This weeks grand designs

[joe90]

Just watched it and boy what an awful site to build on (can’t believe they only found out about the sewer after they bought it?), but what a skilled chap and such a hard worker. I also love the double decker bus as a workshop for him.

[nod]

One of the best Joe 

Came in at 270k also 

Shocking site to build on 

[PeterW]

Just magic - shows what you can do with a lot of graft. Loved the kitchen colours too ..! Would never have thought about concrete blocks for paving either. 

[Declan52]

A truly stunning home made by one of the most talented craftsman that has ever appeared on grand designs. 

[ProDave]

I wish they had come into the project earlier?  I would like to have seen more about the railway sleeper retaining wall that appears to be 9 sleepers high but sat on edge not on the flat.  I wonder how that works and is going to retain 2 metres or more of land so close to the house?

 

But I loved the hands on, work it out as you go approach.  And never before has the description "sharp" been so appropriate.

 

And I liked the bus as a workshop as a way of not "building" over the sewer.

 

One of the classic GD's I think.

 

Oh and the obligatory new born.

 

[PeterW]

The sleepers aren’t a full retaining wall - they are a sound block for a lot of their height. Seemed to tag them to scaffold poles to retain them.  

[Lorenz]

Skill, I wonder how long before he is building a place in the country? Love the double decker idea. Not sure about the sleeper wall, though I like the look of it, I wonder at the foundations as they looked to be exposed when he started building, and the effect of wind on them. 

[AliG]

That's really self building. I don't know how someone can do that much work themselves.

 

Lovely house.

 

Bit odd on the budget, trying to do things on a tight budget, but £37k on Internorm windows. They could have got something similar for £10-15k less.

[vfrdave]

On 09/09/2021 at 16:45, PeterW said:

The sleepers aren’t a full retaining wall - they are a sound block for a lot of their height. Seemed to tag them to scaffold poles to retain them.  

This intrigued me as I was going to build a face wall with sleepers.

Can't convince wife to go horizontal with them though.

I like the idea of the wall but burying 1/4 to 1/3 of the sleeper length doesn't warm my heart.