Marjatta can live with the fact that her home is not to everyone’s liking.
Retired EU civil servant Berry to build Grand Designs in Finland for himself his first home at the age of 77.
After the years in Brussels, Marjatta returns to the landscapes of her childhood in Lohja, where she has bought a plot of land from her brother. It is located half a kilometer from Marjata’s birthplace. As a grandmother of eight grandchildren, Marjatta plans to make her own home a gathering place for the whole family, a kind of modern version of granny’s cottage.
The architecturally ambitious building has a ground floor of 40 square meters, on top of which there will be an upper floor that is more than twice the length of the lower floor. More than half of the surface area of the upper floor is literally hanging in the air.
Samppa Lappalainen falls in love with Marjatta and her interior, as well as the integrated, long CLT worktop. MTV3
At first, the plans included a traditional detached house. However, Marjatta dug the idea and is now excited about the bold choice. Not everyone is. Among them is another of Marjata’s brothers.
– Pretty special. It’s not my house. Once, Marjatta was the first to talk about some wine cellar, Checkmate wonders to the cameras.
Marjata has three siblings. – They accept me, even though I am like this, Marjatta praises on TV. MTV3
Marjatta knows about the attitude of her relatives and that her new home is a kind of thorn in the flesh.
– I can handle it, Marjatta, however, acknowledges the differences of opinion with a laugh.
The architect Samppa Lappalainen, who hosts the series, is also aware of the situation.
– The house does not only arouse admiration in passers-by, he says in the episode.
According to Samppa Lappalainen, Marjata’s home combines European civilization and elegance, bold, modern design and classic Finnish values. MTV3
Lappalainen openly admires the final result, with a perfect yard reputation. The biggest praises still go to the buxom Marjatta, whom Lappalainen calls a superhero.
– My heart is pounding, the man describes.
The red front door was a proposal by architect Martin Lukasczyk, which Marjatta liked after a while of thawing. MTV3
The rock was the starting point of everything. Now there is a rock terrace, from where the whole beautiful landscape opens up before Marjata’s eyes. MTV3
Grand Designs Finland today on MTV3 at 20:00 & Katsomo. See all TV programs and broadcast times in Telku’s TV guide.