Grand Designs Episode Information East Devon: The Beach House

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1. In answer to jon, approx two and a half times over budget would be a conservative figure. I agree with him that the budget is a very important part of the show and believe that future episode should have an audited figure as the costs some of the participants have owned up to are simply not believable. Just ask any builder.

   Posted by Phil on 21/05/2009 19:06:51

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2. Anyone with any information on how far they ended over budget? It must be quite a substantial figure as by contacting grand designs in the first place they must have known this was an important part of the show, yet have chosen not to disclose the figure. I wish kevin had been more forceful. Cheers in advance.

   Posted by jon on 20/05/2009 16:37:37

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3. I am trying to find the earthship inspired house in France. I haven't been able to find that one.. And where can I actually watch the ones that I have missed, or rewatch my favourites?

   Posted by cmchapman75 on 20/05/2009 16:34:12

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4. we can help as we supplied the rendering and details can be found on our website www.plasterer.co.uk, we can also offer other render carriers to timberframe Des

   Posted by Des on 13/05/2009 14:17:19

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5. Found out answer about rendering technique on Grand Designs site (East Devon, the Beach House)in suppliers : material called "rendaboard" is put on wood before rendering is applied. http://www.plasterer.co.uk/Rendercarriers.htm

   Posted by Bridget on 09/05/2009 11:52:00

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6. Like David (08.05.09) I am interested by the name and supplier of the "product" ( 3 membranes including wire ?) used on the wood to ensure that render would fix/adhere to it.

   Posted by Bridget on 09/05/2009 11:33:45

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7. Can you tell me the name of the rendering technique used or the supplier of the metal/card system used on the ply wood before the rending .

   Posted by david on 08/05/2009 12:06:34

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8. Is this it! The last episode of the season turns out to be a repeat of an old episode from season 5. This is on top of having 5 revisited episodes in the current season (which are only really 10 mins of new content) Please C4 go back to the old season layout - 7 or 8 episodes with 1 or 2 revisits. For the last 2 seasons it feels like the content is being stretched out to make as many episodes at as little cost.

   Posted by frozeng on 08/05/2009 00:18:13

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9. with a bit of googling I found out it was in exmouth

   Posted by jeff on 07/05/2009 19:20:20

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10. I was really fell for yestarday show house. Is there any possibility that I can purchase a house design form them. It really thrilled me. I could build one 4myself in the west indies or Africa. plz advise. sam

    Posted by Sam mukudu on 07/05/2009 16:53:02

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11. Just wondering if you would be able to tell me the name of Julie's tanning company. I'm very interested in buying some of her products. Also the structure of the house was amazing, and the project was an inspiration to people wanting to build their own suburban home.

    Posted by Emma on 07/05/2009 16:30:55

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12. I was so frustrated when they didnt say how much they ended up spending, it put the hole project out of context. Especially as she put so much emphasis on getting things cheaply. obviously wasnt that cheap if they wouldn't even say how much they overspent by! a dissapointing ending to an interesting program. At least Kevin stood up for architects this time and actually mentioned the planning process which so often gets overlooked! Thanks Kev

    Posted by lucylou on 07/05/2009 16:08:48

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13. Can you please tell me where the stools for the breakfast bar are from?

    Posted by Chris on 07/05/2009 12:56:30

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14. render was probably Alsecco..or very similar maybe Sto bath filler is going to really irritate after a few weeks, that is a design concept that will never become mainstream....Kevin was clearly unimpressed with that novelty...good quality of finish in general

    Posted by martin on 07/05/2009 12:16:25

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15. Can you tell me the name of the rendering technique used or the supplier of the metal/card system used on the ply wood before the rending .

    Posted by David on 07/05/2009 10:05:36

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16. What is the name of julie,s tanning company I would love to buy some of her products she looked amazing. great house what dreams are made of well done

    Posted by Patricia on 06/05/2009 23:31:30

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17. Please could you advise where this was in East Devon?

    Posted by Linda Campbell on 06/05/2009 22:17:30

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