News Darren Jolly on The Block

[Black_White]

I hope council forces them to reinstate the chook.

 

[Helfarch]

I just spent 3 weeks travelling around the UK. Little villages with fantastic cottages etc.
That house was rubbish should have been bulldozed.
Bloody Governments & there ridiculous bylaws.

UK also has plenty of dumps and derelict buildings due to heritage listing.

 

[MyManLynch]

I hope council forces them to reinstate the chook.

That was the best part...
Sell the Chook & throw the house in as steak knives.

 

[MyManLynch]

UK also has plenty of dumps and derelict buildings due to heritage listing.

I'm sure you are right.
Although driving through quaint villages in the Lake District is not the same as pulling up in front of the Jolly monstrosity.

 

[Pedro]

As a builder, there are just certain things you don't do in certain places. Like knock down Heritage listed homes. Or willy nilly cut trees down in green zones etc. Asking for trouble. Begging for it in fact. I hope they get fined heaps, and not only that, it costs them a packet to re-instate the building. I don't know Darren Jolly's level of expertise as I've never watched the Block, but if he needs to get Builders in to do the work, I hope they go in dry.

 

[jmac70]

UK also has plenty of dumps and derelict buildings due to heritage listing.

Difference is that most of those building are more than 200 years old.

 

[MyManLynch]

Difference is that most of those building are more than 200 years old.

I recently sat in a pub (had a Fosters...bloody hell) built in the 1650's as a horse coach inn (between London & Edinburgh).
My forefathers came from that village in the 1830's (to Australia), hence my vist.
Pretty safe bet, that my ancestors had a few ales in that very pub. Quite a feeling.
Those are the buildings that must be kept.
Even the stables still exist...now guest accommodation.

 

[jmac70]

I recently sat in a pub (had a Fosters...bloody hell) built in the 1650's as a horse coach inn (between London & Edinburgh).
My forefathers came from that village in the 1830's (to Australia), hence my vist.
Pretty safe bet, that my ancestors had a few ales in that very pub. Quite a feeling.
Those are the buildings that must be kept.
Even the stables still exist...now guest accommodation.

I have been lucky enough to have a fair few beers in many pubs in the UK. There are some amazing villages. Next time you go though have a proper English Ale. Nothing better.

 

[MyManLynch]

I have been lucky enough to have a fair few beers in many pubs in the UK. There are some amazing villages. Next time you go though have a proper English Ale. Nothing better.

Yer, managed to squeeze a few of them in as well...lovely drop!

 

[Black_White]

I have been lucky enough to have a fair few beers in many pubs in the UK. There are some amazing villages. Next time you go though have a proper English Ale. Nothing better.

I wasn't there long, but I certainly tested as many beers as possible.
There's a place in Colchester called "the fat cat".
They rate 5 stars on most sites for their diversity of beers and the knowledge to go with it.
Worth a visit.
http://www.fatcatcolchester.co.uk

 

[MyManLynch]

I wasn't there long, but I certainly tested as many beers as possible.
There's a place in Colchester called "the fat cat".
They rate 5 stars on most sites for their diversity of beers and the knowledge to go with it.
Worth a visit.
http://www.fatcatcolchester.co.uk

I had a few ales in the Fat Badger in Harrogate.
Although a bit expensive, as its frequented by 'toffs'...not artful dodgers.

 

[neilk]

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I had a few ales in the Fat Badger in Harrowgate.
Although a bit expensive, as its frequented by 'toffs'...not artful dodgers.

Hopefully the fat badger didn't mind.

 

[xxxWillxxx]

While I agree the council is a pain everyone in property knows the rules. They new what they were in for when they purchased it and said stuff we will knock it down anyway.

He is an arrogant tool who thinks he is a law until himself. Pretty easy to see why he had the nickname C.O.B at the clubs he played for.

Im guessing they probably didnt and thought they were super hotshot property developers ripping off a little old lady or a deceased estate.......

 

[Wooljay]

Im guessing they probably didnt and thought they were super hotshot property developers ripping off a little old lady or a deceased estate.......

Apparently they even tweeted about it being heritage listed when they bought it.

Considering it was Darren Jolly, he probably just thought he was above it all.

 

[sirlothie]

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I had a few ales in the Fat Badger in Harrowgate.
Although a bit expensive, as its frequented by 'toffs'...not artful dodgers.

The cheaper the beer, the better the pub.

 

[xxxWillxxx]

Apparently they even tweeted about it being heritage listed when they bought it.

Considering it was Darren Jolly, he probably just thought he was above it all.

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Thats awesome then

 

[TheFreshBanana]

Who cares

 

[jmac70]

Who cares

Nice to see you have jumped on the Klopp bandwagon. Seriously, Liverpool and Richmond supporters have a lot in common.

 

[TheFreshBanana]

Nice to see you have jumped on the Klopp bandwagon. Seriously, Liverpool and Richmond supporters have a lot in common.

Nice to see you've jumped on the Buckley bandwagon?

 

[jmac70]

Nice to see you've jumped on the Buckley bandwagon?

Do you think Plopp will get 5 years as Liverpool manager?

 

[TheFreshBanana]

Do you think Plopp will get 5 years as Liverpool manager?

If we can make top 4 in the next 3 years.

 

[jmac70]

If we can make top 4 in the next 3 years.

Didn't you do that with your last manager?

 

[TheFreshBanana]

Didn't you do that with your last manager?

Yes.

 

[1892]

Their knock down/rebuild sold at auction and the facade looks pretty true to the original.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/vi...n/news-story/9be5f90819e5fbafedcf32c39cbd0d29

Council director of city planning John Luppino said the couple’s building and design company DJJ Promotions was placed, without conviction, on a two-year good behaviour bond by the Melbourne Magistrates Court in December and ordered to “pay costs” over the illegal demolition.

The Jollys were also required to rebuild the house to the same detail as the original, reusing the property’s existing roof tiles, bricks for the porch and chimney, front door and windows, after being granted retrospective approval for the knock down by the council.

Mr Luppino said the council was satisfied the Jollys’ rebuild had achieved this.

Resident Debbie McColl-Davis, also a Kew Historical Society member and retired architect, said many locals didn’t believe the Jollys’ reconstruction adequately replaced the original.

“It’s got the California bungalow facade ... but it’s a fake, bottom line,” she said.

Ms McColl-Davis said the outcome set a “dangerous precedent” that suggested heritage renovators “didn’t need to fuss about building permits”.

 

[Good_Old]

Thanks, Darren.