House Hunting Havoc - Location Location Location - S11 EP10 - Real Estate TV

Join the house-hunting rollercoaster in Kent and Sussex with two couples on a mission. Colonel Patrick Tomlinson and his family are bidding farewell to military life, while Simon and Tina yearn for a tranquil family home away from London's hustle. Watch as they explore unique properties, face compromises, and strive to find the perfect blend of space, character, and location. Will they settle for a pit stop or achieve their dream homes? Find out in this episode filled with surprises, challenges, and the quest for the ultimate home sweet home.
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[@rooroob]

I love watching these old episodes and trying to guess which couples are still together… 😂

[@dianeohara5765]

Me too I go by the colour of Phil's hair to gauge how old the episode is😊

[@patriciabelyea2079]

Phil and Kirstie sometimes deserve medals!!!

[@vanessasimmons1175]

Charlie is Piers Morgan’s sister! Patrick was my husbands CO in the regiment. She’s really nice and down to earth.

[@michellestrawn2976]

Someone is actually willing to make a half million pound investment based on a dousing. I've purchased four properties, that is mind boggling. Phil kept a straight face. Good man.

[@BritGirlJay]

3 here - 2 in UK one in US - all of them were 'good enough'. Always wanted a hallway, never got one (rest of the house was good enough to not get that) and a large kitchen (same deal lol). If I wanted everything on a 'list' - I'd have to build my own.

[@melbobineau9405]

​@BritGirlJay yes. Saddly we can't have everything in life. It is full of compromises. Wanted all can just make us never satisfy and depressed. The ex of my brother is like that. She will never be happy!

[@marianemartin2644]

I was snort laughing at the fool of a woman.

[@brennakohlhase4194]

Right?? The water main probably runs under the floorboards where the witch’s metal rods crossed…purely scientific (magnetic) result and 😂😂😂😂 to let someone hornswoggle you and have so much power.

[@cherylwatkins588]

Absolutely ridiculous trusting another person to advise someone to this extent. Dangerous

[@RudieVissenberg]

When people are looking for a house, they are looking a home but a house only becomes a home when you make it your own. More and more people want the house presented as their home. A home is a dream because it is not in the bricks and mortar. I grew up with my parents and three siblings in a three bedroom flat so we had to share. It got cramped but we still called it home.

[@TangentOmega]

Never thought of hunting for drafts using knitting needles. Live and learn.

[@renaepetersen2393]

Ha ha, that's how my brother found his family home! He held a pendant over a large area map and progressively smaller areas till he found the exact house. It wasn't up for sale but he went up to the door and asked anyway and they sold it to him! They were literally just talking about the idea of selling! CRAZY!

[@davidmatthews3093]

An old teacher’s house! I’m an old teacher and I’m sure that my detached house with four bedrooms two sitting rooms and a farmhouse kitchen complete with C10th century beams and an Aga would be beyond her dreams. What an unpleasant comment.

[@thehungrygoldfish]

What kind of teacher do you have to be in order to afford a monstrosity like that? And the heating bill must be horrendous. Yikes. And you're a TEACHER?! how the heck do you pay for everything?! Either you have a spouse with a good job or you have family money. There is no way you can afford a house like that on a teacher's salary even if you bought 50 years ago.

[@carolineandrews7231]

Exactly, it was a sweeping generalisation which was unpleasant. As a older teacher also, we know teachers come from all walks of life and with all sorts of personalities and interests and budgets.

[@sandevieira5674]

The childless couple were completely ridiculous. Between looking to impress friends, he'll have to stand on the train for 30 minutes, and it must pass the dousing exam, it's a miracle they finally found anything.

[@lidiawolanskyj5560]

I hate to say it, but both women were quite closed and unreasonable. Yikes!!

[@carolinejohnson22]

That poor husband looked totally weighted down with crystals 😢😅😅😅😅

[@jillsmiley7701]

Bit snobbish

[@marthagraham241]

We have lived in several houses over the years but it never occurred to us to worry about visitors first impression. Privacy was always a bigger concern.

[@grrriallen7192]

Isn’t that what “curb appeal” is all about?

[@juliansydney9819]

You probably are far more secure as people. And far more down-to-earthy and reasonable

[@cathe8282]

I get the feeling that the single couple, if shown the "perfect" house, wouldn't want it because "there must be something wrong if someone's selling it". Also the importance of a "work-from-home" office space, wow it hits home these years.

[@FigaroHey]

As someone who has longed for her own 'forever' home all my life, really (including as a child), I can certainly feel for that army wife who just can't bear to move into yet another soulless 'army house' again. After so many apartments that were OK or 'good enough' but never, ever MINE, never truly 'home,' it's almost a physical craving to have my own forever home. Unfortunately, having spent my life working just above the level of a volunteer in a developing country, I won't be able to afford my own place barring a miracle.

[@lysem4392]

After Watching a few episodes of this, I wonder if the producers deliberately choose at least one couple, or one half of a couple, that viewers want to slap silly.

[@thehungrygoldfish]

To be fair, the majority of the couples have been house searching for months/years before they got help from Phil and Kirsty. A lot of them are going to be picky.

[@renaepetersen2393]

Hahaha😄🤪🤣

[@sonaterese799]

Whatever happened to buying a house you could afford and working to make it into a home?

[@FigaroHey]

I suppose that went the way of meeting a good, reliable, kind, person with the same values and life-goals you have, and getting married and staying married through thick and thin for life, recognizing that nobody's perfect and you have to compromise in life. Now people want some kind of god or goddess who will marry them, not notice a single one of THEIR faults, and make them dizzily happy 24/7 until they make one mistake and then divorce them. Media, movies, advertising... it all creates a very false idea of life having to be picture-perfect or someone is to blame. Don't 'settle' for 'good enough' and work to make it better; expect perfect from the start and make no sacrifices or compromises EVER.

[@jackie6343]

I like to guess how much the houses are worth now in 2023,also I find Kirsty and Phil so easy to watch.love them both❤️❤️

[@velvetindigonight]

Yep 'icecream for the mind' great when you need to change focus and relax before some more work........... Enjoy

[@arronrichardson6322]

I was thinking that myself when a rank as high as him could only afford houses like that.

[@CharlesDunbarJones]

what a couple...! In Spanish we say "pura pinta no mas" they worry about how a house looks for freinds visiting instaed of content....tere is a 4 letter word for her s...!

[@christieneBrandt333]

The garden could have provided a space for a small building for his office. That property was amazing

[@cg9616]

Years ago people weren’t as familiar with the notion of office pods in the garden. Come covid everything changed

[@donnaallgaier-lamberti3933]

What I find most interesting is the difference between how this pair "educates and advisees" their clients. They genially care about what is best for the couple and what is the best long-term investment property for them. My experience in the US (purchased and sold four homes) is that the agents here care more about selling and their oncome than what house is best for the buyer.

[@kathrynschierloh7358]

We are on our sixth house in 45 years, and only two agents really seemed to care about what we needed, and one oerson should have retired years before we met her, she was so unhelpful. But we got through them. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@itoo3654]

This is a TV show ,and they are paid presenters, as the English say . In the States we use the word host ,but you know what I mean!🙄

[@itoo3654]

This is a TV show.

[@christopherjameslee3341]

It amazes me how many people make absolute arses of themselves on national TV.

[@rapturesoon6567]

You 2 are true BRITISH COMEDIANS!!!! 💟💟

[@andreaandrea6716]

I love these. Love love love them and am so excited every time I see a new one posted! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! Sad that neither couple were happy with the selection. (My fave was the Georgian... because "There is NOTHING like Georgian proportions." !!).

[@SusanA1056]

Buying a house with a douser? That's a new one on me. Part of me kept thinking "really"? I mean...really? No thanks. Not the customers for me!!

[@paulhayton3423]

Beware of water witchers, especially if you have radiators....OMG

[@shivapazoki1881]

minute 42 could be the funniest part of a sketch comedy and poor Phil had to keep a straight face through out! 😅😅😅 the man deserves a sainthood for that 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@danda757]

"How the house looks for others to see" oh my gosh! Seems like they are looking for a house that their parents have and they grew up in. Young couples just want too much and now.

[@bar10ml44]

I find it sickening. This obsession with perfection.

[@NYCHeartandSoul]

I hate to be snotty about this, but when the woman says, “it doesn’t meet our number one criteria,” the correct word is criterion. Criteria is the plural. At first glance, it looks like a mighty heavy stone chip of entitlement she’s carrying on her shoulder. Is it worry, desperation, frustration, or self-doubt ? The manner in which she uttered her disparaging remark bordered on rude. She might have said, “I guess looks are quite important to us so let’s reframe the search a bit.” That dismissive, body language combined with a curt “sorry Phil, “was uncalled for. I get the feeling there’s some kind of deep deep seated worry beneath the veneer. Wow, I’m delighted that, dousing included, they ultimately found a house they really liked ! And she seems to have gained a good degree of confidence and thank Phil for his skilful insight which is great to see. The army couple were much more understandable. It makes sense that after decades of army accommodation, they find a house that really feels like a home.

[@maureenhovey4305]

Interesting finds today. That beautiful bronze age "tip" is amazing! Hope you find many more such finds. Good luck, take care. 😉

[@barbarabrooks3113]

Megan 😮 you love this little house 🏡 but family do come first, love to your parents !!!!!! Can't wait to see what your future holds for the knorpps . Will miss your little house 🏠 good luck 🤞🍀🤞🍀🤞🍀🤞

[@RandomJane104]

Dowsing? 😂 Insane.

[@turtlesilk]

It’s not the wrong house, it’s the wrong wife!!

[@joannenardoni17]

Phil your hair never blows in the wind!

[@victoriamacpriest7130]

Loved the military couple but the other two.... oh my God ugh 🙄

[@kkatharinepbrown6545]

I agree she's a right batch and he looks dopey

[@andreaandrea6716]

Of course Charlie didn't want to compromise on her FIRST house: She's spent her life compromising on housing!!! She needs the RIGHT house. I absolutely feel for her.

[@thehungrygoldfish]

She needs to compromise whether she likes it or not, just like everyone else. She's not Beyonce, lol.

[@andreaandrea6716]

@@thehungrygoldfish Seriously? This has nothing to do with Beyoncé, or any other famous person. We are allowed to have dreams, we are allowed to pursue those dreams and just because we are not famous or rich does not mean that we should give up on our dreams and shuffle off into mediocrity. We should NOT live in houses we do not like. We just need a little magic. It's out there. It's simply a matter of connecting with it. It doesn't mean that hard work isn't involved. It usually IS. But then we love our dreams even more.

[@thehungrygoldfish]

@@andreaandrea6716 Yes, of course. Don't buy a house you don't like. But you do have to compromise. You can't have the perfect house in the perfect location done to your exact specifications within your budget. It's just not going to happen. If you can't compromise, then fine, continue to rent. Then you can have the house that you want within your budget. You just won't own it! lol

[@FigaroHey]

@@thehungrygoldfish Yes, but compromising doesn't mean that if you have a deep emotional need to feel at home, you need to live in a place that makes you weep unless there's absolutely NO possibility of you having habitable shelter somewhere else. They may compromise by having to work harder to pay off a bigger mortgage, or compromise by having to do some work on a place or compromise on location or schools or commute... But as her husband said, she will be the one home in the house most of the time, and I'm SURE that he appreciates the sacrifices she has made living in military housing for years so that he could get on with his career. It seems like military husbands on this show really do understand that their wives have a deep desire to make their own nest, their own real home for their children.

[@thehungrygoldfish]

@@FigaroHey I never said that she should live in a place she doesn’t feel comfortable in. I’m just saying everyone needs to compromise on their home. If they don’t want to compromise on anything, that’s fine. Either continue to rent or increase your budget.

[@philliplewis1024]

Why do people always want more than they can afford? None of these couples are realistic.

[@Kevin-sm8pn]

Because they're human, lol. It's very rare that someone has realistic expectations.

[@cg9616]

Because they’re spending a huge amount of money and will be paying for approx 25 years so really want to get it right

[@Probity100]

At least the military man is using money from his long military service. The army helps them buy (cash buyer). They were a lovely couple. The other unreasonable couple will be mortgaged to the hilt !!!

[@AbigailGerlach-zt1sh]

I finally understand my granddad's saying, "There's nowt so strange as folks!" I thought dowsing was to discover where underground water was located. I know people who've used dowsing to decide where to dig a well. If you're going to sell your house, pack up your chatzkes, doodads, and collectables. It's all distracting.

[@DanielCampbell-fc8xf]

I would love to hear what they said about Phil's couple off camera

[@ginacrusco234]

When introducing a home they really flash through the pictures of the rooms, so much so that I press pause at each frame to actually view the house. That's a bit frustrating. The guitar! 8:58. It makes an appearance in almost every episode.

[@luguy8347]

Yes, I have done the same, pause or roll back to catch the house of interest.m

[@feewaybilz]

I'd run hard and fast from that new Ager who acts like she's so Superior and evolved yet she demands the priority be a social status entryway front. She's arrogant domineering and into silly new age criteria for her house. ... poor guy has an invisible ring through his nose.

[@jules2565]

I bet she is an anti-vaxxer Karen now

[@dianewalker4633]

I completely agree with you

[@andreaandrea6716]

(13:42) No! Phil! NOT even close!

[@wendykarle3114]

Wait hold on was Phil talking about swinging SWINGING?? 😂

[@AFAskygoddess]

I don't think either couple are difficult or wrong. That's a ton of money they are spending. A house needs to do more than check off all of the boxes on your list. If it gives you a warm and fuzzy feeling when you walk inside, you'll soon forget all about your "must have" list because you have fallen in love 🥰 with it.

[@lysem4392]

Un... I disagree. That woman Who believes in dowsing was impossible to please. And that topmost requirement that others be impressed by the first look of the house? That tells me she has her priorities wrong. She and her husband will be living in their chosen home; nobody else matters.

[@cindycreateforlife]

Dousing is to detect water, she was probably sensing the plumbing below! People lose their minds when house hunting! Real estate agents are super human, how they manage is beyond comprehension!

[@evelyndunham5135]

If he has been in the army for 30 years free rent wouldn’t they have more saved up Corporal?

[@anneroy4560]

What kind of people whose main criteria when purchasing a home is how it looks to others ??? I also think many are likely too affected by the belongings of the current owner.

[@dianewalker4633]

Now I've seen it all - buying a house only if the New Age witch gives her seal of approval. That's taking hocus pocus superstition to a whole new level.

[@bieni78]

Oh do pipe down you mo Ron

[@andrewbeattie5637]

no making any of this bunch happy!!

[@soniadennis7801]

That couple that's given their lives to the service should at least be given help towards there budget! That's what would happen in my world.

[@thehungrygoldfish]

Help from who? The government? Not going to happen, lol.

[@juliansydney9819]

He was paid. And had privileges and allowances. That’s the exchange for his ‘service’. Get a grip

[@gladysgithegi9099]

Yes she dosen't wanna compromise and why should she. Guys stop being bullies, sometimes. Great show tho

[@Kevin-sm8pn]

Because she doesn't have enough money to get what she wants where she wants it, lol.

[@juliemomzithomas6731]

From across the pond, I am not familiar with the term 2 listed. Please explain what that means 🤷

[@RA-yf4tk]

Grade 2 buildings are architecturally significant and are protected. Therefore permission is needed to make changes and there are restrictions on what can be. They need to be preserved for their history. Grade 1 buildings are considered even more outstanding. These properties combined make up a very small number of private homes in the UK.

[@tonirose6776]

@@RA-yf4tk And yet, they're often seen on this show and many others like it.

[@jenniferlynn3537]

Thank you for that explanation! I so admire the historic English homes we here in America get to see. When Kirstie first said a home dated back to the 1600s I thought I’d misheard. Then the one in this episode being from the 1500s ....well, that left me agog!

[@juliansydney9819]

Google

[@angelaglanville9377]

Love this show. However the puns in this episode are the worst I’ve ever heard… OMG…

[@edwinnetto6248]

Compromise = divorce current husband without enough money to purchase her dream home, marry a Billionaire, or win the lottery or get a job to bring in enough for a large mortgage????? They also don't look at the property, look at furniture, they must realise the furniture doesn't stay!! Do they want to sink a borehole in the lounge, seriously!!!!!

[@andreanittel2240]

2007

[@msardy6423]

Ooooh... some of those comments from the couple w/o kids was rather... nasty. Also, I'd be curious how many homeowners buy their house predicated on their friends reaction.

[@PamDenham-je4pr]

What was she doing with her hands under the table takink the pist lol

[@issievdhorst]

FUSSY>>>>

[@bbgunn917]

So annoying not to see what they actually end up with - they needed to get over guilt at switching kids school and search outside of the London to Brighton corridor which is stupid money, That said, they showed really ugly properties. Henfield has much better stuff than that ex-council dump

[@catherinenelson4162]

Is it possible that the wife wants out of her marriage?

[@juliansydney9819]

Tina - what a cow

[@juliawitt3813]

Living in army accommodation for 15 years......what the heck is wrong with the budget.....oh , they spent it living the high life.....then you have to suck up the consequences of your actions......

[@chalayan]

That's my thought too... the army provided the family with free big house for the family and what happened to the savings?

[@alexsilva-vn7jc]

Army salary and 4 kids. Hardly the "high life"...

[@priyasmiling]

This. What have they been doing for 15 years

[@davidmatthews3093]

An army family living in service accommodation are shielded from a lot of real life problems and expenses. The high life would have come fro: the mess events and the perks that go with senior rank.

[@legenequesenberry5568]

In the. US, military housing is not free.

[@relocatetoItaly]

People with marital problems who are stuck ho looking for houses so they can say no to each other and refuse to compromise even though common sense says it's the perfect house.

[@heatherrichmond2984]

Just fire them

[@jbc1715]

women and those scrap books of dream houses, poor Phil.

[@wendykarle3114]

Did anybody notice the stuffed animals on the bed posts of the couple with no children? Not that there's anything wrong with that, just an observation...🤔

[@mom-ys9sb]

This woman is living in a metaphysical wasteland if she think that is going to "clear" energy -- those rods are like "witching" rods which discover water sources ( I've tried then myself in country setting while looking for a well on our property) . I feel sorry for her husband... LOL

[@kathleenmartin7498]

Why can't the childless couple use one of the bedrooms as a study,???..at least temporarily for a few years until they start having kids who grow up enough to need their own roms?

[@charmainecoetzee8031]

What a lot of nonsense living your life by rods when there is Lord Jesus Christ can give you peace where ever you are or live. I am sorry I don't what to hurt your feelings but guys there is such a better life. Phil and Kirstie love you, you are awesome.

[@FigaroHey]

What Simon needs in this house search is a divorce. What an idiotic, unreasonable woman.

[@moniekfalck7089]

Both women were... so... rude 😑

[@RoyalDuggars]

Hilarious "dousing"??? Just buy the house, lady!

[@kathysteele4303]

Oh come on! Don't harangue the buyers because they have preferences! Don't shame them for not liking some character less box. I can't help but think that the producers purposefully aim to create tension by presenting unsuitable houses, working up to the piece de resistance - something which generally fulfills requirements. It's a predictable and tiring formula and I don't appreciate the deprecation the couples have to endure, simply in order to generate an element of conflict in the script.

[@thehungrygoldfish]

No because there have been many house hunts where the couple liked the first or second house the best, including Phil’s couple in this episode lol. The problem is you always have to make compromises, and there are a lot of people who don’t want to make any so they end up empty handed and continuing to rent as housing prices increase until they realize they have to buy a house so they end up buying a house with more compromises for more money. That’s insane.

[@janarheacartwright8361]

How stupid, a way to make money off people, it probably has water running under the house lol

[@Kevin-sm8pn]

It sounds like she's not paying for her help though. She's doing it for free.

[@isadoradurso9491]

@@Kevin-sm8pn sounds like you re into this nonsense too😂

[@Kevin-sm8pn]

@@isadoradurso9491 Um, how the heck did you get that just from me pointing out that she wasn't doing it for money? lol

[@donlynefullofpeace7054]

Witchraft practicing is now being apart of finding a home on Location, Location and Location. How disappointing.

[@juliansydney9819]

Oh calm down. It was just one little thing in an episode

[@donlynefullofpeace7054]

@@juliansydney9819 As God states, My people perish for lack of knowledge of His Holy Word.

[@thehungrygoldfish]

People can perish regardless. God can’t protect you from getting shot in the head, hon lol

[@FigaroHey]

That 'energy' woman is messing with the demonic, quite honestly, and it's just MAD to let someone who is channeling demons for her 'powers' choose your home for you - or anything else. She's not just a deluded nutter; she is someone who is inviting demons to give her 'powers,' but the cost is huge.

[@AfroRU6246]

🤣🤣🤣

[@clairelaker7153]

😮😢that woman is SO rude I've not finished the program and she's by far and away the rudest contestant EVER! "Find us something that we do want." I don't know how Phil put up with it. Love Kirsty "Glad we didn't swap." I hope they don't find a house, I really do. And I hope when they eventually buy it collapses around them. Now THAT would make a good programme! Not the people you want as neigbours!!!! 🤑🤮

[@heatherrichmond2984]

Both couples are a little weird

[@andrewbeattie5637]

stopped watching too picky

[@relocatetoItaly]

Army husband is going to hightail it out of there as soon as he can because Army wife wants to keep up with the Joneses and he can't afford it.

[@cg9616]

A lovely couple looking for a family home and she supported his army career so good luck to them in their second phase of life

[@lysem4392]

I did not get that impression at all.

[@carolannedwards1021]

I don't think u can please the blond women at all so why bother that's why u can't find a home give up phil

[@lysem4392]

Both women were blonde. I think you mean the flaky one who believes in witches and faeries.

[@kutrabilada8865]

Even if I was solely into this ridiculous "doucing" BS, I would not say it to the camera.

[@shivapazoki1881]

oh my goodness! the childless couple worrying about visitors first impression! i wonder who would visit that annoying woman...

[@TOM-C.]

As an American, I find it funny how you Brits use formal terms such as vendor for seller. I was a real estate agent for a period of time, and had I used that term with my seller, they would have thought I was referring to them as food suppliers as in vending machine, which we do use often! 😁😎👍✌🎄🎅 P.S. I am baffled how people become devotees of these two very unscientific, and possibly life altering beliefs based on fantasy, unbelievable! The scientific evidence is that dowsing is no more effective than random chance. It is therefore regarded as a pseudoscience. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowsing As is, astrology! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrology

[@thehungrygoldfish]

No duh, hon, lol. Different terms for different areas. An American is not going to call an apartment a flat. God. lol.

[@TOM-C.]

@@thehungrygoldfish Flat has made it's way over here, but it's not common. BTW, you certainly are a grump, just out looking to cause trouble, cheers to ya mate! 😁😎✌

[@thehungrygoldfish]

@@TOM-C. I know I'm grumpy. That's why I named myself "TheGrumpyTurtle," lol. What did you think happened? Some person from KZbin showed up at my doorstep and declared "You're grumpy and you kind of look like a turtle. Your username shall be THEGRUMPYTURTLE" lol. God.

[@Mariana-ud7dw]

@@thehungrygoldfish I didn't think you were grumpy, just stating a fact. A grumpy person doesn't use, "lol". 💗😂🤷‍♀️

[@thehungrygoldfish]

@@Mariana-ud7dw Aww thank you That's very kind.