From very Grand Designs.. to shopping at Ikea: Host Kevin McCloud 明らかにする／漏らすs he's a fan of the Swedish furniture retailer after 任命する／導入するing one of its kitchens in his home - and even 勧めるs couples on his C4 show to go there
Given he has 証言，証人／目撃するd some of Britain's most incredible kitchens, you might have thought Kevin McCloud would go for something extra impressive in his own home.
But the Grand Designs host has 明らかにする／漏らすd his love of Ikea kitchens after 任命する／導入するing one himself at his 所有物／資産／財産 after working on it in the evenings and at 週末s.
The 64-year-old said he put in the carcass and doors and did some 'basic carpentry and screwing together' to 任命する／導入する the new 部隊s at his Herefordshire home.
But he 追加するd that he bought a 'very, very beautiful, expensive hot water tap' and got some craftspeople to do the customisation, 含むing an upmarket Dekton worktop.
McCloud also said he encourages those in his show to get Ikea kitchens ? and likes the retailer's Lixhult 閣僚s, which he can 建設する in 'four and a half minutes'.
Kevin McCloud, pictured inside the 'Grand House of Ideas' as part of Grand Designs Live in May
Kevin McCloud, pictured in the kitchen of his former home in Somerset in April?2004
McCloud said he likes Ikea's?Lixhult 閣僚s and can 建設する one in just over four minutes
Kevin McCloud has rarely been seen in public with his third wife Jenny Jones, but they were photographed together in June 2021 (above) in an 公表されていない part of the West Country
Speaking to The Times, McCloud said of his Ikea kitchen 取り付け・設備: 'It took a long time, I was doing it in the evenings and at 週末s. I've always made stuff.
'My natural instinct is 'I could do that'. But then I've got an enormous 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） of things to do in 前線 of me… it's never-ending, so I have to learn to say, 'No, I can probably find someone to do that.'
McCloud and the show's テレビ視聴者s were famously horrified watching an episode in September 2021 when Supercar 投資家 Joe O'Connor and his wife Emily spent £125,000 on a kitchen at their £2.5million home 事業／計画（する） in Devon.
And the presenter, who lives with his third wife Jenny Jones, said: 'You do become a little allergic to that sort of spending. But it's not just that.
'What I've done is the carcass, putting in the doors, the basic carpentry and screwing together, and then brought in lovely things - I've got a very, very beautiful, expensive hot water tap - or had some proper craftspeople to do the customisation. I've got a worktop made of Dekton, which is like a ceramic.'
He 追加するd that no one in the history of his 23-series programme over the past 25 years has every listened to his advice, 説: 'Not that I can 解任する! It's almost as though they've joined a 教団.
'Their 注目する，もくろむs have glazed over and they're already on this trajectory. They've decided what they want to do and how they're going to do it and they're 納得させるd it is going to be perfect.'
In a Grand Designs episode in September 2021, Joe O'Connor and his wife Emily were 明らかにする／漏らすd to have spent £125,000 on a kitchen at their £2.5million home 事業／計画（する） in Devon?
The £125,000 kitchen at Mr and Mrs O'Connor's home in Devon, as shown in a 2021 episode
He made the comments in the episode featuring Jane and Richard, from York, who splashed out on a kitchen which テレビ視聴者s said 'looked like it was from Ikea'.
McCloud 追加するd: 'I would have to swallow very hard to spend £35,000 on a kitchen.'
Earlier this month, McCloud 攻撃する，衝突する the headlines for telling first time 買い手s that they should ‘move to Germany’ if they cannot afford to buy a house in Britain.
Host Kevin McCloud said in an episode in May 2023 that he has never spent more than £7,000 on a new kitchen. He is pictured speaking to the homeowner Jane, in York
Jane's finished kitchen which some Grand Designs テレビ視聴者s said 'looked like it was from Ikea'
He advised young people looking to abandon their hopes of buying a house in the UK and instead 'move to another country where the 住宅 market is healthy'.
He told JOE that almost every other north European country and Canada have got 'really healthy markets, lots of diverse 適切な時期s, lots of diverse 申し込む／申し出s and it isn't hugely expensive'.
McCloud also took 目的（とする） at 'immoral' 住宅 developers, who he （人命などを）奪う，主張するs now make on 普通の／平均（する） £68,000 利益（をあげる） per house or per flat, which he said was ten times more than in 2009.?
The presenter has been 促進するing Grand Designs Live which takes place at ExCel London from May 4 until 12 and then at NEC Birmingham from October 2 to 6.
