Oxford | Season 1 Episode 2 | Full Episode | Grand Designs UK 

I have to agree. Kevin isn't such a prick during the early episodes, which makes the "this is fantastic" hagiography at the end much less jarring. As you say, 70% building vs 30% "personalities" is so much better than the other way round.

My heart also bleeds.

Like putting in an actual kitchen?

YES!!! Long pipe! Hello! Doesn't anyone else have a brain??? (It's exactly what I thought).

@@andreaandrea6716 Some people make life so complicated. There's a hole in my bucket Dear Lisa.

Or just dig a small ditch to catch and guide the runoff

The Architect's house (8:36) that we saw at the beginning, that was all OPEN... why wouldn't they choose THAT???

@@andreaandrea6716 Openplan living was not a thing in the UK back then. For most people living in non custom homes it still isn't.

@@jody024 It's so interesting how we evolve.

@@andreaandrea6716 And don't evolve at the same time.

@@jody024 Yes. We are VERY SLOW! (On so many different levels).

Sorry but your comment makes no sense 😂

@@thomasmerkelbach6228 And I am so sorry you have no visual intelligence!

four acres in Berkshire...literally millions of pounds.

41:41

@@turnkit fine... It's your house

wilkinson sword pays top people too much!!!

It's a shame he has to be so nice. What would he say if he could be honest about what he thought?

OLED TV is there now.

Wait... if the Aquascape is 'pondless' ... where do the Koi go?

Probably not since they're probably very dead by now

No! They haven't a clue!

@@MajorlySpicy Probably!!

I think that is the point the host wanted to make lol

Happens in lots of new houses because of the humidity coming off of drying plaster. We had it happen in one of ours years ago. Built in spring with rainy warm weather. Over the summer it was humid. The minute we turned the heat on, they started hatching! Had them over the winter but they became less and less as the house dried out. By the next winter, they were done. They mentioned it was maybe the oak. I don't think so. It's the plaster drying out, especially because they put it over masonry.

Clearly, you've not done that....? There's a BIT more involved.

Me too!

They'd be well into their 90's now.

Denys died in 2015 aged 88. Marjorie died in 2017 aged 91.

@@TurkeySandwichJr Thank you for confirming. A fitting home for their retirement years. Rather perfect, as it's a snug fit for their unique tastes.

I'm not rich but I AM willful.

This isn't a barn conversion though. It's a new build. Kitchen is very small!!

Wallace Murray ... you have a point ...

I took it to mean “the easiest way into the house”. Perhaps because of his size/age, he could just drive right into the carport and get in the house easily. Where I live in the Midwest, almost everyone uses the back or side door before using the front door because “that is just for company”.

I disagree. The architecture serves the clients needs. The man was obviously referring to his most convenient way, drive up, study, bar, etc.

YOU understand what Architecture means. (!)

I stoped and came to the commentrs as soon as I saw that ugly kitchen. You built an oak house inspired from a barn and that is where you cook. that kitchen easly can be a caravan kitchen. what a shame.

haha well done :-)

haha thanks now I can't stop laughing

The pergola - what were they thinking? What a way to cut off the attractive pitch of the structure behind with a flat topped monstrosity.

😂 Hit them?

@@unaninanine3743 Yes. Not very girly, is it?

@@andreaandrea6716 😂

I agree, the house is beautiful. I think the issue is with the dated decor. But people don't realize that this was 25 years ago.

From the pig farm possibly?

OINK

"Nobs" - informal English for a person of wealth or high social position.

They are thin glassware? Vile I can definitely agree with. Certainly dead by now as well

Hardly.

RU-vid premium buddy

@@janitoronfire $$$?

@@andreaandrea6716 money well spent. Trust me. You can turn your phone off and put it in your pocket Ana still listen. Can’t imagine not having it. Makes my work day much better. I can’t imagine ever having to sit through another ad.

Yes, but did you see how the very large painting was hung halfway across the staircase (!!!) because there wasn't enough wall? If I had a house built, the art going into it would be one of the major considerations in the design.

@@andreaandrea6716 : Indeed. I completely, agree. What bugs me immensely, about all these shows, and what seems to be typical of modern, interior design, concepts, is that it all, seems to be about form and almost, nothing about substance, if you know what I mean. All this nonsense about clean lines and light and so forth, and precious little about what constitutes a proper, warm and inviting, home. For all the fancy talk that goes on, on these shows, when I see the end product, I would not want to live in any of these places as they are. Far, far, too, cold and uninviting for my liking. I guess, what I'm trying to say is that, not EVERYBODY, is into the all white, open concept, crap that they seem to focus on, on these shows and what seems to be typical of modern, interior design, today. I personally, hate it with a passion. I want my walls. I want my rooms. I want my colour and I want my richness, in the form of paintings and artwork as you say, and plants and ornaments and nicknacks and so forth, and all those wonderful things that make a house, a structure, a PROPER, WARM AND INVITING, HOME! It boggles my mind that these things seem no longer important to people anymore. Everyone of the places shown in these programs look more, like office complexes and places of work than proper, homes as we've long, known and understood a home to be. Even the host of this show seems to have changed his attitude greatly, from what makes an acceptable home from the first shows to the latest. He now, talks about a home as you would a piece of artwork you would exhibit in a gallery or something, but only, to look at and never touch and experience in a more intimate manner, if you know what I mean. Indeed, most of these so called "homes" look more, like art galleries than places anyone would really, want to live in. I don't even, bother to watch so called "home improvement" shows anymore, because I'm sickened and fed up with what the end product usually, turns out to be. Far, far, from an "improvement" as far as I can see. What I want to see, for a change, is shows that reflect MY, taste and attitudes toward interior design and the millions more, in this world, who think and believe as I do, on this matter. Just make it more, an all around thing that reflect EVERYBODY'S taste and not merely, those of a select few. You see? Of course I noticed the thing you mentioned, and was surprised that people with so much money did not seem to have better taste, but each his own, I guess. Thanks my the way, as you're the first to reply to any comments I've made to any of these videos. Much appreciated. My Retro/Vintage Best. Out.

@@andreaandrea6716 to be fair. Really the house was built with the husbands needs and wants in mind, not the wife's. It's no surprise that they didn't think about her artwork when designing the house.

@@guesswho5790 Yes. But notice that she said they'd had a fight over it! So, she knows how to stand up for herself. In her shoes, however, I'd have sat him down BEFORE the build (she's been married to him FOREVER; she should know him by now!) and say; "Look, THIS is what's important to ME. How are we accommodating MY wishes in the new build?"

@@ivanj.conway9919 You are very visual! (So am I). I know what you mean; there are fashions and fads in Architecture and Interior Design and people are like dinghies on the high seas, bouncing around from one fad to another. I think it's fair that people have different tastes, but I notice that there are hordes of people who just go with whatever is in fashion (and then turn around and do it poorly). One's tastes CAN change ... but I've seen so much BAD modern ... no, DEPLORABLE modern!! Still, done well, mixed with antiques/old/'vintage' (not a mish-mash, not 'just anything,' it takes a good eye), it can be warm and charming. Not for nothing is Design an Art Form! I remember being in someone's flat in Paris ... it was a wonderful if small space but it was awful; it felt like a garret. I remember thinking; "It wouldn't matter HOW MUCH money this guy had, he doesn't know how to make an inviting, beautiful space. He has a poverty stricken mentality ... that's something you can't fix." And then... some people have a way of making whatever space they end up in, (no matter their means) warm and inviting. I think you are creative and need a creative outlet!! Or perhaps you have one? (I have MANY and they are my sanity). Still, I like to critique the obvious flaws I see. And, notice... we all pick out different things!

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