First Time Buyers Look For A Property In Leigh-on-Sea Part Two | Location, Location, Location

The country's choosiest home hunters are looking for just the right spot. They're also hoping hosts and real estate agents Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer will help them secure the right home in their desired area. Nevertheless, sometimes sacrifices are required and the customer isn't always satisfied.
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[@ronniefront511]

Did some digging and they sold the flat for £190k after 10 years which is great return. Now somehow worth £250k-£300k!

[@pepta]

So interesting to see a younger Kirsty and Phil! and the old phones, 2001 style, lol

[@luluandmeow]

I love seeing how what people were wearing then has come back into fashion, love the navy flared jeans with trainers and a vest, and Kirstie's chic outfits

[@angelsinger4574]

This was a fun couple! I hope they enjoy their new home.

[@joannahampton3808]

Choosing that flat was a no brainier compared to the rest

[@cherrysherry4758]

That was 20 years ago, can you believe it. I wonder where they are now.

[@resnonverba137]

They were crazy to turn down the three bedroomed detached property for such a little difference in price.

[@nancyn347]

And it's freehold! Unlike the apartment, where they have a landlord and a lease. To my mind, that essentially means they don't really own the property.

[@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131]

Classic dilemma with frist time buyers.... They don't get the fact that what they need is a hidden gem of a freehold house !!! The more space and quality you get for your money, the better the investment....

[@Kevin-sm8pn]

It was over their budget, and it wasn't the location they wanted to be in.

[@TheDrachenboot]

The house prices way back when! These days you'd get a posh garage for their budget 😢

[@sonaterese799]

Wages and salaries are way, way more than they were then - its a question of putting things in perspective

[@nancyn347]

The second day of viewing and Kirstie and Phil are wearing the same outfits as the day before! I wonder why. You'd think they'd want to change their clothes, to show that it is a different day. Thanks for the upload.

[@greensage395]

The Power of the Turquoise Shirt!

[@noneone.............]

Let's go there 🇬🇧♥️

[@jules2565]

They said Summer of 2001...and I thought OH! Just before the world changed forever...:(

[@fashionearrings]

Did anyone catch a glimpse of that Nokia phone a around 7:42? Hahahaha!!! Had forgotten all about it!! :- D

[@greensage395]

It was odd, I thought the Tenement buildings surrounding that backyard was sort of Monolithic and quite substantial to be under! Seems they can see you, but really, what can they see that you cannot? :) Odd that I liked it, but it looks cool, like a Movie Set! I bet at night it lights up like a City!

[@sonaterese799]

I love watching younger couples but found this couple rather dreary - I hope they became more interesting over time

[@anneroy4560]

I cannot see them going the distance ...

[@MosherMike]

...well that answers my question. They saved £20,000 between them. Not £100,000. Their flat would be worth £200,000 today.

[@donnaallgaier-lamberti3933]

Make sure ALL the kitchen appliances work and the furnace and water heater and if you are responsible for them, how old are they?

[@SarahMulvey-yj7tw]

_Today, a record number of Americanos can't afford rent and they may think they've got it bad on their side of the Atlantic, but spare a thought for the little island on the other side of that great ocean. A land of black taxis, red buses, stiff upper lips, and corrupt property factors. What is a "property factor", I hear you Americanos ask. Well, a property factor is a private company which is supposed to take care of the maintenance of private homes or apartments in a neighborhood, and they do this by employing plumbers and electricians and cleaning companies, etc. That is, a property factor is a "bridge" between homeowners/tenants and the actual people who carry out the actual maintenance. In return, the homeowners/tenants pay the property factors (a.k.a. residential factors) a fee (perhaps monthly, and perhaps other fees as well, as is deemed necessary by the factor themselves.) But this is where the trouble (for the homeowners/tenants) starts. When they the sign the Deed which (among other things) says that they will pay a collective fee to the property factor, the ability to choose whether or not they wish to pay is essentially and legally taken away from them. It's like collective punishment. They may own their own home and may not want to be burdened by the maintenance of common areas in an apartment (for the SIMPLE reason that they don't live in an apartment!), but their hands are tied -- they signed the Deed (without doing so they'd not have been able to own their own home in the first place) and they are now at the mercy of the property factor who (if they are dishonest, and in most cases in this country, they ARE) can inflate charges, and bully and threaten homeowners with legal action if they refuse to pay up. Probably the WORST property factor in the UK is called _*_James Gibb Property Factor_*_ based in Scotland. This company is, for all intents and purposes, a _*_criminal organisation._*_ They will charge astronomical fees (far above and beyond what other factors would charge for similar "services") and they won't answer emails or phone calls from apartment residents when they complain about a broken elevator or light fixtures or dampness on a wall or leaky plumbing or a backed up toilet. The Directors of this wretched company have been STEALING money from clients for years, but no one can stop them. In fact, the _*_Group Managing Director of James Gibb_*_ happens to be the _*_CHIEF EXECUTIVE of the PROPERTY MANAGERS ASSOCIATION SCOTLAND (PMAS),_*_ I kid you not. That is how corrupt Scotland has become. James Gibb's No.1 priority is to squeeze as much money as possible from clients and use intimidatory tactics to prevent them from taking to social media to air their grievances about this criminal company._ If you look at uk.trustpilot.com/review/jamesgibb.co.uk and read all the POSITIVE reviews about James Gibb factors, you will notice the similarities in word construction and style of writing. Several posters have noticed this. I am pretty sure that *James Gibb* has employees writing FAKE reviews in order to counterbalance the dozens of NEGATIVE (genuine) reviews by disgruntled clients. This company is really, really insidious and corrupt. But they know no one will stop them, least of all the Scottish Government. One more thing. Whenever you see on a BAR CHART the number of one-star reviews versus the number of five-star reviews, and you see that they are the two biggest bars, and two-star, three-star, and four-star, are nowhere near as big as ONE and FIVE stars, you can bet that the chart has been manipulated. This is because, mathematically, things tend to assume a Gaussian shape, or a bell shape with the median being the highest, e.g. distribution of IQ takes on a bell shape. But here, you have the median being the least, and that's a giveaway that the distribution is fake as f#%k.

[@robertsljrz]

They're not thinking ahead. Ah, youth.

[@Kevin-sm8pn]

Not every couple needs kids though. It seems silly to buy a three bed two bath house in the suburbs when you're not even fucking married with no kids.

[@nancyn347]

@@Kevin-sm8pn true enough, but you can get so much more for your money when you're further out. And the house was a house!! Freehold!

[@Kiinell]

Should have gone for the house. A flat means having to move again.

[@Cruella-Deville]

A single,double or king Phil and Kirsty are so twee. Take the middle road no need for all three for God’s sake

[@ariescustom]

Buying leasehold is a joke.

[@NYCHeartandSoul]

I don’t get this whole leasehold business. It seems like utter madness to me. The idea that a lease can run out and then has to be renegotiated is mind-boggling. Is this a holdover from feudal times when the Lord would’ve been the freeholder?

[@ariescustom]

@@NYCHeartandSoul Yeah, I think you're right. We don't have it anymore in Scotland, it's about damn time England followed suit and abolished it. I think they're taking steps to do that.

[@jillhobson6128]

Why do people want a huge bedroom? You don't live in it or hold parties there.

[@layde1]

Too fussy couple.

[@NYCHeartandSoul]

Not at all. They actually made a pretty quick decision buying a flat in one weekend. I don’t see where they were too fussy.