TINY Budget Ruins Renovation | Grand Designs | Channel 4

In South Cumbria, young couple Rob and Ruth are renovating the ruins of an ancient old mill. They plan to build a timber frame structure inside the existing structure but only budgeted to spend £250,000.
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[@attackpatterndelta8949]

Grand Designs is such a great show. 95% of the time it’s just rich people pissing their fortune up the wall on vanity projects. But every once in a while you get a little gem like this one.

[@uleertel]

I would say it's more like 60/70% of the project that are over the top. And some are in the middle, a bit of vanity but they also put every bit of money they have in it.

[@stephenobrien5909]

I watch it on KZbin and just look for the ones with people on a low budget.

[@EMPERORSPROTECTION-TERRA4LIFE]

This needs to happen way more. They schedule a building and then we all have to watch it crumble as hardly anybody has the cash. Imagine being able to spend what you'd spend on an average house on this absolutely beautiful home! Amazing.

[@ForViewingOnly]

Kevin Mcloud is an architectural poet and a national treasure. One of the best programmes on television, thank you Channel 4.

[@ellenm3803]

We owe a debt of gratitude to this young couple and their visionary project in saving this a class ruin. Its uplifting, incredible.

[@ruthhuxter2131]

There's no kitchen!

[@deichhund]

@@ruthhuxter2131 Says who?

[@philterry6907]

Well done you two. What you have achieved is a home of beauty. The finished product moved me to tears. 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻

[@philterry6907]

@@ruthhuxter2131 Give them a chance!

[@benfyrth1804]

I preferred the ruin, people with no taste destroying history

[@jeanhawken4482]

This couple have worked miracles. They have actually done the hard graft.

[@davidmicheletti6292]

I love this project. I cannot imagine a more perfect answer to this no win project. Grans designs is the best of the best home building shows

[@reginamushi6582]

I live for these..from when I moved abroad I ve been missing British programs...your uploads keep us going..cheers

[@balance3201]

Me too

[@surreygeorge11]

That's quite the job. It looks better than I expected

[@teddysdadcory]

It’s beautiful! They accomplished the impossible on an impossibly small budget. I would never leave ❤️

[@philtucker1224]

Shockingly unusual but strangely wonderful at the same time. The interior looks very comfortable nevertheless 👍

[@janinehowson7126]

Stunning 😍 In the Peak District I often pass buildings like this and have that same romanticism and desire to rebuild. Truly in awe of this place. It’s beautiful. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@tenettttt]

God damn what a dream home. Every time i pass a derelict building or ruin here where i live i have the same thoughts and dreams. One day.

[@stockbag]

'Tiny budget renovates ruins' is what your were TRYING to do there.

[@bellareid3488]

I know, right! It's a sad day when channel 4 does clickbait!

[@Zaihanisme]

NOPE it's both grammatically correct, and playful, and got most of you nosey people to click and watch.

[@bellareid3488]

'You nosey people'? Like you, who is also here to be 'nosey'. Content is there to be viewed. Clickbait is defined as content with a purposelessly misleading title to gain clicks- that's what this is.

[@Zaihanisme]

@@bellareid3488 I meannnnn, clickbait is aimed at nosey peeps, that's just what it is.

[@terrihouchins1829]

Wow, a beautiful home on a beautiful piece of land.

[@danjwray]

Is the title of this video intentionally click-baity? I can't be the only person who thought that the renovation was going to be ruined by the tiny budget?

[@candvand]

Absolutely did! Glad to see I was wrong, but yeah.

[@Zaihanisme]

Funny how you're pissed off that you didn't see a ruin ruined 🙄 Says a lot about how the failure of the episode to match your interpretation of the title matters so much lol

[@danjwray]

@@Zaihanisme Funny how you assume I'm pissed off about it. I thought it was great!I was just totally confused by the usage of the noun "ruins" where it read like a verb. Seems like lots of other people had the same experience.

[@Leiflvr]

I think it's more of the lack of punctuation; TINY Budget: Ruins Renovation is how it should read I think since the focus is on a small budget

[@janinehowson7126]

The picture shows a ruin so I knew it would be a ruin renovation

[@gwelamelamela5338]

This is what is achievable when you put hard work into something. Very very well done!

[@MsMojoworks]

And 300000

[@Maine733]

Stunning! As for the cost I guess a lot of people get carried away with expensive kitchen and stuff. This couple kept it simple and it seems. I love the space in this house.

[@veroniquepeltier3631]

Absolutely creative and respectful. That's a brilliant idea! 😍

[@MsCheermom2007]

Absolutely gorgeous and quite ingenious

[@kidMclean]

Heaven on earth! Unbelievable, well done to you both

[@ahmedia290]

Simply beautiful

[@rachelgregory3137]

The best renovation i've seen on Grand Design. My idea of heaven for location too!

[@jayt9882]

Stunning job - well done all! Am mightily relieved that the third word in the title turned out to be a noun rather than the verb I originally thought!!!

[@margaretcooper797]

A fabulous renovation and very creative,this young couple are so talented.

[@abkl1]

love this project & its outcome! My one concern is how they've dealt with the possibility of the mill race flooding in winter/spring months since the house is built so close to it.

[@V1N_574]

They seem so kind and peaceful.

[@paulsehstedt6275]

Great craftsmanship! Superb!

[@iraq865]

Absolutely creative and truely amazing

[@paddyskate]

I would be worried about the river level

[@lizstevenson7801]

Beautiful! Well done.

[@ErnestoRodriguez-fn1sh]

Me parece una bonita reconstrucción, imaginativa y valiente. 👌 👍 🇪🇸

[@TheFiown]

Although I like the house I really didn't understand the fact they remade a fake ruin around it as if it had not been demolished, it seemed to make zero conservation sense.

[@thinking7667]

Yea, I'm confused. So they did tear it down then? And then rebuilt it? And is it a monument?

[@TheFiown]

@@thinking7667 Yes they basically tore it down, build a modern house then wrapped the old stone around the new house to make it look like it had always been like that. It makes absolutely no 'conservation' sense at all, it's like a Disney castle.

[@patriciarouse2801]

These projects are fantastic and interesting.

[@dcmc7383]

Brilliant build, but the furnishings look so uncomfortable. But the ruin was saved and improved so that is just amazing.

[@LS-gh9hl]

Just what I thought! The furniture doesn't encourage anyone to sit for long!

[@Mpayne1472]

Well it wasn’t saved. They had to knock it down and rebuild it.

[@rachelcookie321]

@@Mpayne1472 well you wouldn’t be able to live there otherwise, it’s not save. It’s better than leaving it to crumble and ruin until there’s nothing left.

[@Mpayne1472]

@@rachelcookie321 that’s essentially what happened

[@rachelcookie321]

@@Mpayne1472 it’s the same bricks and they rebuilt it to how it looked. It’s not perfect but it still conserves it. Better than leaving it to rot away and be forgotten.

[@papapa9106]

Its basically a new built house using reclaimed stone from the old buildings Its not really preserved the old building but replaced it

[@davecrawley4634]

It’s built on practically the same footprint.

[@tonyhussey3610]

I was hoping they would restore the old structure

[@Mpayne1472]

@@tonyhussey3610 they couldn’t

[@didntlistendad]

Wonderful, creative response to a ruined stone structure. Very responsive to the beautiful setting. And on such a modest budget. Inspiring.

[@rachelcookie321]

It’s not structurally sound. You would have to take it down and rebuild it to make sure it’s safe.

[@thomasschafer7268]

Super architecture. Old and new in one house.

[@superlynnie]

What an AMAZING transformation!

[@bield7]

Nice result, though the lead flashing looks dreadful

[@lostgleammedia]

Very beautiful… I’d like to see a similar one where they encased the ruins in a glass structure and live in the ruins as is… made safe of course

[@MELODYMUNRO]

Think the title is a tad misleading

[@rokpodlogar6062]

using the term renovation is stretching it a bit. well, a lot.

[@KnowArt]

"disneyfied" what a nice word that I will add to my collection

[@ModernARQ]

Amazing!

[@arnomrnym6329]

Superb restauration. Great Design. 👍🏾😎

[@susanlewis1953]

Truely amazing 😀

[@berone1642]

wat a fantastic project!

[@mn4169]

Strange title. Not sure if I like this renovation. I have a passion for old ruins, it seems to have disappeared , taking down and putting up perfection is not conservation of a listed building. But they like it and they gave permission for them to do it. So listing it was without purpose if you think about it.

[@gschlaff1336]

Pucàw'

[@emc3065]

Seems like listing it probably dropped the price massively when they came to buy it. So if anything, listing it probably actually doomed it even more. As ghe only people that may have bought it other than this couple would have been English heritage or similar, with no one probably committing enough to prevent it falling down further.

[@jayaychare7318]

it was deemed unsafe to build with the original structure and so they were ordered to pull it down and build it up again

[@fitrianhidayat]

I agree. nothing of it's old beauty remains. it looks just like a new building

[@Mfl.8580]

Bellísimo el resultado

[@junehulton8320]

Awesomeness. Wow. Wow... fabulous.

[@robertcorradi8573]

300k my arse !

[@tonyhussey3610]

Tiny budget is 300,000 hehe ok.. I guess my idea of a tiny budget is a bit different..

[@1Ma9iN8tive]

Incredible

[@forky-reviews-and-rants]

Very ambitious and looks great but one flaw there in Cumbria one of the most wet and damp parts of the country and they've used wood oh well hope they have the money to renovate every 10-20 years

[@moscowcowboy_13]

Amazing project, truly inspiring! I wonder how much it would have cost if they had done it all in stone?

[@brianparkhurst1019]

Amazing job, especially considering the budget. I wonder what it would be if their time was factored in.

[@cowboyyeehaa5807]

Love it

[@davidbennett5981]

It's beautiful and I admire their fortitude, but the FLOOD is only a matter of when.

[@adnanlatif1722]

They have achieved something amazing beams should have left alone no paint but it’s a personal choice

[@ForViewingOnly]

From the title "TINY Budget Ruins Renovation" I thought that it was the tiny budget that ruined this renovation :) I thought that was a bit cruel. Amazing project!

[@XX-iy5wy]

WOW

[@chrisbeckstrom6182]

A gorgeous build, despite the paint choices. The integration into the site is clouded, though...

[@LCLATOS]

Klasa !!

[@GediSpock]

Nice

[@mr.be.5630]

Makes you think

[@malavikabengeri706]

I wish next life i would have a stone n wood home by the water body..

[@Brahmananda]

Looks like they both aged 10 years in the process. Must have been a stressful build

[@ruis_official]

This is an amazing project, very well designed in- and exterior!

[@HiBye-ql4si]

why not show the whole building instead of showing one room

[@Cl0ckcl0ck]

Then it would be obvious that they demolished the ruin and just repurposed the stones.

[@svietka202]

absolutely stunning-i can watch these shows for days on

[@pietjepuk9575]

I just hope for them they never get a flooding with that stream a few feet away 🥴 nothing for me really, i would keet that stream as far as possible 😬😬😬😬😬

[@davecrawley4634]

How? Ask it to meander in a different direction?

[@Freakshadow]

I call bullshit on their £300k budget. The glazing alone looks like 50 grand. When Kevin Mcloud says "super-cheap, impossible cheap," you can take that literally.

[@Xyzabc998]

Just absurd that a long forgotten ruin like that needs permission from the Secy of State to renovate. Beautiful though.

[@suemolesworth1248]

👏👏👏

[@brucemackinnon6707]

Will it flood?

[@kasperhansen4472]

This one is orange and this one is green and...... this is pink (the guy is a genius) and he has eyes and language .....

[@XEinstein]

I wonder how often that river decides to flood their house

[@Magiaimelissa]

Title says renovation, i see no renovation

[@elcajoia619]

Nice, but streams do flood occasionally, just saying.

[@tuppybrill4915]

What a weird video title, a type of clickbait I guess - Tiny budget RUINS renovation. Actually - Tiny budget, ruin renovation. Great result by the way.

[@edscoble]

Can you make your content accessible by putting in closed captioning?

[@aroidpapa]

I looove this but are they not worried about flood risks? Might be a dumb question but hey ho

[@waterboy8999]

What a mess, makes IKEA look good.

[@PLuMUK54]

I am confused. How does demolition and a new build with the stones equal renovation? If I demolished my garden shed, but reused the door and hinges, is that renovated? An interesting project, but unfortunately it has destroyed the character of the site. The romantic ruin has been replaced with an over-large structure that dominates the stream in a way that the original buildings never did. No doubt the timber cladding will settle down as it ages, but it will always be shouting "look at me". It looks more like a building that, to misquote Dickens, "crept into the valley as a young warehouse, and couldn't find its way out again". I think that I would have preferred to see the structure slowly decay, eventually leaving a few piles of fern covered stone in a truly magical setting. After all, this project has not really preserved anything but the footprint of the original building, what has been lost is much greater.

[@jesusgarridorojas109]

Qué horror

[@lazygardens]

A better title would have been: TINY Budget Renovates Ruins

[@eliotid]

Que mal gusto! Perdon, pero era un lugar increible y se podria haber hecho una obra de arte ! Siento que no llegan a incorporarse las ruinas con la nueva construccion ! Y despues no comparto el gusto, pero eso es personal.

[@marilynbouziane5530]

Reminded me of a movie, forgot which one it was, it envisioned a woman getting an escape far from home to meet her lover..

[@ginacrusco234]

Freakin inspired

[@wubbalubbadubdub7597]

Oh, I see. I thought that thumbnail was a bit cruel about Kevin McCloud...

[@russelprice6929]

❤️👍😎

[@terra2805]

How exactly was it "ruined" then? 🤔

[@cub1c698]

From the title, I thought they messed up the renovation because of 'ruins'. So for the whole video i was expecting something to go wrong

[@jadedrealist]

Damn. Those stoneworkers are HOT!!!

[@drdfreak]

All the old monuments are taken down, and then build back up with the same stones! how is this preservation? you didn't preserve anything, every sense of history and place is lost. Its like sending your favorite dog to a taxidermist to get an "renovation"

[@keirfarnum6811]

The way the title is written makes it sound like the small budget “ruined” the restoration. Odd phrasing.

[@Brellowcrop]

How rich are these people?

[@carolsuesamuelson7935]

Beautiful!

[@tommot7236]

It's about time this ancient wreck was renovated but to be honest, I can't see any difference and he sounds just the same.

[@PLuMUK54]

Lol

[@trainstrains1]

I wonder if that river floods? It'd be a shame to see the house underwater. They've created something truly beautiful.

[@stephenjones1380]

Since when is £300k a tiny budget?

[@Kevin-sm8pn]

For that large of a house, it is.

[@lemal0432]

This episode is too short...