I didn't say a full time person signed off on it. I said I know building companies who have full time qualified people because this is something that commonly needs qualified opinion.
I presume the roofing company spotted whatever issue there was and an engineer was called in to assess. I presume that because that is normal practice. And until it is proved that something other than the norm happened there you have it.
"It has been explained many times on here now and it was stated on the show. If a major structure is condemned it can be deemed derelict."
Sorry Francie, the problem is that the issue of a 'major structure is condemned' doesn't stack up. It needs clarification from the shows producers if they wish to retain credibility.
There are Facebook type groups that deal with many peoples experiences of these grants. One deals in depth with this episode and the majority are baffled as to how this worked, going by their experiences and interfacing with the schemes. Are they all wrong?
If the application was accepted then everything was satisfactory from the applicants end.
The first port of call for explanations is the granting authority. What did they base their assessment on?
We simply don't know the answer to that so making wild claims of conspiracy up to ministerial level is wrong not to say bizarre.
I am one of the most vocal critics of the government and this minister but even I find this bogus and motivated not by information or facts but conjecture and not a little amount of begrudgery.
'If a structure is condemned' doesn't help anyone. What is the basis for condemning a structure? Who is qualified to condemn a structure?
The reality of modern life is that a Department has a duty to be fair and impartial. If they want to communicate to the nation, they need to put their proposals out there, and let interested parties compete on a professional basis, not play favourites with the cute and cuddly RTE celeb.
No, but they have every architect in the country reading their newsletters and attending their CPD sessions. If you want to get people using the grants, it would help to educate the professionals involved, rather than taking a scattergun approach with a soft TV broadcast.
Absolutely agree with this.
I'd be getting creative at the very least and pay a qualified professional to condemn part of the building. I'd then challenge the council to prove it wasnt vacant.
This kind of thing pisses me right off. Pure greed. 99k. That would retro insulate a fair few homes to a decent standard.
But no, some architects want to have their ego rubbed and some clients availing if grants want to have an outdoor living area.
The grants are not means tested so I don't think it's the couple or Bannon's fault. The prince is entitled as much as the pauper. Those who created the grants may need to look at that again.
For the sake of accuracy on this (because I think there is some validity to some of your other points) if you looked at the link in your post you’d see that there is no mention of handrails in it.
Not for me to defend O'Brien or his Dept. but that doesn't get away from the fact that using a prime time host to get the info out is not an attractive proposition. Bannon gets a new angle/doing something that is for the public good for his series. Everyone is happy.
Genuine question: if they were using retention to cope with a change during build (which is what you and others have said retention is intended for), shouldn't there be an initial approved application visible, followed by a retention application submitted after the build is complete?
not if the original works were exempt from planning.
Not necessarily because some works are classed as exempted development and don't require pp.
And when you say 'everyone is happy', did you bother asking any of the other architects or any of the other TV shows or stations whether they're happy?
They got no info out, unless the info they were trying to get out was that you've a great chance of getting a derelict grant for a non-derelict house.
DB applied his ‘ own criteria ‘and if all boardies posting had 100% faith/trust in Dermot and saw the Cashel project on RTE then the ‘ matter ‘ would not have gone any further and there might have been a few comments here like ‘ wer’nt t they a lovely couple’ ; ‘ the house turned out beautifully’ and suchlike. BUT , BUT the problem arose when D used the words ‘ derelict building’ and ‘ unoccupied for over two years’ and then showed the viewers - the Irish public- videos and photographs of the house before the builders moved in . To put it simply they did not ‘match up’ . Just as well that some boardies keep their ‘weather eye ‘ constantly open - just in case there is wool being pulled over it
Could you DM me that Facebook group please. I plan to undertake a renovation and that could help me understand the grants a bit more. Thanks
what the hell?
What other architects? How do you know who they have met in an effort to promote these grants?
The amount of people putting 2 and 2 together and getting 10 is silly.
How about this architect? Could he have done a better job than Bannon?
It doesn’t match the dictionary definition of derelict but it does match the definition of derelict for the purpose of the grant. How many times does this need to be explained. The ‘viewers’ who went on the dictionary definition are wrong, simple as that.
No idea. Has he been in with the Dept?
Correct, you don’t know who they have spoken to.
Don't know, the jury's out 🙂
That's exactly the issue. They can't be giving out plum jobs to their buddies.
It's their job to engage with all interested parties.
What job? Do you think the dept paid Bannon?
What plum jobs ?
Whose buddies ?
Maybe they would engage with other experienced architects who had well established media experience and a popular programme about house upgrading.
Maybe even Hugh if he asked them.
Conspiracy is up to some gallop now.
Doesn't matter whether they paid him or not. They gave him preferential treatment.
Departments can't wait to see who asks them when dishing out plum jobs.
Over other architects with prime time shows?
Are we going round in circles now?
I'm guessing you are around long enough to know that there's always someone getting something that noone else got around to asking for.
It's not preferential, it's just being in the right place at the right time and using your initiative.
When is his new series on? Have you confirmed he hasn’t been in touch?
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