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Sam Pinkham

Radio presenter and television host

Aug 24, 2026

16:47
Nice
16:47
... each one's got a plunge pool.
16:49
And he said, "But I want two designs.
16:51
I want one that's sort of a pitched, a sort of classic house pitched roof job with loads of glass to look out over the valleys." And the other thing he wanted was a split-level, uh, flat-roof building which we could build into the hillside to make the most of the views.
17:07
Um, so he knew what he wanted, but he didn't know what it looked like.
17:10
And by the time he came into the office three days later, Simon, who's my co-founder, and Paul, who's our chief architect, he's Richard Branson's architect-

9 MINS LATER

26:29
[laughs] And, and what do you think could be a good avenue for the, for, for, for those looking to sort of emulate on a much smaller scale the, the success that you've had?
26:39
What, what, what I've learnt only in the last year is that if you listen to the client and what they're gonna do with whatever you're gonna build for them, if, if it's a commercial entity, um, and really get into their head what their worries and their concerns and how it's gonna work for them, and understand it and show them you understand it, then they trust you and to deliver what...

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