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Room to Improve (v2)

Mr E

Mod: My new RTI v2 thread was highjacked by Grand Designs chat, so I renamed it and started this thread.

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Thargor

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

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

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

lawred2

Et voila more money

ShamoBuc

He seems ok ish with an extra 18k

Totally correct decision to do all of it now.

Roof light is coming back!

HeidiHeidi

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

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

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

Fair play to Gustav, he is some placid man.

Rockbeast2

Jayziz, money pit

the_pen_turner

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

HeidiHeidi

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

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

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

Lisha

Oh God feeling fragile while meeting Dermot could be dodgy

Atlantic Dawn

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

Alf Veedersane

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

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

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

Lisha

Dermot being shocked is funny

ShamoBuc

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

appledrop

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

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

Let them have their wallpaper !

It's their house , their decorative decisions ffs !

LirW

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

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

Cypher_sounds

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

Does anyone actually live in that Monkstown house?

appledrop

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

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.