Saving £137K by Building Home with Scavenged Materials | Grand Designs: The Streets | Channel 4

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Two 25-year-olds find a way to get on the housing ladder by building a home out of scavenged materials, saving £137K!
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[@Channel4Lifestyle]

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[@markdraperr]

These sort of Grand Designs are so much more interesting to watch than "Ahh we went 2 million over budget"

[@arghjayem]

I agree, like the woodsman who built his house in the woods where he worked. Not your typical average house but it wasn’t the “we spent 20,000 on the bathtub” kind of a Grand Design house. Having said that, these guys may have saved £137,000, but they still spent over £280,000 and still haven’t finished it. What’s more, where did a couple of 25 year olds find £280,000? From the sounds of it and given I never heard the word mortgage spoken I imagine they come from a relatively wealthy background, ie. bomad. And they may have saved £137,000 by a little skipping diving and buying ex display kitchens and appliances instead of brand new ones, they still ended up building something pretty typical in terms of design. Yes it’s nicer than your average Barrett home, but in terms of architecture this is a pretty typical especially looking at other western countries. They didn’t take any real risks with the architecture, instead they saved money by what is effectively a little freecycling and eBaying when it comes to some materials. £280,000 including the land cost, is good I think. But compare it to something like this: www.arba.pro/realisations/mchamps/ that was built for around £100,000 not including land cost (which even if it was £150,000 for the land still puts it well below Jack’s total build cost) and there’s no comparison.

[@donnageorge6506]

agreed mark

[@sophiefripp7251]

@@donnageorge6506 oh I B n I’m I. I hihonestly i hiii

[@nattybynature1262]

£2,000 instead of 12 for the kitchen! This man is the ultimate bargain Hunter 😄

[@ffab101p121]

Somehow I don't think it was that cheap....

[@ToxCcc]

If you look on eBay £2000 does seem to be common rate when someone is done with their kitchen and want an upgrade especially if you look at bidding auctions

[@jethromaris624]

@@ToxCcc me and my dad did exactly that, we moved into a house we where renovating and bought a second hand kitchen with appliances for an absolute steal. Its the way to go when on a budget

[@cvgbcs]

miele produucts are really expensive, 2k alone are probably it

[@HAIRHOLIC_1]

@@ffab101p121 here in Switzerland people give away kitchens like this one for free, they just want people to go there disassemble it and take it away because dumpsters and trash is very expensive here, nobody wants to bother

[@opiyomack5754]

At age 28, I decided to continue being a piece of trash

[@acacius9903]

31 and same piece of trash over here lol

[@shinpachithestraight8781]

He'll pick you up later, don't worry.

[@user-uh9jy7ss4m]

@@shinpachithestraight8781 I hope he picks me up too.

[@92kosta]

I'm 27 and I'm getting on your level, day by day.

[@shinpachithestraight8781]

@@user-uh9jy7ss4m me too tbh...

[@lornamarie5544]

It looks great, but clearly it’s taken it’s toll. The man looks 25 in leap years!

[@uporabn1k]

I think he would look like that anyway.

[@eyeswideshut2800]

lol

[@neiljohnson5351]

🤣🤣🤣

[@TB-oh8zl]

😂😂😂😂

[@_Hangman]

😅🤣🤣🤣

[@udayaai]

Marrying this guys is one of the worlds best deal

[@muhammedkeser7064]

you almost married him

[@calebaskie4415]

One man's trash is another man treasure..

[@joeladzim1225]

Caleb Askie like... adoption??

[@Telencephelon]

I thought you were talking about his house and were already giving you a thumbs up. But I guess your wisdom can also be applied in different ways.

[@saira9632]

@@joeladzim1225 weirdo

[@leodb3894]

Alternative title: The housing market is fucked. This is what people are forced to do now to get what they want even with decent money and work ethic.

[@VisualGameDev]

Maybe it's time UK consider allowing tiny houses like US do.

[@PsychedelicSkull]

Sometimes people want to get creative AND use materials that haven't nearly expired their "shelf-life". I personally know people that throw away perfectly useful materials and things, and it pisses me off because I think of how many things I could do with them if I had the space, either to keep or to sell.

[@syproductions456]

@@VisualGameDev As much as I love the ingenuity of tiny houses I think it's sadly a a sign of the bad times we are in when tiny houses are becoming fashionable. People see tiny houses as hope, freedom from debt. I see bird cages for humans whilst the richest in society live in mansions. We need more balance, the reason tiny houses have become so popular is because normal housing has become less affordable.

[@jamesmetcalfe9554]

@@VisualGameDev I really wish they would!!! I live in Cumbria and want to build one!

[@dinokknd]

@@VisualGameDev The only projects I see with tiny homes are projects that give each tiny home massive lawn space. Seeing as space is exactly the issue in European cities, I don't see these tiny homes making a massive dent in the housing problem.

[@trildi]

I'd hire him as my Project Manager. Well done. Green, not wasteful, second hand, and it all looks beautiful.

[@0xNameless]

First Thought: Lovely interior finish! Second Thought: Those stairs are death traps for old people, young children or drunk people...

[@add859tankionline]

IKR!! I'm looking at them rn and honestly if I was going down them I'd feel like slipping of them bloody polished wooden poles Haha.

[@0ptimus101]

Working in Building Control he wouldn't get away with them... requires balustrade with handrail and no gaps between the treads as a tripping hazard haha

[@0ptimus101]

Also didnt notice any Fire Detection or sprinklers in there

[@samuelthornton9179]

@@0ptimus101 who the fuck has a sprinkler in their house, and one that they are trying to save costs with as well

[@IamPlainLazy11]

Because they're not to code because he "didn't hire an architect" smh. If there's one thing you should hire for a house it should be an architect...

[@mathetem]

Remains my favourite episode ever! This man would make a great consultant if he wished.

[@syproductions456]

What world do we live in where £280,000 for a house is considered a bargain??

[@linglee5759]

Where the hell did he get the money from to do that? Most struggle at that age with a deposit let alone £280k cash.

[@abujunayed]

Including the land and cost of building the house. That's a bargain, given what the alternative is.

[@dxelson]

House and land.

[@syproductions456]

@@abujunayed Yes - considering alternatives. However the sad truth is that £280K is simply out of reach for the vast majority of young people, even with a mortgage. £280K is no bargain.

[@syproductions456]

​@@dxelson Let's say you put a 10% deposit down, (£28,000). And you were able to secure a £252,000, 25 year mortgage for the rest with a very generous 2% loan. In total that's £1,068 a month for the next 25 years of your life. You also have to consider a bank will usually only allow you to loan around 3 or 4 times your salary. If we say they allow 4 times what you earn. The you have to be earning £63,000 a year. That's not what I would call affordable. It is possible of course, say, these 2 are both full time working well paid jobs of around £30K each, however that is not the average situation for most people in UK aged 20 to 30. And even at 30K each, it's at the maximum they can loan. Not to mention, this is a self build, mortgage lenders are not as eager to offer low interest loans on these. I imagine the interest would have been above 2%.

[@linglee5759]

25? He looks mid 40's!

[@aroo9967]

And

[@campkira]

look what uk life did to him....

[@ltzeu8510]

@Lucy Mwangi It's a pretty depressing country.

[@andresil8330]

That’s the stress of building your own house, mate

[@ladyestera]

@ShutTheFuckUpWhore Your comment made my day! Thank u, mister!

[@denisbrennan5536]

Nothing but respect for this couple.

[@chippies121]

Beautiful house..I'm convinced those 17 dislikes for this video are all the contractors who are pissed they didn't get to rip him off

[@aamirh3567]

😂😂 sounds about right

[@arlongomezrodriguez8481]

Muy cierto

[@SpiritOfOrange]

No, those dislikes are from building control regulations officers.

[@PLuMUK54]

@@SpiritOfOrange Agreed. Illegal stairs. No visible fire detectors.

[@littlemecarmie]

Am I the only one who thinks this guy looks like matt lucas?

[@leenderdhoutzager9389]

Well done, house looks fantastic and you saved a fortune

[@Viktor007]

Yes but he aged 20 years while building it

[@Heyfrendoo]

I mean, this is the way we should go - It' doesn't always have to be brand new. Use what is still usable.

[@sonsofpaletdom101]

For a high quality home (compared to most modern builds, which in the UK are basically glorified cardboard boxes) it’s a reasonable sum. It’s likely they can sell it on for a lot more probably pushing close to 350k maybe more. It’s a good way to go about things and there’s a huge sense of pride in actually building your own home (getting someone else to do it doesn’t count).

[@IamPlainLazy11]

Good luck selling it for a profit when it's not to code, look at the state of those stairs...

[@kokoeteukpong8211]

My kind of guy, direct, straight and honest

[@Anamamma1]

That man is a keeper😲 many guys in that age either are great spenders or have no clue how to save up enough to acomplish this at least where Im from. Wow, well done

[@damolaolayinka8477]

House looks phenomenal, both of them are brilliant.

[@Ar19999]

Gotta give it to them, it’s amazing. Interior is great

[@The_Harylaba]

I love humble and shrewd people

[@user-ei7ed6zy9k]

that is what you call individualism, responsibility and hard work

[@superfreak19891]

I've done all of our back & front gardens with salvaged & reclaimed, materials destined for the skip or wood burner, turf that was no longer wanted, it looks great, it's nice to re use & recycle free or next to nothing materials

[@benpaynter]

Awesome work by the self builders but if you listen to the interview at 3:45 he says they've saved that much money compared to getting a builder to do the work. So actually most of the saving has been made by avoiding using contractors not by scavenging.

[@matthewfinnigan3862]

That’s right labour isn’t cheap

[@-_James_-]

I don't know how it is in the UK, but in Norway most contractors will add 20% to the cost of any materials on top of their hourly costs. And they will be getting 10-15% off the material costs on top of that through frequent buyer discounts at the hardware stores. That's why I do as much as I can myself. They're all a bunch of thieves.

[@muhammedkeser7064]

@@-_James_- yes, if you let other people handle all aspects of it, you will get screwed. As a civil engineer, I can tell you that a small house building is easy, it's like a lego building. You need a good civil engineer to calculate and design a plan so that it is easy to build, structurally sound and cheap. With a little bit of research, you can do most of the work. Material wise, timber is so widely accessible and cheap. But it requires dedication and ambition.

[@thehungrygoldfish]

Why not both?

[@clovermark39]

Good on em. Way to go. We need more people doing this.

[@JIYADavidBONA]

I could have sworn that the chap was 43 years old...

[@maxnewts]

And that folks is the whole idea of recycling and reusing!

[@annsmith7207]

Great job on the building and the interior. Absolutely nothing wrong with scavenging -just so long as it is good quality - and the scavenging has not morphed into hoarding - there is a big difference. I would strongly suggest bannisters - for the staircases - that is a huge lawsuit waiting to happen -it would be awful if the injury liability and the significant money saved on the house was then spent on an injury settlement! Just be sure to find beautiful recycled wood! Even the rabbit is happy and settled!

[@andreaandrea6716]

...you're in the US, right?

[@egbront1506]

@@andreaandrea6716 Those stairs don't look up to building regs in the UK, either. I've seen less dangerous ones being nixed on GD for that reason. It will be hard to insure if he doesn't get bannisters.

[@andreaandrea6716]

@@egbront1506 ... it was the focus/context. Not that someone might get hurt, but that someone might get sued. I was curious. (Sociologically. How different cultures see things).

[@andreaandrea6716]

Sorry, this sounds aggressive and I didn't mean for it to be.

[@venus189]

This is SO cool! And what a lovely house. Its a win win on all parts and I also know how much people actually throw away that can be used

[@antonizieba]

This is one of the best TV programmes showcasing the home designs. I really regret that is hard to watch it in Poland.

[@paulmullin522]

What a result, smashing, well done Lady and Gentleman!

[@mattmcauliffe7126]

Fair play to the lad. Innovative, pragmatic and eye-opening.

[@paguliukas]

top man he knows what hes doing respect

[@feiabergsma6143]

Respect for this People, very well done .Beautiful house

[@randallpachoud1230]

Wow, just beautiful. Would like to see more of it slowed down a bit

[@shimeih2287]

Same here

[@xpresstv7689]

Clever chap.

[@missyou5481]

Fantastic very bright young guy...well done

[@reginamushi6582]

Wow..just wow!

[@jamesliston5693]

They are incredibly resourceful couple well done

[@simpleasliam657]

Incredible well done!

[@rahulmukherjee2884]

I'm 26, after watching this video I just envy this guy

[@sofiavitug5922]

They also have a rabbit!! I love this couple 😍💕

[@robv8044]

nice for dinner

[@achnix3167]

At 25 this is either the banks or their parents money ANYWAYS...

[@thehungrygoldfish]

And there’s nothing wrong with that.

[@Chocolettino]

I just started working at 26, this would have been literally impossible for me to do.

[@jimjam6598]

.... what??

[@jah881]

Nothing is impossible..that pic on my dp I start that 2 years ago never knew how I was gna start now soon finish.

[@92kosta]

I started working at 25 (now 27) and I'm still a long way from having a family, let alone building or buying a house. I don't even have a car.

[@jah881]

92kosta bro believe me wen I tell u nothing is impossible..n it’s never too late..just gwan put in the work n you will see the results..I am the worst of the worst..n if I can do it you definitely can..n if u can try n start a small bizz while u work that wud be great too..just don’t doubt yourself because only you can stop you..n just trust jahjah bless

[@aamirh3567]

@@92kosta you will get there bro, we all have different starting and different end points. Comparison is a bitch and the more you compare the more you will feel bad for yourself.

[@eyeswideshut2800]

Good job young people, there aren't many of you to teach the OG mortgaged masses the way...thumbs up!

[@Joni_I]

If only the 'mortgaged masses' had fairer and better options ;-)

[@eyeswideshut2800]

@@Joni_I If you're on KZbin and you still haven't unplugged from the Matrix then there is nothing to be said, we are doers.

[@joannesummers08]

Amazing, one man trash is another man's treasure. They have created a dream. Well done guy's. X

[@petarnedyalkov9888]

This guy is 25? Jesus he looks like 40

[@salmanabataev]

This guy looks like he's acting in little Britain

[@warpnin3]

I thought I was the only one who thought so!😄, but here he is the only self builder in the village..!

[@senatla91]

Is there a full episode on youtube ?

[@MrMarkhall1]

That staircase looks lethal.

[@farouqAliyu]

This is the kind of grand design we want.

[@arlongomezrodriguez8481]

Felicidades por tan bonito programa

[@sophievankampen5331]

I like the house, but for me the outside is a little to dark. I think its rather depressing to look at it, the inside is great though.

[@ajdexter4195]

They will have a lifetime to finish the house 🙏🏻👏🏻

[@Susi-Saks]

Way to go.. brilliant!

[@freakyflow]

Aside from the building code violation of the staircase where i am from The house isnt to shabby And a 25 year old to boot ...The 56 dislikes are landlords ....

[@ChrisWachtler]

I love the place, but those stairs are bloody dangerous.

[@jenniferknowles8616]

Absolutely love this.

[@secreteman205]

I was 25 when I built my own home Ive been living in it I'm now 29 it's a master peice with no plans just my mind working forward very low cost

[@Kevin-sm8pn]

Only one? Yikes! You're so far behind! I'm only two, and I hav 500 billion of them! God, only one? Are you poor? Yikes.

[@muhammedkeser7064]

no plans? did somebody actually check it?

[@goosebumpsgirl2163]

Those stairs 👌🏽

[@loreleihopkinsart]

Amazing couple x

[@joeg7537]

That kitchen was worth more than 12k, he said it was 12k for the kitchen itself. He was referring to the cabinetry. There would be the cost of the appliances, all Miele so approximately 4k. Plus the cost of the quartz worktop, approximately 2k. So a very good deal imho.

[@joeg7537]

Not sure where the 2nd oven went though?!?

[@Bondisaurus]

Those stairs make me nervous.

[@stevenm5062]

Ani Vai ikr at least have some railings

[@MrDadyD]

Pretty decent brickwork

[@MrTaktic121]

Weldone ,good job

[@MrZimmaframe]

They are taking the piss with the stupid music but I say good on him, he put the graft in and he got what he wanted and expected at the end of it.

[@AfroVersity]

Resourceful young man.

[@kcheong00]

wow that kitchen is a massive bargain.. if it includes the appliances.. Those appliances are at least $3,000 British pounds A Miele Appliance is a few thousand each plus the kitchen as well Place looks nice though Personally opinion, i think it looks a bit bare at this stage but if they keep scavenging around that place would look insanely good. especially with some cladding and a few features

[@alexcorreia7547]

awesome!! i mean the amount of waste that we could just reuse is almost criminal

[@danielgeorgiev3077]

Very good job 👏

[@larkin9000]

It's cool that Nardole built his own home

[@mr.be.5630]

If the house is worth around £600k...it's a bargain!!!

[@hectorfranco7229]

Does someone know wich program did they use for the animation?

[@amandahirschfeld7382]

They did a great job

[@deejiwahine]

It looks expensive! The owners did a great job.

[@iamreallytwiggytv8931]

I don’t trust those stairs 😂

[@marknorville4192]

Hopefully they get a rail for those stairs, that is an accident waiting to happen, especially after drinking.

[@nickNcar]

Hell yea! As long as he isnt doing some of that weird stuff with food where he buys moldy rotting food and cut off the "good" parts this is an awesome way to 1 save money and 2 reduce some waist

[@djvanderbilt]

i guess theyr not planning to have kids with those stairs.

[@redhidinghood9337]

They don't look that unsafe

[@Morningstar-xz5bl]

Just saw a skip full of perfect wood in a time of rising fuel costs etc

[@JessG.01]

Beautiful house,, but i would not survive on those stairs😬

[@andreaandrea6716]

WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!

[@TheGavinM40]

What 25 year old has a quarter of a million!?

[@wibblewobble489]

One that walks out of school and into a high paying job. Its very common in Australia's mining sector. Boys as young as 19 are getting 250k a YR!

[@Lucas-vd2gx]

I'm 33 and still paying rent so congrats to the couple!

[@zarakeys]

I am proud of you.

[@j03150315]

Omg respect!!!,

[@gianlucaferrara9737]

Inspiring

[@fluxoteen]

There is no shame in bargain hunting or reusing old or used materials. We should all be thinking like this

[@orlafennelly7112]

his methods are very eco friendly too!

[@superchargedpetrolhead]

at 3:47 is the moment, the host realised how much he could have saved while building his house.

[@Samuels691]

Amazing

[@nathanielatfield5706]

this is how i would build my own house!

[@Vvvvvvv3]

Those stairs look dangerous...

[@TP-fl9ul]

Wow great house

[@kiri101]

1:18 - there is no way in hell those rolls of lead came out of the skip too or someone would be losing their job!

[@eoghanmacdonald7265]

Not a fucking chance

[@thehungrygoldfish]

No. I get them for free all the time. You’re just not looking at the right places!

[@danielmcsween884]

Kudos

[@johnthorpe1349]

The man is a genius n can put it all 2 Gether buitifully nice spot n the prize is Right 💞💰😉❤️👌