I am totally sick and fed up with this!

HQ, Please can we have a tongue in cheek emoticon?

Well, that's you told, rizlett. Please tell me you had a budget of £2 million (then tell me where you got it from, because that's what we always want to know!).

I find it amazing and stupid when people "Go Shopping" for a house when they have not even got a mortgage application in place.
How do they know how much they have to spend ???
It must be So Frustrating for the vendors when time wasters like that are involved in these programmes.
I love the way that all of the houses have been "dressed" to look there very best. Usually inspires me to try to do a tidy-up around my lovely home. z

rizlet My tears flow for your difficulties Many people work 8 to 7 on a regular basis. Presume you were paid for your troubles?. House hunting all expenses paid ??I would be more than happy to hold hands even if we had a flaming row before hand and didn't speak for a week .
Q. Was your offer accepted or had you yet to sell. Which seems to be the norm on these programmes?

Not so much bothered about the hand holding, it's the ' not enough, space, light,height, sound of birds,traffic, someone coughing as they go past ,etc,etc

Escape to the Country has just this minute started. I shall watch it with interest to see if there is any holding

What I'd really like on occasion is to see a couple with a budget of say... £125,000. Or looking for a small terrace house.

I quite agree with all comments...nauseating stuff....I particularly cannot stand those women who "must have" an ensuite!!

GracesGranMk2.
Upset ? who mentioned being upset?
Irritated by what they observed but hardly upset and, as many other viewers agreed, not relevant to the contents of that particular programme.

Goodness me whatever is wrong in holding hands.Don't watch.

My hubby and I are not a lovely dovey couple by any means, but we do hold hands when we go out. I’m not apologising for it either!

Phoenix. Likewise.
What is most cringing is the raptures, tears, kissing and cuddling when an offer is accepted only to be told by the presenter at the end of the programme the couple had to back out as they had yet to sell their own property.

You are being totally unreasonable to get so upset. There are things in life worth getting so upset about - this is not one of them.

I've been on Escape to the Country - we were not 'told' to hold hands at all or told what to say - it can be difficult finding things to say - and it was actually hard work - filming from 8am to 7pm - not a holiday at all.

The production company said some people are really hard work too with a total lack of enthusiasm that you wonder why they applied in the first place.

I previously loved watching all those programmes but the reality spoilt it and I don't watch any more.

Sorry it offends you and others but, despite being married 47 years, DH & I always hold hands when we're out. Didn't realise it made people feel like vomiting, screaming or throwing things. Dear, dear - get a grip.

Holding hands with OH is as natural as breathing to me. I've been doing it since 1969. A guilty confession here - we even sometimes hold hands when sitting on the sofa in the evening. As NanKate said I'm grateful he is still around to hold hands with. I guess we're all different.

I doubt that Phoenix is letting it bother her, this is a talking point, an annoyance with tv programmes, is all.

And do u know what I think I will take my own advice because I let silly things like that bother me too!

Alima Yes Breath that made me laugh

phoenix don't let stuff like that bother you your heart deserves better

I have held hands with my other half for years, but I do allow him to go to the loo on his own!!
Its the ones with £500 million + that annoy me. I reckon I could find a home easily for that sort of price.

All these programmes are one long cliché - the making one’s stamp, the heart of the home, the that’s a good space blah blah blah.
So,it is no surprise that the body language is similarly clichéd but on the scale of 1-100 of things to get really sick and fed up about, surely it ranks about 101?

My personal advertisement hate is all those cheesey Pension Plan ads that show a smiling elderly couple, dressed in pastels, picking the bluddy roses in a perfect garden!

(And they both appear to still have their own teeth and the husband has a full head of hair!)

I have yet to discover the ' statement' that so many people think the decor etc in their home says about them. No one has ever said what it is.

I was married to my late husband for 47 years, and held his hand every time we went out walking together until the day he was in a wheelchair, my god how I missed that contact when out. After the stroke I used to hold his hand when sitting next to him reading, To us that was natural and a loving part of our relationship.

My son and daughter-in-law were on Location, Location, Location and they were not instructed to do anything. It was totally natural. They always hold hands walking down the street. There was no rehearsal and they certainly were not told how to behave. Of course the programme was edited but they could not put things in which did not happen naturally. Kirsty, in fact, said to them that this was about them finding a flat not about making a programme and that is what they did. They found a very nice flat and got it for a reasonable price with Phil's negotiation. I don't see why a couple holding hands should be so offensive.

I'm with Phoenix. I don't object to handholding at all but in some of these property programmes it just looks so staged as to be uncomfortable.