Property Snakes and Ladders; 2009

Lotus-eater

Krusty hiding? Hardly, she has her own series atm on Ch4.

MrDT

Lotus-eater wrote: »

Krusty hiding? Hardly, she has her own series atm on Ch4.

Ah yes, I forgot. Isn't this the show where she helps people tart up their houses instead of moving to a different one? My bad, not seen it.

socrates

I think the show should change its format slightly - there should be a novice investor on one side and an experienced investor/builder or similar on the other side.

Not a competition BUT a chance to see the mistakes or successes (if possible) of both types of investors.

For example a classic mistake novices make is to let personal taste take over - which can cost thousands whereas pros are more likely to have a set formula.

It will also be more interesting to see the pros NOT take Beeney's advice and prove her wrong or vice versa.

Lotus-eater

MrDT wrote: »

Ah yes, I forgot. Isn't this the show where she helps people tart up their houses instead of moving to a different one? My bad, not seen it.

The one I saw was her doing up her own house and getting freebies everywhere due to the tv filming it.
It was awful, although better than her out and out property ramping shows. The OH loved it predictably. :rolleyes:

And I thought her and Phil had one not that long ago? And she's the conservatives property expert.... the list goes on and on

ninky_2

baileysbattlebus wrote: »

Would I ever fund or part fund something like this for one of our kids - not a chance. Never. We've worked too long and too hard to hand it to one of them on a plate and put what we have at risk.

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would you trust your partner to take a financial risk though? a lot of people let their partner destroy them financially and then the partner doesn't even stay around. at least your kids are always your kids.

hadn't that girl already made 100k from developing one house so it wasn't all her mum's money. and the bloke was putting up half the money for the other property (so he was bankrolling his parents as much as vice versa).

i think the bank of mum and dad thing was editorially emphasised (twisted?) for effect. i can spot tv spin a mile off as i do it myself.

poppy10_2

ninky wrote: »

i feel sorry for them. the young lass seemed incredibly go-getter-ish.

i suspect however that she will still do well as she seems to have a good attitude.

Well, her new venture is a property buying service for people too busy to look for homes by themselves. She will use all her experience drawn from months working as an estate agent to find you the house of your dreams.

http://www.residential-relocations.com/

Didn't quite work out for Phil Spencer, that idea.

MrDT

hahaha

http://www.starnow.co.uk/natashalou/photos/975553/#top

next step: street walking

poppy10_2

MrDT wrote: »

hahaha

http://www.starnow.co.uk/natashalou/photos/975553/#top

next step: street walking

That's not her - it was just a joke from HPC

trumpton

I enjoyed the show. It was always going to be tough - they bought at the top of the market and planned lengthy work with major structural changes. I think I would have decided to do a quick refurb and try to sell them on for a small profit or simply without making a loss. Instead they seemed to think that their vision would be so special that it would command a premium over the ceiling price for their area, or that the market would start to rise again. Both a bit greedy and niave imho.

Although the rather irritating 21 year old had made £100k on a previous project, I suspect much of that was made due to the rising market. The guy and his parents didn't really seem to be on the same wavelength, so their project was always going to be hard work. I can't think of anything worse than being responsible for such a large amount of your parents money.

Yeah, Beeney did look pregnant at the end. Number 3 I think.

neas

shame i missed those big episodes...

Talk about properdee !!!!!!.