0:00:02 > 0:00:05We pride ourselves as being the fifth emergency service.
0:00:05 > 0:00:10Yes, over the years, we have helped house some of the people you rely on in your time of need.
0:00:10 > 0:00:13- Fire fighters.- Tick.- Ambulance workers, doctors and nurses.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15- Tick.- The police services.- Tick.
0:00:15 > 0:00:17- And roadside breakdown recovery people.- Tick.
0:00:17 > 0:00:23And today, pets of Brighton, relax, we are hoping to house a vet for you.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Today's house hunter is almost as active as me.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38Later on in the year, she is hoping to ride her push bike
0:00:38 > 0:00:39from Land's End to John O'Groats.
0:00:39 > 0:00:44Yes, she's a go-getter and she wants to go get some of the good life here
0:00:44 > 0:00:48in London upon Sea, or as the locals prefer to call it, Brighton.
0:00:48 > 0:00:53Now, when she's not mending dogs, spaying cats or healing budgerigars,
0:00:53 > 0:00:56she needs a place to relax and recharge her batteries.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58And that's where we come in to help.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01What? We're going to have to spay a cat with her?
0:01:01 > 0:01:02No, you fool, find a house.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04That's a relief, isn't it?
0:01:04 > 0:01:10Coming up on today's To Buy Or Not To Buy, the most unusual request we've ever had.
0:01:10 > 0:01:14I think you're dancing round what I think is the most ludicrous thing
0:01:14 > 0:01:18that anyone has ever said on this programme, and I've read this about you.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21I know what you are going to say.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24Nikki doesn't mince her words.
0:01:24 > 0:01:28Two bedrooms, two bathrooms, on a hill. What are you moaning about?
0:01:28 > 0:01:31- Um...- And the compliments come in thick and fast.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33Wow, this is lovely.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36- I think this feels quite homely. - Yeah, quite impressed, actually.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39Yeah, I am. It is a proper wild card, it's not what I was expecting.
0:01:39 > 0:01:44So let's meet today's buyer, the lovely Rebecca East.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48Being a vet, she loves all creatures great and small.
0:01:48 > 0:01:53Rebecca has lived in Brighton for around about six years and absolutely loves it.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55So she wants to stay in the area.
0:01:55 > 0:02:00In fact, she's not moving out, rather moving up the property ladder.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04Now, as you know, on this programme we don't let you house hunt on your own.
0:02:04 > 0:02:11So she's dragged mate Tony along to help her make the biggest decision of her adult life.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17- Now, Rebecca, I believe that we are moving up the property ladder.- Yes.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19I've decided it's time to move on.
0:02:19 > 0:02:24At the moment, I live in an area called Hollingdean but I've decided that I want to be somewhere a little
0:02:24 > 0:02:30bit closer to the pubs that I like going to, where my friends live, and which is generally closer to town.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33Staggering distance is what you want us to do.
0:02:33 > 0:02:34You could phrase it that way, I suppose so.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38It would be nice to be able to walk home in an evening rather than get a taxi.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40- Tony.- Yeah. - You're not called Tony, are you?
0:02:40 > 0:02:42- No.- You're called Mitch. - My friends call me Mitch.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45So are you a bit of a property expert. What do you...?
0:02:45 > 0:02:47- Absolutely not whatsoever.- OK.
0:02:47 > 0:02:52My role in this is to make sure that Becca stays quite positive about things.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54OK. Has she got the temptation to sometimes drift off?
0:02:54 > 0:02:56Has it been hard looking for the house?
0:02:56 > 0:02:59- Yes. She's quite negative and quite...- Well...
0:02:59 > 0:03:05- She sees the bad things in stuff. - I've seen a lot of properties that I really like and then, yeah,
0:03:05 > 0:03:10I will see a lot of the bad things and panic about making the final move.
0:03:10 > 0:03:15And what sort of thing are you looking for? Are you looking for a house, an apartment?
0:03:15 > 0:03:19Well, I traditionally would like to be in a house, I think.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21- I'd like there to be two bedrooms. - OK.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24That gives me the option of having people to stay or potentially,
0:03:24 > 0:03:28you know, potentially letting a room out if I needed the extra income.
0:03:28 > 0:03:35OK, so two bedrooms most definitely. What about the actual living space, any requirements there?
0:03:35 > 0:03:38At the moment, I've got a kitchen and a dining room and they are separate.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41- Mmm-hmm.- But I'd quite like to have an open plan kitchen diner.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43- Ah.- Because I like having people over.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46It's got to have enough storage room for me to put all my stuff in
0:03:46 > 0:03:50and I've got lots of equipment to do with all the sports that I do.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53I think you are dancing round what I think is
0:03:53 > 0:03:58the most ludicrous thing that anyone has ever said on this programme, and I've read this about you.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01- I know what you are going to say. - What is it?
0:04:01 > 0:04:06I would like to live on a slope, I wouldn't want to live at the bottom of a hill.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10Right. Mitch, can you explain to the viewers why Rebecca would like to live at the top of a hill.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13- Rising sea levels, basically.- No.
0:04:13 > 0:04:18- That's... I'm not completely afraid of living at sea level but...- But...
0:04:18 > 0:04:21I do think it makes sense to have good drainage from the property.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25So where should we be looking? Are there areas that you particularly want?
0:04:25 > 0:04:28Sort of London Road Station area.
0:04:28 > 0:04:32- Mmm-hmm.- Going up to...- Hanover. - Yeah, Hanover. Seven Dials. - All right then.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35What are the good things about Brighton in your mind?
0:04:35 > 0:04:38You've got the sea on your doorstep, the South downs.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41- We like to head up there with the bikes every now and again. - Fly your kite.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44- So, yeah... - Well, that's obviously front...
0:04:44 > 0:04:45Do you know how big her kites are?
0:04:45 > 0:04:47That's a very personal question.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51Well, it is rather, isn't it? Would you like to explain to Ed how big your kites are?
0:04:51 > 0:04:56I've got two kites and one of them is seven metres and the other...
0:04:56 > 0:05:00But seven metres is probably the wingspan of a small light aircraft.
0:05:00 > 0:05:05- Yes, it...- Have you ever taken off slightly whilst flying it? - Actually I have, yeah.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07- But how high...?- A couple of times.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10How high do you go up by accident?
0:05:10 > 0:05:16You go up as little as possible before you realise that you need to take some evasive action and...
0:05:16 > 0:05:19- Does that mean let go? - Yeah, it did for me, when it happened to me.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22Now, you are about to do something ridiculous on a bike.
0:05:22 > 0:05:27A friend and myself are going to cycle from Land's End to John O'Groats in about six weeks' time.
0:05:27 > 0:05:32- I actually don't have a bike to do the Land's End John O'Groats bid at the moment...- Ah.
0:05:32 > 0:05:37- But I will be getting one.- OK. And how many bikes have you currently got before this other one turns up?
0:05:37 > 0:05:42Well, I've got a very, very ancient road bike and I've got a mountain bike.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45So you're going to have three bikes at the end of this then?
0:05:45 > 0:05:50- I do need somewhere safe and secure to store them.- How much money have you got to spend on the dream?
0:05:50 > 0:05:55I have managed to get a mortgage agreed up to 300,000.
0:05:55 > 0:06:00- I think I'd feel a bit uncomfortable going up to 300,000.- Tell you what, let's have that as our haggle zone.
0:06:00 > 0:06:04I'd be looking more about sort of 250, 270.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08- OK.- All right, well, wish us luck and we'll see you later. - Good luck.- Thank you.
0:06:11 > 0:06:16- You're lighter than you look, Ed. - Tell you what, that surprises me, because if you look at my six pack,
0:06:16 > 0:06:21Nikki, they normally say that muscle is heavier than fat, so I'll take that as a compliment.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24Anyway, when I'm not doing exercise to achieve this physique,
0:06:24 > 0:06:29I'm always thinking about property. What Rebecca said about being negative when she sees properties,
0:06:29 > 0:06:33I'm not going to worry about that today because I am only going to listen
0:06:33 > 0:06:36to some of the things she said. I'm going to be bold.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39Well, when I'm not lifting wimps like you out of the sea,
0:06:39 > 0:06:42I like to give our house hunters what they want.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45- Really?- Which is two bedrooms on a hill, storage and a garden.
0:06:45 > 0:06:50All right, Nikki, can you lift me to the estate agent so I can start the hunt now, please?
0:06:50 > 0:06:52I can and I can run in slow motion, too.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55Brighton sits on the south east coast of England,
0:06:55 > 0:07:00with its magnificent pier proudly protruding into the sea.
0:07:00 > 0:07:05It was opened in 1899 and is 1,722 feet long,
0:07:05 > 0:07:08Grade II listed and has been acknowledged
0:07:08 > 0:07:10as one of the finest piers ever built.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14Brighton only became a city ten years ago after it received
0:07:14 > 0:07:18its city status from the Queen as part of the millennium celebrations.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22And with a population of nearly a quarter of a million, so it should be.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26And on the subject of millions, around eight million people a year visit Brighton.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30That's not surprising considering it's been voted as the coolest city in the UK,
0:07:30 > 0:07:33with Edinburgh and Cardiff hot on its heels.
0:07:33 > 0:07:39Which is why this cosmopolitan metropolis continues to be a popular destination for property buyers.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42Making the average house price here £250,000.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45But for now, it's that time in the show where we take a look
0:07:45 > 0:07:48at what else is available to buy across the rest of the country.
0:07:48 > 0:07:54And if you fancy living by the seaside, then take a look at these three beauties.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56Our first gem today is in Blackpool.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58It's a three bed traditional detached property
0:07:58 > 0:08:01that's beautifully decorated throughout
0:08:01 > 0:08:04and I have it on good authority that there's even a sea view.
0:08:04 > 0:08:08On the market for £249,999.
0:08:08 > 0:08:14This semi-detached property in Scarborough doesn't have a sea view but it does have four bedrooms,
0:08:14 > 0:08:18three reception rooms, a conservatory and a hot tub in the garden.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20All for 280 grand.
0:08:21 > 0:08:26Finally, in Western Super Mare, there's this cottage-style detached house.
0:08:26 > 0:08:30Neutrally decorated throughout with three double bedrooms and walking distance to the beach.
0:08:30 > 0:08:34On the market for £254,950.
0:08:34 > 0:08:39But for now it's back to Brighton to continue with today's search. Hello, pleased to meet you. My name is Ed.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42So, are you a Brightonian? Is that the right word?
0:08:42 > 0:08:47I'm a Brightonian in the sense that I moved down here 18 months ago, so now I'm a Brightonian.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50So you are new to the area, really?
0:08:50 > 0:08:51- I am.- What brought you here?
0:08:51 > 0:08:55The ambience, the sea, just the way of life, it's just fantastic.
0:08:55 > 0:09:00I am looking for a property for a girl called Rebecca and she is looking for two bedrooms,
0:09:00 > 0:09:06she's got £300,000 maximum to spend but she doesn't really want to spend that much beyond 250.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08- Is that achievable here?- Absolutely.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11Did you get more bang for your buck than you would, say, in London?
0:09:11 > 0:09:15We moved from London so obviously, you know, we ended up with a surplus.
0:09:15 > 0:09:19- But, you know, property down here is still expensive.- Yeah.
0:09:19 > 0:09:20But the property is just nicer.
0:09:20 > 0:09:25So, Scott, Rebecca has a strange thing and this is one of her main points.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28She believes that one day, because of global warming,
0:09:28 > 0:09:31that the seas around Brighton will rise. She wants to live on a hill.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33What are the hilly parts of Brighton?
0:09:33 > 0:09:38So I mean, you've got Hanover, you've got Elm Grove, this area, and then a little bit further up,
0:09:38 > 0:09:42towards the race course, you couldn't get much higher in Brighton while living on a hill.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45So tell me a little bit about the Brighton you know.
0:09:45 > 0:09:50Right, well the Brighton I know is very vibrant, very cultural,
0:09:50 > 0:09:54great diversity amongst everything, between the shops,
0:09:54 > 0:09:56the characteristics of the different lanes.
0:09:56 > 0:10:01- She also has a seven foot, or seven metre, kite that she flies.- OK.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04For her money, where are the areas where she's going get more space?
0:10:04 > 0:10:07Just down the road you've got Kemp Town, which is a nice desirable area.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10I'm going to go away, meet up with the mysterious property hunting team,
0:10:10 > 0:10:13look at these, and could we arrange some viewings later?
0:10:13 > 0:10:17- Absolutely.- Scott, there's the hand. Pleasure to meet you. - Nice to meet you.
0:10:17 > 0:10:18- See you soon.- Bye-bye.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22Now, the mysterious property hunting team and myself have ignored
0:10:22 > 0:10:26Rebecca's number one criteria about living on a hill, it's ridiculous.
0:10:26 > 0:10:27If you live in Brighton, deal with it.
0:10:27 > 0:10:32This sea, I hope I'm not ever proved wrong, is not going to rise up and wash away her house.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34I've gone for the property nearest the sea.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38If you live in Brighton, you want to be by the sea. That is the property.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42It is lovely, it is perfect, it's gorgeous, it is what she wants, even though, technically,
0:10:42 > 0:10:45because it's not on a hill, it isn't what she wants.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47I'm going to prove her wrong.
0:10:47 > 0:10:52Well, mine is actually closer to Brighton, which is what she asked for, Ed.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55Not only that, mine is on a little hill.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58Two bedrooms, double bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a garden.
0:10:58 > 0:11:02Nikki, you are a fool to be confident, though, because we have the wild card.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05Now, everyone loves the wild card. It is beautiful.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08It is on a gigantic hill, so if she doesn't like my one
0:11:08 > 0:11:11that isn't on a hill or yours which is half on a hill,
0:11:11 > 0:11:14the wild card really is on a hill.
0:11:14 > 0:11:15It's brilliant, it's really nice.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18There is no reason for her, and I'm going to say it,
0:11:18 > 0:11:20to not buy any one of these. They are all lovely.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23I am going to enjoy today's house hunting, but where shall we start it?
0:11:23 > 0:11:27- Um, mine.- No, mine! - SHE LAUGHS
0:11:30 > 0:11:34Stupendous, spectacular, amazing and a real eye catcher
0:11:34 > 0:11:38are all words you could use to describe my property today.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41Go on, pick any one, I dare you. Now, Rebecca and Mitch,
0:11:41 > 0:11:45we are stood outside property number one. Now, right, look at the door furniture on that.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48- Doesn't that just say, "Buy me"? - They have done it up very nicely.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52That quality is carried throughout the house.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55I want to know a first impression from you please, Rebecca.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58It does look very nice from the outside. I like it. It's on a nice street.
0:11:58 > 0:12:03- Now, Mitch, I took a gamble because, um, we're not on a hill here. - You're not on a hill, no.
0:12:03 > 0:12:08Is this a...? Because you said that Rebecca can go downhill and quite, you know...
0:12:08 > 0:12:11- Yeah. You're taking a gamble. - Really?- Yeah. I think you are.
0:12:11 > 0:12:12No, I think it will be OK.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15Because yeah, from that road, at the end of that road,
0:12:15 > 0:12:20it does go downhill to get to the sea so this is on enough of a slope.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23- Are you excited?- Yeah. I can't wait to have a look, actually.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26My goodness gracious me. Look, Nikki's looking very nervous.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29I have to admit I am, because this is stunning. Did I say that out loud?
0:12:29 > 0:12:34- Yes, you did. Right, three, two, one, don't be scared. - OK.- Brilliant.- Thank you.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42Wow, it's very nicely done.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44- It is really nice.- First word?
0:12:44 > 0:12:46- They're loving it.- Wow.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48What are you thinking?
0:12:48 > 0:12:51- It's my sort of style, actually. - Yeah.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55I wonder if they're selling the furniture as well.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58It's quite open, which you wanted.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01Yeah. Yeah, that's true. You can see right through to the kitchen.
0:13:01 > 0:13:06- Now, what did she want? She wanted a nice airy, open living space.- Mmm.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09Have a look at that, right? If you flick to that in a dictionary...
0:13:09 > 0:13:11Firstly, why, would you have that in a dictionary?
0:13:11 > 0:13:13But if they did, it would be a picture of that.
0:13:13 > 0:13:17- It would.- Looks like an original fire place. - Yeah, it's very attractive.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20You think it still works? It probably does, yeah.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22I don't know.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25- Yeah, it looks like it does, actually.- Brilliant.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28- We could check that out. - They're testing to see whether the fire works
0:13:28 > 0:13:32and what Rebecca did was just shove her hand up it and went, "I think that'll work."
0:13:32 > 0:13:36- It's a nice area as well, isn't it? - It's really nice and...- Have...
0:13:36 > 0:13:40- Brilliant table.- That's about the same size as my table.- Yeah. - That will fit in here.
0:13:40 > 0:13:44- Are you going to fit all your friends round there for dinner parties?- Yeah.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48It's actually bigger than my dining room at the moment. What's this?
0:13:48 > 0:13:49This is quite cool, isn't it?
0:13:49 > 0:13:51That is your log burner.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54- Wow.- That'll be good for the winter.
0:13:54 > 0:13:58- That is lovely.- I've been informed that that does work.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01- It does, indeed.- I wonder whether Rebecca will put her magical
0:14:01 > 0:14:04fire testing hand into it and, um, just say, "Yes, that's fine."
0:14:04 > 0:14:06OK, garden's nice.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09- Yeah. I don't know where I'd put my bikes.- Yeah.- I don't think it...
0:14:09 > 0:14:12You would have to bring your bikes through that door, through here.
0:14:12 > 0:14:18- Yeah.- Through the whole place.- Which I wouldn't mind doing, but where am I going to put them out there?
0:14:18 > 0:14:22There is room, surely, if she can have permission to have a shed there.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25- Or pop a bike shed there.- That's what I mean, yeah, three bikes.
0:14:25 > 0:14:29- There we go, singing from the same hymn sheet then.- Yeah.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32Imagine cooking in here?
0:14:32 > 0:14:34- It's quite small.- Yeah.
0:14:34 > 0:14:38- It's about half the size of my kitchen at the moment but I think it's workable.- Yeah.
0:14:38 > 0:14:42- There's enough space in here to do a dinner party.- Absolutely.
0:14:42 > 0:14:47Or to cook for me, which is what it generally would be most of the time, so.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50Yeah, obviously doing dinner parties, do you think you would be
0:14:50 > 0:14:54- if you were in here? - Yes, you're pretty much in the same room, aren't you?- Yes.
0:14:54 > 0:15:01OK. Now, it isn't an entire kitchen dinery thing but good old Mitch, as ever, is selling this property
0:15:01 > 0:15:04very well for me and he's saying, it's kind of like it, isn't it?
0:15:07 > 0:15:09OK.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12- OK, so is it the main bedroom? - Do you think it's the main one?
0:15:12 > 0:15:14I think it's probably the second bedroom.
0:15:14 > 0:15:18If it's the second bedroom then that's fine.
0:15:18 > 0:15:22- If it's the main bedroom would you want to...- Well...
0:15:22 > 0:15:27- I mean for Brighton I think you do have to accept some compromises on space don't you?- Yeah, absolutely.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29- So the C word, Ed. - It has come out.- Compromise.
0:15:29 > 0:15:34Well, do you know what, in life when you are moving from where Rebecca is moving to here, it costs a lot more
0:15:34 > 0:15:38to live here so a compromise is going to have to be factored in.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41- So bathroom here. - Oh, this is very nice.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44- Very tidy.- Yeah.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47- Oh, it's got one of those nice plush walk-in showers.- Yeah. I like that.
0:15:47 > 0:15:51- Yeah, I've always fancied one of those.- Don't need a bath?
0:15:51 > 0:15:53I never have a bath anyway.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56- No?- I'm not a woman who likes to have a bath actually.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59- I like to have a shower... I knew you'd do that.- But not very often.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02On a Wednesday. Isn't it once a week you have a shower?
0:16:02 > 0:16:07Honestly, viewers, if smellavision is ever invented, speed through the bits where Nikki is on screen.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10All I'm saying is, for a bathroom like that I can live without a bath.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12Big mirrors.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15- Yeah, they've done a lot with a small space haven't they?- Yeah.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17Yeah, it's got everything you need.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19Cosy but yet it still feels quiet spacious.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22- Cosy but it does what it's meant to. - Yeah.
0:16:22 > 0:16:23Dare I say it?
0:16:23 > 0:16:26Sexy bathroom that, isn't it?
0:16:26 > 0:16:27I think that's a good description.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30So, final bedroom.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32OK, is this smaller than the other room?
0:16:32 > 0:16:35I think it's a little bit smaller but it feels,
0:16:35 > 0:16:38- I think I like the way that it looks over the street.- Yeah?
0:16:38 > 0:16:39- Yeah. I think I'd... - Would this be your room then?
0:16:39 > 0:16:42- I think it probably would be.- Yeah.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45Would I fit all my stuff in?
0:16:45 > 0:16:48With difficulty I think.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51You'd need some help bringing your kites upstairs.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54- Where would I keep them?- Yeah. Where would you keep all that stuff?
0:16:54 > 0:16:55We have a size issue, Ed.
0:16:55 > 0:16:59Now, I thought this was going to happen and I have this covered, right?
0:16:59 > 0:17:02Property, lovely, beautiful, kissable even.
0:17:02 > 0:17:06Bedrooms, need to be seen as only bedrooms and places where you store your clothes,
0:17:06 > 0:17:11not as a place where you would store a gigantic seven-metre kite and ridiculous collection of bikes.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15Do you reckon Nikki's going to be able to up the ante a bit?
0:17:15 > 0:17:17- Well, I hope so.- Yeah?- Yeah.
0:17:17 > 0:17:21If she's found a better house than this one, I can't wait to see it.
0:17:21 > 0:17:25- Yeah.- But this is... Yeah, this is a nice house.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27- Ed has set the bar quite high.- Yeah.
0:17:30 > 0:17:35Now, Rebecca and Mitch, I think you liked that,
0:17:35 > 0:17:39but obviously the buzz word, cosy, and maybe it being a bit...
0:17:39 > 0:17:41It's quite a bit smaller than where I live at the moment.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45That's probably going to be a compromise you might have...
0:17:45 > 0:17:46- Yeah.- Because it's Brighton.
0:17:46 > 0:17:51Yeah. And if I'm going to move closer into town then the properties do get smaller for your money.
0:17:51 > 0:17:57- Yeah. And you are, what, seven, ten minutes away from Brighton. - So you are really close.
0:17:57 > 0:17:58And I do live on my own
0:17:58 > 0:18:04and I think I could fit all my stuff into this house living on my own.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07- Yeah?- But I possibly couldn't have a tenant here.
0:18:07 > 0:18:11There are things you own that don't necessarily need to be indoors, right?
0:18:11 > 0:18:16And that's probably the majority of your clutter, because your bikes and your kites.
0:18:16 > 0:18:21Have a look at that space there. Now, have you seen those fancy mini bike sheds things?
0:18:21 > 0:18:25You could lock everything away, in the back of the house. You are in a terrace.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27There's another garden, safety-wise, insurance-wise,
0:18:27 > 0:18:29you would be absolutely fine,
0:18:29 > 0:18:31therefore freeing up an extra bedroom.
0:18:31 > 0:18:35So you could have a lodger I would say.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37Look what the neighbours have done. They've got an extension.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39- So the house can grow with you. - Yeah.
0:18:39 > 0:18:44Yeah, that's quite a workable shed-type space isn't it?
0:18:44 > 0:18:47Now, can you see your seven-foot kites there too? Could you...
0:18:47 > 0:18:49Oh, yeah, they deflate and they pack down to this.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52Oh, OK, right, sorry forgive my ignorance.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55- Yeah, you fold them all up. - Can you see yourself living here?
0:18:55 > 0:18:58- Yeah, I can. - I could see you living here.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00Come on, do you want to play guess the price?
0:19:00 > 0:19:04- OK.- Who's going first?
0:19:04 > 0:19:08- Ladies first.- Very gallant of you.
0:19:08 > 0:19:12I have to say I have no idea because I haven't been looking at properties in this area.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14I think,
0:19:14 > 0:19:17I think it will probably be around about 250.
0:19:17 > 0:19:18OK.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20I'm going to go more than that.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22I'm going for 258.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24OK. The intriguingly priced 258.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27Now, you say you haven't been in this area.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29Evidently not.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32The price of this property,
0:19:32 > 0:19:33- Mitch is closest.- Is it a lot more?
0:19:33 > 0:19:37- But not that close. - You're not that close. £295,000.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40- Wow.- Now, your maximum budget was £300,000
0:19:40 > 0:19:43and you said that you obviously didn't want to go that high.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45This is a house all singing, all dancing, done up.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48Perfect, lovely, it's in a great location.
0:19:48 > 0:19:53- Yeah.- So this is what you could get for the finished article and what the finished article might be worth.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55- Yeah.- Right at the top of your budget.- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:19:55 > 0:19:59That's only property number one. You've still got two more to see.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01- Shall we go to mine now?- Yes, let's do that.- Come on.- Let's go.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07Well, Ed's property might have been top of the class
0:20:07 > 0:20:13when it comes to presentation but my house has more bang for your buck, I can tell you.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16Oh, can you feel what this is? Oh.
0:20:16 > 0:20:20- It is definitely a slope.- What do you mean it's a slope? It's a hill!
0:20:20 > 0:20:22You prided yourself on a hill.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24- Yeah, we are on a hill. - This is, Becca and Mitch, a hill.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27- Yeah.- Which brings us to property number two, my property.
0:20:27 > 0:20:31What do you think of this from the outside? First impressions.
0:20:31 > 0:20:37- It's not as pretty as the last place but it looks a lot bigger. - Mmm?- It looks like,
0:20:37 > 0:20:40it looks like it's fairly well decorated inside.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42- It's got new, newish windows.- Right.
0:20:42 > 0:20:48And it's got some original features as well and it's nice solid brick house, which I like.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50- It is.- What a thorough description.
0:20:50 > 0:20:55- Yes. You will find in there that I've given you every single thing that you've asked for.- OK.
0:20:55 > 0:20:59Just one thing might need a little bit of love, that's all. One thing.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02Am I going to have to find that out for myself?
0:21:02 > 0:21:05- Yeah, you will find. - A little bit of love. - A little bit of love,
0:21:05 > 0:21:08but I'm really quite confident.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11- OK, all right then, go.- OK.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18OK, what do you think?
0:21:18 > 0:21:20It's quite nice on the inside.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22Yeah. So your front room.
0:21:22 > 0:21:26- Oh, it's got a nice-looking open fire again.- Yeah.
0:21:26 > 0:21:30- It would be nice to have one of those.- Yeah.- I would like that.
0:21:30 > 0:21:34Well, it feels smaller but I think that's because it's not open plan
0:21:34 > 0:21:38because the actual space I think, the downstairs space
0:21:38 > 0:21:41- is going to be the same, if not possibly bigger.- Yeah.
0:21:41 > 0:21:47- I don't know how easily you could knock through some of these walls but I'm sure it could be done.- Yeah.
0:21:47 > 0:21:51What they'll see when they move into the kitchen and dining area
0:21:51 > 0:21:54they have all the open plan they could possibly want.
0:21:54 > 0:21:58OK, so, kitchen dining room.
0:21:58 > 0:22:02- Oh, yeah.- So you've got your kitchen dining room in one.- Yeah, this...
0:22:02 > 0:22:06- What you wanted.- This feels much, a much easier space to work in.
0:22:06 > 0:22:10- The kitchen's... I don't know if it's got more stuff in it but it feels bigger.- Yeah.
0:22:10 > 0:22:14And I like this space here, yeah.
0:22:14 > 0:22:19Again, you could potentially knock that through to have it open plan if you needed it but...
0:22:19 > 0:22:22I don't think I'd want to, actually.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25I'm going to speak a quietly because I know that they can hear me inside,
0:22:25 > 0:22:27but they are liking the kitchen dining area.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29(Loving it, aren't they? This is what she asked for.)
0:22:29 > 0:22:32- (It's on her plan.) - (It's exactly what she asked for.)
0:22:32 > 0:22:34It looks out onto your garden.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37- Let's take a peek.- Yeah. - Oh, there's a bit of grass as well.
0:22:37 > 0:22:41So do you reckon Nikki is doing better then at this point?
0:22:43 > 0:22:45Oh... It's a close call. Mmm.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48Do you think Nikki's doing better than Ed at the moment,
0:22:48 > 0:22:51was a question I just heard posed by Mitch.
0:22:51 > 0:22:55The time it took her to answer that question, right, she's just being polite, OK?
0:22:55 > 0:22:57She doesn't want to offend me or you.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59She really does think mine is better.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02Downstairs toilet by the looks of it.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06- And...- Yeah.- Oh, it's another walk-in shower.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08These are all the rage at the moment aren't they?
0:23:08 > 0:23:11It's a really big walk-in shower. That's nice.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13Ah you see that wouldn't work for me.
0:23:13 > 0:23:18- Why not?- Because it hasn't got a detachable hose.- I see.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20I think a man has put that shower in
0:23:20 > 0:23:24because girl's don't always want to wash their hair every time.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26- So...- I'm glad you explained.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29- Hah.- What?- Isn't this weird, right?
0:23:29 > 0:23:32Gift horse in the mouth. You have given her a downstairs bathroom, a,
0:23:32 > 0:23:35dare I say it, sexy downstairs bathroom, all the bathrooms seem
0:23:35 > 0:23:41to be sexy here. Rebecca's looking at it and went, "This is no good, detachable hose, where's that?"
0:23:41 > 0:23:44Unbelievable. This country.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49Main bedroom I think.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51Looks like it.
0:23:51 > 0:23:55- Yeah, that's a good size. - Feels quite spacious.
0:23:55 > 0:23:56Room for a triple wardrobe.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58Yes, so that's your storage sorted out.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00Very important!
0:24:02 > 0:24:04- So... - That's not a bad view.- It's OK.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07You could almost see the sea I think.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09Quite a nice view over Brighton.
0:24:09 > 0:24:13They are liking the first bedroom. Spacious. They are liking the view.
0:24:15 > 0:24:19- Oh, this is a good size as well.- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:24:19 > 0:24:24- This will be the second room, won't it?- Yes. So a decent second bedroom.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27Even if you didn't put a bed in it. You could just put a futon
0:24:27 > 0:24:30or something along there and then have guests and stuff.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32Even with...
0:24:32 > 0:24:35The garden's nice, the garden is cute.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37Even with all this space, though...
0:24:37 > 0:24:41- Yeah.- I think I still preferred the last place.- Really?- Yeah.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43- Did you hear that? - Yes, of course I heard it.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45But she just said such lovely things about my place.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48Doesn't matter, Nikki, doesn't matter.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52In life, right, winners are winners and losers...
0:24:53 > 0:24:55- Oh.- Yeah.
0:24:55 > 0:25:00- OK.- So you do have a second bathroom, which is a bit squeaky.
0:25:00 > 0:25:01Squeaky.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03It looks lie it's half way through being done.
0:25:03 > 0:25:09Yes. Thinking outside the box then, you could knock something through, have it as en suite.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11Have an en suite. Ah, could do.
0:25:11 > 0:25:12- I like your thinking, Mitch.- Yeah.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15Right, shall we go back downstairs?
0:25:15 > 0:25:17We should. Let's find Ed and Nikki.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22Becca, Mitch, property number two.
0:25:22 > 0:25:27Two bedrooms, two bathrooms, on a hill. What are you moaning about?
0:25:27 > 0:25:32Well, when you put it like that it does tick all the boxes but...
0:25:32 > 0:25:36I think I like the property at sea level, actually.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39Yes, you see. Shows we are all a little bit different.
0:25:39 > 0:25:43But I think that Mitch is probably in a different camp and Mitch...
0:25:43 > 0:25:47- Mitch likes this one, yeah. - This house is I think better than the last one.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49- Now, what makes it better? - It's bigger for a start.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51You are always on about your clutter.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54So you won't have to de-clutter as much, if you lived here.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56Yeah. More room to store stuff in.
0:25:56 > 0:26:01- Yeah.- Also you've got two bathrooms as opposed to one.- Yeah.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04I suppose that could be beneficial, if I did get a tenant at any time.
0:26:04 > 0:26:09But this one does need, you know, a bit of decoration here, a bit of work there.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12- Yeah.- Whereas the other one didn't. What we need then
0:26:12 > 0:26:16is play everyone's favourite part of the programme, guessing the price.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18- OK.- Now... - Mitch is going to go first.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21Just because Mitch did so well last time.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23I know. I went first last time so that's only fair.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25OK, we were working around a maximum, maximum, maximum
0:26:25 > 0:26:29of £300,000 but we didn't want to spend all of that, you know.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31So, Mitch?
0:26:31 > 0:26:32I'll reel off 265.
0:26:32 > 0:26:36OK. Nudging slightly up.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39- OK.- Um, I think...250.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41- You are sticking with 250.- Yeah.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44- I like 250 best.- You may be right at some point, you never know.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47- So 250, 265. - OK, this is very interesting to me
0:26:47 > 0:26:51because this area is a better area in terms of location to Brighton
0:26:51 > 0:26:55and proximity to Brighton, you are much closer, and it's much bigger,
0:26:55 > 0:26:57- and yet you have brought your price so low.- Yeah.
0:26:57 > 0:27:03- I'm guessing it might be a little bit more than 250.- Good.
0:27:03 > 0:27:04- The price is...- Yeah?
0:27:04 > 0:27:07299,950.
0:27:07 > 0:27:12- You are £50 short of your maximum budget.- The same as the last house?
0:27:12 > 0:27:14- This is more expensive. - More expensive than the last house?
0:27:14 > 0:27:17- Yeah.- Four and a half grand more than the last house.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19Which is I think is perfectly reasonable for the...
0:27:19 > 0:27:22- I do agree with you.- You get much more bang for the buck here.- Yeah.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24- Anyway, you were closer yet again. - So I win.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27- And you've ruined guess the price. That's it, it's over.- You are the winner.
0:27:27 > 0:27:34- Guess the price competition ceases to exist.- However, we continue to play.- I might make it three nil.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36Maybe you'll be winning 50 grand of getting it right.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38Right, we do have the wild card.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40Are you pinning your hopes on the wild card?
0:27:40 > 0:27:42Possibly. Price-wise if nothing else.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44OK. Shall we?
0:27:44 > 0:27:45Let's go.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51We have taken a gamble on Rebecca's love of outdoor pursuits
0:27:51 > 0:27:53today with the wild card.
0:27:53 > 0:27:57It borders the South Downs rather than the city centre
0:27:57 > 0:28:01so staggering home from the pub won't be an option.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03Mountain biking and long walks would be.
0:28:03 > 0:28:07Fingers crossed she's going to like it.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09Now, Mitch and Rebecca, the wild card, the wild card,
0:28:09 > 0:28:14everyone loves the wild card. We are at the wild card and what on earth has happened to the weather?
0:28:14 > 0:28:16- It does that here. - This is ridiculous.
0:28:16 > 0:28:21Now, we are high up, obviously we're not like kind of Alps-style high but it feels like that doesn't it?
0:28:21 > 0:28:24We are in the clouds. Now, I've been given a guarantee
0:28:24 > 0:28:27by Scott, the estate agent, that this will never flood.
0:28:27 > 0:28:28- That is very unlikely up here.- So...
0:28:28 > 0:28:31We are up in the Downs, essentially.
0:28:31 > 0:28:35- Your concerns about global warming are allayed here.- I'll be fine.
0:28:35 > 0:28:37Not a problem.
0:28:37 > 0:28:39So what do you think about this. I mean, we're livid because you can't
0:28:39 > 0:28:42see the views but there are fantastic views from up here.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44Yeah, I have been up here before
0:28:44 > 0:28:48and I think there are fantastic views if I remember rightly.
0:28:48 > 0:28:50- Yes.- Yes. - And you have a front garden here.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52- OK.- As well as a back one.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55- Brilliant.- So double whammy for you.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57- Sounds good. - Definitely feels more like you.
0:28:57 > 0:28:59What do you think of the house then?
0:28:59 > 0:29:02It looks nice and neat and tidy from the outside.
0:29:02 > 0:29:05It looks quite well looked after, in good condition as far as I can see.
0:29:05 > 0:29:08- OK. Are you excited to go in?- I am.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10- All right, three, two, one, enjoy. - Thank you.
0:29:10 > 0:29:12Good.
0:29:12 > 0:29:16- Shall we take our shoes off? - Yeah, I think we should.
0:29:16 > 0:29:21- Oh, dignity. They've not said that in any of the other houses.- The other houses have wooden floors, Ed.
0:29:21 > 0:29:25OK, but nevertheless, I think it shows a sense of Japanese-style respect for a property.
0:29:25 > 0:29:29- That's very true. And Indian, by the way.- OK. Well, they're doing both then.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31So into what's a dining room type thing.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33- Wow.- Yeah.- Wow, this is lovely.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35It is very nice.
0:29:35 > 0:29:39- It's all open plan. - OK. Now, what was on her list?
0:29:39 > 0:29:41Open plan living downstairs.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44The wild card, the wild card. Tout le monde aime the wild card.
0:29:44 > 0:29:48- I noticed this as well.- This is a decent size kitchen, modern.
0:29:48 > 0:29:51Yeah. So got a lounge area here,
0:29:51 > 0:29:54with a proper fire again. Brilliant.
0:29:54 > 0:29:56Oh, I think they've done well here.
0:29:56 > 0:30:00I get in that house the biggest sense of space.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03Really high ceilings. So much room for storage,
0:30:03 > 0:30:07and when you walk in that whole living area is gorgeous.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09I think this feels quite homely.
0:30:09 > 0:30:12- You look quite impressed actually. - Yeah. I am.
0:30:12 > 0:30:17- It's... It is a proper wild card, it's not what I was expecting.- Yeah.
0:30:17 > 0:30:18Or the location anyway.
0:30:18 > 0:30:20I wouldn't have considered this.
0:30:20 > 0:30:25Location is quite weird. I think this is a location that either you'll love or hate.
0:30:25 > 0:30:29So you've got the dining room, which leads out onto a...
0:30:29 > 0:30:32You've got the garden out the back there.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34So you've got space for bikes.
0:30:34 > 0:30:37- You've got a shed there.- I'd have to take them through the house, though.
0:30:37 > 0:30:40- Yes.- Because you can't... It doesn't look like there's side access.
0:30:40 > 0:30:43Or you could put a shed in the garden, the front garden.
0:30:43 > 0:30:46- Out the front.- Yeah. - Hmm, yeah it's an idea.
0:30:49 > 0:30:53- So the kitchen.- This is a better sort of size, I think.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56Oh, I'm going to be a little bit critical. There isn't any gas.
0:30:56 > 0:30:58I like to cook on gas.
0:30:58 > 0:31:01Well, perhaps you could ask about putting gas in here.
0:31:01 > 0:31:02See if there is gas. Yeah.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05And it's got storage heaters by the looks of it as well.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08I understand Rebecca's concern about there being no gas
0:31:08 > 0:31:10- because it is lovely to cook on gas. - Mmm-hmm.
0:31:10 > 0:31:12But it's just an attitude adjustment she needs.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15- OK.- Lots of people cook on electricity.- That's true.
0:31:17 > 0:31:21This has been done really nicely. Look at the bath.
0:31:21 > 0:31:25- Oh, brilliant bath, yeah. Class. - It's got feet.
0:31:25 > 0:31:26That's a really nice bathroom isn't it?
0:31:26 > 0:31:30- And a stand up shower. - With a head that you can take off.
0:31:30 > 0:31:34Yes, with an adjustable nose.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36- Mitch has picked up on that. - Thank goodness for that.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39- I was worried about that adjustable hose business.- Were you really?
0:31:39 > 0:31:42Well, when I went in there did you see me kiss the adjustable hose?
0:31:42 > 0:31:45- No.- Well, I did because I knew, thank goodness, it's got one.
0:31:46 > 0:31:50- So let's have a look at the first bedroom.- OK.
0:31:50 > 0:31:55- What do you think? - Well, it's a single room, isn't it?
0:31:55 > 0:31:58You wouldn't fit a double bed in here at all but it's a good spare room.
0:31:58 > 0:31:59It's a spare room. Yeah.
0:31:59 > 0:32:02- It's got a nice original fire place. - Yeah.
0:32:02 > 0:32:06- So they've only got a single bed in there right now but you could fit a double bed in there.- Yes.
0:32:06 > 0:32:08- Or a three quarter, if you wanted, couldn't you?- Yes, you could.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11Oh, the main room.
0:32:11 > 0:32:14- Yeah, main bedroom. - This is a really good size room.
0:32:14 > 0:32:19- Yeah.- My furniture would fit into this room quite easily.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22- Yeah.- Mmm, I just wonder about how warm it's going to be...
0:32:22 > 0:32:25- Yeah.- In this house in the middle of winter,
0:32:25 > 0:32:27and ah...
0:32:27 > 0:32:30The trouble with storage heaters is
0:32:30 > 0:32:32- that they are either too hot...- Yeah.
0:32:32 > 0:32:37- And you can't turn them off, or they're not very warm and then they take forever to heat up.- Yeah.
0:32:37 > 0:32:40So the lack of gas up here and central heating is a it
0:32:40 > 0:32:43of a concern. There is always something, though.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45Electric isn't that bad.
0:32:45 > 0:32:47It isn't that bad.
0:32:47 > 0:32:51You see she's assuming, like so many people would that it is inefficient.
0:32:51 > 0:32:54- It's not. - It's always got to be a compromise.
0:32:54 > 0:32:57But what boxes does it tick for you though?
0:32:57 > 0:32:59- Top of a hill... - I like the location.
0:32:59 > 0:33:03- Yes.- I like the feeling of being on the edge of the town, on the edge of the city, really.
0:33:03 > 0:33:08Yeah, it does tick more boxes than possibly the other two houses.
0:33:08 > 0:33:11- I don't want to say we're the house hunting experts but we- ARE.
0:33:11 > 0:33:12There, I said it.
0:33:12 > 0:33:15- And I suppose it depends how much it's going to cost.- Yeah.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18- Shall we go and find out? - Let's find out.
0:33:21 > 0:33:22Becca, Mitch, what do you think?
0:33:22 > 0:33:24I'm really impressed.
0:33:24 > 0:33:26I think you've done well.
0:33:26 > 0:33:32Mitch, earlier on in the chat that we did, did point out that it was tendency that you could
0:33:32 > 0:33:37see the negative within things and the negative that you have, that's probably
0:33:37 > 0:33:40become the biggest thing are these things on the walls aren't they?
0:33:40 > 0:33:43- The storage heaters.- Yeah, I'm not a fan of storage heaters.
0:33:43 > 0:33:48A lot of people think they're not fans of storage heaters until perhaps they've lived with them.
0:33:48 > 0:33:52What is it that you are afraid of or that you don't think you like?
0:33:52 > 0:33:56Well, what I don't like about them, when you want them to kick out
0:33:56 > 0:33:59more heat they take forever to actually heat up and then if they are
0:33:59 > 0:34:04already kicking out a load of heat and they get too hot you can't really easily turn them off either.
0:34:04 > 0:34:08Well, both of those are common mistakes.
0:34:08 > 0:34:13First of all you need to know how to control them, because you've got output and input on storage heaters.
0:34:13 > 0:34:19Secondly, have you felt how warm this room feels? And we only just put that on to kick it in.
0:34:19 > 0:34:21- It has heated up.- It has.
0:34:21 > 0:34:25- So...- So, Becca, has that in any way allayed your fears, or your prejudice, about storage heaters?
0:34:25 > 0:34:30Perhaps they're not as bad as I thought. I would need to look into it a little bit, though.
0:34:30 > 0:34:32Now, guess the price as a competition
0:34:32 > 0:34:35is effectively over because, Mitch, you got the last one.
0:34:35 > 0:34:40We should play this for fun. How much do you think this is on the market for?
0:34:40 > 0:34:44- Oh, it's really hard to know. - Yes, you've proved that.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46I have proved that.
0:34:46 > 0:34:50I've been really bad at it. I'm going to go with 280.
0:34:50 > 0:34:52- Right.- Mitch?
0:34:52 > 0:34:54Exactly what I was going to go with as well.
0:34:54 > 0:34:56Really? You're good at this, Mitch. Come on, focus.
0:34:56 > 0:34:58- I wouldn't say good but I'm better than Becca.- Yes.
0:34:58 > 0:35:01I'm going at 284.
0:35:01 > 0:35:04- It's not a hat trick. You are closer.- Oh.
0:35:04 > 0:35:06But wait for this.
0:35:06 > 0:35:10It is actually bang on your budget
0:35:10 > 0:35:13- of £250,000.- Oh, no way.
0:35:13 > 0:35:17- It is.- I should have gone with that. - If you'd gone with that, stuck with what you've got every time.
0:35:17 > 0:35:20So, your mortgage is potentially up to £300,000 but you didn't really
0:35:20 > 0:35:24want to spend up to that. £250,000, and that's without you even haggling.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26- So it's very affordable then. - Isn't it?
0:35:26 > 0:35:28Very affordable, OK? Think how many storage heaters you could buy
0:35:28 > 0:35:32- with the extra money. - Puts a whole new complexion on it there, doesn't it?
0:35:32 > 0:35:36- If you wanted to go into the loft...- I could actually build up into the loft as well.- You could.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38So now you've got to wander off and make the biggest decision
0:35:38 > 0:35:42about which one you want to test drive. Good luck and we'll see you later.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45- Choose wisely. - OK.- Thank you.- Thank you.
0:35:45 > 0:35:46Here's a quick recap for all of you at home.
0:35:46 > 0:35:50First up was the immaculate one, my one,
0:35:50 > 0:35:52which Becca loved despite not being on a hill.
0:35:52 > 0:35:55Two double bedrooms, open plan living
0:35:55 > 0:36:00and an ever-so-groomed garden for 295 grand.
0:36:00 > 0:36:03Positioned on a small hill was my property.
0:36:03 > 0:36:06It also has two double bedrooms and open plan living
0:36:06 > 0:36:08but with the bonus of an extra bathroom,
0:36:08 > 0:36:10perfect if Becca wants to rent a room out.
0:36:10 > 0:36:15A cracking house for 299,995.
0:36:15 > 0:36:18And finally, right on top of a hill was the wild card.
0:36:18 > 0:36:20It's positioned further out of Brighton than requested
0:36:20 > 0:36:25but will the larger rooms and the price tag of 250 grand
0:36:25 > 0:36:27sway her towards the South Downs?
0:36:31 > 0:36:34- Now, who would have thought it? Would you have thought it, Nikki? - Never.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36You have chosen the wild card.
0:36:36 > 0:36:39You join a long legion of people that have picked the wild card.
0:36:39 > 0:36:43Can we first ask, why did you go for the wild card?
0:36:43 > 0:36:48I think, on reflection, it does suit my lifestyle more to be on the edge of town.
0:36:48 > 0:36:52And although I initially thought I wanted to move into town,
0:36:52 > 0:36:54I just really like the feel up here.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57Well, this is exactly why we give you a wild card, to challenge
0:36:57 > 0:37:00those preconceptions of where you want to be and what you want.
0:37:00 > 0:37:03- Mitch, was it the right decision, do you think?- I think so, yeah.
0:37:03 > 0:37:07On reflection I think Becca has learned a little bit more
0:37:07 > 0:37:09about what she actually does want.
0:37:09 > 0:37:13I want to point out a couple of things. You don't get the house for free
0:37:13 > 0:37:16so you do seem to have planned quite a lot of luggage for the test drive.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18- Yeah, we're moving in now.- Yeah.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21It's not yours, just so you know. I can't stress that enough.
0:37:21 > 0:37:24We had our surveyor come round and look at the house.
0:37:24 > 0:37:28It's not legally binding. If you wish to purchase the property you've got to get your own survey
0:37:28 > 0:37:31but it's a good heads-up as to what you are getting into.
0:37:31 > 0:37:32Nikki has the first point.
0:37:32 > 0:37:35One of the things that he mentioned was that there are
0:37:35 > 0:37:39very, very different windows so some are timber, some are plastic.
0:37:39 > 0:37:43- OK.- And a couple of the rooms don't have ventilation,
0:37:43 > 0:37:46so modern windows would have a little ventilating slide thing.
0:37:46 > 0:37:50- OK.- Some of these don't so you might have to put in a ventilation block
0:37:50 > 0:37:53in the master bedroom. These are all very small things.
0:37:53 > 0:37:56And the other issue was that there could be some damp.
0:37:56 > 0:37:59- OK.- Which is why you need to do a proper survey.
0:37:59 > 0:38:03Right, the house is now yours to test drive but, again, please do not try and move in, right?
0:38:03 > 0:38:06We've never had this issue before.
0:38:06 > 0:38:09- Good luck.- Thanks very much.- Enjoy. - Thanks a lot...
0:38:15 > 0:38:18I still don't think she's convinced about those storage heaters, Nikki.
0:38:18 > 0:38:20I'm telling you, Ed,
0:38:20 > 0:38:24they'll be cranking out the heat in no time.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27- Ah, I know what's in the rucksacks, Ed.- Thank you.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30- Can you manage both? - Yeah.- Clothes, Nikki.
0:38:30 > 0:38:34Not clothes - kites, Ed.
0:38:36 > 0:38:41Surely she's not getting the seven-foot monster kite out now.
0:38:41 > 0:38:45- What I thought was maybe keeping the kites in here.- Yeah, OK, will it fit?
0:38:45 > 0:38:46Keep them out of the way.
0:38:46 > 0:38:49Hoping to get the board in as well.
0:38:49 > 0:38:50No, you fool.
0:38:50 > 0:38:54She's all about the storage, remember?
0:38:54 > 0:38:57- For now it could live there. - It does that in my house anyway.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59It lives out of the cupboard.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02- Cool.- OK.- Shall we go out on the bikes?- Let's do it, yeah.
0:39:04 > 0:39:08All right, a quick change and off to check out the South Downs.
0:39:14 > 0:39:18And here they are, our biking superheroes.
0:39:21 > 0:39:25You can't say Becca's got all the gear and no idea, can you, Ed?
0:39:25 > 0:39:29I would never do such a thing. She's like the Victoria Pendleton of Brighton.
0:39:32 > 0:39:36There they go, riding off into the sunset.
0:39:36 > 0:39:39Well, you can dream, can't you.
0:39:39 > 0:39:41Becca, Mitch, was it warm enough for you?
0:39:41 > 0:39:43- Yes, it was.- It was.
0:39:43 > 0:39:47Yeah, the storage heaters did heat up pretty quickly. You are right.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50So this isn't... When you started out when we met you the plan was to be nearer
0:39:50 > 0:39:54the city within staggering distance, my words probably not yours, but now
0:39:54 > 0:39:58we've found ourselves, we're still nearer the city than where you are
0:39:58 > 0:40:00but we are also in the countryside.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02Yeah, it's about the same distance
0:40:02 > 0:40:04as where I am currently,
0:40:04 > 0:40:08but I think it's been a bit of a learning experience
0:40:08 > 0:40:12and I've realised I quite like being
0:40:12 > 0:40:16- on the edge of the countryside.- Ah.
0:40:16 > 0:40:20Maybe I'm more suited to living out here than closer into town,
0:40:20 > 0:40:23and for the money that I would save on my mortgage if I went
0:40:23 > 0:40:28for a slightly cheaper property, I would be able to get taxis in and out of town whenever I wanted to.
0:40:28 > 0:40:31So we moved on from some of your initial stipulations but you are
0:40:31 > 0:40:34- still on a hill, so that's good. - Yeah.
0:40:34 > 0:40:38You've got a garden space back and front here.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41Does your equipment fit into this house?
0:40:41 > 0:40:44- Yes, there is enough room for me. - There you go.
0:40:44 > 0:40:46Mitch, you've been here, what do you think?
0:40:46 > 0:40:48Do you know what Becca's going to answer?
0:40:48 > 0:40:51- Have you got any ideas?- I don't know what she's going to answer at all.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54- What do YOU think she should say? - I think she should say yes.
0:40:54 > 0:40:57- Do you think she will?- No.
0:40:57 > 0:41:02- I don't think she will say yes. - She's quiet.
0:41:02 > 0:41:04So, here we go.
0:41:04 > 0:41:06To buy or not to buy,
0:41:06 > 0:41:10that is the question, Rebecca?
0:41:10 > 0:41:15I do really like the house. I would need to check out a few things first
0:41:15 > 0:41:19such as what this street was like to live on.
0:41:19 > 0:41:21I would need to just ask around
0:41:21 > 0:41:24and see if people know what it's like up here.
0:41:24 > 0:41:26And also there's a muddy driveway
0:41:26 > 0:41:31so presumably that's going to be shared responsibility
0:41:31 > 0:41:35so just find out how that works... But essentially I think
0:41:35 > 0:41:38it would be a to buy if all those things turned out to be OK.
0:41:38 > 0:41:41- Well, that's a great result for the day.- Do you know what?
0:41:41 > 0:41:45It's the price that you wanted to spend as well and I think as we have probably discovered
0:41:45 > 0:41:48over today's programme,
0:41:48 > 0:41:51the prices are kind of going up here.
0:41:51 > 0:41:55- Yeah.- And I mean I don't want to panic you into buying but £250,000 at the moment,
0:41:55 > 0:42:01this is probably quite a good price and a good amount of house for that.
0:42:01 > 0:42:05- And depending on the survey, there might be wiggle room for you too.- Yeah, some negotiation.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07And so that would place you kind
0:42:07 > 0:42:09of right, Mitch, with your guestimations there.
0:42:09 > 0:42:13I think so, yeah. So this is another part of the competition you've won as well in a way.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16- I've done quite well, haven't I?- You have.- You have been very helpful.
0:42:16 > 0:42:20Have you had a lovely time on the programme?
0:42:20 > 0:42:22- Yeah, it's been great, thanks. - Yes.- Thank you both.
0:42:22 > 0:42:26We're going to disappear into the ether now and go somewhere else in the country.
0:42:26 > 0:42:27All over again.
0:42:27 > 0:42:30Yes. Thank you very much. We'll see you soon.
0:42:30 > 0:42:32- Thanks again.- See you soon.- Bye.- Bye.
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