Reviving Industrial History - The Restoration Man - S02 EP4 - Home Renovation
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- Join Tim and Emma Verdun as they embark on the restoration journey of a 19th-century engine house, the sole survivor of a once-thriving brick-making works. In the heart of rural Oxfordshire, this passionate couple, along with their three children, aims to reclaim and transform the derelict monument into their dream home. Facing challenges from planning issues to tight deadlines, witness the restoration warriors' race against time to make the building watertight, secure a mortgage, and unveil the mysteries of its industrial past. From structural challenges to unexpected setbacks, follow the Verduns' extraordinary efforts to breathe new life into this historical gem.
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The Restoration Man features architect George Clarke as he explores the UK, discovering unique buildings being transformed into homes. Each episode highlights a different historical structure, like windmills, churches, and towers, focusing on their restoration, architectural significance, and the personal stories of the homeowners involved. This series blends history, architecture, and inspiring renovation tales.
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I think it is ridiculous how a planning board can make so much trouble for people who are putting so much money and hard work trying to restore historical buildings which are mainly eyesores until they are completed. The family has done a superb job on this place.
What I would think is that if one is putting their blood and sweat into preservation then why would you make it difficult ? One would think that they would encourage them to doing right by it, by being enablers, as opposed to being oppressive in their outlook and doings. Travesty, is what I would state it is in their way of being overseers. Encourage and not discourage. That is the way to go is what I would presume.
I agree
On the other hand, they might be useful in deterring the more sacrilegious types, at least sometimes
Very true. It's not like they'd submitted something completely hideous or not in keeping with the original building. And why does it need to take so long? 🤔 😕
The brits and their ways of doing work
So INFURIATING to be broken into twice. This family has earned this viewer’s respect and awe!
A nice Rottweiler would have been a cheap deterrent.
@@maryfrump7937 Funny how they went after the copper. Must have been off season for tarmacing.
This couple is one of the most practical I've seen on these shows. It was very smart of them to complete the house to make it totally livable and postpone the extension. As it is, the house has all of the rooms they really need, and they don't even have to make any children share a bedroom. Better to get back to work and save up a bit before adding space that's just an extra luxury.
It seems a bit crazy to leave one's job to work on the build, but it appears he did the calculations and realized he was making less than he would pay for a builder's laborer, so that's practical. They seem like one couple who haven't ended up with massive overruns.
It's never a great idea to proceed before you've gotten planning permission/a permit, though. It's lucky they got approved, though it seemed like the official was actually pretty reasonable about ultimately approving the things they wanted. Still, it stinks that the approval process takes so long. I think most people have no idea how long it takes. I certainly didn't expect to wait over about two months to have my straightforward, well drawn, and fully code compliant, non-historic-district deck plans approved here in the US. That set us back to waiting out the winter before building, so I can definitely sympathize with people who think they're starting out with enough time before winter, but are tripped up by the bureaucratic process.
What a lovely family!!!
What a beautiful family! Those children are so well mannered and grateful for their house! Good job parents, keep doing what you are doing!!! Love the house!
Snobs!
Snobs? What's wrong with you? Seems as if you have a personal problem. Grow up!
Skrzj2
What a wonderful couple, with that attitude anything is possible, I admire them.
Snobs! With money its possible!
@@sjefhendrickx2257 Need glasses? Did you fail to see the incredible amount of hard work they did?!?!
They build a beautiful, warm family home, nothing ostentatious or over the top. Lovely family, perfect home!
This was 9 years ago I would luv to see a follow up on this family and property!
What an amazing job that this lovely family achieved. As a Chairman of Planning in an adjacent planning authority, I empathise with their frustration with local Authority bureaucracy. I hope that during my 4-year tenure in Cherwell, we were more sympathetic to wonderful people like this couple, than the Vale of the White Horse. Initially, I had a similar problem with over-enthusiastic officers. I and my committee quelled their 'jobs-worth' attitude to planning. The greatest achievement of elected members was, in my opinion, Bicester Village. The officers wanted it to be in Banbury, but my committee resisted and we won, to the enormous benefit of our district.
Something I am not quite clear on, having watched a great number of these UK restoration videos. And that is, a structure that is on the verge of crumbling into the dust is purchased by people wanting to restore it. Yet they often seem to come up against almost draconian rules and limitations by some 'planning commission.' Yet if the building hadn't been purchased, it would indeed self destruct. It seems like a 'cut off my nose to spite my face' conundrum by the planners. Would they rather see these old buildings crumble or have a chance at a second life? Maybe they should loosen up some of their many, many strict requirements.
@@Eleivana777 You are absolutely correct. I, as a past Chairman of a District Planning Committee, often came up against this attitude from Planning Officers in my Council. It stems from their education at university, where theory is more important than saving a building. Having said that with a 'listed building' (a building deemed to be of architectural or cultural importance) does need some protection. A three hundred-year-old barn should not have plastic windows, I am sure most people would agree. However, some of the objections by employed officers of the planning authority, British Heritage, etc., do tend to make purist decisions, most of which never see a planning committee, as they are delegated powers. Every applicant does have the right to appeal, first to the Chief Planning Officer and then, if necessary, to the government inspector. This is both a time consuming and costly exercise with little chance of success. I do agree that a more pragmatic approach is sometimes needed.
@@grahamforbes5200 Well said. Yes I agree that preserving, as much as humanly possible, the style, materials and techniques used in the original building, is very,very important. However, I have seen some couple who have poured every cent of their finances, blood, sweat and tears into a building only to have their dreams crumble when a planning officer insists on something that they would never be able to afford or achieve or that would never serve their family's practical needs (I.e. an extension) Very sad.
I understand the need to preserve a historic building as close to the original as possible, but what I do not understand is why it takes so much time.
What a beautifully done th-cam.com/users/postUgkxYGamVaHfdHiPlAQaLa7zkwR02OKpGYDU ! The instructions and the photographs are brilliant. It is thorough and genuinely informative. Ryan got another winner! No one does it better!
The children shouting yaaay when getting the extention approved was the cutest thing. It really made my day.
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And on her birthday 🥹
I can't get enough of these restoration videos with George. Also, I keep thinking how lots of these people end up being broke at the end.. 😥 Perhaps It would be possible to save a bit in unorthodox materials, at least inside. Not sure... but, some of them were at least able to save on labour. This couple was, I think, smart to move in. So sad that someone kept breaking in.
The vandals are absolutely disgusting. Thank goodness this wonderful family didn't give up.
Kim
This is my favorite episode, the traditional design and interior, it’s warm, welcoming and the family is superb! Wish they were my neighbors.
Snobs as neighbors?
i know these buildings have historical value but the planning authority should alteast go easy on these people who are trying to save the property. They are so strict yet not do anything while the properties succumb to the forces of nature.
Right and that property wasn't even listed! They could of put in planning for a new building on site and taken it down. So why are they so picky about redoing it when it isn't even a listed building!
I couldn't have said it better.
I say this each time I watch any program like this!! Nothing is said or done when these buildings are lying dangerously derelict!! It makes me so angry!! 😠
Exactly, the planners sit about having tea watching the slow demise, then latch on like parasites throwing every rule in the book for attempting to revive the old structure
Agree completely..bureaucrats gone made with their power...no wonder so many of these historical buildings are left to the elements..it's just too hard...an advocacy could be created to cut through the red tape..to get on with saving these places..⭐
What I don't understand is this; if the building wasn't listed then why does the planning committee need to have a say in how the building should be restored? They bought a shell with no roof!! Of course they wanted to maintain the history which is why they put so much effort into restoring it but damn! These planning committees obviously have nothing else better to do than to waste people's time and money.
In Italy, we can do pretty much anything we want on the inside of a house or apartment. But the building permit folks get very involved in outside restorations because they are trying to keep the original design and feel of ancient villages and communities throughout Italy. I understand that actually. But getting a permit to build on plain land (all of which is called agricultural land whether anything was ever grown or grazed on it) is all but impossible here. If there was a shed or other building to serve animals etc. on it, then a permit may be possible. Getting an extension on the shed however... nope. Unless of course there is graft and passing of money under tables. And I doubt this is much different in the UK.
and its was pretty cobbled together with modern brick too, I really don't understand the attraction to this shell of a building, to me its just an ordinary ugly old brick shell.
@@MaZEEZaM I see what you're saying,however with it being a shell,they can build it how they want it
What a lovely and hard-working family! Amazing job and beautifully well-done.
Parents have great work ethic and are great role models for the their lovely children.
The fact one would need permission to have solar panels is mind blowing.
Such a great family! Hopefully they are still in their beautiful home.
This turned out to be such a lovely, cozy, warm home. Love how they resisted the modern decor that so many people like. This wasn't a listed property, and yet the planning dept still has stringent guidelines. So frustrating! Thanks for the upload.
Takes me back to a time I renovated my own home and have a photograph of my wife cooking in the kitchen without a roof.
Renovation is redoing things. No roof is a rebuild.
Beautiful family, beautiful restoration, fantastic history of making bricks! Bend, Oregon
A great restoration and the best of all to me is this amazing family who have 3 very lovely children! So nice to see how willing they are to pitch in and help. Also, I think that family worked together so much and the wait etc. they seemed to adapt and accept and live in a lot of inconvenience without getting down or complaining. Beautiful living space they created and lovely home! So nice their horses can be nearby and they most likely will continue their hard work on the outside and grounds! Best to you all!!!
I just love watching and listening to.George Clarke. He is my ideal man but 13 yrs younger than I am. Long live George Clarke.
Fiona Gregory op
Emily Black ---- op?
@@patsygay7398 oh please? maybe?
Paul Maryon ---- ok, I thought that maybe she forgot a p( as in opp)
Oh this was very welcoming. I'm always afraid that I will see a sparsely decorated home with contemporary furnishings. Well Done!
You have done great in making your home. Well done ✨
This is the normal structure of this show:
George introduces the couple - usually they either have no experience, no money, or both.
George arrives - everything is "ab-so-loootely fantastic".
George announces the first problem - either no planning permission, no money, or a wood worm infestation.
George makes the owners feel terrible about what they've done by continuing to highlight all of the problems and hammer them home (pun intended).
A brief period where things go quite well.
But then it starts snowing, George reminds everyone that it's the worst snow fall in 3 generations, the planning application is rejected, and the mother is expecting her 10th child. George is also very careful to point out the terrible structural work, and reminds the couple that their house will collapse if they don't fork out another £50,000 for urgent repair work.
The couple is going to have to declare bankruptcy, live on the streets, or leave the country.
George turns up 6 months later - everything has been finished, the house looks quite good (except for the cheap furnishings and the awful colour scheme), George can't fit in enough "ab-so-loootely brilliant / stunning / beautiful" or similar words in his limited lexicon, he presents them with that tacky book that they don't really want, and then leaves us with a trite, cliched and hackneyed concluding line with appropriate pauses, such as "They finally got the house....that they so richly deserve".
Yet despite the above, I love this show.
I’m cackling
@@harlotstarlet5008 Lol!
british humor?
wonderful!
Ha ha, this is ab-so-lutely brilliant!
So true!
Blessings on the heads of all those who restore beautiful old, (and USUALLY) well made buildings!
George is such a cutie pie and ever so excited about the history of each project.
would love to tie his hands behind his back
@@annpartoon5300 I saw him first. Everything about him is so wonderful.
lovely home ,brave couple ,just amazing restoration
Really nice restoration, posh lot but nice family, well done with that.
Excellent ooutcome. Very very nice decisions inside. These
Restorers r always with great attitudes and very hard workers. Very determined.
I've watched a few of these ,and cannot believe that the people expect to totally resurrect a derelict building with so little money .
I was stunned by the price of 'the house'...320.000,00 pounds?
...there was no house!🤔
there was a wild garden, arounded by some bric walls at risk of collapse!
Blabla about the money. We never know!
@@be6388 It was probably a lot for the land. I doubt that 'house' had any value. They said it wasn't even listed as a structure.
@@be6388 don't forget, the property included 6 acres of land. Real estate has never been cheap in the UK.
Oh I love this episode! Thank you so much for sharing it with us. So special! We can see that family still represents a good thing for our well-being.
Huh? They ate just snobs!
I do not understand why people are so shocked when an unsecured work site is robbed. Every single one of these shows seems to have theft. It is a prevailing issue. Hang a few outdoor lights and some security cameras if you are going to leave a work site totally unattended and open to deter thieves.
I am surpprised she didn't say they will be in by Christmas.
Yasmin Naik 😆😆
What a gorgeous family..this is a fairytale for them that has enriched an already amazing life..🏤⭐🏤
They bought a brick wall with weeds. Cute happy kids, though. I would have skipped the addition for the time being, restored the original structure, and lived in the place for 5 years to determine additional needs. The brick work is nice.
A nice feel good story. Nice family bond. They slogged thru. Job well done
They did a lovely job.
Well done your family has left it's Mark on the neighborhood and ensured the history of the property is not lost you should be so proud.
Lovely hardworking family, beautiful home. ❤️🇬🇧
I’d rebuild with the reclamation and salvage route eg doors windows fittings kitchen stairs bricks etc all reclaimed and salvage in keeping with the buildings age and character on the outside and some of the inside interior, that way the planning is kept happy.
What lovely family. So much love there. Well done.🇩🇰❤️🙋🏻♂️
Beautiful family very calm and humble. I literally feel happy after they got the permission
found it on google maps, and its all completed now. looks nice.
Beautiful building xx wow 😊xx
Once again we have the scenario of a derelict building, falling down literally and the authorities sit by and watch and do absolutely zero!
Then, along comes someone with a sense of saving and transforming and then along come the authorities and tell them exactly what they must do, typical UK way of looking at things and thank goodness we have folks like this family and George to get to work and turn these sad buildings around BUT with absolutely no financial help from the authorities that dictate every move. There is preserving heritage and then there's just nit picking someone who is trying to conserve heritage.
No wonder many of these buildings are still allowed to rot and fall down.
Why do these people working hard to develop these places not be more security conscious, this is the third one of these that we have watched that fell foul to intruders, live on site in a mobile home or caravan possibly....
Sweet Family.
i really have to ask this long winded question. I'm In Canada, and my community does have "Heritage Designated" properties, but as I've seen your "English Heritage" boards exceed local LEGAL building code by-laws. i.e, that wonderful train water tower with a grade 2 designation. Heritage says no fire escape, building code says fire escape etc.. I understand grade 1, no doubt, but 2 and non listed buildings? I also understand heritage has relaxed lately I guess as per modern concepts on add on's to existing but why doesn't someone start to bring Heritage to court over loss of finances, delays in personally comfort etc. Seriously weeks on end to get approval for the tonal color of a tile roof? Months to get approval for a lot of building plans. what do these people do? I dont believe they have have 100 restorations on the go, and they work 60 hours a week to keep up with the demand. seems the supply is not their. Another question, when they get outrageously ridiculous (of which I've witnessed on all these restoration channels) why not just put your middle finger in air and do it anyway WHEN it affects your bottom to a severe degree? I'd let them fine me and than sue them. I lived in your country for a year, and yes your a different culture (personally I loved it) but come people, stand up to some of this garbage of jumping through hoops otherwise all these sites are going to rubble by mother nature. Heritage is a detriment. they should more consult than dictate. And dont tell me to mind my Canadian business, I have blood and family ties in Folkstown
I have seen them tear down a low garden wall in the front yard, which was beautifully constructed with lights. This was in London in a conservation neighborhood. So it's ok to leave a old crumbling garden wall then rebuild a nice new one! Needless to say the neighborhood looks really shabby with broken lead windows and things falling apart.
I, too, am from Canada, and my understanding is that if people ignored the planners and went ahead with their renovation/restoration, those same planners will order the owner to remove offending work if it's not passed. If the owner doesn't remove it, then there are escalating repercussions. Ultimately, the planners will remove whatever it is they don't approve, and charge the owner with the removal. You really can't ignore the Planning councils in the UK.
The Romans left by 410 CE. So it was far more than 700 years before brick was used again.
Great couple and episode
Great work! Please restore the Irish Cottage used in the filming of the movie "The Quiet Man".
Lovely xxxxx god bless em
History is so fascinating!
Well done. God bless u all with good health happiness n loooooooooong life
I moved in on site while the builder did work....house wasn't really fit to live in ....good thing I was the builder
The vandalism, at one end of the rule of law (no rule), and the regulations of the community -- sorted organization, the Planning Commission (onerous slog rules): Yet, they triumphed over both extremes.
Because, virtue, sacrifice, and focusing on a dream are their own reward.
Planning commission should be more helpful and co-operative when someone wants to save these old derelict buildings.
Lovely
Its Awesome what they have done, now the real hard bit paying for it all .
Blinking red tape none sense ! The building was falling down it had been derelict for years upon years, and now the civil servants who have to justify their jobs, are calling the shots? Garbage!
Those planners! I can understand there is legislation to ensure a building is safe and fit for use, and to avoid absurd looking buildings with yellow roofs.
But it has gone too far, not just any slate tile is good enough for them, no it has to be scrutinised if they are happy enough with it's color, structure, size and quality.
Come on, it is a derelict building outside the village, next to a railway line and some industrial units, why so picky?
I think they have done well on this restoration, and it is a very snug house, I would feel as happy in it as these people do.
I would bet that someone on the camera crew is the one who is thieving from the properties.
Incredible! How heartless those thieves. Well, they wouldn’t be thieves otherwise, but it made me so angry! How this family has been struggling to now suffer this. Makes me think if there’s a hidden motive for these burglaries, maybe the thieves wanted the building?
Back when this was made roght through today it is the same answer:
Copper thieves are almost always druggies looking to sell it to scrap dealers for cash, which they then use to buy more drugs with.
amazing, too bad they haven't made some of the kilns for the kids bedrooms.
planning authorities in the uk really suck, properly suck. Conservation officers and NIMBYs plague people just wanting to get on. I would love to see restrictive and administrative bullying from planners, and conservation officers open to being sued for financial loss from applicants.
They don't care about the buildings and would let them be completely destroyed by nature but god forbid if you want to restore them then they will put as many hindrances as possible, I ask why?
@chrismacsims no problem with oversight of building, but planners and suchlike need to realise they are costing time and money to owners. As is mentioned the building was going to fall down and no one cared. As soon as they highlighted it, planning departments suddenly cared. Its not the fact they are stopping crass developments, its the fact they are stopping development of any kind. Its a postcode lottery on the type of service you get, its also down to personality and opinion of the planners. Some can be too conservative, and some can be too wishy washy. Others can be draconian, others can be far too prevaricative on others lives. There needs to be a financial imperative, directed at planners to hurry the hell up. Also to bear responsibilty of added cost to the the person submitting.
I live in the US and there are restrictions on renovating historic buildings but it seems the process is in getting permits and permissions is much better streamlined and so much faster. I know we don't have but a handful of buildings more than a 300 years old and understand that districts want keep the architecture as true to original as possible. I love watching this series because much of my ancestry is English, Welsh, Irish, and Scottish and found myself getting frustrated with the planning commission and feel for the people doing the renovating. I don't see how it can take a couple of YEARS to get permissions, and it seems to me some of commission people are on a power trip and like to play God. My gosh, if a building is 400 yrs old and still had some roof on it, you'd think they would realize by now that it's a given that some, if not most or all the roof timbers would need replacing?! Heck no! What most people get is they finally, after years of waiting, get permission for renovating but if a contingency is not put in addressing the possibility of roof timber replacement then they can stop the project, take God knows how much longer to decide if timbers can be replaced, costing once again time and money. That possibility should be a given, not a hold up! Even if you talk to one person on the planning committee and they tell you " if you do such and such you should be fine for approval," then when the application goes in you have another one that says absolutely not. Also seems to be a problem with butting heads between the building code enforcement and the planning commission- such as the commission saying you must put in single pane windows because that's what was originally there, then the building code dept saying WTH, you can't do that, you MUST have double pane windows... grrrr, this kind of BS does cost a lot of time and money. You'd think that the departments would have their acts together by now and work to the good of saving those absolutely wonderful buildings! After the destruction of so many historic sites years ago in the UK to make way for progress, I agree that the remaining buildings should be saved if possible from the same fate...but it makes no sense that on one hand there doesn't seem to be any effort of those on historic planning commissions to save or at least minimize further deterioration of the listed buildings and on the other when a person comes along and purchases the property they are suddenly interested and by God they will make it as difficult, time consuming, and as costly as possible to save it. Hopefully there will be someone who steps up to the top people who oversees all the commissions in all the districts and get them to fix the problem, make consistent and logical regulations, work with current building codes, streamline the process and permissions down to at least a couple months instead of years and get more of them saved. I'm sure there are so many left to deteriorate into nothing because of the sheer difficulty of working with those commissions.
@chrismacsims But it's not a listed building is it, just of historic interest and soon to be history if someone doesn't restore it. So why make it harder than it has to be.
@chrismacsims So you went totally over board and abstract to make some sort of point. Most neighborhoods have restrictions on sq.ft , height , off sets to roads and easements. Even if they wanted to build a god awful modernistic square box and want to paint it pink I dont care. Are you implying the land itself is G2 listed and nothing else can be built on it. Why would they not be able to build on the land if the old building fell down, or even if it didnt they got 6 acres. I would even go as far as to say if the planning commission wouldnt let me have the layout of the floor plans that I want. I would tell em to stick it and take the roof back off and build what I wanted elsewhere on the property. And when it eventually falls over I'd use the bricks as pavers in the drive way.
It is understandable and only to be welcomed that historical buildings should be preserved, but a fuss that the authorities make around ruins is presumptuous. This building was on the verge of collapse. The authorities should be happy that the building is being preserved and that the facade is being restored to its former glory. However, it must be possible for the restoration to be adapted to the needs of the residents.
Bureaucrats of all kinds demonstrate their importance insisting that such buildings are part of history, whilst they are just old decaying barns close to collapse. Who can guarantee that this building won't collapse onto your or your children's heads? Nobody. This is why I believe that old buildings must be destroyed to ground. And then, if you really want, recreated close to original design using modern engineering and materials.
this is one case where i see the "house" and think that they might as well take it down and build a completely new house from the ground up
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the planning is straight forward- when you don't do your paperwork, you can't move forward.
It's absolutely ridiculous that the planning authorities have so much power over the build process. It makes me thankful not to live in a country with such a heavy-handed government. And I'm very aware they are trying to preserve historical architecture but the planners weren't doing anything to keep the building standing...
The blue door doesn't match at all. Sticks out like a sore thumb. They did a great job tho and I love the brick floor
i liked that blue door was a bit quirky :) each to their own i guess
These programs and their bloody music. Steve in Thailand.
White treads on the steps?
The brick woman has a voice like Anne Robinson 27:09.
Keep Closed To keep the planner out.
Patched up with a different colour cement pointing not good for the outside brickwork look
I live in the US and yes codes are necessary. My question is do you have to go by planning registry if you are using your own money? I'm a commercial electrician and have been doing this for some 30 years and just cant believe that the "AUTHORITIES" are so stringent on these buildings. I realize shady work is done all the time which is why I guess here in the US we have inspections: Also the fact that all of our buildings are probably around 100 yrs old or less and not worthy of the task.
365,000 for the state it was in? It should have been 100,000 at most. This is why so many of these buildings fall to ruin. They cost hundreds of thousands to restore. They did a lovely job, but I wish these properties would be sold for less so more people can hav ether opportunity to restore and preserve them.
The problem with local planning authorities is they in this case have done nothing to this building for 100 Years!!
Now that someone has commited to bringing this building back into use, THEY, want to say what they want done!!
I understand the need to make sure all is safely done and an eyesore is not being errected.
But to start dictating the tile to be used Etc. REALLY!
A clear case of we want everyone to know that we are in charge, and want them to pay for the priviledge.
They would have quite happily have let that building crumble to the ground and then watch as some builder replaces it with a modern building.
Is this reasonable?
I watch all of your shows as they come along. The other British show is good but for the overbearing music. Keep up the good work.
This is the first I have watched of this series. That other one is so annoying because they never show anything finished (and the loud music).
Update!!!
why couldn't they put in a dormer roof to accommdate the 5 bedrooms?
He is good looking but with a lovely speaking voice too.
You are complimenting him, no BUT needed. "He is good looking with a lovely speaking voice too."
Disagree
@@MaZEEZaM whatever........
Moving 3 small children into a house that has a mobile mast just metres from the property somewhat mindless!
Please give my 10 year old a job.
19:55 bingo
What I don't get is why people are charged a fortune to buy a house that is totally run down.
Most of the cost was probably for the land. It was 6 acres.
portable steam engine
8 weeks for bureaucracy to pick roof tiles...
As an american I cannot understand how a FREE people, such as the Brits, could countenance for one moment the determinations of a "planning commission" with those kinds of arbitrary guidelines.
It's not as if they are going to make a fun fair out of it, a certain amount of "friendly advice" possibly but laying down the law after doing nothing about the place is wrong.
Kitchen in a garage?!🤔
You spend 600k to share bath water? Dear Lord.
The tyranny of local planning who are steeped in incompetence.
Having said the below !.A really good restoration !, Except the blue door ?. That's a blue that isn't natural !!!!!What needs doing is sand blast the whole lot then age the new brick work then re seal it . And paint the frigging door white like the windows !!.
It's their house! Their choice! None of anyone's business.... unless contributing to the mortgage! Down with the communist planning tyrants too!
@@kellyanneree3252 yep I agree on that one
They may have found some trace of blue paint from the original door and decided to honor the heritage or whatever.
@@donnash5813 or they got it cheap ?
bureaucrats !!!
These restoration projects are all the same theme !.Buy a ruin in November !, Knock most of it down , Then promise the wife that you will be in by Xmas ! ( Knocking the wife up is a lot quicker ).As most of them do ?, Then realise that you are short of money before it is even wether proof !.Miraculously money appears from banks or savings to finish the joint ?.And the furnishings . These have to be done by a interior designer , (And so have the kitchens ).Also there is never any mention of the rug rat pissing on the designer lounge or rug ?.Or spewing up ?. For that mater , ( As well as painting on the walls with thee shit !). .
How officious and self-serving our planning authorities are in this country. Literally standing in the way and holding things up to justify their existence and causing unnecessary stress and delay for the families who've DECIDED to preserve an historic building (which the authorities deemed fit not to have listed, it's apparently that precious). The ARROGANCE of them saying they are concerned about preserving the original character of the building... er, what did YOU LOT DO MEANWHILE?! My god.
Upon having to re-apply, I would have just torn it down and said "sorry it fell down" on the first rejection and built something from the "fallen" bricks. You can't preserve rubble. Absolute charlatans. There's a reason why everybody hates planning officers; elevated to have power well above their station and educated far, far beyond their intellect. Anyway, it's all on show here.
But well done that family on a remarkable job!