Back to the country etc

And yes the hand holding is sick-making

Oh dear, DH sometimes holds mine. It's more to stop me tripping up and causing chaos.

We do too but I swear they do it for effect.

I’ve just watched this afternoon’s episode. The poor husband hardly got a word in edgewise. Hilarious. Poor fella

I love all these types of programmes.

I love all property porn too. Don't really care whether they buy or not, just like looking at houses and decor. Real hard core porn is a trip to B&Q to play with the power tools though ?

Callistemon21

^And yes the hand holding is sick-making^

Oh dear, DH sometimes holds mine. It's more to stop me tripping up and causing chaos.

My DH holds mine sometimes for the same reason I can't judge the step on escalators with my varifocals and trip quite a lot on nothing.
He is not much taller than I am and has never let me link him as he says I jiggle him which he finds uncomfortable.
He put up with it on our wedding day under sufferance, unfortunately, the photographer did not have a film in and we had to have an action replay with no audience. In the photo he is striding out of chapel a mile in front of me, he did relent on the steps.

As a a)complete Billy no mates and b) someone that hates cooking I can never get to grips with all these people that want a huge kitchen/dining room so they can entertain all their many friends who will be desperate to travel to the other end of the country or even to other countries so they can enjoy their company. And quite often (well, most of the time) I find them so dull and boring that I’m glad I’m a Billy no mates….I mean, they even have to have a kitchen island so that their guests don’t even have to be deprived of their company while they’re cooking….

I think when buying a home you should be picky!

We viewed many houses as we moved very frequently due to my husbands work, many times we had really high hopes for a house for them to be dashed.

We once drove to Northumberland from Lancashire because an agent convinced us “ THE ONE” had come up for sale.
We dumped the children and drove through a blizzard to arrive at a complete s@@@@@@e.
I could have wept.

Buying a house is all about me, and if they have a lot of money to spend then good for them and even better for the economy.

Callistemon21

^Ohhh 4 acres.^
We've just seen your current garden and it's a 10 foot square paved terrace with a plastic chair and one pot in which a shrub has died.

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??? again!

As someone who lives in the country I know exactly what they do when they move into their idyllic country pad too...they fence and security gate it off, double glaze with those grey tone windows, put up security lighting like we are all thieves and have a variety of massive 4x4s on their new concrete driveway and stone lions either side of the front door. Some of them even astro turf their gardens!

I most probably sound spiteful but it happens so often and there seem certain lanes that attract these type. They moan about mud and muck too

So few of the ETTC result in a successful purchase. Do wonder if some Estate Agents have an arrangement with BBC for this programme in order to get some hard to sell properties shown on there. Never any sign of the sellers, fires always lit and many lights left on.

Like others I am amazed at how much money some, comparatively young couples seem to have for property purchase. However, what really annoys me are the mid age couples who look at properties with loads of stairs and steps, miles from anywhere, and with so much garden space. Definitely not future-proofing.

Love the way that the presenter show the nearest village with its single pub, community shop (if they are lucky), etc. but never mention such 'unimportant' details as to local buses, nearest train station, GP surgery, etc. When they state that drive (say to Bristol) is just around 55 minute, they mean you might be able to do it at that time, at 3.00 am on a summer morning - but along the roads locally it could take you anything up to three hours in rush hour!!!

When this programme started it was a totally different format and dealt with 'normal' families wanting to move to normal houses.- do wish it would return to that.

Then there could be a sister programme, 'Return to City'.

So few of the ETTC result in a successful purchase

I know of two locally and one in a place I knew which was an old hospital, now very expensive homes.
But it's always disappointing to hear how few do result in something positive.

Then there could be a sister programme, 'Return to City'. ?

When they state that drive (say to Bristol) is just around 55 minutes
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Yes, if you need to be at work in Bristol by 9 am then start out at 6 am to avoid the bottlenecks!

A friend of ours is a dairy farmer. From time to time he moves his cattle to other fields, sometimes crossing a lane. Several properties along the lane have been bought by folk "escaping to the country" Most have adapted well but he's had a stream of complaints from one or two regarding, noise, mud, smell and traffic hold ups when animals are being moved.
What on earth did they expect when they moved near to a dairy farm?

Much as I’d enjoy them for a few days, I must say that many visits over the years to friends in rural N Devon rapidly cured me of any ‘escape to the country’ dreams I once had.

they fence and security gate it off, double glaze with those grey tone windows, put up security lighting like we are all thieves

Our new Escaped to the Country (or small seaside town in our case) neighbour asked me if the thing on the corner of our road was a CCTV camera. I had to explain to her that it is a 1960s street light!

I always wonder how folk get on when they move from somewhere like Camden Town to a village where the only facility is a disused telephone box with second hand Catherine Cooksons in.

Lol @ street lamp! Our phone box has a defibrillator in

There's nothing wrong with holding hands. We all do it. It just seems noticeable that they always make a point of doing it.

JaneJudge

As someone who lives in the country I know exactly what they do when they move into their idyllic country pad too...they fence and security gate it off, double glaze with those grey tone windows, put up security lighting like we are all thieves and have a variety of massive 4x4s on their new concrete driveway and stone lions either side of the front door. Some of them even astro turf their gardens!

I most probably sound spiteful but it happens so often and there seem certain lanes that attract these type. They moan about mud and muck too

This just sounds like some of the houses in our country village. They also build huge patios that could host the Queen's garden party.
Ever green lawns and summer houses that could be a granny flats they are so big.The security lights on one are so bright DH calls it Stalag 13.
Then wonder when it rains why a lot of the village floods and complain. Didn't they see the rain gauge as they drove in or were they the ones who grafeted it a "penis gauge" to amuse their city friends when they visit?
We feel just the same as you Jane Judge. We even have one with a personalised mile stone to the city where they belong!!!

Nope. Nothing wrong with hand holding but who holds hands when house viewing - unless you’re a bit doddery on the stairs. Time & place and all that. I’m sure the producer encourages them to do it.
Some folk moved into a ‘very ordinary’ house here recently and the first thing they did was install some very expensive automatic 7’ gates. Personally I’d have spent my money replacing the hideous 60’s windows. But, hey, there you go. It gave the village something to talk about for a while

I liked the escape to a country town which was made by the ettc team. It was far more realistic for most people. We moved from south London to near Bath when we were in our late 50s and although there were lots of lovely villages around we now live in a small town as we felt that we would not want to move again and we realised that we were getting older and it was more practical to live bus routes etc.

Mind you I love looking at the properties they show and can't quite believe what some people have to spend!

I missed that series larry5

I like that idea of a series 'Return to the City' Franbern definitely has possibilities.

I liked the 'Escape to a Market Town' series too - it's what we are planning to do and finding it hard.

There was an absolute corker of a home on tv the other week.
The programme where they build or refurbish..
I can't remember the damn name of it!

They chose all coloured bathroom stuff; an avocado toilet, with a pink bath and a blue sink.

I loved it, but my boys thought it was gruesome!