Topic ID 4579
A property in The Drive, Bengeo, features in The Home Show on Channel Four tomorrow evening (Thursday 30th July).
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http://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/hertfordshiremercury%2Dnews/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=437340 Wonder if they post on here [?]
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It will be very interesting to see if they mention how long they were there, it seems to me to have been about 6 months..................
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quote:I don't understand the relevance of the length of time they have been there? Why should that matter?
Originally posted by Marilyn
It will be very interesting to see if they mention how long they were there, it seems to me to have been about 6 months..................
Reply ID 65625
One of the houses in the drive was being worked on for some time. In fact I think they finished a week or so ago. Not sure if that is the house that will be on tonights show.
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I'd guess it's not; The home show tend to do very quick in and out projects. Most of them are done in 8 weeks - even though they do significant works. On the other hand, i'm pretty sure they said this weeks was the highest budget yet - so it must be over 150k.
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quote:It isn't as long as they are not claiming it is a quick make over, never seen the show so I have no idea if they claim to do it quickly, going to watch this show tonight for the first time. It is the house that has had work done nearest to The Avenue end (can't remeber the number could go and look if it matters!) not the one 1/2 way down.
Originally posted by Woodyquote:I don't understand the relevance of the length of time they have been there? Why should that matter?
Originally posted by Marilyn
It will be very interesting to see if they mention how long they were there, it seems to me to have been about 6 months..................
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They are a lovely family. It will be interesting to see how they come across on television.
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it's a fantastic show - as far away from a quick make over as you can possibly be. It's extremely high budget, but the idea is to end up with a house that actually works for the people who live in it, and is cohesive.
Reply ID 65634
What's a "cohesive" house, is this one thats stuck together or do you mean.. its a "home".. Campaign for Plain English please !!!
Reply ID 65639
So where on the drive is it? My wife is about to take the dog for a walk and our walk starts on the drive so she's keen to take a look before tonights show.
Reply ID 65646
See my post aboove about number 49 / 51 at a guess I would have to walk up and check exactly though, just before the 2 that were put in later, it used to belong to Mr and Mrs Smith if you have lived here long enough to remember them? they had it from when it was built and it has a very large T shape back garden or at least it did have.
Reply ID 65649
quote:5 years according to the programme, not that it's really relevant. At least in this programme the people pay for the work themselves.
Originally posted by Marilyn
It will be very interesting to see if they mention how long they were there, it seems to me to have been about 6 months..................
Reply ID 65650
quote:Think Marilyn is talking about how long the builders were there! [:p]
Originally posted by SMTquote:5 years according to the programme, not that it's really relevant. At least in this programme the people pay for the work themselves.
Originally posted by Marilyn
It will be very interesting to see if they mention how long they were there, it seems to me to have been about 6 months..................
Reply ID 65651
quote:Oh dear, I'm obviously have a dopey moment!!! 17 weeks. No wonder them moved out!! We survived 6 months with the builders, and we didn't have children [:)] Lovely result, really liked that one.
Originally posted by Harranquote:Think Marilyn is talking about how long the builders were there! [:p]
Originally posted by SMTquote:5 years according to the programme, not that it's really relevant. At least in this programme the people pay for the work themselves.
Originally posted by Marilyn
It will be very interesting to see if they mention how long they were there, it seems to me to have been about 6 months..................
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quote:I had not seen the show before and wondered if it was one of those who claim to do things a a week or 2............now I realise it isn't so it was not relevant at all[:I] It looks rather different now than when the Smith lived there though from the road it is still almost the same, Tardis like now!! I do hopw the enjoy living in the new layout, it looks like it will fit the family needs very well and as the girls grow there will still be enough room.
Originally posted by SMTquote:Oh dear, I'm obviously have a dopey moment!!! 17 weeks. No wonder them moved out!! We survived 6 months with the builders, and we didn't have children [:)] Lovely result, really liked that one.
Originally posted by Harranquote:Think Marilyn is talking about how long the builders were there! [:p]
Originally posted by SMTquote:5 years according to the programme, not that it's really relevant. At least in this programme the people pay for the work themselves.
Originally posted by Marilyn
It will be very interesting to see if they mention how long they were there, it seems to me to have been about 6 months..................
Reply ID 65657
So will they have an open day to let us all come round and have a nose and the finised job........ Looked very good in the end.
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Looked a good quality job, and huge improvement. I would of moved the dining room table to the end of the open kitchen area where i think they had a kids "area". If you have a nice big garden with huge pullback doors its nice to enjoy the view at mealtimes, esp in the summer.
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As long as they don't paint the window frames and the door in yellow they can do what they like, yes? Frenchie they may be reading this and perhaps move the table now.
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I thought £177,000 was a lot of money for the end result. They seemed a nice family & I hope they are happy in their new home.
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i agree; surely they could have got similar space by moving and spending that on the next property. However they wouldnt have got a house guaranteed to work for them, and completely re-fitted - so whilst the price is high, I do think they do get more than appears. Plus they do the whole thing very quickly - was it 17 weeks? If you did that sort of work yourself im sure you could do it cheaper, hiring local builders etc, but it would take a lot longer!
Reply ID 65765
you have to remember that the budget includes ll new fixtures and fittings. I know they used their own kitchen in this one, but for the amount of work done and the labour/materials involved, i dont think £177k is too much.