Expectation vs. Reality: Kevin McCloud Visits the Risky Brutalist House 2 Years On | Grand Designs

[@Channel4Homes]

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[@balabax]

Channel 4 Living , what program do you use?

[@Tdr-jv2nc]

No it’s ruined our beautiful village

[@akirubamiru6700]

I do.

[@donnageorge6506]

nope

[@thermathome]

@@Tdr-jv2nc Villages are medieval - it's the 21st century.

[@remotegod255]

I love it. Concrete is one of my favorite architectural materials, particularly the way it looks when it starts to weather into the landscape. But I can understand many people will find it stark or depressing. To me it looks cozy, powerful, protective, and even organic its own way.

[@cameronshepherd3817]

Totally agree. It's fantastic.

[@Victor-my1hi]

live a single year in eastern Europe and u will have a different opinion on it's looks

[@Thearkillian]

Can't believe you just gentrified concrete

[@jafro8]

It looks fucking shite

[@stanchick1956]

concrete isnt that great carbon wise either tbh

[@cuongtruong6043]

"Rustic concrete box." Rustic is not how most people would describe that building.

[@nickwhittle1440]

I'd use the word "shit"

[@FreeLancerLondon]

@@nickwhittle1440 Thanks. Made me laugh out loud.

[@smiler6326]

WiFi would be terrible in separate rooms 😂

[@account8494]

Mans got a point

[@TheHonorlord]

Oh snap I didn't think about that

[@amanb8]

Stunning house but I would invest in a modern landscape architect to really make it stand out. The new plants and surroundings don't really go at the moment.

[@jjlovesjam]

I agree

[@donnageorge6506]

agreed

[@ColonelRoge]

I actually like the juxtaposition of unaltered landscape to brutal structure. It’s imposition on the land is only itself.

[@alvinleong269]

If it's good enough for the noble houses from Dune... it's good enough for the rest of us.

[@0xNameless]

Really not for me, would be super depressing in the winter months...

[@davidmadison5582]

Hm. I don't think so. 🤗 it makes me happy

[@Tdr-jv2nc]

Even in summer months that’s very depressing looking

[@taumus1]

How about super cold? Do they really have no insulation?

[@RegebroRepairs]

It's super depressing in the summer as well.

[@DrDeftafying]

@Zachary Laight Probably have under floor heating as well

[@johnmillis]

I drive past this house most days and always wonder how it got planning permission. Although in a fairly rural area, it sits between more traditional cottages and stands out like a multi storey car park.

[@george4vIogging]

These toffs know folks in the council.

[@user-yb6tk1ru6x]

@@george4vIogging I agree. Planning departments are notoriously corrupt. All planning officers are scumbags.

[@hellomimibanana]

@@user-yb6tk1ru6x good. If someone buys their own land they should be allowed to build whatever the fuck kind of house they want to build. Jfc

[@thomasquine5593]

The only planning restrictions on the property were that it had to be single storied! Thus the multitude of sub-level floors ( 7 different levels- but all together not taller than the original building) CLEARLY someone in the planning office made a massive oversight😂

[@rivkahlevi6117]

@@thomasquine5593 it looks very much taller than the original structure. Which was a much nicer looking house.

[@HandbrakeBiscuit]

This is what the inside of normal houses look like for dogs. No wonder they're so pleased to see you when you get home.

[@igrvks]

There are cheaper ways to live in prison.

[@batboy3746]

I own a fancy wooden home, and I wish I had a concrete home like this. Wooden homes always feel flimsy, and the sound proof is horrible. Wooden homes are weak.

[@helipeek2736]

Morally or financially?

[@muhammedkeser7064]

@@batboy3746 did you calculate its design properties or just making an uneducated stupid guess when saying wooden homes are weak?

[@stickykitty]

Ayoooo 🤣 I love this comment 🤣

[@bjpakosta]

Small details of decorative aluminium or steel through the interior would make the house less depressive. Still wonderful design

[@SP-se3zf]

Are you giving them a tip?... They don't think it's depressing, they like it

[@DawnViper]

I really enjoy the house, but would have loved to see some cedar panels on the ceiling or some timbers incorporated elsewhere

[@Miquelalalaa]

Bruno Fernandes Zinc would have done the trick.

[@louisbryant2302]

It looks like a carpark that someone has tried to make a home out of.

[@ifitistobeitisuptome]

Thats exactly right, It's AMAZING isn't it!!

[@richardhall5489]

Fair enough, but there are car parks and CAR PARKS.

[@sleepcrime]

It really doesn't

[@markywellsboy2182]

Haha. A communist car park, at that.

[@edstud1]

I like concrete, but it can get dreary looking in excess.

[@kenikekenkun734]

Paint will do

[@thestarspark2288]

All one texture, all one colour. Bleh, no thank you.

[@FuckGoogle2]

Nothing ivy can't fix.

[@donnageorge6506]

so darn agree

[@donnageorge6506]

@@kenikekenkun734 hell yeh

[@timburton1080]

Like the concept, but houses like this need to be finished to impeccable standards for that whole bond villain lair look.

[@Jojohumf]

Agreed, the Walls should have been super smooth

[@derin111]

I agree. I like the form and concept of this house but I don’t think that finish does it justice. It makes it look like someone just ‘having a go’ and done ‘on the cheap’....which I’m sure it wasn’t!

[@fuckmyoldbootshellovera6280]

@@derin111 true comment.

[@dtulip1]

I'd still rather have the inside of a volcano as my villain lair 😁

[@gwendolyn7462]

2:02 Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I havent seen you is sooo long. I think I watched every single one of your episodes where you go around the UK watching people build their dream homes over spans of YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@watvid1]

They use concrete in the middle East but they paint and tile it up which makes it look beautiful, this is too dull

[@elijoby]

They should calculate the CO2 emission on grand designs, and for every kg Kevin gets to whip them with a bamboo cane.

[@scrumpymanjack]

Did they talk in this episode about heating etc? I would have dine the whole thing with underfloor heating fed by a heat pump. All I can see in this clip is a very long (gas-fired?) fireplace in the kitchen.

[@judithmoakley2172]

There is a company in Vancouver, canada that is developing concrete that absorbs CO2 that is a byproduct of another company.

[@judithmoakley2172]

@@scrumpymanjack It was underfloor heating using an air sourced heat pump

[@dtulip1]

That's not weird at all!

[@robert2690]

This whole concrete and co2 emissions has been debunked. I’m tired of this negative propaganda.

[@blobba5442]

Looks like a home out of a fictional dystopian society.

[@SalePetrovic87]

I always imagined the entire world of Orwell's 1984 to be mostly in brutalist architecture... Don't know why would anyone do that on purpose, but ok, people have different tastes... Personality, I would rather live in the Addams Family mansion than in a building made completely out of concrete...

[@hasturthekinginyellow5003]

@@SalePetrovic87 Brutalism Is the ugly brother of Minimalism, I prefer Deco or Noveau

[@marc0523]

@@andrewduffin5455 Same, I thought of his flat as being old, almost falling down tenement building, with no thought or care from the government about the people's welfare.

[@marc0523]

Except it has a pool, 4 bedrooms, and more than double the space of my new build house.

[@dextervelasco7358]

It looks like after a nuclear war. In my place this is called an unfinished house

[@edwardputtock7778]

How the hell did they manage to get planning permission for this.

[@kevincross9206]

Anything is possible with ESCC! 🤣

[@vetricara1149]

Yes all the previous houses should be visited . It will make a nice mini KZbin series .

[@henrychesney2523]

Concrete is not a 21st century material

[@NoobieToob]

It's a modern iteration of concrete with insulation and shit.

[@tilez273]

@@NoobieToob it's a modern iteration of prison

[@NoobieToob]

@@tilez273... with insulation and shit

[@theviniso]

@@tilez273 You must live on Norway or something, cause in my country no prison looks like that.

[@tilez273]

@@theviniso Australia

[@graphicsociety1]

That’s it? That’s all you show us after a long introduction?!

[@amct1019]

These are short clips from the television programme Grand Designs. Of course they're not going to show you the whole thing.

[@graphicsociety1]

AMCT 101 I can’t believe there are still programs that insist on staying on cable TV rather than going online.

[@amct1019]

You can watch them online (www.channel4.com/programmes/grand-designs (with mandatory adverts)) but they would lose ad revenue if they posted full length clips on youtube.

[@c.t5136]

1. How did they get planning for this build in such a beautiful area? 2. Concrete and recessed rooftop windows in the UK... How did they overcome damp and excess water? Concrete is used in hotter countries and they still suffer damp and leaking...

[@xr6lad]

Lol. No doubt saying that as a person that has no issue driving on motorways through beautiful areas because it’s convenient and parks in huge car parks taking up acres of land.

[@alexdiduk4611]

I’d like it even more if it was smooth concrete. It’d look less dystopian.

[@izoyt]

vibrator wasn't' working properly, i guess..

[@TheHonorlord]

@@izoyt very true, just learned about that in a previous video. The concrete had to be made in a special way and had to be vibrated or you get rough patches and honeycombs

[@stevecarter8810]

I want to know how they got on with a downward fall from the garage to the lounge/playroom. It's a waterfall/pond feature for invisible, toxic exhaust fumes.

[@user-yg2ed2jt9d]

Trying to sell this thing in the future will be a nightmare for them, their kids or whoever inherits this house.

[@richardhall5489]

I'm not sure about that. Perhaps they could find a way of selling it that doesn't involve an estate agent. That would reduce the nightmare factor considerably.

[@taumus1]

It will be a nightmare to tear down too.

[@adorabasilwinterpock6035]

Id buy it

[@fotografotimido]

Personally, I would purchase something like this, I love this style.

[@salaadino]

​@fotografotimido I would buy it too. not sure why almost everyone has a problem with brutalist architecture. When I get the means I want to build my house like this.

[@gwendolyn7462]

3:35 Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I havent seen you is sooo long. I think I watched every single one of your episodes where you go around the UK watching people build their dream homes over spans of YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah, I wear glasses now too; I did not used to---I hate it

[@frasermarshall4547]

Like living in an underground car park with windows

[@bield7]

I like the architecture, but the use of concrete is depressing in the extreme, inside and out. It’s like a Cold War bunker

[@hasturthekinginyellow5003]

Its the appeal...I suppose? After all that dread and depression its what brutalism Is all about, thats why its so commonly in media for Dystopian futures or villain lairs

[@bield7]

@@hasturthekinginyellow5003 fine for film sets. Awful in houses

[@KatharineOsborne]

I love it, but then I also dream of living in a flat in the Barbican.

[@georgep2712]

When their kids friend come over, “so this is a fucking prison then” 😂

[@IamNanaKofiAsare]

I love this house design!! So much style and detail

[@spy2778]

One day we’ll look back on this current concrete fad with the same astonished disdain that we currently look at 70’s council buildings.

[@AlucardRawks]

One day? More like right now

[@AlucardRawks]

@@ElssiePlum Are you having a stroke?

[@sophievankampen5331]

I would paint the concrete and have some more windows, but i’m in love with everything else😍

[@bigbaskin587]

Dangerous levels of copium in that bunker. "oh the concrete finishers did a shocking job of it" "well yeah thats how i wanted it to look" Hes said that to people so many times i thibk hes starting to believe it 😂

[@Diyprincesss]

It has the inviting cosy charm of Guantanamo Bay...

[@Andy2x4]

I preferred the house that was there before.

[@archiemaughan-taylor1174]

I’d beg to differ

[@xr6lad]

God no. That was dog ugly. If people think the precious house fit into the environment more than God forbid.

[@nihility.]

Pretty awesome I'd say. I would have to get heated floors though can't imagine winter being very pleasant otherwise.

[@That_0ne_Dev]

It's all fun and games until the concrete cracks

[@alfiekarip2780]

I saw this episode, I was surprised by the outcome , and it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be

[@Angie-in8wc]

Planning council “The style is Zombie Apocalypse? …..okay….” Owners build concrete bunker.

[@Zomfoo]

Some plaster, paint, and natural stone veneer and it would be great. As-is it’s glum and oppressive. I’d have included a central garden with all glass walls facing toward it. An indoor water feature that flows from the house through the garden to the pool would be nice.

[@91jakers]

It’s just an upscaled prison for two.

[@jewels9263]

Can only view the full length episodes from the UK and Ireland. : ( Please make available for the rest of the world!!

[@GarethLewes]

imagine half way through 2020 and its till not finished

[@md.safayatnoor2026]

This house looks like a serial killer's den...

[@stephenw5628]

You can just tell that bloke is the kind of person you'd hate to get stuck talking to at a party

[@deadpool6072]

he is too smart for you

[@masterpingxiaopo2983]

If you try and nail something to the wall you’ll make the whole house collapse or you’ll just chip a whole through the wall

[@EdibleCastleWill]

I was just thinking how easy it’d be to put up shelves, tv brackets and any other fixings. Done have to worry about plasterboard, dot n dab, or hitting mortar.

[@KatharineOsborne]

There are drill bits for concrete.

[@dne50]

When there's a noise you'll still be listening to the echoes 5 minutes later!

[@xr6lad]

As someone that lives in a newer apartment with solid concrete walls between each, nope. Now if we are talking wooden floors......

[@jstone5239]

This makes me think of: zombie apocalypse, family find abandoned nuclear bunker and try to make it feel like a family home. Everything goes well until the zombies get in.

[@sylism5086]

“Everything is chunkier and here forever.” Hahaha

[@stevecarter8810]

Yeah, because experimental concrete never let us down before

[@louloubell6586]

Sounds like he is just being polite because he doesn't really like it.

[@dtulip1]

I can honestly say I hate this house, but it's not mine nor do I have to live in it

[@LateNightSummerRain]

Searching this guy. Kevin McCloud I only remember his voice bade in memories finally found him 😂

[@lastlines09]

I could not live in a place like that, even if gifted to me. Is bad neough to look at from the outside, but to have the inside unfinished and just as raw like the outside, gives it a cold, hostile feeling

[@dinochelepis8661]

Wow, even though the land plot is lovely, how can anyone live in a house where your car has a better bedroom.

[@thedudeabides5201]

Concrete - Using one of the most damaging building materials. Very modern.

[@pat3on]

Witness it after a few years, with groceries stuck on the wall. It would look amazing

[@wrux]

Concrete is a 21st century material? *laughs in Roman*

[@user-cl5cd8po7h]

We use different concrete

[@keyserzoom9154]

A couple of padded walls and some barbed wire would not be amiss to complete the look. It’s like living in a Tracy Emin world when with all that luscious nature around you, you could be living in Constable.

[@eman3164]

Some people loose their sight some loose their hearing but these people have lost their tastes for houses

[@rasberryiceify]

I cannot imagine how much it would cost to heat

[@marc0523]

This house is screaming out for a few good living walls and some render to clean it up, but the living spaces themselves are superb.

[@cartmann227]

Beautiful, really beautiful.

[@esdenaze]

Crazy to see how taste can differ so much when you look at the comments… this would be a dream house for me.

[@benm6862]

The outside would look so much better with some cladding or something

[@giant_joe]

Might have worked if they had the money for a high end interior, fixtures and furniture but when what is inside is cobbled together and on a budget it hurts the whole idea. I guess they can slowly add those things over the coming years.

[@rona4399]

You can do a lot of things with concrete; color, exposed aggregate, stamped, ect. Very cool idea, maybe not for everyone but what is?

[@rossmcwilliam3284]

Just wait till they try and wall mount anything

[@stevecarter8810]

No more nails ftw!

[@juniormalu3172]

What software did he use to demonstrate it?

[@robert2690]

The reason why I like concrete is because concrete last 2x or 3x longer than wood. You don’t have to worry about maintenance. Concrete is more energy efficient than wood.

[@BhargavSushant]

For some weird reason I really dig the place Even though it's devoid of colour and Windows.

[@takeshi1755]

It looks like a home from a dystopian society.

[@Gokun12498]

its shorter n smaller than i thought.

[@annasteele9464]

In Iceland building are mostly of concrete.

[@Baldvinable]

Anna Steele sadly, that’s true 😕

[@junbh2]

Don't they paint them or something so it doesn't look like a parking garage or prison?

[@annasteele9464]

They are in all colours and even the roofs as well

[@roboryx8104]

He mentioned structural and insulated concrete Mixture. Does it mean that the house is insulated with this concrete?

[@AicxMedina]

I like it! Our family house looked just like it. Amazing. Now I know what it's called. ❤

[@MysticDonBlair]

Brutalist

[@cam4007]

I do believe this might be the ugliest, most oppressive house I’ve ever seen.

[@jimjam6598]

It doesn't look like a home, though from the back, I don't think it looks too bad.

[@junbh2]

@@jimjam6598 It doesn't look too bad for a parking garage, although it could be better. But for a building human beings are supposed to use, let alone live in... it's claustrophobic, ugly, depressing, and painful to look at.

[@jimjam6598]

@@junbh2 each to their own I suppose. Personally I like it 😁

[@notbill08]

Just curious .... in Israel we have concrete walls usually without insulation. Great in the 9 warmer months, but FREEZING between December-February 🥶. In the cold damp UK 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@derpulli5656]

That's way to much concrete for me. I like houses with a natural style. A mixture between stone and wood is nice

[@It_dont_Matt_er]

I would adore to live in something like this

[@MaceWinduDuHuen]

There it is. The project i would never ever spend one single dime for. If thats your 21st century i willingly step back. Like all the scifi dystopias

[@user-jt1jv8vl9r]

Imagine how much cheaper it is not to finish the inside or out. Faulty wire, to a problem!

[@narasimha7187]

Lovely when the sun is out. I slways feel brutalist style is best in hot climates. Imagine it mid winter, so very very grey.

[@dexbushell1476]

There's me thinking it would look like a military compound lol

[@BlazingAmber]

This is a potential Minecraft House

[@w.n.o2796]

Why square spaces if moulds are being used??

[@rozhector1361]

It looks like the South Bank ( National Theatre , Festival Hall etc) only that is finished better. But is depressing or be in. It's more like Evelyn Grace School gym which as it don't gave a finish, has grubby walls. Well it's a gym . The house cellings look like the were going mouldy, fungus in places.

[@xr6lad]

Oh and I like the outside. Raw. Earthy. Modern. But the inside is a mess. Needs some colour or feature walls - painted or even wood.

[@ManMang0]

I don't understand the expectation Vs reality title. Was anyone expecting it to look different? I means we all know what concrete is right? I quite like the final design, I would probably have a LOT more plants though to offset how dull it is and lots of reflective décor. I also wouldn't choose this myself, I love wood too much.

[@bobbydell25]

I get what he was going for and good job 👍but good God ! smooth out and paint the interior it's so cold looking. there's no way his wife is 100% on board with the interior🤔🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@ET-wh2ez]

I don't know man. Concrete just doesn't please my eye dudes. Especially this type of concrete..

[@saintperthnorthcloud3850]

Calamity-proof house. Cool

[@dovynl4657]

If anyone has worked with concrete then they will know that this will be a pain to demolish when time comes after many many years

[@jakebeech7220]

I do enjoy a good bit of brutalism but the garden is really letting it down. Those half arsed pebble walkways and pots are frustratingly tacky looking

[@Cringepacket]

Brutalist... basically “I love dreary building that look like they’ve existed for 50 years”.

[@envy8468]

Plaster the walls and paint em, there you go 10x better

[@snj6669]

Cold and dreary.

[@sonarharin3906]

Looks like a tech start-up on the inside

[@Gollammeister]

So what about air vents heating?

[@andali555]

This would look awesome if smoothly plastered and painted all white.

[@wendyraymond1751]

Wonderful seeing different designs. .thanku. .love an god bless x