And the real success story is that they are still together.

@thetessellater9163

Жыл бұрын

One might imagine that such an experience would cement their relationship beyond ever parting. Rare, eh ?

@garybrockwell2031

Жыл бұрын

@@thetessellater9163 real LOVE🤔💪👍 YES POSSIBLY 🗣️🙏🥰🥰😍✌️ LET'S ALWAYS HOPE FOR ONE ANOTHER 😢😇❣️💞🇬🇧🤔🗣️💪💯😁

@notrut

Жыл бұрын

While Mr & Mrs McCloud are not ...

@katbar6066

Жыл бұрын

@@thetessellater9163 😂😂

@1986verity

Жыл бұрын

Yes, a home truly is

I really admire this couple for staying with it. Most people these days would give up, or decide they'll lose money on the project, but in their case, the project has been their life, and how much more enriched are they because of it.

How wonderful to find your “forever home” location, 25 years before retirement age and spend the next 25 years never ever becoming bored and ending up with a beautiful and extremely valuable home. For me, that beats blowing £10k every year taking the family to Orlando and just having a box of photos to show for it, but that’s just me I guess…I bless this family.

I remember watching this all those years ago (in Australia) and feeling their pain - we've been renovating for 30 years almost (four different houses, but the combined size of those four houses probably add up to Sue and Martin's house). Amazing effort. But, time has certainly stood still for Martin - he looks exactly the same!

Possibly the best build GD has ever been involved with. Must be complete life fulfillment, very envious

I have met Kevin and I’m very envious of the opportunities he has had doing these programmes to see first hand the realisations of peoples own personal visions. It demonstrates the very best of human endeavour.

My mum loved Kevin McCloud and his grand designs. I haven't been able to watch his programmes since she died but this one made myself My mum would have loved to see it

What gets me everytime, is that these people see the finished product before building has even started, we see a decrepit tumbledown barn, they see a magnificent home. 10/10 for the grand design team for their hardworking over the years. Rarely watch TV these days but will happily binge watch G.D. over and over again.

@SEA-dv5kh

Жыл бұрын

Grand designs aren't a team of builders, it's one man who films other people's builds. They don't do any work. You're congratulating the wrong people lol

@thetessellater9163

Жыл бұрын

@@SEA-dv5kh - given the person you're replying to does 'binge watch' them 'over and over again', I figure they may know that, and that you might have misinterpreted their response. Just sayin'.

@unkle_Enkil

Жыл бұрын

The hardworking previously mentioned, is the time and dedication to the project that the production company put into the editing final transmission of the series. e.g. continuity and Time lapsed editing and so forth. The one man you mentioned is only the presenter, he has a whole team behind him, from project selection, to logistics, film crew, editors, producers etc... this team bring us other peoples vision to the small screen and ultimately to us the viewers. I think you'll find the congratulations were in the right place and for the right people all along. Just saying...

@sylviodante619

Жыл бұрын

@@SEA-dv5kh Ye that’s not my experience. The GD team painted the inside of my house Lilac after I very Firmly told them not to paint anything other than pure brilliant white. Putting up walls that I later had to remove because they were in the wrong place. Just really really annoying.

This is a lovely home. You can see the value of it evolving organically.

I'm so thrilled, for this lovely couple and hope that they continue to enjoy their beautiful home

@dayax3335

Жыл бұрын

Say 'barakAllah'... it's important when one sees something that delights the eyes, to say 'barakAllah'

@___UN

5 ай бұрын

@@dayax3335 shh

Simply beautiful. I love that they stayed together all those years. Clearly they in some part enjoyed the journey, and the house shows it. I much prefer these kinds of projects than the super swanky ones.

That is so amazing. We are 14 years into our renovations of a 17th century convent. It is comforting to see someone else who understands...and to see that there actually is hope and light at the end of that tunnel.

Beautiful ...good for them ...done a wonderful job ...

Stunning. Exudes warmth and love.

@rogersimmons8788

Жыл бұрын

It might need to, looking at the size of those rooms!

I remember watching this episode. The caravan scrapeing along the wall in the lane. I put my hands up to my face watching that then and again now.

I watch Grand Designs from first episode. I like to see how changed People through the years and of course how changed Kevin, and what never changed... passion of builders.

The interior spaces are so simple and magnificently done. Brilliant work by the owners.

You have to admire their dedication to this restoration and more importantly to each other and their children. Well done you two!

Hi Kevin, thank you for following uo this story of restoring old barns and the dedication that goes into the creation of a family home.

PLEASE, 20 years in 4 minutes? Please show us more. The before n now? Cheers. Congratulations. Lovely home.

Glad to see it finished! Beautiful.

Beautiful. A gorgeous house and a wonderful HOME! Family & life goals.

Stunning home!

These are the types of people that built Britain. Many people will look upon this home and say “how wonderful” and “aren’t they lucky” But the acronym for luck is Labour Under Correct Knowledge. Rolling up one’s sleeves and getting on with it, is what made this dream possible. Well done to you all.

Amazing! Incredible! Well done to this courageous and brave couple. The vision, anything is possible 👋

What a beautiful place.

I think it is a great home and I am glad they stuck with it, they deserve it!

Absolutely stunning. Great to see that.

What an incredible achievement! Congratulations.

Absolutely beautiful!

So beautiful and special by spiritual people and their inner visions.

Great people 👏. Great talent, great will !!! Greetings from Greece 🇬🇷.

Kevin, me encantan tus reportajes de Grandes Diseños. Thanks a lot 😊

Loving the tenacity.

Oh Kate the house is looking so so good please look after your self love u are a great mum just take time and get in a good space and be u 💞sending love to u and your family xxx

Incredible ... well done

Wow!

20 years in the making and you are making a four minute short of it!??!?! WHAT?

A stunning final result. Proof that even sketchy dreams can eventually come true.

That was amazing to watch, well done to everyone involved it was heart warming to watch.

Great story of life. 💕🤩

That's splendid. Job well done 👍👍 Magnificent home. I hope it stands for hundreds of years and in the family 🙏

beautiful

Great!

2 decades that's commitment

I've known families that lived in their garage while they rebuilt their home. When I was a kid my parents and 4 of us kids lived in a tiny house while my dad built a foundation, added a couple of bedrooms and a bathroom, rebuilt the plumbing system, put a poured floor in the garage and added a bathroom and room to the back of the garage, put in a septic tank system, rebuilt the electrical system, heating system. Yeah, people do remarkable things without fanfare . . . all the time.

Bloody brilliant and just Gorgeous. Thanks for sharing❤👍

Well done you two it looks lovely. A big thumbs up from me 👍

Would looove to live there! Beautiful...😍

Such a beautiful home. And it looks like the next generation is living there now too?

MAGNIFICENT!!! I remember watching that episode all those years ago too!

What a amazing work

Hats off! Well done that's something not everyone would even have the determination to complete.

I remember thius so well, but heavens! was 99?

Brilliant. *** Well done. Add your own superlatives, can't do expletives of course. Hats off to you, thoroughly deserved and thanks for sharing with us all.

Brilliant I remember the original episode going to air all those years ago . Simply brilliant

époustouflant ¡

Magnificent.. just epic.

20 years to build a home - I don't think I could handle it

absolutely gorjus! 😍😍😍

Rest in peace Sue. ❤

Respect!

Love the vision and belief

Amazingly good looking 🥰

Wow, meditating DID work :D

@larsstougaard7097

Жыл бұрын

Yes the house is Divine ✨️

Wonderful

😻

Patience Persistence Perseverance Perfection

Amazing!

Wonderful place.

That imo is nicer than that $10 mil mansion that poor man built on the saddest build episode

bueno bueno

Where is this house located ?

Not too shabby! 😀

Where is the rest??

I watched the whole show on Channel 4's website. No mention of where these two got the money or their backgrounds other than the man was a freelance writer. Not much money in that. Still I was impressed with their tenacity. All those months of mud would have done me in.

Amazing , where did the years go

I have my own designs for my forever home, although not so 'grand'! It's just a pipe-dream, as planners would never approve of my entirely temporary structure, specifically aimed at lasting only as long as it's inhabitant, me, & then gifting the land back to nature, just as I will be when I expire.

@laupernut

9 ай бұрын

In Ghana, if you build an adobe house, you don't need planning permission and can basically build whatever you want. You see many houses left to the elements, and nature is reclaiming the land after the owners have passed on. Next time you see Africans living in mud huts, consider the fact that the mud, wood, and thatch were free and will return to the earth, which is the most ecological way to build a house. Come to Africa and build your dream house.

@jamespasifull

9 ай бұрын

@@laupernut My dream isn't in another country

a dream

and they built it themselves

When Kevin McCloud walks into a room and says: "Yes." That is a full win.

But what about the Budget !!? were they under ?? ..... or over ?? Damn! we'll never know 🤨

Is this lady Hugh Laurie's sister?

@-_James_-

Жыл бұрын

haha I was thinking the same. 😂

@vcalblas

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking that too!

Nemám v plánu někde nechat dvacet let svýho života :D :D :D Vy by jste tam nemakali ani tejden :D Klobouk dolů před každým, kdo chce chcípnout u renovace starýho baráku...

Seriously though, how can bricks and mortar be an "everchanging expression of who they are?" Such architectural b-s. We all need a home, and some of us take more pride in it than others, some spend 20 years to build it, some spend 40 years to pay it off. We have been duped when we believe that home ownership is a reflection of us, that somehow a shelter now becomes life's main focus. It's like living to eat rather than eating to live. A home has a function, but it is not the destination.

RHUBARB PIE....i am lying in bed and hungry,and you end with that.

A heating nightmare with all of those huge windows , high ceilings and skylights .

nice but was it really worth 20 years of your life?

@jasonvanbreda4749

Жыл бұрын

It's not like they only did that one thing. They lived too and raised kids and have grandkids now. Plus they built their marriage too with the help of a common goal. What else could you labor in for 20 years and have something so beautiful to show for it?

@unclemonty9506

Жыл бұрын

@@jasonvanbreda4749 or maybe they could have just spent a lot less money, bought a beautiful home and spent far more time raising their kids and enjoying life. But hey, at least they got on Grand Designs and can brag to their friends about how wonderful their home is (if they still have any).

Don’t understand the desire for a large home and all the work it requires. Small and simple makes more sense, then life isn’t so much about a house.

I can understand wanting the visual surfaces to look authentic and true to the original building methods and materials BUT... Especially on load bearing walls and other strategic areas (like the underpinning work done to the rather compromised walls) building those using conventional, durable, strong and easy to build modern materials and cladding them using cobb, lime mortar and stone and all the rest would have saved a lot of time, money and effort and created a building that would have been more durable in the long run. Using "moderns" to rebuild the large portions of the structure that to be honest had not stood the test of time seems to me to be the only rational and logical approach. As it is, this building will be just as "compromised" in 200 years as it was before this renovation started and at that point it will become a fallen down ruin of a relic of the past. But to each his own I suppose...

They finished the house and all the kids moved out…

🥲

Such a beautiful home but a shame that it won't be suitable for them as they get older with all those stairs.

Would have been a bit quicker if she helped do the work

Beautiful woodwork beams are amazing! Bit I seen condensation of water on windows and lack of central heating... So thanks but no thanks. I lake to be comfortable and warm at home

@ogribiker8535

Жыл бұрын

Think you need to go to Specsavers!. No condensation on the windows (just reflection) and very clearly central heating!

@davidmatthews3093

Жыл бұрын

No central heating in my stone house but it’s beautifully warm inside in winter and cool in summer. You need to broaden your horizons.

oh no, TWO DECADES??!! what a pair of numptys!

Those poor kids, living on a building site for 20 years!

It's unfortunate that this otherwise excellent show did so much to popularise burning wood, when much cleaner heat sources have long been available. The pollution and particulate matter released by burning wood - full of toxins and carcinogens proven to impact health and cause disease - are now polluting the air of our towns, cities, homes and gardens. E.g. that 'nostalgic' and 'sweet' smell from wood smoke is benzene, a carcinogen. Only 8% of UK homes burn wood (almost all of those homes are middle or higher income homes on-grid and/or with a cleaner fuel source - leccy, gas and even oil are all much cleaner), yet this is now the biggest source of harmful particulate matter (soot) - more than traffic. We've sleep walked into a serious air pollution problem. Smoke harms and kills, it always has. Please don't burn wood if you have a cleaner alternative.

The poor lady aged like milk. I hope they really enjoy the house.

@aina2165

Жыл бұрын

I think she looks more energetic now, she is radiating happiness. And who wouldn`t feel happy in such a beautiful home in this beautiful countryside.

@lizziejohnson5084

Жыл бұрын

It is TWENTY years later

@juliovillagran4105

Жыл бұрын

@@lizziejohnson5084 But she's aged 40 years.

@johnmclachlan1023

Жыл бұрын

Let's have a look at you to see how you're going, whilst probably achieving far less.

@juliovillagran4105

Жыл бұрын

@@johnmclachlan1023 It was an amazing achievement but it has visibly taken it's toll. I wonder why people put themselves through this? I find that part intriguing. I mean why not just a normal house and you'd hopefully have saved more cash and time to enjoy life especially with a family.

Imagine wasting your life on a building. Just a huge waste of energy and life.

@tian5639

Жыл бұрын

My thinking too. It’s a fine house but what was the opportunity cosy? Maybe they really enjoyed the experience - I hope so because in life you need to enjoy those passing years, not just focus on an end result.

@MishMash22

Жыл бұрын

@@tian5639 👍