I totally agree with the majority of the comments here. This couple said that they wanted a modern home but what they actually created was very pedestrian and in fact a little bit 70s with those awful angled tongue and groove panels. Every contemporary home they saw, they seemed to love, but you could tell that they were concerned that they ddin't have the budget to replace their old fashioned furniture to make a cohesive design. It was evident that Derek was worried to death about money and this reflected in his choices. It was obvious too that Christine thought herself an architect, but didn't really have the foundation of architectural knowledge or even a natural prowess. I couldn't understand why she wanted to be so covert in the kitchen, an open kitchen means that your guests will come and help and hence create a social and enjoyable experience instead of shutting yourself off from your guests. There may be some control issues there, especially judging from the way she reacted to input. To call themselves Hippies was an insult to Hippies who have an expanded consciousness and reject this kind of convention. It's a very sad outcome, I feel bad for people who are stuck in an era and are afraid to let go and enjoy something else. I also feel bad for a couple who can't listen to music together, but most of all i feel bad for me, i watch this show for design inspiration and i didn't get any here.
..This show really emphasizes on the difference between architecture and interior design, I'm impressed how the show remains interesting even though Derek and Christine build such a boring conventional house and refuse to take in new ideas. Who knew that old hippies were so conservative ?
Amazing, this couple rejected everything, then were upset that this energy they spewed into the world came back at them.... Hats off the the shows hosts for continuing to try to give them productive ideas.
they went on the show to show what they were doing. I think its equally as bad to keep trying to force your ideals onto people assuming they are better, when clearly they have looked at what they like/need and designed it already
So many people on this show reject architectural advice and go with their boring, conventional ideas. That house will look tacky and need updating every ten years because all of its character comes from the interior design. That upstairs kitchen/living area would have been absolutely spectacular, regardless of whatever furniture or decorations they chose.
Better not bring your groceries upstairs and the kitchen garbage down every day.And for older people a stair is a dangerous object in the house, for sure when you get older...
Antonius vd Klis = Why not build a single-level home? If they simply needed more bedrooms, then it makes sense to have all the common areas AND the master suite on the ground floor. Put secondary bedrooms, etc. on the upper floor.
@@vliegendehollander55 But isn't the difference the same as they have to go up and down daily courtesy of the bedroom. It's just a choice they just chose not to take.
It looks more like they remodeled an old house, not built a new house. Totally conventional. How soon before Derek can't go upstairs anymore? He'll be living in the hot tub.
I've often wondered why older people who can choose, would choose upstairs/downstairs instead of a bungalow (ranch to us Yanks). You're getting older; stairs are going to become at best difficult, and at worst dangerous.
Vanilla house for vanilla people. Since they can't see what they are missing out on, in their minds they aren't missing out on anything. It's those of us who are able to see and understand what the hosts are suggesting who are frustrated.
From their closed minds to their awful old fashioned granny furniture they revealed themselves not to be unconventional or "hippies" but just very conventional and rigid thinkers.
@@olivermalin I'm 63. I say the same thing. Growing up surrounded by hippies, which to me, observing, was code for "I don't clean up after myself, I'm too cool for that." is just incredibly annoying. 'Hippie' usually means 'sloppy'. In dress and design, but MORE THAT ANYTHING, INTELLECTUALLY. I live on the West Coast of the US. The amount of "Kinda, sorta like, you know, like, like yeah, like you know what I mean? Cool..." I have to put up with is enough to make one ill. People who are REALLY different, ORIGINAL, creative, don't run around shoving their uniqueness in everyone's face. (In fact, real originality usually doesn't even know just how unique they are).
A very good episode - a model example of two stubborn seniors. The end result - a total failure. Building a two-story house without a small lift at the age of 70 is a sign of terrible thoughtlessness.
Yeah, why did they ask for help if they weren't going to use it? Of all the shows I've watched, these two were the least imaginative of all and they talked like they were the most inventive. They're beautiful sleeping dream looks more like a nap.
I have noticed its really hard for Brits to really embrace open floor plan modern. My best dinner parties were those that have the kitchen all the open to the main living space because guests love to help with the cooking which is more than half the fun of throwing a dinner party with guests is to get them on board with helping with the cooking. I have noticed for the most part..... this is not a British concept like it is here in America. Cooking with guests while also conversing with them at the same time. Americans really defined modern open floor plans and cooking with their guests. Its takes the dinner part to a whole new level that is really fun and enjoyable. British people I have noticed for the most part the British like very formal closed off rooms that separate tasks opposed to others being drawn into the tasks.
Janice Bowman open planned houses are very popular in Australia too. I don’t get why people in the UK have an aversion to having bedrooms on the ground floor.
OMG. Listening to Piers talk about WINDOWS and LIGHT is HEAVEN. People are too stupid, shut down, unconscious (I could go on & on& on about this all day) about HOW MUCH THESE THINGS MATTER.
I think they're like a lot of people. They love the look of striking modern architecture & decor, especially the more expensive/posh versions of that esthetic in the interior spaces; but when it gets right down to it, it's not what they want to live in. They appreciate the simplistic beauty, or daring color schemes, but it's not what they want to look at every day. They start out truly thinking that their style is "modern" because they do like what they see in Architectural Digest, but wind up creating the exact opposite because it isn't really the style they want for their every day lives. If they own a doughty floral couch set they want to try to fit into a minimalist/modern family room design in the beginning, then they obviously weren't tending toward the modern esthetic to begin with.
This was a fascinating episode, to have such tension between the experts and homeowners. The couple Say they love modern and Say they love to entertain, but the reality is not what they Say (for example, having the public spaces divided among two floors is awkward for guests). To be fair, the owners did listen, but chose to retain their mundane, chopped-up house. I like that the experts were honest that they were disappointed about the results, but it is actually very instructive to the viewer to see what is basically a failure.
The only thing "wrong" with this build is the fact they won't be in it as long as they think...a one level would have been practical. BUT I'm happy they are happy with it. Cause it's their home!❤
Piers is so nice; "Derek and Christina are interesting, they're quirky..." NO THEY'RE NOT. They're just 2 old sloppy hippies without any intellectual/cultural curiosity and even less creativity, pretending to be something out of the ordinary, insisting that they're right. They DON'T really know what they're doing. They put on a big show of being different but couldn't be more pedestrian. (And sadly, can't even frame photos properly).
I don't know why this couple agreed to engage with the experts. They were not open to new ideas or change and were very set in their ways. I thought their home turned out very bland and ordinary. It's a home I would not personally buy. For a couple in their 60's/70's it seems an extraordinary decision to have the kitchen and living room separated by a flight of stairs. I wonder how Derek with his bad back went climbing those stairs? The good thing about this episode is that it demonstrates the outcome of not embracing the free advice given to them. If Peirce was short with them it is understandable. They wasted his time that some other couple could have benefited from.
Gosh, the problem here is they didn't build it at all how they wanted. Let's be real, they said modern but did you see how she lite up at all those eclectic homes? That's t they want, and that's not even what they built. The kitchen was the best them, but honestly, look at their not sparkly rooms or "guest rooms" that nobody can stay in, that is how they want to live they should have been open with that and taken advice. They are just lying to themselves and that is why this was a design failure, not just because they wouldn't change.
To be honest, I like rooms, having a door to close behind you, beeing by yourself. It is not only heating issues why we have rooms. I also like different lighted rooms, a kitchen needs some windows but a snuggly living room not. All that open plan huge living areas might be aery and modern but not cozy. The balance for each individual person is to find. Flexible elements like sliding doors are very useful. In this example the upside down version would have worked better. But I agree with them, it has to fit their needs.
My question to the producers of this show is why oh why did they even bother to continue filming this couple, for a pair of " old hippies" they sure are totally square and boring.
I really feel sorry for Derek's back pain. In your holidays you should plan Kerala Ayurveda. I am not promoting ayurveda here...its just a friendly suggestion.
They are conventional down to their DNA. People in the UK are starved for design and don't know it. (But Piers is insufferable. He doesn't connect with anyone. Owners feel personally attacked and talked down to.)
Bottom line here is that its not about what the architect wants its about what you want even though I dont like their home... But I dont have to like it because its not my home. Its also not the architects home.
The whole identity with "Hippies" for many was/is- fraught with convention! Just not what one imagines when imagining a new cultural paradigm.They budged n new design, according to their comfort zone... That's what some people do.
The answer is NO, you can't build a fucking house in Britain for 100k, because the land, building permissions, legal fees, project fees and all the other crap would cost for more than that to start with !!!!!
Lol, people get worked up by this couple’s PERSONAL decisions is STUPID. So the old and conservative couple don’t follow a professional architect’s advice and create a boring house that somehow works as far as THEIR lives is concerned, don’t see anything wrong with that. The upstairs living room is ugly but that’s just me, they love it so be it. Live and let live. There’s nothing more boring than having a house that is a complete by product of other people’s ideas instead of the owner themselve, regardless how perfect it’d look in most people’s eyes.
Why even apply for the show if they knew they didn’t want to stray from their original plan? The whole point of the show is to rethink your plan and branch out to new and different ideas.
@@thehungrygoldfish perhaps they were expecting an architect that can deliver a design that still fulfil their ridiculous preference, whatever that is.
Piers wants to know why they haven't made the house more contemporary. They made what they wanted to live in. They have to live there and they are the only ones who have to like it.
This elderly couple may be unconventional in some aspects but don't have to be in all aspects.. Taking a dump on their dream home is a sour move by the architect
She didn't want to move the kitchen upstairs because she didn't want to carry up the shopping. Ever heard of a dumbwaiter? Now when they entertain, they and guests will be carrying all the crap up the stairs and after a gather, it has to be carried down. Then there's the bit about the house being built in the wrong position: are there not building inspectors who come on site and inspect every stage of construction? A foundation inspector in the U.S. confirms whether or not concrete forms are in the right position and the rebar is correctly tied BEFORE it is poured.
They may think they love the modern/contemporary architecture but they don't. The wife wants a closed off kitchen, wherein modern/ contemporary homes tend to be open concept.
Bless piers he was really trying to hold his disappointment back Lol.
I totally agree with the majority of the comments here. This couple said that they wanted a modern home but what they actually created was very pedestrian and in fact a little bit 70s with those awful angled tongue and groove panels. Every contemporary home they saw, they seemed to love, but you could tell that they were concerned that they ddin't have the budget to replace their old fashioned furniture to make a cohesive design. It was evident that Derek was worried to death about money and this reflected in his choices. It was obvious too that Christine thought herself an architect, but didn't really have the foundation of architectural knowledge or even a natural prowess.
I couldn't understand why she wanted to be so covert in the kitchen, an open kitchen means that your guests will come and help and hence create a social and enjoyable experience instead of shutting yourself off from your guests. There may be some control issues there, especially judging from the way she reacted to input.
To call themselves Hippies was an insult to Hippies who have an expanded consciousness and reject this kind of convention. It's a very sad outcome, I feel bad for people who are stuck in an era and are afraid to let go and enjoy something else. I also feel bad for a couple who can't listen to music together, but most of all i feel bad for me, i watch this show for design inspiration and i didn't get any here.
Late to this, and agreed. So many of these ideas could have saved them money and time building.
When they say Modern they mean American proportions. Not crappy, cramped UK size rooms. This could be teased out, but Piers can't do it.
..This show really emphasizes on the difference between architecture and interior design, I'm impressed how the show remains interesting even though Derek and Christine build such a boring conventional house and refuse to take in new ideas. Who knew that old hippies were so conservative ?
They aren't hippies. They're wannabees.
Amazing, this couple rejected everything, then were upset that this energy they spewed into the world came back at them.... Hats off the the shows hosts for continuing to try to give them productive ideas.
It doesn't seem like they actually want any advice. Why go on the show if you're just going to stick with what you planned in the first place?
Think the same!
they went on the show to show what they were doing. I think its equally as bad to keep trying to force your ideals onto people assuming they are better, when clearly they have looked at what they like/need and designed it already
So many people on this show reject architectural advice and go with their boring, conventional ideas. That house will look tacky and need updating every ten years because all of its character comes from the interior design. That upstairs kitchen/living area would have been absolutely spectacular, regardless of whatever furniture or decorations they chose.
They're old and don't want to lug their groceries upstairs.
I think the show hosts misjudge this couple, thinking they're adventurous and flamboyant.
That is if they’re still alive in ten years
I can't understand why anyone in this position wouldn't take all this free advice and make something wonderful..
Better not bring your groceries upstairs and the kitchen garbage down every day.And for older people a stair is a dangerous object in the house, for sure when you get older...
Antonius vd Klis = Why not build a single-level home? If they simply needed more bedrooms, then it makes sense to have all the common areas AND the master suite on the ground floor. Put secondary bedrooms, etc. on the upper floor.
@@yootoob4516 For that I guess its coz the view is upstairs.
@@vliegendehollander55 But isn't the difference the same as they have to go up and down daily courtesy of the bedroom. It's just a choice they just chose not to take.
oh dear....I guess they got what they want.
Kieran did a fine job of finding something nice to say.
These people demonstrate zero vision
It looks more like they remodeled an old house, not built a new house. Totally conventional. How soon before Derek can't go upstairs anymore? He'll be living in the hot tub.
I've often wondered why older people who can choose, would choose upstairs/downstairs instead of a bungalow (ranch to us Yanks). You're getting older; stairs are going to become at best difficult, and at worst dangerous.
Absolutely wanted to throttle this couple.
Dog's dinner is completely accurate.
Vanilla house for vanilla people. Since they can't see what they are missing out on, in their minds they aren't missing out on anything. It's those of us who are able to see and understand what the hosts are suggesting who are frustrated.
For a couple who seem to wear their individuality like a badge they are very conventional
From their closed minds to their awful old fashioned granny furniture they revealed themselves not to be unconventional or "hippies" but just very conventional and rigid thinkers.
Exactly - especially the bloke is a thick-headed, narrow-minded person pretending to be modern, but actually being a tasteless nitwit.
@@bluebear6570 yo that's a bit mean, he's 70
@@olivermalin I'm 63. I say the same thing. Growing up surrounded by hippies, which to me, observing, was code for "I don't clean up after myself, I'm too cool for that." is just incredibly annoying. 'Hippie' usually means 'sloppy'. In dress and design, but MORE THAT ANYTHING, INTELLECTUALLY. I live on the West Coast of the US. The amount of "Kinda, sorta like, you know, like, like yeah, like you know what I mean? Cool..." I have to put up with is enough to make one ill. People who are REALLY different, ORIGINAL, creative, don't run around shoving their uniqueness in everyone's face. (In fact, real originality usually doesn't even know just how unique they are).
They need to talk about changing design way earlier with the owners. This happens in most shows and trips up with planning departments.
Nope! They're pretty close-minded for being the self-labeled hippies!
Hippies are people who just THINK they're different ... but in fact ... are NOT. People who ARE ACTUALLY DIFFERENT, don't need to advertise it.
A very good episode - a model example of two stubborn seniors. The end result - a total failure.
Building a two-story house without a small lift at the age of 70 is a sign of terrible thoughtlessness.
These people are older,I think they want to act younger but that doesn't change their old taste. lol
This is hard to watch
ditto!
Yeah, why did they ask for help if they weren't going to use it? Of all the shows I've watched, these two were the least imaginative of all and they talked like they were the most inventive. They're beautiful sleeping dream looks more like a nap.
A pity they did not take the chance 🤨 but kudos for taking on such a project at that advanced an age 👏🏻
I have noticed its really hard for Brits to really embrace open floor plan modern. My best dinner parties were those that have the kitchen all the open to the main living space because guests love to help with the cooking which is more than half the fun of throwing a dinner party with guests is to get them on board with helping with the cooking. I have noticed for the most part..... this is not a British concept like it is here in America. Cooking with guests while also conversing with them at the same time. Americans really defined modern open floor plans and cooking with their guests. Its takes the dinner part to a whole new level that is really fun and enjoyable. British people I have noticed for the most part the British like very formal closed off rooms that separate tasks opposed to others being drawn into the tasks.
Janice Bowman open planned houses are very popular in Australia too. I don’t get why people in the UK have an aversion to having bedrooms on the ground floor.
@@dotwillcoxson5352 History!
They are far more conventional than they think. Build a new house and desing it as it's the 50's again. Not for me!!
OMG. Listening to Piers talk about WINDOWS and LIGHT is HEAVEN. People are too stupid, shut down, unconscious (I could go on & on& on about this all day) about HOW MUCH THESE THINGS MATTER.
I think they're like a lot of people. They love the look of striking modern architecture & decor, especially the more expensive/posh versions of that esthetic in the interior spaces; but when it gets right down to it, it's not what they want to live in. They appreciate the simplistic beauty, or daring color schemes, but it's not what they want to look at every day. They start out truly thinking that their style is "modern" because they do like what they see in Architectural Digest, but wind up creating the exact opposite because it isn't really the style they want for their every day lives. If they own a doughty floral couch set they want to try to fit into a minimalist/modern family room design in the beginning, then they obviously weren't tending toward the modern esthetic to begin with.
very well said! just because a person likes something striking and different, it may not be livable for their lifestyle.
This gentleman is such a boor he just can’t listen to anyone else’s ideas.
Brilliant Show - Boring Couple
This was a fascinating episode, to have such tension between the experts and homeowners. The couple Say they love modern and Say they love to entertain, but the reality is not what they Say (for example, having the public spaces divided among two floors is awkward for guests). To be fair, the owners did listen, but chose to retain their mundane, chopped-up house. I like that the experts were honest that they were disappointed about the results, but it is actually very instructive to the viewer to see what is basically a failure.
Astute observation.
The only thing "wrong" with this build is the fact they won't be in it as long as they think...a one level would have been practical. BUT I'm happy they are happy with it. Cause it's their home!❤
Piers is so nice; "Derek and Christina are interesting, they're quirky..." NO THEY'RE NOT. They're just 2 old sloppy hippies without any intellectual/cultural curiosity and even less creativity, pretending to be something out of the ordinary, insisting that they're right. They DON'T really know what they're doing. They put on a big show of being different but couldn't be more pedestrian. (And sadly, can't even frame photos properly).
Who wants their fantasy house to overlook a bloomin beer garden?!
Poor Piers...
Not what I would do but this couple created what they wanted and that's all that matters.
I don't know why this couple agreed to engage with the experts. They were not open to new ideas or change and were very set in their ways. I thought their home turned out very bland and ordinary. It's a home I would not personally buy. For a couple in their 60's/70's it seems an extraordinary decision to have the kitchen and living room separated by a flight of stairs. I wonder how Derek with his bad back went climbing those stairs? The good thing about this episode is that it demonstrates the outcome of not embracing the free advice given to them. If Peirce was short with them it is understandable. They wasted his time that some other couple could have benefited from.
Gosh, the problem here is they didn't build it at all how they wanted. Let's be real, they said modern but did you see how she lite up at all those eclectic homes? That's t they want, and that's not even what they built. The kitchen was the best them, but honestly, look at their not sparkly rooms or "guest rooms" that nobody can stay in, that is how they want to live they should have been open with that and taken advice. They are just lying to themselves and that is why this was a design failure, not just because they wouldn't change.
To be honest, I like rooms, having a door to close behind you, beeing by yourself.
It is not only heating issues why we have rooms. I also like different lighted rooms, a kitchen needs some windows but a snuggly living room not.
All that open plan huge living areas might be aery and modern but not cozy. The balance for each individual person is to find.
Flexible elements like sliding doors are very useful.
In this example the upside down version would have worked better. But I agree with them, it has to fit their needs.
My question to the producers of this show is why oh why did they even bother to continue filming this couple, for a pair of " old hippies" they sure are totally square and boring.
They thought these two would be fu. They made a mistake. 😂😂😂😂😂
That man is a stubborn ol' mule if there ever was one
Hideous furnitures. Downstairs is contemporary, but the upstairs is nothing modern to what they keep saying they want. It's old people's house.
That guy wouldn't know a creative idea if he slammed into one.
I really feel sorry for Derek's back pain. In your holidays you should plan Kerala Ayurveda. I am not promoting ayurveda here...its just a friendly suggestion.
wonderful!!!! If we could take all free advice for make a miracle home.
I thought these people said they were hippies!!!! I think not
That's what a Hippy is; A conventional person who thinks they're different.
Traditional hippies? What a lost opportunity.
This goes to show that you can't teach old dogs anything new. lol.
They are conventional down to their DNA. People in the UK are starved for design and don't know it.
(But Piers is insufferable. He doesn't connect with anyone. Owners feel personally attacked and talked down to.)
Absolutely awful
they are conventional. i don't like living room design.
Bottom line here is that its not about what the architect wants its about what you want even though I dont like their home... But I dont have to like it because its not my home. Its also not the architects home.
Bog standard English people who are convinced it costs money to think. What boring penny-counting lives they must lead.
No.
Beyond boring.
Hm… you do not ask for a modern house to build this….
Soooo boring
The whole identity with "Hippies" for many was/is- fraught with convention! Just not what one imagines when imagining a new cultural paradigm.They budged n new design, according to their comfort zone... That's what some people do.
The answer is NO, you can't build a fucking house in Britain for 100k, because the land, building permissions, legal fees, project fees and all the other crap would cost for more than that to start with !!!!!
Lol, people get worked up by this couple’s PERSONAL decisions is STUPID. So the old and conservative couple don’t follow a professional architect’s advice and create a boring house that somehow works as far as THEIR lives is concerned, don’t see anything wrong with that. The upstairs living room is ugly but that’s just me, they love it so be it. Live and let live. There’s nothing more boring than having a house that is a complete by product of other people’s ideas instead of the owner themselve, regardless how perfect it’d look in most people’s eyes.
Why even apply for the show if they knew they didn’t want to stray from their original plan? The whole point of the show is to rethink your plan and branch out to new and different ideas.
@@thehungrygoldfish perhaps they were expecting an architect that can deliver a design that still fulfil their ridiculous preference, whatever that is.
@@donde6961 It’s difficult for an architect to give someone ideas if they’re not open to anything lol
Such an ugly couch! Lol!
So awful house
Good grief what a hilariously horrible house and in what looks a pretty village.
Piers wants to know why they haven't made the house more contemporary. They made what they wanted to live in. They have to live there and they are the only ones who have to like it.
And they will hate it until they move into a nursing home!
The most boring " modern and quirky " house... ever
Boring design. But if they're happy.....
This elderly couple may be unconventional in some aspects but don't have to be in all aspects.. Taking a dump on their dream home is a sour move by the architect
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Yuck, contemporary design.
BORING !...from Queensland
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Should have used £1000 for dental work.
She didn't want to move the kitchen upstairs because she didn't want to carry up the shopping. Ever heard of a dumbwaiter?
Now when they entertain, they and guests will be carrying all the crap up the stairs and after a gather, it has to be carried down.
Then there's the bit about the house being built in the wrong position: are there not building inspectors who come on site and inspect every stage of construction? A foundation inspector in the U.S. confirms whether or not concrete forms are in the right position and the rebar is correctly tied BEFORE it is poured.
What an awful house sorry !!!
They may think they love the modern/contemporary architecture but they don't. The wife wants a closed off kitchen, wherein modern/ contemporary homes tend to be open concept.
Insufferable boomers. They always know best. Why even bother going on the show! Feel for the presenters.
Not quite sure why these guys volunteered for this - Hope Derek's back is better.
They made a home for them self, not for the architects.
I guess I'm boring, 'cause I actually like their home. I'm glad they stuck to their guns. They knew what they wanted and they (finally) got it.
jukes243 this house looks like it was badly renovated
No, they didn't. Quote: We want something modern.