TV Property Shows

Arthritic_Toe

Still waiting for Kirsty to eat her hat, as she famously promised to do if property prices fell.

Jowo_2

We had nightmare chav neighbours that fancied themselves as property magnates.

Their business model was to buy a full priced property from an estate agent, cut down the dining kitchen into a galley kitchen and shove it into the lounge or hallway and then turn the old kitchen space into an 'extra' bedroom.

They also installed wet rooms without a bath in their 3 bed properties (previously 2 bed flats with family sized kitchen and bath). This meant they were very unattractive to families who preferred to buy true 3 bed properties with large kitchens and child friendly bathrooms for a similar price.

Unsurprisingly their cramped properties did not sell in a flat market, so it was a house of cards. Their portfolio was repossessed and they fled abroad to escape angry unpaid builders who vandalised one of them.

I wish they'd gone on one of these shows so the nation could see them strutting around like the bees knees only to be shown how much of their business acumen was a flight of fantasy.

I think they liked the notion of 'living the dream' roaring around in a 4x4 and personalised number plates so presumably plugged into the whole TV lifestyle/glamour thing that was going on then which probably attracted cowboys like them who did it all on credit and didn't think the risks through.