Beeny's back. 8 This Evening.
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Deva Link said:
FourWheelDrift said:
Do you mean you don't have to have a survey done?
Which bit of no are you struggling with?On an old property like that I wouldn't touch it without one.
Why would someone buy a 200 year old property that has had extensions done over different times not get a full structural survey.
People seem to think they're saving money by getting a home buyers survey and then wonder why there are problems.
The couple in tonights episode said they were decorating and the paint was bubbling. Isn't that a sign that something is wrong and maybe get it sorted ?
Bloody idiots , all of them but then it does make for good TV !
People seem to think they're saving money by getting a home buyers survey and then wonder why there are problems.
The couple in tonights episode said they were decorating and the paint was bubbling. Isn't that a sign that something is wrong and maybe get it sorted ?
Bloody idiots , all of them but then it does make for good TV !
FourWheelDrift said:
I'd like to see you do a structural survey just using Google Streetview.
You could probably see the faults on last week's house using Streetview. I doubt many people would have had a structural survey done on that property - they would have walked away after looking at it.FourWheelDrift said:
More bodging 
Can people legally buy a property without getting it surveyed, I thought a survey is a necessity for buildings insurance?
mortgage survey no, structural survey yesCan people legally buy a property without getting it surveyed, I thought a survey is a necessity for buildings insurance?
Edited by FourWheelDrift on Thursday 16th June 20:12
house buying cretins, they're everywhere...
As has been mentioned in other posts ,are these people stupid ? do they think that bouncy floorboards are normal? damp patches normal? its not bloody rocket science to get a ladder and have a look on the roof,did they expect a coat of paint to fix a non existent chimney flashing? Surely the production people must go around to view these houses and tell them not to do anything until the "Beeny" expert rocks up to state the bloody obvious.For the sake of giving an extra 50% increase in strength of the floor joists why didn't they just change the dam things and have a 100% increase,some people have no common sense ,kids floor about to head south and the silly bint says,"its got worse since we moved in",they didn't think themselves about securing the wardrobe to the wall? Not to mention the master bedrooms floor sloping and things falling of shelves drawers opening little bit of a clue there,good entertainment though .
The couple (or was it Beeney) stated that they had a 'standard survey', I'm guessing this to be a mortgage survey. Now even mortgage surveys usually point out any glaringly obvious defects (of which this property has oodles of) yet in three years they failed to rectify any of the defects, instead, spent time and money on splashing emulsion around the walls. Beggars belief!
I thought last weeks episode was very poor, both as tv and technically.
The damp issues were clearly contrived in some way. A 250mm sq hole in the roof.....a downpipe not connected correctly.
As for the whole fire precautions stuff...that was simply dreadful.
Funny how, having spent their whole budget on the roof they were able to complete the renovations, replace all the windows and then dress it like a show home. Methinks someone was having us on this time.
And SB needs her hair pulling if she is seriously saying that bolting a couple of bits of 3 x 2 each side of the floor joists will stiffen the floor in the best way. I suspect any difference at all for the moment is due to the new flooring creating a diaphram.
Must do better.
The damp issues were clearly contrived in some way. A 250mm sq hole in the roof.....a downpipe not connected correctly.
As for the whole fire precautions stuff...that was simply dreadful.
Funny how, having spent their whole budget on the roof they were able to complete the renovations, replace all the windows and then dress it like a show home. Methinks someone was having us on this time.
And SB needs her hair pulling if she is seriously saying that bolting a couple of bits of 3 x 2 each side of the floor joists will stiffen the floor in the best way. I suspect any difference at all for the moment is due to the new flooring creating a diaphram.
Must do better.
The bit where the poor home owner is taken to the lab, shown some tuppence model of their home, built by a chimp, supposedly with faults represented. Then it is demolished in some dreadfully undramatic way - usually needing a bit of persuasion. Beeny then pipes up in the most droll voice. That's your home that is. How does that make you feel? It's risible.
Mr GrimNasty said:
It's risible.
Not forgetting the different way the TV producers treat the Before and After shots. The Before footage is always done from comedy angles, with contrast and levels adjusted to look grimey and with all of the homeowners' own tat/crud in the shot - all to look especially ghastly. Get to the end of the show, and the shots are beautifully composed, staged by Beenie's elves (howeowners' tat now decluttered and tidied) and in post-production the hues and picture are tweaked to perfection.
All to persuade the The Great Mouthbreathing Public that Beenie's a property genius.
I'd love to know how much they are paid to appear on this programme.
Several weeks running they've stated that they do not have much budget and yet at the end have found enough for new kitchen etc - is this when cheque from production company arrives?
Still wondering where the £50,000 the people they other week spent on their house went - either they were royally shafted or they're exaggerating
Several weeks running they've stated that they do not have much budget and yet at the end have found enough for new kitchen etc - is this when cheque from production company arrives?
Still wondering where the £50,000 the people they other week spent on their house went - either they were royally shafted or they're exaggerating
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