0:00:02 > 0:00:04Rani, there's nothing like a stroll along the Thames.
0:00:04 > 0:00:08This part in particular, I find it rather spectacular, Simon.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11- With this being Henley-on-Thames, the pearl of the Thames?- Mmm-hmm.
0:00:11 > 0:00:16But today we are here for To Buy Or Not To Buy, the pearl of the property shows.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28Today we're in South Oxfordshire and Berkshire.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31It's very well-to-do round here, don't you know?
0:00:31 > 0:00:33And with Henley being in the centre,
0:00:33 > 0:00:35which is a haven for the rich and famous...
0:00:35 > 0:00:37Are we doing a celebrity To Buy Or Not To Buy?
0:00:37 > 0:00:42No, Simon, but the folks we're showing a property to today, let's hope they really have a bob or two.
0:00:42 > 0:00:47- We'll show them a house or three, one of which they get to try before they buy?- Perfect.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49So give a warm welcome to Karen and Jeremy Hampton.
0:00:49 > 0:00:54According to them, he is laid-back, opinionated and decisive.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56And she is fun, outgoing and feisty.
0:00:56 > 0:01:01They've been renting for two years since selling their home, and are ready to settle down again.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Their daughter Jessica is currently living with them but works in London
0:01:04 > 0:01:07and has very set views on where her parents should live.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10The perfect home would be somewhere...
0:01:10 > 0:01:13in the countryside,
0:01:13 > 0:01:15but close to a town.
0:01:15 > 0:01:19I reckon about four beds,
0:01:19 > 0:01:23definitely a huge room for myself when I come and stay.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26Well, that's what Jessica wants, but what about her parents?
0:01:26 > 0:01:32- OK, you two, are you ready for the responsibility that is owning your own house?- Just about.
0:01:32 > 0:01:37It's taken about two years now, but we just about thinking we should go back into the market now
0:01:37 > 0:01:41and maybe go into DIY a little bit and all that sort of stuff.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44You are saying DIY, are we looking for a project today?
0:01:44 > 0:01:47I think it would be good to get a project, it would
0:01:47 > 0:01:50be nice to add some value to our house, that would be really good.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53Is that just Jeremy's thoughts, Karen, or would you like a project?
0:01:53 > 0:01:55Actually, I'd really like a project.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58I'd like something that basically just had four walls
0:01:58 > 0:02:03and then we could just knock it out and make it exactly as we want it.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07Are you also, then, averse to moving into a place
0:02:07 > 0:02:12where you can just move straight in and settle down, if we find something that ticks every box?
0:02:12 > 0:02:14I think we are pretty open-minded about that.
0:02:14 > 0:02:18The bit about the project is exciting, but if something came in
0:02:18 > 0:02:24and we saw it and it was fantastic, then who knows, who knows?
0:02:24 > 0:02:27So give us some kind of idea what we are looking for today, really, then?
0:02:27 > 0:02:31Big kitchen, big living kitchen,
0:02:31 > 0:02:36three bedrooms minimum, a couple of en suites.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39I'd quite like to be in a town
0:02:39 > 0:02:44- so I can walk to the pub and to restaurants and that type of stuff. - Any town in particular?
0:02:44 > 0:02:46Henley-on-Thames would be particularly nice.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48- Right. - That would be particularly nice.
0:02:48 > 0:02:52- That's what you want - Karen, what would you like?- I have this vision
0:02:52 > 0:02:59of being in the country with some land and chickens and pigs and things like that.
0:02:59 > 0:03:04We need a garden because of Betty the tortoise.
0:03:04 > 0:03:05Oh, lovely.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08- How old is Betty?- About 80.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11- 80? How long do tortoises live for? - We haven't had her since new.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14- LAUGHTER - "I had her since I was a child."
0:03:14 > 0:03:19- "You look so young!"- I'm guessing that your daughter's commute is... - She's commuting.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22And that's quite important with regards to location?
0:03:22 > 0:03:28Yeah, it would be good to be near a station, preferably one that gets her to Paddington.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31- What about style?- I would like...
0:03:31 > 0:03:34if we're going to live in the town, just something, I think...
0:03:34 > 0:03:38Well, Henley, Victorian is what you will generally find.
0:03:38 > 0:03:43For our budget, I doubt we'd find anything detached.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45Am I guessing, it's period properties,
0:03:45 > 0:03:48places with character, or, again, you seem to be open-minded, you two?
0:03:48 > 0:03:52No, no, we definitely are. We've looked...
0:03:52 > 0:03:56In fact, over two years, we haven't looked at that many houses,
0:03:56 > 0:04:00and we've only liked two, both of which have gone to sealed bids.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04If we don't find somewhere in Henley, are there any other areas that you've been through
0:04:04 > 0:04:08and sort of thought, "We could see ourselves settling down here"?
0:04:08 > 0:04:13Well, Karen's parents live in Woking and my mum lives in Twyford,
0:04:13 > 0:04:16so it would be quite useful to be near them.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18Not too close, but near them would be good.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21That's my idea of Wales out!
0:04:21 > 0:04:27So round about the sort of South Oxfordshire, Berkshire sort of areas would be good.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30What's our budget? What have we got to play with?
0:04:30 > 0:04:34I think up to sort of 700, 750
0:04:34 > 0:04:37would be sort of the top end,
0:04:37 > 0:04:42and that would include the project money as well.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45- So that's the total spend? - I think so, yeah.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47Could maybe stretch a little bit if need be,
0:04:47 > 0:04:50but that would be a figure we would like to achieve.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53OK. That's put pressure on. I'm ready to go. Are you?
0:04:53 > 0:04:55I'm ready to find Betty a new home.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58- We'll see you later, guys.- Bye.
0:04:59 > 0:05:04Right, Rani, a fabulous budget, £750,000, but I'm a little bit perturbed.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07These two are so laissez-faire, we don't know what they want.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10Where they want to be, what period of house...
0:05:10 > 0:05:13Simon, Simon, I'm just concentrating on finding Betty a garden.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15We have three-quarters of a million pounds of
0:05:15 > 0:05:18someone else's money to spend, and you're worried about the tortoise?
0:05:18 > 0:05:21Betty is 80! You've got to learn to respect your elders.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24So Henley-on-Thames, the good points.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27It's a picturesque market town on the edge of the Chilterns.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29Famous for its annual Royal Regatta,
0:05:29 > 0:05:33attracting the upper classes of English society since 1839.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36The town was founded in the 12th century as a river crossing
0:05:36 > 0:05:39and port for the supply of timber and grain to London.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42And it's developed into a thriving and incredibly beautiful town,
0:05:42 > 0:05:46with fantastic and very popular commuter links to the capital.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49The bad points - all this does make it an expensive place to live.
0:05:49 > 0:05:55In fact, in 2008 it was the 11th most expensive place to live in the UK.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58With an average home costing around 560 grand.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01So it's a good job we've got a good budget to play with,
0:06:01 > 0:06:06but if you don't have quite as much money to spend, then how about these little beauties?
0:06:06 > 0:06:09In more affordable towns across the country you could buy
0:06:09 > 0:06:13this five-bedroom detached house in Kidsgrove, Stoke-on-Trent, for...
0:06:13 > 0:06:16Or in Ushaw Moor in Durham
0:06:16 > 0:06:20this beautiful three-bedroom barn conversion would set you back...
0:06:23 > 0:06:28In Pontypridd, South Wales, a three-bedroom detached bungalow like this one would cost you...
0:06:30 > 0:06:37But for now, let's work out just how much we can get for a budget of 750 grand around Henley-on-Thames.
0:06:37 > 0:06:41Three quarters of a million - now I've been having a look around
0:06:41 > 0:06:46and it seems that Henley-on-Thames hasn't noticed there's been a downturn in the market?
0:06:46 > 0:06:48I think that's probably a good observation.
0:06:48 > 0:06:5112 months ago I wouldn't have agreed with you, but it's come back
0:06:51 > 0:06:56very, very quickly and, yes, you will struggle to find much to choose from.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58- Do you live in the local area?- I do.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02OK, do you know anything about how much properties cost round here?
0:07:02 > 0:07:05- Yes, too much! - Too much? That's not a good sign.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09In the town itself, it's going to get you perhaps a Georgian town house
0:07:09 > 0:07:12or maybe a very large apartment.
0:07:12 > 0:07:17If you start going up the hill and beyond a comfortable walk out of the town
0:07:17 > 0:07:22there's a wide range of Victorian and 1960s and 1980s stock
0:07:22 > 0:07:25where you can get a house that's ready to move into
0:07:25 > 0:07:29or something that needs updating, that's not been touched for 20 years.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31I'm trying to help someone find a house here.
0:07:31 > 0:07:36Now they've got a lot of money, I think it's a lot of money, £750,000.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38It's a lot of money but it is Henley-on-Thames.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41This is the problem! I didn't want you to say that!
0:07:41 > 0:07:45I wanted you to say, "I happen to be selling a three-bedroom house with a huge garden."
0:07:45 > 0:07:48I am selling a house that's got a huge garden... No, I'm not!
0:07:48 > 0:07:51As we've been looking around, we've noticed that
0:07:51 > 0:07:56- we've seen places that we go, "That's ideal, there's a project," and it's gone.- Yes. It will do.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00Almost the more work it needs doing, the more quickly it's going to go,
0:08:00 > 0:08:06and there's an almost inverse premium to be paid for that, because there aren't many of them left.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Henley's really expensive.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11Yes. But there are places round about that you can get slightly cheaper.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14Tell me of these places, please.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16Well, we moved out!
0:08:16 > 0:08:19You don't live on this boat, do you? I don't think it's that spacious.
0:08:19 > 0:08:23- No. Villages round about are much cheaper.- Like where?
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Give me some names, I've gotta look at these places.
0:08:25 > 0:08:29- Peppard and Sonning Common.- Right. - Well, Sonning's quite expensive.
0:08:29 > 0:08:34Are they as nice? Are they going to have a nice community feel?
0:08:34 > 0:08:37- Yes.- I think Sonning has. - Yeah? And how far away is that?
0:08:37 > 0:08:40Oh, about maybe five miles up the river.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44It's just not peaceful at all round here, is it? It's so noisy on this river!
0:08:44 > 0:08:46- Anything else? - That's our limited stock.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49By saying that, you kind of hit the nail on the head, don't you?
0:08:49 > 0:08:51They are few and far between.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55- That's right.- I shall take these, and thank you for your time, sir.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58- It's my pleasure.- Cheers.- Nice to see you, thanks for coming in.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01- Isn't this a gorgeous place, Rani? It is.- It really is.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05I've been having a chat to folks round here and I think we're going to struggle with price.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09Ah, well, you see, I think I've overcome that.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12Jeremy and Karen said they wanted a big place.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16For their budget, even though it's a three quarters of a million pounds, that's not that easy.
0:09:16 > 0:09:21So I have decided to take them slightly further afield, away from Henley-on-Thames.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23And they also said they didn't mind a project.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27I'm going to take them at their word. That's my choice, property one.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29Well, you've given them a project,
0:09:29 > 0:09:34whereas I have given them the perfect home in a very beautiful location.
0:09:34 > 0:09:38It doesn't get much better than this. Take a look at this, Simon.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42There is a perfect place for Betty to walk around. I think they're going to love it.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45OK. You think they're going to love that.
0:09:45 > 0:09:49Well, listen, wait till you see the wild card - it is absolutely beautiful.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53- Take a look at that, that is the per...- No, we're going with this one.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55No, this is the perfect wild card.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58- This is the problem...- This has got all the charm they want, Simon.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01This is the problem when people don't tell us what they want.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04- Look at this!- That is perfect. - This is perfect.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07- I know Karen and Jeremy, this is perfect.- We'll leave it for now.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10- Let's leave that, shall we get on with things?- Yeah, OK.
0:10:10 > 0:10:14- My choice, property one.- My choice. - I got property one.
0:10:16 > 0:10:22As we found out, a project doesn't linger on the market for long around here, but I always aim to deliver.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25So I've moved away from the Thames and found them a lovely house
0:10:25 > 0:10:29with P for potential in a very desirable village.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31Right, then, Jeremy and Karen.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Property one today is my choice.
0:10:33 > 0:10:37The mystery property hunting team and my good self have brought us
0:10:37 > 0:10:42to Woodcote - this was Village of the Year 2008 in Oxfordshire.
0:10:42 > 0:10:48It's got a really lovely community feel about it, there are local pubs, there are local shops.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Property, what's your first thoughts?
0:10:50 > 0:10:52It looks very nice.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55Karen, you're being reticent.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57You're a bit quiet.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59No, it's nice. It's nice.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02Give us more than nice, Karen. What are you thinking?
0:11:05 > 0:11:07Style-wise, anything?
0:11:07 > 0:11:10Honestly, be frank with me.
0:11:10 > 0:11:15- No, I'd like to look inside. - Do you think...
0:11:15 > 0:11:17does it look a bit small, do you think, perhaps?
0:11:17 > 0:11:19It's probably a TARDIS.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23But it's got a great driveway, super, lots of parking.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27- Very green area.- But not too far from Reading, as well, for Jessica.
0:11:27 > 0:11:31- Jeremy, what are you thinking? - I think along the same lines. I think it's going to be...
0:11:31 > 0:11:35I think it's going to extend back, is my thought.
0:11:35 > 0:11:40I will tell you this much, it almost feels like a bungalow, doesn't it?
0:11:40 > 0:11:43- It does. - And it started life as a bungalow.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46But you guessed right, it is not a small bungalow any more.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49This place could be absolutely gorgeous, and I think you two
0:11:49 > 0:11:55have the imagination to a kind of rework this place and throw yourself into it. So do that right now.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57Fantastic, thank you very much.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05Let's go into the study. Is that the study? Looks like a study.
0:12:05 > 0:12:06Wow, that's nice.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09They work from home, obviously. And a gym.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11Good size.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13Fantastic. Nice views.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17- That could be an office, library, anything you want, really. - Anything you want.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20This is nice and bright.
0:12:20 > 0:12:21It is nice and bright, yes.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25Is that a real fireplace over there? Let's go and have a look.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28That's the first thing I know they definitely like, a fireplace.
0:12:28 > 0:12:35- The windows aren't great, but that could... - They are not beautiful, are they?
0:12:35 > 0:12:39- That could be changed. - But it does let a lot of light in. - Absolutely.
0:12:39 > 0:12:44- There's so many doors! - Ah, it's another sitting room.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47- A snug.- Another living room. That's very quiet.
0:12:47 > 0:12:51- But that's great, same floor...- Music room.- Oh, no, this would be great.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54- Huge garden out there. - Oh, my goodness, that's fantastic.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58Nice pond and all sorts of things growing.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01- I really like it.- Got green fingers, the people who own this.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04They'd be right to think the person who lives here has green fingers -
0:13:04 > 0:13:07won best beetroot in the local flower show.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09Really? I didn't know that.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11OK.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15I don't like the stairs in the dining room.
0:13:15 > 0:13:20But then I don't really want a dining room anyway, but what else would you do with this room?
0:13:20 > 0:13:26Well, I guess what we're talking about is that beyond there is that room that we've just been in,
0:13:26 > 0:13:32- so open this up, it would be a huge room. - It would.- Lots of light.- Yeah.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35- But you'd still have the stairs. - I guess you could block that off.
0:13:35 > 0:13:39That's the first sign that this could be a project for them. That wall's going.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42Do you know, that's not a bad idea, there are kind of...
0:13:42 > 0:13:45- How would you call them, almost spare rooms in this house.- Yeah.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47OK.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49Small.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51But you could knock it.
0:13:51 > 0:13:55- I'm getting into knocking through. - Into knocking all the way through.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57- Nice range.- Yeah.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00But just not an entertaining kitchen.
0:14:00 > 0:14:06- That would be a great room, wouldn't it? All the way through. - Yeah, it would be one great kitchen.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09All the way through, lots of light coming in. And a conservatory...
0:14:09 > 0:14:14- Like the back door, that's so sweet. - Stable door.- And then the conservatory, which is...
0:14:14 > 0:14:18I don't like conservatories very much.
0:14:18 > 0:14:22Flower beds, raised vegetable beds.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24- Just the job.- Fab.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27- For my new country lifestyle. - We could become self-sufficient.
0:14:27 > 0:14:32I could be Richard Briers and you could be... What's her name, she always used to win Bum of the Year?
0:14:32 > 0:14:36- What was her name? - Felicity Kendal.- Felicity Kendal!
0:14:36 > 0:14:38Perfect.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41- You look a bit like Felicity Kendal. - WOLF WHISTLE
0:14:41 > 0:14:45I guess this would have been the eaves?
0:14:45 > 0:14:47The roof, yeah. Built into this.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50Because it was... I think it was a bungalow, wasn't it?
0:14:50 > 0:14:53They built into the roof, made it a chalet.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55Wow, that's a big bed.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58- Nice and light.- That's a great room.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01- It is a nice room. - Super view of the garden.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05- Urgh...- Oh that's...
0:15:05 > 0:15:09I was going to say that's fabulous, and then I spotted that corner bit.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12But it's mostly fabulous. Good shower. Power shower - look.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14Oh, is it? I don't know.
0:15:14 > 0:15:18- It doesn't work for me, the bathroom, but...- Why?
0:15:18 > 0:15:20It's just a bit dated.
0:15:20 > 0:15:24But it wouldn't take much to change it.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Oh, it's fab.
0:15:26 > 0:15:27The dormer works really well.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30I like it, it makes it really light.
0:15:30 > 0:15:31With the right money spent on it,
0:15:31 > 0:15:34it's in a fabulous location, it could be a brilliant house.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37- Oh. Wow.- Oh, dear.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39That's small.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42That is very small, isn't it?
0:15:42 > 0:15:46I suppose it's not ideal to have a bed with your head on the radiator.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50That doesn't work. And you couldn't have it in any other configuration.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53Simon, they could probably move the radiator.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55- Oh, what's this?- Blimey.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57It's a corridor.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00I've never been on one, but it must be like being on a submarine.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02I'll have to walk down here sideways, I think.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05You have to press your nose against the wall and slide along.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09My goodness. Yeah, this is not for claustrophobic people.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12That's just the strangest thing I've ever seen.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15- Nice bedroom.- It's a proper bedroom.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18It's a guest bedroom, isn't it?
0:16:18 > 0:16:21- I can't get my head round that corridor area.- No.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24I think you've got to move the ridge of the roof
0:16:24 > 0:16:28and bring the whole thing towards the front of the house and create a much bigger area there.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30Upstairs bathroom.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33Good bathroom, it's a bathroom.
0:16:33 > 0:16:37You couldn't get a shower in here. There's nowhere to get a shower.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40A separate one, no. But then there's a shower in the...
0:16:40 > 0:16:43There's a shower head, but a shower cubicle you couldn't get here.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45What's wrong, Simon? You look all down.
0:16:45 > 0:16:49I was feeling up about the downstairs, but I'm feeling down about the upstairs.
0:16:49 > 0:16:50Come on.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55Right, Jeremy and Karen,
0:16:55 > 0:16:59I kind of got confused this morning when we were chatting,
0:16:59 > 0:17:02because you two are so relaxed about what you want,
0:17:02 > 0:17:03I'm not sure I've got it right.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07I hope, though, I did get it right with this space.
0:17:07 > 0:17:11Garden's great, absolutely brilliant. I think, just what we wanted.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13Space for Betty?
0:17:13 > 0:17:17- Betty could be a problem. So much vegetation.- Swimming pool for her.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19- Can she swim? - I think she could, yeah.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22We'll never find her, though, that's the thing.
0:17:22 > 0:17:26- It's a great garden, really pretty. - What are your impressions of the house?
0:17:26 > 0:17:29The location may be a little bit too far out,
0:17:29 > 0:17:33but as far as the house goes it's a bit of a mish-mash.
0:17:33 > 0:17:39There's lots of good things about it but they are outweighed by the bad, particularly the upstairs.
0:17:39 > 0:17:40If this was a project,
0:17:40 > 0:17:45I think it would cost too much money to get it in the condition we want it in
0:17:45 > 0:17:48and the pain wouldn't be worth the gain, I don't think.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50- OK. Karen, would you agree? - Absolutely.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53Which brings us on to... guess the price.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56OK, so you said your maximum budget was £750,000
0:17:56 > 0:17:59- including the work that needed to be done.- Yeah.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02OK. So who's good at this game, who would like to go first?
0:18:02 > 0:18:04He'll be good at it.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08Do you know what, I haven't got a clue. I'll have a guess...
0:18:09 > 0:18:11525.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14- 525,000, OK.- Karen?
0:18:14 > 0:18:17I think it's a bit more than Jeremy said,
0:18:17 > 0:18:19I think it's probably about 560.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22560? OK, so around the same area.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25Well, you're both not bad at it at all.
0:18:25 > 0:18:29However, you were wrong to say that he was better,
0:18:29 > 0:18:31because you are very close indeed.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34- It's on the market for £550,000. - Is it?
0:18:34 > 0:18:37Well, lucky for you there are two more properties,
0:18:37 > 0:18:39and the next one is my one.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42- Are you ready to see it? - Absolutely.- That way.- Fantastic.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48Who really wants to spend months living in a pile of rubble?
0:18:48 > 0:18:50Well, Jeremy and Karen, apparently.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53Although I don't think it would be too hard to sway them
0:18:53 > 0:18:56with this delightful cottage on the outskirts of Henley.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59Right, then, welcome to property number two.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01Now, I've brought you to Lower Assendon,
0:19:01 > 0:19:04just a mile or so outside of Henley.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06Now, I know you did say you wanted to be in Henley
0:19:06 > 0:19:10- but realistically, you said as well, it's quite expensive there.- It is.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13Yeah. And so that's why we've brought you just outside.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15This place, has got a great cottagey feel,
0:19:15 > 0:19:17so what is your first impression?
0:19:17 > 0:19:22- Even though we've got a hedge in the way you can see most of it. - Really pretty, very nice.- Love it.
0:19:22 > 0:19:23Do you know this area at all?
0:19:23 > 0:19:26A friend of mine lives down the road in Middle Assendon,
0:19:26 > 0:19:29but I don't know this area up here, this is lovely.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32Well, as you can see on the floor, there's lots of horsey poo.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35You get a lot of horsies up here, not so many cars.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38The other good news is five minutes down the road, apparently,
0:19:38 > 0:19:40- there's a brilliant gastropub. - Oh, great.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43- Karen, you've brightened here. - I really like it.
0:19:43 > 0:19:47I hope the location is perfect and you go in and it melts your hearts.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50- It does look very pretty. - It looks fab.- Do you want to go in?
0:19:50 > 0:19:51Go on, see how you get on.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56Oh, wow.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58Oh, what a great kitchen.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00Wow, it's like a TARDIS.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03- Oh, fab.- That's lovely.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05- I don't know where to look first. - It's so nice, yeah.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09How cosy is that? Nice Sunday lunches round here.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11Fire going through the winter.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13This looks like a very posh kitchen.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15- It's fab.- It's great, isn't it?
0:20:15 > 0:20:17I'm overwhelmed. It's just gorgeous.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21Yeah, really just fabulous.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23I'd like to say, this is MY property.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26Well, if you can dissuade Jeremy and Karen from buying it,
0:20:26 > 0:20:28maybe you can put an offer in.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31Oh, I can just imagine myself sitting on a chair with a cup of coffee.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34That's a proper log burner.
0:20:34 > 0:20:39- It's super. - You don't often have books... Maybe.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41And into the living room.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44Very pretty. A little bit small, maybe?
0:20:44 > 0:20:46Yeah, it is small.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48- But really cosy.- Lovely floor.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51Really nice floor.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54- And the doors are fair. - Leading out to the patio.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57- I don't see there's anything to do here.- Well, there isn't.
0:20:57 > 0:20:58It's all done. It's move in.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01- I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing.- Go on?
0:21:01 > 0:21:05Well, they can just move in, but do they want that?
0:21:05 > 0:21:06You want to, obviously.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09I think I want to as well. Who wouldn't want to just move in here?
0:21:09 > 0:21:11Very small garden.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14There might be some more.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16No, what you see is what you get.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18I love it.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21- But it's dinky, it's really dinky. - It is very small.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23It's made for smaller people than us.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25They're not that big, these folk!
0:21:25 > 0:21:31You're going to think Karen and Jeremy are giants walking through my house, but they're not.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33They're just normal-sized people.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38- Ah!- Another room.- Another room.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41- This is fabulous.- Cosy.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45- Another log burner. - Again, it's small, but it's...
0:21:45 > 0:21:49- Yeah.- It's so cute and sweet.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52She's made best use of the space here as well.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54- Definitely, yeah.- It's very nice.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57Even though it's a cottage, it has those nice high ceilings.
0:21:57 > 0:22:01- So Jeremy can walk on his tiptoes. - So it doesn't feel claustrophobic.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09- I guess this is the master bedroom. - Look at that view.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13- Oh, that's really pretty. My goodness, that's lovely. - It's a lovely view.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15Look at that valley, stunning.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18Oh! This is great.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20That's the world's biggest key hole.
0:22:20 > 0:22:21Through the keyhole...
0:22:21 > 0:22:24Now I don't know which is the master.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28I guess the other one is, because this hasn't got the big wardrobes.
0:22:28 > 0:22:29It's beautifully done.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32- It is, it's lovely. - Would you want to live here?
0:22:32 > 0:22:35- I love the wall. Look at the wall, Jeremy.- Yeah.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37Very, very nice.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41Oh, that's a surprise.
0:22:42 > 0:22:43Cool.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47Small...
0:22:47 > 0:22:50- but beautifully... - Perfectly-formed.- ..Yes.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52It couldn't be a bedroom, could it?
0:22:52 > 0:22:54It has to be a study.
0:22:54 > 0:22:58I could work in here quite happily, and stare out at that.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00Whilst Jessica is still living here,
0:23:00 > 0:23:03- I'm guessing that's the guest room, isn't it?- Mm-hm.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05Then when Jessica finally moves out,
0:23:05 > 0:23:09her bedroom becomes the guest room and that goes back to being an office.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12Oh!
0:23:12 > 0:23:16- Cute bathroom. I thought it was a bedroom.- Look at the toilet cistern.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18- Oh that's lovely.- My goodness.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20- This is... - There's only two bedrooms.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22It's only two bedrooms, yeah.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25Jeremy can't count. There are three bedrooms.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28This property is sold as a three-bedroom cottage.
0:23:28 > 0:23:29It is very beautiful.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31It's like one of those Cape Cod houses,
0:23:31 > 0:23:33with all the boards and the wood and everything.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35Simon, I thought I had them.
0:23:35 > 0:23:39But do you know what? I still the think you'll have to big up your small house.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45Now, you two, when you first walked in it was,
0:23:45 > 0:23:47"Wow, this is beautiful, it's amazing."
0:23:47 > 0:23:50Then suddenly, it all turned.
0:23:50 > 0:23:51"It's so small!"
0:23:51 > 0:23:53How big are you, please?
0:23:53 > 0:23:55Well, he's quite big.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58No, the house - absolutely beautiful.
0:23:58 > 0:24:03I mean, just exquisite. Beautifully refurbished.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05- Couldn't fault anything.- No.
0:24:05 > 0:24:10Apart from the fact, maybe half the size again would have been perfect.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12The kitchen is absolutely perfect.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15It is absolutely beautiful, the area is lovely as well.
0:24:15 > 0:24:20The other thing I've discovered is you can't get your mobile phone here!
0:24:20 > 0:24:21Is that a bad thing?
0:24:21 > 0:24:23She wouldn't move here!
0:24:23 > 0:24:26It would save you a fortune though, in the long run.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29- We've just mentioned money there. - But it is beautiful.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32It is, it's absolutely gorgeous. It's guess the price time again.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34- It's 1-0 to you.- Yes.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37The maximum budget is £750,000.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39Who's going to go first this time?
0:24:39 > 0:24:41Karen, you've got to go first.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44- You've GOT to! - I haven't got a clue.
0:24:44 > 0:24:49- I think it's 725.- OK.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51Erm...
0:24:51 > 0:24:52675.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54- 675?- Yes.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56725. All right then.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00Karen, congratulations. You've won guess the price.
0:25:00 > 0:25:01You are the closest.
0:25:01 > 0:25:05It's not just 2-0, you've actually won, because it's only out of three.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07It's two out of three, Jeremy, sorry!
0:25:07 > 0:25:11The price of this property is £745,000.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14Wow. Yeah, it's beautiful.
0:25:14 > 0:25:19It is a beautiful property. It's the location, you know. It's great.
0:25:19 > 0:25:20We've shown you two properties.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22- Now, then.- OK, this is a problem.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24- Here's a tricky one. - We just can't agree.
0:25:24 > 0:25:29So, I've picked a wild card that I think is ideal for you guys... and Simon's picked another one.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31THEY LAUGH
0:25:31 > 0:25:37So, what we thought is, would you guys like to pick the wild card?
0:25:37 > 0:25:41- I'd like that.- Bet we don't agree! - Let's see.- We'd like to do that.
0:25:41 > 0:25:45We won't tell you where they are, but they are in a very similar location.
0:25:45 > 0:25:46Here's my choice.
0:25:46 > 0:25:51- Quite a modern, but absolutely fabulous place, I believe.- Yeah.- OK?
0:25:51 > 0:25:53- Mine is very different. - That again is beautiful.
0:25:53 > 0:25:54Big deep breath in...
0:25:54 > 0:25:57Which one's up for this one?
0:25:57 > 0:26:01- Go on.- I think...- Oh!- Oh, no!
0:26:01 > 0:26:05Just because that looks a lot bigger.
0:26:05 > 0:26:09Who wears the trousers in this family? Hands up for my one.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11So, which one's it going to be?
0:26:11 > 0:26:16- We'll have to have a decision off you guys, cos we can't decide. - Jeremy can choose.
0:26:16 > 0:26:17Oh, that's a tough one.
0:26:17 > 0:26:21- As long as he chooses that one! - Jeremy?
0:26:21 > 0:26:23Is that going to be the wild card?
0:26:23 > 0:26:25That's far more interesting.
0:26:25 > 0:26:29- OK, we'll go and see that one. - Oooh!
0:26:29 > 0:26:33- You had no choice, did you?- My wild card is this way, come along!
0:26:36 > 0:26:41I knew they'd go for my wild card. It's got Jeremy and Karen written all over it - well, not literally.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44I reckon I've built up a pretty good picture
0:26:44 > 0:26:45of what I think they want
0:26:45 > 0:26:48and it's all here in this big house in Twyford.
0:26:48 > 0:26:54You decided to choose the wild card of my choice, and here it is.
0:26:54 > 0:26:55We've brought you to Twyford,
0:26:55 > 0:26:58just along the river from Henley-on-Thames.
0:26:58 > 0:26:59Do you know this area?
0:26:59 > 0:27:01Very well. I was brought up here.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03Oh, bringing you back to the family manor.
0:27:03 > 0:27:07But what about the house, what are you thinking?
0:27:07 > 0:27:09It looks great. It looks fab.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11Nice clean lines.
0:27:11 > 0:27:15- I like the symmetry, with the two ends matching.- OK.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17And that's extraordinary really,
0:27:17 > 0:27:20because if you look along the house from that end to that end,
0:27:20 > 0:27:24this end is 100 years old, and that end is two years old.
0:27:24 > 0:27:29- I'd never have known.- It's very, very well done.- Really well.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32Jeremy, when we showed you the wild cards, you liked the look of my one,
0:27:32 > 0:27:36- so what do you think of this place? - It looks nice, it does look nice.
0:27:36 > 0:27:37They've done a lot of work to it
0:27:37 > 0:27:40and I'll be interested to look around it. It looks good.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43I bet you'll be interested to look around.
0:27:43 > 0:27:47- You spotted something when you were just looking at the pictures, didn't you?- Yeah.
0:27:47 > 0:27:52When you showed me the brochure, it had a wild red kitchen.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55You think you're going to find something very contemporary?
0:27:55 > 0:27:58- Why don't you go and find out? Get in there.- Thank you.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00Thank you.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02- Wow.- Wow. Very modern.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04- This is really funky.- Yep.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06Oh, great.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08- Wow.- The kitchen.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10Fabulous.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12Oh, I like this.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14This is so cool.
0:28:14 > 0:28:18- You wouldn't need to change this at all.- That's our fridge.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20- Look, a beer fridge. - That's OUR fridge.
0:28:20 > 0:28:24- Oh, this is super. I love it. - Great kitchen.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26I think I've finally worked them out.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28- You have?- I hope so.
0:28:28 > 0:28:29I think you have, actually.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32This is so cool.
0:28:34 > 0:28:36It's a radiator...
0:28:38 > 0:28:40This is fab.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43I'm not sure I like that, though.
0:28:43 > 0:28:44That would have to come down.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47And out to the garden.
0:28:47 > 0:28:49Which is small.
0:28:49 > 0:28:53Is this a small garden, Rani? Am I sitting in the same place?
0:28:53 > 0:28:58- Oh! I like this.- How about that?
0:28:58 > 0:28:59This is so cool.
0:28:59 > 0:29:02Of course, they'd have to leave all the furniture.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04And all these funky things that they have.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06Oh, this is lovely.
0:29:06 > 0:29:08It's very light, isn't it?
0:29:10 > 0:29:14Oh, look at that. Oh, that's fab.
0:29:14 > 0:29:19- It's really minimalist and lovely. - Lie there and stare up through to the sky.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22- Do you know what they've done well here, Rani?- What, Simon?
0:29:22 > 0:29:28They've extended out from this living room, the original living room from the 1907 house,
0:29:28 > 0:29:32but they've put on a fantastic lantern glass roof,
0:29:32 > 0:29:37therefore they haven't created the cave, which people often do, at the back of the living room.
0:29:37 > 0:29:39- And another door.- OK.
0:29:39 > 0:29:43- Fab. I keep saying that.- Very nice. - There's this thing about this house that I keep saying fab.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45Good size for an office.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48Fab. I've said it again.
0:29:48 > 0:29:53- Another great radiator. I really like this. - There's glass blocks behind there.
0:29:53 > 0:29:55- I don't know what they do. - Is there a light there?
0:29:55 > 0:29:58- The radiators are a statement, aren't they?- Yeah.
0:29:58 > 0:30:02They're trying to almost make it look like art.
0:30:02 > 0:30:03Oh, this is so nice.
0:30:05 > 0:30:07This has very recently been done.
0:30:07 > 0:30:12- Do you like this gallery-type landing?- It is really nice. - Very nice.
0:30:12 > 0:30:17- A little bedroom.- This is where you see the old part of the house again. Beams coming through.
0:30:17 > 0:30:20Good idea. There's no red wine up here!
0:30:20 > 0:30:24It's not huge but it's really nicely done.
0:30:24 > 0:30:26- It's a decent sized room. - I like the doors.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29- So the first bedroom you come to... - Mm-hm?
0:30:29 > 0:30:31..decent size, just about a double bedroom.
0:30:31 > 0:30:33But we've only just started.
0:30:35 > 0:30:38So this would be... Is that an en suite in there?
0:30:38 > 0:30:41- Yeah.- So this would be the master maybe, or a guest?
0:30:41 > 0:30:44Maybe there are two en suites?
0:30:44 > 0:30:46Great. Lovely and light.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48Oh, I've never seen...
0:30:48 > 0:30:50- Is that wooden?- A wooden sink.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53That is fantastic.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56They asked for en suites. You give them how many in the first property?
0:30:56 > 0:30:59- One.- I gave them?- None.
0:30:59 > 0:31:03- So far in this property we've had one.- Yeah.- Will there be any more?
0:31:03 > 0:31:05Oh!
0:31:05 > 0:31:08I thought it was a bedroom.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11It's not, but it's a very nice bathroom.
0:31:11 > 0:31:13The usual suspects.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16- That's a Jacuzzi.- Oh, is it?- Yeah.
0:31:16 > 0:31:17Great sink.
0:31:17 > 0:31:22- Nice granite.- Granite surfaces. - Good floor.- Again, everything is done nicely, isn't it?
0:31:22 > 0:31:26With a house like this, you've got to have the Jacuzzi bath, haven't you?
0:31:26 > 0:31:30When we were kids we didn't have a Jacuzzi. If we wanted bubbles...
0:31:31 > 0:31:32OK.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36Again, that's quite small.
0:31:36 > 0:31:38But it's got a double bed.
0:31:38 > 0:31:42I think you'd struggle to get a wardrobe in here.
0:31:42 > 0:31:49- Could you not have one built in to make that shape?- It's not very deep. It's very shallow there.- OK.- But...
0:31:49 > 0:31:52But, yeah, it's a small bedroom.
0:31:52 > 0:31:56- I would have thought they would have a cupboard in here, actually.- Where?
0:31:56 > 0:31:58Behind here?
0:31:59 > 0:32:04- Is it?- There we go.- How clever is that?- There we go.
0:32:04 > 0:32:09- They found it.- The mirror's a wardrobe?- Isn't that clever? - I would never have guessed it.
0:32:09 > 0:32:11Oh, oh, oh.
0:32:12 > 0:32:14This is lovely.
0:32:14 > 0:32:19- Now, there's a wardrobe. - That is a heck of a wardrobe.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22It's even big enough for you, I think.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26Oh, that's lovely.
0:32:26 > 0:32:31Great shape off the roof... ceiling there. It's certainly got the wow factor.
0:32:31 > 0:32:36The master bedroom is a statement, isn't it?
0:32:36 > 0:32:41Floor-to-ceiling wardrobe space, massive double bed. Just around the corner...
0:32:41 > 0:32:44- This is a super bathroom.- Oh, yeah.
0:32:44 > 0:32:46A wet room, it's a wet room.
0:32:46 > 0:32:48- I really don't like wet rooms.- No?
0:32:48 > 0:32:53If you had a wet room, surely you would have to be wiping down the loo all the time?
0:32:53 > 0:32:54Cos it would be wet!
0:32:56 > 0:32:59- Are they sprays? - Looks like a cheese grater.
0:32:59 > 0:33:01I'm sure it's not.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04Right, Simon, this place, it's definitely got the wow factor.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06Can they afford it?
0:33:06 > 0:33:09What, you mean the designer element of this place?
0:33:09 > 0:33:12The quality of finish? The space? The brightness?
0:33:12 > 0:33:14- Can they afford it? - Come on - I'll tell you.
0:33:17 > 0:33:21Not really what you expected from a house built in 1907, was it?
0:33:21 > 0:33:24No. Very contemporary, really nicely done.
0:33:24 > 0:33:27A real surprise. Beautifully finished.
0:33:27 > 0:33:29- Great attention to detail.- It is.
0:33:29 > 0:33:33Real good quality stuff in there as well, all the fixtures and fittings
0:33:33 > 0:33:34were hand-picked by the owners.
0:33:34 > 0:33:39Yeah, particularly the kitchen and the hallway. They were real wow factors.
0:33:39 > 0:33:42You had a lot of wows when you were going round.
0:33:42 > 0:33:43Sorry about that!
0:33:43 > 0:33:47This is fab. You were loving it.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50I think it's sort of 80, 90%.
0:33:50 > 0:33:55It's, um... The finish, as we said, is great. I'm not sure about the location.
0:33:55 > 0:33:59It's neither here nor there. It's neither in a town or in the country.
0:33:59 > 0:34:01It's just on the outskirts of Twyford,
0:34:01 > 0:34:05- so it's not really walking distance to the station, for example.- Right.
0:34:05 > 0:34:09A bit worried about that, and the garage is not really a garage.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12It's very small. So, little things like that.
0:34:12 > 0:34:18OK, all right, then. Well, why don't we find out how much this place costs?
0:34:18 > 0:34:20- That might change your mind on it. - Right.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23- Jeremy, you've lost Guess The Price.- I have.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26You could redeem yourself, if you like.
0:34:26 > 0:34:27OK. I'll be scratching my head.
0:34:27 > 0:34:30I'm going to go for...
0:34:30 > 0:34:34- 725.- 725.
0:34:34 > 0:34:37- Your maximum budget is £750,000. - Yes.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40Karen, what do you think this place is? You're so good at this.
0:34:40 > 0:34:46- Why don't you tell Jeremy the right price.- I don't think I'm going to guess this one. I think 735.
0:34:46 > 0:34:49735. A little bit higher than Jeremy's there.
0:34:49 > 0:34:51- All right, then.- It's a whitewash.
0:34:51 > 0:34:55- 3-0!- Did I?!- 3-0!
0:34:55 > 0:34:58I'm afraid so. This place is actually on the market, you know,
0:34:58 > 0:35:04bearing in mind the quality of the finish and the living space in there, at £750,000 exactly.
0:35:04 > 0:35:07Yeah, they've spent a lot of money on it. I can see that.
0:35:07 > 0:35:11Anyway, we've now shown you three very different houses.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14- Very different today. - Yeah, I think they are.
0:35:14 > 0:35:18- So which one do you like most... - We'll find out. - ..and want to test-drive?
0:35:18 > 0:35:22Why don't you go and take yourselves off, make that decision? Off you go.
0:35:22 > 0:35:26- We'll see you in a moment.- Yeah. - And while they're off... - A recap for you at home.
0:35:26 > 0:35:28This picky pair are very hard to please,
0:35:28 > 0:35:30and as quirky as it is,
0:35:30 > 0:35:33I don't think we will be heading back to my property,
0:35:33 > 0:35:35despite the fantastic garden,
0:35:35 > 0:35:36in a village location.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38It was way under budget at...
0:35:40 > 0:35:42I thought I was on to a winner.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45My property had wows from the minute they walked through the door,
0:35:45 > 0:35:48but unfortunately they found the negatives
0:35:48 > 0:35:51and I'm not sure they'll even want to head back there.
0:35:51 > 0:35:52It was under budget at...
0:35:54 > 0:35:56..which only leaves my wild card.
0:35:56 > 0:35:58Yes, that's MY wild card.
0:35:58 > 0:36:01Huge amounts of space, the desired number of en suites,
0:36:01 > 0:36:04and despite what they said, a very good sized garden.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07They've got to go for this one. Bang on the money too at...
0:36:15 > 0:36:17This is a turn-up for the books.
0:36:17 > 0:36:21They didn't want to test-drive yours or mine, or the wild card.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24They asked to see the fourth property, wild card number two.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27Right then, you two. Normally now I should be saying to you,
0:36:27 > 0:36:32"Oh, you've decided to test-drive this property." But you haven't even seen this one!
0:36:32 > 0:36:36This is what I offered as a wild card, and Karen, you were adamant
0:36:36 > 0:36:40- that you wanted Simon's. Jeremy, you did quite like this one.- I did.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43So we finally got you here and you decided to test-drive this one?
0:36:43 > 0:36:46- Yeah. - You have completely thrown us...
0:36:46 > 0:36:51We've shown you three fantastic properties, very different, and none of them were good enough.
0:36:51 > 0:36:56So now you want to test drive this one. I'm nervous.
0:36:56 > 0:37:02- They were all lovely properties, none of them I don't think was exactly perfect.- Right.
0:37:02 > 0:37:06They all had great features, and there were things about each of them
0:37:06 > 0:37:11that were fabulous, but we thought this one was so cute that we'd just have to come and see this one too.
0:37:11 > 0:37:15Well, actually we're quite glad you're seeing a fourth property
0:37:15 > 0:37:20because we don't know what you want. We really don't. Hopefully we'll get a clue from this place.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22We've already pre-empted you a little bit
0:37:22 > 0:37:25because we had our mystery To Buy Or Not To Buy Surveyor on hand,
0:37:25 > 0:37:29as we always do, and he's given this place the quick once-over.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32- OK.- He's come up with some pretty interesting stuff.
0:37:32 > 0:37:37He really has. Got to say first, it's not legally binding so if you love this property and buy,
0:37:37 > 0:37:39you will have to get your own survey done.
0:37:39 > 0:37:45OK. You haven't even been in there yet and I'm going to tell you the bad points. The windows.
0:37:45 > 0:37:47An old property, they've rotted away,
0:37:47 > 0:37:51so if you were going to buy this property, you would have to get them replaced -
0:37:51 > 0:37:57they're not double glazed, you could swap them for double glazed but keep it within the old style.
0:37:57 > 0:38:02So, it's maybe not the biggest problem, but it is something you're going to have to consider.
0:38:02 > 0:38:07- The other thing to bear in mind, if you look up, little bits of greenery growing out of the gutter.- Yeah.
0:38:07 > 0:38:11In this corner there's a problem, with ivy intruding into the gutter,
0:38:11 > 0:38:14and that has caused a bit of damp problem.
0:38:14 > 0:38:16You'd need to get your gutters cleared out.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20Whilst you're up there, get the valleys checked and this flat roof.
0:38:20 > 0:38:27- Better safe than sorry.- Yeah. Have we completely put you off? No. Have we?- It looks really pretty.
0:38:27 > 0:38:31- Beautiful. Amazing.- Well, tell you what, then.- Didn't know it was here.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34You wouldn't. It's tucked away beautifully. Get in there
0:38:34 > 0:38:38and enjoy it, and maybe we'll get some idea about what they like.
0:38:38 > 0:38:40- So off you go.- OK.
0:38:44 > 0:38:47Oh, my... This is... Look at the floor.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53- I wonder if that fire is... - That's a real one.
0:38:53 > 0:38:55It is?
0:38:55 > 0:38:56Oh, that's lovely.
0:38:58 > 0:38:59Oh, cute kitchen.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07Oh, a study. HE LAUGHS
0:39:09 > 0:39:12- Oh.- Oh, that's lovely.
0:39:12 > 0:39:13Isn't it?
0:39:13 > 0:39:18Now I've just gone past a staircase, so this is another staircase upstairs.
0:39:22 > 0:39:27- Sit here and warm your hands. - We could sit here and toast marshmallows.
0:39:27 > 0:39:29Oh, this is huge.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32A huge, huge bathroom.
0:39:34 > 0:39:35Huge!
0:39:38 > 0:39:41- Absolutely lovely.- Isn't it nice to feel the bare essence?
0:39:45 > 0:39:46Sit up here.
0:39:47 > 0:39:48It's great.
0:39:51 > 0:39:55- Wow!- Oh, this bathroom's super.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58- It's another enormous room in here. - I love this.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00Oh, back into the hallway.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02Oh, and a cute room here.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04Time for daughter Jess to give her verdict.
0:40:04 > 0:40:07- Hello, you. - Hi.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10Hello. Come on in.
0:40:12 > 0:40:14- It's huge.- It's huge, isn't it?
0:40:14 > 0:40:16Absolutely massive.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18- Lots of cupboard space.- Loads.
0:40:21 > 0:40:25We finally test drove wild card number two.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28Now I'm going to ask Jess, Jess, how was it?
0:40:28 > 0:40:31- I really liked it. - Yeah?- Yeah, I did.
0:40:31 > 0:40:35- Any idea what your folks want in a home? We haven't got a clue! - We've given up.
0:40:35 > 0:40:40I think the hard thing is they both want different things.
0:40:40 > 0:40:42Thank you for saying that!
0:40:42 > 0:40:46I think Dad would be looking for something
0:40:46 > 0:40:53that would be in a town, perhaps, and Mum maybe more countryside.
0:40:53 > 0:40:58But this has got elements, you know, of period property as well.
0:40:58 > 0:41:00I don't know. This might be one they liked.
0:41:00 > 0:41:06One piece of information they might not have given you or your dad won't have given you,
0:41:06 > 0:41:11it was 3-0 on Guess The Price to your mum.
0:41:11 > 0:41:16He was no good at all. We're going to give you one last chance here, mate, to redeem yourself.
0:41:16 > 0:41:20A late consolation goal, it's definitely 750.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23Definitely 750. Very confident.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26- 745.- 745.
0:41:26 > 0:41:33- Jess, go on, how much do you think this property's on the market for? - I think 760.
0:41:33 > 0:41:35I love this game so much!
0:41:35 > 0:41:37Did I win?
0:41:37 > 0:41:39Jess won.
0:41:41 > 0:41:46- After all that, she came in and stole your thunder. - At least I beat Karen.
0:41:46 > 0:41:49You get nothing for second, mate.
0:41:49 > 0:41:53This property's on the market at £775,000.
0:41:53 > 0:41:59Now, it is over your budget, but we wanted to show you something with the charm we thought you'd like.
0:41:59 > 0:42:01Did it do it for you?
0:42:01 > 0:42:05It's definitely got the charm. It's a beautiful property.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08It's quirky. It's got character, I know the area very well.
0:42:08 > 0:42:13It's very close to the station, good supermarkets and stuff like that.
0:42:13 > 0:42:15- I can hear a but coming.- I know.
0:42:15 > 0:42:19So should we ask the question then? Should we ask the question?
0:42:19 > 0:42:23We've done a lot of spying, but we want to know about buying. To buy or not to buy?
0:42:23 > 0:42:27I'm sorry, you've worked so hard, and it's been great,
0:42:27 > 0:42:31and I'm so sorry for you, but, no, we didn't see anything.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34We even threw an extra property in!
0:42:34 > 0:42:39I know, but... yes, we didn't see anything that we just loved.
0:42:39 > 0:42:43Are you any closer? Have you thought, "I definitely do not want that
0:42:43 > 0:42:48"and I know what I do want now?" Have we helped in any way?
0:42:48 > 0:42:53- You have. You've been absolutely... - Without a doubt.- We have. We've ticked four houses off the list.
0:42:55 > 0:42:59And listen, whilst you were in here test-driving the place,
0:42:59 > 0:43:01we decided to put more leg work in,
0:43:01 > 0:43:05we still don't know what you want, but any way we got you them, you may as well go to them.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07Jess, find something you like.
0:43:07 > 0:43:10- It's been an pleasure to meet you all.- Thank you very much.
0:43:10 > 0:43:16- Good luck, I really do hope you find your perfect property.- Cheers, guys. - Come on then, take care. Bye.- Bye.
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