0:00:02 > 0:00:06Good morning, passengers. This is your captain speaking.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09You're aboard the 11:00am To Buy Or Not To Buy
0:00:09 > 0:00:13bound for St Albans. Enjoy your flight.
0:00:13 > 0:00:16- You really are getting into this. - Rani, there should be no limits
0:00:16 > 0:00:19as to how far we will travel to make people happy.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22I know, but I think this is taking it a little bit too far.
0:00:22 > 0:00:27Rani, I'm taking it 5,491 miles too far, to be precise, today.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29OK, are we ready? Is everything in position?
0:00:29 > 0:00:32Have we got the little dangly bits out there?
0:00:32 > 0:00:35- The wings are all straight? - All good, Captain.- OK!
0:00:35 > 0:00:38Three, two, one... GO!
0:00:49 > 0:00:53Passengers, today we are embarking on a global property journey!
0:00:53 > 0:00:57One that starts in the southern hemisphere, in Africa...
0:00:57 > 0:01:00And ends up in the northern hemisphere of Hertfordshire -
0:01:00 > 0:01:03- I hope.- Are you saying I can't fly this thing?
0:01:03 > 0:01:06- I'm saying I know you can't. - You see those horses over there?
0:01:06 > 0:01:09- They're so lovely. - They are. Look, no hands!
0:01:09 > 0:01:11THEY IMITATE PLANE-ENGINE NOISES
0:01:11 > 0:01:14On board today is our house-hunter Debbie Stanford.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17She's travelling halfway across the world from Africa
0:01:17 > 0:01:20to get our help to find a new home.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23And it looks like she's just touched down in good old Blighty.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26Waiting to meet her is her sexy brother Steven,
0:01:26 > 0:01:28who'll be helping with today's property hunt.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31And it's some hunt indeed. For the last 13 years,
0:01:31 > 0:01:33Debbie has been living with her husband David
0:01:33 > 0:01:38and kids Nathaniel, Sammy and Emilia in the town of Gaborone, Botswana.
0:01:38 > 0:01:42Yep, Botswana - a country full of big-game hunters and huge lions.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45But Debbie is leaving all that behind her
0:01:45 > 0:01:47so her kids can be schooled in Blighty,
0:01:47 > 0:01:49and she can be closer to her mum and brother.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51But we've got our work cut out,
0:01:51 > 0:01:54as we've only a small window of opportunity
0:01:54 > 0:01:56to find a house before she flies back out to Botswana
0:01:56 > 0:01:58to collect the rest of her family.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01Here she is. So whilst Debbie gets acclimatised,
0:02:01 > 0:02:03here's what's coming up in today's show.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06We find out about the slippery side of Botswana...
0:02:06 > 0:02:10I had a snake in the cot with my son when he was nine months old,
0:02:10 > 0:02:12a big spitting cobra. No joke.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15Debbie finds out what she's been missing as she hits the property trail...
0:02:15 > 0:02:17Oh, wow!
0:02:17 > 0:02:19Oh, this is beautiful!
0:02:20 > 0:02:24- You couldn't even put a bed in here, could you?- This is a wardrobe.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27Finally, it's time to meet them.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29Welcome to the show. Firstly,
0:02:29 > 0:02:32you are probably the most attractive brother and sister...
0:02:32 > 0:02:36- THEY LAUGH - I would love to meet your parents!
0:02:36 > 0:02:39- Look at the genes you've got! - They are good looking.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42Both of you! And also, you've done us the courtesy
0:02:42 > 0:02:44of coming miles
0:02:44 > 0:02:46to get to this programme.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49So you've watched To Buy Or Not To Buy from Botswana?
0:02:49 > 0:02:53- Yes!- How does it go down in a Botswanian environment, the show?
0:02:53 > 0:02:56One of the first reactions is, "How much?!"
0:02:56 > 0:02:58- THEY LAUGH - It's quite easy to translate.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00- It's ten to one, basically.- Wow!
0:03:00 > 0:03:04It costs that much. They'll say, "That's four million pula."
0:03:04 > 0:03:06So that's always the first reaction.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08So it's, "What? For that?!"
0:03:08 > 0:03:12Telling everyone I was coming to the UK to be on To Buy Or Not To Buy
0:03:12 > 0:03:15to buy a house, it was celebrity status, I think!
0:03:15 > 0:03:17Wow!
0:03:17 > 0:03:20- Absolutely!- I'm really impressed! - I am too. I am too.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22What is your life like out there?
0:03:22 > 0:03:27It's really different. It's hot. It's really hot for a lot of the year.
0:03:27 > 0:03:31- It doesn't rain 360-something days of the year?- No. It doesn't rain.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33That took some getting used to.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35It's, um... It's a desert,
0:03:35 > 0:03:39so it only rains for a couple of months of the year if you're lucky.
0:03:39 > 0:03:44There is the most... 19 percent of the country is national parks,
0:03:44 > 0:03:47so we have got the best game, I believe.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50What's the strangest animal you've had in your back garden?
0:03:50 > 0:03:53- We had a kudu. - We've had a kudu in our back garden.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57Yes. I had a snake in the cot with my son when he was nine months old.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00A big spitting cobra. No joke.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02The snake stood up and looked at me.
0:04:02 > 0:04:06And I thought, "Oh..." So I closed my eyes, as I wanted Nathan,
0:04:06 > 0:04:09and I closed my eyes, walked forward,
0:04:09 > 0:04:11and when I opened it, the snake had moved away,
0:04:11 > 0:04:14because they will. But it was in the cot with Nathan.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17For only a second, but it made a good story.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19THEY LAUGH
0:04:19 > 0:04:23- That is the best... - It was wrapped round his torso...
0:04:23 > 0:04:26It was only in the cot for a matter of seconds,
0:04:26 > 0:04:28because it was trying to get away from me.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30Let's describe your property in Botswana,
0:04:30 > 0:04:34and see if we can replicate that in St Albans. Go.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37OK! We do have a large swimming pool,
0:04:37 > 0:04:40a large garden, about 2,500 square metres.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43- Right. Of course. - And, um...- Can you do that?
0:04:43 > 0:04:48..we have a four-bedroom house with a little cottage for our nanny,
0:04:48 > 0:04:53- and, um, we have a large lounge, kitchen, dining room...- Right!
0:04:53 > 0:04:57- OK.- Bar area...- Pretty much like Roman Abramovich's house.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00THEY LAUGH And what are you looking for here?
0:05:00 > 0:05:03- I...- Don't say "the same"! Don't say "the same"!
0:05:03 > 0:05:06- It'll be different. - Don't disappoint.
0:05:06 > 0:05:07It will, but I know that.
0:05:07 > 0:05:12What I've just described, if I put it on the market, sold it,
0:05:12 > 0:05:15I would maybe make £150,000.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18- It's 1.5 million. - That sounds better, doesn't it?
0:05:18 > 0:05:20- I'm a pula millionaire! - THEY LAUGH
0:05:20 > 0:05:25Who Wants To Be A Pula Millionaire would be the worst programme ever over there.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27"Thanks a bunch!" So what do we want in St Albans?
0:05:27 > 0:05:30OK. I need three rooms, three bedrooms.
0:05:30 > 0:05:36I need a garden, because my children aren't used to being inside.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39- You know sort of the area, Steven? - A little bit.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42What areas would be nice for your sister to be in?
0:05:42 > 0:05:47When I say I know the area, I know there are cul-de-sacs,
0:05:47 > 0:05:50- and that would be nice.- OK. So you're a fat lot of use, then.
0:05:50 > 0:05:54Because they're not very streetwise, are they? There's not many roads.
0:05:54 > 0:05:59Well, there are lots of roads, but we live in quite a quiet area,
0:05:59 > 0:06:02so if there was a main road, Debbie wouldn't trust them not to walk out and...
0:06:02 > 0:06:04There's absolutely no way.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07Education. Have you thought about children's education?
0:06:07 > 0:06:10- Have you looked into schools round here?- Absolutely no.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14- We have been told it's a good area. - That was one of the reasons, too.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16- OK.- Which is obviously very, very important.- Yeah.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20I would like to try and hope I wouldn't make an emotional decision.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22It has to be an investment.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25OK. We might as well find out the budget, I reckon.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28- In pula or pounds? - Shall we go in pula?
0:06:28 > 0:06:32- And then we'll go pounds. - In pula, it's 4.5 million pula.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34- Whoa!- Never done this much!
0:06:34 > 0:06:38And so it's ten times pula, so it's 450,000.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42450,000. It would have to be something really special to go over.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45You work out how to get your dog and your furniture over.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48We'll get out there and do it. Cross your fingers for us.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51- We'll see you later.- Take care.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53- I'm very impressed, Ed.- Why's that?
0:06:53 > 0:06:55In Botswana, they watch To Buy Or Not To Buy,
0:06:55 > 0:06:59and that has pulled Debbie all the way here so we can help her.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01We are her main means of finding a property,
0:07:01 > 0:07:04and she's only here for a very short time.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06She has to buy one of the three properties we find today.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10- I've never had that much pressure! - She doesn't want to get emotional.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14- She wants to be practical. - Are you sure?- I don't know!
0:07:14 > 0:07:16- It's a big ask.- I am going to talk to an estate agent.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20- What are you going to do? - Talk to the people of St Albans! - See you in a bit.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23Well, today's search brings us to the pretty city of St Albans
0:07:23 > 0:07:26in the county of Hertfordshire.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30It's situated 22 miles north of central London,
0:07:30 > 0:07:33and remains an ever-popular area with commuters,
0:07:33 > 0:07:36as it has great road and rail links into the capital.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40The prestigious St Albans private school lies west of the abbey,
0:07:40 > 0:07:43and it's the only school in the English-speaking world
0:07:43 > 0:07:47to have educated a pope - Adrian IV, to be precise.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50St Albans' history can be traced back to Roman times,
0:07:50 > 0:07:53and evidence of this can be seen dotted around the city even today.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56These Roman remains may be priceless,
0:07:56 > 0:07:59but what could Debbie's budget of 450,000 get you elsewhere?
0:07:59 > 0:08:02In Durham, where Debbie and Steven's mum lives,
0:08:02 > 0:08:06she could get this stunning four-bed detached property built in 1840.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09It's full of quintessential English features,
0:08:09 > 0:08:13but also caters to modern taste with plenty of space inside and out.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16It's on the market for £450,000.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18And in Bristol, home to Debbie's in-laws,
0:08:18 > 0:08:22you could get this four-bedroom detached 1930s house,
0:08:22 > 0:08:25with three bedrooms, large lounge - and it might not be a swimming pool,
0:08:25 > 0:08:28but there is a lovely pond.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30On the market for 450 grand.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32Or, if Debbie stayed in Botswana,
0:08:32 > 0:08:34she could get this fabulous five-bedroom home
0:08:34 > 0:08:38with three bathrooms, staff quarters, gym, swimming pool,
0:08:38 > 0:08:42and a triple garage, all nestled in a plot of 40,000 square metres.
0:08:42 > 0:08:47It begs the question why she wants to move! The price, 450 grand.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55I think Debbie's made a good choice with St Albans, you know.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58This place has been welcoming guests for over 2,000 years,
0:08:58 > 0:09:01going back to when the Romans conquered the place,
0:09:01 > 0:09:04making it the third-largest town of the time.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06The schools here are good?
0:09:06 > 0:09:09They're one of the biggest reasons people move here.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13One of St Albans' claims to fame is that it has more pubs
0:09:13 > 0:09:15per square mile than anywhere else in Britain.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18But no time for that for me! I've got work to do.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25450,000 - there's always a compromise somewhere
0:09:25 > 0:09:28- when we're looking for properties on the programme.- Yeah.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31Of the list they want, where's the best place to compromise?
0:09:31 > 0:09:35Either it's going to have to be the accommodation in the garden,
0:09:35 > 0:09:38or it might be on a busier road. They have to compromise somewhere.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40You won't get your dream house here for 450.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43Welcome to the Wildcard. Only joking!
0:09:43 > 0:09:45This is the very beautiful St Albans cathedral.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48This used to be the principal abbey here in England,
0:09:48 > 0:09:52and the first draft of the Magna Carta was actually drawn up here.
0:09:55 > 0:09:59- The garden looks huge here.- Some has been sold off for new development.
0:09:59 > 0:10:03It used to have a 200ft garden, and it probably would have been 550,000.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06- So they could've brought the elephants with them.- Yes!
0:10:06 > 0:10:08Unbelievable.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10Rani and myself have been roaming around.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13Rani, I believe you've informed everyone.
0:10:13 > 0:10:17About St Albans? I have, but I've also learned stuff from them
0:10:17 > 0:10:20about the area, about the schools. Let's do my one first, then.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23- She said three bedrooms. Why stop at three...- Go on.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26- ..when you can have four?- Nice!
0:10:26 > 0:10:28It's in Redbourn, just outside of St Albans.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31It's a quiet cul-de-sac, so safe for the children.
0:10:31 > 0:10:36Lovely garden. People always say, "I want an upstairs bathroom
0:10:36 > 0:10:38- "and a downstairs loo." Why? - It's practical.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42- Why not have two bathrooms? - Oh, one downstairs, one upstairs?
0:10:42 > 0:10:46- Not quite. I've kind of put them both next to each other.- Interesting.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50Property 2, mine and the mysterious property-hunting team's one,
0:10:50 > 0:10:52is a beauty. When you've come from Botswana,
0:10:52 > 0:10:55you want a bit of Englishness. You don't want the same.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57You want to be in a rural, cottagey kind of property,
0:10:57 > 0:11:00kind of like this beauty here.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04It is in the amusingly titled village of Tyttenhanger,
0:11:04 > 0:11:07- um, which is very nice. - HE CHUCKLES
0:11:07 > 0:11:10It is quintessentially English. It's lovely. It's cottagey.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13- Might be a little bit petite, but it is really nice.- Right.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16OK. Of course, there is the Wildcard.
0:11:16 > 0:11:20Now, Ed, this one I think is very English for them.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24It's lovely. And it is wild for many, many reasons.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27One of them is that lovely Steven will have to maybe help out
0:11:27 > 0:11:30- and do a bit of DIY. They didn't say they wanted to do...- No.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33..much DIY, but when you live in England, right,
0:11:33 > 0:11:36we're a DIY-obsessed nation. That's what we do on a weekend.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40We're trying to get them into the swing of things with that property.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42These are the houses. Where shall we start?
0:11:42 > 0:11:44Let's start in Redbourn, property number 1.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50Well, form follows function for my choice today, Ed.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53It's situated in the village of Redbourn
0:11:53 > 0:11:56at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac. This four-bedroom semi
0:11:56 > 0:11:59is about ten minutes' drive from St Albans,
0:11:59 > 0:12:02and I think I've given them everything they've asked for.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04I think so. Remember, we can't fail her today.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06No pressure, then!
0:12:06 > 0:12:08Right, then, Steve and Debbie, welcome to Redbourn.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12We're in a borough of St Albans. This is where you want to be.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15Schools are excellent round here, and that's what you wanted.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18Also, Steve, you mentioned cul-de-sacs.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20- I noticed that. Very nice. - This is one of them,
0:12:20 > 0:12:23so perfect for the kids to learn to cross the road.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26- You can watch them. - They can really get up to speed.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29- It will be fine. - Of course, this is the property.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32First impressions?
0:12:32 > 0:12:35This looks like a good-size house. I thought it would be very small,
0:12:35 > 0:12:37but that's a good size.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40Never lived in a house attached to another one.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43- Ah, OK.- Ah! - They call it "semi-detached" here.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45Only detached on one side.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48Yes, and just as long as, you know, you have to give the neighbours
0:12:48 > 0:12:52- lots of presents and nice things. - That's exactly what we do here.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54We're forever giving neighbours presents.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58Please be nice and don't shout at my children when they're really loud!
0:12:58 > 0:13:00The garage is good. You could park one in
0:13:00 > 0:13:03and one behind. You've got a carport and a car park.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05Exactly! So that's all covered.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09- Are you ready to go in?- Absolutely. - Three, two, one. Enjoy it. Go on!
0:13:09 > 0:13:10- Thank you very much.- Go on.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14- Oh!- That's cool.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17- It is. Oh, a nice big window. - That is quite big, yeah.
0:13:17 > 0:13:21OK. It's a cracking front window. It doesn't offer much privacy,
0:13:21 > 0:13:24but you're a cul-de-sac. It doesn't really matter, does it?
0:13:24 > 0:13:28It doesn't matter at all, and they've got that nice long window
0:13:28 > 0:13:30as soon as they come in, and they like that too.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33- I like the floors.- Oh, nice!
0:13:33 > 0:13:36Oh, no, it's lovely. I like the garden already.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38I shouldn't be looking at the garden.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41- It's really nice.- All right. Instantly she likes the garden.
0:13:41 > 0:13:46It is like the Serengeti out here, I believe. Wild tabby cats
0:13:46 > 0:13:48- and foxes.- Pigeons.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51The occasional stray terrier would be seen roaming through here.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54- Right.- It's a little bit...
0:13:54 > 0:13:57- Little bit...- Smaller. - Yes. Thanks, Steve.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00Would you want two tables - that one and that one?
0:14:00 > 0:14:04Well, we don't fit round that table, but the children would.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07- Children can eat in here. - The children can eat in here,
0:14:07 > 0:14:10and the adults in there! That's a very good idea.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13OK, so it's a smallish kitchen.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16Yeah. And this is the cruel, harsh face
0:14:16 > 0:14:19of what 450 grand will get for you in St Albans.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21Nice big doors.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25They can open them wide - when it's warm enough.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27The children would get lost in there.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30- I wouldn't be able to see them. - HE LAUGHS
0:14:30 > 0:14:32It's quite a good size. You could take those pots away
0:14:32 > 0:14:34and have more of a patio.
0:14:34 > 0:14:38It would seem you can't take the African out of the African,
0:14:38 > 0:14:40because they're obsessed by the outdoors.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43Steven has lived in this country for three years,
0:14:43 > 0:14:45and he's cruelly aware that it's freezing,
0:14:45 > 0:14:48- whereas Debbie's only been here for a week.- And says it's freezing!
0:14:48 > 0:14:51Yet they still want to live in the back garden.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56- OK!- This would be one of the kids' bedrooms.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58Definitely. Or an office.
0:14:58 > 0:15:03Study. And the window frames are actually really nice.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05Man alive, Debbie has really dropped.
0:15:05 > 0:15:09She's started to talk about the window frames being nice.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11OK. This is quite cosy again.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14Hopefully this isn't the only bathroom,
0:15:14 > 0:15:17because bath time would be chaos.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19Can you imagine three kids in here?
0:15:19 > 0:15:22What about three kids and two adults?
0:15:22 > 0:15:24No, I hope there's another bathroom.
0:15:24 > 0:15:28- Aha! Another bathroom. - Well, a shower room.- A shower room.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31The kids will be fascinated with that.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35In fact I think I might find children sitting in there.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37Again, lovely tiles, nice floor.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40Wouldn't have to do anything in here.
0:15:40 > 0:15:44- This is a bigger room. - It is bigger.- That's great.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48- David's study.- No.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51- Children's bedroom. - HE LAUGHS
0:15:51 > 0:15:53Got a nice view.
0:15:57 > 0:16:01It's a nice area, when you look at the other gardens, as well.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04I don't think you're supposed to do that, though, are you?
0:16:04 > 0:16:06- HE LAUGHS - It's beautiful.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09There you go! Listen to that little list.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12- It's good. Is it the biggest room? - No, it's not.- Good!
0:16:12 > 0:16:14Back in the game. Back in the game.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16OK, that's quite small.
0:16:16 > 0:16:20- Yeah.- What is that? - It's another quite small room.
0:16:20 > 0:16:24I think that is a clever use of space for a wardrobe.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27This would have to be... a guest room,
0:16:27 > 0:16:30and tell friends not to bring many clothes,
0:16:30 > 0:16:35- because there's nowhere to put them. - And then that's obviously...
0:16:35 > 0:16:37Oh, this is...
0:16:38 > 0:16:42- Oh, look.- That's nice. - Furniture's beautiful.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45The master bedroom has the worst view.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48It does. It does.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51But it is the biggest room. It is.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54I might actually put the boys in here,
0:16:54 > 0:16:57and us have the room over there. It's not that much different.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00- Really? If you take that desk out... - The desk's in there,
0:17:00 > 0:17:03and it's got the same sized cupboard.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07The children don't care about views, and I do.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13Hello, hello! You've been talking about the garden,
0:17:13 > 0:17:15so we thought you'd better have a look.
0:17:15 > 0:17:20Will this be big enough for the kids to sleep, because they're not sleeping in there, are they?
0:17:20 > 0:17:24You realise you probably only housed two of your children in there?
0:17:24 > 0:17:27I think Debbie's a bit, um, despondent about the size.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30I put the boys together and they've got a master bedroom,
0:17:30 > 0:17:35- and poor Emmy would be in... - We weren't sure where she was going.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38One room had a couch in it. One was an office.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41Maybe Emmy could stay at Uncle Steve's house!
0:17:41 > 0:17:44- They'd be sent to my house. - Just get rid of them one at a time.
0:17:44 > 0:17:48This is your first look around a property in St Albans,
0:17:48 > 0:17:53and it seems like it's maybe a little bit less than you imagined
0:17:53 > 0:17:56in terms of...size-wise.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59No matter how much I convinced myself to be prepared,
0:17:59 > 0:18:04it is... I can't imagine us being downstairs, all of us.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07I just feel that it would just... Coming home from work
0:18:07 > 0:18:11and having five of us in that space, I'll be going to bed really early.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14It'll be great bonding time! All there together, snuggling up,
0:18:14 > 0:18:18- watching the telly, keeping warm! - We've not played guess-the-price yet
0:18:18 > 0:18:21and we don't know how much this costs.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23We've got a maximum budget of £450,000.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26Who wants to go first?
0:18:26 > 0:18:29- I have no idea.- Can we have the guess in pula, as well,
0:18:29 > 0:18:32- just so it sounds like more? - I think...
0:18:32 > 0:18:354.3 million pula.
0:18:35 > 0:18:39- OK.- Which is - what? £430,000?
0:18:39 > 0:18:43I'm hoping it's closer to £410,000.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46- That's just the 4.1...- 4.1 million.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49Yes. Do you know what you could get for...
0:18:49 > 0:18:51I'm not sure, but I know it would be huge.
0:18:51 > 0:18:57Steve, you are actually the closest. You said 4.3 million pula.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00- He's happy with that.- I like that. - The price of this property
0:19:00 > 0:19:06is actually... Well, it's approximately 4.5 million pula,
0:19:06 > 0:19:09which is £450,000,
0:19:09 > 0:19:12- which is your budget on the nose. - Goodness gracious me!
0:19:12 > 0:19:18- Wow!- Depressed?- Not so happy now about losing and winning!
0:19:18 > 0:19:22- Yeah. That's interesting!- But this is the beginning of the journey.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25- Yes.- Let's go this way to Property 2. Come on.
0:19:29 > 0:19:34For my property we've travelled to a village on the southern side of St Albans.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37With some lovely period detail and generous room sizes,
0:19:37 > 0:19:40I think this could be the perfect home for Debbie and her family.
0:19:40 > 0:19:44- Good luck, Ed. I hope you're right. - Of course I am! What's not to love?
0:19:44 > 0:19:47Now, this is a beauty.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50This is more Englishness. You've come from Botswana.
0:19:50 > 0:19:54You want something with a period in it, and a bit of, um...
0:19:54 > 0:19:56a feeling of the country that you're moving to.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59We are in a very English-named place,
0:19:59 > 0:20:03and in no way is this an amusing-named place.
0:20:03 > 0:20:07- It is called Tyttenhanger. - He likes that!
0:20:07 > 0:20:11- That's tickled Steve!- You don't have places like that in Botswana?
0:20:11 > 0:20:13- No.- So we are in Tyttenhanger.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16Now, you have got the property here.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19This is your front garden, but it's essentially your back garden,
0:20:19 > 0:20:22even though it's at the front of the house.
0:20:22 > 0:20:26But because you like gardens a lot, isn't it nice to walk through one
0:20:26 > 0:20:28- to cheer you up on the way? - Very nice.- Also,
0:20:28 > 0:20:32Tyttenhanger is in the catchment area
0:20:32 > 0:20:36for the greatest secondary school in the area.
0:20:36 > 0:20:40- So, secondary-school-wise... - Oh!- I'm excited now!
0:20:40 > 0:20:43- First impressions of this property? - I love it.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47- Yeah?- I really do! I really do. When we parked down there...
0:20:47 > 0:20:51- There's a horse just over there. - You've got a lot of fields nearby.
0:20:51 > 0:20:55- Very excited.- Very excited, and there's that nice drive down here,
0:20:55 > 0:21:00and... No, it looks more like a house in England should look.
0:21:00 > 0:21:04- OK. Are you ready to go into the Tyttenhanger house?- Very excited.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07- Three, two, one. Enter that Tyttenhanging house!- There you go!
0:21:11 > 0:21:14- Oh, this is an... This is nice. - Nice fireplace.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16Fireplace! Yay!
0:21:16 > 0:21:21Oh, this is good. Like this. And very, very tall.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25It's a belting living room, this. I think this is England personified
0:21:25 > 0:21:29to a Botswanian person wishing to come over here.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32You got your fireplace, which is great. "Wow, I'm living in England."
0:21:32 > 0:21:35You've got a great room, which feels decadent and grand.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39- "Wow, I'm living in England." - And it looks out to a lovely garden,
0:21:39 > 0:21:43and you always imagine the English to have a lovely garden.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46- Oh, look!- Yeah, that's much better.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49Oh, no, this is lovely.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53- Lovely!- Can't get all round here, though, can you?
0:21:53 > 0:21:56No, we can't, but maybe just a longer, thinner table,
0:21:56 > 0:21:58and we probably would.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01They like the kitchen. This is a good space for them.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03I haven't heard them say it's too small.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06No, because it isn't. They are using it as a dining room.
0:22:06 > 0:22:10You have got a dining room here, but they use it as a playroom,
0:22:10 > 0:22:12which I think is what Debbie would do.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14Oh, this is good!
0:22:14 > 0:22:17Oh, it's like a little nook, isn't it?
0:22:17 > 0:22:19Oh...
0:22:19 > 0:22:22- I have a playroom! - Yeah. There you go.
0:22:22 > 0:22:26- Oh, now, that's superb.- That's nice.
0:22:27 > 0:22:28I like it a lot.
0:22:28 > 0:22:32- Right, shall we go upstairs? - Check the old doorbell!
0:22:32 > 0:22:35- Oh, do you think it works? - DOORBELL RINGS
0:22:35 > 0:22:36That's superb.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40It's like a version of Upstairs, Downstairs. That is English.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43Ding-a-ling-a-ding-ding-dong. That's "your meal's ready"
0:22:43 > 0:22:47to her husband and the little kids, or Steven if he was staying there.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50If it was me and they rang that doorbell,
0:22:50 > 0:22:52I would be running in there with a cup of tea.
0:22:52 > 0:22:56- That's what you should do for them. - They're such lovely people.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59This is really nice. It feels really solid.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01It does!
0:23:01 > 0:23:05OK. This... Well, this would be Emilia's room.
0:23:05 > 0:23:09Yeah, judging by the pink and all the toys here.
0:23:09 > 0:23:14This is very nice. Do you think the cat comes with the house?
0:23:14 > 0:23:16Hello! This is lovely.
0:23:16 > 0:23:20- It's a fair size, as well. - It is.- It's the same as...
0:23:20 > 0:23:23It's not big enough for the boys to share,
0:23:23 > 0:23:24but it's fine for Emilia.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26The bathroom!
0:23:28 > 0:23:32- Oh, that's nice. Shower and bath. - It's a fair size.- Yes.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34Again, I'd have to...
0:23:34 > 0:23:36sort...
0:23:37 > 0:23:41- Oh! We can see the neighbours. - This is good news for Steven.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44The neighbours are visible. He will not be bored.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47He likes the idea of that. Of course, in Botswana,
0:23:47 > 0:23:50one would need a telescope to view your neighbours,
0:23:50 > 0:23:52because the place is so big.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54And here we go!
0:23:54 > 0:23:56Right, into Jack's room.
0:23:56 > 0:24:01Ah! This must be the room he was talking about as the...
0:24:01 > 0:24:03I hope it's the one that he's calling the half-room.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07- Probably not.- Do you not think so? It's got wardrobes in it.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10It's got wardrobes. It's got two wardrobes,
0:24:10 > 0:24:15and it's got a...a nice view.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18Everything's nice and light.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21- Trying to fit two kids in here... - Or possibly not.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24There's another room there, look.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27- OK, this...- It's cosy!
0:24:27 > 0:24:31- This is tiny. - You couldn't even put a bed in here.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33This is actually a wardrobe.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36A nice wardrobe, but it is a fitted wardrobe.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39- Is that a fireplace? - Yeah.- Isn't that a bit random?
0:24:39 > 0:24:41No, because this wall must have been put in
0:24:41 > 0:24:45- to try and make... This wall... - Oh, they've extended that bedroom
0:24:45 > 0:24:47- to make one big bedroom.- Exactly.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53OK. The last bedroom!
0:24:55 > 0:24:58- Which is a big bedroom. - It is a large bedroom.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00That's very nice.
0:25:00 > 0:25:04But I still... I don't know why they put the wall in.
0:25:04 > 0:25:08- What's behind there? - That's that little office.- OK.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11Maybe somebody worked at home and needed that office.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14Beautiful view, beautiful window.
0:25:14 > 0:25:18- It really does feel lovely. - Homely.- And homely.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21Yeah, it does. It's very nice.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24But there would definitely be some work to be done.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30Hello, hello!
0:25:30 > 0:25:32Right, then. Come forward!
0:25:32 > 0:25:36Earlier on, I was saying that the downstairs was going to be good,
0:25:36 > 0:25:40- and you like the downstairs a lot. - Fantastic.- Lots of noises from you -
0:25:40 > 0:25:44"Ooh, ahh. Ooh!" Downstairs, is this kind of what we're looking for?
0:25:44 > 0:25:48- Absolutely.- That fire in there, you can use it, as well.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50- It's a proper one.- Really?
0:25:50 > 0:25:54And the fireplace in there is just stunning. It's lovely, yes.
0:25:54 > 0:25:58The higher up you go, your noises turned to, "hmm".
0:25:58 > 0:26:01Bedroom-wise, it's not really a four-bedroom, is it?
0:26:01 > 0:26:04It's a three-and-a-bit-bedroom house.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08Is it enough? You've sort of nearly housed everyone,
0:26:08 > 0:26:11- possibly, possibly? - It would be a squeeze.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14I don't think it's not do-able, and I think the area,
0:26:14 > 0:26:18and having this massive room downstairs, you know...
0:26:18 > 0:26:22- Are you anxious about what we're about to do next?- Yes.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25- Who won last time? It was Steve, wasn't it?- By a lot.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27I was, like, miles...
0:26:27 > 0:26:32Your budget is £450,000, or, as we've been saying,
0:26:32 > 0:26:364.5 million pula, approximately.
0:26:36 > 0:26:40- So who's going to go first this time? - You go first.
0:26:40 > 0:26:44Me? Well, I think it's...over the budget,
0:26:44 > 0:26:47especially because it's so much more than we saw,
0:26:47 > 0:26:50- so unfortunately I think it's... - In pula!
0:26:50 > 0:26:534,650,000 pula.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56- £465,000.- OK. OK.
0:26:56 > 0:27:01I think it's lower. I think it's 4.45 million pula.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04OK. Or £445,000.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07The actual price is...
0:27:11 > 0:27:15- ..£425,000.- Get in!
0:27:15 > 0:27:17- THEY LAUGH - Again?!
0:27:17 > 0:27:22- Are you just excited...- I have no idea where to house children,
0:27:22 > 0:27:26- but guessing house prices... - Anything competitive,
0:27:26 > 0:27:29- really, I just have to bow to you. - You have ruined guess-the-price.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32It's over. You've won the competition as it stands.
0:27:32 > 0:27:36But also you've won because the property's £425,000,
0:27:36 > 0:27:38£25,000 less than your budget.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41That's brilliant, because it means the things we were talking about
0:27:41 > 0:27:45- are possible to do, and stay in budget.- Yeah.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48- Good, good, good! - That's excellent.- That's very good.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51We don't have to make any decisions yet, of course,
0:27:51 > 0:27:55because there is another property. There's the Wildcard.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57Coming this way? Come on!
0:28:00 > 0:28:03Well, have we got a Wildcard for you today!
0:28:03 > 0:28:06The view over the village green from this period property
0:28:06 > 0:28:10could not be more quintessentially English if you tried.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13But will Debbie have the vision to see past the interior decor?
0:28:13 > 0:28:16This is London Colney. It's a conservation village.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19As you can see, it's absolutely beautiful, idyllic,
0:28:19 > 0:28:22and listen to them birds. It is perfect, would you say?
0:28:22 > 0:28:25- It is lovely. - Beautiful.- You've got ducks,
0:28:25 > 0:28:28swans, and look how near the pub it is!
0:28:28 > 0:28:32Would you imagine yourself visiting that pub at all?
0:28:32 > 0:28:35Occasionally. Special occasions only!
0:28:35 > 0:28:38You said the little boys, not good at crossing the road.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40Really quiet area. Would that be a...
0:28:40 > 0:28:43- THEY LAUGH - That would be great, great!
0:28:43 > 0:28:48- They can learn to swim as well! - Go on. What do you think?
0:28:48 > 0:28:51I'm going to go out and say you're going to buy this house.
0:28:51 > 0:28:55But I want to know what you think, because that's me just forcing you to do that.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58- OK. I'm loving that view.- Right.
0:28:58 > 0:29:01And I'm loving the street and everything.
0:29:01 > 0:29:05- It does look like it's going to need some work.- Yes.
0:29:05 > 0:29:08- And there is Steven for you. - That's where I come in.
0:29:08 > 0:29:11- Because I'm so good at DIY. - I'm also married to a builder,
0:29:11 > 0:29:13so that's not the end of the world.
0:29:13 > 0:29:18- Are you prepared to go in there? - Looking forward to it.- Good!
0:29:18 > 0:29:21You will buy this house. Do you think they'll buy this house?
0:29:21 > 0:29:23- I think you will. - Really?- I really do.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26- I will buy? - Three, two, one. Go into that house.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32Oh, lovely!
0:29:32 > 0:29:34Oh, wow!
0:29:34 > 0:29:37- Oh, this is beautiful! - It's very nice.
0:29:37 > 0:29:42Look at the fireplace! It goes through to the next-door room.
0:29:42 > 0:29:45Oh, there's a staircase up. That's nice.
0:29:45 > 0:29:46What is this room?
0:29:46 > 0:29:50- Beauty of this property is...- OK. - ..when you get round all of it,
0:29:50 > 0:29:53that room could be anything, cos we discovered other bits out the back.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56We did. There are loads of different rooms,
0:29:56 > 0:29:58and you'll decide, "Shall this be my living room?"
0:29:58 > 0:30:02- "Shall it be my dining room or the playroom?"- It could be anything!
0:30:02 > 0:30:04It could be anything. Anything!
0:30:04 > 0:30:07- Oh, that's lovely. - And that fire comes through there.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09Yes. Oh, look at that - an original wall!
0:30:09 > 0:30:13- That's a nice feature. - That is very nice.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16And you've got a little dining area, which could be extended
0:30:16 > 0:30:20- this way.- What is that room for? - Or is the kitchen extended that way?
0:30:20 > 0:30:22- The dining room. - You'd walk into the dining room.
0:30:22 > 0:30:24Yeah. Why not?
0:30:24 > 0:30:28That means it's really easy to extend this kitchen this way.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32- You want to extend it?- Yeah.
0:30:32 > 0:30:36So, like a kitchen-cum-family...room.
0:30:36 > 0:30:40She's saying she wants to extend it already?
0:30:40 > 0:30:43She doesn't need to. She's only been in one room. Give it a chance!
0:30:43 > 0:30:46Steven, huge garden!
0:30:47 > 0:30:49Oh, that's lovely.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52That's a nice tree. There's a garage.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55- Is that a garage? - It could be two garages!
0:30:55 > 0:30:59- Hey-hey-hey!- Heinz may find a home! - Heinz has got a home!
0:30:59 > 0:31:04Oh, I'm excited. Come on. OK. Let's go see. Let's go see!
0:31:04 > 0:31:08Earlier on they were saying they've got hippos that are close friends.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11- They didn't say that.- They wondered if we could factor in a river.
0:31:11 > 0:31:15Well, the hippos can come as well! They did say that.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18- Were you not there?- They didn't. - I did actually make that up.
0:31:18 > 0:31:20This is little.
0:31:20 > 0:31:24This is little, but...beautiful view.
0:31:24 > 0:31:27- Keep an eye on the kids in the garden.- Oh, look!
0:31:27 > 0:31:29Look! Utility room!
0:31:29 > 0:31:32- Utility room. Result.- Result!
0:31:32 > 0:31:36- Oh, no, this is a fantastic. - This is very nice.
0:31:36 > 0:31:38What's nice is, Debbie can see beyond,
0:31:38 > 0:31:43because the property needs jujjing, and it's not fazed her at all.
0:31:43 > 0:31:46Not in one way. She's in there, "Good, yeah. Oh, yes."
0:31:46 > 0:31:48Open that door.
0:31:48 > 0:31:49Oh, wow!
0:31:49 > 0:31:53- I like this place. - I'm liking this a lot.
0:31:53 > 0:31:58Oh, absolute... Why don't we just make this the kitchen?
0:31:58 > 0:32:04This could be a massive kitchen. It could be another family room,
0:32:04 > 0:32:07the "get away from me, children, you're driving me mad" room.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10- It could be anything. - There you go. Steve likes it.
0:32:10 > 0:32:12- And Debbie likes it! - They both like it.
0:32:15 > 0:32:17That's peculiar.
0:32:18 > 0:32:23- OK! It's a rear...- That suggests there might have been a flood.
0:32:23 > 0:32:24THEY LAUGH
0:32:24 > 0:32:28There's sandbags in the back door!
0:32:28 > 0:32:31That's not something that happens a lot in Botswana.
0:32:32 > 0:32:36Botswana doesn't have floods, so this is perfect for them.
0:32:36 > 0:32:38They would pray for that amount of rain.
0:32:38 > 0:32:43The envy of all their... "You'll never believe how much it rains. We've got sandbags!"
0:32:43 > 0:32:46- Another downstairs... - That's quite big,
0:32:46 > 0:32:48if you've got a wardrobe in there.
0:32:48 > 0:32:53Hey, the word big's not been used that much to describe anything on today's programme.
0:32:53 > 0:32:57- Apart from Steven's muscles. - Yeah. They are big, aren't they?
0:32:57 > 0:33:01Isn't this amazing? We have just been all the way around the bottom,
0:33:01 > 0:33:05and not hit one blank, unwelcoming wall. Every time you walk anywhere,
0:33:05 > 0:33:08you walk into another room. It's just amazing!
0:33:08 > 0:33:11OK! So...
0:33:11 > 0:33:15- This would be the main... - Guessing the master bedroom.
0:33:15 > 0:33:19- Master bedroom, yes. - Oh! There's a sink.
0:33:19 > 0:33:23When I was a student, a sink was my en suite. That's all I'm saying.
0:33:23 > 0:33:26It's a fair size. You've got wardrobes there.
0:33:26 > 0:33:29- Great view.- And you can check on David in the pub.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31THEY LAUGH
0:33:31 > 0:33:35I'll be able to whistle from here. "Come home, David!"
0:33:35 > 0:33:37Debbie is perfect wife material. She's lovely.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40Obviously, if Mrs Hall is watching, you are better.
0:33:40 > 0:33:42Debbie is nice, though.
0:33:42 > 0:33:46OK, this is interesting.
0:33:46 > 0:33:49Obviously, you need to go through this bedroom into the next bedroom.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54- Oh, look! This is lovely. - For a kid, this would be...
0:33:54 > 0:33:58- No, it's perfect.- They'll appreciate this sort of feature, won't they?
0:33:58 > 0:34:00- They will.- Living in the roof.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03And look at that view.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08Oh, that's lovely!
0:34:08 > 0:34:11Look, there's a park! I can see a slide.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15- For you or the boys? - THEY LAUGH
0:34:15 > 0:34:18It depends what part of the evening we're talking about.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21I think that's all the bedrooms,
0:34:21 > 0:34:25but if there is another one, you have to be very short to get in it,
0:34:25 > 0:34:30because... And it IS another bedroom, for someone very short!
0:34:30 > 0:34:34This is definitely Emmy's room. Come and have a look.
0:34:34 > 0:34:36It's so cute!
0:34:36 > 0:34:38- HE LAUGHS - It's so gorgeous!
0:34:38 > 0:34:41- I have to sit. Look at this! - That is brilliant.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43It is just so... It's so brilliant.
0:34:43 > 0:34:47She would just think that this was the best thing ever.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50- She will love it.- She will!
0:34:50 > 0:34:54- This is a mini-me bathroom. - SHE CHUCKLES
0:34:54 > 0:34:56Yes. This is lovely, though.
0:34:56 > 0:35:00I mean, it is a very interesting use of space.
0:35:00 > 0:35:03Yes. So, what do you think?
0:35:03 > 0:35:06How much work do you think needs to be done up here?
0:35:06 > 0:35:10I think a lot less than downstairs.
0:35:10 > 0:35:15She's asking Steven, who knows nothing about building, his opinion.
0:35:15 > 0:35:18What he's going to come up with is instantly dismissible
0:35:18 > 0:35:21because he's just making it up off the top of his head.
0:35:24 > 0:35:27- So, you've had a good look around. - Yes.- Pleasantly surprised?
0:35:27 > 0:35:31- Yes.- Really like it. It's fantastic.
0:35:31 > 0:35:35I think it's just got a huge amount of potential.
0:35:35 > 0:35:40I think if David was here, he'd have got to the first room and said,
0:35:40 > 0:35:43"No way, Debbie, before you fall in love with it," but...
0:35:43 > 0:35:45Well, that's his lookout for not coming over.
0:35:45 > 0:35:48He's not here, so... Yeah. No, I love it.
0:35:48 > 0:35:52I think it's got so much character, It would be an amazing family home.
0:35:52 > 0:35:55- It's perfect, would you say? - I think it is...
0:35:55 > 0:35:58- "Perfect" is a real stretch. - THEY LAUGH
0:35:58 > 0:36:00- But it could be. - It could be perfect,
0:36:00 > 0:36:05with a lot of work, and it would be very easy to put the love into the project,
0:36:05 > 0:36:08because it's just got some really great features.
0:36:08 > 0:36:12And I didn't think they would be important to me,
0:36:12 > 0:36:16but seeing fireplaces that do two rooms, that's just... It's lovely.
0:36:16 > 0:36:19It was quite brave of you to ask Steven,
0:36:19 > 0:36:22"How much do you think, work-wise, this needs?"
0:36:22 > 0:36:26You mentioned something about the skirting boards needed replacing!
0:36:26 > 0:36:29- It sounded good. - That's it, is it, for you?
0:36:29 > 0:36:33- The skirting boards aren't on the ceiling, are they?- No.
0:36:33 > 0:36:38- Shall we do the interesting part? - Don't nudge me. I've already lost!
0:36:38 > 0:36:42- She has already lost.- Already lost! - THEY LAUGH
0:36:42 > 0:36:46- I've lost!- There is dignity in losing three in a row,
0:36:46 > 0:36:50- cos that's consistent.- Absolutely. - Or maybe in choosing a victory.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53We are playing with a maximum budget of £450,000.
0:36:53 > 0:36:57How much is this beauty on the market for?
0:36:57 > 0:37:00Who wants to go first? Steven is looking at you, Debbie.
0:37:00 > 0:37:03- Do you want to go first? - In pula?- Go on.
0:37:03 > 0:37:08In pula. Due to the fact that we are able to touch ducks
0:37:08 > 0:37:11if they would stand still, I'm going to go for...
0:37:11 > 0:37:134.4 million.
0:37:13 > 0:37:174.4 million pula, which is 440,000. OK.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19Steven?
0:37:19 > 0:37:21I'm going to say...
0:37:21 > 0:37:254.45 million pula.
0:37:25 > 0:37:28OK. £445,000.
0:37:28 > 0:37:31Will he be smiling his beautiful smiley face?
0:37:31 > 0:37:35- He's already won! - He wants the hat trick.
0:37:35 > 0:37:37It is important to me.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39Well, Steven, you've got the hat trick.
0:37:39 > 0:37:41Yes!
0:37:41 > 0:37:44He's so happy. It doesn't matter how much it costs.
0:37:44 > 0:37:49Doesn't matter his sister's losing out if she wants to buy this house.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52Do you want to know how much this property is on the market for?
0:37:52 > 0:37:53Shall we do a lap of honour?
0:37:53 > 0:37:55Yes!
0:37:55 > 0:37:59So, this property is on the market... It is actually over your budget.
0:37:59 > 0:38:04It's 4.75 million pula.
0:38:04 > 0:38:07- Wow!- Which is 475,000.
0:38:07 > 0:38:11Your maximum budget was 450. However...
0:38:11 > 0:38:14However, this has been on for a while,
0:38:14 > 0:38:16and obviously no-one's living in here.
0:38:16 > 0:38:19It's deceased estate. They are keen to sell.
0:38:19 > 0:38:24So we have been told that there could be considerable offers.
0:38:24 > 0:38:26Anyway, that's for you to work out.
0:38:26 > 0:38:31- You're going to make the biggest decision of your lives.- Absolutely!
0:38:31 > 0:38:35- Which we can't help you with.- Do we look like we've had that lovely life
0:38:35 > 0:38:38that this is it? The biggest one?
0:38:38 > 0:38:41And Steven's going to help you make it!
0:38:41 > 0:38:43Who would've thought that would be the way it would happen?
0:38:43 > 0:38:48- Wander off that way. See you later. - Good luck. And whilst they do that,
0:38:48 > 0:38:50here's a quick recap for you at home.
0:38:50 > 0:38:54So, will it be my choice, the 1960s semi-detached property
0:38:54 > 0:38:58in the village of Redbourn? It's set in an idyllic cul-de-sac,
0:38:58 > 0:39:00and has a beautiful mature garden.
0:39:00 > 0:39:03But is the interior just too small for Debbie's clan?
0:39:03 > 0:39:05On the market for 450 grand.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08Or what about my choice,
0:39:08 > 0:39:10the quintessential English Victorian property?
0:39:10 > 0:39:14It's in the catchment area for the region's best school,
0:39:14 > 0:39:17and let me say it one more time - it's in the village of Tyttenhanger!
0:39:17 > 0:39:21Worth every penny of the £425,000 asking price.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23And finally, the Wildcard.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26It had enough bedrooms to accommodate the whole family,
0:39:26 > 0:39:30enough reception rooms that they could have one each,
0:39:30 > 0:39:32and a separate annexe for Steven and his camper van.
0:39:32 > 0:39:35Could be theirs for 475.
0:39:39 > 0:39:41Ah, so this is Heinz!
0:39:41 > 0:39:45But which property are they test-driving? It's the Wildcard!
0:39:45 > 0:39:49Debbie's getting down to business, looking at school prospectuses.
0:39:50 > 0:39:53Now, I know Steven's a talented man,
0:39:53 > 0:39:56but I reckon he's not the best person to give advice on DIY.
0:39:56 > 0:40:00Oh, I don't know. He's perfected his builder's knock.
0:40:00 > 0:40:04Oh, and don't forget, Debbie, the schools here must be good -
0:40:04 > 0:40:06a pope was educated round these parts!
0:40:06 > 0:40:09Hey, no time for a nap, Steven!
0:40:09 > 0:40:12So, they've test-driven the house.
0:40:12 > 0:40:14Time to check out the garages.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17Hope Steven doesn't plan swapping Heinz for that mower!
0:40:17 > 0:40:20- SHE LAUGHS - And if it doesn't?
0:40:20 > 0:40:25This could still be just absolutely great for the kids.
0:40:25 > 0:40:26And David!
0:40:26 > 0:40:30This could be their space, and I'll stay in the house.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33It carries on up here! There's loads more room!
0:40:36 > 0:40:38And, true to their African roots,
0:40:38 > 0:40:41they're off to explore the great outdoors.
0:40:41 > 0:40:43Ducks that we might be able to touch.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46- It's just beautiful.- It is.
0:40:49 > 0:40:52I doubt you'd even move. You didn't even move!
0:40:52 > 0:40:55Where do we begin? What do you think? What have enjoyed?
0:40:55 > 0:40:58What are you scared of? Not in general, but in the house terms.
0:40:58 > 0:41:00THEY LAUGH
0:41:00 > 0:41:02What do you think, Debbie?
0:41:02 > 0:41:04The location is absolutely amazing.
0:41:04 > 0:41:08Great space. It really has a great feel,
0:41:08 > 0:41:11but there is just so much work. Every room, when you look at it
0:41:11 > 0:41:14a second time round, you can tell it needs...
0:41:14 > 0:41:16Yes. I've had a good look.
0:41:16 > 0:41:20- I've done some estimations. - Have you really?
0:41:20 > 0:41:24You've not put a hammer... You've not done any work in there yet?
0:41:24 > 0:41:27- No, not yet.- Yes. I think it's a really great family home.
0:41:27 > 0:41:29It's been well thought out,
0:41:29 > 0:41:32and the extension has just got so many possibilities,
0:41:32 > 0:41:34- from guest room to...- Ahhhh!
0:41:34 > 0:41:38- Guest room.- And a garage for Heinz.
0:41:38 > 0:41:41- Exactly!- Well, this at the moment is our backup option.
0:41:41 > 0:41:45- Well, it is, you know!- If we fail, the whole family are in here.
0:41:45 > 0:41:48- I'll give you a favourable rent. - THEY LAUGH
0:41:48 > 0:41:52- That's kind of you!- We should probably do it, shouldn't we?
0:41:52 > 0:41:55Yeah. We're going to ask the big question now on this property.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57To buy or not to buy?
0:41:58 > 0:42:02I think if they accept our offer, we will buy it.
0:42:02 > 0:42:06- You said! You said buy, and I agreed! - We knew, didn't we? We knew!
0:42:06 > 0:42:09If your husband was here now, what would he be thinking
0:42:09 > 0:42:12- when you said "to buy"? - He would've been in his car
0:42:12 > 0:42:14- about ten miles away. - THEY LAUGH
0:42:14 > 0:42:17Genuinely, he would.
0:42:17 > 0:42:21- He wouldn't be looking for something that needed this much work.- Right.
0:42:21 > 0:42:23Well, it's been lovely meeting you both.
0:42:23 > 0:42:26- Likewise.- And it's really exciting. Good luck with it!
0:42:26 > 0:42:29And keep watching us from Botswana, and when you come over here,
0:42:29 > 0:42:32watch us as well. We'll still be here. Until then,
0:42:32 > 0:42:34- you've got to live in that, haven't you?- Yes!
0:42:34 > 0:42:37Well, you get into your temporary house.
0:42:37 > 0:42:41- Hopefully one day you'll buy that. See you soon!- Should we fly off?
0:42:41 > 0:42:44- We will fly off!- Take care. Bye-bye! - Bye-bye.- Bye!
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