Downsizers on this show are always so unreasonable. If you're downsizing, that means fewer and often smaller rooms. Why did they even already sell their big house when they are so dissatisfied with 3-beds?
I agree that they were resistant, but please also remember he had grown up in that house. I don't know your age, but please remember this show when you are ready to downsize. I am on that verge now, and I love this house (been here over 30yrs) that we put our sweat equity into and it still makes me happy to come home to. I know what I must now and will do it. It will not be easy. My brother and his wife live in the house that he and I grew up in (his 2nd home). When they move, he will have been lived in that house over 60yrs. I know he will have a difficult time. Please have a little compassion.
@@clairelaker7153 No... that's the easy assumption, but I think it's more complex than that. People WANT to downsize in theory, because downsizing SIMPLIFIES ones life. We all know that, right? But, when it comes time to doing it and living in a smaller space, the mind and heart rebel. It is a very confusing transition with a million decisions to make.
That 1100 quid a year will constantly go up. RUN! We are in the USA and call that fee an HOA. These HOA'S, (homeowners associations), are like mini governments with all the same problems, plus the fee goes up nearly every year! RUN!
Here is Canada, we call it "maintenance fees" and are usually paid monthly. I do agree with you that they usually go up each year, but I believe you reach an age (80+, for example) when you can't, or don't want to, maintain a home anymore, and those maintenance fees, although sometimes very hefty (> 700 cdn/month) offer peace of mind to the homeowner, and money just isn't the priority any longer.
There's something so charming and attractive about the young couple. He seems like the calm, level-headed one, and she seems like the bright, bubbly fun-loving one, but then as time goes on... it's not that simple and there's just something about them both together as a couple that makes them wonderfully likeable. They seem like one of those matches where you somehow can't imagine them not together.
The third house Phil showed the downsizing couple would be a "Run away as fast as you can". That kitchen was designed to LOOK fancy. Sink on one side, hob on the island, ovens and refrigerator on the other side of the kitchen? Granted it is a triangle, but what an exhausting kitchen. Must be a good 12 feet or more between sink and the ovens and refrigerator. The stuff of nightmares if you cook and bake a lot. I would need a month to recover after one of my 5 course "little dinners".
In the current idiom, a "great kitchen" is not a functional kitchen with a reasonably sized work triangle. It's a photogenic set on which to stage a cocktail party.
@@welkinalauda Agree with both posts here. It looked staged to the point of photoshopped. Way too slick and cold and 'designer.' Nothing homey or functional-looking. You could do surgery in there, but it doesn't say 'home' or 'a cook works here' at all.
Rob and Marie were such a joy to 'shop' along with! The care they have for one another is so beautiful to see and they really appreciated both Kristy and Phil's help. What a great buy for them as it is in such a sought after neighbourhood and what a Happy Birthday for Rob! Kristy really found for them a gem in a before Market lovely hom and set them up well for their future. I hope they revisit this couple in the future. The downsizing couple were still in the grieving stage, I believe, from leaving their long-term family home. I think Phil was a great help to them in opening their eyes concerning many of their hang ups. So they could move on to where they moved so far away from their preferred area and found their happy place.
How sweet the young couple were and I'm so glad they got their home! As to Mr and Mrs Disagreeable I do hope their so called downsize is suffering from crazy neighbours, subsisdance and I'm sure the netball and golf threw a huge party to celebrate the distance. Their family must be so happy!!!
'It's Hu-uge!" Kirstie says, as we're shown a long, dark, narrow kitchen! That older couple don't want to downsize - they just want the house they had with 2 fewer bedrooms, for half the price.
So many couples are like Kay and Robert: they supply a list of what they want, and Kirstie or Phil find properties just like they say they want. Except it's not what they want. The houses are too flat, too tall, too narrow, too wide, too central, too rural, too old, too new, wrong kitchen, garden too small, garden too large, garden too shady, house requires too many renovations, house is too done up, house is done up but wrong, bathroom(s) too small, bathroom on wrong floor, no off-street parking, busy street, quiet street too far from busy commercial street, and even, once, wrong paint colours inside the house. I suspect Kay and Robert would have gone right down this list and more if they had had Phil at their beck and call for two solid months. As it turns out, they didn't want to live where they claimed they wanted to live. So it was all a losing proposition to start with.
Not entirely a losing proposition, no. Phil (and Kirstie) are battle-tested and extremely experienced, and well understand the underlying emotional issues in buying houses, at this point. Phil did a great job for them, with a lot of hand-holding and calling out the different parameters, that when he told them at the end what they needed to do, they trusted him enough to accept that advice. Overall, I call this one a success.
Why say you're downsizing when you want the same space as before? The older couple were so disagreeable and frankly, I would not want them as neighbours- would love to see an update and see how they are managing to maintain all that unnecessary space
I don't get why British dislikes bungalows which are usually well built, easy to enlarge and frequently detached, all at a bargain knowing that Brits hate it😅😅😅
I've wondered about that myself. They often have large gardens too. The dislike is cultural, at this point. They seem to think they are houses exclusively for old people.
@@M.Campbell > coming from a land scarce country, a bungalow for most of us is a dream com true. Would rather have a small bungalow than a terrace or semi-detached.
Nothing wrong with bungalows, both for older people, and younger families with young children/baby (no stairs to fall off or many kid gates, top & bottom per floor). Stairs are overrated, but of course in small places in populated areas, there are naturally 2-3 floors.
Sometimes the stated requirements up front end up being redundant after seeing what the market has to offer. Not wanting to move from their social life and their sons became exactly what the older couple did in the end.
I loved that little bungalow. I could imagine myself living there. But I would have thought myself in Heaven if I could have bought the first house Kay and Robert were shown. A lot of people would wrinkle their noses at its kitchen, but it would suit me to a tee. Everything handy a step away, and when you are done there any mess is out of sight until you have eaten your meal while it's hot. I don't like the kind of kitchen that's the size of an airplane hangar. No island, no eating counter that forces you to sit on an uncomfortable high stool. Those features seem to be all the rage but they're not at all for me.
Do they have a team who comes in and cleans places up before they show them, everything so spotless, well organized... no papers, no nik naks, clean cut.
I understand the WHY of people paving their front yard and parking cars on it. The UK is too small and the towns did not develop with the idea of everyone having a car. Still... I hate it and it always signals 'slum' to me. In the US, if you drive through a neighborhood and see people parking cars on the grass or the space in front of the house, you know that it's a bad neighborhood or a neighborhood in decline or a neighborhood of renters, not owners; in short, a neighborhood of people who take no pride in their home and don't give a damn about the neighborhood. Expect crime, crack houses, and nasty neighbors. I can't shake the 'looks like a slum' reaction when I see cars parked in what should be the front yard in the UK.
I am not familiar with the US, but your attitude seems a little bit elitist. Here in Australia, the problem we have is that a lot of houses are built with a garage/carport for 1 car but the houses are marketed to families. With our terrible public transport it is quite normal for both husband and wife to have a car each just to get to work, and when the kids turn 17 they get cars as well. There just isn't parking for 4 cars so there are cars on the road, or on the nature strip (verge/ footpath), or in the driveway. It just can't be helped.
Keep in mind that the Uk is significantly older and smaller than the Uk. The only way to accommodate a garage and driveway for every house is to bulldoze the entire continent of Europe lol
@@lisadavis321 The knackers were (still are, I'm guessing) where old horses and other animals deemed no longer useful were sent to be killed and used for what materials they could provide. In the US, called "The glue factory" .Where do you think horsehair comes from? Paint, and other brushes? Bone meal? Horse hide?
Honest... PURE GREED. Brits have been programmed over 20 years of insane house price increases (which are manufactured debt traps and as GDP accelerators in a nation with zero production) to want not just equity but at MINIMUM 100k profit for painting the walls.
Downsizers on this show are always so unreasonable. If you're downsizing, that means fewer and often smaller rooms. Why did they even already sell their big house when they are so dissatisfied with 3-beds?
Greed.
I agree that they were resistant, but please also remember he had grown up in that house. I don't know your age, but please remember this show when you are ready to downsize. I am on that verge now, and I love this house (been here over 30yrs) that we put our sweat equity into and it still makes me happy to come home to. I know what I must now and will do it. It will not be easy. My brother and his wife live in the house that he and I grew up in (his 2nd home). When they move, he will have been lived in that house over 60yrs. I know he will have a difficult time. Please have a little compassion.
@@clairelaker7153 No... that's the easy assumption, but I think it's more complex than that. People WANT to downsize in theory, because downsizing SIMPLIFIES ones life. We all know that, right? But, when it comes time to doing it and living in a smaller space, the mind and heart rebel. It is a very confusing transition with a million decisions to make.
So true and also such a negative attitude .....When you are not happy with yourself , nothing will make you happy.
I think they sold not realizing the market. They saw dollar signs and the developer took advantage of their naïveté’s
I love the property the younger couple chose. So happy for them, they were amazing first-time home buyers.
Well done Phil giving the downsizers a bit of a pep talk, they definitely needed it👏
Don’t you love it when your clients buy the opposite of what they told you they had to have!! The young couple were just adorable and so pleasant!
Always enjoy watching this show. Living in Canada, this is the only way I can watch it. Thank you for the upload.
Love Phil and Kirsty!
Thanks for the upload.
I love all the dresses that Kirstie wear on the show❤
Ty very much I so appreciate you sharing these shows 😊 I love Kirstie and Phil they’re hilarious 😂❤️
That 1100 quid a year will constantly go up. RUN!
We are in the USA and call that fee an HOA. These HOA'S, (homeowners associations), are like mini governments with all the same problems, plus the fee goes up nearly every year! RUN!
Here is Canada, we call it "maintenance fees" and are usually paid monthly. I do agree with you that they usually go up each year, but I believe you reach an age (80+, for example) when you can't, or don't want to, maintain a home anymore, and those maintenance fees, although sometimes very hefty (> 700 cdn/month) offer peace of mind to the homeowner, and money just isn't the priority any longer.
There's something so charming and attractive about the young couple. He seems like the calm, level-headed one, and she seems like the bright, bubbly fun-loving one, but then as time goes on... it's not that simple and there's just something about them both together as a couple that makes them wonderfully likeable. They seem like one of those matches where you somehow can't imagine them not together.
Whoop whoop, thanks for this!😍 You're a ⭐!
The third house Phil showed the downsizing couple would be a "Run away as fast as you can". That kitchen was designed to LOOK fancy. Sink on one side, hob on the island, ovens and refrigerator on the other side of the kitchen? Granted it is a triangle, but what an exhausting kitchen. Must be a good 12 feet or more between sink and the ovens and refrigerator. The stuff of nightmares if you cook and bake a lot. I would need a month to recover after one of my 5 course "little dinners".
In the current idiom, a "great kitchen" is not a functional kitchen with a reasonably sized work triangle. It's a photogenic set on which to stage a cocktail party.
@@welkinalauda Agree with both posts here. It looked staged to the point of photoshopped. Way too slick and cold and 'designer.' Nothing homey or functional-looking. You could do surgery in there, but it doesn't say 'home' or 'a cook works here' at all.
Rob and Marie were such a joy to 'shop' along with! The care they have for one another is so beautiful to see and they really appreciated both Kristy and Phil's help. What a great buy for them as it is in such a sought after neighbourhood and what a Happy Birthday for Rob! Kristy really found for them a gem in a before Market lovely hom and set them up well for their future. I hope they revisit this couple in the future. The downsizing couple were still in the grieving stage, I believe, from leaving their long-term family home. I think Phil was a great help to them in opening their eyes concerning many of their hang ups. So they could move on to where they moved so far away from their preferred area and found their happy place.
WONDERFUL, wonderful, WoNdErFuL!!!!!!!! Thank you thank you thank you!!!!
How sweet the young couple were and I'm so glad they got their home!
As to Mr and Mrs Disagreeable I do hope their so called downsize is suffering from crazy neighbours, subsisdance and I'm sure the netball and golf threw a huge party to celebrate the distance. Their family must be so happy!!!
it seems that they annoyed you a bit! i feel you.
Thank you 😊.
If you have time, would you please upload the new series, which start this evening. Have a great day
I had uploaded
@@RoldanMargaritoyou are a gem 😊
what a pain the older couple are.....................why even bother with them.................
Poor Phil…..his couple just aren’t ready to downsize.it’s hard to do I wish them luck
Happy Birthday, Rob. Good news for this sweet couple. Just wish that Marie would button up!
'It's Hu-uge!" Kirstie says, as we're shown a long, dark, narrow kitchen! That older couple don't want to downsize - they just want the house they had with 2 fewer bedrooms, for half the price.
2 uploads 🎉🎉 thanks
The best couple ever. Rob and Marie. So nice to go along with them on their hunt. I'm sure they'll enjoy their future together.
I love when Phil calls Kirstie Kirstells
So many couples are like Kay and Robert: they supply a list of what they want, and Kirstie or Phil find properties just like they say they want. Except it's not what they want. The houses are too flat, too tall, too narrow, too wide, too central, too rural, too old, too new, wrong kitchen, garden too small, garden too large, garden too shady, house requires too many renovations, house is too done up, house is done up but wrong, bathroom(s) too small, bathroom on wrong floor, no off-street parking, busy street, quiet street too far from busy commercial street, and even, once, wrong paint colours inside the house.
I suspect Kay and Robert would have gone right down this list and more if they had had Phil at their beck and call for two solid months.
As it turns out, they didn't want to live where they claimed they wanted to live. So it was all a losing proposition to start with.
It wasn't a loss for the viewers or the couple. We all learned from it.
Not entirely a losing proposition, no. Phil (and Kirstie) are battle-tested and extremely experienced, and well understand the underlying emotional issues in buying houses, at this point. Phil did a great job for them, with a lot of hand-holding and calling out the different parameters, that when he told them at the end what they needed to do, they trusted him enough to accept that advice. Overall, I call this one a success.
Why say you're downsizing when you want the same space as before? The older couple were so disagreeable and frankly, I would not want them as neighbours- would love to see an update and see how they are managing to maintain all that unnecessary space
The older couple are ridiculously fussy, especially the wife. Why bother to go on the programme. Poor Phil, he deserves a medal for his patience..
There's a garage, and the car is in the driveway. LORDY!
I don't get why British dislikes bungalows which are usually well built, easy to enlarge and frequently detached, all at a bargain knowing that Brits hate it😅😅😅
I've wondered about that myself. They often have large gardens too. The dislike is cultural, at this point. They seem to think they are houses exclusively for old people.
@@M.Campbell > coming from a land scarce country, a bungalow for most of us is a dream com true. Would rather have a small bungalow than a terrace or semi-detached.
Nothing wrong with bungalows, both for older people, and younger families with young children/baby (no stairs to fall off or many kid gates, top & bottom per floor). Stairs are overrated, but of course in small places in populated areas, there are naturally 2-3 floors.
Sometimes the stated requirements up front end up being redundant after seeing what the market has to offer. Not wanting to move from their social life and their sons became exactly what the older couple did in the end.
downsizers - we want it all new but exactly the same as what we had before pretty much sums it up
Lovely couples, wish them all the best.
Kirsty looks great in green
I loved that little bungalow. I could imagine myself living there. But I would have thought myself in Heaven if I could have bought the first house Kay and Robert were shown.
A lot of people would wrinkle their noses at its kitchen, but it would suit me to a tee. Everything handy a step away, and when you are done there any mess is out of sight until you have eaten your meal while it's hot.
I don't like the kind of kitchen that's the size of an airplane hangar. No island, no eating counter that forces you to sit on an uncomfortable high stool. Those features seem to be all the rage but they're not at all for me.
Yes! Like Marian said!❤
Thank you :)
New one for me the end of terrace bungalow. I've seen semi and detached for bungalow - never terraced though.
I like the house the young couple bought. A very pretty house.
I always love Kirstie & phil,but phils pair are ridiculous, he doesn't want to see cars from his windows. REALLY!
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Poor Phil...that Kay lady is an absolute missery guts. They don't know what they want. What a waste of time.
Hard to believe they'd choose a big geoengineering plane working in the beginning of the show. Can you say programming?
The downsizing couple will never ever find a house unless they know the real meaning of it.
Do they have a team who comes in and cleans places up before they show them, everything so spotless, well organized... no papers, no nik naks, clean cut.
A waste of time to watch unreasonable couples...
Um…..only one of the couples was unreasonable.
Happy for young couple!! Glad the retirees found something. Kristy...STOP wearing thise stupid, hot looking neck scarves. They aren't flattering.
I understand the WHY of people paving their front yard and parking cars on it. The UK is too small and the towns did not develop with the idea of everyone having a car. Still... I hate it and it always signals 'slum' to me. In the US, if you drive through a neighborhood and see people parking cars on the grass or the space in front of the house, you know that it's a bad neighborhood or a neighborhood in decline or a neighborhood of renters, not owners; in short, a neighborhood of people who take no pride in their home and don't give a damn about the neighborhood. Expect crime, crack houses, and nasty neighbors. I can't shake the 'looks like a slum' reaction when I see cars parked in what should be the front yard in the UK.
I am not familiar with the US, but your attitude seems a little bit elitist. Here in Australia, the problem we have is that a lot of houses are built with a garage/carport for 1 car but the houses are marketed to families. With our terrible public transport it is quite normal for both husband and wife to have a car each just to get to work, and when the kids turn 17 they get cars as well. There just isn't parking for 4 cars so there are cars on the road, or on the nature strip (verge/ footpath), or in the driveway. It just can't be helped.
Keep in mind that the Uk is significantly older and smaller than the Uk. The only way to accommodate a garage and driveway for every house is to bulldoze the entire continent of Europe lol
Both women look and sound like they’re ready for the knackers yard.
What is ‘a knackers yard’?
It means - really tired, not useful anymore. Like - “ready to be put out to pasture”.
Nasty comment👎🏾😡
@@lisadavis321 The knackers were (still are, I'm guessing) where old horses and
other animals deemed no longer useful were sent to be killed and used for what
materials they could provide. In the US, called "The glue factory" .Where do you
think horsehair comes from? Paint, and other brushes? Bone meal? Horse hide?
That's rude
OMG !!!! I can NOT deal with her TEETH !!!
Oh just get over yourself FIRST
Brits are truly puzzled about the American obsession with perfectly straight, unnaturally white, teeth.
Why do people in London always want a fixer up ? Just curious ! I love this show so much !! 🩷🩷🩷
More house for the money. A little work and you have equity.
Honest... PURE GREED. Brits have been programmed over 20 years of insane house price increases (which are manufactured debt traps and as GDP accelerators in a nation with zero production) to want not just equity but at MINIMUM 100k profit for painting the walls.