When Christopher Lawrence interviewed me on Hobart’s ABC radio recently, he introduced the segment with some reminisces about Cary Grant’s film, Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House. While he acknowledged that Cary’s house was a new one, he did say the principles were the same.
You get a budget, find a builder and before you know it, the project is off the rails. In this interview, I gave Hobartians my top tips on how to advoid this happening to them. You can listen to the interview here.
For those more interested in Cary, here’s the synopsis of the film:
Jim Blandings is tired of the city life so he decides to move to move his family to the country. Of course, that means a brand new house, a very long commute into the city, and maybe the loss of his sanity.
I love this excerpt - it’s where Muriel has unwittingly caused a massive variation …brilliant!
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