@@the_real_bin_chicken Great idea, even if they created several designs for the property owner to choose from, that way they could have a completely stone extension that would have been really nice.
John, Pete, Ron I totally agree with all three of you. Ive worked with "Heritage" committees before, and most of them believe they know best always and some times they don't. Ive always been so upset that they are NOT clear with their expectations at the onset of any type of historical restoration.
The final result of that tower has to be one of the worst abominations i've ever seen on this programme, absolutely shocking that the planners thought that would look acceptable. Half stone tower half wooden beach hut...jeeez
Me personally I did like the idea that the stone was a different color from the tower it gave a very distinct separation of old and new. The stain that they put on that stone the age it just doesn’t look right. But the one thing that they should’ve freaking thrown out was that color!! I got physically sick and I’m not joking. Couldn’t go with the natural stain of some sort?
The owners should “pay tribute” to the people who threw out a series of vastly superior proposals and forced that abomination on them by putting their names on a building plaque and a few signs around the property with a few words of thanks which make clear the intent. Their names and “contributions” should live on in infamy. I think, though, the owners are too nice to do that.
The planning regulators are complete idiots. The plans that were put in before were so much better. These people drove the owners to the limit and the result is awful.
Wow. Big respect to host George for being respectfully straight-forward with his opinion about the project at the end, dropping all those hints. My eyes would have popped out on the site to see that restoration in place.
@@momsterous The tower was never going to be perfect, but the initial plans were much better. I think after 6 years of building that thing you'd be in a similar position.
Totally agree bad workmanship. wrong order of work. poor design advice the result was so disappointing. though must be upsetting for nearby residents The weather will soon find out any weakness in the design. I think though that some buildings should not be touched four foot walls are difficult to keep warm! Instead planning should be be given to nearby residence firstly puting in order the monument for postwrity with small grant for upkeep.
Some of the plans that Barry had already submitted were much more sensible with keeping the original tower preserved. The board would rather see a historic place crumble than to see it restored. Shameful.
I suggest that the owners of that funny tower with the mobile home trailer type of extension plant a lot of climbing plants all around it. In a couple years all will be overgrown with evergreen foliage and the thing will be pleasant to look at for everybody.
The Scottish tower - one of the plans with the glass and steel covering for the entry is a lot less intrusive and way more aesthetic. I appreciate that the guy saved the tower. The blue architectural feature *can* be changed in the future, it's not that big a deal.
I thought the same thing. I don´t like the blue either but it can be changed. And all those people here complaining should think that the extension, in just a few decades (for sure less than a century) will inevitably disappear because of those materials used while the tower will continue to be there intact for a few more centuries.
As far as i can see, it's not only the people in the comment section complaining but also the people living nearby, the previous owner of the tower and the host himself. Compared to what it was and what it could be, it looks horrible, that's just a fact.
I would put the blame on the heritage committee, they approved it! His first plan was a much nicer plan and was done in stone! Which was still sympathetic to the structure! When will people (the ones ON the committees) learn? Now the town is stuck with it although it probably would have been less noticeable if it was stone gray instead of bright light blue.
When even George gets angry at a shotty restoration, you know it's awful! Who picked that colour? Shame on the planners and Scottish Heritage for not approving the previous plans!
these people giving planning permission sounds like a bunch of idiots to me. one thing i have learned from these programs are not to buy old buildings.
Would probably be cheaper and easier to build a new "medieval style" building then to restore and convert original ones. You can take mire liberties with the interior design, accomodate modern amenities and don't need to worry about ruining the oroginal stonework.
I don't get English heritage, they're fine with letting a building crumble until there's nothing left but if someone wants to renovate the building they make it extremly hard and more expensive! Makes no sense
Shouldn’t be allowed to be sold “with planning permission” if 7 ideas over two owners are thrown out. I think it’s unfair of George to say the owner wasn’t the right person for it. The earlier designs were much better than the actual one signed off. It’s 100% down to Scottish heritage.
He is definitely right. Why do we always shy away from the truth. I am a fan of this programme and I was shock that this was even allowed. Integrity matters! These type of project are meant for certain people not for all.
It's garbage that they trap a person into ownership and then micromanage the entire project at the owner's risk and expense. It seems like they purposely juxtaposed these 2 projects together so people can see why they micromanage it so much.
Well...🤔...the "jutting obelisk" tower on the flat terrain now sports a Cape Cod bungalow "adhesion". I wonder where the flashing neon "Mates Motel" sign will be displayed. Certainly a glass dome on a beach gun bunker could not be worse...let her build it!
I have never watched one of these before and I am truly so disappointed. The first drawing actually looked like it could have originally been part of the design, yet that was shot down? I almost died when the scene cut back in and showed that horrid monstrosity that I wouldn't even put on my trailer! So very, very sad.
I don’t understand Barry’s continual refusal to employ a local historical architect...it’s utter insanity. For the price they paid for refused plans they could have been well on the way to doing the restoration! 31 minutes through and Sarah’s grating badly...pouty and petulant when she cannot have things her own way, all she seems to want is to be known for ‘rescuing’ the martello tower! Ffs, seriously!!
Would it have been so hard to put some rock - or even faux rock - on the addition? Why make it look like a typical middle-income house? Come on, show some small degree of respect for the building you're preserving. Kudos for wanting to restore the building for posterity, truly...but that upper part of the addition just doesn't fit, Barry.
I can’t believe that his plans were approved to do this to such a historical landmark. It looks terrible. The entrance area ( bottom) looks acceptable but the farmhouse add on is sad. Sorry Scotland ❤️ I feel for you
Yuck yuck yuck, what an 🤢 awful plan and restoration. What an eye sore. This makes me actually physically ill. To ruin such a extraordinary tower....is heartbreaking😫
What an irritating pair of owners. A man with no sense of or respect for history who just wants what he wants, and a woman who’s never been told no in her life and thinks rules shouldn’t apply to her just because she’s posh. The most stressful episode of this series I’ve ever seen.
It is the ugliest addition imaginable, (even worse than some of the earlier designs). Does not compliment the original tower in any way. Wonder how much it took to bribe those in charge of approving it? I feel sorry for the locals that have to look at it every day of their lives, while Barry and Fiona only go there occassionaly to recreate.
I can't believe that design was approved. I would think they would at least need to cover the exterior in stone so it didn't clash with the rest of the building.
I can’t believe that the Scottish planning board allowed THAT TERRIBLE addition to be added. The tower owners had no vision and no taste. Absolutely shameful all round.
What a shame for both locations. One with a spoiled brat who would rather let her tower rot if she can't get her way, and another who somehow got his tacky taste slip by the approval commission. They should get a refund and be exiled from the area.
Why that colour it looks like a caravan stuck to the side of the tower?? Why not natural timber that can age over time,looks terrible.The rest is fine.
Hideous blue box!! What a useless planning dept. I agree he was not the right person to renovate this beautiful building. Their interior decor is underwhelming and boring. And that boxroom of a bathroom with the door which bangs on the sink is another folly.
There are towers in Delaware, and for 20 years I have dreamed of having one. The outcome here is shocking and disappointing. I don't know what these folks are thinking, but I just couldn't accept these under any circumstances. So sad.
i don't know why he wouldn't just build out buildings not connected to the original tower. build modern inside of period looking out buildings, like a court yard, make it look original, and save money
I think it's pretty safe to say that Sarah is still throwing tantrums because she can't have her glass extension. And seems to be oblivious to the fact that she hasn't saved it until she's done the restoration 😕.
I am flummoxed about why Planning did not go for the previous owner's first and very sympathetic restoration proposal--but they went with something that doesn't feel sympathetic at all. It boggles my mind. The interior made my heart break. Not at all in keeping with the building or the era.
I think the only positive that can come out of this is that this episode should be played to all architecture students, and town planning students, up and down the country as an example of how not to do a restoration project.
Happy that you got the go ahead to restore your tower. Just a thought.....with the addition, cob finish with beautiful rocks from your property, would have blended with the ancient tower. Love the show💜
As an American I don't understand British homes. All toys finish work would be a total tear out in just a normal home here. This is truly terrible work, I feel bad for these towers.
Looks absolutely horrible. Can’t believe they got permission for that addition. The owners of these towers are thick in the head. If your going to save something historic understand that it’s not yours and you need to respect it for it’s historic value and work with it not against it.
To much red tape among the political powers.... If these structures are on a threatened list, wouldn't it be more feasible and reasonable to allow the owners to save them,even if they do a basic modernization, and let the council receive the money from the taxes they're going to pocket anyway? The planning council in the UK seems to have "to many Chief's and not enough indians." If they offer these structures for sale, why would they care with what the owners would do with it?
That woman was right about the planning commission head. He loves the buildings, but not the idea of people making much of a home out of them. The only plan he was willing to approve for Barry’s tower addition is like a one-person bedsit with a kitchenette. I’d imagine he’d had a very difficult time selling on because of the lack of space in width.
George has so much patience. It's amazing how so many people buy historic buildings, yet have no idea how to convert them to modern living. The planning commission nixed the ideas the former owner had for the 700 yr. old tower, but approved the completed look of the tower as it stands now...Yikes! Makes no sense. Owner of The "Sleeping Giant" really isn't open minded.
For the woman who wanted a roof top enclosure: There are numerous portable versions. Would setting one up that isn't permanent be allowed? (The same idea as how someone encloses a deck?
I am surprised that that lady chose such a place. When you see her dress and attitude I don't think that that tower would not be in keeping with her lifestyle and probably Malibu character. But then again maybe I am misreading her
I really don't understand the planners at Scottish Heritage. The previous owner schemes were much better and inkeeping with the history of the building. This type of monstruosity, apart from the color, looks more like some gothique pastiche from the 19th century. No historic staircase would have this type of crenelated roof ! It would have meant a lot more work for the builders of the time. One slanted roof seems to me more an historical style than this !
I grew up in Saint John NH Canada.... we had a Martello tower there too... I didn't know that refered to a particular shape of a tower... I thought it was named after a person named Martello The tower is fully restored and used as a museum...
It's a shame that people spend a small fortune on a piece of property, and the almighty government tells them what they can do with it! I absolutely understand preserving historic buildings, but sometimes the red tape is ridiculous!!!
I don't understand how this so called historical board of experts could turn down so many plans, and then approve that awful blue mid mod nonsense they built on the side of that tower. I commend the couple for trying to restore it, but I'm not gonna lie, the end result is pretty awful. It makes me sad. I'd remove it to be honest, and start over.
"Amazed" isn't the word that occurred to me. HORRIFIED is the word I'd apply here! It is absolutely beyond belief that some complete idiots allowed (demanded???) this to be how this building was restored/improved. How TOTALLY ignorant and presumptuous. Who allowed this to occur and why? Watching this and seeing the result left me (and this is being CHARITABLE) DISGUSTED!!
Perhaps English Heritage should get their architects to design ready approved plans when selling these properties.
thats actually not a bad idea
@@the_real_bin_chicken I was just about to say this exact thing
@@the_real_bin_chicken Great idea, even if they created several designs for the property owner to choose from, that way they could have a completely stone extension that would have been really nice.
John, Pete, Ron I totally agree with all three of you. Ive worked with "Heritage" committees before, and most of them believe they know best always and some times they don't.
Ive always been so upset that they are NOT clear with their expectations at the onset of any type of historical restoration.
They want to make money. It's a racketeering scam.
The final result of that tower has to be one of the worst abominations i've ever seen on this programme, absolutely shocking that the planners thought that would look acceptable. Half stone tower half wooden beach hut...jeeez
Yes. I wonder if they only accepted it because it is not permanently attached to the building.
Me personally I did like the idea that the stone was a different color from the tower it gave a very distinct separation of old and new. The stain that they put on that stone the age it just doesn’t look right. But the one thing that they should’ve freaking thrown out was that color!! I got physically sick and I’m not joking. Couldn’t go with the natural stain of some sort?
At least it can all be removed. But my question is, why didn't they just do the whole thing in stone? Not siding but stone? Heartbreaking.
The owners should “pay tribute” to the people who threw out a series of vastly superior proposals and forced that abomination on them by putting their names on a building plaque and a few signs around the property with a few words of thanks which make clear the intent. Their names and “contributions” should live on in infamy. I think, though, the owners are too nice to do that.
The tower looks awful
The planning regulators are complete idiots. The plans that were put in before were so much better. These people drove the owners to the limit and the result is awful.
At least it's water tight. Apart from that it's pretty much vandalism.
absolutely.
Hideous eye-sore.
After all of the rejected plans that looked much better, it’s shocking that this is what was approved. They (the committee) should be ashamed.
oh my gosh. Genuinely depressing. What a shame
I'm in shock that they approved that blue staggered monstrosity. They completely ruined that beautiful tower sadly!
I know!!!!!!!!! HOW??? It's jaw droppingly grotesque.
Hideous! And so tacky…sad!
@@l.b.3152 it´s blue
Awfull
It was fallen apart and no one cared about it for centuries!
Wow. Big respect to host George for being respectfully straight-forward with his opinion about the project at the end, dropping all those hints. My eyes would have popped out on the site to see that restoration in place.
He dropped hints the size of trucks and the owner still didn't get it - shameful.
@@momsterous The tower was never going to be perfect, but the initial plans were much better. I think after 6 years of building that thing you'd be in a similar position.
Wow that’s awful, the tower was beautiful what a shame
The tower has become an eyesore with that horrid blue extension. I simply cannot believe the planners allowed that.
He ruined the whole thing and the heritage committee helped him.
Agree terribly. And made the roof useless on top of it.
I think the heritage committee do this hole thing.
He attached something that looks like ship containers to the tower. abolutely horrible. Why not just buy an ordinary house?
Sad.
One of the most uninspiring historical restorations on this show
Totally agree bad workmanship. wrong order of work. poor design advice the result was so disappointing. though must be upsetting for nearby residents The weather will soon find out any weakness in the design. I think though that some buildings should not be touched four foot walls are difficult to keep warm! Instead planning should be be given to nearby residence firstly puting in order the monument for postwrity with small grant for upkeep.
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Some of the plans that Barry had already submitted were much more sensible with keeping the original tower preserved. The board would rather see a historic place crumble than to see it restored. Shameful.
I suggest that the owners of that funny tower with the mobile home trailer type of extension plant a lot of climbing plants all around it. In a couple years all will be overgrown with evergreen foliage and the thing will be pleasant to look at for everybody.
The Scottish tower - one of the plans with the glass and steel covering for the entry is a lot less intrusive and way more aesthetic. I appreciate that the guy saved the tower. The blue architectural feature *can* be changed in the future, it's not that big a deal.
I thought the same thing. I don´t like the blue either but it can be changed. And all those people here complaining should think that the extension, in just a few decades (for sure less than a century) will inevitably disappear because of those materials used while the tower will continue to be there intact for a few more centuries.
As far as i can see, it's not only the people in the comment section complaining but also the people living nearby, the previous owner of the tower and the host himself.
Compared to what it was and what it could be, it looks horrible, that's just a fact.
I would put the blame on the heritage committee, they approved it! His first plan was a much nicer plan and was done in stone! Which was still sympathetic to the structure! When will people (the ones ON the committees) learn? Now the town is stuck with it although it probably would have been less noticeable if it was stone gray instead of bright light blue.
How hard would it have been to sheathe it in concrete shingles, for cryin' out sake?
That is a giant out house nailed to the side of a piece of Scottish heritage. They should be ashamed.
It looks like an "outhouse" in the American sense - a privy!
When even George gets angry at a shotty restoration, you know it's awful! Who picked that colour? Shame on the planners and Scottish Heritage for not approving the previous plans!
Shoddy.
“It kinda grows on ya in a certain way, doesn’t it?” Yeah, like fungus.
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LIKE A YEAST INFECTION
these people giving planning permission sounds like a bunch of idiots to me. one thing i have learned from these programs are not to buy old buildings.
Would probably be cheaper and easier to build a new "medieval style" building then to restore and convert original ones. You can take mire liberties with the interior design, accomodate modern amenities and don't need to worry about ruining the oroginal stonework.
If you want a modern decorated house go and find a modern house!! Not ruin a historical tower!
I don't get English heritage, they're fine with letting a building crumble until there's nothing left but if someone wants to renovate the building they make it extremly hard and more expensive! Makes no sense
It's called 'Bloodymindedness.'
Shouldn’t be allowed to be sold “with planning permission” if 7 ideas over two owners are thrown out. I think it’s unfair of George to say the owner wasn’t the right person for it. The earlier designs were much better than the actual one signed off. It’s 100% down to Scottish heritage.
He is definitely right. Why do we always shy away from the truth. I am a fan of this programme and I was shock that this was even allowed. Integrity matters!
These type of project are meant for certain people not for all.
It's garbage that they trap a person into ownership and then micromanage the entire project at the owner's risk and expense.
It seems like they purposely juxtaposed these 2 projects together so people can see why they micromanage it so much.
The entire addition should have been rock and there should have been more effort in matching the rock..............sorry
Your Absolutely Correct.
At least, choosing a more neutral color like dark sand would make it a bit less eye soring.
Lord no! Oak or glazed outbuilding surely!!
It's absolutely hideous, zero respect for such a beautifull tower. You could almost blame the painter for the colour...
Don’t get it at all what were they thinking and than make the roof useless.
UPVC windows on a 700 year old tower??? Better left as a ruin.
agreed!
They could have put some wood colour windows that would blend a little more without increasing the budget
@@metzgerdan or... they could have left it alone entirely!!
Well...🤔...the "jutting obelisk" tower on the flat terrain now sports a Cape Cod bungalow "adhesion". I wonder where the flashing neon "Mates Motel" sign will be displayed.
Certainly a glass dome on a beach gun bunker could not be worse...let her build it!
Medieval meets trailer park. What a shame.
😂😂🤣 You said it, LOL
yup.
Imagine the reputation of the planner who signed that off!!! hahahaha. RUINED!!!
whoever, they need to be sacked!!
hopefully
I have never watched one of these before and I am truly so disappointed. The first drawing actually looked like it could have originally been part of the design, yet that was shot down? I almost died when the scene cut back in and showed that horrid monstrosity that I wouldn't even put on my trailer! So very, very sad.
I don’t understand Barry’s continual refusal to employ a local historical architect...it’s utter insanity. For the price they paid for refused plans they could have been well on the way to doing the restoration!
31 minutes through and Sarah’s grating badly...pouty and petulant when she cannot have things her own way, all she seems to want is to be known for ‘rescuing’ the martello tower! Ffs, seriously!!
Would it have been so hard to put some rock - or even faux rock - on the addition? Why make it look like a typical middle-income house? Come on, show some small degree of respect for the building you're preserving. Kudos for wanting to restore the building for posterity, truly...but that upper part of the addition just doesn't fit, Barry.
Scottish Heritage hated that original idea... so it's their fault. 'cause they rejected all of the 100% stone cladding ideas from both guys.
This was my least favorite liked episode...of mostly annoying people who, while they had the money to buy the structure, had no imagination at all.
Agreed
Barry's tower / I wanted to love it. But just can't believe that version of the build was approved.
This should be consider a crime... such a beautiful place ruined like this... my eyes are bleeding...
To clarify, they have installed 4,nr portaloos to the period stone tower.
What an annoying cast of characters.
I can’t believe that his plans were approved to do this to such a historical landmark. It looks terrible. The entrance area ( bottom) looks acceptable but the farmhouse add on is sad. Sorry Scotland ❤️ I feel for you
It looks like a public toilet. I am so sorry for people who have to watch this every day.
At least he is doing something to make it useful! I think it is awesome!
Exactly!
A stone tower, with a load of chicken huts stacked on one side!
String the architect from the top window.
Yuck yuck yuck, what an 🤢 awful plan and restoration. What an eye sore. This makes me actually physically ill.
To ruin such a extraordinary tower....is heartbreaking😫
I agree. Physically ill, me too.
That medieval tower with the blue addition is horrendous... the blue addition looks more like a set of stairs... it's horrible
Sad that they’d rather see these beautiful buildings crumble than have them renovated and loved by new owners.
That poor Scottish tower has been absolutely wrecked
It was ALREADY in slow ruins!
I hate to be negative but that building on thing is an abomination! Shame on the planning people for that mess.
never hesitate to state the truth!! It IS an abomination.
What an irritating pair of owners. A man with no sense of or respect for history who just wants what he wants, and a woman who’s never been told no in her life and thinks rules shouldn’t apply to her just because she’s posh. The most stressful episode of this series I’ve ever seen.
The video clarity is aesthetically beautiful ☺️
Barry in 700 years, the tower hasn't crumbled yet.
He ruined the tower. It's an eyesore now.
It is the ugliest addition imaginable, (even worse than some of the earlier designs). Does not compliment the original tower in any way. Wonder how much it took to bribe those in charge of approving it? I feel sorry for the locals that have to look at it every day of their lives, while Barry and Fiona only go there occassionaly to recreate.
That "thing" (blue addition) is HIDEOUS.
I can't believe that design was approved. I would think they would at least need to cover the exterior in stone so it didn't clash with the rest of the building.
I can’t believe that the Scottish planning board allowed THAT TERRIBLE addition to be added. The tower owners had no vision and no taste. Absolutely shameful all round.
Sears could've clad the whole tower in sky-blue vinyl siding for about $3,000, American, and had the same outcome. Way to go, planning commission!
1960s public lavatory.........best comment!
Terrible!!! 😩😩
Litsa Koutoula what is?
I ent understand why the glass and steel wasn’t acceptable and the blue wood siding was.
What a shame for both locations. One with a spoiled brat who would rather let her tower rot if she can't get her way, and another who somehow got his tacky taste slip by the approval commission. They should get a refund and be exiled from the area.
The tower was rotting already!
British Heritage should be exiled from Britain.
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Why that colour it looks like a caravan stuck to the side of the tower?? Why not natural timber that can age over time,looks terrible.The rest is fine.
Hideous blue box!! What a useless planning dept. I agree he was not the right person to renovate this beautiful building. Their interior decor is underwhelming and boring. And that boxroom of a bathroom with the door which bangs on the sink is another folly.
I finally land on the worst Restoration video this show!
what an disgusting extension. That's one way to ruin that Tower
she cant put a piece of glass on her tower. but the other family can nail a few out houses to the side of theirs? LOL. o yes, and paint it blue
"A public lavatory", priceless. Thats what u get with gorvt. regulations. No regulations when it was built.
Shocking jobs. Silly owners..
Maybe they would approve demolishing the whole thing and putting in a parking lot?
There are towers in Delaware, and for 20 years I have dreamed of having one. The outcome here is shocking and disappointing. I don't know what these folks are thinking, but I just couldn't accept these under any circumstances. So sad.
i don't know why he wouldn't just build out buildings not connected to the original tower. build modern inside of period looking out buildings, like a court yard, make it look original, and save money
I think it's pretty safe to say that Sarah is still throwing tantrums because she can't have her glass extension. And seems to be oblivious to the fact that she hasn't saved it until she's done the restoration 😕.
I love how everyone's so offended by this, yet they won't ever live in an unrestored medieval building themselves.
So full of ourselves.
I am flummoxed about why Planning did not go for the previous owner's first and very sympathetic restoration proposal--but they went with something that doesn't feel sympathetic at all. It boggles my mind. The interior made my heart break. Not at all in keeping with the building or the era.
I think the only positive that can come out of this is that this episode should be played to all architecture students, and town planning students, up and down the country as an example of how not to do a restoration project.
Happy that you got the go ahead to restore your tower. Just a thought.....with the addition, cob finish with beautiful rocks from your property, would have blended with the ancient tower. Love the show💜
As an American I don't understand British homes. All toys finish work would be a total tear out in just a normal home here. This is truly terrible work, I feel bad for these towers.
Looks absolutely horrible. Can’t believe they got permission for that addition. The owners of these towers are thick in the head. If your going to save something historic understand that it’s not yours and you need to respect it for it’s historic value and work with it not against it.
Oh! dear me ! Destruction of a historic building. These two people should just stay in England and build a house.
Looks like a bit of lego dumped in middle of nowhere. Maybe once landscaped and it as bounderies. It will look great.. Or put a moat around it.
The finished tower, in my opinion, looks terrible and doesn’t compliment the original building. It’s a bit like painting a battleship pink.
Tell Barry he needs to do the upper part with stone as well and gray slate roof with a little more of a pitch. It's too flat.
It should be a charcoal grey paint, then it would blend in better
To much red tape among the political powers....
If these structures are on a threatened list, wouldn't it be more feasible and reasonable to allow the owners to save them,even if they do a basic modernization, and let the council receive the money from the taxes they're going to pocket anyway?
The planning council in the UK seems to have "to many Chief's and not enough indians."
If they offer these structures for sale, why would they care with what the owners would do with it?
All those stairs + old bones = going back on the market soon; someone else can do a tear down and start over.
I hope that after generation and generation anybody else restoration this historical tower again in a certain way.
That woman was right about the planning commission head. He loves the buildings, but not the idea of people making much of a home out of them. The only plan he was willing to approve for Barry’s tower addition is like a one-person bedsit with a kitchenette. I’d imagine he’d had a very difficult time selling on because of the lack of space in width.
George has so much patience. It's amazing how so many people buy historic buildings, yet have no idea how to convert them to modern living. The planning commission nixed the ideas the former owner had for the 700 yr. old tower, but approved the completed look of the tower as it stands now...Yikes! Makes no sense. Owner of The "Sleeping Giant" really isn't open minded.
For the woman who wanted a roof top enclosure: There are numerous portable versions. Would setting one up that isn't permanent be allowed? (The same idea as how someone encloses a deck?
She asked. They said no
I am surprised that that lady chose such a place. When you see her dress and attitude I don't think that that tower would not be in keeping with her lifestyle and probably Malibu character. But then again maybe I am misreading her
I really don't understand the planners at Scottish Heritage. The previous owner schemes were much better and inkeeping with the history of the building. This type of monstruosity, apart from the color, looks more like some gothique pastiche from the 19th century. No historic staircase would have this type of crenelated roof ! It would have meant a lot more work for the builders of the time. One slanted roof seems to me more an historical style than this !
I grew up in Saint John NH Canada.... we had a Martello tower there too... I didn't know that refered to a particular shape of a tower... I thought it was named after a person named Martello The tower is fully restored and used as a museum...
It's like they gave the tower cancer.
I’ve noticed churches using the steel and glass it really gets the job done you can tell it’s an addition even the simplest brains could.
How to destroy a landscape and mock history.
It's a shame that people spend a small fortune on a piece of property, and the almighty government tells them what they can do with it! I absolutely understand preserving historic buildings, but sometimes the red tape is ridiculous!!!
Dark gray would have been a better color
I hate it.
I don't understand how this so called historical board of experts could turn down so many plans, and then approve that awful blue mid mod nonsense they built on the side of that tower. I commend the couple for trying to restore it, but I'm not gonna lie, the end result is pretty awful. It makes me sad. I'd remove it to be honest, and start over.
Barry's tower looks hideous.
While I love that they save the tower, the wooden extension should be painted a different color
I'm amazed that was approved
"Amazed" isn't the word that occurred to me. HORRIFIED is the word I'd apply here! It is absolutely beyond belief that some complete idiots allowed (demanded???) this to be how this building was restored/improved. How TOTALLY ignorant and presumptuous. Who allowed this to occur and why? Watching this and seeing the result left me (and this is being CHARITABLE) DISGUSTED!!
A little can of paint could go a long way to covering the blue...as I write I find out he has changed it to green...go grey!
Wow, that women is such a stuck up snob. Give her a gin and tonic and hopefully she might cheer up !
that was a joke...
@@andreaandrea6716 Are you asking me a question or are you making an interjection?
Either way , you need to use one of these punctuation symbols ? !
The blue is.... horrid!
It should be painted to match the stone. It's horrible.