Rural Dream or Practical Reality? - Location Location Location - S13 EP7 - Real Estate TV

[@toodlesoops7761]

Okay, I was left absolutely flabbergasted when Russell pulled out of the deal over a washing machine - it took me several days to find this episode and I am now absolutely over the moon happy for Karen and Russell - wow - never would have dreamed Karen was so adept with machinery and the place is now stunning after the last scene was a rundown stone cottage with sheep as the "homeowners." This fabulous revisit has totally made my entire year - so happy to be found wrong about the disappointment Russell made Karen feel - wow, thank you so much for making me see the Universe in a breathtakingly new Light - I will try never to judge again - ha, well, hopefully never - Thank you also Kirstie and Phil for your wonderful interactions and I especially Love Kirstie tell Phil re: all buyers, "I'll tell them what they need to hear, NOT what they want to hear" - this show is a joy - THANK YOU

[@jenniferlynn3537]

When Karen said, “We just have to convert it [from a stone sheep barn into a home]” I had no inkling that they intended to do the work themselves. That certainly puts a different spin on things - and helps explain their mentality much more. As I recall, they had a budget of about 300K to purchase a home 2.5 years earlier - and ended up spending 365K to date - which gave them 2 extra bedrooms without eaves, and the storage and layout they wanted. The house is now worth apx 430K - which Phil called a 65K gain. Breaking that down, their manpower earned each an additional 13K per year. While they couldn’t have hired 2 builders for that salary, it wouldn’t have taken builders 2.5 years to get the place move-in ready - more like 2.5 months. And what Phil overlooked is that they were living elsewhere for 27 months - so that detracts from their supposed $65K gain substantially. I suppose it’s up to each couple as to where they want to place their energies and what they want to consider a gain - given that the housing market changed, I think they could’ve saved their hard labor and money and still ended up able to purchase what they wanted in the end. To each their own. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@1976mcfarlane]

English houses are so beautiful. I love those old thatched roofs in the homes from 16, 17, 18 century ❤️

[@nancyn347]

I agree, however, I wouldn't want to live in a thatch house. It costs $$$$ to have the thatch replaced (about every 30 years, so check how old the roof is before you buy it) and I understand that you may have difficulty insuring a house that is a thatch if you have a working woodstove/fireplace.

[@leese7420]

Kristie and Russell seem like old best friends and Karen as the new best friend. Great Episode!

[@brendamiller8140]

I hope it goes well for both. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💓🥰🤗

[@nancyn347]

Lovely episode, thank you!

[@da__lang]

I'm fascinated that so many of these home seekers love being in such close proximity to a pub. A pub within walking distance may be fine, but I would be seriously reluctant to buy a house across the street from an establishment where boisterous, noisy people may congregate as they're coming and going.

[@assacam5747]

People don't want to drink and drive in the UK. It's not socially acceptable here. Also many people don't want to have to drive to access their community. Many Europeans are happy to walk more than North Americans. The fuel prices probably have alot to do with it. A good pub is the heart of the village for tasty meals and socializing. You are not going to a fast-food drive-through or calling UberEats in many of these locations.

[@JVSwailesBoudicca]

@@assacam5747 We aren't ALLOWED, by Law, to drink and drive, although many people will take the risk - which can lead to being banned from driving by the police .....

[@kathenson606]

I think pubs are for food but I don’t drink and I don’t like drunks. It’s illegal to drink and drive too so we call lyft. We don’t move close to it. Even if I drank I don’t want to live that close. Our drinking age is 21 which does help for drunk drivers or drunk walkers. No pubs in the US so it is different there but drunks are drunks no matter where you live. I avoid them at all costs.

[@nancyn347]

@@drunkvegangal8089 As a Canadian, I spent some time in Wye (Kent) and had a most enjoyable time in a "micro pub" with the locals. I had to be dragged out! If was so much fun and had such a community feel to it. Love the British pubs! The Brits know how to run a pub, hands down.

[@nancyn347]

@@kathenson606 I think you're being a bit harsh. Not all people who frequent pubs are "drunks". British pubs are all about the community.

[@abc-lb7ir]

russell was right ! much better decision ......... gets exactly what he wants in the end

[@sonaterese799]

Washing machine? You have to be kidding

[@RandomJane104]

Black Boy? What kind of name is that for a pub?

[@ngahuiroimatanutira-langda4153]

Bound to be a story in it. Most have a good reason from a historical event...

[@anneroy4560]

So many do not want their gardens / back yards overlooked ... get used to it, this is a very crowded island ... in my homeland of Canada city neighbourhood backyards are overlooked but so what? you are not that interesting that next door will be gawking to see what you are doing ...

[@carinwiseman4309]

Overlooked? Plant trees, evergreens.

[@marcysikes]

What is a reception room?

[@projectverna1937]

A living room/lounge

[@elizzy8754]

It's where you used to receive people. Think Jane Austen. You didn't have kitchen/dining rooms!

[@lisadavis321]

What is the British obsession with “being overlooked”!? It not a thing here in the US, even though we have a ton more space.🤔

[@07laines07]

You just answered your own question. We don’t, for the most part, have an overlooked problem in the US.

[@rooroob]

An overlooked and homely house in the states is a very different thing than and overlooked and homely house in the UK

[@vivalaleta]

@@rooroob Why? Are you meaning the two definitions?

[@AFAskygoddess]

@@07laines07 , of course we have that issue. Builders construct new 5,000 sq ft suburban houses 10 feet apart. Most homes that are not rural in the US are "overlooked". But Americans are just used to living this way.

[@poodlegirl55]

@@rooroob And homely in the US means ugly.

[@lindap8101]

Great show and I enjoy it but….the British have an odd taste in decor. I call it colour vomit.

[@nancyn347]

Don't forget, this episode is well over a decade old. Tastes have changed (although, they do seem to have a fascination with carpets, ugh).

[@marioncannon9924]

Not near that electricity pylon

[@Josie2013]

Got an ad after only one minute. This channel is getting hard to watch.

[@thehungrygoldfish]

Then don't watch it, lol. Gosh. It's free, the least you can do is watch some ads. You want no ads AND for it to be free? No, lol.

[@nancyn347]

No ads for me, I pay for the KZbin Premium. Worth the cost.

[@pattimartin7250]

whiners.

[@nancyn347]

Why do you call them whiners? They're spending a huge chunk of change. Of course they should be picky.

[@pattimartin7250]

@@nancyn347 champagne taste and beer budgets. I always Wonder what it takes to make some people happy, when they have it all, and want more more more...and can't afford it. Just an observation...I love love love this show...and Homes under the Hammer..talk about something for nothing, and the hard work..and also Escape to the Country...so exciting to see all the choices they (we) have..and still, some can't see the forest for the trees..guess it is human nature. Mick Jagger said it best. "you can't always get what you want.... but if you try sometime, you get what you need"..

[@nancyn347]

@@pattimartin7250 I do agree with you, and I watch all the same shows. You forgot to mention "A Place in the Sun", another fab Brit house hunting show. My theory is that people need "stuff" to fill the emptiness they feel in their hearts.

[@pattimartin7250]

@@nancyn347 am just thinking about Johnny, and his little family..I think I might be Jaded...with my negative comments...lol..lol. I live in 800 sq ft, house/cabin in the forest near Sedona..after down sizing..I was appalled at how much stuff..I had, that I didn't need, let alone know what I had. And where to put it. sheesh. Watching it snow, wishing your the best New Years, with dreams coming true...

[@nancyn347]

@@pattimartin7250 Thanks! Happy New Year to you too, Patti. I too, downsized to a bungalow in a rural town in Ontario, Canada. And the older I get, the less I seem to need. Heck, even my makeup ended up in the trash! Lol