On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 12:30:43 +0100, John Laird
wrote:

On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 11:01:27 +0100, "Bob" wrote:

A lot of the people I've seen on that show have only made money because
house prices have risen while they've been doing it up. In some cases
they'd have been better of doing nothing to it at all, leaving it unlet and
just selling it a year later.

Exactly the conclusion I came to while idly perusing the first series.
Especially as, in a rising market, unimproved properties will still sell.

[Anyone know what the time lag is between filming and airing these sort of
programmes ? Whenever I watch one of the relocation ones, I am bewildered
by the prices which sometimes seem to be so low as to be unreal at times.]

I thought the same when they said they'd paid £35K for that property
in Lincs. I'm currently looking for properties in Lincs and you've got
to pay around £135K for a detached 2-bed bungalow. Even a terraced
property seems to be a lot more than £35K! Mind you, that property was
in a bit of a state, wasn't it?

MM