EricP wrote:
On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 16:03:25 +0100, The Wanderer
wrote:

. I've largely given up watching, the only one that
rang my bell was the guy who built his own home in the middle of his own
woodland. Unfortunately, in the follow up prog, he had acquired a partner
and sprog and she was busy imprinting her influence on what had been a
superb home.

I think the guy was a genuine person, he had no wealth, diddled the
planners and related to his immediate environment like no other person
on the show. This appealed to viewers like me.

I agree with most of what you said but in what way did he diddle the
planners? It took him about a decade of negotiations whilst living in
a temporary tree house before they agreed didn't it? And there is a
covenant that if he leaves it has to be pulled down. Presumably it can
only be passed on to an heir if they continue the same type of work as
well....

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Steve F