Mr. Clark...as an Environmental Designer for over forty years, I came across your Ugly House series and have been binging ever since. I must say you do an excellent job of hosting. But I'm seeing a definite trend with almost every episode with regards to the design factors. It seems almost every architect is bent on adding a huge contemporary rear addition that looks out onto the garden, that often isn't in keeping with the design of the original structure. And most are smitten with using black on the exterior, with the same contemporary design and furnishings inside the addition on each project. The finished product is rarely assimilated into the neighborhood, with little concern for the possible difficulty the owners might have in the future if they decide to sell. Room additions and facade replacements plunge owners into "over budget" stress. Often, just interior reconfigurations, minimal exterior adjustments, a fresh coat of paint and appealing landscaping can solve a plethora of issues.

It really angers me how they pushed the expensive addition on these people and where is the rain running to, towards the house???? And now they have a larger heating bill and does the architect really care??????

The ugly house could have had a major upgrade with just a cleanup and a paint job.

Partially cover a window with wood cladding WTH? Glad they vetoed that.

This radical re-envisioning of the bland domestic architecture that blights the beautiful landscape gave me hope. The design is bold, courageous, inspiring and responsive to the environment. What a great gift to this visionary family, from a gifted architect and set of construction experts. Thank you for showing us the possibility of greatness.

They could have done so much better on their own with the money they had! I hated that they went so far into debt, especially with a new baby, and George acts like $20 or $30 thousand over budget is nothing! That architect was something!

I adore British restoration shows,but I especially love any show with George Clarke, talent, and personality.

why do they keep trying to convince us that the house finally belongs? regardless of the design, it still sits in a neighborhood of buildings that resemble the house's pre-construction look. the reality is the house now absolutely does NOT belong. it sticks out like a sore thumb.

Everyone in this episode is left handed! George, the architect, the couple, the kid.. And the fact that they very casually acknowledged it by shaking hands left handled! Was rare at the same time wonderful to watch..

This architect is talented and have an awareness about the landscape

"Shard" seems to be the architectural B.S. of the day. That's a lot of expense and the way the furniture fits is unimpressive. I would be wary of hiring this architect, because he could look through me with those intensely gorgeous eyes and I would say YES!

Love the extension. Some are saying it wasn't necessary, and of course it wasn't. It makes it special. It makes it dramatic. It's not ridiculous. Not everything needs to be practical. I do think it was a missed opportunity to not have the picture window in the living room be a sliding door, with steps down to the backyard. That said, the picture window IS gorgeous!

The extension on this house was ridiculous. It wasn't apparent that an addition was even needed. All they needed was to remove walls and put in new glazing. Resurfacing the exterior was okay - made it distinct from the neighbors who were all just like the old house. But to con a young family into a "unique" money pit was just ethically wrong.

The original house looked out of place in its environment. The new house looks completely out of place in its environment. It's modern and slick all right, but it does not fit in with the other houses or anything. The addition looks unappealing, like a shelter we have at our local park, right down to the bare light bulbs hanging down. I foresee many future projects trying to soften the industrial look of the new kitchen and addition.

Wood bees and wasp will love it especially when it starts to decay in a year and turn grey. Architect loves to play on paper but truly lacks what maintance free, to a young couple means. Will need another$60,000 to fix the outside when it all starts rotting. As builders, we would have never let a client put this raw wood on a home. What a shame.

Thank you, I'm glad to get into this with Season 1, Episode 1 - Congratulations and well wishes!

This house originally presented an ungainly, ill-proportioned, generic, uninspired facade. Now you can add quirky and eccentric to that list of adjectives, but the others continue to apply. They criticized it for being "unsympathetic" to its environment. I fail to see how their changes have made it more sympathetic. It sticks out like a sore thumb.

Not bad, minus the absolute waste of money for an extension to place a dining table. She hated the look and décor, how does this help as its in the backyard and the house was reasonably large to start, maybe just nice big sliding glass door and a deck. The house looked great painted and clad with nice new clean interior, I'm happy for them but better options would have worked, I think most of their budget went to the architectures ego. I'm not paying for it though so whatever, personally I was enjoying it until I cringed at that damn pointless point.

The wood siding will "silver" with age so they're going from drab grey to drab grey. Good job.

I love the large windows that let in the views and sunlight.

People, the audio is bad due to copyright issues. They had to either speed it up or slow it down. Better to slow it down, because speeded up they would all sound like chipmunks.

While its a beautiful design, I worry about the butterfly roof line. When it rains , all the water (on that particular roof line), will run right back to the house; rather then away from the house.

It seems there's a current trend in UK architecture to have a contemporary space in a traditionally-designed house. So, we see, over and over again, the mish-mash results. Could it be the combining of contemporary with traditional is due to the lack of open spaces to allow homeowners the ability to build new houses? I'm not sure. I do really like George Clarke and his connection with the homeowners and the architects. My favorite George Clarke series is Restoration Man. 😍

I must say the house they visited was horrendous from the back yard...bloody awful.

I noticed that the dining room and lounge could swap spaces very easily. I probably would rearrange with the seasons, if I lived there.

I loved it, especially from the back. I agree that the wood should be sealed to keep it that colour. I think the extension worked to link the house to the garden in a way that a deck just wouldn’t have, because of the slope. Kudos to this lovely family.

oh their house looks so good

What a jerk asking the owner "where are going to get the extra money?"

In that setting, I would have liked a more traditional exterior, but each to his own. They didn't even change out those ridiculously skinny tooth-pick sized pillar things on the front porch.

So he suggests they do the kitchen separately and cheaply at the outset do they can spend more money on the external build and then says half way through the show - "but you still have the kitchen and not a lot of money left". Wtf dude

This is a fabulous transformation, with just a small dramatic extension. The new exterior is gorgeous.

The advantage of the house is it's a good size....but it's ugly. Architect's solution - let's make an expensive and unnecessary extension rather than renovate the house! Why not just replace the windows, remove the carport, give it all a nice paint job, and move the terrace in the back to the right side of the house?

Why does every single one of these broads get pregnant during Reno? Is it George? 😆

I would’ve loved to see this home still get huge windows, but have the overall feeling go much more cottage rather than modern. I don’t personally connect with such a modern home.

minerva Carrara White worktops looking stunning in this make-over

It still looks like an ugly 70's house. The windows are the best thing about it. That partition wall bench thing is 🙄

Several of those cladding batons have already warped and look shoddy...they obviously were not attached in enough places to hold them down straight....I can imagine in a few years this is going to be a major ugly problem.......the fancy extension for a family on a budget was an ego trip for the architect, not very considerate to their needs.

Synchronisation non existent no improuvement from 2 Years ago . INCREDIBLE .

I love the renovation. The house looks great. Give it time the couple had a very small budget and managed to get a lot of work done.

I like the cladding it looks beautiful as well as using neutrals gray and wood color

It looks so much better! It really does look warmer and more a part of the landscape. Congratulations!

Why not apply thermal insulation before putting up the cladding?

I feel very sorry for that family having to go far beyond their budget with everyone on the show just being like "yea, yea but it's gonna turn out fantastic". They really should've kept the budget in mind instead of forcing a young family into financial problems - I liked the new design tho.

Sound just awful, couldn't even speed it up properly.

i like the interior and exterior.

Gorgeous! It's great to see what you can do with such ugly houses. What a beautiful and simple interior styling, Bright and inviting, love it!

They got a new roof, higher performance envelope, windows & doors, attractive new look; and if there are no hidden defects covered over, decades of care-free living in a comfortable, healthy and efficient home on a quiet lot with a view. Literally thinking outside the box. Well done!

Love it !!

Imagine if you loved your house and then saw it at the beginning of this programme being used as an example of an ugly house 🙈🙉🙊

It's very beautiful these large and high windows but who and how do you clean them?

Looks beautiful with lots of light....hope the drainage works out well with that slope towards the rest of the house during downpours...I know all designers like to show the uncluttered look...but no sign other than outside that a toddler and baby live there.

Is it just me? I don't like that extension. I keep thinking....what if it rains? Nope...watched to the end and I don't like the house at all. I would have added a full front porch with roof, window shutters and made a walled patio where the garage was located. As for cladding....I think rendering throughout in a pale yellow would have been nice...with olive shutters and door. It still has not character.

Limewashed masonry, yes, but painted masonry, never. The kitchen seems to need 2 slender islands in center. A common theme of this show appears to be for the architect to nix any garage that may exist but they are important spaces.

Appreciate the upload, but I can't watch programs whose length/speed has been tampered with so that the people sound either like they're on testosterone injections, as in this one, or are Munchkins.

The more l watch the more l see how people extract money from these poor couples

They should fire that architect! Boy, did he swindle them! Hideous! Just bloody awful!

This house project was a dream COSMETIC fixer! Could have been done for under 50,000, and that addition was totally unnecessary

This was pretty miserable to watch. It was reversed and slowed down. i had to speed it up to 1.25x speed to sound decent.

Nice. It is a good change. Happy for this family.

Dame , Architect is soooooo cute .

I haven't heard anything about how the rain water is being managed... And why is the big window being added to the living room not being French doors to give access to the garden... I do like the end result. Hope they are enjoying it too.

V beautiful spacious transformation. God bless u all with good health happiness n loooooooooong life

Despite my previous comment, I decided to check the finished house after all. Wish I hadn't!!

that new house is beautiful

Swap dining table to the opposite side next to fixed window. Change to comfortable dining table chairs. Have the new extension with some flop-upon child-proof furniture and enjoy the view.

So glad to see the finished house after so much work...I bet the little boy will remember a lot of how a house is built and was glad to have his space and room finished...and the family can now enjoy their new home and I hope each other! How people can envision the finished home is so exciting to me...

What a beautiful transformation....this home looks clean and fresh!

I love the way the windows and doors add light, but I would feel like I was living in a fishbowl and always on display. It would really creep me out!

It still looks unfinished especially inside... it is so basic and plain. It takes all kinds I guess.

Love the Architect!! He’s mine .

wow...the architect has dreamy eyeballs

tyhanx for upload, can you upload entire series, episode 3 was just on, cheers.

We took of this problem and bought another house ! LOL !

Greg has beautiful blue eyes I'm wondering if their not colored contacts & the house is also very beautiful lucky people .Good luck on ur beautiful home hope it's filled with lots of joy & all good inside & out.

He likes the open space concept, created by an addition to the backyard and he also loves kitchen island. Maybe people who hire him have the same taste and no worries about the money

Can't believe they thought it was a good idea to expose those very young children (not to mention pregnant mom) to all the dust and chemicals involved in construction. Too risky.

The 2x4 wall looks unfinished, as does the dining room light fixture.

They got so ripped off. What's going to happen when all the rain falls down that addition and hits the side of the real house.

whye everyone sounds possesed? They don´t need a reno---they need an exorcism O_O

sorry but in all fairness it looks like a big shed.

Save the garage and simply open out the back of the house with sliding glass doors, add a deck or patio and you've accomplished integration of the interior/exterior space at a much lower cost and much less of a construction nightmare.

42:09 I have seen the heavens & they have opened up to me!! haha ha!

I think they asked for the new roof which was about $ 5000.00, Builders call that an add-on. And they were so right. The design is outstanding.

Tony and Sammeh best gas engineers in Wales 👍👍

To watch at normal speed... Change the play speed to 1.25

Audio is bad!

Lovely house to: Bleak, Stark, Cold, Dreary & Desolate-House

My gosh Greg is Gorgeous, 😋 🚿now I've got to watch it again too see the house!! 👍💞🤣

Simple fix for the sound.. speed up to 1.25x in settings. Sounds almost perfectly normal then. Backwards doesn't bother me.. zoomed in is to remove logo. It's to keep it from being pulled down for copyright infringement.. enjoy the upload.. and deal with the issues or watch it on tv.

Sorry but i dont see how this is nice, imagine getting into dept for this

Is it just me I find the audio is brutal. I love the transformation its like night and day. The only thing that I don't like is that interior wall that exposes the two by fours it looks like a cheap idea and takes away from the build. The rest of it looks pretty awesome. Also Those plywood blocks behind the cladding is a very poor choice, they will not stand up to the weather, especially plywood spacers. They should've used hard wood like black locust which is very water resistant or something along those lines. Actually, I'm shocked that the builder did that, he should've known better. smh. It was smart of the wife to get rid of the partial cladding of the windows. He must of been half asleep thinking that was gonna fly. LOL

OMG...those hanging light bulbs are hideous!!!!!

Turned out well

I don't understand, the house is already huge, and they want to make it bigger! What is wrong with architects.

I think its gonna look alot better when the wood weathers to a grey color.

Very nice. Hope they are gardeners as the back area needs some help! But gardening in England seems a breeze to many of us us in the US.

What the heck's up with their voices?! :D And is the whole video a mirror of the original? Backwards? what happened?? :D

Very nice looks like a lab.

Watching this program with the Ukraine crisis in mind, Im often wondering how all these people building big glassy extensions, are going to fare this winter as huge utility bills are looming

Glass technology is also important because glass brings light as well as heat. This was a lesson learned when we first lived in a house with large windows. So, technology in glass to manage heat is essential as much as attention to the light it brings into the structure.