Kirstie and Phil take on London in a bid to find two homes for two very different sets of house hunters. London is one of the most expensive and competitive cities in the world to buy property. Phil helps three friends, Cathy, Ian and Richard, in their search for a London pad. Kirstie helps newly-weds Daniel and Jennie in a bid to find their marital home in north London.
Property professionals like Phil Spencer and Kirsty Allsopp know all the secrets of successful house-hunting: being clear about what you want, aiming high and, above all, being prepared to compromise.
Our experts work to a brief of must-have attributes: number of bedrooms, character property or new build, but the most important aspect is always… Location, Location, Location! From auction houses and estate agencies, to websites and word-of-mouth, they leave no stone unturned in their quest for the best. They then have the unpredictable task of showing the house-hunters around a shortlist of properties that appear to fit the bill. Will they have judged their tastes correctly? Do these people even know what they want?
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Will Kathy get fined for not wearing her seatbelt ala Rishi Sunak? 😮
I love this show. Why oh why is there never a date,year so the prices can be put into context🤔
Is Kristie pregnant or did she put on a few pounds?
Kathy looks like Katey Sagal. Related perhaps??
What is with the music?! Too loud!!
Personally, I think it is insanely risky to buy a property with two other people. There is unending potential for conflict, and if one, or even two of them get a job in another city, or find a girlfriend/boyfriend and want to move out, what then? How easy would it be to find a buyer for one third of a flat shared with two strangers? Also, threesomes like this, even completely platonic, are inhetently unstable. Two of the people will easily gang up against the third. I live in a three-flat condo building. Ask me how I know.
I would be curious to know how this turned out. I would bet good money that this arrangement ended in acrimony within two years.
I can't see these three living in harmony.
Buy a house 15 times you salary?!?!!!?? HeII no! I'd move first.
Being house poor really, really sucks.
very enjoyable 🙂 thank you!
3 buyers is a train wreck waiting to happen. At least they can split renovation costs 3 ways. I would start with the shared bathroom.
Is Kirstein having a baby?
As a Canadian, I find it so hard to understand the UK real estate market. At the very last minute, you can lose out based on so many factors.
Damp … no no no RUN
Premo flat those 3 friends found, once it's done up it gona be worth loads more too.
This one is really fun!
Great episode. I enjoyed the inclusion of a non-traditional family.
I really enjoyed the challenges your clients try to put you through, but you both handled it well.
A good Realtor doesn't let "I don't know the area" be a stopping point. I like how the show encourages the buyers to go look around. and Kirstie and Phil work hard to make it not scary. Not so much this episode but so often we see people very stuck on one neighbourhood and I love how they're always gently pushed.
I could never live with no outside space…..
This episode featured some of the tiniest bedrooms I've ever seen.
A fireplace is NOT a fireplace unless it functions as such. Otherwise, it is just a mantleplace of smoke and mirrors. Offer less to fix the problems, and take it. He is exactly right to ask for the opinion of someone who understands at a practical level the problems at hand. It has nothing to do with whether they are male or female….just not a real estate salesperson
12 months is nothing.
My first comment is that having once shared a London flat with three or four others in the 60’s, I cannot help but think that three owners could prove a bit disastrous. There always seems to be one who cleans and keeps things tidy and another who is a slob and one who takes advantage of everyone! And how do they decide on decorating style for the shared spaces? I do think a follow up show about how it all went, would be very interesting. Also plonking down a huge amount of money on a damp basement with mold on the walls, seems like an exercise in stupidity to me. I’m glad the young couple didn’t do it.
Second comment. When I was engaged, mid sixties, my fiancé and I started looking for somewhere to buy in Pimlico, near Dolphin Square, a very nice area. We almost bought a small, one bedroom place, on the fifth floor of an excellent building. But we decided climbing five flights up loaded with groceries etc would be too much, so we didn’t buy in the end. By the way….the cost in 1965 was 5 thousand pounds! Yes FIVE thousand!regard to the young couple, I cannot fathom how anyone would plonk down hundreds of thousands of pounds to live in a damp basement with mold on the walls.
My last comment on buying in the UK, is that I am constantly amazed at how so many sellers simply leave the place in a mess with no attempt to make it more attractive. The damp place had a drying rack hung with wet clothes for instance. Here in the US, the real estate guys insist that you almost completely remove anything of a personal nature and declutter and ‘ stage’ the property before showing it to prospective buyers. This is because some of the buyers cannot visualize the space with their belongings, if it is full of your stuff! This was never my husband and my problem when young. But times have changed.
Having got all that off my chest, I have to say this is my favorite house hunting show of all of them, probably because the hosts have such good chemistry and good insights.
Jenny and Daniel are cowards
Oh, I'd love the Holloway flat right now–train and all
I can't imagine being a fully grown adult living with roommates…ugh its my nightmare! It kinda fascinates me that people would willingly do it.
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Those three need to rent and live together for a couple of years to see what it's like. So many things can go wrong. One loses a job, one gets a partner, someone gets into financial trouble, arguments over bills, cleaning, having friends over that the other ones don't like. I could go on. A mortgage is a 25 year commitment and imagine the complications if someone wants out? This is a terrible idea.
Good investment for the three friends. Got nostalgic a bit seeing a street I used to walk on my way to work
Busy road, road noise, traffic, sirens, garbage trucks, motorcycles, or noise of any kind. (Including noise from neighbors such as arguing, children, neglected dog barking, music/TV/parties, etc.,) Those are my deal breakers and at the top of my _No Compromise. End of Story list. I'm relocating soon and peace and quiet are the main reason. If the noise doesn't belong to animals, nature, or trains, I want rid of it. And no peaceful garden out back, or grand house layout or renovation will "make up for it." If it takes living in a shed in a peaceful area, that's preferable.
I would like to know how much this flat is worth in 2023.
This is my favourite real estate show, mainly due to the two very charming, relaxed, and intelligent hosts. Love their rapport together. And love their fashion, Kirstie's clothes in particular. The entire episode was enjoyable due to each and every prospective buyer being interesting and having no discernible annoying traits.
Still waiting for the day when Kirstie, in spite being told by the client that they do not want to do any work, does not start the showing with her traditional "if you knock this wall down". It is so aggravating.