http://www.homeofthefuture.tv/

Was on Sunday night apparently.

Watch it online if you missed it.
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/h...the-future/4od

I have watched through it and they have a CHP system installed which
gets a brief mention (Think it was about half way through)

They spent £250k to fill the house with gadgets to make life 'easier'

All seem to consume electricity!
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On 14/02/2012 11:34, mogga wrote:
http://www.homeofthefuture.tv/

Was on Sunday night apparently.

Watch it online if you missed it.
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/h...the-future/4od

I have watched through it and they have a CHP system installed which
gets a brief mention (Think it was about half way through)

They spent £250k to fill the house with gadgets to make life 'easier'

All seem to consume electricity!

Something to do with the sponsor being e-on?

Colin Bignell

On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:13:52 +0000, Nightjar
wrote:

On 14/02/2012 11:34, mogga wrote:
http://www.homeofthefuture.tv/

Was on Sunday night apparently.

Watch it online if you missed it.
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/h...the-future/4od

I have watched through it and they have a CHP system installed which
gets a brief mention (Think it was about half way through)

They spent £250k to fill the house with gadgets to make life 'easier'

All seem to consume electricity!

Something to do with the sponsor being e-on?


I did assume that was something to do with it.

They have 5 shows planned - rest, work, play, food, wellbeing
The first I assume was the one on Sunday because they had gadgets to
help you sleep better....

I thought they could have talked about the way the home was powered
more but maybe that'd be a different type of show.

The idea of retrofitting so much stuff seems quite strange - rather
than sending them to live for a few weeks in a futuristic house.
I assume the money they spend doing it is a tax deductable for making
the show.


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On 14/02/2012 15:18, mogga wrote:
On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:13:52 +0000, Nightjar
wrote:

On 14/02/2012 11:34, mogga wrote:
http://www.homeofthefuture.tv/

Was on Sunday night apparently.

Watch it online if you missed it.
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/h...the-future/4od

I have watched through it and they have a CHP system installed which
gets a brief mention (Think it was about half way through)

They spent £250k to fill the house with gadgets to make life 'easier'

All seem to consume electricity!

Something to do with the sponsor being e-on?


I did assume that was something to do with it.

They have 5 shows planned - rest, work, play, food, wellbeing
The first I assume was the one on Sunday because they had gadgets to
help you sleep better....

I thought they could have talked about the way the home was powered
more but maybe that'd be a different type of show.

The idea of retrofitting so much stuff seems quite strange - rather
than sending them to live for a few weeks in a futuristic house.
I assume the money they spend doing it is a tax deductable for making
the show.

Perhaps the message is that anyone can do this in their own home.

Colin Bignell

Owain wrote:
Perhaps the next episode will have some expensive gym equipment to
burn off the weight gained after giving up lawn-mowing.

I watched the first few minutes to see if I could recognise what
part of Sheffield they were in. When they started knocking walls
down in the name of open-plan living I changed channel, and then
closed the doors and curtains of my nice, cosy, warm, non-open-
plan living room.

JGH

jgharston wrote:
Owain wrote:
Perhaps the next episode will have some expensive gym equipment to
burn off the weight gained after giving up lawn-mowing.

I watched the first few minutes to see if I could recognise what
part of Sheffield they were in. When they started knocking walls
down in the name of open-plan living I changed channel,

and then
closed the doors and curtains of my nice, cosy, warm, non-open-
plan living room.

You do not have a cat. Cat's do not do closed plan.

--
Adam

On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:04:19 +0000, Nightjar
wrote:


The idea of retrofitting so much stuff seems quite strange - rather
than sending them to live for a few weeks in a futuristic house.
I assume the money they spend doing it is a tax deductable for making
the show.

Perhaps the message is that anyone can do this in their own home.

Colin Bignell


Lots of the gadgets didn't need walls knocking down to show this.
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On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:48:42 -0800 (PST), jgharston
wrote:

Owain wrote:
Perhaps the next episode will have some expensive gym equipment to
burn off the weight gained after giving up lawn-mowing.

I watched the first few minutes to see if I could recognise what
part of Sheffield they were in. When they started knocking walls
down in the name of open-plan living I changed channel, and then
closed the doors and curtains of my nice, cosy, warm, non-open-
plan living room.

JGH


I don't understand the love of open plan either
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On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:53:41 -0000, "ARWadsworth"
wrote:


and then
closed the doors and curtains of my nice, cosy, warm, non-open-
plan living room.

You do not have a cat. Cat's do not do closed plan.


Our Rosie used to come and look through the door if we closed it to
the lounge ...
but having open doors in doorways isn't the same as having a huge
openplan area.

You'd have to tidy the kitchen up immediately after use if it was open
plan otherwise everyone would see it was a mess.
And then can you hear the dishwasher/washer/dryer everywhere if you
have no doors to shut?
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mogga wrote:
On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:04:19 +0000, Nightjar
wrote:


The idea of retrofitting so much stuff seems quite strange - rather
than sending them to live for a few weeks in a futuristic house.
I assume the money they spend doing it is a tax deductable for making
the show.
Perhaps the message is that anyone can do this in their own home.

Colin Bignell


Lots of the gadgets didn't need walls knocking down to show this.

Being cynical, I suspect the walls were knocked down mostly so the
camera angles could be better, and the house would look bigger. Open
plan has always looked more futuristic, too. Going back to the 1950s and
even earlier, science fiction movies have showed us living in large,
open plan spaces, rather than the rabbit hutches we all buy from
Barratts and the like.

--
Tciao for Now!

John.

mogga wrote:
On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:48:42 -0800 (PST), jgharston
wrote:

Owain wrote:
Perhaps the next episode will have some expensive gym equipment to
burn off the weight gained after giving up lawn-mowing.
I watched the first few minutes to see if I could recognise what
part of Sheffield they were in. When they started knocking walls
down in the name of open-plan living I changed channel, and then
closed the doors and curtains of my nice, cosy, warm, non-open-
plan living room.

JGH


I don't understand the love of open plan either

Its very 'working class' where essentially everyone lived in the
kitchen, because it was the only warm room.

On Feb 15, 10:52*am, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:
mogga wrote:
On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:48:42 -0800 (PST), jgharston
wrote:

Owain wrote:
Perhaps the next episode will have some expensive gym equipment to
burn off the weight gained after giving up lawn-mowing.
I watched the first few minutes to see if I could recognise what
part of Sheffield they were in. When they started knocking walls
down in the name of open-plan living I changed channel, and then
closed the doors and curtains of my nice, cosy, warm, non-open-
plan living room.

JGH

I don't understand the love of open plan either

Its very 'working class' where essentially everyone lived in the
kitchen, because it was the only warm room.

The father was the troglodyte. Unplugged all the electrical appliances
at night, including the charger for the electric car thus leaving the
son in the s**t the next morning. I'd have slit his throat.

Paul Mc Cann

Paul Mc Cann

On Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:52:13 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

I don't understand the love of open plan either

Its very 'working class' where essentially everyone lived in the
kitchen, because it was the only warm room.

Yeah but then the kitchen was a normal sized room and kept warm by
having half a dozen or more people in it. Not half an acre of open
space with high ceiling that takes 20kW to keep even vaugly warm.

I like large rooms (on the Barett scale) but not open plan.

--
Cheers
Dave.

mogga wrote:
You'd have to tidy the kitchen up immediately after use if it was open
plan otherwise everyone would see it was a mess.
And then can you hear the dishwasher/washer/dryer everywhere if you
have no doors to shut?

A week or so ago I started wondering whether the fancy
modern semi-open-plan effect between the kitchen and dining
room we've done he http://pics.mdfs.net/2011/11/111104.htm
might be a mistake, as I can't close the door on the kitchen
keep the cold out of the dining room, or stuff like that.

Anyway, I won't be living there. Let the tenants worry about it.

JGH