Grand Designs - 18th Feb

[Bungleaio]

PaulHogan said:

Bungleaio said:

Did I hear that right, a build cost of £445 000?

Aye. Plus £353k for the plot

A very nice place but very expensive.

And with this being pistonheads, where's the garage? I suppose it would need to have a roof the same as the main house in order to look right so it wouldn't be cheap!

[JulesV]

AMCDan said:

anyone got a source or more info on that resin flooring? Possible cheaper alternative to the white quartz tiles we're looking at.. No paper clips though, thanks.

A friend of mine runs a company that produces some very cool resin floors:

http://www.addagrip.co.uk/addagrip_edl.html

Also some very nice external surfaces.

[C8PPO]

Bungleaio said:

And with this being pistonheads, where's the garage?

It's an eco house - they just chain the bicycles up outside!

[rfn]

Bungleaio said:

And with this being pistonheads, where's the garage? I suppose it would need to have a roof the same as the main house in order to look right so it wouldn't be cheap!

Very few of these "Grand Designs" seem to have garages! If I built my own house I'd have an amazing garage .

[Plotloss]

80 bags on an arch and 99p light switches?

Felt they could have done a bit better with the lighting as a whole, would have been nice to see it at night though.

[V8mate]

Didn't like the external boxes glued on each side. Looked random and messy.

I'd have made the arch wider and put everything underneath it.

[FourWheelDrift]

Just watching it properly on 4+1, not very eco friendly of them to be destroying the old house and burning it. Could they not reuse the bricks of the chimney or tiles from the roof?

[J111]

dfen5 said:

J111 said:

dfen5 said:

Plus the report to the school and social for the injury (it's procedure for children attending A&E)

Yes, and one day he might go outside, where there are cars ! and tarmac ! and broken glass ! and dog st ! Oh noooooo ! (no, it isn't)

Yes, it is. Prove me wrong.

You're the one making the extraordinary claim.

Conversely, I'm the one whose physically disabled kid has put himself in A&E at least two or three times a year for the past few years as he's learnt to walk relatively unaided. It's a wonder the social haven't taken him away.

[J111]

Plotloss said:

80 bags on an arch and 99p light switches?

I thought you might pick up on that.

[speedychrissie]

The bloke first described what he was building as: "there will be a big arch and some boxes underneath".
At that point I thought that he was crazy, but I have to say that I absolutley loved the result. The roof was a great architectural feature and would make it a beautiful place to live.

I think it will be very nice to see what it looks like in 6 months time once the plants have all bedded in to see if it still really looks like it has thrust its way from the earth.

ETA: Oh, and NO BILLS! how awesome is that!

Edited by speedychrissie on Wednesday 18th February 22:17

[sleep envy]

Plotloss said:

80 bags on an arch and 99p light switches?

Felt they could have done a bit better with the lighting as a whole, would have been nice to see it at night though.

nowt wrong with MK

know any decent lighting designers?

[jazzybee]

Although it was an eco house - It was a pragmatic eco house based on a solid 'passive house' principle that makes a lot of sense. I don't see them as eco warrior types.

I've stayed in houses in Europe that seem so much warmer and quieter than here in the UK, with triple glazing and good insulation and I wonder why we cannot do the same. There must be a business opportunity to manufacture triple glazed units like those in the show in the UK if they had to import from Austria.

Good show, nice people and job well done imho!

[Plotloss]

Nope.

Well, that's a bit of a lie, I know a very good one, mind you I'm compelled to say that as he's fking enormous.

[dfen5]

J111 said:

dfen5 said:

J111 said:

dfen5 said:

Plus the report to the school and social for the injury (it's procedure for children attending A&E)

Yes, and one day he might go outside, where there are cars ! and tarmac ! and broken glass ! and dog st ! Oh noooooo ! (no, it isn't)

Yes, it is. Prove me wrong.

You're the one making the extraordinary claim.

Conversely, I'm the one whose physically disabled kid has put himself in A&E at least two or three times a year for the past few years as he's learnt to walk relatively unaided. It's a wonder the social haven't taken him away.

The 'claim' isn't 'extraordinary' at all. All visits to A&E by minors are reported, even in the case of my son who suffered from croup (a blue light job at three in the morning). Given the very public failings of child care in recent months I do wonder why they bother, I have to admit.

I wish your son well.

Edited by dfen5 on Wednesday 18th February 22:24

[sleep envy]

jazzybee said:

I've stayed in houses in Europe that seem so much warmer and quieter than here in the UK, with triple glazing and good insulation and I wonder why we cannot do the same. There must be a business opportunity to manufacture triple glazed units like those in the show in the UK if they had to import from Austria.

creating a passive building is techincally very difficult, time consuming and very expensive

I've done a few cost studies and for resi applications it adds the best part of 40% to the superstructure costs

[Plotloss]

Use number 11 for expanding foam

[sleep envy]

Plotloss said:

Well, that's a bit of a lie, I know a very good one, mind you I'm compelled to say that as he's fking enormous.

do I know him?

[NerveAgent]

I think the arch bit looked great but the boxes tacked onto the side and the randomly placed windows were crap. I think they should have made the main arch bit wider to fit more in and then had a smaller arch on the front and/or back.

[V8mate]

sleep envy said:

jazzybee said:

I've stayed in houses in Europe that seem so much warmer and quieter than here in the UK, with triple glazing and good insulation and I wonder why we cannot do the same. There must be a business opportunity to manufacture triple glazed units like those in the show in the UK if they had to import from Austria.

creating a passive building is techincally very difficult, time consuming and very expensive

I've done a few cost studies and for resi applications it adds the best part of 40% to the superstructure costs

I'm using a whole house ventilation and heat recovery system in a block of flats I'm building. Poor local air quality and noise (right next to railway line) make opening windows a non-starter and the heat recovery helps with the BREEAM assessment.

[J111]

JulesV said:

Anyone know where this place is?

Here