Pointless property programs

chrisandanne

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My penis prevents me from being someone's sister.

Are you drunk ?....I was on about Lydia.

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Cleaver

chrisandanne wrote: »

Are you drunk ?....I was on about Lydia.

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Oh, right!

But yes, I am.

chrisandanne

Go to bed Cleaver.

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Cleaver

chrisandanne wrote: »

Go to bed Cleaver.

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Will do Mum.

PasturesNew

Two people on Homes under the Hammer this week have just bought their first house at auction and have no experience. Two sets said "There I was at home, sat on my 'arris, when I saw your programme ... and I thought I should do that! So here I am"

The biggest issue I have with a lot of them is whether building regs are met. Whether all PP is applied for and all permissions gained.

PasturesNew

Did anybody see the complete kn0b this week on Buy It, Flog it, Bank It - bought an ex-LA 14th floor, concrete construction studio flat - ripped out the kitchen (planning to make it into a bedroom and move the kitchen to the living room, experienced unexpected plumbing problems and the fact it's hard expensive work channeling out concrete for new pipes/wires (I could think how that can be done in two different/better ways already). Then ended up with a bedroom so small you couldn't even get a wardrobe in it, used the wrong type of bed in there too, facing the wrong way round.... idiot.

Spent: £178k
Wanted it to be worth: £240k
Valued at: £180k

Said he'd rent it for 5 years.

It's virtually impossible to track down the addresses of these places though. I like to keep an eye on Land Registry for them and immediately check if they're on RM.

It was in Swiss Cottage, he bought it for £156k. 1960s block in a £155 million regeneration project area - while he was doing his renovation the entire exterior had a makeover. Without that he'd have lost hand over fist.

He's been doing this since the late 70s and has over 100 in his portfolio.

john539

Behave you lot, let's keep on topic.

Pointless property programs.

Don't they look surreal nowadays !

poppy10_2

Hee hee, today's Homes under the Hammer was good fun. Amateur property developer couple buy a property for £254k at auction, get landed with a £7k stamp duty bill for bidding just over the 250k threshold and spend another £10k doing it up, for a total spend of £271k. In addition they did most of the physical work themselves, taking time off their day jobs. House gets valued at £290k.

Just looked it up and they sold it this year for just £250k. Oh noes!

john539

poppy10 wrote: »

Hee hee, today's Homes under the Hammer was good fun. Amateur property developer couple buy a property for £254k at auction, get landed with a £7k stamp duty bill for bidding just over the 250k threshold and spend another £10k doing it up, for a total spend of £271k. In addition they did most of the physical work themselves, taking time off their day jobs. House gets valued at £290k.

Just looked it up and they sold it this year for just £250k. Oh noes!

Muppets, when will they learn the game is over.

PasturesNew

poppy10 wrote: »

Hee hee, today's Homes under the Hammer was good fun. Amateur property developer couple buy a property for £254k at auction, get landed with a £7k stamp duty bill for bidding just over the 250k threshold and spend another £10k doing it up, for a total spend of £271k. In addition they did most of the physical work themselves, taking time off their day jobs. House gets valued at £290k.

Just looked it up and they sold it this year for just £250k. Oh noes!

I've got no access to a TV ... so off to watch it on iplayer

Were they nice? Clueless? Done it before? Smug? Scared?
Did they do a good job?
What are their normal jobs/skills/experience ... off to find out.

Edit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0090bgt/Homes_Under_the_Hammer_Series_9_Episode_16/
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