Grand Designs On Now Ch4

[FourWheelDrift]

Oily Fingernails said:

Is it just me..or is it no bigger inside than a Barret new build house??...
...yes it is different and yes has character...but still....kinda small internally for all the faff

If he wants to live in a shed, then so be it.

[mr_fibuli]

More bright orange oversized things on next

[skip_1]

Think I might watch this next programme. it looks, er, interesting

[Plotloss]

Whilst I sympathise with his plight regarding the absurd planning laws in this country and his equally absurd neighbours I'm not entirely sure of his thought process behind building a 'Cuprinol Castle'

[FourWheelDrift]

Plotloss said:

'Cuprinol Castle'

[AJS-]

Good on him for getting it done. Hopefully the neighbour will have got a heart attack when he saw it painted orange, and he can now paint the house a sensible colour.

[Plotloss]

FourWheelDrift said:

Plotloss said:

'Cuprinol Castle'

It's Scott Alexander's ideal country retreat.

[ehyouwhat]

Bloody Channel 4 and their timings - looks like Sky+ missed the end of the programme yet again (it missed it last week too).

[skip_1]

AJS- said:

Good on him for getting it done. Hopefully the neighbour will have got a heart attack when he saw it painted orange, and he can now paint the house a sensible colour.

There was a peek of the neighbours house near the end, and admittedly the Cuprinol Castle did tower over it a little, but it was PINK

[Wacky Racer]

skip_1 said:

Think I might watch this next programme. it looks, er, interesting

Mrs WR has just marched in and turned the TV off..........

[AJS-]

Ahh so the neighbour was worried about no longer being the only gay in the village?

[robinhood21]

That's one hell of a price to pay for being eccentric. Still, could have been worse, and he got there in the end. Good luck to the chap.

[Mello]

ehyouwhat said:

Bloody Channel 4 and their timings - looks like Sky+ missed the end of the programme yet again (it missed it last week too).

You need to change your "record" settings...

[outnumbered]

I think the site is here:

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=51.668456,-...


[corrected original URL - it's on the A40 West of Stokenchurch... Which is a great road to drive up, by the way]

Edited by outnumbered on Wednesday 4th February 22:40

[Goochie]

outnumbered said:

I think the site is here:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&amp...

Its on the back road that goes down the hill from Stokenchurch towards Chinnor. I remember seeing them building the steelwork when I live near there.

[AJS-]

George Orwell died in about 1948 so I don't think it's that relevant to the current political environment within the BBC. It might be relevant to how the culture of a licence funded state broadcaster can be so biased while maintaining it's claim to impartiality, though.

[trooperiziz]

AJS- said:

George Orwell died in about 1948 so I don't think it's that relevant to the current political environment within the BBC. It might be relevant to how the culture of a licence funded state broadcaster can be so biased while maintaining it's claim to impartiality, though.

I'm wondering how it's related to the Cuprinol Castle though? :P Did he start building it in 1984

[Wacky Racer]

trooperiziz said:

AJS- said:

George Orwell died in about 1948 so I don't think it's that relevant to the current political environment within the BBC. It might be relevant to how the culture of a licence funded state broadcaster can be so biased while maintaining it's claim to impartiality, though.

I'm wondering how it's related to the Cuprinol Castle though? :P Did he start building it in 1984

Perhaps it has an Animal Farm in the back garden...

[AJS-]

If you were Down and Out in London or Paris it would look like a good bet whatever colour it was.

[Beyond Rational]

Poor guy...unless you can afford to lose though, he really should have played the planner's game from day one, a few hundred quid would have taken away 18 months of stress, a dislike of the house and a falling out with the nieghbours, who may have over reacted but from what we saw, was impossible to tell.