Beautifully done. The only thing I would drop would be the pool. The architect did a really good job of fitting a lot in while ensuring there was a lot of light and still a lot of privacy.
Wow. The costs are stiff and as an architect it makes me feel sad how bad colleagues seem to consult their clients, knowing about their income situation. They could have skipped the basement and saved half the money and the stress and still sell it later for a load of money. Hope they can hold the house and pay the mortgage till the end and can leave it to their children as a legacy.
I feel so sorry for the contractor who opted for a fixed price contract to get the business. Traditionally British builders had a terrible reputation leading to Brits using foreign builders who were much more professional and came in on time. But these fixed price contracts can be such a gamble for the builders especially when they are not given adequate measurements by the client.
As a Building Designer, I have pondered just what the designers of the London Cucumber building were thinking. They obviously had no idea of how people maximise their use of space. So many curved walls that there are only limited places that a rectangular table would fit. Nonutilitarian sculptures to their egos.
A higgledy-piggledy arrangement of poky spaces bathed in humidity and whiteness, the sunken garden and basement a natural container for the odd deluge which hits the area from time to time. The house ought to have been put in the far corner with walls for privacy for the neighbouring lots, the two main walls as opening arms for the home, descending diagonally down below a wide yard welcoming you in from the roadway entrance.
This is a beautiful dream home that fits perfectly in the tiny city space that the owners bought. It looks more like a 1.5 million pound home in the city to me.
You would never get 17 neighbors in Germany to agree to that damage to their own gardens only to face concrete walls afterwards... is it all worth it? I also feel with the contractor.
I'm sure all the neighbours were financially compensated for their inconvenience. Otherwise it never would have happened. Especially as you mentioned this many people to agree on anything ??? Money can always make things happen.
All these builders who fell.in love with CA hoping to replicate it in rainy UK, does seem there is another obvious solution. Esp as this was pre Brexit, obviously not now.
I understand the financial struggles of the clients but do any of these programmes consider the squeeze that the Contractors are put under? Their profits are what they need to make a reasonable living income for themselves and their employees. The Clients "savings" are the Contractors losses. So many of the projects that Grand Designs feature fail to consider the sacrifices of the Contractors.
This was the 1st episode that actually made me want to grab and adult beverage and a stress ball when it aired! lol
Beautifully done. The only thing I would drop would be the pool. The architect did a really good job of fitting a lot in while ensuring there was a lot of light and still a lot of privacy.
Every time that guy changed his hair, he looked like a completely different person.
I really love that bookshelf in the kitchen.
Wow. The costs are stiff and as an architect it makes me feel sad how bad colleagues seem to consult their clients, knowing about their income situation. They could have skipped the basement and saved half the money and the stress and still sell it later for a load of money. Hope they can hold the house and pay the mortgage till the end and can leave it to their children as a legacy.
It's so odd to see all these mansions built among traditional townhouses
I feel so sorry for the contractor who opted for a fixed price contract to get the business. Traditionally British builders had a terrible reputation leading to Brits using foreign builders who were much more professional and came in on time. But these fixed price contracts can be such a gamble for the builders especially when they are not given adequate measurements by the client.
The house surely has no AC, so how do they ventilate it when all the glass is closed?
The Contractor gets screwed again.
Who would have thought.
So where does the rain go, puddling down those open stairs?
I assumed it refreshes the pool water which, as the building's heating, would do a lot of evaporating.
As a Building Designer, I have pondered just what the designers of the London Cucumber building were thinking.
They obviously had no idea of how people maximise their use of space.
So many curved walls that there are only limited places that a rectangular table would fit.
Nonutilitarian sculptures to their egos.
A higgledy-piggledy arrangement of poky spaces bathed in humidity and whiteness, the sunken garden and basement a natural container for the odd deluge which hits the area from time to time.
The house ought to have been put in the far corner with walls for privacy for the neighbouring lots, the two main walls as opening arms for the home, descending diagonally down below a wide yard welcoming you in from the roadway entrance.
This is a beautiful dream home that fits perfectly in the tiny city space that the owners bought. It looks more like a 1.5 million pound home in the city to me.
Fortune favours the brave. Great watch albeit nailbiting
Yes, think of how much it's worth NOW!
You would never get 17 neighbors in Germany to agree to that damage to their own gardens only to face concrete walls afterwards... is it all worth it? I also feel with the contractor.
I'm sure all the neighbours were financially compensated for their inconvenience.
Otherwise it never would have happened.
Especially as you mentioned this many people to agree on anything ???
Money can always make things happen.
All these builders who fell.in love with CA hoping to replicate it in rainy UK, does seem there is another obvious solution. Esp as this was pre Brexit, obviously not now.
A unique achievement. To go from all living in one room, to this...!?
I understand the financial struggles of the clients but do any of these programmes consider the squeeze that the Contractors are put under? Their profits are what they need to make a reasonable living income for themselves and their employees. The Clients "savings" are the Contractors losses.
So many of the projects that Grand Designs feature fail to consider the sacrifices of the Contractors.
Wow!
pretty nice
yar then u raise the locale water level
goggle London basement problems
Where does the mosque go, on the roof?
Mr Businessman has got it all sorted.,
Full Time job trying to undercut everyone's budget to build this pointless house ????????