Welsh house rebuild on the telly last night
11 September 2002, 02:26 PM
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Anyone see the program last night?
Guy rebuilding a Welsh 300year old cottage (Design visions I think the program was called)...
Noticed he has a Scooby and a 555 jumper..
Wondered if he was on here?
JGM
Guy rebuilding a Welsh 300year old cottage (Design visions I think the program was called)...
Noticed he has a Scooby and a 555 jumper..
Wondered if he was on here?
JGM
11 September 2002, 02:43 PM
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Guys name was Adrian..
He also had an old Silver Legacy.
I was impressed they got a mortgage on a part complete house that was a ruin previous to the work..
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11 September 2002, 03:06 PM
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That's the one...
Was built very well and looked lovely in the end..
Got me thinking about doing similar...
Then I had a reality check!
Very risky.. they were lucky to get the builders etc..
I thought the 1/2miles driveway to my Dad's place was bad, but their drive took the pee...
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Was built very well and looked lovely in the end..
Got me thinking about doing similar...
Then I had a reality check!
Very risky.. they were lucky to get the builders etc..
I thought the 1/2miles driveway to my Dad's place was bad, but their drive took the pee...
JGM
11 September 2002, 03:34 PM
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I think he got the £60k mortgage because by obtaining planning permission to rebuild the cottage it jumped in value from the £15k he paid to approx £150k, all without lifting a tool!
The bank had nothing to loose and could have easily reclaimed their money.
Note that planning permission took almost 5yrs to obtain and it's taken 2yrs to complete the house!
I admire the guy for his determination though, the builders too!
Mark
The bank had nothing to loose and could have easily reclaimed their money.
Note that planning permission took almost 5yrs to obtain and it's taken 2yrs to complete the house!
I admire the guy for his determination though, the builders too!
Mark
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11 September 2002, 03:41 PM
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Didn't appreciate it took 5years to get planning permission!!
As I have found near where I live, if you just keep putting in for it modifying the plans slightly to address the reasons for objection you eventually get it, within reason.
Much to the annoyance to all us neighbours who objected from day one..
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As I have found near where I live, if you just keep putting in for it modifying the plans slightly to address the reasons for objection you eventually get it, within reason.
Much to the annoyance to all us neighbours who objected from day one..
JGM
11 September 2002, 03:56 PM
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When that programme was originally screened there was a thread posted in non-scooby about it the next day as some other eagle-eyed anoraks (myself included) had spotted the scoobs and the 555 fleece. Adrian is a scoobynetter and replied on the thread. It'd be nice to hear from him again. Fabby place he's got
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11 September 2002, 04:11 PM
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Found the thread tho'! 
I could've sworn he was on here and replied in that thread, or was it a friend of his and who is Rupert????
God the mind plays terrible tricks when you get old.....
I could've sworn he was on here and replied in that thread, or was it a friend of his and who is Rupert????
God the mind plays terrible tricks when you get old.....
11 September 2002, 04:13 PM
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Wasn't it another Scoobynet member (Rupert Upton I think) who had their house built - I think it was the one with the kitchen in the centre of the house. Wasn't the house cross shaped or something?
11 September 2002, 04:30 PM
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Looks like I've got confused between Rupert and Adrian LOL. Anyway I knew that someone who had owned a scoob had been on that programme and posted on here
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