Create a third bedroom, then use it as a storage room/pantry. When it comes time to sell, style it as a bedroom, and you are back to a 3 bedroom home. Simple. And whittle down that hallway for more room in the third bedroom.
My thoughts exactly. There's little need to chop up space into honey-comb rooms like that. And the extension is ridiculous. I'd hate to try to cook in that raceway kitchen running up and down the row. The mentality of English houses seems to be a separate room for each and every function when many functions can be accommodated together in one space more efficiently.
@@virginiamoss7045 That "raceway kitchen" was a shocker Lots of strange choices. Forever homes are myths. You have to treat homes like investments because they cost so much and you simply can't predict life changes.
Paul and Laura may seem short-sighted to us, but they followed their own lights. They zoned the house according to their present desires and needs, not for resale value. And they incorporated many eco-friendly elements. Hats off.
Is no one going to mention how the couple who aimed for environmentally friendly design ended up astro turfing their front garden? Fake grass is one of the most non-environmentally friendly materials.
@@LizNewtonZHUCHI Yes I Agree with you about the bath but no shower and thought surely there's a shower, there has to be a shower somewhere 🤔 Cos that is nuts No Shower.
I live in a place with sometimes harsh weather. My favorite room is my garage that I can keep my vehicle dry, snow free, frost free, and cool on hot days. I never want to live where my car isn’t protected.
I will not have a house without an attached garage or at least an open carport, no matter the climate. It's a great place to store items in addition to protecting your vehicle. No getting into an icy or oven of a car. Unloading groceries and stuff right into the house. Getting stuff from your car in your pajamas (or less).
To each it's own. The couples are living for now. If children are in the future. They will be moving to a bigger house. And time will play havoc on their life. Aging, illness, unexpected events and life takes a different meaning. Things that young folks don't see. It's only when you're older, thoughts and ideas changes. Live in the moment. Life is short.
If you cook a lot as I do, you do need a good sized kitchen. A large centre island, I chose Marble tops great for pastry making. You can put all of your ingredient needs together, close to hand. A caterers oven. Bread prover, ect. And a prep area. Also a larder and store cupboards. 👍
As much as I love the glass and natural light, all I could see was soot and leaf litter covering the roof and algae at the bottom of the glass walls. Check out any green house and see if you want to deal with those issues regarding your house.
Not getting how a big hallway suits their lifestyle and now they haven't got that 3rd bedroom. Not sure that makes sense which will be highlighted when they try to sell it
I saw a couple who doubled their home on a 35,000 budget and achieved spectacular results; whilst the end terrace house after its 60,000 spend looks rather blah. Love the look of the country cottage- Money Well Spent!
She certainly had delusions of grandeur and I can hear her saying now, 'Open the front door, walk down the first of the corridors, then turn left into the Grand Corridor to access our yoga studio in the left Wing of out establishment!'
Sarah is always against garage or carport. But I would not give up a garage. It is very useful in winter. It is nice to get into a warm car instead of the freezing cold one. And it is not needed to clean snow or ice in the morning. Garage is good in summer as well, the car is not hot, when it is in shade.
When working with clients you design for what they want. You can suggest and advise all day long, but if you want to get paid, you use their criteria. Even this host could not dissuade them.
The best bit is when Sarah says can be hot and toasty on a rainy day.....hahaha.. .unless you got the heating on....wont happen....brilliant...am still laughing.
These young couples profess to love character, but always end up creating ultra modern spaces lacking any character at all and don't seem to ever realize it!
I think the reason for them not to want a third bedroom is because they don't want to have any kids. Sarah should have talked about an office instead. Or they could have had one room with both the pantry and utility in it, then they could have changed it if they changed their minds.
Two more great designs! I can understand that the couple wanted a laundry/storage room. Get a bit irritated when hosts keeps pushing her ideas. In the end it is their house and their money. A good sized hallway leading into the open space feels right. It's not always about resale value. I have great respect for the couple roughing it in a home with no heat or hot water! Was interesting to see different garage door options. The door within a door is genius! Like the sliding one, too. Love the ones they ultimately chose. Practical and very aesthetically appealing. The living wall was great, but $ 10 K? For only 15 sq. meters?
We just bought an eleven year old house and are freshening up the interior with new flooring, etc. We're keeping our heads level by reminding ourselves that we need to make sure it will appeal to a large pool of buyers in case we decide to sell it (don't fool yourself into thinking your house will be a "forever home" because houses rarely are--I know this twice from experience). The wildest thing I'm planning on doing that is "just for me" is to put in an Italian styled blue and white tile backsplash in the kitchen (I have blue and white china) and to paint the interior the same pale blue that we had in the house we just sold (which the buyers loved). In the house we just sold the unique kitchen backsplash was the only "me thing" and the rest of the house was pretty neutral, but with high end features--like marble floors and shower in the master bathroom (I bought the tile new for a fraction of the price through a classified ad. The seller couldn't afford to install it). You can personalize a neutral, more saleable house with artwork, upholstery, towels, etc. "Neutral" doesn't have to be sterile--hence the unique wall color and backsplash. When we finish the basement this winter it'll be neutral, too. New owners will probably rip out the existing backsplash anyway.
Paul and Laura are too young to think that they will never re-sell their home . It would not hurt for them to have thought of features that could have helped add value such as a third bedroom.
Think I have it figured out. Don't start your rebuild until you have double the money. But say you are planning to use only half. That way when the cost goes up, you won't need a loan. Don't forget to think smaller. 😅
How do they pick these people. They seem to have the most impractical of ideas. Also the builders just add stuff on that’s needed but not quoted for. What a surprise.
Where is the refrigerator? With all that long run of kitchen counter they jammed the cook top right up against the left wall. Have they ever cooked before?
I will never understand these stubborn immature couples who waste valuable space on carports or hallway but keep the tiny house. good luck selling that!
I think the issue is they don’t want to sell, they want a place to live. They want a carport to stop their shopping getting wet, the other couple want a big kitchen diner so she has space to teach yoga.
@@TakenTook But you don't need planning permission for a car port and so can add that to the front, right on the drive and it could be beautifully done in part wood with climbers...
That end terrace is an interesting prospect. Having a pantry and utility makes sense. The hall also makes sense when you figure that she will be holding yoga classes in the new space, so there will be a stream of people in and out. The downside to what they have is a kitchen that will be absolutely exhausting when making a big meal. Frankly, it would have been better to build the kitchen half way down both side walls rather than all the way down the one. If a 3rd bedroom becomes necessary, the new upstairs bath could become a corridor to another extension over the kitchen. That could provide a 3rd bedroom easily. If it were the size of the ground floor extension, it is plenty large enough for a family bath plus a new en suite master bedroom. The hard work is already done, so would be quite simple. Richard and Sarah did a beautiful job inside and out. What they have achieved is absolutely beautiful. For myself, having the garage is worth more than losing it to create an office. I hate parking outside in winter and having to clean the car off all the time. The garage also gives space to store the winter tires and other equipment for both car and garden.
Ome, I i can't fathom having skylights/glass ceilings (or whatever they're called lol) like that In Australia. You'd never be able to enter that room. I think you just burst into flames. Lol
They typically use membranes to add a waterproof layer. These types of roofs can have a 40+ year life, done properly. Green roofs also add to the house's energy efficiency by moderating temps.
@@b_uppy Thanks! There was a house in our area that was covered in vines and it was damaged over the years by birds, water, etc. But it wasn't specially built.
A 2 bedroom house would sell….do you believe there are no people looking to buy a two bedroom house? Why do builders/designer insist there be at least 3 bedrooms to get money for your home? That isn’t realistic. Why create a dream house for someone else when you are living there?
I do find the evolution of these shows interesting - while actually becoming less entertaining, informative and FUN! Always seems like the producers are looking for the (magic?) formula - harp on about a couple of bugbears, find some ditzie idea and deconstruct it, include some pious agendas that are probably impossible and make sure you reiterate the story over & over and OVER again (fills up SO much time!) Plus it all has to be done within 6-months - regardless - which is a shame - as that's tight, being it's England & the weather mostly sucks! Why can't they just say - ready or not, let's see how far the renno has come: don't pretend the job is done when there's still a ton of work to be completed...
Yes, very annoying. Also, I don't like combining two renovations in one show; I can't follow it well enough and get the two confused. Many shows do this thinking their viewers have the attention span of a gnat. It gives me a headache. Come to think of it, given the masses out there, they may be right about the average attention span if their goal is to capture and hold eyeballs for advertising.
Eco friendly lady could have done something in limited garden for her yoga.....why do yoga in kitchen living area? Her husband may need the kitchen area....
@@AllyCreative golly, if that's as "creative" as you can get, I'm going to assume you're a website developer for yoga instructors. And I'm not really all that old.
I´ve seen 2 yoga instructors on this show and both had me grinding my teeth... Don´t get me wrong, Ive done yoga at home for many years but they are rather "special" aren´t they!
Who exactly do you think designs the websites you use every day John, other than web designers? What an ignorant and bitter comment to make. Says a lot more about you than it does about the people you tried to criticize.
What’s with this designer and carports or garages?? Always takes up too much space. I wouldn’t consider any home without a garage for a warm car in the mornings and storage galore. Also... we always have laundry rooms for the washer and dryer... never in the kitchen!
When she comes into the hall and says it's all finished. And you look behind the guy and see all the shoddy work and finish. this program is just OK. It's not great,
Create a third bedroom, then use it as a storage room/pantry. When it comes time to sell, style it as a bedroom, and you are back to a 3 bedroom home. Simple. And whittle down that hallway for more room in the third bedroom.
My thoughts exactly. There's little need to chop up space into honey-comb rooms like that. And the extension is ridiculous. I'd hate to try to cook in that raceway kitchen running up and down the row. The mentality of English houses seems to be a separate room for each and every function when many functions can be accommodated together in one space more efficiently.
@@virginiamoss7045 That "raceway kitchen" was a shocker Lots of strange choices. Forever homes are myths. You have to treat homes like investments because they cost so much and you simply can't predict life changes.
@@stephanied.k.3589 Good point.
A third bedroom could also work as a yoga space instead of having the yoga space in the kitchen.
I agree!Smdh!🤦🤔🙄🎯💯💯💯👍👍
She's a yoga teacher, so she wants a yoga studio for group sessions, not personal yoga space.
Paul and Laura may seem short-sighted to us, but they followed their own lights. They zoned the house according to their present desires and needs, not for resale value. And they incorporated many eco-friendly elements. Hats off.
Wonderfully polite and smart host. Good job.
Is no one going to mention how the couple who aimed for environmentally friendly design ended up astro turfing their front garden? Fake grass is one of the most non-environmentally friendly materials.
They were quoted a lot of money for that and they had only a minimal amount.
and they have a whopping bath and no shower. completely bonkers.
No one commented because it was obvious that they were both hypocrites like the Harrys and Me-agains of this world!
@@LizNewtonZHUCHI Yes I Agree with you about the bath but no shower
and thought surely there's a shower, there has to be a shower somewhere 🤔
Cos that is nuts No Shower.
@@dianestallworthy7711 Must get boring hating on harry and meghan
I live in a place with sometimes harsh weather. My favorite room is my garage that I can keep my vehicle dry, snow free, frost free, and cool on hot days. I never want to live where my car isn’t protected.
Exactly, nobody cares about their vehicles anymore.
I agree!🎯💯💯💯👍👍
I will not have a house without an attached garage or at least an open carport, no matter the climate. It's a great place to store items in addition to protecting your vehicle. No getting into an icy or oven of a car. Unloading groceries and stuff right into the house. Getting stuff from your car in your pajamas (or less).
Please upload these episodes quicker as this has become essential viewing whilst I’m furloughed 👍🏻👌🏻😉
To each it's own. The couples are living for now.
If children are in the future. They will be moving to a bigger house.
And time will play havoc on their life.
Aging, illness, unexpected events and life takes a different meaning.
Things that young folks don't see.
It's only when you're older, thoughts and ideas changes.
Live in the moment. Life is short.
If you cook a lot as I do, you do need a good sized kitchen. A large centre island, I chose Marble tops great for pastry making. You can put all of your ingredient needs together, close to hand. A caterers oven. Bread prover, ect. And a prep area. Also a larder and store cupboards. 👍
I cant think what it means to have a hallway in terms of lifestyle 🤔🤷
Another question, how to clean the glazed walls and roofing??
I found it weird too. I didn't quite understand what it was used for exactly? It's a hall way but it's their house and they wanted it I guess
As much as I love the glass and natural light, all I could see was soot and leaf litter covering the roof and algae at the bottom of the glass walls. Check out any green house and see if you want to deal with those issues regarding your house.
Not getting how a big hallway suits their lifestyle and now they haven't got that 3rd bedroom. Not sure that makes sense which will be highlighted when they try to sell it
I'm wondering if she teaches yoga in the house. Even then it makes no sense.
The second home ("... a beautiful home in rural England...") is outstanding! Congratulations!
I saw a couple who doubled their home on a 35,000 budget and achieved spectacular results; whilst the end terrace house after its 60,000 spend looks rather blah.
Love the look of the country cottage- Money Well Spent!
To be fair, not everybody wants those outlandish decorations or interior. Many people just wants a homely simple house that are easy to clean.
How does an overlarge entry hall suit anyone's "lifestyle"? It's just something to walk through to get to other rooms...?
She certainly had delusions of grandeur and I can hear her saying now, 'Open the front door, walk down the first of the corridors, then turn left into the Grand Corridor to access our yoga studio in the left Wing of out establishment!'
Sarah is always against garage or carport. But I would not give up a garage. It is very useful in winter. It is nice to get into a warm car instead of the freezing cold one. And it is not needed to clean snow or ice in the morning. Garage is good in summer as well, the car is not hot, when it is in shade.
We use remote start to turn on the car’s a/c or heat.
Yes and serves the purpose of protecting the car from the environment.
Wondering why their architect didn’t also recommend a third bedroom.
Exactly!!🤔🙄🤦🎯💯💯💯👍
When working with clients you design for what they want. You can suggest and advise all day long, but if you want to get paid, you use their criteria. Even this host could not dissuade them.
Don't think they were doing much listening. They think their design is personal but it's just amateurish.
@@stephanied.k.3589 She wasn’t listening and imposed her idea imho
I don’t think they hired an architect. Most probably they imposed their own designs & a foreman just put it into paper.
The best bit is when Sarah says can be hot and toasty on a rainy day.....hahaha..
.unless you got the heating on....wont happen....brilliant...am still laughing.
Great episode!
Couldn’t their front lounge room be used as a bedroom? The back room is big enough for a kitchen, dining table and lounge isn’t it?
Why waste the space on a large hallway? You don’t live in a hallway 🙄
Exactly!!You sure don't I agree!Smdh!🤦🙄🤔😔😡😤😬🎯💯💯💯👍👍
They really dug their heels in on that!
Maybe they are a bit claustrophobic.
The long Galley kitchen/dining room has no character.
Totally. Football-field length but bland, cold, and featureless. Oh, well - they like it.
I can't even imagine trying to cook along that wall. Very inefficient.
These young couples profess to love character, but always end up creating ultra modern spaces lacking any character at all and don't seem to ever realize it!
I think the reason for them not to want a third bedroom is because they don't want to have any kids. Sarah should have talked about an office instead. Or they could have had one room with both the pantry and utility in it, then they could have changed it if they changed their minds.
C'mon, they could have used that much brain.
Exactly what I was thinking.
Two more great designs! I can understand that the couple wanted a laundry/storage room. Get a bit irritated when hosts keeps pushing her ideas. In the end it is their house and their money. A good sized hallway leading into the open space feels right. It's not always about resale value. I have great respect for the couple roughing it in a home with no heat or hot water! Was interesting to see different garage door options. The door within a door is genius! Like the sliding one, too. Love the ones they ultimately chose. Practical and very aesthetically appealing. The living wall was great, but $ 10 K? For only 15 sq. meters?
If you design a house without keeping an eye on resale value, there will be a day coming you sincerely regret your decision!
@@bluebear6570
Quite possibly, unless you can find a buyer with a similar esthetic/ideal.
The green wall seems like quite a gouge.
We just bought an eleven year old house and are freshening up the interior with new flooring, etc. We're keeping our heads level by reminding ourselves that we need to make sure it will appeal to a large pool of buyers in case we decide to sell it (don't fool yourself into thinking your house will be a "forever home" because houses rarely are--I know this twice from experience). The wildest thing I'm planning on doing that is "just for me" is to put in an Italian styled blue and white tile backsplash in the kitchen (I have blue and white china) and to paint the interior the same pale blue that we had in the house we just sold (which the buyers loved).
In the house we just sold the unique kitchen backsplash was the only "me thing" and the rest of the house was pretty neutral, but with high end features--like marble floors and shower in the master bathroom (I bought the tile new for a fraction of the price through a classified ad. The seller couldn't afford to install it).
You can personalize a neutral, more saleable house with artwork, upholstery, towels, etc.
"Neutral" doesn't have to be sterile--hence the unique wall color and backsplash.
When we finish the basement this winter it'll be neutral, too.
New owners will probably rip out the existing backsplash anyway.
@@happydays1336
A backsplash is pretty minimal for redo, not a problem to me.
Paul and Laura are too young to think that they will never re-sell their home . It would not hurt for them to have thought of features that could have helped add value such as a third bedroom.
Think I have it figured out. Don't start your rebuild until you have double the money. But say you are planning to use only half. That way when the cost goes up, you won't need a loan. Don't forget to think smaller. 😅
How do they pick these people. They seem to have the most impractical of ideas. Also the builders just add stuff on that’s needed but not quoted for. What a surprise.
I much prefer the country cottage interior, but the front of the house has a different material on each part and looks very disjointed.
Where is the refrigerator? With all that long run of kitchen counter they jammed the cook top right up against the left wall. Have they ever cooked before?
I will never understand these stubborn immature couples who waste valuable space on carports or hallway but keep the tiny house. good luck selling that!
Some people care about their cars unluke most, let them be man.
Ok ,for wanting a place to keep your car protected from the elements? That is rude.
I think the issue is they don’t want to sell, they want a place to live. They want a carport to stop their shopping getting wet, the other couple want a big kitchen diner so she has space to teach yoga.
@@TakenTook But you don't need planning permission for a car port and so can add that to the front, right on the drive and it could be beautifully done in part wood with climbers...
They already said they would insulate that carport just in case they want to convert it into livable space in the future..
That end terrace is an interesting prospect. Having a pantry and utility makes sense. The hall also makes sense when you figure that she will be holding yoga classes in the new space, so there will be a stream of people in and out. The downside to what they have is a kitchen that will be absolutely exhausting when making a big meal. Frankly, it would have been better to build the kitchen half way down both side walls rather than all the way down the one. If a 3rd bedroom becomes necessary, the new upstairs bath could become a corridor to another extension over the kitchen. That could provide a 3rd bedroom easily. If it were the size of the ground floor extension, it is plenty large enough for a family bath plus a new en suite master bedroom. The hard work is already done, so would be quite simple.
Richard and Sarah did a beautiful job inside and out. What they have achieved is absolutely beautiful. For myself, having the garage is worth more than losing it to create an office. I hate parking outside in winter and having to clean the car off all the time. The garage also gives space to store the winter tires and other equipment for both car and garden.
Michael Tutty, you don't use winter tyres in UK. Not that much snow.
Lovely that both couples were delighted with the finished result. I would have been too!
Paul and Laura reside at number 4 1/4 Clueless close, cloud cuckoo land.
The cottage still looks like hodgepodge lol
Ome, I i can't fathom having skylights/glass ceilings (or whatever they're called lol) like that In Australia. You'd never be able to enter that room. I think you just burst into flames. Lol
it's basically a greenhouse. But England's climate is very different from Australia's.
Paul looks like Robin Williams
Wouldn't all those plants against the wall or on a roof add to the moisture that could seep into the house?
That's exactly what I was thinking. I'm sure there something in between that stops that.
They typically use membranes to add a waterproof layer. These types of roofs can have a 40+ year life, done properly. Green roofs also add to the house's energy efficiency by moderating temps.
@@b_uppy But isn't the weight of it hard on the building?
@@pattipostcard8489
Depends on building materials used and how/design, planting medium, plants, etc. Several variables involved.
@@b_uppy Thanks! There was a house in our area that was covered in vines and it was damaged over the years by birds, water, etc. But it wasn't specially built.
That couple with the 3rd bedroom issue , really didn't think things through and that silly hall was a total waste of space.
I kept wondering WHY the huge hall was so much more important than the bedroom! There was no satisfactory answer! Lol
@@thepolitewierdo lol I agree, whose priority is a hallway when you can get 20k added to the value of your house with an extra bedroom 🧐
The answer? It's their house, lol.
@@thepolitewierdo
Disability access, storage units, are both reasons, plus feng shui recommends the heart of the hime be open...
A 2 bedroom house would sell….do you believe there are no people looking to buy a two bedroom house? Why do builders/designer insist there be at least 3 bedrooms to get money for your home? That isn’t realistic. Why create a dream house for someone else when you are living there?
I do find the evolution of these shows interesting - while actually becoming less entertaining, informative and FUN! Always seems like the producers are looking for the (magic?) formula - harp on about a couple of bugbears, find some ditzie idea and deconstruct it, include some pious agendas that are probably impossible and make sure you reiterate the story over & over and OVER again (fills up SO much time!) Plus it all has to be done within 6-months - regardless - which is a shame - as that's tight, being it's England & the weather mostly sucks! Why can't they just say - ready or not, let's see how far the renno has come: don't pretend the job is done when there's still a ton of work to be completed...
I agree.
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I don’t understand the format of this show. So Sarah is just here to advice & not to design?
The decorating on so many of these episodes are just dreadful
whaaaat..... why???
Well it was all the rage back in 2012.
That’s what happens when you don’t consult a real designer & DIY everything.
This shows editing. Takes them for ever to get the point across. Then they show the same canned footage over and over again.
Yes, very annoying. Also, I don't like combining two renovations in one show; I can't follow it well enough and get the two confused. Many shows do this thinking their viewers have the attention span of a gnat. It gives me a headache. Come to think of it, given the masses out there, they may be right about the average attention span if their goal is to capture and hold eyeballs for advertising.
Eco friendly lady could have done something in limited garden for her yoga.....why do yoga in kitchen living area? Her husband may need the kitchen area....
What is the whole point of filming this? Do the homeowners get any kind of incentive from the t.v. show?
ikr.. I guess they have some cash incentive from the producers & free consultation by Sarah! 😅
Why such rude remarks? One can offer an opinion without being so harsh.
Budget friendly? WTF!! He means cheap but can't bring himself to say it.
Why indulge in lazy hyperbole? The house has not seen countless seasons, it has seen 524 seasons based on being built on 1890.
Alright web designer and yet another yoga Instructor! Two more non jobs. Right up there with social media influencers!
lol web designers have all kept their jobs during the pandemic, I guess they didn't get the memo from old John about what real job is
@@AllyCreative golly, if that's as "creative" as you can get, I'm going to assume you're a website developer for yoga instructors. And I'm not really all that old.
I´ve seen 2 yoga instructors on this show and both had me grinding my teeth... Don´t get me wrong, Ive done yoga at home for many years but they are rather "special" aren´t they!
Who exactly do you think designs the websites you use every day John, other than web designers? What an ignorant and bitter comment to make. Says a lot more about you than it does about the people you tried to criticize.
yoga teachers have a lot of magical thinking instead of sense. and so much for principles. they keep the stupid and lose the sense
What’s with this designer and carports or garages?? Always takes up too much space. I wouldn’t consider any home without a garage for a warm car in the mornings and storage galore. Also... we always have laundry rooms for the washer and dryer... never in the kitchen!
When she comes into the hall and says it's all finished. And you look behind the guy and see all the shoddy work and finish. this program is just OK. It's not great,
Both of these houses look hideous, good luck selling them especially the cottage that looks like a badly put up puzzle that don’t fit 🤢