NSS Posted October 16, 2019 Posted October 16, 2019 Mrs NSS and I caught up with this episode at the weekend. When it had finished she said, "we are so lucky". "In what way?" I asked. "That we didn't have to borrow for our build" she replied. "That's because we didn't have the ego of the guy in this episode" I said. 2
SteamyTea Posted October 16, 2019 Posted October 16, 2019 During that episode, they often cut to video of the wife looking miserable. That may have been post editing license. I also suspect that the things she initially liked about her alpha male husband, vanished when it all went wrong. And who knows, she may have met someone else and the sparks just flew. Or he may have.
Pocster Posted October 16, 2019 Posted October 16, 2019 Everyone suggests to me I should of gone on grand design . Can you imagine . Firstly you don’t get paid . Secondly kevin CockCloud saying “ but will it leak “ , “ when will it be finished “ etc. Etc. Just before every commercial break - would hiss me off massively.
Onoff Posted October 16, 2019 Posted October 16, 2019 10 minutes ago, pocster said: Secondly kevin CockCloud saying “ but will it leak “ , “ when will it be finished “ etc. Easy answers: "Yes Kev, like a sieve!" "Before @Onoff!" 1
Pocster Posted October 16, 2019 Posted October 16, 2019 33 minutes ago, Onoff said: Easy answers: "Yes Kev, like a sieve!" "Before @Onoff!" Oi ! If they started filming grand design on the start of your bathroom it would of been in black and white ! 2
Onoff Posted October 16, 2019 Posted October 16, 2019 5 minutes ago, pocster said: Oi ! If they started filming grand design on the start of your bathroom it would of been in black and white ! Silent too! 1
SteamyTea Posted October 16, 2019 Posted October 16, 2019 2 hours ago, Onoff said: Silent too! @pocsterplaying the piano in the picture house 1 3
Ferdinand Posted October 17, 2019 Posted October 17, 2019 (edited) 15 hours ago, pocster said: Secondly kevin CockCloud saying “ but will it leak “ , “ when will it be finished “ etc. Etc. Just before every commercial break - would hiss me off massively. You need some more baseball history. Would be wonderful so see an entire Grand Designs episode where all the Kevin McLoud questions were answered strictly with Yogi Berra quotes. But will it leak? "You can observe a lot by just watching." When will it be finished? "It ain't over till it's over." Is it on schedule? The future ain't what it used to be. Edited October 17, 2019 by Ferdinand 2
redtop Posted October 17, 2019 Posted October 17, 2019 1 hour ago, Ferdinand said: You need some more baseball history. Would be wonderful so see an entire Grand Designs episode where all the Kevin McLoud questions were answered strictly with Yogi Berra quotes. But will it leak? "You can observe a lot by just watching." When will it be finished? "It ain't over till it's over." Is it on schedule? The future ain't what it used to be. yogi bear quotes would be far better? 'because ime smarter than the average self builder', 'ime so smart it hurts', 'let's go go go' 2
eandg Posted October 23, 2019 Posted October 23, 2019 Watched both the water reservoir project and the clifftpop lighthouse one tonight. Thought the reservoir one was fantastic - great idea, great design, great home delivering fantastic family living at great value for money. Felt a bit for the guy with the lighthouse - part unfortunate victim of circumstance (and bad professional advice), part pigheaded. You'd have thought he could have afforded a QS from his 250 grand in fees though.
Hop-On Hop-Off Posted October 25, 2019 Posted October 25, 2019 On 10/10/2019 at 15:37, AliG said: 1. Apparently he borrowed £2.5m from small investors in Funding Circle in 2016 to progress the build and according to commenters has defaulted on this. I have not found any more information on this, but it seems strange to lend this without security. . Edit: So I found someone on Funding Circle saying that they have so far invested £3m and have not seen a penny back yet, property development loans do not amortise, they are interest only until the development is sold or refinanced, although apparently the normal term is 12 months. I do not believe it has defaulted and I suspect that it is secured on the property. Funding Circle were projecting a 30% return from the project, but are reviewing this. If this is true and the house was to eventually be finished the owner will have paid out I reckon over £1.5m in interest. Funnily enough Funding Circle stopped doing property development loans last year and no longer publish their default rates. Interesting post AliG, the owner said in the episode that he borrows money from "a hedge fund", so you think that it was Funding Circle in reality?
AliG Posted October 25, 2019 Posted October 25, 2019 I’m not sure I just picked this up from comments made on the story in newspapers. He may have refinanced with Funding Circle or it may have been them all along. Certainly it would be a pretty small and unusual investment for a hedge fund.
Hop-On Hop-Off Posted October 25, 2019 Posted October 25, 2019 Thanks for the reply, it would indeed be a very strange investment for a hedge fund, I'm not sure that the owner was totally truthful.
SteamyTea Posted October 25, 2019 Posted October 25, 2019 Don't hedge funds pay the minimum they can get away with, while hoping the project fails. That way they get a bigger slice of the saleable asset.
Patrick Posted October 26, 2019 Posted October 26, 2019 (edited) Just had my weekly peek on zoopla and found this one here : https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/52820763?utm_source=v1:5bWFDybfWx7C7AGpeagt7mP3PgcqjuqJ&utm_medium=api Not sure if I remember correctly but I think it was on one of the "hand out the blanque cheque" property programmes. Edited October 26, 2019 by Patrick
Ferdinand Posted October 26, 2019 Posted October 26, 2019 27 minutes ago, Patrick said: Just had my weekly peek on zoopla and found this one here : https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/52820763?utm_source=v1:5bWFDybfWx7C7AGpeagt7mP3PgcqjuqJ&utm_medium=api Not sure if I remember correctly but I think it was on one of the "hand out the blanque cheque" property programmes. That looks like the GD couple who did the folly on return from London, but I will not be trying to track it down.
Onoff Posted October 26, 2019 Posted October 26, 2019 22 minutes ago, Ferdinand said: That looks like the GD couple who did the folly on return from London, but I will not be trying to track it down. It was Restoration Home not GD, see my link.
Patrick Posted October 26, 2019 Posted October 26, 2019 48 minutes ago, Onoff said: It was Restoration Home not GD, see my link. Yep. That was it. Just skipped through it again. Unfortunately not a word mentioned about budget or prices, so no idea if that went alright.
joth Posted November 3, 2019 Posted November 3, 2019 So have we already discussed the Grand Design drinking game? https://carina.org.uk/granddesigns.shtml Some very familiar memes there. I might start playing that game when reading buildhub posts too.
Dreadnaught Posted November 3, 2019 Posted November 3, 2019 1 hour ago, joth said: I might start playing that game when reading buildhub posts too. Oh I would like to see the BuildHub version of it. I wonder if it includes pregnancy too.
Visti Posted November 3, 2019 Posted November 3, 2019 3 hours ago, Dreadnaught said: Oh I would like to see the BuildHub version of it. I wonder if it includes pregnancy too. Don't get me started... *turns around and continues to soothe 3 month old* 1 2
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