My Bungalow Bliss

iColdFusion · 14-12-2021 04:22PM

Really disappointed with this show, saw the ads and thought it was going to be a refreshing change to the home of the year / grand designs type of thing and closer to that Cheap Irish Homes show, you know something practical and useful for people struggling to buy a home who need tips on how to do up an old house that's in their budget but instead its another architect circle jerk pissing away other peoples money with crazy notions, they really need to get some grounded practical engineers onto the show to pull the grand visions back to reality and protect the owners.

On the first episode don't know how many times Wallace said "its all about the details" and detailing etc on a job that's gone €100k over budget and then they tried to make the husband feel bad for not making the kitchen counter as if he was throwing money away, not to mention the the architects going on about "the only limitations in materials is imagination" Its pretty disgusting the couple are meant to be supported by the design team and keep getting thrown under the bus, like who thought it was a great idea for them to move out and start demolition in the middle of a pandemic? I'm sure the makers of the show pushed them into that idea. Even with the delays no-one pushed them to layout the kitchen, sockets etc ahead of time, also I think to increase the drama of the show.

Cant stand Wallace's snarky commentary either, he should be helping them not being condescending of the problems they are having.

Sam Russell · 14-12-2021 05:34PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118320381#Comment_118320381

The point I was making is that a 'digger' in builders speak is a big noisy machine that runs on diesel. The other kind just wields a shovel or spade and does as he is told and runs on tea and breakfast rolls.

No mechanical digger could get in through the front door as it is blocked by stairs and doors which is why the suggestion of removing the outside wall to get it in.

gooner99 · 15-12-2021 12:01AM

Episode 3 info now up on the RTE website.

Looks more like a new build cottage to me. Stretching things by calling it a bungalow?

Supplier list includes more polished concrete flooring!

Atlantic Dawn · 15-12-2021 04:57AM

If the owner let bees move in to his beard he would have made enough cash from the honey to bankroll the mortgage for an identical 2nd house next door.

DeepBlue · 15-12-2021 02:20PM

@gooner99

Looks more like a new build cottage to me. Stretching things by calling it a bungalow?

Yep, would agree - that's a cottage and not a bungalow. Will be interesting to see how many hundreds of thousands of euros debt the owners will be landed with for the refurbishment of their weekend/holiday home.

ednwireland · 15-12-2021 02:32PM

hope the gutter people learnt a thing or two as they are coming to do the soffits and fascia on my bungalow in jan 😁

gooner99 · 15-12-2021 02:43PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118325284#Comment_118325284

Hope their prices haven't gone up due to their TV exposure.

ednwireland · 15-12-2021 03:57PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118325334#Comment_118325334

booked them months ago. unfortunately the job they are doing could expand (the Joy's of old houses)

they are based at the bottom of the road I live on !

MisterAnarchy · 15-12-2021 04:04PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118323065#Comment_118323065

Its a massive extension onto the back of the cottage, they showed a bit of it at the end of the last episode.

Muahahaha · 15-12-2021 04:18PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118320838#Comment_118320838

Cant stand Wallace's snarky commentary either, he should be helping them not being condescending of the problems they are having.

Thats what cant stand about Hugh Wallace either. Instead of offering architectural advice he is sniggering at them as they get buried in hundreds of thousands of euro of debt.

The worst one was an episode of Great Irish Houses he did, it was an old Georgian house on the Phibsborough Road near McGowans pub. She paid 500k for the house and had a 200k budget with 8 month renovation schedule in the hope of moving in for Christmas. Everything that could go wrong on the build went wrong, it needed a new roof and new foundations and she didnt get in until almost two years after it started. Every few months Wallace would show up to site with the camera crew to snigger at her problems. In the final scene of course Wallace is asking her about the final cost (which was near 1 million) and the glee in his face was sickening. There is something perverse about getting off on other peoples misfortune but its even more galling that he is an architect who should be helping. He thinks he is making fantastic dramatic tv but the reality is he is just being a prize kunt.

leath_dub · 15-12-2021 04:34PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118326199#Comment_118326199

I remember that house in Phibsborough and your summary of that epsode is just how I remember it. Sneery, smug and zero practical advice. I wonder what regular members of the architectural profession feel about Hugh Wallace being one of the most prominent representatives of their industry in this county?

15-12-2021 04:42PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118325212#Comment_118325212

What would be the definition of a cottage v bungalow?

gooner99 · 15-12-2021 04:51PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118326102#Comment_118326102

The original "Bungalow" was approx 60sqm with the same again added as an extension. Be interesting to see the cost, as it's a common enough extension idea for cottages.

gooner99 · 15-12-2021 04:56PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118326315#Comment_118326315

Good question. I think when our man Wallace was on the radio, he said they typically were single story rectangular, front facing to the road, with large windows on that elevation. Narrow corridor in the middle with rooms off to each side. Oddly ours and next doors were gable on to the road. Planning condition.

15-12-2021 05:16PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118326392#Comment_118326392

Yeh that corridor layout is a good differentiator I think. A cottage I guess would typically enter into an more open area, either the kitchen or a living space, with additional rooms off that space. I’ve a cottage and would never refer to it as a bungalow but never really thought why, as is still single story, facing into the boreen, rectangular, etc. But no corridors

gooner99 · 15-12-2021 06:08PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118326478#Comment_118326478

Would the bungalow in episode two now be a hybrid. Doors opens into the sitting room, but there is still a central hallway?

gooner99 · 15-12-2021 06:44PM

Great opportunity for all you fans of Hugh.

thomas 123 · 15-12-2021 09:15PM

I'm really excited to see how much money can be spent in the smallest amount of space tonight.

Pussyhands · 15-12-2021 09:30PM

Why do RTE give him so many shows?

Home of the Year

Great House Revival

My Bungalow Bliss

Probably missing some aswell. First time I ever heard of the man and the Home of the Year and I thought lowly of him. Home of the Year? How can there be a home of the year? Every one makes their own home the way they love it. Who gives a **** what other people think of your "home? Would any one of the people on the show actually swap their home for someone elses? No they wouldn't. Just another chance for people to blow their own horn and show how much money they have.

Princess Calla · 15-12-2021 09:53PM

Is tonight the last episode in the series or are we just hitting Christmas scheduling next week?

ShamNNspace · 15-12-2021 10:02PM

^to watch the other half

sit in their open plan kitchens

staring at the lonely mountain through their floor to ceiling feature windows

and their empty fridges and empty pockets

waiting for those friends they promised to entertain

who never come

sully123 · 15-12-2021 10:04PM

Interesting about Hugh, how much he used to drink. Never gave it up, just found a way to cut back to a more reasonable amount.

gooner99 · 15-12-2021 10:05PM

There is one final episode after Christmas. Interestingly the house of one of the architects featured on Great house revival. An old national school with a contemporary extension. If I remember right from watching it on the player earlier this year they went to site with a budget of 200k. When Hugh asked at the end he said it came in just under 200k. So value can be got when needs be!

ShamNNspace · 15-12-2021 10:46PM

Arry I thought with coastal erosion that back garden would be gone in 20 years the way they were talkin this year

jos28 · 15-12-2021 10:49PM

How can you build so close to the cliff with coastal erosion a real concern ? Any guesses on how much they will spend over the €230K

jos28 · 15-12-2021 10:49PM

Thargor · 15-12-2021 10:50PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118328285#Comment_118328285

Thats what Im thinking, insurance will be an issue here aswell surely, interesting episode though.

ShamNNspace · 15-12-2021 10:51PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118328300#Comment_118328300

Whats the foundation going to cost??

Storm 10 · 15-12-2021 10:52PM

They are only going to use it as their weekend home for fck sake they are well off this is not what I thought the show was about going on past shows

jos28 · 15-12-2021 10:54PM

I knew they were going to say €350K, seriously this would put you off hiring an architect. Giving them a very bad name, can they not design to budget ??

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