0:00:02 > 0:00:05- Hello and welcome.- On our mission today, we have a couple
0:00:05 > 0:00:07whose wish-list is longer than your arm!
0:00:07 > 0:00:09A quest, a challenge, a test of nerves,
0:00:09 > 0:00:12the picking up of the gauntlet of all gauntlets.
0:00:12 > 0:00:17Hold on tight, strap yourself in, scream if you want to go faster.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20Ladies and gentlemen, it's To Buy Or Not To Buy.
0:00:29 > 0:00:30- Ed?- Yes?- What would you do
0:00:30 > 0:00:33if you wanted a lot of property for your money
0:00:33 > 0:00:37but also the tranquillity of the surrounding countryside?
0:00:37 > 0:00:41Probably, I'd head to the south-west tip of Birmingham,
0:00:41 > 0:00:45where the suburbs meet the beauty of the Worcestershire countryside.
0:00:45 > 0:00:50Right, OK, but considering the vast variety of housing in said area,
0:00:50 > 0:00:54how would you then decide about what property you'd like to look at?
0:00:54 > 0:00:55I'd enlist the help of two
0:00:55 > 0:00:59of this country's crack leading property experts.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01- What, Kirstie and Phil?- No, us.
0:01:01 > 0:01:06- Oh, yeah.- Us. And also the mystery property-finding team. That's what I would do.
0:01:06 > 0:01:11OK, so say that you found the right area, the right property, you were quite happy with that.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13How would you decide that you could live there?
0:01:13 > 0:01:18Spend some time in it. Take it on a test drive. Do what the heck you want in it.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21Give it a bit of a handbrake turn, a spin round the block.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24Or, as we like to say on this belter of a property show...
0:01:24 > 0:01:27BOTH: Try before you buy!
0:01:28 > 0:01:32Kitesurfing, camper-vanning, reiki healing and grandparenting.
0:01:32 > 0:01:36Not usually all applicable to most couples. However, today we're
0:01:36 > 0:01:40helping one of the coolest grandads going, along with his partner, Lee.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43Lee is a customer-service manager for a music systems company,
0:01:43 > 0:01:46and is partial to practising holistic therapies.
0:01:46 > 0:01:50Mark is a warehouse manager for an extreme sports company.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Needing a spare room for Mark's grandchild
0:01:52 > 0:01:55and a garage for his camper van, they need to head out of town
0:01:55 > 0:01:59to get more space, more peace and quiet, and more for their money.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04Sorry, would you just move out of the way?
0:02:04 > 0:02:09We're just expecting, at this very moment, an extreme sports grandad to appear any second now.
0:02:09 > 0:02:13No autographs yet. We're doing a housing programme with a guy called Mark.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16I think he's got an ear trumpet, mid 80s...
0:02:16 > 0:02:21- On a skateboard with a parachute at the back.- And he's got a lady called Lee with him, so...
0:02:21 > 0:02:23- Can't be you. Can it? - Well, my name's Mark.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25- What's your name?- Lee.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28- You're not a grandad, though, are you?- It's true.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31So, we could have a world record here. How old are you?
0:02:31 > 0:02:34- I'm coming up 38 in August. - Has the world gone mad? - That's fantastic.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36How old's your granddaughter or grandson?
0:02:36 > 0:02:39- It's a grandson. He's seven months. - Oh, lovely.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43- Absolutely gorgeous little thing. - So, explain the deal.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45We are looking for a house where? What's the plan?
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Um...
0:02:47 > 0:02:51Somewhere between Birmingham, Oldbury and Kidderminster, in that triangle.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54OK, why the Birmingham, Oldbury, Kidderminster triangle?
0:02:54 > 0:02:59- I work in Birmingham, Mark in Oldbury, Mark's daughter lives in Kidderminster.- Birmingham is there.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03- So that's where you are. - OK. Doesn't it look beautiful from a distance?- It does.
0:03:03 > 0:03:09- Where do you go to work? - I go to work in Oldbury, so it's kind of a little bit that way.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11- Right.- And where are you, Lee?
0:03:11 > 0:03:13- I'm Birmingham.- You're there.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15And where's the grandchildren? The grandchild?
0:03:15 > 0:03:18- The grandchild is, I guess, over there.- Kidderminster.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22Right. And therefore, that puts our house search where?
0:03:22 > 0:03:24Pretty much in the line of sight, I guess.
0:03:24 > 0:03:29- Down in this area.- What do we need? What's the style of property?
0:03:29 > 0:03:34We live currently in a one-bedroom flat, so not great deal of space.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38Somewhere two, three bedrooms... a garage,
0:03:38 > 0:03:41possibly, that I can squeeze my van into,
0:03:41 > 0:03:44or even a workshop or a garden big enough to fit a shed into.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48- Somewhere where I can go and do my thing and...- Tinker away?
0:03:48 > 0:03:50- Yeah, absolutely. - And what about you, Lee?
0:03:50 > 0:03:53- I'm thinking of getting into holistic therapies.- Yeah.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57- How much space you need for this... whatever.- Holistic therapy.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00- How much space do you need for that? - Just a reception room.
0:04:00 > 0:04:05- You'd like to work from home in that respect?- Yes.- Do we do things up?
0:04:05 > 0:04:09Or do we like to have everything immaculate and pristine and not lift a finger?
0:04:09 > 0:04:12I think it's nice to do things up. Put your personal touch on a place.
0:04:12 > 0:04:17So we need to know what the budget is, if we're going to help you out.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20Because this is quite some dream, the holistic room, the garage, the...
0:04:20 > 0:04:22Storage for a kite surf.
0:04:22 > 0:04:26- Three bedrooms...- Camper van. - It's a lot. It is a lot.- A lot, yes.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30- Have you got a lot?- No.- No? - What have we got?
0:04:31 > 0:04:34140 would be nice. 150 at a push.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36- OK.- Let's go for the push.
0:04:36 > 0:04:40Let's go for the push. OK. Anything else before we head off into the distance?
0:04:40 > 0:04:43- Actually, you're paragliding. - Really?- I thought you...
0:04:43 > 0:04:46This hasn't been squared with my insurance company or anything.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49You've forgotten your kit. I thought you were going to impress him.
0:04:49 > 0:04:53- I'm going to go and find it. - Do it without. You could always try. You'd be OK.
0:04:56 > 0:05:01I've decided I'm not really an extreme sports person. I might try the old healing reiki hands.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05- Can you feel my aura coming through your cheeks?- No.- No.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07I might try and work on that a bit.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10- Yeah.- You're never going to guess what I'm going to do now.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13- Never in a million years. - You're going to talk to a ranger. - How do you know that?
0:05:13 > 0:05:16It's your healing hands. They sent me messages.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18- OK. What are you going to do? - Can you guess?
0:05:18 > 0:05:21- Talk to an estate agent? - Yes.- I'm brilliant.
0:05:22 > 0:05:27Our never-ending property quest has indeed today brought us to the south-west tip of Birmingham.
0:05:27 > 0:05:32Where city suburbs turn to rolling countryside skirting the edge of the Black Country.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35This area hosts a massive variety of desirable locations,
0:05:35 > 0:05:38from the villages of rural Worcestershire
0:05:38 > 0:05:39to a plethora of small towns,
0:05:39 > 0:05:44ensuring fresh air, cracking views and a real taste of the countryside,
0:05:44 > 0:05:47with housing aplenty to suit every budget.
0:05:47 > 0:05:53But what could £150,000 get you if you wanted to enjoy the Worcestershire countryside
0:05:53 > 0:05:56but the need to house a camper van just wasn't an issue?
0:05:56 > 0:05:59This first option could be out of a fairytale.
0:05:59 > 0:06:00You could snap up this two-bed apartment
0:06:00 > 0:06:03in this Grade II-listed building complete with turrets,
0:06:03 > 0:06:06battlements and splendid views
0:06:06 > 0:06:09of Worcestershire and beyond for 150 grand.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12Very nice! But what about this one?
0:06:12 > 0:06:14It could be straight off a chocolate box.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18It's also Grade II-listed, so there, and it oozes country-cottage charm.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21Nestled in the Worcestershire countryside,
0:06:21 > 0:06:23it's a steal at £155,000.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26If period properties and bundles of space are your thing,
0:06:26 > 0:06:31this newly-refurbished, three-storey end of terrace town house could be for you.
0:06:31 > 0:06:35In a great village location south of Redditch,
0:06:35 > 0:06:38surely it's worth 150 grand of anyone's money?
0:06:38 > 0:06:42I promised you a ranger and a ranger I have given you.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44Ladies and gentlemen, welcome ranger Steve.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47Hello, there. Hi, I'm Jenny.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51- I'm Pam.- Nice to meet you, Pam. You look great!- Thank you.- Nice dress.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54But I'm not here to talk about clothes as much as I'd like to.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56I tell you what, Steve, this is lovely.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59Now, you're obviously man of this manor.
0:06:59 > 0:07:04What lives here? What's the wildlife? How far out of Birmingham city centre are we?
0:07:04 > 0:07:07- We're eight miles outside of Birmingham city centre. - What could we find?
0:07:07 > 0:07:10There's probably about 370 species of plants.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13We've got 110 species of birds.
0:07:13 > 0:07:19- There's over 380 species of different fungi that are found on the hills. So quite a lot, really.- Yeah.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21I'm shopping for a house for a couple,
0:07:21 > 0:07:25- a lovely cottage in the countryside.- Right.
0:07:25 > 0:07:26In a lovely village.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30- Right.- Two to three bedrooms. - What's their budget?
0:07:30 > 0:07:33It's 150,000. I know what you're going to say.
0:07:33 > 0:07:38Right, OK. Obviously, a lot of villages that I'm thinking of,
0:07:38 > 0:07:42Belbroughton, Romsley, which would be ideal locations.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44They mentioned those two places.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47They are very, very expensive areas to live in.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50If we're up here, ranger Steve, can I use your ranging knowledge
0:07:50 > 0:07:53and maybe knowledge of Birmingham to point me in good directions?
0:07:53 > 0:07:57You've got the city of Birmingham straight over there.
0:07:57 > 0:08:01Over that way we've got down towards Halesowen and out towards Stourbridge.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04This is close to Stourbridge town centre, so you're right
0:08:04 > 0:08:07by Stourbridge train station, so it's ideal for commuting.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10Five, ten minutes away from Belbroughton or Romsley,
0:08:10 > 0:08:12so it's the area...and it's close to Kidderminster.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16What areas could you afford for the 150,000? The three beds,
0:08:16 > 0:08:18the garage... Where should we be looking?
0:08:18 > 0:08:22OK, any part of this south area of Birmingham across through
0:08:22 > 0:08:26into the Black Country, you've got easy access into the countryside.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29The motorway is close so you can get to Worcester and Hereford.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33We've got this one in Dudley, which is a bit further out
0:08:33 > 0:08:36- but it's excellent value for money. - Right. Ooh, yeah.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39Steve, you've been so much help, was there anything you want?
0:08:39 > 0:08:41Maybe you'd like to appeal to the nation?
0:08:41 > 0:08:43- Don't drop litter? - That'll always be a good one.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47Don't drop litter! When you come to Steve's park, do not drop litter.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49- Next time we'll go shopping.- OK.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53- Coffee, at least.- OK, yeah.- See you, Pam.- Thanks a lot, Jenny.- Bye!- Bye.
0:08:55 > 0:09:01Now, I bet Ed is going to turn up any minute now and say, "This'll make a great wild card, Jenny."
0:09:01 > 0:09:03- You all right, Jen?- Yeah, I'm fine.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06Good. Bet this'd make a great wild card, eh, Jen?
0:09:06 > 0:09:09- Castle!- Yeah. What have you got, Ed?
0:09:09 > 0:09:12Sorry, didn't you find it funny? OK, I've got a great one here.
0:09:12 > 0:09:17This is an absolute cracker. A real treat of a house, they say, that must not be missed.
0:09:17 > 0:09:18Here's a little tease.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20Just have a look at that.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22- Very attractive property. - What have you got?
0:09:22 > 0:09:25Bang on with two reception rooms, three bedrooms,
0:09:25 > 0:09:28- enough for the grandson.- I like it. - And, of course, for the RV...
0:09:28 > 0:09:32- Garage.- You've got it as well? - Oh, yeah.- The wild card.
0:09:32 > 0:09:37I'm very excited about the wild card and I really want to show the viewers at home this wild card.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40- I've got an idea. - What?- No, let's not.- Why?- Let's not!
0:09:40 > 0:09:43- Let's leave it for a surprise.- Where should we start the property hunt?
0:09:43 > 0:09:46- Property number one? - What, your one?- Yes, please.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53Well, we're off to a great start today with my choice,
0:09:53 > 0:09:55only a stone's throw from the countryside
0:09:55 > 0:09:57yet near the centre of Dudley town.
0:09:57 > 0:10:01This newly-modernised property could be right up their street.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04Could be, but it looks like quite a main street to me.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07It's all about compromise, Ed.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09All about compromise.
0:10:09 > 0:10:14So, welcome to property number one.
0:10:14 > 0:10:20OK, now, I know we're on a main road here but I couldn't resist this little treasure,
0:10:20 > 0:10:23because I believe you're getting a lot for your money on this one.
0:10:23 > 0:10:27I'm giving you a nice-size reception room, actually I'm giving you two,
0:10:27 > 0:10:30so I was thinking about your holistic idea.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33- And three bedrooms.- Really?
0:10:33 > 0:10:37Yes. And I thought, one extra bedroom.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40All I can say is, you always get a little bit more from me.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43Look at that house. What do we think? Grandad?
0:10:43 > 0:10:47Um, initially, honest truth,
0:10:47 > 0:10:50maybe not enough room on the drive to fit a couple of vehicles.
0:10:50 > 0:10:54- But looking beyond that, it's got a garage.- I tell you what else.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56- Yes, for the workshop. - Massive garden.
0:10:56 > 0:11:01- Oh!- Has it?- I don't want to say too much because it's a pleasant surprise, but it is a big garden.
0:11:01 > 0:11:05- What you think? - It looks a fair size inside.- Yeah.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09- Yeah, can't wait to get in and have a look.- She's saving herself.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11OK, chomp at the bit no longer.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14In three, two, one, erupt into your Dudley home.
0:11:14 > 0:11:15- Ta-da!- Thank you. - Let's go.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21- I'm still feeling holistic things coming through.- Really?
0:11:21 > 0:11:24- Yeah, there's a great mantra. - What am I telling you?
0:11:24 > 0:11:26You're telling me, "Jenny, stop doing that.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29"You're getting on my nerves." OK. "Headphones"!
0:11:29 > 0:11:30Headphones, I was saying.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42Ed's going to say any minute now, "I don't want to embarrass you,
0:11:42 > 0:11:46"but you forgot to tell them it's a vacant property." Ha ha!
0:11:46 > 0:11:51Hey, Jen. All right? I don't want to embarrass you, but you forgot to tell them it was a vacant property.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54Can you believe it?
0:11:54 > 0:11:55Nice and light and airy.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57Yeah, and big.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59Won't have to carry my shopping up the stairs.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Very true.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06- Now, the thing about this house is, even though it's vacant, as you say...- Yes.
0:12:06 > 0:12:11it's light and airy and it still feels homely, as if people have just left.
0:12:11 > 0:12:16- Oh, wow. This is nice.- This would be a reception room, very possibly.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18- This is nice. - Yeah. Nice feature fireplace.
0:12:18 > 0:12:22I'm not sure about what they've done to those fireplaces.
0:12:22 > 0:12:26I don't want to be picky but, yeah, it's intriguing.
0:12:26 > 0:12:30- But I think it's easily rectified. - Mm. Knock them down.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33I'm just thinking, I could get my massage couch in.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35Definitely. Easily.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37Perfect size, this is, for you.
0:12:37 > 0:12:42- First impressions, it looks good, doesn't it?- Very nice.- Yes. - Very impressed.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45Oh, is this the second reception room?
0:12:45 > 0:12:47Oh, wow.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50Oh, this is nice as well.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53Fantastic. Yeah, fantastic.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56- Yeah.- And obviously quite a large garden there.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58- Oh, wow.- That is huge.
0:12:58 > 0:13:02I don't know. I think I prefer this as my therapy room.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04- Really?- Yeah, because you get the light coming in.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07From the garden, yeah. A nice view for your clients there.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10Now, you see, that should be the therapy room, because
0:13:10 > 0:13:15- what better therapy than to look out onto this huge garden?- You're right.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17Have some lovely plants.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20I'm having healing hands on me. Ah, that's what I want.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22Wow, you'd have a field day in that garden.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25- That is fantastic.- And you did promise me a vegetable patch.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28They could extend that. From the holistic therapy,
0:13:28 > 0:13:31they could then have a little stove in the camper van and then go to
0:13:31 > 0:13:35the herb and vegetable garden and make organic food for lunch.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37It's all planned. It's all planned.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40Not a bad size.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Yes, it's not a bad size. It's not too small.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46I've certainly seen a lot smaller than this.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50- I would have to change the tiles. - Change the tiles? Yes.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53Yeah, I think they'd have to go. Definitely.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55But, yeah, the room's lovely.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57It's been a good size so far.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59- Oh!- Looks good.
0:13:59 > 0:14:04Yeah, dare we go and look in the garage space quite yet?
0:14:04 > 0:14:08- Oh, this is...- This is nice.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11- Yeah, this is fantastic.- Can you see you doing your workshop in here?
0:14:11 > 0:14:15Yes, squeezing the van and possibly your car in here as well.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17Absolutely.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21- You could build some units for your kite surf stuff. - Good amount of light coming in.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25In a lot of garages, you tend to get a roof on the top so you don't get light through like this,
0:14:25 > 0:14:28and this is definitely a plus point.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31I was expecting a small tussle to happen in here,
0:14:31 > 0:14:36because I thought this felt like a holistic room, because the garage isn't really a garage.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39It's a garage/conservatory, which I've never seen before.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41It's all very clean, isn't it?
0:14:41 > 0:14:43Very clean and tidy.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50Ooh, nice-size bathroom.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53- Ah, this is great.- This is lovely.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56- Wow.- I do like this.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59I do like it.
0:14:59 > 0:15:03There's probably enough room in here to add a shower as well.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06- Yeah.- Or is that too much work? - Too much work!- Too much work.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08Too much work? Too much work?
0:15:08 > 0:15:10For people who said they wanted to knock walls down?
0:15:10 > 0:15:16I gave them the opportunity. "Just a lick of paint, are you happy to do that?" "No, knocking down walls."
0:15:16 > 0:15:19He said he wanted to rip down walls with a hard hat on!
0:15:19 > 0:15:22And Lee went, "Yeah. I wouldn't mind knocking a few walls down."
0:15:22 > 0:15:25That's a bright bedroom.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27A lot of light.
0:15:27 > 0:15:31- There is a lot of light through the whole house.- Yeah. I think this'd be the master bedroom.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34It's a big master bedroom. You know why she likes that?
0:15:34 > 0:15:38- Why?- She can have big candles in there, can't she?
0:15:38 > 0:15:41- Oh, yes.- Incense.- Oh, my goodness. - A few chimes going...
0:15:41 > 0:15:45- It's nice as well because the carpet's the same throughout.- Yes.
0:15:45 > 0:15:51- The carpet's the same throughout, which means...- It's a positive. - They've had a job lot done.
0:15:51 > 0:15:55- It's probably cheaper.- Give me some property wisdom about that, Jen.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57It makes the place look bigger.
0:15:57 > 0:15:58Ooh.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00Not quite my cup of tea, but...
0:16:00 > 0:16:05No. No, I say that the initial reaction is that the cupboards aren't really...
0:16:05 > 0:16:08- Aren't my thing, anyway.- To be fair, I don't like those wardrobes either.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12- A bit brown, really. - I don't want to be a pedant, right,
0:16:12 > 0:16:16but if they knock them out, the carpet's been laid to the edge of those old wardrobes.
0:16:16 > 0:16:20So put new wardrobes back that you like, up to the carpet.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22- Solved. - Thank you.- Not a problem any more.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26- Again, a nice-size room. - Yeah, another good-size room.
0:16:26 > 0:16:31- I mean, even though we are fairly close to a main road, it's not too noisy, is it?- No.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33- I tell you what they could do.- Yeah? - If the price is right,
0:16:33 > 0:16:37double-glaze it. Because it's not double-glazed, is it?
0:16:37 > 0:16:40- No.- Yes! Solution.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Oh, this'd be a great room for Steven.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45Absolutely ideal.
0:16:45 > 0:16:49- Maybe change the colour. - Yeah.- That's all we'd need to do.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52A lick of paint and I think we'd be done, to be honest.
0:16:52 > 0:16:56- I'm very impressed.- I'm impressed, too.- You wouldn't have to put the work in.
0:16:56 > 0:17:00No. Not as much effort as has gone into the flat. It's great.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03- I'm looking forward to the garden. - Yep.- Shall we have a look?- Yeah. - Cool.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07- Oh.- What?- They're coming out. I think that's our cue. - OK. Well, this is it.
0:17:07 > 0:17:12- This is where most house deals are blown, Jenny.- Yeah.- Focus, OK? - All right.- Take some time out.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15- I'll go talk to Mark. - Right. I'm just going to...
0:17:15 > 0:17:19While the sun's still out, I'm just going to see if it's south-facing enough.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23Ooh, yes. It's south-facing, all right.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28Look at that! Do you like it?
0:17:28 > 0:17:34- I love it.- Now, this, obviously, is the mystery garage that we have briefly seen on the tour.
0:17:34 > 0:17:35Look at this. It's amazing.
0:17:35 > 0:17:39It's a garage cum showroom cum... You've got a sink there as well.
0:17:39 > 0:17:43In terms of garage space, when you walked up here, you were a bit...
0:17:43 > 0:17:48- Problems with the drive. Was it big enough? Now you've seen this... - It could be extended.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51Yeah, on the subject of the drive, I guess that could be extended.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54- We could get two vehicles on there. - I like that. Not a problem.
0:17:54 > 0:18:00Is there maybe a surfacing of choice, Mark, for the surfacing of the extension of the driveway?
0:18:00 > 0:18:03Surfacing? Possibly a block-paving surface, there.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05I like it. I like it a lot.
0:18:05 > 0:18:10Now, this bit, you can't get much better than this, for a camper van, to be working on?
0:18:10 > 0:18:13Ideal. Yeah, we've got the height as well.
0:18:13 > 0:18:18- Hopefully it'll fit in. I should imagine it will.- It's been pre-recced. We've measured it.
0:18:18 > 0:18:23- There'll be no embarrassments when you roll up with the van.- Without scraping the roof!- Not at all.
0:18:23 > 0:18:29OK, so I want it on record. Garage, is it a problem? Parking, is it a problem any more?
0:18:29 > 0:18:34- Not a problem.- Not a problem, Grandad. Shall we go and guess the price?- Guessing the price, um...
0:18:34 > 0:18:36- Think about it now. - Ooh, one...
0:18:36 > 0:18:41Whoa! Whoa! See, look, he's ready. He's keen. Let's go and guess in the back garden.
0:18:41 > 0:18:45So, Lee. You were excited. You said, "I can't wait to have a look round." First, the house.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49- Very nice.- Yes.- Very nice, indeed. Nice big rooms. Light, bright.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53Yeah. Most unexpected, but not as unexpected as this.
0:18:53 > 0:18:59- I know, it's a proper little gem. - I wouldn't say they're a garden, I'd say they're more your grounds...
0:18:59 > 0:19:03- Yes.- ..to the estate. - I'd have to get a sit-on lawnmower.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07- Yeah. Well, will you? Or will Mark? - Mark.- Yeah, Mark will.- Yeah.
0:19:07 > 0:19:11What I really like are these vegetable patches and these herb patches, here.
0:19:11 > 0:19:15Imagine Steven, when he comes over. Kids love growing their own vegetables.
0:19:15 > 0:19:19- They don't like eating them, but they like growing them.- All right?
0:19:19 > 0:19:21- Hello.- Talking about veg patches?
0:19:21 > 0:19:26- Fantastic, isn't it?- Amazing.- We almost had a first. We tried to play guess the price without you.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29- It's Mark, is it? He's always racing ahead.- I know.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33It was like an extreme-sports version of guess the price.
0:19:33 > 0:19:39Um, okey-cokey. We have two contenders here, Lee and Mark.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42They're both professional guess the pricers, I believe.
0:19:42 > 0:19:47You know the area. Budget is £150,000. You don't want to spend that amount, really.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50You'd like to pay a little bit less. Who wants to go first?
0:19:50 > 0:19:53- Ladies first, as always.- Lee? OK.
0:19:53 > 0:19:57I think it's going to be in the middle. So I say about 145.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59- 145.- OK, all right.
0:19:59 > 0:20:04That's probably not far away from what I was going to say. I reckon about 143, 144?
0:20:04 > 0:20:07- Make your mind up. Which one are you going to do?- 144.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10- 144.- Yeah, 144.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12OK. Well, this is quite interesting.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15Because you're both very close.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18- 144 and a half? - Yeah, it's 144 and a half!
0:20:18 > 0:20:22- It's a tie?- It's a tie! - It's a tie.- Yes, well done.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25You were 500 quid short. You were 500 quid more.
0:20:25 > 0:20:31We now have property two, and I believe, with the direction from the hill earlier on,
0:20:31 > 0:20:33I think it's this way. Shall we go?
0:20:33 > 0:20:36- There's a breeze. Do you want to kitesurf?- I'd love to have a go.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39- Would you? OK, see you there. - See you there, yeah. OK.
0:20:42 > 0:20:46Country cottage charm, Jenny. That's what I've plumped for today.
0:20:46 > 0:20:50- A beautiful property offering a taste of village life. - Village life?
0:20:50 > 0:20:55When you say "village", you mean the town of Stourbridge on the edge of the Black Country!
0:20:55 > 0:20:58If you were allowed to compromise, Jen, surely I am, too.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00OK, Mark and Lee.
0:21:00 > 0:21:04Walk towards another house that is on a slightly busy-ish road,
0:21:04 > 0:21:08but it's kind of less busy, this one, because I've gone for a belter.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11This is an end-terrace,
0:21:11 > 0:21:14and you have the garage to beat the garage you didn't think you could beat.
0:21:14 > 0:21:20- Last garage was excellent. Look at that sign. What does it say? - Detached garage.- Detached garage.
0:21:20 > 0:21:25- Yeah.- It is exemplary, not only for the camper van but for all your... whatever it is...paraphernalia.
0:21:25 > 0:21:29Should you wish, you could have an argument and get a reiki shed in there.
0:21:29 > 0:21:33So go on, have a look. You can't really get the full glory of it from here.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36- We're in Stourbridge. What do you think?- Very nice.- Very nice?
0:21:36 > 0:21:39- Initial impression, it's very cottagey.- Oh, I like it.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42You took the words right out of my mouth.
0:21:42 > 0:21:46- Really? Great minds and all that! - He's done well. I'm not sure about the main...
0:21:46 > 0:21:49- There's a main road here, too. - All right, yeah. You had one.
0:21:49 > 0:21:53- All right. So we're evens about that. - It's a battle of two main roads.
0:21:53 > 0:21:58Don't go in the front door - you'll have to push the sofa out the way. Go round the back.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00- OK? Three, two, one, enjoy! - Let's go for it.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05All right, there is a main road, but you don't have to emphasise it!
0:22:05 > 0:22:11- What's happened to our good karma? The reiki, good feelings? What's happened?- You got them back now?
0:22:11 > 0:22:14- Ooh, hello.- We're fine now. Shall we go and put the old...?
0:22:14 > 0:22:16Shall we? He's lovely.
0:22:16 > 0:22:21It's a bit smaller and a lot more manageable than the last place, that's for sure.
0:22:21 > 0:22:22The garage looks a good size.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25I bet Ed's going to come in and say,
0:22:25 > 0:22:29"Well, I got away without telling them about the downstairs bathroom."
0:22:29 > 0:22:32- Hey, Jen, how are you? You all right?- Yeah, I'm fine.- Oh! Ah!
0:22:32 > 0:22:37I forgot to tell them about the downstairs bathroom. That'd be brilliant for the old reiki.
0:22:37 > 0:22:41Downstairs reiki. Downstairs bathroom. It'd be a plus point. I should've mentioned that.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43- Yeah.- What's the problem?- Nothing.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48- Ooh. This looks light, again. - Very light.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53Ooh, like the mirrors.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55A little bit narrow, maybe.
0:22:55 > 0:23:01Obviously, back at the flat, we've got a little bit more space to move around, but certainly enough...
0:23:01 > 0:23:03- Work surface.- ..work surface area.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06A nice big window to look out of when I'm doing the washing up.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09If you've got a good view and things to be nosy at,
0:23:09 > 0:23:12you spend more time there and do more washing up.
0:23:12 > 0:23:13Ooh, downstairs bathroom.
0:23:13 > 0:23:19If you are running a reiki business in there, downstairs bathroom, not a problem.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22- Not a problem at all. - I like what you've done there.
0:23:22 > 0:23:26I've turned maybe a negative into a massive positive.
0:23:26 > 0:23:30- Ooh, this is nice. Nice size. - Yes.- Very nicely done out, as well.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32The shower over the bath.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35- Nice-size bath. - It looks quite deep, as well.
0:23:35 > 0:23:42Jenny, in the bath world, are you a deep-bath girl, a bubble-bath person, a Jacuzzi-bath person?
0:23:42 > 0:23:44Can you maybe, probably...
0:23:44 > 0:23:47- I quite like the twin bath.- Really?
0:23:47 > 0:23:52Combo. You have a headrest and one going that way and a headrest and that going the other way.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55- That's too much of an image for the viewers! - With a big gold swan.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57You're saying you bath with others?
0:23:57 > 0:24:00Bit small, though. Do you think?
0:24:00 > 0:24:01It's not tiny, tiny.
0:24:01 > 0:24:07- No, you don't spend an awful lot of time in the bathroom, do you, really? - No.- No. Move on?- Nicely done.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11Ooh, dining room.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14- Ah, something we've not had before.- Mm.
0:24:14 > 0:24:18Yeah, nice view out on the garden when we're eating our dinner.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20- So far, so good, eh?- Yes!
0:24:20 > 0:24:24- It's a bit of a higgledy-piggledy layout, isn't it?- You think so?- Mm.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27Yeah. As I was saying, that cottage-type feel.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29- Now, higgledy-piggledy...- Yes.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33- He's turned it round and said, "Yes, I like the cottagey feel."- Well...
0:24:33 > 0:24:36That's what cottages are all about. Their layout's different.
0:24:36 > 0:24:43- Ah, now I can see why Ed sent us round the back to come through the back door.- It's a shame.
0:24:43 > 0:24:48- I wouldn't necessarily hide the front door.- No.- No, not a problem
0:24:48 > 0:24:50- but I guess making the most of the space.- Mm.
0:24:50 > 0:24:54It's not too much effort, to go through the back door.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57- No, but I think I would want to use the front door.- Yeah.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59Why is this a weird-shaped house?
0:24:59 > 0:25:03- It's got a narrow kitchen that then leads into a bathroom...- OK.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05- Then it goes into two rooms... - Stop it!
0:25:05 > 0:25:07- There's no big hallway and then...- Cut!
0:25:07 > 0:25:11- Look round to the left first of all, maybe?- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15Ooh, this looks a nice, bright room.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17This reminds me of a house that I grew up in as a kid.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20- Ah.- Very, very similar.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22Ah, that's nice, isn't it?
0:25:22 > 0:25:25- Fond family memories.- Amazing a grandad can think back that far.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28- Yes, it's a long way, 37 years. - It really is.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32Ooh. Again, this would be a nice room for Steven.
0:25:32 > 0:25:37- You took the words out of my mouth. - Steven, if you're watching, they're housing you now!
0:25:37 > 0:25:39It's quite a wide landing.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42- I do like a landing. - Oh, he's gone all grandad on us!
0:25:42 > 0:25:44Ooh, I do like a landing!
0:25:44 > 0:25:46Ooh, I love a landing!
0:25:46 > 0:25:52- Oh.- I don't know. What do you think? - I think this might be a better room.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54I think this would be better for Steven.
0:25:54 > 0:25:58- Oh...- Do you know what they've done? What they've done is cruel.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00They're giving him the smallest room.
0:26:00 > 0:26:05This house has got more of a homely feel to it, but it does feel a lot smaller.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08- Definitely a lot smaller. Still like it, though?- Yeah.
0:26:08 > 0:26:12- Shall we go and tell them what we think?- Yeah.- Yeah?- Yeah.
0:26:12 > 0:26:17- That went pretty good, as far as I'm concerned. What?- It did for me, didn't it?- Why?
0:26:17 > 0:26:21- I think they liked mine better.- No! - Let's find out.- No.- Come on!
0:26:23 > 0:26:27OK, Mark. This is pretty much the whole reason this programme is great for me,
0:26:27 > 0:26:31because it's all about looking at garages, and this is a belter.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33- Thought the other one was nice, didn't you?- I did.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35Have a look at this.
0:26:35 > 0:26:39Now, admittedly, we don't have the whole glass-roof deal here
0:26:39 > 0:26:44- but what we have got is, I think, enough space for the camper van. - Ample.- Ample space.
0:26:44 > 0:26:51Should you require a long session in here, a guy gets hot, he might need to tumble-dry his clothes...
0:26:51 > 0:26:57You've got up tumble-drier there. You need a cold drink, you've got a freezer, a fridge and a Flymo.
0:26:57 > 0:27:02You've pretty much got everything you could need to kit out a camper van.
0:27:02 > 0:27:06- OK, so here, off-road parking. - Off-road parking, yes.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09You'd get a car in front, should you need to. And then,
0:27:09 > 0:27:12as it's not very much of a main road, does it bother you?
0:27:12 > 0:27:17- It's all right. We're in a safe place.- Not a problem. A fairly quiet location,
0:27:17 > 0:27:20somewhere to wash the car, there, as well, also.
0:27:20 > 0:27:25- Do you think you and the other grandads would get together...?- Oh, yeah. Got to be done.- I like it.
0:27:25 > 0:27:29- Absolutely.- Chamois leather seal? - Yes. Dominoes in the afternoon. - I love it!
0:27:29 > 0:27:33- How much does this place cost? Don't say now - we made that mistake last time.- We did.
0:27:33 > 0:27:39- Keep it up there.- It's in there. - Brilliant. Let's go and find them. - OK. Let's go.
0:27:39 > 0:27:45- What are you thinking? - Very nice. Nice suntrap again, but nowhere to grow my veggies, really.
0:27:45 > 0:27:49- No, That lovely vegetable patch - we were inspired by that, weren't we?- We were.
0:27:49 > 0:27:54- Very inspired.- But still, a lovely little garden and very manageable.
0:27:54 > 0:27:59- Yes. I can see Steven on a little trike when he's old enough. - Hello, you two.- Oh, hello!
0:27:59 > 0:28:03Oh, sorry. We do tend to forget where we are! We get on.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06- Just hanging out in the garden? - Yeah. Enjoying the view.
0:28:06 > 0:28:10Well, it's not all fun, because there's quite a competition at the moment.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13- I forgot.- We had our first-ever, first-time draw.
0:28:13 > 0:28:15I've never had a draw before.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17Neck and neck, aren't they?
0:28:17 > 0:28:23- Great minds, you see. - Mm-hm.- So, here we go again. The budget you gave us was £150,000.
0:28:23 > 0:28:27- Indeed.- Pressure is on, because there are no winners at the moment.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30So the chance is there for someone to grab.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32Who's going to go first at the guestimation?
0:28:32 > 0:28:35- Shall I go first on this one?- OK. - Go for it.
0:28:35 > 0:28:37OK, I'm going to say...
0:28:37 > 0:28:39135 on this one.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42OK, Marky-pooh. 135 it is.
0:28:42 > 0:28:50I'm going to say 132-and-a-half.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55Said almost seductively, then, I think, Lee.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58And who would have thought it? We haven't got a tie.
0:28:58 > 0:29:04- We don't have a tie. It is, however, a victory to you, Mark.- Ooh!
0:29:04 > 0:29:11- Well, done, Grandad. That wisdom is really coming through here. The actual price is 139,950.- Ooh.
0:29:11 > 0:29:15- Ooh.- So, you know, you've got a bit of money to spend, you've got all of this.
0:29:15 > 0:29:17It's not a bad thing.
0:29:17 > 0:29:19- Yeah?- Not a bad thing at all.
0:29:19 > 0:29:24We're getting a, "Hmm, yes, OK, but we'd like to look at the next little gem you've got up your sleeve."
0:29:24 > 0:29:32Everyone wants to look at this, cos Jenny and I are the only people who know what the wild card looks like.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35- Oh, yes. It's a proper surprise. Let's go for it.- This way.
0:29:40 > 0:29:46Well, here we go again, Ed. Your favourite, my favourite, everyone's favourite. It's time to get wild.
0:29:46 > 0:29:50When you say "wild", do you mean we stray from our target area,
0:29:50 > 0:29:55show them a semi-detached house on an estate and hope that the surprise this one holds will wow them?
0:29:55 > 0:29:56Er, yes, I do.
0:29:58 > 0:30:02So, lovely Lee and quite-lovely Mark...
0:30:02 > 0:30:05- Oh, yeah, and hello, Ed, yeah. Welcome to Halesowen.- Oh.
0:30:05 > 0:30:12This is the time everybody has been waiting for, because we've not even let them in on this secret.
0:30:12 > 0:30:16A secret, a surprise, and maybe a winner. Who knows?
0:30:16 > 0:30:21- So, what are your first impressions, Lee?- Looks very nice.
0:30:21 > 0:30:26- Mm.- Looks quite big.- Mm.- The garden looks nice, from what I can see from peering over the hedge.
0:30:26 > 0:30:31Now, Mark, obviously, the wild card is a potent force for folk at home.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34- A lot of grandparents like it. You're a grandparent.- Yes.
0:30:34 > 0:30:37Any areas of this wild card that are lighting your fire?
0:30:37 > 0:30:44Well, being a grandparent, and grandparents wanting to get in the garden and do a bit of tinkering,
0:30:44 > 0:30:48looking after the old plants and all that, yes, that's right up my street.
0:30:48 > 0:30:55- I can see you turning the soil. - I want you to go in there and give the wild card a thorough once-over.
0:30:55 > 0:30:56- Are you ready?- We're ready.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59- Good luck. Three, two, one, give it that.- Let's go.
0:31:05 > 0:31:06Ooh.
0:31:06 > 0:31:11I bet Ed's going to come in any minute now, and in a perfect world, he's going to say...
0:31:11 > 0:31:15You all right there, Jenny? How are you? What? What? What is it?
0:31:15 > 0:31:18- Nothing.- What?- It's all right. No, let's get on with it.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21- All right.- Nothing.- OK. See what they're going to say, eh?
0:31:21 > 0:31:22What do you think?
0:31:22 > 0:31:24- Quite nice, yeah.- First impressions?
0:31:24 > 0:31:28Yeah. Just probably... put a few personal touches in.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30Possibly change...
0:31:30 > 0:31:32Possibly change the darker furniture.
0:31:32 > 0:31:34Not really my taste.
0:31:34 > 0:31:38- And also the carpet.- Yeah. I think I'd change the carpet, yes.
0:31:38 > 0:31:41So they've made the right point, there. Change the carpet, possibly.
0:31:41 > 0:31:46- Mm-hm.- The dark carpet.- Soaking too much light up.- Yes, exactly.
0:31:46 > 0:31:47Ooh.
0:31:47 > 0:31:50Now, this is nice.
0:31:50 > 0:31:53- Yes, it is.- It's very nice.
0:31:53 > 0:31:54Now, this has got the wow factor.
0:31:54 > 0:31:57I've got to agree.
0:31:57 > 0:32:01Coming from that room, we were sort of umming and aahing,
0:32:01 > 0:32:03but this is just...
0:32:03 > 0:32:08I could spend a lot of time in here and I don't do a lot of cooking. Not as much as I should!
0:32:08 > 0:32:13Oh, it's all coming out now! So, he might start cooking if the kitchen's nice enough.
0:32:13 > 0:32:15And I think he's starting cooking.
0:32:15 > 0:32:19- Lee, get this one. If it means he's going to cook every night, brilliant.- Oh, yes.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21Wow.
0:32:22 > 0:32:24Oh, this is amazing.
0:32:27 > 0:32:31- This is... This is just amazing. - It's beautiful, isn't it?
0:32:31 > 0:32:34Absolutely perfect.
0:32:34 > 0:32:38- Imagine sitting out here of an evening, watching the TV? - A little barbie.
0:32:38 > 0:32:42- Yeah, put a little barbie on the patio area outside, there.- Very nice.
0:32:42 > 0:32:47- A few cocktails.- Very nice. - It's absolutely incredible.- Sold.
0:32:47 > 0:32:52Mark's fallen in love with the conservatory. He can't see further than that. For him, happy days.
0:32:52 > 0:32:54- You're banking on the wild card? - I am.
0:32:54 > 0:32:59- Speechless. Absolutely amazing. - I can't wait to see upstairs.
0:32:59 > 0:33:03- Speechless.- Speechless.- You could take a leaf out of his book!
0:33:03 > 0:33:04Ooh.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10- Oh, I like this.- Mm.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12Not a bad size.
0:33:12 > 0:33:13I much prefer a bathroom upstairs.
0:33:13 > 0:33:17- In comparison to the last property being downstairs.- Yeah.
0:33:17 > 0:33:20I think I've always preferred it that way, to be honest.
0:33:20 > 0:33:24To be fair, they were very polite at your property, number two.
0:33:24 > 0:33:28They didn't mention, "We're not sure about the bathroom downstairs"
0:33:28 > 0:33:33- but they get here, they both agree, "Yes".- "We love it."- "We want the bathroom upstairs, really."
0:33:33 > 0:33:35Ooh, this looks nice.
0:33:37 > 0:33:39- Yeah, lovely.- I like the...
0:33:39 > 0:33:42These are the best fitted wardrobes so far.
0:33:42 > 0:33:43Very nicely decorated.
0:33:43 > 0:33:47- Yeah.- They've done a wonderful job with this place. Absolutely spot-on.
0:33:47 > 0:33:52- Very quiet. Have you noticed how quiet it is, as well?- Mm. - Wonderfully quiet.
0:33:52 > 0:33:55Well, they are certainly enthusing about this property.
0:33:55 > 0:33:57Ooh, this is nice.
0:33:57 > 0:33:59A very nicely-sized room.
0:33:59 > 0:34:02The views look good.
0:34:02 > 0:34:05Looking towards the window, there, that's a pretty cool view.
0:34:05 > 0:34:08I'm sure that's, er... Would that be Clent?
0:34:08 > 0:34:12- I'm not sure. I think so.- Yeah? That could be Clent Hills, over that way.
0:34:12 > 0:34:13Oh, he's good on his geography.
0:34:13 > 0:34:15Another door to open.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17Yeah, you carry on. Open away.
0:34:17 > 0:34:20Hang on a minute. Hang on a minute, viewers.
0:34:20 > 0:34:24- Ooh!- What do we have in there? - Oh, a shower.
0:34:24 > 0:34:27- Handy if we've got guests staying. - A nice feature.
0:34:27 > 0:34:29- How they've got it in there... - I don't know.
0:34:29 > 0:34:34- I want to find out whether it's got a garage.- OK.- Shall we go? - Yes.- After you.
0:34:34 > 0:34:37- I've got a weird sense of deja-vu, Jenny.- Oh, yeah.
0:34:37 > 0:34:41Like a compulsion to go to the garage again and again...
0:34:41 > 0:34:42- I can't have deja-vu!- Why not?
0:34:42 > 0:34:45- The sun's gone in.- Oh, right. Lazy.
0:34:49 > 0:34:52OK, youngest-grandad Mark.
0:34:52 > 0:34:54Here is at the nub of it.
0:34:54 > 0:34:59We have had episode one, garage one, which was lovely. Episode two, garage two, which was even lovelier.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02- It was, yes.- You're not sure there's a garage here?
0:35:02 > 0:35:06I'm not quite sure, but that belong to this property?
0:35:06 > 0:35:09Mark, it does. And also, you get all of this.
0:35:09 > 0:35:13This fantastic car-parking space as well. I would imagine...
0:35:13 > 0:35:16- I can't even do the sums. About six cars you could park on it?- At least.
0:35:16 > 0:35:21You've got a car already parked there, and in here... Come nearer, come nearer.
0:35:21 > 0:35:25I don't want to hit you in the face with the garage door, but have a look, Grandad.
0:35:25 > 0:35:30Tell me if this is not the camper van,
0:35:30 > 0:35:36- home/workshop/whatever it is, of your dreams.- Absolutely perfect.
0:35:36 > 0:35:43- Really?- Yeah. Looks like this is owned by somebody that likes working on their own vehicle, possibly.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46- There's nice tool-chest there, yes. - Mark, be honest.
0:35:46 > 0:35:50You love the conservatory. You love this. Is this a contender today?
0:35:50 > 0:35:55- I think so. A very strong contender. - All right. What I want to know is the price but don't say.- OK.
0:35:55 > 0:35:58- We'll find Jenny and Lee. Ready? - Yes.- Good luck with it.- Thank you.
0:35:58 > 0:36:04- So Mark loves the conservatory. - He does.- He doesn't just like it, he loves the conservatory.
0:36:04 > 0:36:09Which means you can both sit and enjoy loving this courtyard. So it all panned out very well
0:36:09 > 0:36:13- apart from the fact there is no vegetable patch.- Supermarket?
0:36:13 > 0:36:16You're so fickle. I love it! Who wants to grow their own vegetables?
0:36:16 > 0:36:20- I mean, vegetables? They're everywhere! - I can have a few herb pots.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23- Yeah, just a couple of pots. - Tomato plants.- Hello.
0:36:23 > 0:36:27- Hi.- Sorry.- We always turn up and you're talking about vegetables.
0:36:27 > 0:36:30- They've gone out the window now. - Yeah, we're not interested any more.
0:36:30 > 0:36:34- I can have herb pots and a tomato plant.- That's fine by me.- Done deal.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36We have the final guess the price to play.
0:36:36 > 0:36:38Mark, you are currently in the lead.
0:36:38 > 0:36:43- Lee, all you can do is draw.- I'll let you go first.- Ooh, really? Ooh.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45I'm going to go...
0:36:45 > 0:36:48Ooh, 149,950.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51OK. All right. All right!
0:36:51 > 0:36:55Well, I do actually think it's probably higher than 150,
0:36:55 > 0:37:00but I know you wouldn't be so mean as to show us a property over our budget.
0:37:00 > 0:37:03Sometimes that's justification for the wild card. I know!
0:37:03 > 0:37:07I'm going to go for 147,500.
0:37:07 > 0:37:12- Oh, all right. - We officially have a draw.
0:37:12 > 0:37:18- Oh, we do?- You are closest, Lee.- Yay!- It's not really much to celebrate, a draw.
0:37:18 > 0:37:22- Bring on the vegetables, yeah! - It's a draw on guess the price!
0:37:22 > 0:37:26So, the price, and you'll like this - it's even better than the victory of a draw -
0:37:26 > 0:37:29145 on the nose. £145,000 on the nose.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32- How do you like that, then? - For all of this?- For all of this.
0:37:32 > 0:37:35- Five grand spare to do whatever you want with.- Wow.
0:37:35 > 0:37:40You've seen the properties. You have to make the most important decision of your adult lives,
0:37:40 > 0:37:44about which one you wish to test drive. Good luck. We'd like to help you but we can't.
0:37:44 > 0:37:48- We're contractually not allowed to. - You are now out of our hands.
0:37:48 > 0:37:54It's your responsibility to choose that property. We'll meet you at the property you decide to test drive.
0:37:54 > 0:37:58- Something tells me we won't have to travel far, but I could be wrong.- You could be wrong.
0:37:58 > 0:38:05- Head off, and good luck. We'll see you soon.- Thank you.- Congratulations on the draw.- Thank you.
0:38:05 > 0:38:09And while that lovely couple make that very important decision,
0:38:09 > 0:38:12here's a reminder of all three properties.
0:38:12 > 0:38:15So, we started our adrenalin-fuelled journey with my choice.
0:38:15 > 0:38:20Newly renovated with a huge garden, could this semi offer healing potential
0:38:20 > 0:38:25for Lee and Mark's property problems? It might, you know, at £144, 500.
0:38:25 > 0:38:29Next was my choice, which oozed charm from front to rear.
0:38:29 > 0:38:33What it lacked inside, it made up for in the garage department.
0:38:33 > 0:38:39I would certainly be parking my van up here for 139,950 quid.
0:38:39 > 0:38:41And finally, the wild card,
0:38:41 > 0:38:44a delightful property with a beautiful conservatory,
0:38:44 > 0:38:48the mother of all garages and enough off-road parking for a fleet of vans.
0:38:48 > 0:38:52This one is surely in with a shout at 145 grand.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59Lee, Mark, I can't believe it.
0:38:59 > 0:39:03I thought I knew which property you were going to go for for the test-drive,
0:39:03 > 0:39:07and I was right because, yes, you've gone for the one with the conservatory
0:39:07 > 0:39:12that you have fallen in love with. And I just hope Lee isn't too jealous.
0:39:12 > 0:39:17We've had the mystery To Buy Or Not To Buy surveyor here. His survey is not legally binding
0:39:17 > 0:39:19but it gives you a good heads-up.
0:39:19 > 0:39:23The back of the chimneystack, the pointing on the bricks hasn't been done there.
0:39:23 > 0:39:27The pointing everywhere else has been done. Just that part hasn't been done.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30It doesn't cost that much. Not really a problem.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33- I could do it myself, possibly.- Good.
0:39:33 > 0:39:38And just another minor - round the side of the property, there's a gas vent that's fully exposed,
0:39:38 > 0:39:42so it needs to have a guard around it, especially with Steven growing up.
0:39:42 > 0:39:45OK. I want you to enjoy your test drive. This is a golden opportunity.
0:39:45 > 0:39:50So in three, two, one, test-drive the living daylights out of this house!
0:39:52 > 0:39:56So, here comes the van. Let's hope it's going to fit in that garage,
0:39:56 > 0:39:59or we could both be in big trouble.
0:40:01 > 0:40:03Ooh, it's going to be tight!
0:40:06 > 0:40:10There she blows. Have faith, Jenny. I never had any doubt.
0:40:10 > 0:40:14Steady on, Mark. You'll have the paint off it at that rate.
0:40:14 > 0:40:16Now, that's enough graft.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18The test-drive's meant to be fun.
0:40:18 > 0:40:22I think they'd better see just how relaxing that whopper of a conservatory really is.
0:40:22 > 0:40:25- No rest for the wicked. Here's the family.- Come on in.
0:40:25 > 0:40:29Whilst Mark gives Sharelle and Steven the official tour for approval...
0:40:29 > 0:40:35..Lee takes it down a gear or two and has a practice reiki session on the mother-in-law.
0:40:36 > 0:40:42So, Mark, having done the test drive in this beautiful house, how is she?
0:40:42 > 0:40:44- Absolutely wonderful.- Yeah.
0:40:44 > 0:40:48- I checked out the garage. I could probably live in it, if I had to.- Really?
0:40:48 > 0:40:54So when I refer to "she", I meant the conservatory, but also "he", as in the garage, is good too?
0:40:54 > 0:40:57It's a bit of a hard decision to make between the two, yeah.
0:40:57 > 0:41:01- And the house is pretty good, also. - And, of course, Lee. You're perfect.
0:41:01 > 0:41:06- Oh, thank you.- Is the house? - It's beautiful.- How it its reiki potential?
0:41:06 > 0:41:10- Have you felt any auras coming from the house?- Very good, actually.
0:41:10 > 0:41:14I can imagine, with the sun on there, reiki music, nice, relaxing atmosphere.
0:41:14 > 0:41:19And here's the big question. We've had the grandson round. Has he enjoyed the property?
0:41:19 > 0:41:21He's only seven months old, isn't he?
0:41:21 > 0:41:25So it's quite hard to say. Has he made any good gurgling sounds?
0:41:25 > 0:41:29I think he's fallen in love with it, just like we have, to be honest.
0:41:29 > 0:41:32It's been a long journey and I'm hoping there's going to be
0:41:32 > 0:41:35a very positive light at the end.
0:41:35 > 0:41:40There's only one way to find that out, by asking the greatest question that we know.
0:41:40 > 0:41:42Jenny, would you like to deliver that question?
0:41:42 > 0:41:44To buy or not to buy?
0:41:44 > 0:41:46That is the question.
0:41:46 > 0:41:50Well, if everything goes well with our property, then I think it would be a "to buy".
0:41:50 > 0:41:54This is fantastic news. So, by the end of the journey,
0:41:54 > 0:41:58did you really think, when you first met us, that we could do it?
0:41:58 > 0:42:02- That we could find something you wanted to buy?- Be honest! - We had our doubts.
0:42:02 > 0:42:06Yeah, we did, yeah. But I think you've both come good in the end.
0:42:06 > 0:42:12So a positive result, there. Also, I have to say, a very sort of chilled-out, calming day we've had.
0:42:12 > 0:42:15I feel slightly woozy in a good way.
0:42:15 > 0:42:20Yeah. All the reiki, the holistic feelings, it's all paying off. It's all rubbing off, actually. Ooh!
0:42:20 > 0:42:25Hopefully, you helped us to help the nation heal their housing problems. So we're off. Thank you.
0:42:25 > 0:42:30- We'll see you some time in the future, hopefully.- Thank you.- Take care, guys.- See you later.- Bye-bye.
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