you make it through just one episode of ‘My Lottery Dream Home’.
Or Love it list it !!z
Not a patch on Location, Location which is pretty true to what most people are looking for in a property search.
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Are house buying/selling programmes on M6 a solid recommendation? We watched M6 for first time this week as our pâtissier was on Meilleur Boulanger, and it was superficial rubbish.
I think these people are only as good as their researchers and Kirsty /Phil are very irritating but seem to have a good team.
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Challenge accepted 
Will report back once I’ve attempted it.
None of the shows with Stéphane Plaza are high brow
Chasseurs d’Appart involves 3 estate agents competing against each other to convince house-hunters that their property best meets their requirements. The winning agent gets one point, plus another two points if the buyer actually places an offer (spoiler alert: the contestants never place an offer). After 4 rounds, the winning agent goes head-to-head against Plaza for the final episode.
Maison à Vendre just involves one family who’ve been unable to sell their house for whatever reason. Plaza and his interior designer identify what’s wrong with the property, do a makeover and try to sell it as quickly and for as much as possible. It’s more about the families than the houses, tbh. There’s usually a backstory, e.g. a death in the family, that they cover so you warm towards the house owner and are happy when they sell the house.
I think there’s another one too, but you get the idea.
Thank you for the reviews, Gareth. I shan’t be watching any.
In general, I find all those ‘reality’ programs anything but. So edited and manipulated that they become fictional. Why are there so many now? You’d think there is only so much posing and pouting for the cameras that anyone can do, and then they find ways to add more. Maybe it’s because the general audience is entertained by voyeurism or enjoys watching people-bating. Or, is this ‘beer and circuses’?
Whatever the reason, it is an interesting social phenomenon.
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We love Kirsty and Phil.
It’s cheap TV. 
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What’s wrong is usually it’s filled with their junk and/or bodged diy. The tat and ancient furniture (weirdly, often in green leather) is crated and shipped out; the house is painted shades of grey.
But it’s fun and good for improving your French, I tell myself.
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Same. And I can be a voyeur of other people’s houses
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It can work - did for us when we were trying to sell our beautiful house in Stockwell in a falling (crashing more likely) market. Interior designer said cut the lower branches of the tree at the front, bleach the dark wooden fire surround, get rid of the dark bookcases, put light covers and cushions on the sofa by the window. Cost £6,000 for his fees and to make the changes. We sold - who knows if we would have sold anyway, but at least it felt as if we were doing something proactive in a dire market.
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We are looking to move at the moment and also use your approach. If the agent won’t give us the exact location of a property we won’t view. Google earth and street view can quickly turn a property you like into something you would never go near! We prefer not to waste our time or the agents.
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I have absolutely no issue giving the location of houses we have for sale - I will ask for a signed Bon de Visite first (this can be done in a minute electronically within PDF software).
I would rather people could see the property from the air, from the road and even do a drive by - I want a client to know as much as possible about the house before we view it.
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Sometimes it was fun, trying to find the house in a village using street view, but for larger centres of population it got tedious quickly.
Hope you find just what you want and need.
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