Double Your House For Half The Money! | Series 2 Episode 9 - FULL EPISODE

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  • čas přidán 28. 07. 2020
  • In this inspirational series, Sarah Beeny sets out to prove that anyone can have the home they've always dreamed about, even if they can't afford to buy it. Rather than making the expensive decision to move house, it may be cheaper to turn your run-down property into the home of your dreams!
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Komentáře • 101

  • @kalpanar1371
    @kalpanar1371 Před 3 lety +14

    Very sweet couple with 6 kids... positive attitude

  • @dianethompson2458
    @dianethompson2458 Před rokem +3

    Both houses were really nice. I laughed so hard when the homeowner swore about her profit on the build. She did an amazing job and should really consider a career in interior design.

  • @jocosus3
    @jocosus3 Před 3 lety +35

    Thank you for posting! It's so refreshing to feature a couple who is receptive to Sarah Beeny's advice/expertise. Never understood why previous couples just dismissed expert advice. SMH

  • @petterzachrisson6500
    @petterzachrisson6500 Před 3 lety +44

    I think Alex’s eclectic low budget kitchen with all green walls and no glossy cabinets is one of the more stylish kitchens in this show...

    • @li-anderker55
      @li-anderker55 Před 3 lety +2

      It's a wonderful kitchen. But I think green can't be competed with and belongs outside.

  • @rockshot100
    @rockshot100 Před 3 lety +9

    I really like the French lady with the kids. Especially when she was hanging clothes on the fence. Most designers would have helped her for free to make the design a little more cohesive and practical. But hey, she likes it and so does he.

  • @FigaroHey
    @FigaroHey Před 3 lety +17

    I can't believe that city couple didn't check if they were allowed to break through that wall, still less take over the space that is not part of the basement she bought. She should have a plan showing exactly what she bought. And she should know she's not the freeholder. The host of this show is so knowledgeable, I'm surprised she didn't state the obvious & tell them to check the foundations before digging out the basement. Even I know these things & I'm not a homeowner or renovation expert.

    • @myoldvhstapes
      @myoldvhstapes Před 3 lety +2

      Yeah, that was embarrassing! These problems come up all the time on Homes Under the Hammer.

    • @jaybee4118
      @jaybee4118 Před rokem +1

      She almost certainly knew that she’s not the freeholder, if the person holding the freehold found out about this then it’s likely they also charge a ground rent that they’ll have to pay yearly. I think a lot of people don’t fully realise exactly what it means, especially in multi-dwelling converted properties in a place like London. It gets super complicated.

    • @neilfranklin5644
      @neilfranklin5644 Před 11 měsíci

      It turned out nice again.

  • @felicitythomson3397
    @felicitythomson3397 Před 3 lety +13

    Love Alex & Bens family home. Style & flare goes a long way.

    • @FigaroHey
      @FigaroHey Před 3 lety +4

      Flair. A flare is a kind of flaming signal light.

  • @ginacrusco234
    @ginacrusco234 Před 2 lety +2

    Alex's brilliant use of vintage finds makes the space work.

  • @OwenLikesGoats
    @OwenLikesGoats Před 3 lety +11

    Ben - “Big enough for our family, six children...”
    Alex being a French stereotype - “Stylish”

    • @andreaandrea6716
      @andreaandrea6716 Před 3 lety +1

      Alex is not a stereotype any more than YOU are. She is a person who happens to be French. Ça va pas, non!?!?

  • @patriciakelly69
    @patriciakelly69 Před 3 lety +12

    I luv Alex and Bens house. It’s so unique and quirky. X

  • @cheskydivision
    @cheskydivision Před 3 lety +7

    Love the couple with the kids.

  • @anushikabhatiamehta-shared5122

    Did anyone else rewind and listen twice "6 kids"?

  • @Pure_KodiakWILD_Power
    @Pure_KodiakWILD_Power Před 3 lety +4

    Freeholder. Sheesh, what a racket.

  • @EllieChristine744
    @EllieChristine744 Před 3 lety +8

    If I had the basement bedroom I would put a ladder in the light well to use as a fire escape...

  • @AgentAO7
    @AgentAO7 Před rokem

    If there’s one thing Alex & Ben should have spent on the interiors, it’s the kitchen. Doesn’t have to be expensive cabinets but at least some proper kitchen cabinets w/ a proper layout. I don’t mind the mismatch furniture since it can be replaced eventually.. But a proper kitchen is essential especially when you have that size of a family..

  • @roni2977
    @roni2977 Před 3 lety +15

    The basement went from scary expensive project to a nightmare upon a nightmare... I have a cellar that I need to dig lower to make it a bedroom but I'm more scared now🤣🤣🤣

  • @IamGilgamesh666
    @IamGilgamesh666 Před 3 lety +6

    I wanted a Masaratti for €2,000,000, but then I decided I'd rather a Prius for €50,000. I just made €1,950,000.

  • @StuftBanana
    @StuftBanana Před 3 lety +6

    The prices of “average” houses then and now, is ridiculous.

    • @rachelwhitaker4081
      @rachelwhitaker4081 Před 3 lety +2

      I agree this is a Huge Unnecessary Unsettling Purposeful Deliberate Disappointing Problem. Unfortunately !Here in the 🇺🇸 &All over the World🌍Smdh!🤦🤔🙄😡😠😬😤🎯😔😢💔💯💯People Builders Land Owners Governments ect Are So Full of Greed🤑💰💵 Crooked Corrupt Heartless Careless Selfish ect ect ect!

  • @fookdatchit4245
    @fookdatchit4245 Před 3 lety +24

    Want to reform your house? Build it in lego 1st. Genius!

  • @b_uppy
    @b_uppy Před 3 lety +14

    Would have left a half bath on main floor. Can't replace it for those with medical emergencies, lol.

  • @essech
    @essech Před 3 lety +6

    I liked Alexis' green walls. That interior isn't for everyone, with a little artistic touch and a major chill vibe. But what a horrible kitchen space. No space for storing utensils/food/ingredients etc. for a family of 8 people.

  • @mj-lo7gf
    @mj-lo7gf Před 3 lety +4

    I don't understand how does the show helps them to build a cheap and good house? Do they help them financially or with planning or providing builder.

  • @gladygalvan8069
    @gladygalvan8069 Před 3 lety +31

    How did they not know how much basement they actually owned beforehand ?

    • @replyno1
      @replyno1 Před 3 lety +7

      People rarely read their closing documents before or after closing due to the excitement of home ownership

    • @myoldvhstapes
      @myoldvhstapes Před 3 lety +1

      @@conscientiousobjector9555: That's exactly what I said when I heard their plans. I didn't realise it was the punchline for the next scene!

    • @sarah.wassila
      @sarah.wassila Před 3 lety +6

      @@replyno1 I understand that, but these two are a financial expert and a lawyer... reading fine print and closing documents is literally part of their jobs! smh

  • @inesolujic2534
    @inesolujic2534 Před 3 lety +21

    I love the flat conversion, looks great. But I find it a really odd design choice that they put both bathrooms in the basement. I think they should have a powder room/half bath upstairs.

    • @rachelwhitaker4081
      @rachelwhitaker4081 Před 3 lety +1

      I agree!Smh!🤦🙄🤔🎯💯💯💯

    • @FigaroHey
      @FigaroHey Před 3 lety

      Of course. Who doesn't have at least a WC on the floor where you live and a bathroom on the floor where you sleep?

  • @onlyme1373
    @onlyme1373 Před 3 lety +11

    Lol, some parents will sleep in their living room so their kids can have room
    My dad made 4 of us share a small double room so he could have a room as his study

    • @holdenwilder4506
      @holdenwilder4506 Před 2 lety

      i know im asking randomly but does someone know a trick to log back into an Instagram account??
      I was stupid forgot my login password. I would love any assistance you can offer me!

    • @jacobytheo1766
      @jacobytheo1766 Před 2 lety

      @Holden Wilder instablaster =)

  • @puffypuff9779
    @puffypuff9779 Před 3 lety +5

    I do admire people that can put up with the mess and disruption, I could never do it.

    • @jff1813
      @jff1813 Před 3 lety +3

      Nor could I. I merely had my kitchen re-faced. It took 3 days I nearly lost my mind. 😄

  • @overthecounterbeanie
    @overthecounterbeanie Před 3 lety +6

    Just have a giant bedroom for all six kids, like the Von Trapps!

    • @donnyreiss1180
      @donnyreiss1180 Před 3 lety +1

      what fun. hahaha. like camp.

    • @michaeltutty1540
      @michaeltutty1540 Před 3 lety +1

      The Galbraith Family had big bedrooms. If I remember right, they had 4 bedrooms to hold the 12 children. They are, after all, the real life Cheaper By The Dozen. The book was written by two of the kids, as was the sequel, Belles On Their Toes.

    • @FigaroHey
      @FigaroHey Před 3 lety +5

      Yes. I never understand why kids need their own rooms. Why do kids need any more privacy than what they can find with a closed bathroom door? Sharing rooms in childhood helps them with so many skills necessary for sharing living space as adults.

    • @prayerbaby
      @prayerbaby Před 2 lety

      My grandparents had 12 children and they had a massive bedroom for the kids.

  • @eleanortaylor4768
    @eleanortaylor4768 Před 2 lety

    gorgeous design from Alex 😍

  • @yowgrange5038
    @yowgrange5038 Před 3 lety

    Have you got a building team sarah. I need a complete renovation of a Victoria rain semi.

  • @fozola20
    @fozola20 Před 3 lety +2

    Liked the green, not sure in the kitchen

  • @jff1813
    @jff1813 Před 3 lety +8

    I'll never understand boyfriends/girlfriends pooling huge amounts of money when they aren't even married and there is no protection if someone decides to walk away. But the basement place is lovely. Those salvage stores are amazing!

  • @donnaaranda5970
    @donnaaranda5970 Před 3 lety +1

    Alex is the same French lady from the design challenge show

  • @robynw6307
    @robynw6307 Před 3 lety +7

    I'm so confused. How can you own a building but not the land it sits on? I guess things are different in England to here in Australia. :: As for Sarah's demonstration of what the loft conversion could look like, I feel that she has the right idea. But it is so unfair to present the current plan as plain black and white, and the proposed plan with coloured wallpaper etc. She knows that Alex is into elegance, so it would sway her decision. Subtle mind manipulation.

    • @myoldvhstapes
      @myoldvhstapes Před 3 lety +2

      I've watched hundreds of episodes of Homes Under the Hammer over the years. The lease problem is a constant theme- but UK properties being "leasehold" as opposed to freehold still confuses me. I get it when they mean that people who own a flat do not own the building's external walls and common hallways. But even houses without shared parts can be leasehold.
      It's a huge problem when the lease has less than 60 years left on it. 99+ is a safe number. The new owner needs to own a place for at least two years before he legally has the right to extend the lease by paying the leaseholder. Rarely, an owner can talk the leaseholder into buying the freehold outright.

    • @dls6068
      @dls6068 Před 2 lety +1

      AND as I remember, he is a lawyer…

    • @annephillips1870
      @annephillips1870 Před 2 lety

      It makes the Australian Torrens Title system seem very sophisticated.

  • @cheskydivision
    @cheskydivision Před 3 lety +22

    I don't understand a couple that are not married yet doing a renovation together. Getting married and having a wedding are two different things. You can always get married now and hold a large reception at the first anniversary.

    • @lillic8522
      @lillic8522 Před 2 lety +1

      If they keep track of who pays for what, there is no reason at all to rush the wedding.

  • @joannahampton3808
    @joannahampton3808 Před 3 lety +14

    For the first time I didn't like either finished project 😕

  • @jemimahobbs1545
    @jemimahobbs1545 Před 3 lety

    Where is that amazing shop puppets and masks. I cant track it down on the internet. Can someone help - thank you.

  • @queenleah1989
    @queenleah1989 Před 3 lety +1

    Benny's smiles seem fake smiles.. I don't know why!

    • @bennyguitarsmith5555
      @bennyguitarsmith5555 Před 11 měsíci

      😂 my smile is genuine I can assure you … I’d love to come round to your place and judge your personality without knowing you too !! 😂

  • @khushboosirova4273
    @khushboosirova4273 Před 2 lety +1

    some of these episode i really feel they needed a family planning rather than extension

    • @looloo4029
      @looloo4029 Před 2 lety

      👍👍👍👍👍

    • @bennyguitarsmith5555
      @bennyguitarsmith5555 Před 10 měsíci

      Sorry I didn’t run my life plans by you in advance. I’d have changed them completely after consulting you

  • @darrenruparel8964
    @darrenruparel8964 Před rokem

    Has the French woman really had 6 kids? She got a shape of a woman who has had 1 kid!!!!

  • @svietka202
    @svietka202 Před 2 lety

    wedding fund? ye, priorities: a huge house or 5h of partying and THEN postponing the wedding...oh my...

  • @franhunne8929
    @franhunne8929 Před 3 lety +14

    It's not necessary to postpone thei wedding - registration office is not that expensive.

    • @kvdl4785
      @kvdl4785 Před 3 lety +5

      Sorry, sorry, I am not clear...she's supplying the home, what's he bringing to the table??

    • @cappsginny699
      @cappsginny699 Před 3 lety +1

      His manhood

    • @sarah.wassila
      @sarah.wassila Před 3 lety +2

      @@kvdl4785 Yeah, that was my question the whole way through.

  • @margaretlittle6800
    @margaretlittle6800 Před 3 lety +5

    I thought the kitchen looked a little dark with green walls

  • @abigail1023
    @abigail1023 Před 3 lety +8

    Naked women on the curtains for a kid's room. Interesting.

  • @happydays1336
    @happydays1336 Před 3 lety +12

    They can have a less expensive wedding and not put it off for another year.

    • @rockshot100
      @rockshot100 Před 3 lety +5

      What exactly is the sense of having a lavish wedding if you've already lived together for 3-4 years and almost in your forties? Maybe a celebration, but I would not even call it a wedding, per se.

  • @inesolujic2534
    @inesolujic2534 Před 3 lety +18

    Ben and Alex's house is way too incongruent for my taste. Beautiful Barcelona sofa, a wonderful mid-century chair, next to a Victorian couch and antique green lampshade? 😬 It looks like a second hand store with no particular theme or style.

  • @andreaandrea6716
    @andreaandrea6716 Před 3 lety +2

    Just a BOMBARDMENT of ads. It was HORRIBLE. Really obnoxious.

  • @debby8428
    @debby8428 Před 2 lety +1

    The mom of 6 made me laugh when she got upset over the price her house was now worth. I don't like her "style" at all so if I were to buy her house I"d literally have to gut the kitchen and start over. The tub in the attic would need a wall and the color of the front would need to be changed. I wouldn't even offer her what she originally paid due to the amount of changes it would need. JMO

  • @li-anderker55
    @li-anderker55 Před 3 lety +2

    Tara looks a lot like Geena Davis.

  • @choudhury200991
    @choudhury200991 Před 3 lety +5

    Both houses ended up not that nice tbh - rare to see on this show!

  • @Ahmadkhan-xo9rv
    @Ahmadkhan-xo9rv Před 3 lety +10

    Alex design is nightmare I hate it so much her house looking like antique shop dark and full of old things I can't even imagine to do such a decor in my house 🏡

  • @joannahampton3808
    @joannahampton3808 Před 3 lety +4

    This is not Alex's forte.....looks like a flea market

  • @Truebritify
    @Truebritify Před 3 lety +3

    Bloody horrible