Room to Improve.

seannash

nuac wrote: »

In Grand Designs what is the function of the red disk carried by some of the actors or left on tables?

You talking about home of the year?
If so its the homeowners favourite spot

honeybear

ShamoBuc wrote: »

Favourite spot of the house.

Is that not Home of the Year?

CH3OH

I'm a bit behind ., but I'd be a lot more serious if I was spending a quarter of that budget.
It all seemed a bit too funny.

HeidiHeidi

the_pen_turner wrote: »

i agree the whole space was lovely except for the kitchen sink and island colour. i would like to see that sink in 6 months after pots and pans are dumped into it

Plus, it's a single small-looking sink (although the 4m giant of an island make be skewing my perception) - I've only me in the house, and I'd be lost without my 1.5 sink!

appledrop

I have to say it was an outstanding house overall. Wouldn't be a fan of gold tap or sink but each to their own.

The only other small thing is I do think the man cave should have a way to close it off from open plan.

It's a huge house put cant escape from people although I suppose they could go up to yoga room if they wanted.

klose

Not sure what the point in having that family on, they clearly had the money to hire dermot privately? I thought the point of it was dermot giving a helping hand to those who need it?

HeidiHeidi

PARlance wrote: »

Lovely house and lovely couple but 550+k spend is just nuts.

How is it nuts?


No mortgage, he's in a very senior management role presumably being paid a small fortune, she's working as well - they're hardly going to be on supplementary welfare after it!

smelly sock

PARlance wrote: »

Lovely house and lovely couple but 550+k spend is just nuts.

The spend is always nuts and out of context with what most paye workers could afford. Thats the big dislike i have for this show. Wheres the couple in the 3 bed semi looking to make 50k work for a decent extension. Say 25sqm with a small jacks and just a room for the kids.

Wheres the challenge with a budget of 500k?

More power to the couple though. They obviously have it and best of luck to them

Odelay

That bath will be used 5-6 times in the first year and then abandoned. It would take ages to fill.
Proper power shower and be done with it.

Addle

klose wrote: »

Not sure what the point in having that family on, they clearly had the money to hire dermot privately? I thought the point of it was dermot giving a helping hand to those who need it?

What makes you think that’s the point?

smelly sock

klose wrote: »

Not sure what the point in having that family on, they clearly had the money to hire dermot privately? I thought the point of it was dermot giving a helping hand to those who need it?

Its not anymore. Yet again RTE losing touch with the common viewer.

WestWicklow1

klose wrote: »

Not sure what the point in having that family on, they clearly had the money to hire dermot privately? I thought the point of it was dermot giving a helping hand to those who need it?

Hmm..... where did you get that impression?

seannash

Exterior looked great, fantastic looking house from the outside.
And the space inside was great but i have to say the interior decor was awful. Pool table, leather sofas (when will irish people stop equating leather sofas with quality or grandeur) the swing. It was all over the place. Like last week i have a feeling it was a couple with no taste but wanted a wow house.
Bath in the room is tacky and the bath they picked was also awful. Its one saving grace was that it wasn't the stone one they were in earlier which was worse.

meeeeh

klose wrote: »

Not sure what the point in having that family on, they clearly had the money to hire dermot privately? I thought the point of it was dermot giving a helping hand to those who need it?

Limited budget doesn't offer much variety in episodes, I think it would be a lot harder to make it interesting. Anyway I'm glad there was no split level sitting room. And I love two faced sculpture, the butterflies do nothing for me.

ted1

seannash wrote: »

Exterior looked great, fantastic looking house from the outside.
And the space inside was great but i have to say the interior decor was awful. Pool table, leather sofas (when will irish people stop equating leather sofas with quality or grandeur) the swing. It was all over the place. Like last week i have a feeling it was a couple with no taste but wanted a wow house.
Bath in the room is tacky and the bath they picked was also awful. Its one saving grace was that it wasn't the stone one they were in earlier which was worse.

Sofa , that’s very fancy
Leather couches are great especially for families as spills etc can be cleaned without staining the couch.

IrishHomer

Such a waste of money.

The family are mature in another few years the kids will have flown the nest.

More money than brains

um7y1h83ge06nx

I thought it was great. The only criticism and this is aimed at the format in general is that the programme all feels very rushed and very little of the build or technical details are shown. Dermot and the homeowners are the stars with the house left in the distance. That's why I still prefer Grand Designs.

HeidiHeidi

ted1 wrote: »

Sofa , that’s very fancy
Leather couches are great especially for families as spills etc can be cleaned without staining the couch.

Did I not see a silvery-grey fabric couch being filmed from ground level at some stage?



Didn't even notice the leather sofas!


But agree they're very practical.

smelly sock

IrishHomer wrote: »

Such a waste of money.

The family are mature in another few years the kids will have flown the nest.

More money than brains

Its their money.

But yeh i agree.

Lovely couple , nicely designed house but it wouldn’t be for me.

For some reason I didn’t find tonight’s episode very interesting. I prefer the more down to earth houses. Like another poster said I loved the Donabate house a year ago. These super big houses leave me a bit cold.

HeidiHeidi

IrishHomer wrote: »

Such a waste of money.

The family are mature in another few years the kids will have flown the nest.

More money than brains

Jesus, what's with all the begrudgery (not just this post)?


Their youngest kid looked about 7 or 8, they've plenty of living to do in that house yet!



And they clearly have plenty of money, why not spend it? They don't look or seem short of a brain cell or two either.

the_pen_turner

meeeeh wrote: »

Limited budget doesn't offer much variety in episodes, I think it would be a lot harder to make it interesting. Anyway I'm glad there was no split level sitting room. And I love two faced sculpture, the butterflies do nothing for me.

but they showed very little of the build anyway. most of the program was fluff anout the kids and themselves. mostly nonscense.

a basic everyday house with a modest budget trying to impove the function of the house would be a lot better. a bit of rearanging and better design could really imprve a lot of houses . and make better telivision for the everyday person who could actually do similar

smelly sock

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Lovely couple , nicely designed house but it wouldn’t be for me.

For some reason I didn’t find tonight’s episode very interesting. I prefer the more down to earth houses. Like another poster said I loved the Donabate house a year ago. These super big houses leave me a bit cold.

Id agree. Especially with these eye watering budgets.
Genuine question , is it a narcissistic thing with some of these couples. They could easily afford a decent Architect.

sideswipe

klose wrote: »

Not sure what the point in having that family on, they clearly had the money to hire dermot privately? I thought the point of it was dermot giving a helping hand to those who need it?

I never got the sense that was the programs MO?
People complaining about the money being spent and asking for show with lower budgets have to remember this is an entertainment show- viewer numbers wouldn’t be great if we were looking at a €50-100k tidy up.

Mantis Toboggan

IrishHomer wrote: »

Such a waste of money.

The family are mature in another few years the kids will have flown the nest.

More money than brains

Absolutely more money than sense. Lovely house but they should have kept their money and retired.

klose

meeeeh wrote: »

Limited budget doesn't offer much variety in episodes, I think it would be a lot harder to make it interesting. Anyway I'm glad there was no split level sitting room. And I love two faced sculpture, the butterflies do nothing for me.

I think what was ultimately an unlimited budget made it very uninteresting but each to their own.

I don't think the show will go back to the regular Joe soaps anyways

HeidiHeidi

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Absolutely more money than sense. Lovely house but they should have kept their money and retired.

And do what?

the_pen_turner

Juan Dead Handshake wrote: »

I thought it was great. The only criticism and this is aimed at the format in general is that the programme all feels very rushed and very little of the build or technical details are shown. Dermot and the homeowners are the stars with the house left in the distance. That's why I still prefer Grand Designs.

this could easily have been a 2 hour program the way they did it. it felt like you were watching on plus 1 and poped back to normal viewing with 15 minutes to go and missed all the middle bit

Mantis Toboggan

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

And do what?

Whatever they wanted!

meeeeh

seannash wrote: »

Exterior looked great, fantastic looking house from the outside.
And the space inside was great but i have to say the interior decor was awful. Pool table, leather sofas (when will irish people stop equating leather sofas with quality or grandeur) the swing.

It's nice sofa and there are no faux period features in sight. The leather doesn't stain as much and even if it does it's more a sign of being lived in while fabric sofas just look dirty. It's practical and you don't need to worry about upholstery every few years or buying a new one.