn wrote: »

There was a mention of somebody being from South Africa at the start!

Ah I was right. He doesn't have a really strong accent so hard to work out. He has probably lived away for years so has softened his accent.

HeidiHeidi · 13-10-2019 9:57pm

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

€1800 is farthings on this job.

Exactly.

Complete spoofery.

Now, 18K might be a different matter :eek:

lawred2 · 13-10-2019 9:57pm

Jaysus I've never seen Dermot so pale

ShamoBuc · 13-10-2019 9:57pm

Thay will frighten the shít out of them...........he's showing it's getting to him.

HeidiHeidi · 13-10-2019 9:57pm

iamwhoiam wrote: »

I am no expert but should a good architect not anticipate such problems?

It's a very old house - just looking at them costs a bloody bomb (I own one!)

SEPT 23 1989 · 13-10-2019 9:57pm

That’s not getting finished

Atlantic Dawn · 13-10-2019 9:57pm

Roof would be €20k plus to redo I'd think.

LirW · 13-10-2019 9:57pm

Even though we renovated 2 years ago, this whole situation hits home because we had some proper freak revelations too. I guess I'm still a bit sore.

tototoe · 13-10-2019 9:58pm

Delusional to think they could do this for 150k.

iamwhoiam · 13-10-2019 9:58pm

lawred2 wrote: »

Jaysus I've never seen Dermot so pale

He should have bloody well guessed those problems surely

appledrop · 13-10-2019 9:58pm

iamwhoiam wrote: »

I am no expert but should a good architect not anticipate such problems?

Yep like ffs it's an old house. I was laughing when he said 10 grand for electrics. A joke for a house that age.

Of course a roof that old will need a load of work.

juneg · 13-10-2019 9:59pm

iamwhoiam wrote: »

I am no expert but should a good architect not anticipate such problems?

This x 1000

Why does he never leave anything for repairs. Why is it always crisis fire fighting

RobertKK · 13-10-2019 9:59pm

There is always something...

Atlantic Dawn · 13-10-2019 10:00pm

€2500 for the chimney redone ain't bad.

Andrew00 · 13-10-2019 10:00pm

James 007 wrote: »

Andrew your dead right, ethnic QS, two gay guys to show we have moved on, & a coloured son throwing in for good measure, anything else that would satisfy your way of thinking

Exactly what I'm thinking but didn't want ta say it

Thargor · 13-10-2019 10:00pm

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Roof would be €20k plus to redo I'd think.

I cant believe the sub-10k prices they're throwing around tbh...

Alf Veedersane · 13-10-2019 10:00pm

iamwhoiam wrote: »

I am no expert but should a good architect not anticipate such problems?

Not on their own. The potential stuff should have been picked up in a survey, which wouldn't be the architects bag.

Atlantic Dawn · 13-10-2019 10:00pm

They should have told Dermot they had half the money they actually did.

lawred2 · 13-10-2019 10:01pm

Et voila more money

ShamoBuc · 13-10-2019 10:01pm

He seems ok ish with an extra 18k

Totally correct decision to do all of it now.

Roof light is coming back!

HeidiHeidi · 13-10-2019 10:01pm

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

They should have told Dermot they had half the money they actually did.

They presumably did.

That budget will have doubled by the time he's finished, you just watch.

lawred2 · 13-10-2019 10:02pm

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

They should have told Dermot they had half the money they actually did.

They did. Their budget was 150k. This will be 300k by the end.

iamwhoiam · 13-10-2019 10:02pm

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

Not on their own. The potential stuff should have been picked up in a survey, which wouldn't be the architects bag.

Even I would guess the house was old and the roof looked dodgy

LirW · 13-10-2019 10:02pm

Fair play to Gustav, he is some placid man.

Rockbeast2 · 13-10-2019 10:02pm

Jayziz, money pit

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