What a beautifully done ru-vid.comUgkxYGamVaHfdHiPlAQaLa7zkwR02OKpGYDU ! The instructions and the photographs are brilliant. It is thorough and genuinely informative. Ryan got another winner! No one does it better!
My wife project managed our build of the house in Thailand whilst I was still in the UK earning the cash. I had 3 visits through the build and we have 500 photos she took. Our builder was a father and son with people brought in as and when they were needed. They were exceptional.
I really admire Jane taking on such a difficult renovation. She did her research, had help from friends and family to get moved in. What a beautiful country home.
Aint it marvellous. There's no money but all of a sudden the show morphs to a completed project with a happy family, antique beds, hand made curtains, expensive lighting and designer furniture. I guess everybody lives happily ever after. I could also have guessed that the husband works in local government.
I hope you read my general comment above. You're right. Its just a formulaic show....but had I known that and that I'd be made to lie....I would not have agreed to the filming.
As someone who has over 40 years of tech experience, in all sorts of of areas, I can say to be a project manager on a project like this, and to have even come close to being on time and on budget she did a great job. . From what I understand building permits are very tightly controlled in Britain, and I suspect this is either a Grade I or Grade II listed building , so every part of the restoration would have been scrutinized. .
Got to admire Jane and her ability although strained at times, she pushed this through so very well and against all odds has ended up with a phenomenal investment. How do they find these fabulous projects though, at seemingly knock down prices, very well done and a great achievement that will stand for many more years to come now.
Well done, Jane! A monumental effort to get there. What a shame Richard couldn't be more supportive. Complaining about moving in when there was still a bit left to do! How about you contribute for a change? I'm surprised George didn't give him some home truths.
Richard had a local Council job. He wasn't even spending time at the build in the evenings, leaving all to his poor wife. Then he waltzes in and merely lists the must-do and done-wrong items he wants/sees. I get an impression of Jane getting everything done while hubby makes demands and is basically a spoiled brat. It's as if he has no concept of reality.
Yeah. He wasn’t exactly helpful or supportive; at least by how it appears on the show. I think a little sweat equity was due. He’s the kind of guy that strikes me as the type to have a little action on the side.
Or it could be a roll reversal. I have known many woman who work are extremely bright earn big wages and enjoy being the dominate personality in public but the total oppossite in private think S&M. Types😱😂
Wrong ! Richard earns a good salary whilst Jane doesnt ! The mistake made on this over spend of 70K was due to the fact there was not a project manager. Im not surprised tradesman didnt turn up when needed.
We, on the outside, never grasp the entire story. Which is why we were admonished not to judge, lest we be judged by the same limited thinking. That's a deeper promise than we humans might totally comprehend.
Jane is very brave.The end result is totally worth the commitment they showed to the use of traditional building materials.I hope all goes well with the sale of their vacated property.
So sad to watch a wife struggling to do a job with no experience and an uninvolved husband who used his job to hide from this job. I really hated this episode.
I think they played up that part a bit for drama. But I wouldn’t have minded seeing a bit of sweat equity from the husband. Most couples have husbands who pitch in and do more work themselves. But, he might have and we just didn’t see it.
Great house! Jane came through in the end. She was very positive but a poor project manager. The husband was a negative pain. The kids will love it but you need a dog, lol.
I don't think he deserves to! She's killing herself, and he's picking at every little thing that isn't right, while doing absolutely nothing, and blaming his wife for the lack of progress. Don't forget, it looks like she's doing most of the childcare, too.
I admire the couple that they manage to be calm and in dialogue mode while communicating despite of the stress, the steep/problematic financial and physical pressures. They are able to celebrate even the smallest achievement. They attain immortal capital. God bless them
What a beautiful home and the garden as a Gardner I would love to come and design I work for the parks and gardens I’m also a florist and worked in a stately home in the gardens its self Walton Hall in Cheshire xx
Judging from a snippets of edited video,he was jokingly asking for the switch and it's not true that he did not say any word of encouragement to his wife he did praise Jane,and in all fairness Jane reminds of myself as someone who has expensive taste and a bit extravagant that's all.But you cannot judge people based on snippets of taping,that is so wrong.
Jane did a marvellous job.....and included her children on top, learning so fast ! Hope she made sure to reserve herself a decent fee for all the hours she put in as a project manager. He did not do a thing, kept pushing her to do more and talked in terms of "I" instead of 'we'. Lucky for Jane she has this video to proof it. I don't expect the relationship will last, I recognized her facial expressions, but he will keep the house for sure. Thank goodness she chose the limeplaster ! Cement would have been desastrous for the moisture regulation of the walls and causes the timber to invite woodwurm and fungus after some years. Historic brickwork always needs limeplaster to breath. Beautiful restauration, nice program !
I absolutely love the end result. Would you kindly tell us the colors of the kitchen on the walls and cabinets. I love the colors and the view and the cabinets. The Octagon rooms are amazing.
I vote for the little kid to be a site manager, “I have a bad feeling about this.” 😉 perspicacious little dude! Given Jane’s purported lack of experience she did an amazing job, but it might actually have been cheaper, and very likely much more efficient and timely, to hire a project manager for all of the early stages until she got to the decoration. However given the made for TV drama that Jane described in another post now I see how everything was exaggerated in terms of filming. too bad about the falling out with the joiner , Another aspect or no question given the heightened dramatic requirements of the show. He seemed like a nice chap, but having all the trades there at once looked chaotic, and once again I think this was made for TV and not the reality. I don’t understand why her husband was pushing to move in and determined that it be finished, but so hands off. instead he seemed to relentlessly pressure his wife. Now, I understand it’s a TV show and they highlighted, or more accurately the producers concocted, the drama. It must’ve been highly distressing for the whole family to have to play a role in order to gain the products promised by the TV company. I was wondering about using the premade lime plaster and now I understand that that was given at a huge discount. Same for the bed.
They always play up the drama with these programs. It’s ALWAYS the: “it’s going to be beautiful but I have X, Y, and Z concerns it won’t get done.” It’s tv; what can one say? P.S., I loved that kid’s delivery of, “I have a bad feeling about this!” line too. He was brilliant! The Harry Potter Production team should have hired him to deliver that line just before the Battle of Hogwart’s Castle.
It is nice they want to retain the original plaster. My house is only 100 years old and I restored the plaster after removing 2-3 layers of painted wallpaper from all of the walls and ceilings. Most people tear the plaster down and put up drywall. The waviness and imperfections in the plaster add character. This is a beautiful old house. Hard to believe it was just a hunting lodge.
Well I don't blame her. Number one,her husband wasn't much help. Number two,it's better to get it all done before moving in. Otherwise,it gets put off and put off
I verym6 I very munch enjoy binging on this British version of American DIY programs (I find it educational in terms of vocabulary and practical knowledge as I've been a general contractor. The production factor is a necessity for these type of prgrams.
Can we agree that this lady is/was incredibly naive? To take on the role of Project Mgr & simply allow the tradesmen to come by when they feel like it only results in disaster. A good Proj Mgr is constantly on top of the builders & vendors.
I hope you read my general comment above. You're right. Its just a formulaic show....but had I known that and that I'd be made to lie....I would not have agreed to the filming.
40:37 You can see in her eyes how she loathes him even talking about the decor, when she did all the work and he didn't lift a finger the entire project.
They chop and edit these programmes shamelessly. People who have been on Sarah Beeny's show say that they film you and tell you to stand and nod (sometimes you can tell people are nodding with no expression on their faces). Then Sarah comes and says things to nobody and they splice in the nods. Sometimes they show people nodding 'agreement' to some suggestion of Beeny's, and they never heard a word of it or it was suggested long after the possibility to do it. Then the narration says they refused her advice and went on with their own plan. So everyone shouting at the screen, 'Listen to Beeny!' have been totally manipulated.
They film you at different moments then splice together your expressions to fit the narrative. If you're looking worried about your mum, they film you on the phone to her and then narrate a frantic call to the bank to get needed funding.
I really do not get it, it is quite a large building and there budget was not. Did they HAVE to restore all the rooms at once, could they not do half the rooms really well and shut off the others until they had more time and money? It seems a case of all or nothing when they could have better organised their budget and timetable. All she needed to make things worse was to get pregnant.
Hi Stephanie, I've written a generic response at the top of the thread (at the moment anyway) but just wanted to say we did shut off part of the house and not do it up, they didn't show that. Also, we had three children so we did up all four bedrooms. :) Its not as big a house as it looks really.
The architecture of this house is lovely, but this show gave me a migraine. George, the 'architect', is always amping up the tension offering very little help until it's late in the game and the very nice lady is clueless when it comes to supervision & the husband is out to lunch. I suspect the initial craftsmen/laborers gave up in frustration with her lack of focus. The result is very ordinary when it could have been splendid without spending more . Some day someone with a high level of taste will make it really beautiful and restore the landscape to what it should be..
George plays the dual role of financier and inspector; the most despised (and feared) people involved in construction...except for the "meth-heads" who show up to work...
" Restore the building for the next-generations " . Someone else " next-generation " . Those kids are going to sell the house the first day after their parents passed away.
@@Megan-nr7xe Thanks. Absolutely. They are wonderful kids. They still come back for parties with friends! Hope you see my more general comment and explanation above :)
I'm of two minds: 1) Without a serious lottery win behind me, I would never take on a project like this, 2) Without people who ARE willing to give it their all, these houses would be lost forever. Some homes will be saved and some won't. Clare, Sydney
@@harrykeble1778 Why weren't you there Harry, to make sure that there electric sockets were installed upstairs ??? You wrote that de tv-people lied and that you were daily present to supervise ......gotcha ;-))
Watching the intro, it's the same old formula. Couple with grand plans buy a derelict property with at least a Grade 2 listing. Little or no renovation experience, too small a budget, and too short a timeline. To save more money, they do it all themselves. Money dwindles to nothing halfway thru the show and now they scramble for more. Weather and/or a new baby impedes progress. A year passes, and the property is incomplete, but they've moved in anyway, because despite all of the arbitrary deadlines that came and went, the show wouldn't be a successful unless the couple have decided to move in with bare accommodations to show that: "See? I told you we could do it!" The houses and projects are amazing tho. Please keep uploading! Lol
I hope you read my general comment above. You're right. Its just a formulaic show....but had I known that and that I'd be made to lie....I would not have agreed to the filming.
I hope you read my general comment above. You're right. Its just a formulaic show....but had I known that and that I'd be made to lie....I would not have agreed to the filming.
Her trades were just dragging it out.. She needed to fire some or all of them and get some respect.. Richard is along for the ride..not helping her at all.
I love the 18th century. This restoration will be really nice . " La ménagerie Royale de Versailles" was a place the Royal families would keep very exotic animals. I would like to know if in the 18th century, this place was of the estate ?
@@MegaJohnson12 I hope you read my general response above. I can assure you the plumbers and electricians had their first fix completed before the lime plaster went up!
That husband is so disrespectful towards his wife. She is working day and night on their new house, selling their old house, and raising their child. He is so unappreciative of his wife's hard work. "I won't move into an unfinished house." Alright, then roll up your sleeves and help out, you spoiled brat. Sure, you got a job. So has your wife, with everything she does.
Jane was paying these guys, and they have the gall to criticize her? They must not have needed the employment. If they had done a good job, the value of the advertising on nation-wide TV would have been priceless. After watching their whining, I wouldn't hire them if I lived there.
George, I understand your advice to Jane that she continue to contact the various building trades to keep them working. But you have to understand that a woman doing exactly what a man would do walks a tightrope, stretched between being effective and being a "bitch". In reality, most tradesmen view an assertive woman as the latter. You have to be very careful in how you approach them. It's made worse when the woman is inexperienced. Jane needs to listen when a tradesman tells her a realistic estimate for work being done, but when they feel her expectations are realistic, they need to refrain from taking advantage of her.... And why did she start the project with the plastering upstairs? She should have started with plumbing and electric, so that the house had working bathrooms and kitchen. You can live in a house that has those. Then do the plastering as you have the money..... But, in her favor, she does learn how to do the job. Hands off to her!
Here's a hint make house water tight first, then fix the interior up, before tackling landscaping, finishings, fine furniture etc. My self I use others cast offs found on the internet sites like Facebook market place, heaps of once expensive tiles, taps, sinks, toilets, plaster board, windows doors etc etc for free! Amazing that some turn there noses up but they are the very folks who want it all gone by the end of the week end. Only this week a 20 Mt by 15 my shed was up for grabs before it got bulldozed next month you disassemble and take away. Roof 😁 build inside after it up. Save thousands. But here she is off getting bespoke curtains wth or shopping for stuff while over drawn it a throw away world people from isolation to drainage free or cheap as.
It needs travelling to go and get it though...and muscle power to load roofparts and complete sheds to be removed within a week....and a big remorque and a diesel van and all that....not as easy for her alone with two kids as it is within your life probably. I agree that he could have done it in the evenings and weekends. Or do it together.....
Normally I really enjoy this show, but this one was just painful. When it got to the point of her antiques shopping instead of managing on site, it just got to be too much for me to continue. That’s not simply incompetence, it’s also a bad attitude. Others on this show have come at it with a similar level of romantic optimism, but were willing to work hard for it as well. She could have been watching the plaster work techniques and pitching in a hand, she could have rented a cheaper place to live temporarily as others would do. With that said, I don’t think we ever see the whole story, and it’s unfair to judge someone else’s life, this was just less enjoyable than other episodes.
There is a reason the knowledgeable wiser local gentry took a pass buying this. Without this show’s help, forget it. Plus, the maintenance and upkeep later?
I get it that the lady had never done this before, but didn't she get any estimates from the tradesmen she hired about costs, time, materials, etc.? What about a contract for completion, time, performance...anything? Do they not do that in the UK? Did she or her husband do any research on what restoration cost before they jumped into this at all? Skilled trades should know approximately how much material is needed to do a job did she even ask? As far as I can see this couple took a long walk off a short pier completely blindfolded lost in la la land.
I hope you read my general comment above. You're right. Its just a formulaic show....but had I known that and that I'd be made to lie....I would not have agreed to the filming.
