I'm sorry but this building is going to look absolutely stupid surrounded
by a four storey flats estate. STUPID! TOTALLY STUPID!.

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Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 21:26:31 GMT, "The3rd Earl Of Derby"
wrote:

I'm sorry but this building is going to look absolutely stupid surrounded
by a four storey flats estate. STUPID! TOTALLY STUPID!.

Actually it looks pretty good, where it is may not be the best place,
but it is central london, which means IMHO, any semi decent place is
50+ miles away.

Quite how two non working people got a mortguage for 350K is the most
puzeling aspect. I know her mum sorted out much of the cash, but its
still a puzzle.

Rick

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writes
On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 21:26:31 GMT, "The3rd Earl Of Derby"
wrote:

I'm sorry but this building is going to look absolutely stupid surrounded
by a four storey flats estate. STUPID! TOTALLY STUPID!.

Actually it looks pretty good, where it is may not be the best place,
but it is central london, which means IMHO, any semi decent place is
50+ miles away.


Quite, um, individual. Now if it had been sat nicely on a hill side with
a good view....
I trust that was astroturf in the bedroom! Wacky.

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steve

In message , Rick
writes
On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 21:26:31 GMT, "The3rd Earl Of Derby"
wrote:

I'm sorry but this building is going to look absolutely stupid surrounded
by a four storey flats estate. STUPID! TOTALLY STUPID!.

Actually it looks pretty good, where it is may not be the best place,
but it is central london, which means IMHO, any semi decent place is
50+ miles away.

I think anything was going to look a bit odd surrounded by the flats
from the cameras eye view, but from 'inside' either garden or the house
you'll not notice, and from ground level outside you just had some white
walls really.

didn't go for lot of the internal decor etc. but hey it's their house,
but I did like it in general,
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Chris French

"Rick" wrote in message
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On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 21:26:31 GMT, "The3rd Earl Of Derby"
wrote:

I'm sorry but this building is going to look absolutely stupid surrounded
by a four storey flats estate. STUPID! TOTALLY STUPID!.

Actually it looks pretty good, where it is may not be the best place,
but it is central london, which means IMHO, any semi decent place is
50+ miles away.

It was in sarf London. The entrace was in road with what looked like decent
large houses with an estate to the back. They blocked out the estate

Quite how two non working people got a mortguage for 350K is the most
puzeling aspect. I know her mum sorted out much of the cash, but its
still a puzzle.

He was a lawyer. The mortgage was probably before they knew he packed in
job in. The extra was easy.

chris French wrote:
In message , Rick
writes
On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 21:26:31 GMT, "The3rd Earl Of Derby"
wrote:

I'm sorry but this building is going to look absolutely stupid
surrounded by a four storey flats estate. STUPID! TOTALLY STUPID!.

Actually it looks pretty good, where it is may not be the best place,
but it is central london, which means IMHO, any semi decent place is
50+ miles away.

I think anything was going to look a bit odd surrounded by the flats
from the cameras eye view, but from 'inside' either garden or the
house you'll not notice, and from ground level outside you just had
some white walls really.

didn't go for lot of the internal decor etc. but hey it's their
house, but I did like it in general,

Whatever rocks your boat, but I certainly put a new build smack bang in the
middle of an estate.
For 350k i'd choose a more appropriate spot and sold the smaller house and
land they had to cover the excess money they borrowed.
--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

"Rick" wrote in message
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On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 21:26:31 GMT, "The3rd Earl Of Derby"
wrote:

I'm sorry but this building is going to look absolutely stupid surrounded
by a four storey flats estate. STUPID! TOTALLY STUPID!.

Actually it looks pretty good, where it is may not be the best place,
but it is central london, which means IMHO, any semi decent place is
50+ miles away.

Quite how two non working people got a mortguage for 350K is the most
puzeling aspect. I know her mum sorted out much of the cash, but its
still a puzzle.

All these super modern houses, which I tend to like, featured on this
programme have little insulation in them. All that glass will make this
place hellish expensive to heat. Same with the House in Belfast a few weeks
ago, which was on a large sloping site which is ideal for a falling away
earth tube that will help heat and cool the building. The cost of the tub
would be buttons. Just the odd touch of inventiveness would make all the
difference to many of these houses. They are let down by ignorance. Eco?
Most have never heard of the word.

They are just boxes with full glass fronts, so not difficult to build. Keep
it square and not curved and very easy to do. Adding superinsulation and
earth pipes and the likes can't be that great a cost, and will pay for
itself by no full heating system and very low bills.

"The3rd Earl Of Derby" wrote in message
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chris French wrote:
In message , Rick
writes
On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 21:26:31 GMT, "The3rd Earl Of Derby"
wrote:

I'm sorry but this building is going to look absolutely stupid
surrounded by a four storey flats estate. STUPID! TOTALLY STUPID!.

Actually it looks pretty good, where it is may not be the best place,
but it is central london, which means IMHO, any semi decent place is
50+ miles away.

I think anything was going to look a bit odd surrounded by the flats
from the cameras eye view, but from 'inside' either garden or the
house you'll not notice, and from ground level outside you just had
some white walls really.

didn't go for lot of the internal decor etc. but hey it's their
house, but I did like it in general,

Whatever rocks your boat, but I certainly put a new build smack bang in
the
middle of an estate.
For 350k i'd choose a more appropriate spot and sold the smaller house and
land they had to cover the excess money they borrowed.

You obviously don't know London property prices. Richard Cranium used to
live in those flats before they moved him to the home.

"The3rd Earl Of Derby" wrote in message
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I'm sorry but this building is going to look absolutely stupid surrounded
by a four storey flats estate. STUPID! TOTALLY STUPID!.

How wrong you were.

Doctor Drivel wrote:
"The3rd Earl Of Derby" wrote in message
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I'm sorry but this building is going to look absolutely stupid
surrounded by a four storey flats estate. STUPID! TOTALLY STUPID!.

How wrong you were.

How I was what?

All I can envisage is London borough council knocking the estate down and
building modern houses around that building and looking grossly out of
place.
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Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

"The3rd Earl Of Derby" wrote in message
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Doctor Drivel wrote:
"The3rd Earl Of Derby" wrote in message
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I'm sorry but this building is going to look absolutely stupid
surrounded by a four storey flats estate. STUPID! TOTALLY STUPID!.

How wrong you were.

How I was what?

All I can envisage is London borough council knocking the estate down and
building modern houses around that building and looking grossly out of
place.

Read my post on the location. The estate was secluded (to them) at the
back. The kids could spay graffiti on the walls and they wouldn't even know.

In message , The3rd
Earl Of Derby writes
chris French wrote:
In message , Rick
writes
On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 21:26:31 GMT, "The3rd Earl Of Derby"
wrote:

I'm sorry but this building is going to look absolutely stupid
surrounded by a four storey flats estate. STUPID! TOTALLY STUPID!.

Actually it looks pretty good, where it is may not be the best place,
but it is central london, which means IMHO, any semi decent place is
50+ miles away.

I think anything was going to look a bit odd surrounded by the flats
from the cameras eye view, but from 'inside' either garden or the
house you'll not notice, and from ground level outside you just had
some white walls really.

didn't go for lot of the internal decor etc. but hey it's their
house, but I did like it in general,

Whatever rocks your boat, but I certainly put a new build smack bang in the
middle of an estate.
For 350k i'd choose a more appropriate spot and sold the smaller house and
land they had to cover the excess money they borrowed.

Well yeah, but that's a different argument really isn't it. Presumably
they wanted to stay in the area/London or whatever. finding any spots at
all to selfbuild in somewhere like London must be pretty difficult.
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Chris French

The couple wanted privacy, yet put a vast glass frontage on the house.
Seemed like they were going to live in the "bunker" dug under the
house.

GD is a good programme, but I often feel that the self-builders could
have bought a better 2nd hand property for less money.

I see the architects cocked up again...
Bruce

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The couple wanted privacy, yet put a vast glass frontage on the house.
Seemed like they were going to live in the "bunker" dug under the
house.

GD is a good programme, but I often feel that the self-builders could
have bought a better 2nd hand property for less money.

You are joking of course.

wrote:
The couple wanted privacy, yet put a vast glass frontage on the house.
Seemed like they were going to live in the "bunker" dug under the
house.

GD is a good programme, but I often feel that the self-builders could
have bought a better 2nd hand property for less money.

I see the architects cocked up again...
Bruce

From the last few episodes of GD, it seems that is the sole purpose of
architects, along with ripping off the clients.

MBQ

I see the architects cocked up again...
Bruce
From the last few episodes of GD, it seems that is the sole purpose of
architects, along with ripping off the clients.

Wouldn't it be better for the self-builders to take on the architects
tasks themselves and pay a professional building project manager.
Rather than pay architects fees and do the build management themselves?

Bruce

wrote:
I see the architects cocked up again...
Bruce
From the last few episodes of GD, it seems that is the sole purpose
of architects, along with ripping off the clients.

Wouldn't it be better for the self-builders to take on the architects
tasks themselves and pay a professional building project manager.
Rather than pay architects fees and do the build management
themselves?

Bruce

Yes it would providing you know the in'n'outs of structural weakness and
weights, ect,ect.
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Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite