The Million Pound Property Experiment

[MYstIC G]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/homes/millionpound/

Anyone been watching this on BBC2? Just caught an episode and almost pissed myself laughing that they only managed to make £1,000.00 on the property they spent 8 months doing up only beacuse they were stupidly trying to get an increased sale price.

 

[Damini]

Didn't exactly the same thing happen last week?

 

[MYstIC G]

I didn't watch it last week, I had a life that week

Anyway, I also thought it was damn funny to be honest. The old property developer who's supposed to be there to guide them gets shot down then the edit of the programme just gets cut to show how right he was and make the two of them look even more stupid than they did naturally.

Better than Eastenders tbh

 

[Damini]

I used to watch it, but now it clashes with the parasite programme, and I'm all torn, but I think Man Pooing Tape Worm While Drinking Beer wins. Just.

 

[Ono]

They only made £2k profit last week.

Those 2 mincers should give it up FFS!

 

[MYstIC G]

Originally posted by Damini
I used to watch it, but now it clashes with the parasite programme, and I'm all torn, but I think Man Pooing Tape Worm While Drinking Beer wins. Just.

?!? What the smeg is that?

 

[leggy]

Originally posted by MYstIC G
?!? What the smeg is that?

http://forums.game.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=95627

:/

 

[Tom]

How to make a profit on property:

1) buy shit-hole in nice area

2) do shit-hole up by yourself

3) sell lovely-house-that-was-shit-hole

4) buy bigger shit-hole and start again.

How hard is that? Idiot presenters.

 

[Wilier]

Originally posted by MYstIC G
http://www.bbc.co.uk/homes/millionpound/

Anyone been watching this on BBC2? Just caught an episode and almost pissed myself laughing that they only managed to make £1,000.00 on the property they spent 8 months doing up only beacuse they were stupidly trying to get an increased sale price.

To be fair, they only spent 6 weeks doing the property up. They just couldnt sell it for 8 months (having turned down an offer for £385k) hahahahah.

I hate those 2 gay tarts.

 

[Wilier]

Originally posted by Tom
How to make a profit on property:

1) buy shit-hole in shit, but getting better area

2) do shit-hole up by yourself

3) sell lovely-house-that-was-shit-hole

4) buy bigger shit-hole and start again.

How hard is that? Idiot presenters.

Just one edit. Problem is ya see, all these programs are making people more aware of the possibility of making money doing up property, so people in decent areas sell shit-holes for big bucks.

 

[Cyfr]

The people who were on it last week, or whenever I watched it, didnt have a clue

They spent like 1/4 of their money on the kitchen then just painted up old tacky windows...

 

[Wilier]

Originally posted by Cyfr
The people who were on it last week, or whenever I watched it, didnt have a clue

They spent like 1/4 of their money on the kitchen then just painted up old tacky windows...

Noooooo, thats a different program. Thats the one with that lovely blonde lass presenting it..........property ladder? maybe.......not sure (Mrs Wil watches a lot of these things)

The one MG is on about is presented by the 2 biggest fags this side of Mark Almond and a builder who hates them both.

 

[MYstIC G]

Originally posted by Wilier
The one MG is on about is presented by the 2 biggest fags this side of Mark Almond and a builder who hates them both.

You really think they're gay? How ever did you tell?

 

[xane]

Originally posted by Tom
How to make a profit on property ...

My sister did this about 10 years ago, she bought a run-down property in a nice area, it needed everything done to it; damp-proofing, new electrics, new plumbing, new heating, new kitchen, new bathroom, new floors, new plastering, and they did the usual; knocked through the lounge, built a side garage extension, added a downstairs loo, etc.

Result; purchase price £30k, now worth about £250k, way more profit than what they spent on it.

 

[Wilier]

Originally posted by MYstIC G
You really think they're gay? How ever did you tell?

How gay is the real question.

I was embarrased when they were noncing around in the kitchen when they found a water leak.

 

[Mr.Monkey]

Real way to make money on property?


Buy the city of bath for £5*, and sell it now at an estimated value of £500m

But then you would have to go back to about 1066AD.....
*courtesy of the doomsday book

 

[L_Plates]

Originally posted by Wilier
How gay is the real question.

I was embarrased when they were noncing around in the kitchen when they found a water leak.

I too found that disturbing


you stop the leak ,,, no you ,,, oh you bad boy. Fruits !!

 

[dr_jo]

What *really* annoys me about that program, is that they spend more than the original amount of money. For example, they were supposed to be starting with £100,000. But they bought a house at 95,000 and then spent loads of money on it.
It sold for a bit more (say 150,000) and then they spent more than that on the next property.
Most of the increase in value has come from their own pockets, not profit from improving the house's sale price. I think the last one I saw they'd only made 3k profit off 3 house or something....

 

[Dr_Weasel]

Yeah, I cottoned on to the fact it was a swizz pretty damn quick too.

It like if you give me 100,000. Ill buy a whacking great bit of land. Then you lend me another 900,000 and Ill build a load of houses on it and then flog the lot for 1,001,000.

Ta-da! By the essance of the program, Ive just made a million!!!

 

[xane]

Its been the same since "Changing Rooms", I remember one where they wanted to re-tile the floor but found it too uneven so they got a guy in to re-level the floor using some spiffy concrete stuff that only took a few hours to dry, but this event never appeared on the "costs" at the end.

Made no difference, it was once of the first spectactular Llewellyn-Bowen cock-ups that had the owners literally crying.

 

[Cyfr]

Originally posted by Wilier
Noooooo, thats a different program. Thats the one with that lovely blonde lass presenting it..........property ladder? maybe.......not sure (Mrs Wil watches a lot of these things)

The one MG is on about is presented by the 2 biggest fags this side of Mark Almond and a builder who hates them both.

Maybe its best I did get them mixed up

 

[MYstIC G]

*Watches because the experienced developer is going to ditch them this week*

 

[stimpy]

I thought the program sounded interesting when I first heard of it, I thought they would start off with say 150k and gradually work their way up to 1 million from the profit of selling previous houses.
Instead they are given 150k, buy a house, renivate it, make about 8k profit and then the next week are given 250k to move up the property ladder and buy the next house.

Plus I only watched to see if that builder would give that blonde haired one a slap and now he's left

 

[bigfoot]

I thought it was quite interesting, having had extensive building work done on our house this time last year it never ceases to amaze me how unprofessional some builders / plumbers etc are.

 

[Ono]

I think today's show proved that plumbers are total and utter fucktards..

 

[old.tRoG]

Originally posted by xane
Its been the same since "Changing Rooms", I remember one where they wanted to re-tile the floor but found it too uneven so they got a guy in to re-level the floor using some spiffy concrete stuff that only took a few hours to dry, but this event never appeared on the "costs" at the end.

Made no difference, it was once of the first spectactular Llewellyn-Bowen cock-ups that had the owners literally crying.

I like his rooms

 

[Embattle]

Originally posted by xane
Its been the same since "Changing Rooms", I remember one where they wanted to re-tile the floor but found it too uneven so they got a guy in to re-level the floor using some spiffy concrete stuff that only took a few hours to dry, but this event never appeared on the "costs" at the end.

Made no difference, it was once of the first spectactular Llewellyn-Bowen cock-ups that had the owners literally crying.

I loved it when a report appeared a while ago that said the changes that are made in programs like Changing rooms actually ends up devaluing a house

 

[Tom]

Originally posted by old.tRoG
I like his rooms

He does do some nice wallpaper

 

[sad_mung]

Haven't seen the program yet, but there does seem to be a spate of programs hosted by 2 or more homosexuals at the moment. Is someone trying to tell us that gay people have more style than anyone else?

PS.
Hey Tom, you know your signature, where it goes...

"...in the form of an undulating, ovulating ground that you don't get so much nowadays..." ?

Where the hell does that come from and how does a road produce eggs?

 

[Tom]

Originally posted by sad_mung
Is someone trying to tell us that gay people have more style than anyone else?

PS.
Hey Tom, you know your signature, where it goes...

Gay presenters have been a feature of tv since the 70's, they're just considered 'more entertaining' and 'whacky'

My sig is from a Thomas Dolby album 'The Flat Earth', its a monologue at the end of 'The White City' track. The ovulating thing is (I think) a reference to the drumbeat on the track, which is (so far as I know) the only track ever to use a chicken's clucking for the beats, and a chicken's squawk for the bars!

Anyway, the album plain rocks, and you should go out and buy it.