My Bungalow Bliss

Same craic on this one, mentioned how cold the original house was at the start then no more about it, would have liked to see which heating system they used? how they insulated it? practical stuff, likes the oul plamausing that guy, he's on screen too much, the build should be the star not him

Thought that too, imagine the original cottage was at least dry-lined. At least they didn't go digging up the floor in pursuit of fancy under floor heating revealing a structural issue which had to be sorted!

Didn't notice the flooring, but the supplier list mentions polished concrete. So they may have dug up the cottage floor.

You can play with the final budget too. Is it the build cost or the cost with everything right down to the soft furnishings. Some very fancy finishes. Big money in any case, but much better value than last week's. I really feel for that couple.

So do we think that the final bungalow will come in on budget, given that the architects house on great house revival when aired came in slightly under budget?

Well to be fair their parents were in Riverdance. Their parents run an Irish dancing school. So it's not really beyond the realms of possibility that they will continue in their parents footsteps (dance steps 😅) if they want to.

My comments on My Bungalow Bliss on 15th Dec.

It was a wonderful Architectural design given the financial constraints.

They stated that it cost approx €140k +€350k. I would think it cost more.

Buying property and renovating is an investment only. Was it a good investment- the only way to answer that question- is to offer it for sale.

Congratulations to McCabe Architects.

Well done to Hugh for an enjoyable show.

The original cottage tonight was perfect as a holiday or weekend home - in my opinion they could have just upgraded the original cottage instead of extending - the end result was good but it's no longer the traditional cottage it was. It's the views that made the house special - take away the views and it's just an ok house. I don't think I would be able to sleep at night there for fear the house would end up in the sea.

Do Yee think they were being honest on the final amount it cost - I don't think they were. I didn't warm to tonight's couple at all.

I'd say he was well in control of the budget, note the frameless corners were abandoned, and the 2700 saving on the marble splashback for the kitchen, i mean 3000 for a splashback?

Yeah Hugh had some bitchy comment over that. Ffs it's a splashback who really gives a sh1te once it serves it's purpose and is kept clean.

I thought it was lovely anyway.

The only things I didn't really like were the gold fittings in the bathroom...thought that was abit tacky.

The rest of the build was gorgeous once you get over the tiny matter of cliff erosion 🙈.

Look, open plan living in the small bungalow on the cover!

Looking at the planning drawing, there was no curved wall and the bedroom had its own entrance. A different layout with a curved wall and a relocated bedroom was submitted later, but withdrawn. On the layout you've posted it looks like the introduced the curved wall and removed the bedroom entrance to allow for a larger bathroom.