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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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memorystick

People showed be watching proper tv that broadens their minds instead of buying into property therapy that RTE and other media outlets push in the interest of their sponsors. It’s corrupting people’s priorities and leading to unnecessary stress and conflict.

gmisk

jos28 wrote: »

Ah folks let's get back on track. This is the Room to Improve thread - no room for other nonsense. Live and let live. Wishing yourself and your partner many years of happiness Gminsk.

Agreed.

It's gmisk...gminsk is a bad Belarusian copy

Thanks very much, really appreciate it.
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I did get asked at work (newish job) and who is the lucky bride???
- er Thomas
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I actually thought the sausage dog thing was cool btw but it would be seriously uncomfortable

Mam of 4

memorystick wrote: »

People showed be watching proper tv that broadens their minds instead of buying into property therapy that RTE and other media outlets push in the interest of their sponsors. It’s corrupting people’s priorities and leading to unnecessary stress and conflict.

Why did you watch it so ?

gmisk

memorystick wrote: »

People showed be watching proper tv that broadens their minds instead of buying into property therapy that RTE and other media outlets push in the interest of their sponsors. It’s corrupting people’s priorities and leading to unnecessary stress and conflict.

With the ratings this show gets that ain't gonna happen any time soon.

It's ok to like lots of different types of tv you know I do.
I can watch chernobyl or anything on Walter presents and a marathon come dine with me side by side.

memorystick

Mam of 4 wrote: »

Why did you watch it so ?

I sat down with the missus. It’s my first time to see it in years. Terrible scutter

HeidiHeidi

memorystick wrote: »

People showed be watching proper tv that broadens their minds instead of buying into property therapy that RTE and other media outlets push in the interest of their sponsors. It’s corrupting people’s priorities and leading to unnecessary stress and conflict.

Ah here. It's a bit of light entertainment on a Sunday night!

awanderer

physioman wrote: »

Suddenly declared a homophobe because I believe that a child needs a mother and father as parents. Hilarious. What exactly can a man teach his child about how a woman feels?

I would say:very little. On the other hand, I am a woman and I have no idea how " a woman " feels. Women were not all cast from the same mould. I was raised without a father (died when my older sister was 3 and my younger sister 1). I probably missed a male presence in my life but that had more to do with the fact that my mother had no friends and was never close to anyone. That child might be loved by a grand-mother, aunt, close family friend... He is obviously loved anyway and that is more than many children can hope for.

I like the way the house is decorated. It is really their home not the usual bland architech's house. But I agree with most posters: every programm seems unfinished this year. It seems to have been edited by a "that will do,sure" kind of person.

jos28

gmisk wrote: »

Agreed.

It's gmisk...gminsk is a bad Belarusian copy

Thanks very much, really appreciate it.
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I did get asked at work (newish job) and who is the lucky bride???
- er Thomas
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I actually thought the sausage dog thing was cool btw but it would be seriously uncomfortable

Sorry, just copped that and edited it

Alf Veedersane

memorystick wrote: »

People showed be watching proper tv that broadens their minds instead of buying into property therapy that RTE and other media outlets push in the interest of their sponsors. It’s corrupting people’s priorities and leading to unnecessary stress and conflict.

What is proper tv and why weren't you watching it instead or off broadening your horizons another way?

gmisk

jos28 wrote: »

Sorry, just copped that and edited it

I am only messing appreciate the good wishes

Mam of 4

memorystick wrote: »

I sat down with the missus. It’s my first time to see it in years. Terrible scutter

Ah ok , I thought you were physically tied down to a chair , with your eyes taped open and made watch it

memorystick

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Ah here. It's a bit of light entertainment on a Sunday night!

No it’s not entertainment. It’s a program designed to sell the notion that people need to ‘upgrade’ their homes. With so much stuff to watch and see, why would one wast their time on this shît.

Calhoun

The wall paper in the bathroom was put up crooked, otherwise it wasn't bad.

I didn't like the bathroom on bathroom, I know why they had to do it but would have personally sacrificed a bedroom for a nice ensuite in the master.

Did they actually show the skylight Dermot wanted ? I don't remember seeing it.

HeidiHeidi

memorystick wrote: »

No it’s not entertainment. It’s a program designed to sell the notion that people need to ‘upgrade’ their homes. With so much stuff to watch and see, why would one wast their time on this shît.

Well I find it entertaining...... which is why I watch it.

You don't have to, you know!

Alf Veedersane

memorystick wrote: »

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Ah here. It's a bit of light entertainment on a Sunday night!

No it’s not entertainment. It’s a program designed to sell the notion that people need to ‘upgrade’ their homes. With so much stuff to watch and see, why would one wast their time on this shît.

Breaking Bad didn't sell me the notion to make and sell drugs to make money for my family so I think I'll manage watching Room To Improve without feeling obliged to upgrade my home because of pristine white walls or a sausage dog seat.

That said, most people do need to upgrade the energy efficiency of their homes so I wish it would show more of that.

HeidiHeidi

Calhoun wrote: »

The wall paper in the bathroom was put up crooked, otherwise it wasn't bad.

I didn't like the bathroom on bathroom, I know why they had to do it but would have personally sacrificed a bedroom for a nice ensuite in the master.

Did they actually show the skylight Dermot wanted ? I don't remember seeing it.

They didn't show loads of stuff they mentioned along the way... as they often don't.

I agree, with those huge rooms it was nuts not to put in a small en suite (or even a big one) in the master bedroom.

They were equally puzzled/aghast at the idea of two bathrooms side by side when Dermot first mentioned it - yet they wound up with exactly that. How did that happen?

memorystick

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Well I find it entertaining...... which is why I watch it.

You don't have to, you know!

It’s ‘nursing home’ tv. Stupid programs for simpler brains.

HeidiHeidi

memorystick wrote: »

It’s ‘nursing home’ tv. Stupid programs for simpler brains.

Gee, thanks for the compliment.

You enjoyed it, so?

Might I suggest some Complan or milky hot chocolate next time you sit down to watch, might help improve your mood :rolleyes:

Alf Veedersane

memorystick wrote: »

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Well I find it entertaining...... which is why I watch it.

You don't have to, you know!

It’s ‘nursing home’ tv. Stupid programs for simpler brains.

Does your missus know you think she has a simpler brain?

memorystick

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

Does your missus know you think she has a simpler brain?

Yes. I married a woman 30 years older than me. She is not as sharp as she was.

Franz Von Peppercorn II

memorystick wrote: »

Yes. I married a woman 30 years older than me. She is not as sharp as she was.

Ah. Visiting her in the nursing room, were we?

Any chance you’d leave this thread to those of us who want to comment on the show.

ShamoBuc

Last couple af pages have been a hard read, posters just back from the pub perhaps.
Hopefully they'll fall asleep on the couch shortly.

siblers

Don't understand why they bother with budgets when every episode now has the budget being exceeded by around 30%.

There's never extra money yet there always is.

I wonder if they put a bathroom in the top floor? You'd get fair sick of going up and down the stairs for the bathroom if your room was on the top floor

Calhoun

siblers wrote: »

Don't understand why they bother with budgets when every episode now has the budget being exceeded by around 30%.

There's never extra money yet there always is.

I wonder if they put a bathroom in the top floor? You'd get fair sick of going up and down the stairs for the bathroom if your room was on the top floor

I think a big part of the budget is people have ideas and goals in mind about what their money will stretch to but it never does.

HeidiHeidi

siblers wrote: »

I wonder if they put a bathroom in the top floor? You'd get fair sick of going up and down the stairs for the bathroom if your room was on the top floor

Only the guests were going to be subjected to that.

Their bedroom, and the kid's bedroom, and the two bathrooms, were all on the first floor/return.

ETA - actually now that I think of it.....it was a three storey house, they'd usually have two storey returns (can't remember if it did from the start of the programme, but I'd be very surprised if it didn't) - why didn't they spread the bathrooms more evenly around the house. Gets more bizarre the more I think about it!

memorystick

Franz Von Peppercorn II wrote: »

Ah. Visiting her in the nursing room, were we?

Any chance you’d leave this thread to those of us who want to comment on the show.

I want to comment on the show. Why bring my wife into this?

MrMusician18

LizT wrote: »

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.

I just don't get this attitude. Dermot is the expert and if the one with the vision in his head for the project. When you engage an architect you have to trust them, otherwise it ends up a mish mash and uncoordinated.

You wouldn't hire a mountain guide then turn around and tell them this is the way you want to get down the mountain...

nuac

sliabh 1956 wrote: »

Im no architecht but surely when you work on and old house the roof would be the first item on my list. What they discovered beggars belief that this was not investegated more thorougly

Do they not have an engineer survey the house at an early stage? Would spot problems earlier - e.g, the roof in the current episode, walls to be supported if excavating for underfloor heating,
Dermot does not seem to be interested in such detail

nuac

gmisk wrote: »

I think you are underestimating kids they are pretty accepting of diversity.
Also the gay marriage referendum changed feck all about adoption
https://www.thejournal.ie/same-sex-marriage-referendum-geoffrey-shannon-2097220-May2015/

But hey it passed in spite of some people, I can now marry my partner of 7 years in 2 weeks time.

Good luck to both of ye

Franz Von Peppercorn II

MrMusician18 wrote: »

I just don't get this attitude. Dermot is the expert and if the one with the vision in his head for the project. When you engage an architect you have to trust them, otherwise it ends up a mish mash and uncoordinated.

You wouldn't hire a mountain guide then turn around and tell them this is the way you want to get down the mountain...

but he’s not an interior designer. People might get the impression, from the show, that interior design is common amongst architects, but it isn’t.

And in fact interior designers are more collaborative with their clients. They get a brief, present their ideas, listen to responses and discuss most/all of the furniture they are going to buy. You’re paying.

(I know this from having one in our house for a refurb, but mostly from watching interior design shows.)