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tbc

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3,017 posts

176 months

Thursday 21st August 2014
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For Half the Money.

Watched a whole episode with the ageing Beeny last night and the whole programme format is flawed.

House worth £250k in average area, they go to a big mansion worth £850k.Then they spend £150k on an extension and renovation and now she says the house is worth £700k.

The reason the big mansion is worth £850k is because it is in the back arse of nowhere and not in some middle England suburb surrounded like a gypsy camp.

One highlight has to be when Beeny said " You would never notice were the old house ends and the new one starts", - look at the colour difference of the cladding sugar tits


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I did notice at the end it's made by her production company amply named 'Knockers Productions'[url]

tbc

Original Poster:

3,017 posts

176 months

Thursday 21st August 2014
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If it's like Grand Designs then they cover somewhere between 10%-20% of the build cost.

They obviously have a quantity surveyor and project manager working for the show to get good deals and timescales in return for promotion on the Channel 4 website.

Look at all the Grand Designs builds, most of them have the suppliers below the episode info.

Add that to the fact it was sponsored by B&Q for a good few years.

Then Channel 4 send a team of interior designers in the prep the place before Beeny turns up with the camera crew.

Actually surprises me on Grand Designs when they don't finish the build.