Grand Designs: Holland Park Underground

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

Dingy hole and I'm surprised at the transformation. Mined ewe, I half expected a tube train to pull in sometime.

[Davey]

That would be the ultimate luxury, your own Tube station. Better than the lift to the penthouse. Taped the show, will watch it later.

[Owain]

I preferred George Clarke's public toilet last night.

[Andy Burns]

And completely off the end of the "Grand" budget scale ...

[A.Lee]

I didnt catch the cost of the original purchase, or the subsequent renovation, was there any figure quoted?

The original price, I'd guess at £750k, and add the same for the renovation, is that close?

[Andy Burns]

No, they were coy about it, Kevin didn't push them (not on camera anyway) but the implication was "a million plus to buy" and "more than that" to renovate in 1 year, but it dragged out to 3 years and they seemed to go for sub-contractors with bigger names when they restarted the project, so closer to £3m perhaps? Didn't look like they needed to worry too much about it ...

[harry]

I wonder what it was worth at the end of it all? It hardly could be said to have "kerb appeal". The building on top was pretty horrid.

[Andy Burns]

Anyone notice the flat number when Kevin pressed the doorbell?

2011-07-27 7, Lansdowne House Lansdowne Road, London, Greater London, W11 3LP, Flat, Leasehold £3,500,000 2011-03-30 1b, Lansdowne House, Lansdowne Road, London, Greater London, W11 3LP, Flat, Leasehold £500,000 2008-03-28 8, Lansdowne House Lansdowne Road, London, Greater London, W11 3LP, Flat, Leasehold £1,000,000 2008-01-31 7a, Lansdowne House, Lansdowne Road, London, Greater London, W11 3LP, Flat, Leasehold £1,950,000

Google seem to have snapped it since the work was finished

[Onetap]

I saw a little bit & wondered how the transparent/opaque sky-light would cope with condensation. It didn't look double-glazed, so presumably there'll be a film of water dripping off the inside of the glass in the winter. Was there an internal gutter?

She'd been stitched up with the wiring, presumably she'll find out about condensation some time later.

[Robin]

I think (and the planning applications show) it was Flat 1.

There may be no price from the Land Registry data if the property was put into a corporate shell to avoid SD/SDLT.

[Peter Johnson]

was mentioned when the plans were discussed but not shown when it was finished.

[Andy Burns]

Could be someone else having stuff done, or just the tail end of their work I suppose.

The fancy glass is doing its fancy trick in the google photo.

Seems they are flat 1

[The Other Mike]

It was the last button of what looks like eight on the bottom row of two. Maybe something is visible in HD

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

I suspect his City bonus would have paid for it.

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

[Mike Tomlinson]

En el artículo , Grimly Curmudgeon escribió:

I fell asleep around about the time that wossface was about to give in and hire a professional architect. I'll catch up on 4oD later.

[A.Lee]

Yes, this seems to be the forte of this show now - showing true 'grand designs', which cost a fortune. One that stuck in my mind from maybe 6 years ago, was the couple from Mansfield who converted a 1960's church into a really nice house for something like £70k. They were a really nice couple, and showed what could be done by 'ordinary' people if you work at it.

I have only seen it the once, it has never been repeated, though I could have missed it.

[harry]

The very first show in Glasgow was good too.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

If I remember that one, great use was made of secondhand materials. Not everyone has the time or is in the right place to source these. And the time taken for these DIY projects may not be viable to make a programme from.

Oh it has. Every single one ever made has been repeated many many times. It's a testament to the prog that they can stand so many repeats.

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

More4 and/or E4 and you trip over them.