Used to love Homes Under the Hammer, it was so satisfying seeing a shite garden cleared and awful crumbling decor spruced up. Now it's just some annoying show where the presenter asks "what drew you to this house?" and a monotone man answers "I want to add it to my portfolio".
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all HUTH proves is that if you have the cash to buy at an auction
and then a bit extra to tart it up (badly in many cases)
you make more profit in a few months than if you invested the money in a bank
But I go wild with splashes with colour elsewhere. I couldn't live in an all-grey space.
Set of bastards.
The guy who bought it, I talk to occasionally. ALL he talks about is how to get round said bylaw
“Landlords under the Hammer”.
It might need to be in ten second TikTok format, ending before things get too graphic.
I now skip through the Agents and various house prices and rentals portion
I loved the historical segments and learned so much
Someone described it as being like a modern day slave owner and I wouldn't feel comfortable doing it
stick the money in a boring building society instead
Very annoying greedy people, not enough will live in what they’ve done and those are the folks I’m more interested in
Could have been the start of a "property portfolio", but they were bloody decent people.
Am I though coz I don't feel this way about Tom Hanks or Kate Bush, both of whom presumably have way more money than these monotone men with their portfolios.
Shoddy quick turnarounds, was better when it was folk getting on the property ladder, but who can do that these days.
"Homes Literally Under The Hammer" - a crane with a wrecking ball revisits houses from the show 12-24m later, and if the buyer isn't living there as their primary residence, it's leveled & any tenants get massive compensation.
Decrepit shithole or genuinely gorgeous old decor that just needs some TLC -> Landlord Special Basic "Modern" Grey
Guy: yes, exactly
Buyer: Well, I hadn't seen it before today, but my dad gave me £300,000 from his company to add to my £300,000 from Nana's inheritance and I'm going to convert it into six flats so I can scam...sorry charge renters.
Dion: Nice.
"But why aren't houses much cheaper? They're only made of bricks, and bricks are made of mud and we've got tons and tons of mud".
JUST ONCE WOULD BE ENOUGH, then they can grift on with the massive con.