What is cuckooing and why do people want it to be criminalised? If I wasnt me Id be Kevin McCloud. For more news and features about London, directly to your inbox sign up to our newsletter here. A 4.5m 'Gothic' house built in the grounds of a Victorian graveyard and featured on Grand Designs is causing quite the buzz on social media. MORE : Grand Designs returns with disaster as most surreal project yet is rocked by Covid, MORE : Grand Designs Kevin McCloud embraces telling people to back off to keep Covid compliant, Billie Shepherd and Sam Faiers call out b****y Phillip Schofield over This Morning behaviour. Justins home features in the first episode of Grand Designs 2021 series, but the question is whether they ever managed to finish building it Former army captain Justin hopes to restore a neo-Gothic cemetery keepers lodge, and turn it into his dream home in south west London. Scarily, the project goes 500,000 over budget before work even starts. But in November 2020, the four-bed home, complete with a huge master suite, dressing room, kitchen-diner, reading room, a large lounge, as well as a cellar, a TV room with a bar and the 13-metre swimming pool, was finished. But it appeared to. Although Justin remembers seeing the likes of David Bowie and Mick Jagger on the island, his parents always kept a low-key presence. And replacing the 1960s block with an extension for Justins ground-floor living spaces. Maxwell Stuart is thoroughly can-do about the whole thing, even when logic suggests he shouldnt be, and its hard not to wish him the best with it. 'I was worried,' he says, 'that people would just think I was a posh twit spending money.'. The already-stretched budget was in jeopardy when the contractors began to dig beneath a section of the lodge ready for the pool installation. The owners of an eye-catching Devon house that featured on Channel 4's Grand Designs have lost a planning battle with the council. They would take regular walks through the cemetery with their dog, a gorgeous mutt called Thunder. Fans of the show headed to Twitter to give their. Grand Designs South West London 2021 Justin plans to restore a neo-Gothic cemetery keeper's lodge and convert its toilet block into a luxury extension complete with a moat and swimming pool.. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. Within 5 miles of your location. It took months, a metre at a time, but it has added a huge amount of value to the property, said Simon. Almost overnight, this man and this house have become a huge local attraction but like father, like son he does not notice the starry hubbub at all. Sienna loses the twins in social services nightmare after shock incident in Hollyoaks? Jan Moir for the Daily Mail Theyre not smaller in terms of vision at all because weve got some really exciting stuff but theyre not the really big almost commercially run things that we sometimes feature.. Grand Designs returns this week with Kevin following a huge new project by army captain Justin, who has forked out 1.8million on his new home. It also gave the basement an extra bedroom, a media room, a larger wine cellar and a sauna. Something went wrong, please try again later. MORE : Incredible five-bedroom home The Curve, as featured on Grand Designs, on sale for 3.45million, MORE : Boy, 16, designs Covid Invaders arcade game to encourage vaccinations, Billie Shepherd and Sam Faiers call out b****y Phillip Schofield over This Morning behaviour, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? s soon as Kevin McCloud sets the scene a graveyard in south-west London you know the latest instalment of. They asked why we were only excavating beneath part of the building when digging under the whole thing would add a huge amount of extra room, Justin explains. A dad stunned Grand Designs viewers in the 'craziest episode ever' after spending four years and 4.2 million on transforming a cemetery into his dream home. It also turned into one of their most popular episodes. On my own.'. ", A third also added: "Possibly the greatest #GrandDesigns ever. Former army captain Justin, who now runs extreme fishing expeditions, decides to do something really off the beaten track, converting the original neo-Gothic lodge and derelict public toilet next door into a dramatic modern home within the cemetery gates which are locked at night. Fans on social media were beyond impressed with the outcome, as one said: "Bloody love #GrandDesigns and what an episode to start the new series. The Londoner . Does he remember her? I don't think she was particularly impressed, to be quite honest. Its the question that makes Grand Designs so watchable, the promise of hubris among the rubble, of ambitions made of steel and glass, weakened by human folly. He was going through a divorce from his 'lovely' Brazilian-born wife Tania, whom he met in 2004 when they were neighbours. I saw the potential to create something really wonderful as the building had such great character.. 'But that's not all she can do,' says Justin, explaining that during the first lockdown they were holed up on his 2,500 acre Scottish estate, feeding themselves from a freezer full of game. 'We make the best flies in the world,' says Justin, who knows the lyrics to only one song Happy Birthday. We have Covid compliance officers with us at all times, checking out here, making sure we are all being good.. What do you think of the revamped London pad? 'We don't like to promote ourselves. The blue upholstered chairs in the living room are from William Yeoward. It was good for me to have something to focus on.'. His parents were friends with Mustique's owner Colin Tennant, Lord Glenconner another Scottish aristo and in the 1960s were one of the first two families to develop a plot on the private island, along with lifelong Mustique devotee Princess Margaret. If you live one kilometre down the road, you will think it is bloody good value,' he says. Let us know in the comments below. Appearing on Channel 4's Grand Designs, Justin Maxwell-Stuart revealed that if he'd known what the grand total of the project was at the beginning, he'd never had gone through with it. He was looking for another pair of eyes to help ensure the house became a home. He is full of surprises and has lived a life that has included three tours of duty in Northern Ireland, one in Iraq and running a salmon fly-tying business in Thailand. and adjacent 1960's toilet block ('just hideous!') Well, ahem. Ive never built a pool in a cemetery before, says one builder. Image: Jefferson Smith. He recalls being told by his parents to keep her royal personage supplied with cocktail snacks during pre-dinner drinks when she came over to supper one balmy evening. If youve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the Metro.co.uk entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page wed love to hear from you. These include a kitchen/dining area, snug, living room, and a basement with a subterranean swimming pool. It also gave the basement an extra bedroom, a media room, a larger wine cellar and a sauna. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Let us know in the comments below. The series opens with a house in a Victorian cemetery in south-west London one of the series biggest budget projects. Grand Designs 2021: inside the new homes on the C4 series, You must be at least 18 years old to create an account, Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number, I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from Evening Standard. A spacious extension replaced a 1960s building adjacent to the Victorian lodge. Even McCloud seems shocked by the seemingly unnecessary scale of it all, likening the basement to that of a skyscraper, or a car park. , Lucie Heseltine (@LucieJHeseltine) January 6, 2021, Not a great starter episode in Covid times. As he strived to achieve this over a testing four-year build, viewers warmed to his gung-ho enthusiasm, his can-do attitude and his honesty. And there are certainly twittish moments when striding around his building site in his padded gilet or counting up the mounting cost of his project, when Justin gives off an unmistakably upper class, full-on Rupert, Tim-Nice-But-Dim vibe. It might seem a folly too far, but perhaps not when one considers that a nearby terraced house is on the market for 3.9 million, tragically sans media room, cupola, private courtyard, swimming pool, sauna and bar unlike Justin's ring-a-ding-bling palace. However, Justin is seen struggling to keep his budget under control, and later says he is staring down a catastrophic financial black hole. It is amazing what you can achieve when you've got millions sluicing about in your sporran. into a majestic modern home with a mega man-cave playboy basement, complete with outdoor moat, indoor chainmail waterfall, subterranean swimming pool, wine cellar and all mod cons including underfloor heating and a pair of forged steel chandeliers shaped like bursting seed pods. It is so satisfying to come back and say this is what I did. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. Romeo destroys future with Rayne after shocking accusation in Hollyoaks. He bought the property for 2.2 million in February 2015 when he was a single dad living nearby with his son George, now aged nine. Where is cemetery house in Grand Designs? Each space benefits from an open terrace onto the cemetery and its wooded landscape, with the upper level terrace facing south with views through the treetops to the City skyline. ", And another wrote: "I rarely post on here now as whatever I think [there are] always people with opposing and genuine views but #GrandDesigns wtf is a single parent spending millions on a ridiculously huge house. But Justin and the workers persevered and pulled it off four years after beginning the build, despite going over his budget. Kevin McCloud is returning to Grand Designs tonight with a bizarre project set in a graveyard. The controversial US oil plan explained. A series of gardens around an innovative property in Fulham Cemetery - the house is soon to be featured on Channel 4's Grand Designs. From graveyard cottage to 4.2million VERY Grand Design: TV property show's most costly project ever turned a cemetery wreck into a majestic home with a waterfall and underground pool By. Grand Designs houses Interior design secrets of the Grand Designs cemetery house The interior designer of this stunning home describes how she created the luxurious interiors By Hugh Metcalf | 18 January 2021 Perfectly polished and fully furnished interiors are not always a given during the final reveal of a Grand Designs episode. First, it cannot be denied that he was indeed spending a lot of money. The original 18-month timeframe more than doubled and the costs spiralled, but he has no regrets. She is a world-class pastry chef and now runs her own company. However, work on building the house, which initially costs 1.6 million, was halted due to finances, before the coronavirus pandemic intervened. Is it extreme fishing, I find myself wondering? Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. 22:38 GMT 15 Jan 2021 Photo: Jefferson Smith. Winter Love Island 2023 final date confirmed and its just around the corner, Clarksons Farm star in shock as fans raise tens of thousands for TB-hit farm, BBC officially drops long-awaited Race Across the World series 3 trailer, Grand Designs returns with disaster as most surreal project yet is rocked by Covid, Grand Designs Kevin McCloud embraces telling people to back off to keep Covid compliant, Do not sell or share my personal information. Open the doors to the courtyard and doors and the sunshine pours in. Ahead of the latest series of his long-running property programme, Kevin has spoken out about needing to be more assertive around other people, even if that means being rude. We admire the ginger jars decorated with blue marlin, the paintings by his uncle, the photographs of Mustique discreetly displayed. He raised the first part through savings and a loan from his mother; the second part is from a labyrinthine tangle of mortgages that I failed to understand. ex-army captain Justin restores a Neo-Gothic cemetery lodge and converts its toilet block into a huge extension with moat and basement swimming pool. Image: Jefferson Smith. Photo: Jefferson Smith. No, he was worried about something else, something much closer to home. Jeremy Clarkson shuts down claim hes been sacked from Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Memory Gardens Cemetery and Memorial Park 983 Watervliet-Shaker Road, Albany, NY 12205 USA, Phone: 518-869-9506, Fax: 518-869-0818 Justin, who is related to Mary Queen of Scots, drew inspiration from his family's 50-room mansion, Traquair House, which is Scotland's oldest inhabited house. Look at it pragmatically and you can see that neither Justin nor his project are as crazy as they sound. I just imagined the show would slip onto daytime TV with no fuss, but the opposite has happened. Open the ground-floor terrace doors, and you can reach out and touch. As series 20 of the ever-soothing, ever-ambitious show begins, we learn that Grand Designs' latest builder/dreamer/victim has spent 1.8m on the warden's lodge in a Victorian cemetery and an. Anyone with a passing interest in the grotesque excesses of Londons richest inhabitants will know all about mega-basements, with floor upon floor being added to old houses by way of digging down, and deeper. Justin Maxwell-Stuart, 50, from London, appeared on Grand Designs with to transform cemetery lodge Father-of-one wanted to transform abandoned, derelict house into a family home for 1.6. He is seen buying the wardens lodge and a nearby ruined 1960s council toilet block which adjoins onto the building, which costs him 1.8 million. To decorate and furnish a house that had two distinct sections the new wing with open spaces and the smaller lodge with original features. public service announcement: Grand Designs is back tonight. We did not have to buy a single bit of meat for five months,' he roars. Hollyoaks pictures reveal major return, custody shock and exit. As we were already halfway there, I decided we should go ahead because space is money, especially in London. Cant wait for the new series of @granddesigns @Kevin_McCloud. On the show, Justin said that he began the project after he and his 'wonderful ex-wife separated'. he says, with a shrug. cemeteries found in Jamestown, New York will be saved to your photo volunteer list.. cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list.. cemeteries found within kilometers of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list.. What do you think of the transformation? 'I now own a house in London that is steeped in history and surrounded by 13 acres of green space,' he says and you've got to give him credit for that, despite the thunderously busy main road on its western border. 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A six-metre basement extension complete with 13-metre swimming pool is planned but its hard to find contractors willing to dig down in a cemetery. I fantasise about how many could be helped instead.". Email us at yourmirror@mirror.co.uk, Get the biggest TV headlines, recaps and insider knowledge straight to your inbox. But as is often the case with these kinds of builds, time drags on, costs mount, and even a private gate into the cemetery becomes a problem. 'My publicity estimate was way lower than what transpired but I have had the most marvellous experience. Each email has a link to unsubscribe. The aim was to knock down the toilet block and replace it with a ground floor extension, a moat and a basement with a swimming pool. I'd love to know. While a number of viewers were put off by the creepy location, Justin has become fond of it as he says it has a special place in his heart. The basement den is a cosy space to watch TV and drink cocktails. But I thought it might be rather too awful.'. 'I did. The emergence of Covid-19 last March has given us perhaps the most raw, relatable series of the entire run, according to long-standing presenter, Kevin Mccloud. When we left off at the end of the episode, Justins home had been completed, with a total cost of 4.5 million including the 1.8 million he had originally spent on buying the place. Kevin McCloud presents the first of a new series of Grand Designs. What do you think youre doing? These include a kitchen/dining area, snug, living room, and a basement with a subterranean swimming pool. A dad stunned Grand Designs viewers in the 'craziest episode ever' after spending four years and 4.2 million on transforming a cemetery into his dream home. It has since become one of the most popular Grand Designs episodes of all time, Share your email to get the latest property news. This account already exists. Be Covid compliant. The elegant living room is in the new extension. This suggests he is more hard-nosed property developer than the wide-eyed dreamer who insists a home isn't really a home unless it has a moat. It was a chaotic period in my life, I signed my divorce papers and the contract for the house practically on the same day. As his dream became a reality, the last scenes of the programme revealed one final twist, as Justin disclosed he had found a special someone to share his new home. Justin has forked out 1.8million and counting on the neo-Gothic cemetery keeper's lodge, as . Ex-army officer Justin Maxwell Stuart was at a crossroads in his life when he spotted a run down cemetery lodge for sale. A dad both baffled and stunned Grand Designs viewers in the "craziest episode ever" after he spent four years and 4.5 million transforming a cemetery into his dream home. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. 'When the for sale sign went up on The Lodge, I pounced. I was brought up in Scotland where houses have so much character, and I liked the idea of recreating that in London, Justin explains. Financial issues were followed by the coronavirus pandemic, which led to work on the lodge being halted for months. Grand Designs returns! But one of Justin's biggest fears would be that the team would dig up a grave. We tour the nanny flat off the utility room, complete with its mini kitchen and narrow bed, upstairs to the master bedroom where Justin has left a pair of socks balled up on the floor ('oops') and into the ensuite with its mirrored bath. . Meanwhile, Grand Designs Kevin McCloud recently joked hes got quite good at being rude to people approaching him in the street. As series 20 of the ever-soothing, ever-ambitious show begins, we learn that Grand Designs latest builder/dreamer/victim has spent 1.8m on the wardens lodge in a Victorian cemetery and an old toilet block next door to it. Photo: Jefferson Smith, The lodge dates from around 1860 and stands beside a 1960s single-storey building. Appearing on Channel 4's Grand. Work was also forced to stop for a full three months as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. But will the project turn into a terrifying nightmare? , updated 'I was brought up in Scotland where everyone's houses have so much character,' he booms onscreen, which suggests a refreshing lack of familiarity with the kind of Scottish council estate where I was brought up, but no umbrage taken because Justin is such a delightful person and about as snobbish as a burst haggis. The concrete itself wasnt expensive, but holding up the old building while we dug underneath it was another matter entirely. Sign up for exclusive newsletters, comment on stories, enter competitions and attend events. The expensive plans that Justin has for the home is nothing short of easy. The modern extension contrasts with the lodge. Appearing on Channel 4's Grand Designs, dad-of-one Justin revealed his plans to transform the derelict land. 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Justin has just bought the property and hired the architect. But, I have watched enough episodes of Grand Designs to know this might not have worked. GRV Media Ltd, 18 Mulberry Avenue, Widnes. Image: Jefferson Smith. Photo:Jefferson Smith, The question was if the extension should mirror the style of the stone-built lodge or whether it should be something different. Also, Ive got quite good at being rude, he added. One hell of a house but with one hell of a price tag as well. It seemed natural to think that because the design of these spaces is contemporary, the interior design should be very clean and modern. Left to my own devices, I would probably have built the extension in a gothic style. When asked if he plans on having any more children, he says: 'I'm not ruling anything out.'. Theres beautiful green space just outside, so this is definitely my favourite space. Justin Maxwell-Stuart, 47, from London, bought an abandoned lodge and the adjoining ex-council toilet block in Fulham cemetery for 1.8 million in 2016, the Mirror reports. Even if he is a little less chipper and bright-eyed by 2020. Grand Designs returns this week with Kevin following a huge new project by army captain Justin, who has forked out 1.8million on his new home. . Jeremy Clarkson shuts down claim hes been sacked from Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? The house is an abandoned neo-Gothic cemetery keepers lodge and adjoining ex-council toilet block in south-west London. Work was also forced to stop for a full three months as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Were having to deal with the real-time issues that people are encountering and that makes all of the stories a little rawer. 'Oh, the thrill of catching a salmon,' he continues, cradling an imaginary one in his arms. He said: Its a big thing actually, because weve been filming since June and weve developed a protocol for all the various places, whether were filming in a building or outside, quite diligently. Justin drew inspiration from his family's 50-room mansion, Traquair House, Scotland's oldest inhabited house. Watch Grand Designs - January 2021 Series. 20 most amazing Grand Designs homes - from the 100ft water tower to the 3million tree house The futuristic eco-mansion was branded "awe-inspiring" by host Kevin McCloud. She died in 2016, leaving 20 million in her will from which Justin and his older sister Laura are the chief beneficiaries. Grand Designs houses Graveyard lodge renovation A spacious extension replaced a 1960s building adjacent to the Victorian lodge By Hugh Metcalf | 5 January 2021 Ex-army officer Justin Maxwell Stuart was at a crossroads in his life when he spotted a run down cemetery lodge for sale. With many in debt, loosing their jobs and homes, struggling to feed their kids; GD show some numpty millionaire spending nearly 4 mill on a cemetery lodge. He plans to complete all the work in one year. McCloud explains that old money types are often asset-rich but cash-poor, and as the lodge project stretches on, and on, there is a real question of whether it will be completed at all, particularly when the owner keeps embellishing his plans. What, then, could go wrong? Don't stint on the cushions, Morag! James' mother was Mehitabel Wing, born March, 20, 1738, in Duchess County, N.Y. Glens Falls, N.Y., was once named Wing Falls after her . Further grand flourishes include a stone, The question was if the extension should mirror the style of the stone-built lodge or whether it should be something different. Surely nobody would build on such a place, out of respect, for fear of desecration, says McCloud, hamming up the potential for gothic drama. And when it comes to posh, they don't come much posher than 47-year-old Ampleforth-educated Justin a former captain in the Scots Guards who now runs a company specialising in adventure fishing expeditions in Russia, Iceland and elsewhere. By Grand Designs Kevin McCloud has joked hes got quite good at being rude to people approaching him in the street. With many in debt, [losing] their jobs and homes, struggling to feed their kids; GD show some numpty millionaire spending nearly 4 mill on a cemetery lodge. Justin then plans to replace the adjoining blocks with a huge luxury extension on its ground floor, with a basement swimming pool and moat. Simon proposed renovating the lodge, deemed a Building of Merit, to give two bedrooms and a study. But soon after he started the project in October 2016, he ran into difficulties, with one of the most challenging being getting planning permission to build an entrance to the graveyard from his garden. So did they finish Justins home on Grand Designs? Grand Designs continues on Wednesday at 9pm on Channel 4. And she cooked it all superbly. A third also added: "Possibly the greatest #GrandDesigns ever. 'Mad, beautiful and very funny,' was one popular viewer's verdict of the show, while another declared it the 'best Grand Designs ever'. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. Another wrote: "Can't tell you how jealous I am of the man who's converting a graveyard gatehouse into a gothic mansion WITH A MOAT on @Channel4 #GrandDesigns right now.". ", Another wrote: "Can't tell you how jealous I am of the man whos converting a graveyard gatehouse into a gothic mansion WITH A MOAT on @Channel4 #GrandDesigns right now. Program development. . Of course! Low cost luxury kitchen: ways to cut your spend, Grand Designs lockdown houses: before and after. 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