Room to Improve (v2)

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

the_pen_turner · 13-10-2019 10:03PM

its crazy that the chimney wasnt included. its very shook looking. it wasnt hidden in any way.

HeidiHeidi · 13-10-2019 10:03PM

They so didn't just make that decision in the car just like that.

Why can't they just show the thing as it happens without staging stupid stuff like that? Drives me mad.

ShamoBuc · 13-10-2019 10:03PM

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

€2500 for the chimney redone ain't bad.

It's very good but I suppose all the scaffold will be there already.

Beechwoodspark · 13-10-2019 10:03PM

This is why I can’t take to this show. Money and more money on tap every damn week.

Lisha · 13-10-2019 10:04PM

Oh God feeling fragile while meeting Dermot could be dodgy

Atlantic Dawn · 13-10-2019 10:05PM

Why would builders not have used RSJ's in house extensions about 40-50 years ago?

Alf Veedersane · 13-10-2019 10:06PM

iamwhoiam wrote: »

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

They don't know what the issue is with the roof or the extent of it yet. It has to be investigated.

To be fair, it's easy to say you think the roof looks dodgy when it appears on screen when they flag a potential problem with it.

I've seen some jobs that turned out to be structurally fine that looked like work was needed.

el Fenomeno · 13-10-2019 10:06PM

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

This is why I can’t take to this show. Money and more money on tap every damn week.

I wish there was some genuine thought and ingenuity, with some difficult decisions and sacrifices, in order to solve these problems.

Feels like a cop out that these families and couples just add 50-100k to their budget to overcome them

iamwhoiam · 13-10-2019 10:06PM

No window that opens in the kitchen ? No way would I agree to that

Lisha · 13-10-2019 10:07PM

Dermot being shocked is funny

ShamoBuc · 13-10-2019 10:07PM

The wallpaper is rather hideous. They say whacky but I'm not seeing it as that. Final product will be interesting.

appledrop · 13-10-2019 10:08PM

Dermot will not be impressed with these two.

Going off buying their own stuff. Ha ha fair play to them. Dermot is an architect not an interior designer.

Some of their taste seems wacky but each to their own.

HeidiHeidi · 13-10-2019 10:08PM

That wallpaper is brilliant! I love it.

Dermot, they're the ones who are going to be looking at it, get over it ffs.

Mam of 4 · 13-10-2019 10:08PM

Let them have their wallpaper !

It's their house , their decorative decisions ffs !

LirW · 13-10-2019 10:09PM

iamwhoiam wrote: »

No window that opens in the kitchen ? No way would I agree to that

They have 2 windows right next to the pane that will open.

el Fenomeno · 13-10-2019 10:09PM

Where is Dermot going to shoehorn timber slats in this week?

Cypher_sounds · 13-10-2019 10:09PM

Lads if ye don’t know by now all the budget malarkey is purely for entertainment on the show.

Most of the clients are well able to afford whatever extra costs arise, no problem.

HeidiHeidi · 13-10-2019 10:09PM

Does anyone actually live in that Monkstown house?

appledrop · 13-10-2019 10:09PM

iamwhoiam wrote: »

No window that opens in the kitchen ? No way would I agree to that

Absolute madness. I dont care what fancy extractor fan you have you need to open a window to let out cooking smells!

LirW · 13-10-2019 10:10PM

Yeah I think a wallpaper like that with the right fixtures can look rather cool. They strike me as people that know very well what they're doing with decoration.

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