A biography for Kevin McCloudhasn’t been written yet.
“Self-builders are the adrenalin junkies of the DIY world; it's the equivalent of base-jumping off the top of the Gherkin to land in a paddling pool.”
“When I left university, I idled around without focus for much too long.”
“I spend a frightening amount of money on books.”
“There's no reason for your imagination to be fettered by money.”
“I don't look at what people do with their homes in terms of money, but the social and personal value of what they're trying to do and achieve.”
“I cannot look at modern buildings without thinking of historical ones.”
“I've got a farm in Somerset, and I think it's God's own country. I love it.”
“I don't want anything that I buy to have done any harm to anyone or anything.”
“Living an environmentally responsible lifestyle can seem like a Scrooge-like list of don'ts. Don't take that flight, don't buy that car, don't eat those blueberries flown in from somewhere far-flung.”
“One mustn't mistake bling for excellence, just as one mustn't mistake quiet for mediocre.”
“Architecture was pretty much the sexiest thing to be doing from 1700-1800.”
“I admire anyone that follows the road less travelled.”
“I'm terribly fastidious. I like symmetry and neatness, but my house is as chaotic as any other family's.”
“We are borrowing money from future generations. We are borrowing the carbon impact, the resource impact from future generations to get stuff cheap now. We have swept the dirt and dust from our society under the carpet - but this carpet is on other side of the planet.”
“Building your own house is a primal urge, one of those universal genetic drives like the need to provide for your family.”