Room to Improve.

Quazzie

Just a lot of shiney almost tacky bling so far

Thargor

I love London, such a great city to hang around. Ive only been to Rome/Paris/various others once and not too bothered about going back but I always get the urge for a London break every couple of years.

honeybear

Have any of these houses featured in Grand Designs?

alchemist33

I love that trefoil house

retro:electro

Like Jurassic Park!

alchemist33

retro:electro wrote: »

Like Jurassic Park!

And there's Richard Attenborough to show him around

retro:electro

This home is like a spa or a rehab or something.

honeybear

alchemist33 wrote: »

And there's Richard Attenborough to show him around

Have seen this one with Kevin McCloud on House of the Year

That was impressive

Quazzie

One thing about Dermot, despite his want to waffle on a bit, he has a great rapport with all the house owners/designers. They really take to him.

jos28

The first house with the black shiny doors was not my cup of tea at all. A vulgar display of wealth as my old Mam would have said.
I really liked the trefoil house, the aspect of it was stunning. Like Honeybear I saw Pheasants on Grand Designs. I can't remember where it finished in the competition though. Stunning property, just imagine the value on some of these.
The tacky one was £35m :eek:

Mr.Crinklewood

Can someone rewind to see if he wasn't wearing a seatbelt at the start of that clip?

alchemist33

What's the piano music as he's walking down the lane?

lawred2

It's an old stone house with a conservatory.

gmisk

The lozenge house....wow... gorgeous.

That tacky place for 35 million was more like a really OTT hotel horrible

retro:electro

When he said birch sheet I thought he said bird shlt

retro:electro

It must be in his contract to get into a pool topless in every episode. Prob a request by Dermot himself

alchemist33

I hated that birch sheeting. Otherwise a lovely house though

gmisk

This pheasants places is lovely!
Some size of a place to retire to.

That 1 bed house was adorable so cosy

Muahahaha

Agree that the first house was gharish but at £36m it is obviously aimed at Russian or Arabic oligarchs.

Charlie19

alchemist33 wrote: »

What's the piano music as he's walking down the lane?

I heard piano music in the part in the underground swimming pool at the start of the show, not sure if it was same tune or not. Anyways it was an instrumental version of the song Where is my Mind by the Pixies.

honeybear

alchemist33 wrote: »

What's the piano music as he's walking down the lane?

Amelie def playing

alchemist33

honeybear wrote: »

Amelie def playing

That's it, thank you. I love that piece

recipio

The Pheasants house was up for a RIBA award last year - can't remember if it got one. The site in Henley leading down to the Thames is worth a fortune.
I agree Dermot should keep quite and ask a few respectful questions - the old ego gets the better of him on camera,

jos28

Muahahaha wrote: »

Agree that the first house was gharish but at £36m it is obviously aimed at Russian or Arabic oligarchs.

And just proves that money can't buy taste

Sleepy

Definitely. The first house could have been gorgeous if they had about 10 million less to spend on it. Vulgar extravagance on that scale only seems to appeal to those whose wealth has come from the extreme suffering of others or vacuous fuckwits who equate price with beauty.

caddy16

Any word on new series?

HeidiHeidi

He's busy doing his own house (or was, anyway), will there be a series this year I wonder??

The Cush

Delayed by a few months according to a press report last Sept, might be part of the autumn schedule.

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=108006077

jaffa20

Too busy getting paid for Vodafone adverts