Grand Designs indeed. That's what happens when you watch a certain TV programme. You start to think Grand Designs too. The Living Channel programme makes house building and renovating look very inviting. I enjoy watching talented people design and build new houses. Often combining technology and the latest materials to come up with their own masterwork. Some go further and take on what appears an impossible mission. They get hold of old disused water pump stations, tumble down barns, dilapidated manor houses, even crumbling castles and turn them into objects of beauty. Something unique. I never cease to be amazed how some people can "see it before they create it". This is probably true of most artists. They take a blank canvas and a short time later you have a picture that "replaces a thousand words". Imagination and creativity are a wonderful mix. And they make it seem so easy although, as with most worthy projects, not without stress too.
Watching the programme, I notice this often hinges on money and trying to work within budget. Budget over-runs can and do happen when houses are being built and renovated. There is always something that wasn't anticipated, factored in, that adds to the overall cost.
Mine is just a little project. A small two-bedroom apartment.
Nothing major just a complete redecorating job, new kitchen and an internal wall removed to create more open space.
I'm up for that I thought. I'll be a real project manager. It's now turning into something "bigger than Ben Hur". And I can only blame myself.
