Getting back to Grand Designs and showcase construction: I am struck about how the looks of a property have been elevated over all other aesthetics.
It is so rare to be presented a design and construction about how a house:
1) sounds;
2) feels;
3) smells.
All that matters is looks.
When I watch these shows I wonder how many times I would stub my toes, hit my shin, bump my head, or slip on a marble floor (onto which a bathtub has been placed. for example.)
When these showcases are presented at the end of the show, fully furnished, I see stereo speakers misplaced, television sets in awkward viewing positions, landscapes totally ignored (or worse, destroyed in the process of building someone’s vanity project.)