Tragic episode. 11 years of stress on him, his (ex) Wife, and children, just to eventually build a stunning home for someone else. I heard that, on average, you spend around 20 years with your kids. The first 18 years plus another 2 years the rest of your life. Be careful how you spend those first 18 years. To think how he could have spent those years, stress-free, with his daughters, as they grew up. You can't buy those lost years back, no matter how much the house sells for.
One of daughters reflects that her parents would have divorced anyway. As a father who appreciates the daily dedication required to maintain wellbeing in a family, I’ve got to say I don’t believe her. It sounds like something she needs to believe to not hate her dad.
He has finished it, but he couldn't afford to live in it because he needed to start paying people back, so all that work and he had to sell it because it was a money pit. Stunning home, just not his.
This was sad to watch especially having gone through something similar during a simpler building project that was meant to take 18 months to complete and ended up taking 4 years. Luckily my marriage is still in tact and we eventually moved in but not without much strain and regret. The day partners start taking the concerns of their families seriously when venturing into such grand ego projects and being humble enough to ask for help, is the day they'll stop losing hard earned money unnecessarily. That said, I'm heart broken for the family as they did not get to live in their dream home. In the end, it looked stunning and exceeded their wildest dreams.
I will never understand why they destroyed the old house. They could have renovated, extended and added a more modern wing to the older house. The family would not have been ruined.
What you want to build beside it, if you build a modern house beside it will look weird, if you do the same kind of home, you have two looking old homes. And the house was old, you had to invest later or sooner in major repairs in house maybe you dont like anymore, you could change many things but something you cant change the height of the rooms overall structure.
Such a wildly sad build, I understand he really wanted a tower to look out over storms and such but good god they could have just build a small faux lighthouse and kept the old house, or built the smaller property he did successfully complete and avoided this complete disaster.
The idea was ridiculous for someone who didn't have money to burn , it was a complete vanity project. Not surprised his marriage broke down over it as clearly he thought this ego and ambition was more important than his family. Sorry if it feels like I'm sticking the boot in too much but it's the truth.
No. The was a fool and a narcissist. No doubt he had many conversations with his family about the project, and I'd speculate it got to a point where they tried to convince him that it just wasn't worth it. His ego had other ideas.
@@avlasting3507 Once you put furniture in it and hang the walls with pictures it'll be a "family home". Quite a bit of new transitional and modern homes are similar. Cool tones, minimal lines. You soften and warm the place up with the furniture.
If he had just focused on the Second house he built, perhaps build another floor on it, things could’ve went well for him. Or alternatively just extensively renovating his old home would’ve worked too. I kinda feel sorry for him, because of his massive Anbitions it cost him his marriage and all for what? A house he can’t even live in
I have just read that it is unsold and now condemned due to a cliff collapse. It is worthless. As of late 2023, it seems that it hasn't now been condemned. It remains unsold at £6.5 million for the whole site which barely, if at all covers it's cost and Is likely in negative equity even if it did ever find a buyer.
Its sad that he spent 7M++ and still couldn't sell at 5.25M. He lost 2M++ already. Whoever buys it must be really wealthy, imagine the cost of heating, electricity and water just to maintain that house.
I have watched a full episode and his marriage was not functional even before a project started. You can not blame him for following a dream, we do not know his previous life, childhood that might be a triger for this grand design.
He still could have had more regard for his kids. This vanity project has stressed and hurt them terribly. I do agree that the marriage did seem a bit rocky.
He followed his dream and it was never his intention for the marriage to end.what if there were dragons in the marriage that was ignored and kept growing until it became too big then and swallowed them in.. he's a strong man.
@freebeerfordworkers It has bathrooms and a kitchen. They are just not 'fitted', meaning they are easy to rearrange/replace to suit the new owner's taste...or of course, leave as they are. They're fully functioning. Maybe 'fitted kitchen' is a British term because I've seen a few people mistaking it for there being no functioning kitchen or bathroom? :)
Now I'm a stubborn person with ideas - I admit it but this guy is extreme, the price he paid and now someoneelse is living in the house he wanted and fought for, I can't get my head round how he could be so blinded about how he was slipping- or maybe he was praying for a solution once he was that far in. Both could have been stunning homes. 😢
This was the saddest episode I've ever watched. This family, especially the husband, lost it all. Imagine the cruelty of people asking your daughter what is happening with your built. If I was a billionaire, I'd buy them that lighthouse home and allow them to meet there every once in a while. I balled my eyes out!
This is the developer trap here. the only reason this lightweight could play was that no real developers are interested in the area. the reason being there is not demand from rich international people or people looking for trophy properties in general in Devon. If this were a popular area he wouldn't have even been able to buy the original house let alone build a new one. What they don't say is there are no kitchens or baths installed so the place can't even be rented for events or airbnb. He says he "owns" the place. He doesn't. The bank owns it he just calls the shots until he stops making payments. I have followed this story for some time now. How exactly has he been servicing his debt shilling compilation music CDs? If his real job is a music executive does he deal drugs on the side?
Had read that Harry Styles had looked at purchasing this home (?) but apparently another buyer has been found. Would love to know who purchased the home.
i saw it here in tv... this made me sad coz its unfinished then i looked at here in youtube wow that house is so damn beutiful😍😍😍 that was made since 2016 and its stop coz the owner don't have enough money to finished it...
It could all tumble into the sea in a moment of land slide. Insurance on such a place & its proximity to the sea edge on overlooking cliff is not something one would want to sink £10,000,000.00 into! I guess the “conspiracy” of global warming & resultant sea rises have been dismissed.
I'm guessing it's a geologically stable area not prone to landslides. And if the sea rises *tens of metres* to reach that house, everyone will be dead anyway!
A ridiculous oversized house that doesnt fit in with the surroundings. A McMansion with triangular rooms and tons of stairs plus a carbon footprint that would embarrass most.
All I see is a spoiled, millionaire family who already had plenty and still wanted more. To think those dozens of those construction workers destroying that perfectly good house, most likely live in apartments and don't own a home for themselves, build this vanity project is just absurd. I feel no sympathy for this family.
Looks like an office building, not made to be lived in by humans. Cold and not cozy at all. I bet you can hear the wind too, blowing around the building making all kinds of noises. And you can have too much light ! He should have kept the old house, build and sold the Eye and then maybe renovated the original house or build a new one, much smaller than the lighthouse eye sore !
Well why did he go so big, he could have just done the lighthouse tower bit with a small add on and probably no need for the pool. Problem is costs sky rocket so maybe he should have done smaller with a fixed price
This is full scale disaster. Whoever issued a building permit for this mental eye poking monstrosity should be jailed. Presenter is also on heavy drugs complimenting design and "vision" of the (very honest but) very dizzy bloke. Clarkson would set them straight.
I've watched every show of Grand designs your house Edward is the best, you might not own it but as long as you and your family are healthy and happy that all that matters, all the best to you all.👍🦘☮️
This was the hardest episode to watch- to see a dream turn into a nightmare. It’s an amazing build- must be incredible when there are storms!
The fact that he can't admit it was a disaster is a reflection of his destructive hubris
They had a super sized family home in an amazing location yet lost everything
“What did it cost ?“ “Everything”
No worth it was it
This is in croyde
7m with all the loans...the little house has been sold I'm sure..and the main house is Still on the market
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£10 million for a house without a kitchen and exposed wires.
First of all is family.I have got a family and live in the tent very happy
Tragic episode.
11 years of stress on him, his (ex) Wife, and children, just to eventually build a stunning home for someone else.
I heard that, on average, you spend around 20 years with your kids. The first 18 years plus another 2 years the rest of your life.
Be careful how you spend those first 18 years.
To think how he could have spent those years, stress-free, with his daughters, as they grew up.
You can't buy those lost years back, no matter how much the house sells for.
One of daughters reflects that her parents would have divorced anyway. As a father who appreciates the daily dedication required to maintain wellbeing in a family, I’ve got to say I don’t believe her. It sounds like something she needs to believe to not hate her dad.
Happy to see he finished it, it cost him everything so I hope he finds some solace in knowing that eventually it was a job well done
He has finished it, but he couldn't afford to live in it because he needed to start paying people back, so all that work and he had to sell it because it was a money pit. Stunning home, just not his.
They had a decent home. Why not just enjoy life?
@@carinadominguez22 100%.
Enjoy seeing your kids grow up in an idyllic setting.
After they leave they could have embarked on their vanity project.
Ik the original house was fantastic with the views like he wanted.
Londoners need everything in their life to be a statement when they leave London and realise their entier personality was being a Londoner.
Greed.
This was sad to watch especially having gone through something similar during a simpler building project that was meant to take 18 months to complete and ended up taking 4 years. Luckily my marriage is still in tact and we eventually moved in but not without much strain and regret. The day partners start taking the concerns of their families seriously when venturing into such grand ego projects and being humble enough to ask for help, is the day they'll stop losing hard earned money unnecessarily. That said, I'm heart broken for the family as they did not get to live in their dream home. In the end, it looked stunning and exceeded their wildest dreams.
It’s a badly designed eyesore on a beautiful coastline and stands as a ghoulish monument to one man’s ego and blindness to what really mattered
Looks distinctly like a house recently raffled on line for charity advertised at a million plus
OMG You’re right!!!
I will never understand why they destroyed the old house. They could have renovated, extended and added a more modern wing to the older house. The family would not have been ruined.
Yes. The family and especially the kids loved living there in the original house. He seemed intent on destroying all that.
Ego and hubris
What you want to build beside it, if you build a modern house beside it will look weird, if you do the same kind of home, you have two looking old homes. And the house was old, you had to invest later or sooner in major repairs in house maybe you dont like anymore, you could change many things but something you cant change the height of the rooms overall structure.
I painstakingly renovated an old double brick home to perfection and then had to sell it. The new owners demolished it and built a duplex.
I spent £900 on fixing my car only for it to be written off a month later
Such a wildly sad build, I understand he really wanted a tower to look out over storms and such but good god they could have just build a small faux lighthouse and kept the old house, or built the smaller property he did successfully complete and avoided this complete disaster.
Walked past this three years ago by accident. How anyone gave the go ahead on this coastline beggars belief.
I don't care what anyone say, that IS a masterpiece!
The comments are harsh, the guy lost everything it's sad really.
He lost everything because of his own ego and arrogance!
He’s has nobody to blame but himself. Simple as that
Comments are harsh because people have little experience with building things, they just wake up and use what's already built.
The idea was ridiculous for someone who didn't have money to burn , it was a complete vanity project.
Not surprised his marriage broke down over it as clearly he thought this ego and ambition was more important than his family.
Sorry if it feels like I'm sticking the boot in too much but it's the truth.
No. The was a fool and a narcissist. No doubt he had many conversations with his family about the project, and I'd speculate it got to a point where they tried to convince him that it just wasn't worth it.
His ego had other ideas.
You're right.
If you can’t afford to pay cash for the whole thing then he was never going to be able to afford to maintain it. Fancy houses have fancy upkeep costs.
No bathroom and no kitchen means it's not fit for human habitation.... so stamp duty isn't payable. The guy is a genius.
It does have bathrooms and a kitchen, they are just not 'fitted' so they can easily be rearranged/altered to suit the tastes of the new owner.
Hardly a genius considering all the expensive errors he's made. And how many prospective buyers want a place that's uninhabitable?
He followed his dream, can’t knock him for that 👍
Well, you can. Split apart a family. Didn’t finish the house properly. Look a little sad and foolish on international TV
The architect shared the blame. His ego drove the design and blinded him to the client's own egotism and stupidity.
It looks like a private clinic, cold and sterile like many of these properties, glass, steel and bare walls
My thoughts exactly.
I agree. It's definitely doesn't seem like a family home but could be something else like an architecture museum?
@@avlasting3507 Once you put furniture in it and hang the walls with pictures it'll be a "family home". Quite a bit of new transitional and modern homes are similar. Cool tones, minimal lines. You soften and warm the place up with the furniture.
Every house looks cold until you get in and make it yours.
Well, considering the crazy behaviour of the owner, it could be a mental institution
Inspirational 💫
If he had just focused on the Second house he built, perhaps build another floor on it, things could’ve went well for him. Or alternatively just extensively renovating his old home would’ve worked too.
I kinda feel sorry for him, because of his massive Anbitions it cost him his marriage and all for what? A house he can’t even live in
I have just read that it is unsold and now condemned due to a cliff collapse.
It is worthless.
As of late 2023, it seems that it hasn't now been condemned. It remains unsold at £6.5 million for the whole site which barely, if at all covers it's cost and Is likely in negative equity even if it did ever find a buyer.
@@jamesrobert4106 omg 😢😢
@@jamesrobert4106Well, that just makes all this even sadder
The guy in the thumbnail just smashed his little toe into the coffee table
Scary so near the sea 😢
Not much land on house 😢
Such a sad story
Currently on the market for £5,250,000. Down End, Saunton, Devon, EX33.
The lighthouse home, or does that price include the eye as well?
Its sad that he spent 7M++ and still couldn't sell at 5.25M. He lost 2M++ already. Whoever buys it must be really wealthy, imagine the cost of heating, electricity and water just to maintain that house.
@@BRENDAWARDLE The article didn't say but I would think its both.
"The Grand Designs Lighthouse has seen a price reduction from £10 million to £5.25 million after it was discovered the driveway was collapsing".
I have watched a full episode and his marriage was not functional even before a project started. You can not blame him for following a dream, we do not know his previous life, childhood that might be a triger for this grand design.
He still could have had more regard for his kids. This vanity project has stressed and hurt them terribly. I do agree that the marriage did seem a bit rocky.
He followed his dream and it was never his intention for the marriage to end.what if there were dragons in the marriage that was ignored and kept growing until it became too big then and swallowed them in.. he's a strong man.
Will those windows have blinds or something? Because sleep would be impossoble
it's not actually finished though. If you go on the luxury homes channel they have a tour and there is no kitchen! and still wires hanging from walls.
@freebeerfordworkers It has bathrooms and a kitchen. They are just not 'fitted', meaning they are easy to rearrange/replace to suit the new owner's taste...or of course, leave as they are. They're fully functioning. Maybe 'fitted kitchen' is a British term because I've seen a few people mistaking it for there being no functioning kitchen or bathroom? :)
Now I'm a stubborn person with ideas - I admit it but this guy is extreme, the price he paid and now someoneelse is living in the house he wanted and fought for, I can't get my head round how he could be so blinded about how he was slipping- or maybe he was praying for a solution once he was that far in. Both could have been stunning homes. 😢
"Sunk cost fallacy." Throwing good money after bad. And good old human ego and pride.
This was the saddest episode I've ever watched. This family, especially the husband, lost it all. Imagine the cruelty of people asking your daughter what is happening with your built. If I was a billionaire, I'd buy them that lighthouse home and allow them to meet there every once in a while. I balled my eyes out!
£10mil to purchase that and 'the Eye' annex, will he even make any money after shelling out millions?
Don't let the door hit you in the arse on the way out.
This looks AWESOME
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This is the developer trap here. the only reason this lightweight could play was that no real developers are interested in the area. the reason being there is not demand from rich international people or people looking for trophy properties in general in Devon. If this were a popular area he wouldn't have even been able to buy the original house let alone build a new one.
What they don't say is there are no kitchens or baths installed so the place can't even be rented for events or airbnb. He says he "owns" the place. He doesn't. The bank owns it he just calls the shots until he stops making payments.
I have followed this story for some time now. How exactly has he been servicing his debt shilling compilation music CDs? If his real job is a music executive does he deal drugs on the side?
But he also gambled his marriage away.
What a waste....cost him everything
It's up for sale at the minute for 5,250,000
Much less than the 10 million he envisioned
Edward had a vision and he stuck to it. Still
Had read that Harry Styles had looked at purchasing this home (?) but apparently another buyer has been found. Would love to know who purchased the home.
Nobody.
@@realfacthuntIt is still unsold in May 2024?
@@VolcanoGroupie Yes.
@@VolcanoGroupie Reduced price to 7.9 million, still nobody interested.
What a horrid monstrosity. Nothing lighthouse about it, just a bland white overindulgence.
All that money spent, yet the glass panels in the "lighthouse" part aren't even curved. Just flat panels in a circle.
It's an eyesore. Pity the community that has to look at that. And why was that monstrosity ever given planning permission.
Sliver aluminium would have looked nicer I feel.
i saw it here in tv... this made me sad coz its unfinished then i looked at here in youtube wow that house is so damn beutiful😍😍😍 that was made since 2016 and its stop coz the owner don't have enough money to finished it...
Bad move why built house end cliff? Will be under water 10 years time😢
That house is tens of metres above sea level. If that goes underwater, then millions will likely be dead so he won't be alone.
It could all tumble into the sea in a moment of land slide. Insurance on such a place & its proximity to the sea edge on overlooking cliff is not something one would want to sink £10,000,000.00 into! I guess the “conspiracy” of global warming & resultant sea rises have been dismissed.
I'm guessing it's a geologically stable area not prone to landslides. And if the sea rises *tens of metres* to reach that house, everyone will be dead anyway!
Pity. His wife divorced and left him over this house
Yeah. Women don't do debt.
@@caprumra782lol
@@caprumra782not the kind of debt that risks bankruptcy.
@@caprumra782 and good men don't ruin the family's finances and everyone's mental health for their own pride and ego
A ridiculous oversized house that doesnt fit in with the surroundings. A McMansion with triangular rooms and tons of stairs plus a carbon footprint that would embarrass most.
I’d paint it red
It's lovely but I don't think he sold it ❤
All I see is a spoiled, millionaire family who already had plenty and still wanted more. To think those dozens of those construction workers destroying that perfectly good house, most likely live in apartments and don't own a home for themselves, build this vanity project is just absurd. I feel no sympathy for this family.
Here's a guy who paid a price for indulgence and ego....a big price. Amazing house though.....for someone else.
The old building was better.
Definitely not worth it if you lose your family from it .
Looks like an office building, not made to be lived in by humans. Cold and not cozy at all. I bet you can hear the wind too, blowing around the building making all kinds of noises. And you can have too much light ! He should have kept the old house, build and sold the Eye and then maybe renovated the original house or build a new one, much smaller than the lighthouse eye sore !
Well why did he go so big, he could have just done the lighthouse tower bit with a small add on and probably no need for the pool. Problem is costs sky rocket so maybe he should have done smaller with a fixed price
It looks like every other expensive modern house. I don’t see anything original, new or interesting in it. 🤷🏽♂️
You got to be joking
Gamblers always think the next hand is the one.
Welp hope it's worth it! Lol
Apparently it's on the market for 5 mil. now......bargain
This is full scale disaster. Whoever issued a building permit for this mental eye poking monstrosity should be jailed.
Presenter is also on heavy drugs complimenting design and "vision" of the (very honest but) very dizzy bloke.
Clarkson would set them straight.
Who…
We need to tax the rich
Boring
I've watched every show of Grand designs your house Edward is the best, you might not own it but as long as you and your family are healthy and happy that all that matters, all the best to you all.👍🦘☮️
It looks beautiful but pure greed
Always great to see someones pride ruin them.