{"id":8326,"date":"2011-04-09T06:01:16","date_gmt":"2011-04-08T23:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/grand-designs-the-home-truths-of-kevin-mccloud\/"},"modified":"2016-03-17T17:15:19","modified_gmt":"2016-03-17T10:15:19","slug":"grand-designs-the-home-truths-of-kevin-mccloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/grand-designs-the-home-truths-of-kevin-mccloud\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Designs: The home truths of Kevin McCloud"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nKevin McCloud won’t talk price. For him a dream property is all about enriching your life, not your walletIt wasn’t the best morning to interview Kevin McCloud, presenter of Grand Designs and the nation’s architectural critic-in-chief. “The not so Grand Design,” screamed that day’s Daily Mail, featuring a Thames barge given an \u00a380,000 makeover lying washed up and unfinished on a drab Essex beach. “A Grand Design for Failure,” said the Guardian.McCloud is not familiar with failure. Grand Designs is in its tenth series, and its presenter is regarded as one of Channel 4’s most bankable assets. The TV programme has spawned a number of spin-offs, including a popular magazine and a home improvement show, Grand Designs Live. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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