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  • #3512
    Call me Al
    Registered Users Posts: 3,029 ✭✭✭Call me Al


    honeybear wrote: »
    Money pit

    Exactly what the other half and myself just said!


  • #3513
    Howjoe1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,666 ✭✭✭Howjoe1


    Crimsonforce wrote: »
    Didn't someone say last week that this house was still a construction site?

    ah, no spoilers please!


  • #3514
    Quazzie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,052 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    Surely he should've waited till he seen the extent of the damage before submitting a design based on the remaining budget?


  • #3515
    Mars Bar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,946 ✭✭✭✭Mars Bar


    That must be heartbreaking


  • #3516
    Bored_lad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 920 ✭✭✭Bored_lad


    The budget is basically gone at this stage I'd say.


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  • #3517
    Call me Al
    Registered Users Posts: 3,029 ✭✭✭Call me Al


    Oh the poor things. That's pretty bad.


  • #3518
    Poochie05
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,258 ✭✭✭Poochie05


    I like this builder:)


  • #3519
    RobertKK
    Registered Users Posts: 33,752 ✭✭✭✭RobertKK


    That fungus is like a monster.


  • #3520
    passremarkable
    Registered Users Posts: 4,517 ✭✭✭passremarkable


    what a nightmare


  • #3521
    Red Kev
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,793 ✭✭✭Red Kev


    Let me get this straight. Correct me if I'm wrong or if I missed something.


    They own the house for a year now.
    Dermot spots mould and smells damp.
    We know it's 150 years old and previous work was shoddy.
    Dermot does up a quote.

    Only then does Dermot actually start to look properly at the building, it's construction and the real issues facing it. Thus finding the true cost of the renovation.

    This is gross incompetence at the very least. Madness and totally unprofessional way for an architect to go about a job.


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  • #3522
    Poochie05
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,258 ✭✭✭Poochie05


    Something sinister about that fungus, gives me the hebejebees!


  • #3523
    skittles8710
    Registered Users Posts: 653 ✭✭✭skittles8710


    RobertKK wrote: »
    That fungus is like a monster.

    It's like something out of a Japanese horror film.


  • #3524
    darlett
    Registered Users Posts: 2,313 ✭✭✭darlett


    Oh. Thats cruel. Too cruel. Poor buggers.

    He's saying they bought the house with their heart...but to be honest they got pretty much all the survey they could, thats just rotten (no pun intended) luck.


  • #3525
    awanderer
    Registered Users Posts: 299 ✭✭awanderer


    Quazzie wrote: »
    Surely he should've waited till he seen the extent of the damage before submitting a design based on the remaining budget?

    I was just thinking it was lucky that the wet rot was so obvious otherwise they would have calculted the contagency as if the house was in perfect condition.


  • #3526
    Howjoe1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,666 ✭✭✭Howjoe1


    I would have hoped my architect had a inkling of these issues if I was buying.


  • #3527
    amdublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,653 ✭✭✭✭amdublin


    Mod:

    Less of the personal comments about the people in the show


  • #3528
    Mars Bar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,946 ✭✭✭✭Mars Bar


    Poochie05 wrote: »
    Something sinister about that fungus, gives me the hebejebees!

    That's what myself and my Mam were just saying!
    It's a living thing that is sneakily going about your house.


  • #3529
    HamsterFace
    Closed Accounts Posts: 832 ✭✭✭HamsterFace


    Horror story!

    Jesus Christ, I actually feel like setting up a crowd funding for those two


  • #3530
    downwesht
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 526 ✭✭✭downwesht


    Surely any surveyor worth his salt would have copped on to the damp issue before they bought the house.


  • #3531
    Lisha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,695 ✭✭✭Lisha


    Howjoe1 wrote: »
    I would have hoped my architect had a inkling of these issues if I was buying.

    Would that be the job of the structural engineer ?


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  • #3532
    renmorenewbie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46 ✭renmorenewbie


    This is beginning to look like the biggest job yet. Gulp


  • #3533
    Autosport
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,262 ✭✭✭✭Autosport


    It must be heart breaking for them, they seem like a nice couple and its like everything is going wrong.


  • #3534
    honeybear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,648 ✭✭✭honeybear


    Lovely couple...really want this to work out for them!


  • #3535
    Crimsonforce
    Registered Users Posts: 1,661 ✭✭✭Crimsonforce


    downwesht wrote: »
    Surely any surveyor worth his salt would have copped on to the damp issue before they bought the house.

    I think you are right . The original surveyor should have spotted this straight away...


  • #3536
    Red Kev
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,793 ✭✭✭Red Kev


    Howjoe1 wrote: »
    I would have hoped my architect had a inkling of these issues if I was buying.

    If he was a bit more honest he would have told the couple to get a full engineers report on the building before they contact him.

    This is crazy. It's like last year with Katherine Zappone's* house. It was made of wood and he took no contingency that a 100 year old completely wooden house might have some rot.



    *Glad she got elected to the Dail BTW.


  • #3537
    Galego
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,237 ✭✭✭Galego


    downwesht wrote: »
    Surely any surveyor worth his salt would have copped on to the damp issue before they bought the house.

    I would like to think so.....


  • #3538
    FAILSAFE 00
    Registered Users Posts: 5,427 ✭✭✭FAILSAFE 00


    Big money paid for a house in poor condition. Seems to be a theme this season. Overspending on the house before bringing the builders in.


  • #3539
    skittles8710
    Registered Users Posts: 653 ✭✭✭skittles8710


    No way is this getting done under the €200k mark!


  • #3540
    aine92
    Registered Users Posts: 468 ✭✭aine92


    Quick question and I'm sorry if someone has answered already but what do you get for going to Room to Improve? I assume they get Dermot for free but what are the perks?


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  • #3541
    Will23
    Registered Users Posts: 265 ✭✭Will23


    Howjoe1 wrote: »
    I would have hoped my architect had a inkling of these issues if I was buying.

    The architect / engineer wasn't engaged when they bought. That's what the surveyors is engaged for.


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