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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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Mr.Crinklewood

No dog

sad face

vladmydad

I’ve had 6 cups of tea watching this so far

Belkin1975

el Fenomeno wrote: »

Did Dermot get some work done, or some botox just before this part (week 3)? His eyes look a bit suspect!

Thank God it’s not only me. Maybe he is going to have a Botox room like the houses he looked at in LA? I still can’t get over how much the house will cost when finished??

ShamoBuc

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

All the wood must have cost a fortune.

The Sultan was paying, money no object.

raspberrypi67

What is it about windows NEVER arriving on time....

the_pen_turner

Charlie19 wrote: »

There is no way the tender had three quotes and all came within 5k of each other. You might expect that on a job of say 100k not 600k.

not nessiserally. if everything wasa specced in every detail then it could easily happen. lads like dermot are ocd about details so it wouldnt suprise me if the spec was insanily detailed

mfceiling

Right...my friends used the same builder at roughly the same time as they did the work here.
The build went relatively smoothly and the programme editors wanted there to be drama for the TV. Unfortunately for them pretty much everything went to plan with no upsets.

channelsurfer2

It's a mad price. Bet the water runs into the kitchen within a year

Atlantic Dawn

All the wood must have cost a fortune.

vladmydad

el Fenomeno wrote: »

Did Dermot get some work done, or some botox just before this part (week 3)? His eyes look a bit suspect!

I thought the same when I last saw him on the late late show, I’d say RTE have a deal with some cosmetic clinic.

raspberrypi67

What Boll**, why does he need to go visiting the UK,,,,,othing like a semi friggin D....!

SEPT 23 1989

The state of that

appledrop

griffinlee wrote: »

His Neighbours house is on daft for 1.7mill

Ah yea but will it sell? You can put any price on a house. Doesnt mean it's worth it. They probably have notions now Dermot has moved in.

jos28

The builder should have his name and logo everywhere. Very little branding involved, bit of a missed opportunity

Charlie19

There is no way the tender had three quotes and all came within 5k of each other. You might expect that on a job of say 100k not 600k.

the_pen_turner

only a fool would funnel the water into the middle of the building.
why didnt he put another wall outside so that you have 2 cavities and hide a pipe in the outside one.

honeybear

Suddenly I’m loving my own little abode

Atlantic Dawn

I'd go pipe at the back of the house, nobody is going to be making comments on the pipe.

_Kaiser_

appledrop wrote: »

Mad money 1.5 million for a semi-di.

Drumcondra nice but no house in that area worth that amount of money.

I agree. Plus he wants to keep half of the interior as well and acknowledges it'll be a mix of old and new.

Personally (and it is just my opinion) I think that's ridiculous. You want the whole house to look uniform.. Not the obvious "and here's where the extension starts" - unless of course that's the point for bragging rights?

I'm not much on art!

raspberrypi67

O we have problems........

griffinlee

appledrop wrote: »

Mad money 1.5 million for a semi-di.

Drumcondra nice but no house in that area worth that amount of money.

His Neighbours house is on daft for 1.7mill

awanderer

It makes so much sense that he chose Patricia as his QS. I always found her impressive at her job. She was always fighting the customers' corner and didn't let Dermott or the builders impress her. The following QS all seemed much too aware that they were on a TV show staring Dermot. Patricia was on a building site working for the customers who paid her.
It is sad that the first comments made about her here were about her teeth.

honeybear

Programme missing his wife’s involvement and I can totally understand why she might not want to be on tv

el Fenomeno

Did Dermot get some work done, or some botox just before this part (week 3)? His eyes look a bit suspect!

raspberrypi67

20 years experience....lets see if it pays off...hmmmmm

MisterAnarchy

jos28 wrote: »

350k to 600k - where do you just find 250k

He isn't spending 600k or anywhere near that .
The show is fantasy ,all the figures are just plucked out of the air.

Surely he could pull in some favors from all the suppliers and builders he’s given publicly to over the years.

Himself and those boyos have made a fortune over the years off the gullible people on his show.

The Princess Bride

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

For 1.5 million in Dublin I would want to be able to hear the sea hitting rocks at the bottom of my garden

And be serenaded by mermaids every night before you sleep!

appledrop

Mad money 1.5 million for a semi-di.

Drumcondra nice but no house in that area worth that amount of money.

jos28

Drumcondra would be a great spot to live. I heard Dermot being interviewed about moving a couple of years ago. He said that they had outgrown the house but wanted to stay in the area because of his kid's involvement in sports, school etc

SEPT 23 1989

For 1.5 million in Dublin I would want to be able to hear the sea hitting rocks at the bottom of my garden