The Great House Revival

Vicarious Function · 14-04-2019 9:45pm #1

"Hugh Wallace follows the journey of Gary and Anne Wilson as they embark on a challenging and costly restoration project at the 16th Century Belvelly Tower House in Cobh County Cork" RTE1 Sunday 9.30 p.m.

Vicarious Function · 14-04-2019 9:45pm

Sounds crazy - but let's see how it goes.

14-04-2019 9:46pm

It's huge, interesting project.

enricoh · 14-04-2019 9:49pm

1.2 million - i reckon!!

Vicarious Function · 14-04-2019 9:51pm

It's massive. Going down into the foundations for starters and finding water is no fun. The old stone spiral staircase can't be replaced. As Hugh says, That would be a challenge to people of a certain age. Also, the heating of the building poses a challenge. Good luck to them!

Vicarious Function · 14-04-2019 10:16pm

The historical background is fascinating

enricoh · 14-04-2019 10:25pm

2.4 million!!
Edit - faak me 5 mil, fair play. My ticker would have exploded midway!

Vicarious Function · 14-04-2019 10:28pm

enricoh wrote: »

2.4 million!!
Edit - faak me 5 mil, fair play. My ticker would have exploded midway!

I think that's nearer the mark, enricoh. Does bottomless pit ring any bells?

14-04-2019 10:32pm

I absolutely love it, and they seem like a lovely couple, very enjoyable episode.

Vicarious Function · 14-04-2019 10:36pm

Between this and At Your Service, this has been one of the best TV-watching nights in a long time.

Great escape from Brexit which has taken up so much of our time of late.

fritzelly · 14-04-2019 10:38pm

Is 5 mill the estimate?
One small problem with foundations or anything and that could skyrocket, hope they're not using anyone associated with the hospital

Vicarious Function · 14-04-2019 10:41pm

fritzelly wrote: »

Is 5 mill the estimate?
One small problem with foundations or anything and that could skyrocket, hope they're not using anyone associated with the hospital

Loving that! :pac: :pac:

Vicarious Function · 14-04-2019 10:44pm

Restoring this is doing a great service to the Nation, considering its historical significance. It's been waiting a long time for someone to take it over.

Tuco88 · 14-04-2019 10:52pm

There should be decent goverment support on these projects. Reduced vat on materials so on more grants..

The planning issue with the battlements ffs... Tis hardly a reinactment of the siege.

At least these people are saving our history.

Vicarious Function · 14-04-2019 10:56pm

Nail-biting watching them get that staircase in.

Vicarious Function · 14-04-2019 11:19pm

The end result of this project is mind-blowing in its success. An amazing story! Gerry and Anne Wilson have put their huge fortune towards a great gift for us in Southern Ireland. Their attitude is most admirable. Having originated in N.I., they see Ireland as a whole and we in the South are the beneficiaries.

Hugh Wallace has done a great job as the presenter. Here's hoping we see more of him in similar roles.

Vicarious Function · 15-04-2019 10:53am

One small criticism! They seemed to jump very suddenly from "a work in progress" to the "finished product". IMO, there would almost have been enough material for another programme showing how they furnished the place in the end, the decisions they made, etc, etc.

enricoh · 15-04-2019 11:33am

Tuco88 wrote: »

There should be decent goverment support on these projects. Reduced vat on materials so on more grants..

The planning issue with the battlements ffs... Tis hardly a reinactment of the siege.

At least these people are saving our history.

Agree 100%, they are doing a great service to the country. Instead of help they get an taisce, conservation officers and other jobsworth paracites giving them grief. The capping stones on the roof for example, i think one of the lads working on the job said they cost the price of a house! N had to be changed

Vicarious Function · 15-04-2019 12:15pm

enricoh wrote: »

Agree 100%, they are doing a great service to the country. Instead of help they get an taisce, conservation officers and other jobsworth paracites giving them grief. The capping stones on the roof for example, i think one of the lads working on the job said they cost the price of a house! N had to be changed

It was rather unfortunate that someone misinterpreted the plans. But let's face it, if it was wrong, it was wrong. It would have been a travesty not to correct it.

No need, enricoh, to refer in this manner to professional people honestly doing their jobs as

an taisce, conservation officers and other jobsworth paracites giving them grief.

IMO, that's inaccurate, abusive and uncalled for.

Fair play - the Wilsons set the capping right and carried the cost.

honeybear · 15-04-2019 11:09pm

On catch-up. Beautiful finish

15-04-2019 11:20pm

As I was passing nearby earlier I drove over for a look, I absolutely love it. The tree is lit up, the man can only be seen from the side but only a small glimse,its very understated imo, fits in beautifully and not a bit in your face or ostentatious, it's big but looked bigger on the show imo. They made a great job of it and their perseverance and hard work (and money lol) paid off, I'd love to have a look inside as I felt the furnishings were spot on(and test that wine collection). ðŸ˜œ

honeybear · 15-04-2019 11:27pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

As I was passing nearby earlier I drove over for a look, I absolutely love it. The tree is lit up, the man can only be seen from the side but only a small glimse,its very understated imo, fits in beautifully and not a bit in your face or ostentatious, it's big but looked bigger on the show imo. They made a great job of it and their perseverance and hard work (and money lol) paid off, I'd love to have a look inside as I felt the furnishings were spot on(and test that wine collection). ðŸ˜œ

I’m doing the euromillions tomorrow night!

18-04-2019 8:24pm

Oh wow. Its magnificent. I actually got emotional watching it

Vicarious Function · 30-05-2019 12:23pm

Delighted to see this series is being rerun. Number One, Ballinafad House being restored by the Australian couple, aired earlier today, May 30, on RTE 1 @ 03.30. (a.m.) Nice to put on "Record"!

honeybear · 01-06-2019 8:28pm

Vicarious Function wrote: »

Delighted to see this series is being rerun. Number One, Ballinafad House being restored by the Australian couple, aired earlier today, May 30, on RTE 1 @ 03.30. (a.m.) Nice to put on "Record"!

That is a fantastic episode. Owner is amazing

Vicarious Function · 06-06-2019 10:34am

Just found episode Number Two - a Georgian house in Dublin, which my recorder had recorded overnight - Thu Jun 6 at 2.30 a.m. on RTE1. The home owner, Murray Rees, wants to make it into a comfortable home but suffers from budgetary limitations - so he's living in the house during renovation. Basically he's living in an abandoned tenement. Interesting to see what he makes of it in the end.

Vicarious Function · 06-06-2019 10:40am

Murray takes on his mother and some friends to tackle the plaster-work with tooth-picks and a bowl of porridge.

maudgonner · 08-08-2019 5:48pm

Ballinafad House is up for sale: https://www.con-telegraph.ie/news/roundup/articles/2019/08/08/4178008-prestigious-mayo-property-is-put-up-for-sale-for-2m/

Seems sad that Bede Tannock will no longer own what seemed to be a labour of love for him, but hopefully the new owners will appreciate it. Anybody want to club together to make a bid? I'll throw in the first fiver...

laugh · 16-02-2020 10:41pm

500,000 on top of the purchase price of 500,000 for so little house.

The Princess Bride · 16-02-2020 10:43pm

I've never watched this before, I'm a fan of Hugh though.

Crazy money.

Thargor · 16-02-2020 10:44pm

laugh wrote: »

500,000 on top of the purchase price of 500,000 for so little house.

And she thinks she'll be in their in 5 months! She's mad. Whats her career out of interest? Missed the start.

laugh · 16-02-2020 10:45pm

Thargor wrote: »

And she thinks she'll be in their in 5 months! She's mad. Whats her career out of interest? Missed the start.

Project Manager ....

Lisha · 16-02-2020 10:46pm

I’d love to know if the house next door is lived in/ liveable

emeldc · 16-02-2020 10:46pm

Where is the house, anyone know?

jogdish · 16-02-2020 10:47pm

She doesn't come across super rich, seems to have a normal job - who has this cash !!

laugh · 16-02-2020 10:47pm

emeldc wrote: »

Where is the house, anyone know?

Phibsboro

irishgeo · 16-02-2020 10:52pm

Is there anything good in the house?

laugh · 16-02-2020 10:55pm

irishgeo wrote: »

Is there anything good in the house?

Not a stick or stone it seems.

Princess Calla · 16-02-2020 11:03pm

I'm abit behind, I thought she was going to deck him when he was laughing in the back garden

Fair play to her being able to afford a house for a million on a whim!!!!

irishgeo · 16-02-2020 11:06pm

She hasn't a clue. The look on her face when he mentioned the problem she has with the window order.

The Princess Bride · 16-02-2020 11:14pm

The first thing she should have done when granted planning permission, was appeal the decision on the windows.

Thargor · 16-02-2020 11:20pm

6 months behind schedule instead of her original projection of being in there in 5 months? Who could have predicted that?

Lisha · 16-02-2020 11:22pm

Nice house they going to see but the bare walls wouldn’t be for me

Lisha · 16-02-2020 11:24pm

It’s beautiful but I can’t understand the 4*4 windows...

Prefect_1998 · 16-02-2020 11:35pm

https://www.airbnb.ie/rooms/20751705?s=51

Be nice to check it out in person

digzy · 16-02-2020 11:37pm

emeldc wrote: »

Where is the house, anyone know?

As you leave Mc Gowan’s take a right

Be right back · 16-02-2020 11:38pm

Love that she kept part of the old walls. Great feature to the house.

Princess Calla · 16-02-2020 11:44pm

Be right back wrote: »

Love that she kept part of the old walls. Great feature to the house.

Have to say I didn't like that. Initially before I realised it was a feature, I thought budget ran out.

Liked the original wall at the extention though. But wasn't sure of the colour of the extention from the outside.

Nice house in the end, could buy better for a million though.

jos28 · 17-02-2020 12:33am

Fair play to her for taking on such a mammoth project, I wouldn't do it in a million years. She did an amazing job considering the state it was in. Where does someone so young get their hands on that sort of money :eek:
Best of luck to her

enricoh · 17-02-2020 9:27am

Serious location, she'd sell it in the morning for a profit.
Very capable girl, nothing seemed to phase her.
Must be on serious dough to be able to stump up a million by herself! Fair play.

Hoagy · 17-02-2020 11:38am

enricoh wrote: »

Serious location, she'd sell it in the morning for a profit.
Very capable girl, nothing seemed to phase her.
Must be on serious dough to be able to stump up a million by herself! Fair play.

Sold it at a loss actually. Pity, she didn't have much time to enjoy it.

https://www.myhome.ie/priceregister/3-royal-canal-terrace-phibsboro-dublin-7-1302490

The Great House Revival

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