watching Grand Designs

this couple are building a tree house on a bit of forest. they want to do this for £268,000

‘did you sound out the council about planning permission before you bought the land?’
‘oh yes.’
‘what did they say?’
‘absolutely not.’
‘but you bought it anyway?’
‘yes.’

normally I support defying the government but

this is clearly pre- The Financial Mess™

he has dowsed a water source

they’re now fighting, because in two years nobody will produce structural drawings for a fucking treehouse

‘their third, and hopefully last, structural engineer, has introduced his own innovative design to keep this top-heavy building stable’

they are having to use a tracked telehandler to move the structural steel without crushing the tree roots. there are only two of these in the UK, apparently

they are now moving the wood beams by hand because again, no crane access. 225kg beam

the end of this is currently propped up by a milk crate

still unclear on whether they actually got the planning permission or not

he has obtained an indoor basketball court floor, still with the lines on it, which is going to be his floor now

spray foam insulation, the forbidden bread

they want to encase the ground floor with stainless steel so it looks like a mirror. they are not sure how to stop birds flying into it

it’s really hilarious how awkward their site is. it’s wedged in between a supermarket car park and a Methodist chapel

they have created a big hunting stand

annoyingly it all looks quite functional otherwise

the basketball floor looks like shit and she clearly hates it

half the rooms are not finished and they are out of money. they did not really overspend, they just stopped

does the water work, or