First-Time Buyers' East London Search - Location Location Location - Real Estate TV

The english system of buying a house is very strange!
Accepted and than falen through?
Very strange

welld oneshow- from the street scenes to the properties, nevermind the super-attractive roommates - where do they find theseg emapts! thank you all for this quality entertainment! and houses????? the small flat w super garden is worthy of a magazine spread

This was really lovely to watch. It's comfort viewing for me! I just had my offer accepted on my first house (selling a shared ownership flat) in East London. I'm a NERVOUS WRECK about it going through - excitement taken over by fear and dread, I'm barely eating, can't sleep much. Gosh.

Holy cow. Makes me wonder what people in the U.K. actually earn everty month to be able to pay those amounts of money for some pretty average homes.
I am watching from Germany and Italy.
In both countries for THAT amount of money you would definitely get better houses.
This is jaw-dropping material.
I wouldn't want to live in any of the houses....and I definitely could never afford the amounts that are asked.

Mike is the male Carrie Bradshaw. If he hadn't bought 160 odd pairs of shoes he could be living in a mansion by now.

What's with all the "partners"?????.

Lovely episode. Two great couples/friends. And as usual there's always a laugh to be had with Phil and Kirstie.

One minute in and there is adds 🙄

Revisited this episode and enjoyed again - even though 10 yrs old. Complex issues esp in a tough market, but think both sets of purchasers did really well with great hand-holding/advice from the lovely Phil and Kirstie!❤

I wonder why they never talk about if the property is a leasehold or freehold, or how many year are left.

2 lovely houses bought, congratulations boys and girls.

Upside-down floor plans feel soooo wrong to me. 🙈

That was great for the girls and for the boys⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️❤️🥰🤗

tough love and good advice ... if only there were more real estate agents and parents with this powerful combination!

I loved these buyers. The ladies are so adorable and the guys are great. I thoroughly enjoyed this episode. While I understand that buyers are picky because they are spending a LOT of their hard-earned money, sometimes I think they can be unreasonable in their expectations vs the reality of the market. These buyers were both realistic and had reasonable expectations. I would love to live in England. I'm in the U.S. and have felt drawn to England my entire life. I know the housing prices are crazy tho. I'm in Ohio and we bought a 3,200 sq ft home on 2.5 acres of land for $292,000 in 2018. But as I get older and the kids are leaving the idea of downsizing is so attractive. It's so much house and yard to maintain. My dream would be to retire to the U.K.

The two guys are defo homosexual just look at how they stare at each other as they talk.....when are they coming out

Summary: don't buy anywhere near london

I loved the house with the big green garden

these 2 couples should switch partners so they san start a family😢

wow, British think so differently about buying house. In USA, we start with a small place, then sell it few years later, buy a bigger one with the profit, and keep going up.. The small apartment by the garden would totally be worth it.. it will always make profit.

Why on earth would u want to live in east London nowadays god horrible place.

once upon a time the east end waas about jellied eels, apples and pears, knees up mother brown, but not anymore. Sums up Kirstie Allsop , you middle class parasite.

Safety is the most important, and it’s not about how tall you are. Good people need to live in good and safe areas. Being able to walk home safely at any time is a necessity. Full stop

Kirsty should ask the girls, that Phil are helping, if they want the flat she showed the lads. It's a beaut

how are they affording 425,000? madness

This is about what you would get for a house in satellite towns now (2023) crazy.

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For anyone wondering - this was 2014! 😱 I was convinced it was 2022 with the way the market was but couldn’t believe the prices!

I love Kiraty's shoes,

and in 2023 youll now get a disused garage for that price.

I think people don't realise that to create an ambient space, it requires creativity yes but quite a bit of thinking , mistakes and hard work.

like NZ, eh?! had a no-summer just gone, wet/cold/windy down under

I use to live around the corner from those cottages. I also spotted Phill in Walthamstow with the camera crew.

UUHHHHH... They shared a bed and broke it. HOW? Come on, Boyz. Get it together! You're boyfriends and my gaydar is buzzing my head off!!

A house with garden is better than an upside down flat with sloping ceiling, sorry but you made a poor choice

Great episode! Love happy endings.

Mike & Jamie are true friends!!! Great to see both sets of buyers find their 1st flats in East London. :)

Kirstie, a safe neighborhood isn't necessarily about people attacking you personally. It's also about people vandalizing your property, breaking in and robbing you, or doing drugs in your doorway, peeing in your doorway, soliciting for sex or selling drugs on your street corner. You can be a HUGE guy, and still come home to find your house has been burgled, vandalized and taken over by squatters while you were away for a week.

Perv alert - again. They are WAY more over-represented on UK television than in real life (less than 2% of the population in reality). Getting fed up with having them crammed down our throats in the media constantly.

Like having a 'relationship' with your little brother.

"Awww.......'fwend...'"

I am so glad for all of them 🙂

I think it’s the loveliest tv couple in Europe hosting a series about buying a home which is a topic everybody is interested in. ❤

One of my favorite episodes. Both chose well, thanks to Kirstie and Phil

I enjoyed this one. Both couples were super nice and am glad they came away happy.

The "girls" certainly saw more interesting properties than the "boys". The large flat was a good choice for them. Why worry about the high-spec finish when all it consisted of was a little green patterned wallpaper and some sculptural sofas?

Interesting! But it's the maiden hair fern in that delightful house with the window entry to the magical garden that caught my attention.
My gran's garden had so many pots of that fern. Now seems impossible to buy. Extinct hereabouts, I think😢

Given that men are three times as likely as women to be victims of violence, it's not very nice of Kirstie to mock Jamie for being concerned about his safety.

Man, that guy in the pink sweater - ooh ah…