Homes Under the Hammer

PasturesNew

Bogof_Babe wrote: »

I have always wondered about that, and thought how obliging everyone seems to be. I wonder if they get paid for letting the Beeb trample all over their lives in public.

I doubt it. The Great Unwashed British public seem to love appearing on the box.... never understood that myself.

I'd pay them NOT to film me!

They can film the property if they must. Not me though!

lethal0r

my favourite episode was where the buyer pretty much just wiped the window sills & painted the walls. i bet he thought "thats £5k profit". i think he rented it out. can't remember the address tho

PasturesNew

Bogof_Babe wrote: »

Oh yes and another thing, the way they pull fireplaces out and chunks of plaster off the walls on the initial recce - I don't know how they get away with it!

Mostly they do that with houses they know the new owner would do themselves. And those bits would have dropped off.

Bogof_Babe wrote: »

Also they seem quite arbitrary in their judgement of what is good and what is bad - some days the kitchen units will "just have to go" (which always makes me :mad: ) and other days very similar units are seen in the "after" pics.

Yes, quite a few kitchens are no worse than many that most people live with. And very similar to what they end up with. I do HATE those beech units with a black top which so many stick in.

Bogof_Babe wrote: »

And why do they always knock down outside loos even when there is only one other in the house and that is in the bathroom?

I'd keep it. I'd do up the outside loo so it was clean/lovely. But it's brilliant having an outside loo. Ideal if you want to have BarBQs. Stops people traipsing through the house!

To me, the ideal entertaining house is one where the outside space goes straight into the kitchen and there's a loo without them going any further.

Contain potential spillage!

Doozergirl

PasturesNew wrote: »

I think they go to the auction first, then approach every buyer to see who would be prepared to be in the programme.

With that list they then ask the auctioneer which properties are different/diverse and they arrange to go out and see those and the agents come round and give their opinion.

They'd not film the houses first in case they didn't sell, or the new buyers told them to s0d 0ff.

We were unsuccessful on a lot at one of the Barnard Marcus auctions where some filming was going on and we were approached by someone from the BBC saying that they were doing a program about people that bought and the last unsuccessful party. They would send the unsuccessful people back to look at the property once it had been refurbished to comment Sounded a little odd.

H said no and then told me that he suspected it was actually a ruse to get you to sign rights away (without paying) for the film of you bidding to be used on HUTH.

PasturesNew

lethal0r wrote: »

my favourite episode was where the buyer pretty much just wiped the window sills & painted the walls. i bet he thought "thats £5k profit". i think he rented it out. can't remember the address tho

I think I remember that one - a short Asian man?
A first floor flat?

(might be wrong on Asian, I've never lived anywhere that wasn't 99.99% British white so I can get nationalities wrong)

Bogof_Babe

I thought about applying for To Buy or Not to Buy when we were looking for the flat, but I didn't fancy being ridiculed by millions of viewers.

That's another programme that intrigues me - there are never any signs of the present owners, and what must they think about all the negative comments? Also where do they go during the "try before you buy" bit? Don't think I'd want to have my house on there as a seller.

PasturesNew

Doozergirl wrote: »

They would send the unsuccessful people back to look at the property once it had been refurbished to comment Sounded a little odd.

H said no and then told me that he suspected it was actually a ruse to get you to sign rights away (without paying) for the film of you bidding to be used on HUTH.

How peculiar.
Double rub your nose in it?

That's a ridiculous format. I can see no benefit to be gained from it. Of course the "loser" wouldn't like what the buyer did to it. And of course the buyer would be in uber-smug mode that he'd won.

What fool thought that one up?

Re rights: probably was that!

I'd not want to be seen on TV bidding/losing. In fact, I'd find it hard to bid in any room, if the room had cameras in I'd probably just not bother at all. So the thought of being filmed/shown horrifies me.

Bogof_Babe

Doozergirl wrote: »

We were unsuccessful at one of the auctions that they feature and we were approached by someone from the BBC saying that they were doing a program about people that bought and the last unsuccessful party. They would send the unsuccessful people back to look at the property once it had been refurbished to comment Sounded a little odd.

H said no and then told me that he suspected it was actually a ruse to get you to sign rights away (without paying) for the film of you bidding to be used on HUTH.

Ah, remembered another bugbear - at the end when they say check out their website for details of how the show was made. Well the only thing on the website is about how they film the actual auctions - not a word about how the whole thing hangs together, which is what people would really like to know.

I hate it when they go back several months later and nothing much has changed - I wish they wouldn't bother featuring those homes, as they don't make for very good viewing. Why go back in three months when the chances are that planning permission will take six months to decide?

PasturesNew

Bogof_Babe wrote: »

I thought about applying for To Buy or Not to Buy when we were looking for the flat, but I didn't fancy being ridiculed by millions of viewers.

That's another programme that intrigues me - there are never any signs of the present owners, and what must they think about all the negative comments? Also where do they go during the "try before you buy" bit? Don't think I'd want to have my house on there as a seller.

I wish they did more about the previous owner/state of the house. The whole "How it got to this stage" thing.

I think my neighbour's going to auction their flat off. It's been on the market since Xmas/New Year. Been reduced by only 13% (looks a lot on paper as that's down from £74k to £64.5k) ... tempted to turn up at that auction and see how much it goes for. I'm not tempted. Wrong property for me even if it goes at £20k. Although having said that, if I'm stood there and it goes for that I might just stick my hand up. I think it will go for about £57k looking at what similar sized properties have gone for recently at auction.

I know it's uber-clean and perfect. They just had it years and moved on/out. So putting it in auction they just want rid of it to be able to stop popping round for post etc.

PasturesNew

Bogof_Babe wrote: »

Ah, remembered another bugbear - at the end when they say check out their website for details of how the show was made. Well the only thing on the website is about how they film the actual auctions - not a word about how the whole thing hangs together, which is what people would really like to know.

I hate it when they go back several months later and nothing much has changed - I wish they wouldn't bother featuring those homes, as they don't make for very good viewing. Why go back in three months when the chances are that planning permission will take six months to decide?

I hate the way they fake the figures.

£80k - Purchase price
£30k - Budget to do it up
£120k - Sold for

Making a profit of £10k for just one week's work.

No .... fees to buy, fees to sell, mortgage fees/interest, EA fees to sell. They spent a month getting their act together, a week working on it, 4-6 months waiting for it to sell.... they're OUT of pocket.