Most people I know who've gone this route houses ends up looking like normal homes after while.
They've all gotten rid of the white and grey and ended up with colours, picture's, extra bits of furniture and clothes horses.
One common thing I've seen/known about is they ended up with loads of cushions/throws to make the place more cosey and got blinds or curtains especially for the Winter evenings.
Does it not make sense to plan for the future. Most people wont have the money in their old age to do a big job on their house to make it age friendly. What if elderly parents etc come to stay with them.
I dont live in a bungalow but I do have a bedroom and bathroom downstairs should anything happen in the future that makes climbing stairs difficult - but I never intend to move so it made sense to make it futureproof.
A vanity unit is trivial compared to correcting different levels, steps etc.
I've no issue with planning for the future, but you can't live your life according to what MIGHT happen.
theres a saying 'perfection is the enemy of good' - in this case, if people were to wait around chasing the perfect house that covers every single potential outcome, they might never have something that would cover 95% of all possible needs.
My comments about the stepped entrance were about the previous two weeks, effectively new builds, and Bannon slapped in steps at both front doors, in breach of Part M.
Read up on universal design. A competent designer will have no difficulty achieving this goal.
Clearly hit the shelf of the press door.
He got a massive screen and projector. Like a cinema a guess. 😂
Completely pointless. Better off having two of them as fixed windows without a centre split. Then put a bi fold on the very end of the extension.
Except she says 'joyces' when she means 'joists'. A bit pedantic, but it put me off her.
All commentary and criticism aside 190k for a small extension that did not include some joinery, the garden and the furniture... I cannot see Bannon on next year as the vast majority of Irish people will simply not be able to afford this. He may have to travel to the UK where prices are within the sphere of reality of being reasonable.
He would be laughed out of it in the UK.
George Clarke would do a similar extension for 50k in the UK.
Thats DBs point though.
You have 3 options
1) 100% Minimalist design
2) Minimalist framework with colours, etc added through individual pieces
3) Bright vibrant design
What people seem to think they want is bright vibrant design and bright colours and standout pieces of furniture and standout pieces of art.
It doesnt work and looks terrible, you see nothing other than mess.
I presume they spent extra pumping the cavity but since thats not dramatic that dont show any of that on R2I
Didnt the QS state that the pumping of the cavity wall was a couple of grand where did the other 186k/187k go. Its absolutely farcical. Room to Improve will soon only have the rich and famous on it for those prices.
100% farcicial.
At one stage they cant afford insulation, then they have bloody pergolas with an outside patio by the end and all within budget.
They really need a new architect fronting the show.
Or two competing architects proposing different designs?
I dont agree with you on much Andrew but that would be a great idea and would be great to see how can get in at the cheapest price while getting the spec the customer wants.
I think the show needs total overhaul
What does it want to be? 75% of it now is DB entertaining us, its certainly not an informative show (compared to any of its English Counterparts)
Its very thin on content, to the point of being pointless IMO. No rea figures given, we dont get details on whats being added or low level details on what they actually spent and on what.
Think I'm going to just give it a miss as it annoys me more than anything else.
I think your better off giving it a miss. Room to Improve is basically reality TV about building a house/extension.
Your looking for a different format/style of program going by what you described.
I’d better copyright the idea!
I think that's already a show in the UK. Angela Scanlon presents it and it's called "Your home made perfect"
Is he that entertaining though? He's a bog standard architect, passed his prime, with nothing that interesting to offer to clients.
Well no market in giving info like that one focussing on retrofit costs or choices.
Eco eye has just been cancelled after 21 years . Rte never funded it and the sponsor the EPA pulled their funding in 2020.
Expect new shows with 'personality' putting the craic back into climate reporting
HE is the entertainer, but I dont find him entertaining.
I dont think any show needs to be super low level detail as thats a niche market, but we dont even get basics like area added or BER ratings.
Its basically a kitchen design show, where there is only 1 kitchen on offer. REminds me of those renovation shows in the US where all they ever do is knock a wall to make downstairs open plan. Yawn.
This tonight's episode? If so, well done to them!!
Is this tonight's episode? If so well done to them!!!
thanks a million , yeah that was them. Believe it or not its only the 2nd time I've watched it myself. Better this time, as the first time I watched it we were a bit too buzzed up and laughing at everyone , tonight when I was sitting in their room watching it I couldn't believe the level of sheer hard work, day after day, and the amount of time and setbacks it took. So glad its over for them and they now have a lovely home of their own!
Yeah, Harrison is a very knowledgable bloke, and really nice.
Looks like the people in Tramore sold up.
Was it their forever home ? 😄
Was the wife from abroad in that one?
Strange they'd go through so much getting it built and then selling up so quickly
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