Zahid and Ferzana from Leeds had begun their renovation of an old coastguard's cottage in East Yorkshire in 2019 - but works dragged on to 2024.
Grand Designs viewers branded an 'infuriating' homeowner the neighbour from 'hell' over his never-ending five-year renovation.Zahid and Ferzana from Leeds had begun renovating an old coastguard's cottage in East Yorkshire into a three bedroom family home in 2019.
The final result , boasting panoramic sea views, was described as 'breathtaking' - but viewers were astounded that it had dragged on to 2024 '5 years! I really feel for the poor Neighbour. There should be timelines in place with the planning and he should have been compensated. He does look miffed. And 375k…I’m sure That will have been through the books…';
'Absolute ridiculous individual; completely out of his depth, clueless, and just an embarrassment for anyone connected to him. Incredible episode'; From the start, the 'nightmare' project was met with unexpected hurdles - meaning it ended up taking five years longer than planned - and went over budget.
The business-owning couple sought the advice of host Kevin McCloud to transform their 'ugly, ghastly carbuncle' of an old coastguard's cottage Zahid had also failed to produce detailed construction plans even four years into the project, meaning the steel frame was measured incorrectly A second blow quickly followed as their son Yusuf, who had been spearheading the project, decided to leave.
The 'window nightmare' lasted a whopping four years and cost Zahid £84,000, pushing him over his budget. Ferzana, Zahid's wife, added: 'I love it. I just love everything about it. The windows, the doors, the glass. Breathtaking.' Despite the couple's long project which ran five years over the projected completion time, Kevin McCloud was mesmerised by their house when it was finally finished
Cementing the Grand Designs silver jubilee is a new book, Grand Designs At 25, featuring the most stand-out builds, chosen by McCloud. Zahid and Ferzana from Leeds were the first people to feature on the new series of Grand Designs as the series celebrates 25 years 'Now it would be £4,500-£5,000 per square-metre. So in 15 years, it's gone up by 50 per cent , but the big hikes have happened in the last 10 years.''They're thinking their way out of trouble,' McCloud explained. 'Designing better buildings, making them a bit smaller, being careful and clever. But they're taking much longer, that's the trouble.'
'I know people, when they build a grand design, often think the word grand in the title refers to the size of the building – it's got to be huge. And I didn't used to have to do this, but I now go to great pains to say to people, 'grand' is all about the vision,' he explained. There's no particular Grand Designs project that has stood out above all others for McCloud, but he points out: 'My favourite ones are always the most intriguing, difficult, the longest, the ones that are complex in terms of how they're brought into being, but sometimes the simplest in design.'
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