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[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I particularly liked the house that was build by two.....ahem..ahem...bachelors.

If I recall correctly they used flint on the outside. It was a stunning piece of modern architecture. 

[aaronjb]

Do you mean the big sloping building with the sliding glass side? IIRC they were running a farm/smallholding and also brewing beer, was it?

[Marks DTM Calib]

Yes, always interesting how they manage it, I am building an extension myself at the moment (just laying foundation blocks in my 1.6m + deep footings!) and overspending to that level is not an option!

There's always something to learn watching those shows - even if it's how not to do it! Some builds are properly interesting though, like the 'floating' house by the Thames..

I think, personally, I'd be going for a "kit" build timber framed thing for reasons of cost (plus they come largely already insulated, go up quickly, etc) and without kids noise insulation inside the house isn't much of a concern.  Some interesting costings available on the various kit build websites, like this: http://www.scandia-hus.co.uk/designs/the-cedars

I actually quite like that house, although the garage needs to be bigger (and taller for that two post lift) and another one on the other side…

Yeah....Ah, what's £300,000. It's just a couple of nights out in Mayfair.

That's absolutely how some of them come across.. at the start of the episode they'll claim a budget of £200k and by the end they've spent £700k!

Sound deadening is now a building regulations requirement as of circa 2003/4 (Part E)......this also includes floors!

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Do you mean the big sloping building with the sliding glass side? IIRC they were running a farm/smallholding and also brewing beer, was it?

Yep...that's the one, Aaron. . Very astute of you.

They may have been a pair of faggots but they certainly had vision.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Do you mean the big sloping building with the sliding glass side? IIRC they were running a farm/smallholding and also brewing beer, was it?

Yep...that's the one, Aaron. . Very astute of you.

They may have been a pair of faggots but they certainly had vision.

[henryd]

Do you mean the big sloping building with the sliding glass side? IIRC they were running a farm/smallholding and also brewing beer, was it?

Yep...that's the one, Aaron. . Very astute of you.

They may have been a pair of faggots but they certainly had vision.

You can say that again,Doh you just did

[05omegav6]

Do you mean the big sloping building with the sliding glass side? IIRC they were running a farm/smallholding and also brewing beer, was it?

Yep...that's the one, Aaron. . Very astute of you.

They may have been a pair of faggots but they certainly had vision.

You can say that again,Doh you just did

Not dissimilar to the episode on Skye with the couple of thespians... some of the observations by the neighbours at the house warming were quite telling

I hope they finish that floating house on the Thames,  I have had similar ideas down here as the grazing land on the flood plain is pretty cheap, and underwater from November through to April so has scope to be a boating centre, with a floating house/garage and pontoon driveway

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Does mass housing for the great unwashed really need to be so mundane?

I think not.

All we seem to get built the this country is terminally boring boxes.

[Marks DTM Calib]

Its always been the case.....

....terrace houses, housing states, flats throughout the era's have always bee the same......

....unless you have the money to afford the additional cost of the land and architect to be different.

Of course, most of the character older houses have is due to the 70+ years of changes they have had made to them by generations of owners.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Its always been the case.....

....terrace houses, housing states, flats throughout the era's have always bee the same......

....unless you have the money to afford the additional cost of the land and architect to be different.

Of course, most of the character older houses have is due to the 70+ years of changes they have had made to them by generations of owners.

But does it really cost more to build an adventurous house of the future if done in large enough numbers?

[Kevin Wood]

But does it really cost more to build an adventurous house of the future if done in large enough numbers?

If they were built in large enough numbers they'd be mundane.

[Marks DTM Calib]

Its always been the case.....

....terrace houses, housing states, flats throughout the era's have always bee the same......

....unless you have the money to afford the additional cost of the land and architect to be different.

Of course, most of the character older houses have is due to the 70+ years of changes they have had made to them by generations of owners.

But does it really cost more to build an adventurous house of the future if done in large enough numbers?

Of course....volume is king for costs. 

Same house built 100 times results in a single design costs and the ability to order 100 kit of bits from your suppliers.....the result is lower material costs due to the price breaks

[Shackeng]

It always amuses me that Estate Agents, when promoting new houses, invariably describe them as 'Architect designed'! Well who the f**k else would have designed it, a chicken sexer???

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

It always amuses me that Estate Agents, when promoting new houses, invariably describe them as 'Architect designed'! Well who the f**k else would have designed it, a chicken sexer???

The mind boggles....

[Tony H]

It always amuses me that Estate Agents, when promoting new houses, invariably describe them as 'Architect designed'! Well who the f**k else would have designed it, a chicken sexer???