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Grand Designs: House of the year
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostI always remember there was a crumbling heap of stone that was a castle once - not that you could tell. In Yorkshire. For some off reason English heritage had grade 1 listed it.
Some architect came up with this great plan to turn it into a amazing home - keeping what he could. It would cost about £500k. English heritage fought him every step of the way. At one point they were clearing away fallen stone - which was supporting the main structure. So that partly collapsed! English Heritage then caused him loads more grief.
I am pleased to say he did get a really nice home. Was it worth the aggro? English heritage should be encouraging people like him...
It looks like he has now had to demolish it
Berry Pomeroy would make a huge mansion if the owner had the funds and could get consent to renovate it looking something like (as it once did):
The snag is it would cost a fortune, several million at least, I imagine as it currently resembles:
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here are some of the houses...
Grand Designs: House of the Year longlist in pictures - Telegraph
A lot of them seem to have massive amounts of floor to ceiling glass windows which must be freezing on dark winter days. They also seem to have nothing in the houses apart from a leather sofa and a dining table.
It looks to me like the modern equivalent of throwing away all your belongings and living in a monastery on the west coast.Comment
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And then if they're proper minimalists they can't even have curtains/blinds because that would "spoil the lines" so everything you do is on display. I agree, not my style at all.Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by minestrone View Posthere are some of the houses...
Grand Designs: House of the Year longlist in pictures - Telegraph
A lot of them seem to have massive amounts of floor to ceiling glass windows which must be freezing on dark winter days. They also seem to have nothing in the houses apart from a leather sofa and a dining table.
It looks to me like the modern equivalent of throwing away all your belongings and living in a monastery on the west coast.Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostReminds me of that heroic, or heroically stupid, guy who piled up an enormous haystack and then secretly built a castle inside it without planning consent.
It looks like he has now had to demolish it ...
Mr Fidler his name is. Wasn't that the caravan site owner's name in Carry on Camping?Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ hereComment
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostHe's been in the news again only today
Mr Fidler his name is. Wasn't that the caravan site owner's name in Carry on Camping?Socialism is inseparably interwoven with totalitarianism and the abject worship of the state.
No Socialist Government conducting the entire life and industry of the country could afford to allow free, sharp, or violently-worded expressions of public discontent.Comment
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Oh Dear(tm).
Kev's Grand Design has bitten the proverbials:
Grand Designs presenter Kevin McCloud'''s property business collapses into liquidationWhen the fun stops, STOP.Comment
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I used to love GD. No idea if it's still even going.Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostI used to love GD. No idea if it's still even going.
Just saying, like...Old Greg - In search of acceptance since Mar 2007. Hoping each leap will be his last.Comment
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