0:00:02 > 0:00:05He's my best friend, a fantastic companion to have around.
0:00:05 > 0:00:08When you're feeling down, he's there with a wet, sloppy kiss.
0:00:08 > 0:00:10He's thoroughly housebroken.
0:00:10 > 0:00:13He's bobbing along by your side with his big, dopey eyes.
0:00:13 > 0:00:17He's not the cleverest, smartest, fastest or prettiest,
0:00:17 > 0:00:20but he's mine, and he's fantastic to have on set
0:00:20 > 0:00:23to play with the crew in between filming.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25Jonnie! Come over here! Come on, lad!
0:00:25 > 0:00:29Run! Quick quick quick! Have one of them. Come on.
0:00:29 > 0:00:30- Looks nice.- Yes, it is lovely.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33Look at his thick coat. Isn't he fantastic?
0:00:44 > 0:00:47- Where did you get this dog? - I got it down the pub from a bloke.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49- What?- No, I'm lying.
0:00:49 > 0:00:53- I'm looking after it for today's house-hunters.- WE are, then.- Yes.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56- Shall we go and meet them?- Yeah. - Come on, Margaret. Margaret!
0:00:57 > 0:00:58Coming up on To Buy Or Not To Buy,
0:00:58 > 0:01:03our would-be buyers reveal how Her Majesty bathes - possibly.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06- Ooh! Oh, wow! - Beautiful, isn't it?
0:01:06 > 0:01:08I love the bath.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11"Bawth", as you say where you come from.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14- That's how the Queen would say it. Bawth.- Bawth.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16'Ed's imagination knows no bounds.'
0:01:16 > 0:01:18Behind that garage...
0:01:18 > 0:01:22- SHE GIGGLES - is one of the most exciting things I've ever seen.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24As it stands, it isn't that exciting.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26It's merely a cinema for human beings.
0:01:26 > 0:01:30- But what could it be? - Imagine that... with dogs in it.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32What does that become, then?
0:01:32 > 0:01:34- A dog cinema.- A dog cinema!
0:01:34 > 0:01:38'And have our house-hunting ladies stumbled into the largest conservatory ever?'
0:01:38 > 0:01:43- It's huge!- It looks even bigger from this angle.- It's brilliant!
0:01:43 > 0:01:46- This house is perfect. An absolute dream.- Absolutely.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49'Today's buyer is Jackie Gardner from Staffordshire,
0:01:49 > 0:01:53'a teaching assistant married to Alan, a busy marketing executive.
0:01:53 > 0:01:57'So busy he can't be with us today because he's in Japan.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00'So Jackie's enlisted the help of trusted friend and colleague Claire,
0:02:00 > 0:02:04'although I'm surprised she needs any human friends at all
0:02:04 > 0:02:08- 'seeing as she currently has seven. - Seven what?- Seven dogs.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11'What does she need seven dogs for?
0:02:11 > 0:02:13'She trains them in dog agility, like on Crufts.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16'Don't you know ANYTHING?'
0:02:17 > 0:02:20We're on the border of a few counties here.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire - is that right?
0:02:23 > 0:02:26- And Warwickshire. - Warwickshire as well? - Goodness me!- All the shires.
0:02:26 > 0:02:30- Could you not make your mind up where you wanted to be?- No.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33- You're looking for a house today, though?- I am, yes.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36- Your husband Alan - let's get this right... - He's a wimp, isn't he?
0:02:36 > 0:02:42- We often get husbands who don't come on the programme. - Scared to death of us, basically.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46- We're handsome men, and maybe too many handsome men... - He can't compete.
0:02:46 > 0:02:50- Claire, you're playing Alan today? - Yes.
0:02:50 > 0:02:51What do you think Alan's after?
0:02:51 > 0:02:55I think Alan would like a village location with more land than he's got now.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58So, Jackie, other than yourself and Alan,
0:02:58 > 0:03:01- who is clearly not here... - He doesn't exist.
0:03:01 > 0:03:06- ..who else will be in the house? - We've got seven dogs.- Right. Seven.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08Are they all your dogs or someone else's that you borrow?
0:03:08 > 0:03:12Three of the dogs are mine and four of the dogs are Alan's.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14You don't...? You're married to Alan!
0:03:14 > 0:03:16But I get to look after them all the time.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19Tell us why you're moving and why you want to move.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21- My garden is too small.- OK.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23- How small is it? - What size would you say?
0:03:23 > 0:03:26About a quarter the size of a football pitch.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28What would be big enough?
0:03:28 > 0:03:30- Half a football pitch. - Half a football pitch.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34Claire, I'm going to get you to take the Alan hat off now
0:03:34 > 0:03:35and put the Jackie hat on.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38What does Jackie want from the inside of the house?
0:03:38 > 0:03:42Is she a spick and span, country cottagey type of person?
0:03:42 > 0:03:46- Not a country cottage, no. - No? So what would you say?
0:03:46 > 0:03:48- Traditional.- OK.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51Big lounge, nice big hallway,
0:03:51 > 0:03:53large kitchen.
0:03:53 > 0:03:54Four bedrooms?
0:03:54 > 0:03:58- Er... We've got four at the moment, but three...- Yeah, three.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00- OK, so you could go down to three, but no more?- No.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03What do we not want? What's the worst thing in the world?
0:04:03 > 0:04:05I don't want to be on a main road.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09- You don't want to be in a town. - I don't want to be in the middle of a town.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12We should find out the vital information - and we'll need a lot of it.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15At the moment it seems fairly straightforward.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19A couple of million? Two, three million pounds we've got?
0:04:19 > 0:04:21No. What budget have we got today?
0:04:21 > 0:04:23- £250,000.- OK.
0:04:23 > 0:04:30Presumably you have not just rung up our show and felt that we'd add some money to this pot.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33- Is this achievable around here? - I have no idea.- You're mad!
0:04:35 > 0:04:39What are you prepared to compromise on from this comprehensive shopping list?
0:04:39 > 0:04:43Well, the garden we'll compromise on, if there is...
0:04:43 > 0:04:47- Parkland? - ..an area nearby.- Right. What else can you compromise on?
0:04:47 > 0:04:51- We're looking for more than one. - We'll have one other compromise. - A house!
0:04:51 > 0:04:55You've got a caravan. What about just some land to park that on?
0:04:55 > 0:04:57No. That's not a compromise.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59OK. On that bombshell, we're off.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03- Wish us more than the luck in the world. We'll need it. - You do.- All the luck in the world.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05- See you in a bit.- Bye.- Bye.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13Jonnie, you live round here - or you lived around here.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16Quarter of a million pounds - a lot of money, but for that?
0:05:16 > 0:05:18- No chance, mate!- No.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21Half an acre or - what was it? - half a football pitch.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24Then you've got at least three bedrooms,
0:05:24 > 0:05:28- room for one, two, three, four, five, six, seven dogs.- Seven dogs.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30- Space to park the caravan.- OK.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32- You've got two hopes. - Whose hopes?
0:05:32 > 0:05:34- Bob is one of them. - Yes, and no hope is the other.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36Viewers, positive power, beam it to us.
0:05:36 > 0:05:41- Help us. Help us, please.- Come on. I've got some.- I've got none.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44- Today we're in Leicestershire. - I thought it was Staffordshire.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47- Or is it Derbyshire? - It could be all three.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50Let's just say we're in the Midlands and leave it at that.
0:05:50 > 0:05:54Clearly one of the reasons this part of the country is so appealing
0:05:54 > 0:05:59is its location, with many major roads to take you north and south.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02And there are still signs of an industrial heritage,
0:06:02 > 0:06:05with factories, workers' cottages and canals aplenty.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08But we'd be doing the area a massive disservice
0:06:08 > 0:06:11by not mentioning its rural side.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13Yes, indeed we would.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15Cannock Chase and the National Forest
0:06:15 > 0:06:18are just two of the gorgeous major attractions of the area.
0:06:18 > 0:06:22And only a short jaunt from the ever lovely Lichfield,
0:06:22 > 0:06:24with its spires and antiquity.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27And apparently, Edward, a story on every corner.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29So, my house-hunting chums,
0:06:29 > 0:06:31"What else", I hear you cry, "could you get
0:06:31 > 0:06:35"for Jackie's £250,000 budget elsewhere in the UK?"
0:06:35 > 0:06:38From the National Forest to the New Forest,
0:06:38 > 0:06:40this three-bed bungalow in Southampton
0:06:40 > 0:06:44with a detached garage, beautiful gardens and a conservatory.
0:06:46 > 0:06:50Or this mid-terraced three-bed cottage in the Forest of Dean,
0:06:50 > 0:06:53modernised throughout and close to Wales and the Wye Valley.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58Or, leaping north of the border to beautiful Ayrshire,
0:06:58 > 0:07:01this rural four-bed villa with one acre of land
0:07:01 > 0:07:03situated at the bottom of a private road.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10David, thanks a lot for seeing me today.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13Bizarrely enough, today I'm looking for a house for seven dogs.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15Don't worry so much about the people.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19One great thing about this area are the names of the towns and villages.
0:07:19 > 0:07:20We have just a few here -
0:07:20 > 0:07:22Coalville, Whitwick,
0:07:22 > 0:07:24Ibstock, Measham,
0:07:24 > 0:07:27Donisthorpe, which translates as "Don's Town",
0:07:27 > 0:07:28Ashby de la Zouch,
0:07:28 > 0:07:31and my absolute favourite, Swadlincote.
0:07:31 > 0:07:36It derives from the Anglo-Saxon "Swartlings Cotta's".
0:07:36 > 0:07:39Swartling was the name of a man, and Cotta's meaning cottages,
0:07:39 > 0:07:42so they go Swadlincote.
0:07:42 > 0:07:47- How have property prices behaved in the past year?- Vendors of houses have decided now
0:07:47 > 0:07:52to reduce the price slightly from what they were marketed at a year or two ago to meet market demand.
0:07:52 > 0:07:57It has affected the sales stock and the turnover is increasing considerably.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02But enough etymology.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05This area came into prominence because of industry,
0:08:05 > 0:08:07in particular, mining,
0:08:07 > 0:08:10as this blast furnace in Moira shows.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12The blast furnace was once used for making iron
0:08:12 > 0:08:15and is now over 200 years old.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19What might I be able to find for 250 grand, David?
0:08:19 > 0:08:23For £250,000, you've got various properties, really.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25You could either look at brand-new builds,
0:08:25 > 0:08:29a Victorian house, which may need a considerable amount of work to do up,
0:08:29 > 0:08:33or something '80s, '90s, maybe a little bit older,
0:08:33 > 0:08:35which has three to four bedrooms.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38But industry came at a price - an environmental one.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40However, as a result of this,
0:08:40 > 0:08:43the area was chosen as part of the National Forest,
0:08:43 > 0:08:46and this year it celebrates its 20th anniversary.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49A perfect space to walk seven dogs.
0:08:53 > 0:08:54HE PANTS
0:08:55 > 0:08:59- Sorry.- Late.- That estate agent - on and on and on!
0:08:59 > 0:09:04The question is: for £250,000 - which we were going to struggle with earlier on -
0:09:04 > 0:09:06have we struggled actually?
0:09:06 > 0:09:08That extra time invested could pay off,
0:09:08 > 0:09:11because my property, property number one...
0:09:11 > 0:09:14- They wanted somewhere traditional. That is traditional.- Semi.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17- It's not a semi. It's detached.- It is.
0:09:17 > 0:09:21But it doesn't just have a garage, it has a carport and outbuildings,
0:09:21 > 0:09:23with a decent size garden.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26Ladies and gentlemen, mine is a modern beauty.
0:09:26 > 0:09:27Have a look at it.
0:09:27 > 0:09:32I picked this based on one feature - it has a cinema room.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36Who normally looks at films in a cinema? Humans.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Who could live in this cinema room?
0:09:38 > 0:09:41- Dogs. Seven... - Dogs don't like films!
0:09:41 > 0:09:44It's not a cinema room now when I change it into a dog room.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47The wild card. Everyone normally loves a wild card,
0:09:47 > 0:09:48and I quite like that one.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52OK. It may look like a semi-detached house by a busy road,
0:09:52 > 0:09:57but what it affords you is maybe room for many a canine.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00- To the tune of seven? - Probably 14.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03But inside this house, it's probably the best of all three.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05- Punchy, I know.- Stop it!
0:10:05 > 0:10:08Have you not seen my one with the cinema dog room?
0:10:11 > 0:10:13So here we are at property number one,
0:10:13 > 0:10:16a detached house with incredible views
0:10:16 > 0:10:20and a driveway to rival Buckingham Palace - well, kind of.
0:10:20 > 0:10:21Possibly, Jonnie, possibly.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23It's got a great garden out back, though.
0:10:23 > 0:10:28Jackie and Claire, property number one, MY property.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31- You said you wanted something traditional.- Yes.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35- Is that traditional? - Definitely.- Definitely, yes.
0:10:35 > 0:10:40- Moira - often the name of a lady. - Yes! Rarely the name of much else!
0:10:40 > 0:10:44But today it's the name of, potentially,
0:10:44 > 0:10:46your new home destination.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50- Do you know this part of the world? - I know it very slightly.
0:10:50 > 0:10:55- Ed knows it now.- Well, there's a big blast furnace in Moira which I went to earlier in the programme.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58Very enjoyable. 200 years old. Industrial area.
0:10:58 > 0:11:02- The National Forest is around here.- Enough. - 20th anniversary this year.- Good!
0:11:02 > 0:11:06So there's history attached to Moira. Now, look at this house.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08Look at what's next door to the house: nothing.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10No neighbours.
0:11:10 > 0:11:11- Happy?- Perfect.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14- Can you get your caravan on here? - Yes.- Good. OK.
0:11:14 > 0:11:19- And the van for the seven collies? - Yes.- All right.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21Look, I'm thinking carport there,
0:11:21 > 0:11:25unload the collies in the dry straight into the outbuilding.
0:11:25 > 0:11:29OK, now, Claire, you're here. You've agreed earlier on...
0:11:29 > 0:11:33- Is it Claire or Alan? - This is what I'm going for. Alan, could you now emerge?
0:11:33 > 0:11:36Alan is not here. Claire's stepping in for him.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38Alan, what do you think of the house and the area?
0:11:38 > 0:11:41Alan's very impressed with the house and the area.
0:11:41 > 0:11:45Alan, is this the level of ruralness that you were after?
0:11:45 > 0:11:48- I think so, yes.- Thank you, Alan. - Brilliant.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52- Can you see both Jackie and Alan living in this house in this destination?- Yes, I can.
0:11:52 > 0:11:57All right. Any drawbacks? Any thoughts? Any nerves at the moment?
0:11:57 > 0:12:01- What don't you want to find inside, Jackie? Or are you all-singing, all-dancing?- Wait and see.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05- Are you ready? The door of the house is beckoning you.- OK.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08Remember, this could be your future family home.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12- Three, two, one - erupt into that beauty. - Let's go.- Come on, then.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19Ooh. I don't like the carpet. But you can change that.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22It's very dark. You wouldn't want carpet with the dogs anyway.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25Let's have a look in here.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28Oh, that's nice. That's quite good.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30Not an "Oh, wow" yet, though.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33No, but I would take the word "nice" as the word "nice".
0:12:33 > 0:12:38- I think "Oh, that's nice" is better than "nice" on its own. - May happen later.
0:12:38 > 0:12:43- Railings would look better than it all filled in like that. - It could be painted.- True.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48- The kitchen.- Oh, I like that. - A double cooker.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51- I wonder if they'll leave it or take it with them.- That's nice.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53- Nice modern units.- Yeah.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57- And quarry tiles.- Excellent. - Just what we want.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00- I like that. - It is perfect, isn't it?
0:13:00 > 0:13:04These ladies do like a solid floor. No carpets for the dogs.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06Well, it's because of the dogs, isn't it?
0:13:06 > 0:13:09Never mind the kitchen. Look at the garden.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12- Ah, that's lovely. - Look at the view!
0:13:12 > 0:13:14Ah, it's fabulous, isn't it?
0:13:16 > 0:13:19Oh! The lounge! This is nice.
0:13:19 > 0:13:24- The carpet's very loud.- Yeah, but... you can change carpets.
0:13:24 > 0:13:28- This is a nice size.- I love the ceiling roses. They're nice.
0:13:28 > 0:13:32- That window lets plenty of light in as well.- Yeah.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34- This is lovely.- It is.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37- Nice dining area.- French windows onto the garden as well.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41See what you've done there with the French doors at the back?
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Can't get dogs through a cat flap.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45And I've seen him try many a weekend.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Ooh! Claire!
0:13:48 > 0:13:51- The burner. That's nice. - Oh, it's lovely!
0:13:51 > 0:13:54- I assume that would stay. - Nice and cosy in the winter.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56This is gorgeous.
0:13:57 > 0:14:01I wonder if it's private land or you can walk the dogs across it.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09- Quite a nice size hallway. - Yes, it is.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11Another nice window.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14- Ooh!- Do you think this is the master bedroom?
0:14:14 > 0:14:17Yeah, I'd say so. It's a nice size as well.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20- It's got built-in cupboards. - No en suite, though. - Look at the view.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24Yes. Very nice.
0:14:28 > 0:14:33- Oh! Another double bedroom. - Wow! Another nice size.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37- Hasn't got much furniture in it. - No, but look out that window.
0:14:37 > 0:14:42This house has a double bedroom at the front with whopping great fitted wardrobes.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46- But that's not your master. - No. You'd have it at the back. If I was Alan or Jackie...
0:14:46 > 0:14:48I won't pretend to be - that's Claire's job today.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52- That is where they should be, with that lovely field!- Beautiful.
0:14:52 > 0:14:56- Fancy waking up to that every morning.- That's stunning.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00Right. We've just found the bathroom, Claire.
0:15:00 > 0:15:04- It's very... green. - It's very, very green.- Yes...
0:15:04 > 0:15:07It doesn't have to be green. It could be changed.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10- I love the archway over the bath. - Yeah. That's novel.
0:15:10 > 0:15:14- There's a power shower, by the looks of it. - Hiding round the corner?- Yeah.
0:15:14 > 0:15:19- It's looks newly done as well. - Apart from the toilet.- Hmm.
0:15:21 > 0:15:25- Looks like...- Oh, an office space. This is quite nice, isn't it?
0:15:25 > 0:15:30- You could easily get a single bed in here if you wanted to.- Yeah, but we'd use it as office space.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33There's a nice area in the corner there.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Look at that space! Little alcove with shelves.
0:15:35 > 0:15:39Very clever. Alan could put all the dog trophies on there.
0:15:39 > 0:15:43- I wonder what the broadband speed is like here as it's so rural. - We could ask.
0:15:43 > 0:15:47- Shall we see what Jonnie and Ed have to say about it? - Yeah. Let's find them.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53- Jackie and Claire, that went well. - Yes, I think it did.
0:15:53 > 0:15:57- You've got a good size outbuilding here, with power.- Oh, right.
0:15:57 > 0:16:02I was thinking either using this as some utility, next door to the house,
0:16:02 > 0:16:07or maybe making this into some sort of kennel.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10- What do you think?- Not a bad idea. - Sounding good so far.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12You need a bit of power, say, if they have pups.
0:16:12 > 0:16:17Or the other alternative is to put a kennel right at the bottom of the garden,
0:16:17 > 0:16:20away from the neighbours and away from you.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23- But how close do you want to be to your dogs?- I love my dogs.- OK.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25- So it's up here.- Yeah.- All right.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27- Are you happy so far? - Yes. It's good.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30- I like the garden. - I like the views.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32Yeah. Wonderful, aren't they?
0:16:32 > 0:16:35Unfortunately, part of that view is blotted out by Ed Hall.
0:16:35 > 0:16:39- Shall we go and see him and guess the price?- Yeah, come on.
0:16:39 > 0:16:43- Ed, my plan for that outbuilding went down a storm.- It did.
0:16:43 > 0:16:47OK. So if that's gone down well, and the house was going down well,
0:16:47 > 0:16:51the only other ingredient missing is the price.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54Are we ready for the world of guess the price?
0:16:54 > 0:16:56Now, we had a maximum budget of £250,000.
0:16:56 > 0:17:02Earlier in the programme we thought you would not be able to achieve what you wanted for £250,000.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05The thing is, though, have we achieved this for £250,000?
0:17:05 > 0:17:07Who wants to guess first?
0:17:07 > 0:17:11- Alan.- Alan, then. Or Claire.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13So, what do you believe this is on the market for?
0:17:13 > 0:17:17From a bloke's point of view - so I can be as way out as I want, Ed.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19Of course.
0:17:19 > 0:17:25- £235,000.- £235,000 from Alan. And you, Claire, as well.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28So, what do we believe, Jackie, this is on the market for?
0:17:28 > 0:17:32Erm... Just from your reaction, Ed, I'm going to go higher.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34£245,000.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37£245,000. Right, then, OK.
0:17:37 > 0:17:43Well, Alan is spot on the money at £235,000.
0:17:43 > 0:17:49- How good is that?- That's good, but I wanted to win.- That's not the way round it should be.
0:17:49 > 0:17:54You have fallen into the trap of being disappointed about a competition that has no prize
0:17:54 > 0:17:59when you should be excited that it's £10,000 less than you thought it would be.
0:17:59 > 0:18:03That leaves us at least £15,000 change from the asking price,
0:18:03 > 0:18:06which could go towards a ground floor extension
0:18:06 > 0:18:10- on the back of that kitchen with a utility area.- That would be nice. - That would be lovely.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13Alan, you could have a gym in there maybe.
0:18:13 > 0:18:17- We're stretching this 15 grand a bit too far. - These are thoughts to be had.
0:18:17 > 0:18:22- Shall we have a look at those, dismiss them, then go to my property, number two?- OK, then.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24- You just laughed at him, didn't you? - THEY LAUGH
0:18:29 > 0:18:31Time now for property two, my choice,
0:18:31 > 0:18:33and, by golly, it's a goer.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37I'm not so sure, Ed. Busy roads and seven dogs do not winning homes make.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39Only if you let the dogs out, Jonnie.
0:18:39 > 0:18:43And ask yourself: Who will let the dogs out? I'm not going to.
0:18:43 > 0:18:48- This is a beautiful property in the village of Lynton. Do you know where Lynton?- No idea.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51Geographically, Lynton is 14.5 miles from where you work, Jackie.
0:18:51 > 0:18:56It is 10 minutes in a car away from the nearest vet
0:18:56 > 0:19:00- and three minutes in a car away from your nearest supermarket. - Fantastic.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02- Good news? - Absolutely brilliant news.- OK.
0:19:02 > 0:19:06Alan/Claire, what do you think about the house?
0:19:06 > 0:19:10- I like the house.- OK, but I sense you're going to lead on to something...
0:19:10 > 0:19:13- I don't like the location. - What's wrong with Lynton?
0:19:13 > 0:19:18- You didn't even know where it was a minute ago.- I can't say anything's wrong with Lynton.
0:19:18 > 0:19:23- But there's a main road behind us and there's traffic all around us. - Claire, it's on a bus route.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27I think you spoiled us with the driveway on your property.
0:19:27 > 0:19:32- It was a nice, large driveway. - Have you seen the double garage? And this kind of driveway?
0:19:32 > 0:19:35They have seen it. That's why they say it's not as good.
0:19:35 > 0:19:39- I won't argue that it's bigger than Jonnie's. It isn't. - What's behind that garage?
0:19:39 > 0:19:41Behind that garage...
0:19:41 > 0:19:45- SHE GIGGLES - is one of the most exciting things I've ever seen.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47As it stands, it isn't that exciting.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49It's merely a cinema for human beings.
0:19:49 > 0:19:53- What could it be? - Imagine that... with dogs in it.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55What does that become, then?
0:19:55 > 0:19:57- A dog cinema.- A dog cinema!
0:19:57 > 0:20:01- A dogema!- Take the cinema screen away and you've got a dog room inside the house.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05Take the cinema screen away and you've got a room inside your house!
0:20:05 > 0:20:08YOU didn't have one! They had to be in a carriage outside!
0:20:08 > 0:20:11Jackie loves the dogs, all seven of them!
0:20:13 > 0:20:15- Just go!- Go on.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18THEY ALL GIGGLE Let's just go.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25- Wow! This one's better. - Oh, this is a lovely hallway. Look at the beams.- Yeah.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28Good old Alan is turning up trumps here.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31- It goes all the way through. - The beams come right through.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34- This is a beautiful room. - This is nice. This is huge.
0:20:34 > 0:20:38And a big dining room on the back as well.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40Ooh, look. I'll have somewhere to put my trophies.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43They've won so many trophies, they don't need mugs.
0:20:43 > 0:20:48If you go to their house for tea, you'll drink out of the Best Groomed Dog cup 1963.
0:20:48 > 0:20:49Dining room.
0:20:49 > 0:20:53My table and chairs would fit in here nicely as well.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55- Another trophy cabinet there.- Yeah.
0:20:55 > 0:21:00If people go into a house and say their furniture won't fit in there, it's, "Don't be so silly."
0:21:00 > 0:21:03But if it fits, great, they're moving in.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05Nice view to the back. There's plenty of room.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08- Not overlooked. - Plenty of room for the dogs.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10- You could set up your agility jumps out there.- Yeah.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16- Oh, I like the kitchen.- So do I.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21I like the serving hatch through to the dining room.
0:21:21 > 0:21:26- Oh, yes! I didn't notice that. - You're not cut off from the guests when you're entertaining.
0:21:26 > 0:21:31- It's not big.- It's not, no. - But it's well put together.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34Goodness! It's another sitting room!
0:21:34 > 0:21:39- This is lovely. It must be the cinema room that Ed was telling us about.- Looks like it.
0:21:39 > 0:21:43- When is a lounge not a lounge? When it's a...- Dog cinema. - When it's a dog cinema.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46It's currently a cinema for human beings but...
0:21:46 > 0:21:48- Use your imagination! - HE LAUGHS
0:21:49 > 0:21:51- Ooh!- Ah!
0:21:52 > 0:21:56- I like this. - Never mind the dogs. Could I come and live here, please?- Yeah.
0:21:56 > 0:22:01- You couldn't make this into a dog room. It's too nice. - Yeah. Far too nice.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04I can't stress how much space they will need.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06That's a good room for seven dogs.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08Oh, they use a keep fit in here.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11Alan could put some of his gym equipment in here.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13Fantastic.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15I prefer these banisters.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17Nicer than the other house. That made it so dark.
0:22:17 > 0:22:22And nicer carpets. You wouldn't have to do anything with these carpets.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25You wouldn't have to do anything with much of the house.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29- They like their tellies here. - They do like their big tellies.
0:22:29 > 0:22:34I don't like the view. Brick walls! THEY GIGGLE
0:22:34 > 0:22:39- Waking up to a brick wall every morning!- That's not a good view. - Not a good view.- Oh, well.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42- Nice wooden floor. - Yeah. Nice size but...- Yeah.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45Let's have a look in another bedroom.
0:22:47 > 0:22:52- What have we got here? - This must be the master bedroom. Much bigger than the other one.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55That's better. What do you think of the cupboards?
0:22:55 > 0:22:58- Er... Cupboards.- Cupboards, yeah.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01What have we got here? Is this an en suite?
0:23:01 > 0:23:03- Yes!- Hey!
0:23:03 > 0:23:04Wow!
0:23:04 > 0:23:09- Surely that isn't an en suite but some sort of dog washing room. - That would be ridiculous, Jonnie.
0:23:09 > 0:23:15- This bedroom would be on the front of the house by the busy road. - So you can hear that road.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17You can hear it very clearly.
0:23:17 > 0:23:22It's a very nice size room. The carpets are lovely. You wouldn't have to change any.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24- Plenty of storage.- Yeah.
0:23:25 > 0:23:29- Ooh! Wow!- Beautiful, isn't it!
0:23:30 > 0:23:33- This is a proper bathroom. - This is a lovely bathroom.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35It looks like this has just been done up.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37It does. I love the bath.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40"Bawth", as you say where you come from.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43- That's how the Queen would say it. Bawth.- Bawth.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47Tell thee what, in that lovely bath of yours, up there,
0:23:47 > 0:23:48open t'window,
0:23:48 > 0:23:51beautiful views, bath time. Ee, right nice, that.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54Now, I'm assuming this is the last bedroom.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57- It's another double bedroom! - Three double bedrooms.- Wow!
0:23:57 > 0:24:00One of the rooms would have to be office space.
0:24:00 > 0:24:04So that would probably be the room with the brick wall.
0:24:04 > 0:24:08Yeah. Or the one by the road. Although that's the en suite.
0:24:08 > 0:24:12One of those could be an office. They asked for three bedrooms.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14They asked for a dog cinema, I gave them one.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16Whoa. They didn't ask for a dog cinema.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19The little men in your head told you to say dog cinema.
0:24:19 > 0:24:23- Ed hasn't done too bad, has he? - Not bad at all.- OK.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29So, Claire and Jackie, outside you were not in any way convinced,
0:24:29 > 0:24:32or very reluctant to go inside.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34Then you oohed and woohed and wowed and cooed.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38You described the bathroom as fit for the Queen and you liked it.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41But at the end you were kind of begrudging.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43- This is a good place, yeah? - It's a lovely house.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45Thank you! There we go.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47- Look at the view! - It's a beautiful view.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50- It's a lovely garden. - It's lovely, isn't it?- It is.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53- You kept moaning about the road outside.- We didn't moan.
0:24:53 > 0:24:57- You moaned a bit.- We discussed it possibly in a negative manner.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00All right. Now, Alan, don't be kidding me.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03What was your favourite room in this house?
0:25:03 > 0:25:08- The bathroom, I think.- Is that for you as well, Alan/Claire?
0:25:08 > 0:25:12- The bathroom and the cinema room. - Oh, the cinema room is fantastic.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15The cinema room is currently a cinema for humans.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19It doesn't have to be a cinema for dogs. That is possibly a ludicrous stage too far.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21But, as you've got it there,
0:25:21 > 0:25:26you said your seven collies are currently inside your property.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29That's a great room for them, yeah? A great space.
0:25:29 > 0:25:33I don't understand dogs, but that's a really good space. And you've got a lounge there...
0:25:33 > 0:25:36All you're doing is talking.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40If this is a question, phrase it as a question and have an answer.
0:25:40 > 0:25:44The point is, to me it's a sensible idea, that being a dog room.
0:25:44 > 0:25:48- But you got in there and you wanted it for yourself as well! - We're greedy.
0:25:48 > 0:25:54- Don't make him say that you're greedy just because you don't want the dogs inside the house.- Exactly.
0:25:54 > 0:25:59- There is a part of the garage. - So you'll give them the garage. - Yeah, which could be adapted.
0:25:59 > 0:26:05- You complained the front of the house didn't have enough storage for your cars.- No, the driveway.
0:26:05 > 0:26:09But you can take away the lawn off the driveway,
0:26:09 > 0:26:11which would give you extra room for vehicles.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14- So you want it as a human cinema, not as a dog cinema.- Yeah.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17That's weird, isn't it? Cor, what a couple of weirdos!
0:26:17 > 0:26:21I am not the one with seven collies who wants them living inside the house.
0:26:21 > 0:26:22Anyway...
0:26:22 > 0:26:27if you wanted to expand the house, you could come out the back a bit more if you wanted to.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30- Subject to planning consent. - Of course.
0:26:30 > 0:26:34You could build one of them sheds that Jonnie had at his place and stick it at the back.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Subject to planning consent.
0:26:36 > 0:26:40You could pave more of this, make it more dog-friendly. What do you think?
0:26:40 > 0:26:42I think it's a really nice house.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44I found you a house based on a room for a dog
0:26:44 > 0:26:48and you liked it so much, you didn't want to give it to the dogs.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50At the moment it's 1-0 to Alan.
0:26:50 > 0:26:56- Now, do you still want to be Alan, or Claire?- I'll stick with Alan. He's good at guessing prices.
0:26:56 > 0:27:00- Would Alan say ladies first? - Definitely.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02- So it's over to my wife.- OK.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05I'm going to say £240,000.
0:27:05 > 0:27:06- OK.- All right.
0:27:06 > 0:27:11- Your maximum budget was £250,000. - Yes, so you obviously think it's still value.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13That's a positive, Ed.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15OK, Alan - can I call you Al?
0:27:15 > 0:27:18- You can call me Al.- Great. Al. How much is this, Al, mate?
0:27:19 > 0:27:22£239,950.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24- That's just like Al to do that. - That's cheating!
0:27:24 > 0:27:28- How is that cheating?- How can it be if neither of you know the price?
0:27:28 > 0:27:32- Not that we're competitive(!) - OK. Are you ready?- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:27:32 > 0:27:36Someone's won. And they've won the guess the price for the whole show.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38- And that person is you, Alan! - Ha-ha!
0:27:38 > 0:27:43- The actual price is £235,000, on the knocker.- That is good.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45What do you think now you know the price?
0:27:45 > 0:27:48- Speechless.- Where's Alan gone? What's Alan thinking?
0:27:48 > 0:27:51Alan still doesn't like the road at the front.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54- What do you think, Jackie?- I think it's a really good property.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57- But...? - It's just the road on the front.
0:27:57 > 0:28:02When you're going to work is when that road will be the busiest, and you won't even be there.
0:28:02 > 0:28:07- And when they're picking up from school, you'll be at YOUR school. - True.- Good point well made.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09Yes! I'm quitting whilst I'm ahead.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12- Shall we go to the wild card? - Go on, then.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14- Let's go through the field.- Ooh!
0:28:18 > 0:28:22Here we are at the wild card. I've got a good feeling about this one.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25Yep, you look as excited as a small dog with a stick in its mouth.
0:28:25 > 0:28:29Who wouldn't be? Wait till they check out the size of this pad.
0:28:29 > 0:28:34- You could swing at least seven cats in here.- One for each dog?- Exactly.
0:28:34 > 0:28:39Jackie and Claire/Alan, welcome to the wild card.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41First of all, it's wild because,
0:28:41 > 0:28:44just on cue, we've got a bit of a road issue here.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47But look at the house, at that beautiful double glazing.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50- It's lovely. - Once you're in that house,
0:28:50 > 0:28:53once you've parked up your van, your caravan and everything else,
0:28:53 > 0:28:56you will ignore this road, you won't know about it.
0:28:56 > 0:28:58Alan, or Claire - let's have Alan, please.
0:28:58 > 0:29:01You wanted rural at the start of the show. Is this rural enough?
0:29:01 > 0:29:04It certainly is. It's an awful lot of house.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07In property terms, it's mahosive.
0:29:07 > 0:29:11And your driveway, Alan, for the dog transporters?
0:29:11 > 0:29:12Plenty of room, isn't there?
0:29:12 > 0:29:14- You know what? - TRAFFIC NOISE
0:29:14 > 0:29:17Stick a gate on there, you're fairly dog-proof.
0:29:17 > 0:29:20But all your dog activity is right back there.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23But we're thinking, at the moment, when you first move in,
0:29:23 > 0:29:27that garage, that's where the dogs will live - initially.
0:29:27 > 0:29:31So they're never too far away, but they're not in your living room.
0:29:31 > 0:29:35- Jackie, what are your thoughts? - I think it looks great. Yeah.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37- Are you ready?- Ready.- Ready.
0:29:37 > 0:29:39Approach the property like trained Border collies,
0:29:39 > 0:29:42but please do not cock a leg anywhere in the house.
0:29:42 > 0:29:44Go!
0:29:48 > 0:29:52- Wow. I like the porch area. - Yeah. Alan always wanted a porch.
0:29:52 > 0:29:55- Oh, look!- That's a nice hallway. - School desks!
0:29:55 > 0:29:57- You can pretend you're at work all day!- Aw...!
0:29:57 > 0:30:00Let's have a look at what's in here.
0:30:01 > 0:30:03I like these wooden doors.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06- And a wooden staircase as well. That's nice.- Nice feature.
0:30:06 > 0:30:09- Wow. This is nice. - Oh, this is lovely.
0:30:10 > 0:30:13- I like the light fittings. - I like the fireplace as well.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16- Wow. Yeah. This is lovely, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:30:16 > 0:30:19- Can you hear the noise of the road? - SILENCE
0:30:19 > 0:30:22Now, Alan/Claire is doing a brilliant job in there.
0:30:22 > 0:30:28"Can we hear the road noise?" She's picked a point when no cars were going past, which is really good.
0:30:29 > 0:30:33- No.- Can't hear it at all. - Can't hear a thing. - Fantastic double glazing.
0:30:34 > 0:30:37- Wow! Look at this! - There's your wood-burning stove.
0:30:37 > 0:30:39And the lights in the fireplace.
0:30:39 > 0:30:41- A conservatory!- Oh, gosh!
0:30:41 > 0:30:44It's huge!
0:30:44 > 0:30:46I thought that was the lounge! I didn't realise...
0:30:46 > 0:30:48That's your dining room, really.
0:30:48 > 0:30:51That's the lounge and that's the conservatory.
0:30:51 > 0:30:54They're living at this end of the house because of the road behind.
0:30:54 > 0:30:57- I can hear it a little but not... - That was a lorry, though.
0:30:57 > 0:31:02It was a lorry. Thank you, Alan. A very loud lorry. A freakishly loud lorry.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04Normally the lorries are not as loud as that.
0:31:05 > 0:31:07What's in... Oh! Here's the kitchen.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10The kitchen's a nice size. I love the sink.
0:31:10 > 0:31:11Oh, a butler sink.
0:31:11 > 0:31:16- Alan will love that view when you're making him wash up. - Right(!) Where's the dishwasher?
0:31:16 > 0:31:18THEY CHUCKLE
0:31:18 > 0:31:20Oh. They've already got a dog here. Look.
0:31:21 > 0:31:24- Oh, this is the garage. - Which could be the dogs' room.
0:31:27 > 0:31:29Oh! Another door into the conservatory.
0:31:29 > 0:31:33- It's huge!- It looks even bigger from this angle.- It's brilliant!
0:31:33 > 0:31:37- This house is perfect. An absolute dream.- Absolutely.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39What will Alan think about cleaning all this glass?
0:31:39 > 0:31:43That conservatory is like the Taj Mahal of conservatories.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45You know what?
0:31:45 > 0:31:49- I'd almost be tempted to call this an orangery, it's so big.- Ooh!
0:31:49 > 0:31:51Lovely floor as well.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54- Another room for the dogs.- Exactly.
0:31:54 > 0:31:58- It appears to be a huge garden, with an extra bit at the back. - Through the archway.
0:31:59 > 0:32:02- I like these banisters. - They're lovely.- Yeah.
0:32:02 > 0:32:07- Nice little cubby-hole. Could put lots of pictures there.- Of dogs.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09Let's have a look... Oh, bathroom.
0:32:09 > 0:32:12- Another green. - Needs a new bathroom suite.
0:32:12 > 0:32:14A bit of work to do, but that's not a problem.
0:32:14 > 0:32:18If they don't like that bathroom, they can smash it out and get a new one.
0:32:18 > 0:32:23- Or just replace the bathroom suite with a white one. Then it would all match.- Hello. Hello. Hello.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26Let's look in this one.
0:32:26 > 0:32:31- This is a nice room.- It's a nice size. It must be a child's room - it says "Emma's Room" on the door.
0:32:31 > 0:32:32It's got teddies as well.
0:32:32 > 0:32:36This is lovely. That looks like storage space over there.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39- What do you think out the window? - That view is beautiful.- Yeah.
0:32:39 > 0:32:43Looks like another child's room. "Luke's Room" is on the door.
0:32:45 > 0:32:49It's really a study, this room. I suppose you'd get a double bed in here but...
0:32:49 > 0:32:55Yes, it's a study at the moment, but in that study you've got shelves, a desk, a sofa...
0:32:55 > 0:32:59- What am I doing?- You are the size of a double bed!- Yes. I've done it in that room. It's fine.
0:33:01 > 0:33:03"Anne and Keith's Bedroom."
0:33:03 > 0:33:06- SHE GASPS - Look at the size of this one!
0:33:08 > 0:33:10- This is huge!- Good grief!
0:33:10 > 0:33:14- There's no en suite, though.- There isn't, but it's a wonderful house.
0:33:14 > 0:33:18- You could actually put an en suite here.- You're right.
0:33:18 > 0:33:22- There's plenty of room. It's quite a good head height. - Put a partitioning wall down here.
0:33:22 > 0:33:26Although it would be better over in that corner of the room,
0:33:26 > 0:33:29if it fitted by the window for the pipes to go outside.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31The main bedroom, I'm thinking,
0:33:31 > 0:33:35right at the end, on potentially an extension next to the bathroom,
0:33:35 > 0:33:38is where you'd put your en suite, where the pipes go along.
0:33:38 > 0:33:41That's it. No one likes to mention soil pipes, but they are useful.
0:33:41 > 0:33:45- I really like this.- I think Alan will definitely like this one.
0:33:48 > 0:33:53Jackie, Claire and Alan, I would say we like the property.
0:33:53 > 0:33:54And great work from you.
0:33:54 > 0:33:58I don't know if you were playing the character of Alan throughout that, Claire,
0:33:58 > 0:34:03- but some positive work on the road noise and it not being very loud inside.- Yeah.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06So let's deal with the road. That was the negative at the start.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08- Can we get beyond that?- Yes.
0:34:08 > 0:34:11- Yes!- Straight away, yes.- I like it.
0:34:11 > 0:34:16Why? Because you've seen so much other great stuff? Or is it just not that big a problem anyway?
0:34:16 > 0:34:20Because you could put a gate on the driveway to secure the dogs in.
0:34:20 > 0:34:25- And the double glazing? - You can hardly hear anything inside, and it's a lovely house.
0:34:25 > 0:34:27The hard work's been done for you.
0:34:27 > 0:34:30- What about this garden, eh? - Fantastic.- It's brilliant.
0:34:30 > 0:34:33How dog-friendly is it for you and your agility course?
0:34:33 > 0:34:37There are natural hazards here. You can make that into a sort of jump there.
0:34:37 > 0:34:39Or would you want to go elsewhere to train your dogs?
0:34:39 > 0:34:43What I would be looking at, if I did go for this property,
0:34:43 > 0:34:45is to find out who owns that field next door.
0:34:45 > 0:34:49It's locally owned. As you can see, it's had hay cut off it this year.
0:34:49 > 0:34:51So they're not growing wheat or crops.
0:34:51 > 0:34:55So for a lot of the year you should be able to use it if an agreement is in place.
0:34:55 > 0:34:59- So there's a possibility there. - That's a big possibility.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02Maximum budget, £250,000.
0:35:02 > 0:35:04This beauty in Overseal is on the market for...?
0:35:04 > 0:35:08- There's no downstairs cloakroom. There's no en suite.- All right.
0:35:08 > 0:35:11- Just one very small bathroom. - Don't put her off this place.
0:35:11 > 0:35:16So I think it's just under budget. I would say... £248,500.
0:35:16 > 0:35:18THEY LAUGH
0:35:18 > 0:35:19- OK.- That's good.
0:35:19 > 0:35:23Jackie, will you be as specific with your price, I wonder?
0:35:23 > 0:35:26I'm going to go for...
0:35:27 > 0:35:30£249,000.
0:35:30 > 0:35:34- Goodness me. Couldn't even help yourself, could you? - THEY LAUGH
0:35:34 > 0:35:35You had to, didn't you?
0:35:35 > 0:35:40You are, against Claire and Alan, a huge loser.
0:35:40 > 0:35:43But the beauty of it is, and the good news is,
0:35:43 > 0:35:46- it's on the market for £229,950. - THEY GASP
0:35:46 > 0:35:48- You're joking!- Is that all?!
0:35:48 > 0:35:52- So you know the price. What do you think?- That's absolutely amazing.
0:35:52 > 0:35:57With that amazing thought, you need to wander off and make the biggest decision of your adult lives
0:35:57 > 0:35:59about which one you wish to test-drive.
0:35:59 > 0:36:01- Are you prepared to do that? - We need to phone Alan.
0:36:01 > 0:36:05Go down that way, wander off, call Alan, and we'll see you later.
0:36:05 > 0:36:07Good luck!
0:36:07 > 0:36:10- They're off.- That was good. - They're full of excitement.
0:36:10 > 0:36:12- Genuinely aghast at that price. - I am as well.
0:36:12 > 0:36:14While they make that huge decision,
0:36:14 > 0:36:19here's a reminder for you dogs at home of the three breeds of house we looked round today.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22- You just called our audience dogs. - Puppy dogs!- That's better.
0:36:22 > 0:36:24You're the dog.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26First up today was my property, Ed,
0:36:26 > 0:36:29this detached house with a driveway par excellence
0:36:29 > 0:36:31and outhouses for the dogs.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33A home with real pedigree, my old CHUM.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35A snip at 235 grand.
0:36:35 > 0:36:38You're barking up the wrong tree with outhouses.
0:36:38 > 0:36:41With an extra room inside just for the dogs, I've excelled yet again.
0:36:41 > 0:36:44That, Jonnie, is why, on To Buy Or Not To Buy, I WINALOT.
0:36:44 > 0:36:47The price, 235 grand.
0:36:47 > 0:36:48We'll see, Ed,
0:36:48 > 0:36:51because it's time to let us off the leash with the wild card.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54With ample front parking and extensive gardens,
0:36:54 > 0:36:57this king of all kennels is the cheapest at £229,950.
0:36:58 > 0:37:01But which property will our lovely lassies go for?
0:37:01 > 0:37:03I haven't got a SCOOBY-DOO.
0:37:08 > 0:37:10Jackie, Claire and Alan,
0:37:10 > 0:37:15we have chosen to test-drive - surprise, surprise - the...
0:37:15 > 0:37:17BOTH: Wild card!
0:37:17 > 0:37:21Can we find out why we've chosen the wild card? What was the reason?
0:37:21 > 0:37:24Erm... Compared to the other houses,
0:37:24 > 0:37:27it's so much more inside,
0:37:27 > 0:37:29apart from the facilities.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32So our mysterious To Buy Or Not To Buy surveyor,
0:37:32 > 0:37:34the man whose face you never see on TV,
0:37:34 > 0:37:36has given the house a once-over.
0:37:36 > 0:37:40It's not legally binding, so if you wish to buy it, get your own survey.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43But it's a good heads-up for haggling purposes if nothing else.
0:37:43 > 0:37:48- Are you prepared?- Yes.- We are. - What do you think he might have mentioned?- The roof.
0:37:48 > 0:37:50The roof. Absolutely right.
0:37:50 > 0:37:54Now, that roof, some of these tiles have seen better days.
0:37:54 > 0:37:56They're fairly local, from Stoke-on-Trent.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58Some of these are starting to shale,
0:37:58 > 0:38:01almost de-laminating, if that's the word.
0:38:01 > 0:38:05They may need to be replaced on an ad hoc basis over the next couple of years.
0:38:05 > 0:38:07But, on further inspection,
0:38:07 > 0:38:10you'll see that there's a lack of felt underneath the roof.
0:38:10 > 0:38:15The recommendation is that, if you're going to replace the felt,
0:38:15 > 0:38:18you might as well replace the roof tiles at the same time.
0:38:18 > 0:38:22- But there is also a positive here. - And here is the positive.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25The roof he's had a root-around in is big enough for conversion.
0:38:25 > 0:38:29So if you wish to go up there, you have an extra room potentially up there.
0:38:29 > 0:38:31There's enough space to convert it.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34If you convert it, you could do the roof at the same time.
0:38:34 > 0:38:38If you convert it and do the roof at the same time, it's a big space,
0:38:38 > 0:38:42- so why don't you put an en suite right above the... - BOTH: Facilities.
0:38:42 > 0:38:44THEY LAUGH
0:38:44 > 0:38:47So see that as, potentially, a haggling point,
0:38:47 > 0:38:51because any surveyor that comes in will pick that up, so that's bargaining.
0:38:51 > 0:38:54It's good to have that at the start of the process
0:38:54 > 0:38:59because it gets the vendor's aspirations down and helps you go in at a lower price.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02All in all, the property's great. Just those negative points.
0:39:02 > 0:39:06- But you can deal with that, can't you?- Yeah.- Yeah, we can.
0:39:06 > 0:39:10- The budget is quite good, isn't it? - Yeah. This is under your budget.
0:39:10 > 0:39:12And with haggling...
0:39:12 > 0:39:17At the end of the day, it's on the market for £229,950.
0:39:17 > 0:39:21That is normally assuming a ready-to-move-into house.
0:39:21 > 0:39:25So if there's any work to be done, that should come off that asking price,
0:39:25 > 0:39:27which makes it even cheaper for you.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30- Still prepared to test-drive this? - Definitely.- Yes.
0:39:30 > 0:39:35- We cannot do it, though, without one vital ingredient - and that is not Alan, is it?- No.
0:39:35 > 0:39:38- It is...- Margaret the dog. - Margaret the dog!
0:39:38 > 0:39:40Get Margaret!
0:39:40 > 0:39:43Meanwhile... They're getting the dog out.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46Margaret. Her real name.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48Let's go and nick some of those tomatoes.
0:39:56 > 0:40:00Of course, today's programme was never really about humans,
0:40:00 > 0:40:04so Jackie's calling in the troops - or one of them, at least - to test out the garden.
0:40:04 > 0:40:07Will it make for prize-winning pooches?
0:40:17 > 0:40:20Meanwhile, Claire takes a closer look inside
0:40:20 > 0:40:23and snaps some shots to email over to Alan in Japan.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26I suppose it's only fair he has SOME input.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28But what will the general consensus be?
0:40:28 > 0:40:33Will tails be wagging, or will Jackie and Claire be going walkies for good?
0:40:35 > 0:40:37Now, ladies,
0:40:37 > 0:40:41the dog, Margaret, has had a lovely time here
0:40:41 > 0:40:44and I believe, with the use of this property,
0:40:44 > 0:40:48potentially will get first place at the next competition.
0:40:48 > 0:40:52- Well, one would hope so. - One would, wouldn't one!
0:40:52 > 0:40:54What is the dog's point of view?
0:40:54 > 0:40:57Can we tell by tail-wagging? How has it gone?
0:40:57 > 0:41:01Yeah, he really enjoyed himself. You could see he was having fun.
0:41:01 > 0:41:05And with all of his friends, him being Margaret...
0:41:05 > 0:41:08I know it sounds strange, folks at home.
0:41:08 > 0:41:12Anyway, what about all the friends? Could they all be happy here?
0:41:12 > 0:41:16- Is it big enough? - Yes. It's plenty big enough.
0:41:16 > 0:41:21There's a nice area by the side of the house which we could make into a dog run.
0:41:21 > 0:41:23We've got that huge conservatory.
0:41:23 > 0:41:27You'd need that because it's just about to tip it down with rain.
0:41:27 > 0:41:31Well, ladies, there's only one thing that everybody wants to hear.
0:41:31 > 0:41:35- That's the answer to the amazing question that is... - The title of the show.- Oh, yes.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38To buy or not to buy?
0:41:38 > 0:41:40- Definitely yes.- Yes!
0:41:40 > 0:41:44But... subject to survey and Alan coming round to see it.
0:41:44 > 0:41:47That is only sensible, as Alan is your husband.
0:41:47 > 0:41:51Claire has merely been playing the role of Alan for today's episode.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54Great news. Did you think we would actually achieve this?
0:41:54 > 0:41:58- No, not in a million years. - Neither did we, actually.
0:41:58 > 0:41:59We didn't. We had no idea at all.
0:41:59 > 0:42:03But I thought 250 grand to get all that you wanted
0:42:03 > 0:42:05was nowhere near enough wonga.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07You could have done it with change.
0:42:07 > 0:42:13- What you need to do, maybe have a sniff around the garden. - They're not dogs.- Well, they can!
0:42:13 > 0:42:19Have another look round and see all the things you could do in your new house. This is a lovely place.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22- It is beautiful.- And we're off to go and help other people.
0:42:22 > 0:42:27- It's been lovely to meet you. - Thank you.- See you later. - See you.- Ta-ta.- Bye.
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