Room to Improve (v2)

Atlantic Dawn · 13-10-2019 10:21pm

Dying to know how much this will be.

LirW · 13-10-2019 10:21pm

Gustav is Dermots nemesis. He shuts the big D down in a matter of seconds.
I want to be friends with that man.

Andrew00 · 13-10-2019 10:22pm

They've just skipped everything and went to the end wtf

el Fenomeno · 13-10-2019 10:23pm

Andrew00 wrote: »

They've just skipped everything and went to the end wtf

Again. This is the new format, which is such a shame.

gmisk · 13-10-2019 10:23pm

Andrew00 wrote: »

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

Rte are a pisstake

They might just be good at their job?
She seems pretty clued in.

It was also probably the only person left that Dermot hasn't ditched....how many QS has he had now?!

passremarkable · 13-10-2019 10:23pm

A mess

Beechwoodspark · 13-10-2019 10:23pm

Cheaper to make the shows this way. And less hassle. Just show up when rebuild is done.

iamwhoiam · 13-10-2019 10:23pm

Oh god !! The mish mash would stress me out

barneygumble99 · 13-10-2019 10:24pm

Skipped the guts of the rebuild as usual

RobertKK · 13-10-2019 10:24pm

That is a horrible colour.

Atlantic Dawn · 13-10-2019 10:24pm

Really want to know how much that counter top was.

tototoe · 13-10-2019 10:25pm

You get the impression the lads told dermot to feic off on the interior, not mad about it myself tbh

RobertKK · 13-10-2019 10:25pm

The second colour is nicer.

appledrop · 13-10-2019 10:25pm

I know had to put phone down + was like wtf the end!

I adore that dark sitting room. Wouldn't work in a lot of house but does in that house with big room + tall ceilings.

Love that worktop!

Ah the doors are not that bad in kitchen. They do actually slide back + makes kitchen very sleek looking.

Atlantic Dawn · 13-10-2019 10:26pm

How is there an A3 rating with that wooden front door on the house?

HeidiHeidi · 13-10-2019 10:26pm

Reception rooms - utterly fab.

Kitchen - wtf? It's bizarre. Looks like a giant bathroom, and a weirdly impractical shape.

Rockbeast2 · 13-10-2019 10:26pm

Not that I agree with PINK(!), but I'd certainly wait two months for it if spending this much on project...

CH3OH · 13-10-2019 10:26pm

Where do the dogs sleep?

appledrop · 13-10-2019 10:26pm

Wtf is that bathroom!

iamwhoiam · 13-10-2019 10:26pm

Upstairs is nice . But just not for me

Autosport · 13-10-2019 10:27pm

Not a fan of the wallpaper in the bathroom

Mam of 4 · 13-10-2019 10:27pm

I like it ,.apart from the kitchen . Don't like the marble altar , , they have put their own stamp in the house , it's not clinical or sterile , it's different

iamwhoiam · 13-10-2019 10:28pm

I hate the kitchen . Its like an airport bathroom

Logan Roy · 13-10-2019 10:28pm

The gaps where the wallpaper is misaligned

not a great series tbh, none of the houses were wow for me.

Atlantic Dawn · 13-10-2019 10:28pm

So €1million total.

el Fenomeno · 13-10-2019 10:28pm

Just the 90k increase on original budget :rolleyes:

MikeD22 · 13-10-2019 10:28pm

Wallpaper doesn't line up.....between the mirrors in the bathroom.

I'm annoyed.

STIG83 · 13-10-2019 10:29pm

The wall paper is not even straight at the joints!!

LizT · 13-10-2019 10:29pm

It's not my cup of tea but you can definitely tell the two owners live there and it's their style. Seems like it will be a happy home for them and it was nice for someone to stand up to Dermot.

Atlantic Dawn · 13-10-2019 10:29pm

Francis Brennan, ffs.

Autosport · 13-10-2019 10:29pm

No episode next week :eek:

freshpopcorn · 13-10-2019 10:29pm

After about a week I'd never close the door to get into the oven!

griffinlee · 13-10-2019 10:29pm

Does the budget like the 240k for this rebuild, does it include the kitchen and the stone?, the floors etc?

ScallionAyter · 13-10-2019 10:30pm

Insufferable, pretentious pair of w&nkers.

Awful episode with zero humour, zero chemistry, zero charm.

When Noah hits 16 and is blasting out some gangster rap music, they'll be turning it back into two apartments.

Alf Veedersane · 13-10-2019 10:31pm

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

How is there an A3 rating with that wooden front door on the house?

It's only a door...small area, small heat loss.

SteelyDanJalapeno · 13-10-2019 10:31pm

How much was the extension? I though I seen a figure of around 30k, seems very cheap

LirW · 13-10-2019 10:32pm

I love it!
I appreciate it's not everyone's taste and that's okay but this was the rare occasion the owners have a very good imagination of how things look when complete and put together.
Don't underestimate how bad people's imagination is.

Also my hall is painted in a very similar colour that their living room has.

CH3OH · 13-10-2019 10:33pm

I like the program, but really think it had lost the run of itself.
Ridiculous budget overruns. Unlimited money just pulled out of the air.
No connection with the average viewer who might be looking to do a job on their own house.

And I'm not bitter!

Rockbeast2 · 13-10-2019 10:34pm

HUGE budget there.

Don't like the brickwork finish outside.

Bit of a Jack&Vera from Corrie about it.

Nice gaff in the end, though.

ShamoBuc · 13-10-2019 10:35pm

Colour was all over the shop - not to my liking at all.
Reception rooms were nice but the art work over the fireplaces seemed completely out of place and overall was too 'busy'.
Kitchen was only alright. When you made a splash at the sink it would just go on the window, no splash back. Cleaning the window would be fair awkward.
That wallpaper was hideous and looked poorly put up.

Going to miss it now it's gone for a while.

iamwhoiam · 13-10-2019 10:37pm

ShamoBuc wrote: »

Colour was all over the shop - not to my liking at all.
Reception rooms were nice but the art work over the fireplaces seemed completely out of place and overall was too 'busy'.
Kitchen was only alright. When you made a splash at the sink it would just go on the window, no splash back. Cleaning the window would be fair awkward.
That wallpaper was hideous and looked poorly put up.

Going to miss it now it's gone for a while.

The picture of Jesus in the middle of it all looked so strange

gmisk · 13-10-2019 10:38pm

Andrew00 wrote: »

Two nice chaps. I hope the son doesn't get bullied in school by horrible people

Kids generally are pretty accepting of people in my experience, their parents can be less so

splinter65 · 13-10-2019 10:38pm

ScallionAyter wrote: »

Insufferable, pretentious pair of w&nkers.

Awful episode with zero humour, zero chemistry, zero charm.

When Noah hits 16 and is blasting out some gangster rap music, they'll be turning it back into two apartments.

Glenn will have many’s the screaming tantrum between now and then. He’s going to be sick of that horrible kitchen in about 6 weeks time and there’ll be hell to pay. Noah and Gus will have to barricade themselves in the sitting room with the Little Child of Prague.

HeidiHeidi · 13-10-2019 10:39pm

Jaysus, I've hung wallpaper better myself than that in the bathroom :eek:

But I have to say I loved it.

That house screams "them", which is what every house should do.

The did a fabulous job on the main old house (in as much as I could tell with the whistle-stop gallop around it). I usually don't mind Dermot's glass-box extensions/courtyards/etc - but that one was absolutely awful :eek: No no no no no no no no.

The two family bathrooms beside each other on the same floor after all??

The stations of the cross looking down on the pair of 'em in bed from the mantlepiece?

Was that the other QS that we saw laughing in the crowd shot at the end?

Did they get new windows in the end? Didn't look like it.....

jos28 · 13-10-2019 10:40pm

There were aspects that I liked and some that I didn't. Loved the warm rich tones in the living room. I really liked the bathroom wallpaper although the wall paper hanger should have been shot for the badly aligned sheets. My Dad taught me to wallpaper many years ago and I wouldn't have got away with those gaps.
I thought the kitchen seemed very cold and impractical.
I hate white pointing on old red brick, the house next door looked so much nicer.
Fair play to them all the same, fab house with their personal stamp in a great location. The whole budget thing this season is driving me crazy. Opening budget €150K, closing price €290K ????

13-10-2019 10:41pm

ScallionAyter wrote: »

Insufferable, pretentious pair of w&nkers.

Awful episode with zero humour, zero chemistry, zero charm.

When Noah hits 16 and is blasting out some gangster rap music, they'll be turning it back into two apartments.

I like Gustav , he’s funny and pretty laid back, Glenn on the other hand seems quite wound up, angry, intense . It should be a fun enjoyable experience , don’t get his angst but wish them well with their lovely house. Well done on them sticking to their guns on decor.

Actually I take that back, they’re both much happier and smiley at the end , and why wouldn’t they be !

freshpopcorn · 13-10-2019 10:41pm

I thought it was okay.
There was certain elements of it was nice, different.

Whilst it was an A rated house and you could wear a t-shirt in it in Winter I felt it lacked the cosyness to relax on the couch and watch TV on a Winters night if that makes sense!(If that makes sense)

splinter65 · 13-10-2019 10:42pm

iamwhoiam wrote: »

The picture of Jesus in the middle of it all looked so strange

I’ve found in my experience that that’s an effort at “sticking it to the man”.
The Sacred Heart picture was so representative of old Catholic Ireland and everything that went with it that’s almost completely disappeared now.
It must seem like some kind of a victory to stick him up on a wall in a home that was literally unthinkable even 40 years ago.

Thargor · 13-10-2019 10:44pm

STIG83 wrote: »

The wall paper is not even straight at the joints!!

MikeD22 wrote: »

Wallpaper doesn't line up.....between the mirrors in the bathroom.

I'm annoyed.

It was horrific!

A fairly meh episode with the most bland result of the whole series I thought, I dont like those houses though.

Whe do we get to see Dermots house being done does anyone know?

hawkelady · 13-10-2019 10:44pm

splinter65 wrote: »

I’ve found in my experience that that’s an effort at “sticking it to the man”.
The Sacred Heart picture was so representative of old Catholic Ireland and everything that went with it that’s almost completely disappeared now.
It must seem like some kind of a victory to stick him up on a wall in a home that was literally unthinkable even 40 years ago.

That bathroom will be unthinkable 40 years from now ffs !!!

Room to Improve (v2)

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