I'm imagining something like this, with silver rather than black railings and the same lights they have on the steps now:

I don't want to speculate too much about the second building though as come house pictures it could just be a gym and a task room.

That's nice. But I can't help but feel it's too much for an exterior set. If it was inside the house, it'd be different.

I was thinking this. As much as we've been wanting a new exterior maybe things could look like there's too much going on BUT I'm not complaining until I see it.

I have a feeling it's going to look really complicated and be a bit of a mess :worry:

I just pray on launch night when we're given an overheard shot there's just Emma standing there with tense music and not showgirls/sound effects/Marcus shrieking.

Building more spare rooms for the inevitable celebrity illnesses/breakdowns a la CBB17?

Hmm same here. It feels awkward having two staircases. But for all we know it could look good, so I'll wait till June.

Tbh any slight change to the current exterior we've had for 5 years would've been fine with me. Even if it included changing the inside of the eye studio every series and getting rid of the stands whilst having the same curved stairs and catwalk.

I hope not. With the amount of time we've been waiting for an exterior overhaul, I don't want to be saying "I preferred the old one tbh" come summer time :worry:

(If anyone was interested the same document has the plans for the BB12 house in it):

https://i.gyazo.com/61681a17cc337620...da7d1d3e28.png

I don't know how to embed tweets but Big Blagger tweeted:

"Stairs leading to the new extension are labelled as "Task Access" so it looks like the main entrance will still be the current".

So does task access mean the extension is the task room?

But yeah I love how we criticize the current set we've had for 5 years on C5 for being too different from the C4 BB6/7/9/10 one but in reality, these changes will just make it look even more different :laugh:

Why would they have a staircase to the task room though :shrug:

tbh I really liked the current set at first, they just kept it for too long without changing it.

I don't think I could ever be tired of the BB6/7/9/10 exterior

I've decided to wait until June (or probably May) rather than try and make sense of these :laugh:

I did too. And I agree, they should've changed it in 2013 for Secrets and Lies tbh, when Emma took over to fit in with the whole brand new host, brand new format, brand new house/exterior thing. That would've been nice to add to the hype of BB14.

Just a thought but I assume that they're keeping the eye where they introduce the Housemates since the eviction studio is in the exact same place as the current one?

Same.

I loved how they would change it slightly each year without being too drastic (like adding the two wings in the BB7 circular stage) and adding a crowd-level red carpet during CBB to make it more upmarket. :flutter:

Bye I thought they were gonna move it further away from the crowd so they didn't interfere anymore

(is it bad I'm not really looking forwards to it anymore when you think about it too much) :worry:

I'm glad they're keeping the entrance tho, would be a shame to get rid if you consider all the legends who have walked through the doors!

tbf it's only the eviction set, it's not like it's going to make or break the series :laugh:

Hmm true, but it's the only thing keeping me excited for BB17 tbh.

Quite sad really how the exterior set is the thing making me look forwards to a series, when 10 years ago they'd make mini changes yearly that would go unnoticed. :laugh: