The Great House Revival

Princess Calla

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122020326#Comment_122020326

The thoughts of my mother's face if I hung (no pun intended) the equivalent in my sitting room has me in fits of giggles. She'd really despair of me 😂

Notions I tells ya!!!

Princess Calla

They spent ages in the empty kitchen then a quick flick into the bedrooms and bathroom.

Again I don't think it fits the brief of " great house revival" it was much more "build your own home"

I think the finish of the house was very much "them" it wouldn't be for me but I did like it. There's obviously still more to be done.

However she looked abit defeated, the optimism she had 3 years ago certainly wasn't there in the end.

thereiver

No cupboards I can see I could only see a table in the kitchen and a large sink . The only heating I can see is a log fire .still the got a house for 100,k plus 70k grant probably with a bit of land around it you have to wait ,2; years to get the grant i thought it was nice they let the 2 kids design the bedrooms

thereiver

I ve never seen an old school for sale on daft ie or myhome.ie

Princess Calla

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122020625#Comment_122020625

I'm pretty certain a couple have popped up on the "who wants to live here" thread. Though thinking about it they may have already been renovated.

Sunny Dayz

Again not a great show. A lot of air time given over to the red tape of them trying to buy the old school house - maybe that's a good thing - I'd no idea it was so difficult to buy one.

The finishes in the house weren't for me. Looked quite cold and unfinished, concrete, plaster, stainless steel etc. They did get quite a bit of work done in a short time frame to be fair to them.

Gru

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122020511#Comment_122020511

Agree, i said it last night, a lot of the houses could have done with waiting until next years show as so many are unfinished. The first episode so far is the only complete and the best episode/house of this season.

ednwireland

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122020612#Comment_122020612

237k paid 137k for the building, shame it's miles from anywhere apart from school and church (as far as I can tell you would have to drive miles for a pint of milk)

Reminds me of my house when we moved in, couldn't afford any more work tipped away at it ever since

KaneToad

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122020612#Comment_122020612

I saw new rads in many of the rooms. It would have been interesting to see more specifics of what boiler they went for and why? But, like most of these shows, they are light on building info & heavy on the auld "human interest" stuff.

rain on

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121997481#Comment_121997481

You don't have to have PVC windows, you can get wooden double-glazed reproductions of the existing windows. I've a family member who specialises in windows from that period, and he works on a lot of listed buildings. But it is NOT cheap and especially not for a property that size.

rain on

God the kitchen in that Gorey house is depressing. Berlin vibes indeed

MisterAnarchy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122020511#Comment_122020511

Why did they film the end of the episode in January and also last weeks episode in January.

Very odd, you couldnt pick a worse time of the year to visit a house.

They could have waitied till late March to visit and still have ample time to broadcast.

You don't have to have PVC windows, you can get wooden double-glazed reproductions of the existing windows. I've a family member who specialises in windows from that period, and he works on a lot of listed buildings. But it is NOT cheap and especially not for a property that size.

Wood is as good as if not better an insulator as aluminium/pvc.

It also lasts longer if maintained.

But, like most of these shows, they are light on building info & heavy on the auld "human interest" stuff.

Yes need to cut that waffle with the historical guy and the guy showing the old photos.

They really glossed over the bedrooms, how do they access the main bedroom ?

Kids bedrooms are very small, might not be practical when they get older.

I liked some of the touches, the bog oak table was lovely.

A nice down to earth couple, no airs or graces, no waste.

A nice house for 237k, more of this please and not the Emperors new clothes nonsense with that chancer Dermot Bannon.

pjohnson

They clearly just ran out of money.

MisterAnarchy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122024476#Comment_122024476

I doubt it, they said they had 150k and only spent 100k net as they got a grant for 70k.

It was always a tight deadline to be in by Christmas.

237k for a house is not much money.

Hugh might come back to revisit next year, projects like this take time.

HeidiHeidi

I have a feeling that the latest house was more or less finished, or at least it won't look radically different to how it looked in the show - they made it clear that they were never going to want a "finished" look, it was going to be a project that evolved over time (a lot of time!). It's not a look or a finish I'd go for, but they got themselves a very solid house for a lot less than the houses in the nearby estates that Eoin quoted a price for.

They also have a big site so they can add on to that house in years to come when the kids get bigger if needs be.

I thought they were just the loveliest couple, their relaxed can-do attitude was great.

I'm very disappointed in the series as a whole, though - Hugh has slipped from the word go straight into a repeated formula, full of cliches and faux disputes/disagreements (very gentle ones), and then falls over himself oohing and aaahing over the finished product. At least Room to Improve got a couple of series of actual interesting, engaging programmes before falling into the formulaic schtick.

pjohnson

Its been a very poor series to date :(

ednwireland

those schoolhouses always seem like a great idea but seem to end up been very difficult buildings to work with.

I would definitely have plastered that wall. that's like the stone on my house, I would never expose it.

timmyntc

Would have been nice to have the exposed stone if the rest of the room was finished quite warm and cosy, like a cottage.

It looks awful harsh surrounded by bare walls and floors and just plaster, no wallpaper or paint or timbers. And the exposed concrete surround for the stove. Yikes. Not for me

Be right back

How on earth did they cook anything? Pokey children's bedrooms.. Unless they extend in years to come.

Princess Calla

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122031166#Comment_122031166

I always wonder about parents/parenting style that when the option is there* they give the kids tiny rooms especially when there's no playroom etc.

It's almost as if the children are on borrowed time and once they hit 18 will be told to make their own way. So absolutely no need to make them comfortable.

*I'm obviously not talking about people who can only afford a smaller house.

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

to me , a home should be a warm, safe cosy refuge, a place you be comfortable and look forward to getting back to, that cold unfinished house ticked none of those boxes

Be right back

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122031460#Comment_122031460

And the painting in the living room!🫣

GAAcailin

that kitchen was not a functioning room for cooking or preparing food. Bare, exposed shelves and sink unit was grim looking.
kids rooms were minute and no guest room. The master bedroom was nice.

I like the series, the way it’s normal enough people.

Anyone know the road in Dublin 6 where he brought them?

GAAcailin

are there no more episodes- like there were only 4?!

Sunny Dayz

is this series over already? Nothing scheduled for tonight on my tv.

jaffa20

Yeah, a very short season if only 4 episodes. Disappointing really because it was 6 episodes in previous years.

HeidiHeidi

Nothing listed for next week either.

Very disappointing all round, really.

GAAcailin

Silly season looming on RTE.

Repeats of Maggie on 'Cheap Irish Houses', as if it wasn't dire enough the first time

elperello

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122048261#Comment_122048261

Reminds me of the old show business adage.

"Always leave them wanting more" 🙂

Princess Calla

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122048509#Comment_122048509

Yeah but when 3 out of four episodes were sh*te it doesn't leave you wanting more it leaves you thinking I'll not bother next time.