Grand Designs branded 'comedy gold' as bloke builds bungalow on stilts in flood plain
dailystar.co.ukChannel 4 show.The 63-year-old was newly retired and divorced and said it was "his time" to follow his dreams and also live closer to his daughter Scarlette.His design was a building raised 4.5 metres above the ground on metal supports, necessary because of its position next to the Blackwater Estuary.Geoff said: "Because it’s on a flood plain, it’s built to withstand a once-in-a-thousand-year flood."Viewers branded the project "comedy gold" when it was besieged with problems, including the plans getting lost and the Spanish property market collapsing before his villa is sold.One viewer said: "#GrandDesigns is pure comedy gold.""Well that was the most mental Grand Designs in a while!" commented another user.The end result was an engineering.
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