8 Metres of kitchen units and some on the other side...yikes! thats some
junk storage not to mention a £1000 H&C tap

Personally the house looked like the annex of my old school in the
seventies.

In message , George
writes
8 Metres of kitchen units and some on the other side...yikes! thats some
junk storage not to mention a £1000 H&C tap

yeah 'kin hell, that's a lot of money for an ugly bit of s steel


Personally the house looked like the annex of my old school in the
seventies.

Or a factory reception area


--
geoff

In article ,
geoff wrote:
In message , George
writes
8 Metres of kitchen units and some on the other side...yikes! thats some
junk storage not to mention a £1000 H&C tap

yeah 'kin hell, that's a lot of money for an ugly bit of s steel


Personally the house looked like the annex of my old school in the
seventies.

Or a factory reception area

Bit like living in an echo chamber too.

--
*The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind *

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
geoff wrote:
In message , George
writes
8 Metres of kitchen units and some on the other side...yikes! thats some
junk storage not to mention a £1000 H&C tap

yeah 'kin hell, that's a lot of money for an ugly bit of s steel

Personally the house looked like the annex of my old school in the
seventies.

Or a factory reception area

Bit like living in an echo chamber too.

Now that is something that applies to almost all the featured buildings
throughout all series of GD! (With honourable exceptions such as 'the
timber house in the woods'.) Obviously that is based on what I can hear
on the soundtrack - the reality could be much better, or worse.

It seems to be common to the majority of modern structures. I have lost
count of the number of times I have felt something very close to pain in
my ears within such buildings as shopping centres/shops, offices and,
seemingly worst of all, restaurants.

I guess that they will be reading comments on their white MacBooks
(rather than PCs or even MacBook Pros) in order to fit into that
house... structure.

--
Rod

On Jan 31, 9:22*am, Rod wrote:
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
* *geoff wrote:
In message , George
writes
8 Metres of kitchen units and some on the other side...yikes! thats some
junk storage not to mention a £1000 H&C tap

yeah 'kin hell, that's a lot of money for an ugly bit of s steel

Personally the house looked like the annex of my old school in the
seventies.

Or a factory reception area

Bit like living in an echo chamber too.

Now that is something that applies to almost all the featured buildings
throughout all series of GD! (With honourable exceptions such as 'the
timber house in the woods'.) Obviously that is based on what I can hear
on the soundtrack - the reality could be much better, or worse.

It seems to be common to the majority of modern structures. I have lost
count of the number of times I have felt something very close to pain in
my ears within such buildings as shopping centres/shops, offices and,
seemingly worst of all, restaurants.

I guess that they will be reading comments on their white MacBooks
(rather than PCs or even MacBook Pros) in order to fit into that
house... structure.

--
Rod- Hide quoted text -

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I liked the way when they were trying to convince the presenter that
it was homely and a reflection of their personalities(!) he just kind
of smiled and said "yeeees"

In article ,
Rod wrote:
Bit like living in an echo chamber too.

Now that is something that applies to almost all the featured buildings
throughout all series of GD! (With honourable exceptions such as 'the
timber house in the woods'.) Obviously that is based on what I can hear
on the soundtrack - the reality could be much better, or worse.

Yup. The current fashion for stone or bare wood floors and little in the
way of soft furnishings. Interesting that they went for some special paint
that absorbed smells but obviously didn't care about the house being noisy
inside - ie from noises produced within the house.

BTW you can be sure if it's obvious the house is echoey when they're using
personal mics on the talent the reality will be very much worse.

--
*Beware - animal lover - brakes for pussy*

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

"adder1969" wrote in message

I liked the way when they were trying to convince the presenter that
it was homely and a reflection of their personalities(!) he just kind
of smiled and said "yeeees"

I liked the way he said "The build is in advance of one month",of course it
is the guy's an architect and knows how to get round planning permission and
red tape.

Duh!

adder1969 wrote:
On Jan 31, 9:22 am, Rod wrote:
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
geoff wrote:
In message , George
writes
8 Metres of kitchen units and some on the other side...yikes! thats some
junk storage not to mention a £1000 H&C tap
yeah 'kin hell, that's a lot of money for an ugly bit of s steel
Personally the house looked like the annex of my old school in the
seventies.
Or a factory reception area
Bit like living in an echo chamber too.

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I liked the way when they were trying to convince the presenter that
it was homely and a reflection of their personalities(!) he just kind
of smiled and said "yeeees"

I think it probably was a reflection of their personalities. Anal, lifeless,
emotionless.

Bedrooms with one wall open to all sounds from the house and vice versa... I
take it that they are very quiet in the bedroom together... or what about
their kids when they are a couple of years older and want some privacy.

not a very fun place to live.


cheers

David

On 31 Jan, 09:55, "Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:
In article ,
* *Rod wrote:

Bit like living in an echo chamber too.

Now that is something that applies to almost all the featured buildings
throughout all series of GD! (With honourable exceptions such as 'the
timber house in the woods'.) Obviously that is based on what I can hear
on the soundtrack - the reality could be much better, or worse.

Yup. The current fashion for stone or bare wood floors and little in the
way of soft furnishings. Interesting that they went for some special paint
that absorbed smells but obviously didn't care about the house being noisy
inside - ie from noises produced within the house.

BTW you can be sure if it's obvious the house is echoey when they're using
personal mics on the talent the reality will be very much worse.

--
*Beware - animal lover - brakes for pussy*

* * Dave Plowman * * * * * * * * London SW
* * * * * * * * * To e-mail, change noise into sound.

The £1000sqm glass was cool though.

Matt

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Rod wrote:
Bit like living in an echo chamber too.

Now that is something that applies to almost all the featured buildings
throughout all series of GD! (With honourable exceptions such as 'the
timber house in the woods'.) Obviously that is based on what I can hear
on the soundtrack - the reality could be much better, or worse.

Yup. The current fashion for stone or bare wood floors and little in the
way of soft furnishings. Interesting that they went for some special paint
that absorbed smells but obviously didn't care about the house being noisy
inside - ie from noises produced within the house.

BTW you can be sure if it's obvious the house is echoey when they're using
personal mics on the talent the reality will be very much worse.

Interestingly, if you go to http://www.stoshop.co.uk/home - which is
listed on the GD site for this project - they have a special "acoustic"
symbol for their wall finishings (paint to us). Unfortunately, none of
them seem to have the symbol higlighted. (As I read it, none of the
paints have that attribute, so I wondered why they had such a symbol at
all?).

If what they hear in reality is worse than what I hear it must be like
living in a public lavatory. And I suppose that glass is one of the most
acoustically reflective surfaces available.

--
Rod

Rod wrote:
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Rod wrote:
Bit like living in an echo chamber too.

Now that is something that applies to almost all the featured
buildings throughout all series of GD! (With honourable exceptions
such as 'the timber house in the woods'.) Obviously that is based on
what I can hear on the soundtrack - the reality could be much better,
or worse.

Yup. The current fashion for stone or bare wood floors and little in the
way of soft furnishings. Interesting that they went for some special
paint
that absorbed smells but obviously didn't care about the house being
noisy
inside - ie from noises produced within the house.

BTW you can be sure if it's obvious the house is echoey when they're
using
personal mics on the talent the reality will be very much worse.

Interestingly, if you go to http://www.stoshop.co.uk/home - which is
listed on the GD site for this project - they have a special "acoustic"
symbol for their wall finishings (paint to us). Unfortunately, none of
them seem to have the symbol higlighted. (As I read it, none of the
paints have that attribute, so I wondered why they had such a symbol at
all?).

If what they hear in reality is worse than what I hear it must be like
living in a public lavatory. And I suppose that glass is one of the most
acoustically reflective surfaces available.

Yup.

The only way to actually get any clarity of speech in such environments
is to kill the midrange completely. I was nearly on the point of
designing a 'whisper filter' for PA systems in such places when I left
that work area forever..

I feel most comfortable surrounded by wood, carpets, and cubby holes..a
sort of 19th century library. Flat echoic bright open spaces are hateful.