Making House Hunters In East London
August 21, 2013
I’ve worked on two episodes of House Hunters International this year and the first episode airs on 21 August 2013 on HGTV across USA and Canada. I’m currently in Madrid and sadly it’s not available here or in the UK, so I will have to wait patiently for my DVD. I’d love to hear your comments if you get to see it.
The show is a light entertainment mix of travel and property search. In this episode, Commuting Conundrum in London, I help Kurtis and Kathleen Badger find a rental property to the east […]
If you’ve spent any time in auction rooms recently – or spoken to agents – you’ll know that the market is becoming quite lively. There are a number of hotspots in my home territory, London, where pent up demand is being frustrated by lack of supply in many neighbourhoods. It has become a vendor’s market and as more people are encouraged to sell, we are likely to see a further increase in activity in the near future. Don’t just take my word for it: last […]
Blast Films recent 50 minute piece on landlords was broadcast on BBC 1 on 18 July 2013. There is a flurry of interest from broadcasters in the private rented sector and we will see an increasing number of these types of programmes over the next year. Blast approached us at the NLA about this film and said they wanted to create a documentary that presented a more balanced view of landlords than is prevalent in the media, an aspiration which I applauded. Did you think […]
Over the past few months, I’ve been approached by a number of production companies wanting to make documentaries about landlords. I’m really keen to help, but they always seem drawn to disputes and crises…. so eventually the programme becomes yet another remake of tenants or landlords from hell. Is the day in the life of an average landlord so mundane? This is what happened to me today…..
I’ve dealt with my first burglary over the last couple of weeks. It happened on the Friday of a bank holiday weekend, I was heading out for the evening with friends when I got the call. The burglars had crow barred their way into a locked window in broad daylight and stolen all they could get their hands on. Of course, it’s the tenants who really suffer as it’s their belongings – and sense of security – that were stolen, […]