Location Location Location Season 44 Episode 05

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00:00this time in the southeast we're searching across town and country my pair of first-time

00:15buyers are in love with the bars of southeast london whereas my bar has kissed goodbye to city

00:20life and is ready to settle in surrey it's all very romantic isn't it people being in love and

00:26kissing things goodbye no no there's nothing romantic about how something in the current market

00:31well not all in this weather and it's not just bad for buyers in london rents have shot up almost

00:3910 over the past year the biggest rise across england so as we search it's thought the average

00:46renting londoner is paying close to 45 of their take-home pay in rent which isn't great news for

00:54our pair of tenants savannah a solicitor and izzy a civil servant met online i think i asked you

01:00yeah and you said yes which is great yeah you also texted first i did and when they got together in

01:08person everything clicked we hit it off really well and now i've been together for two and a half years

01:14let's say two and a half years is about right however savannah arrived in izzy's life as part

01:20of a package the main reason savannah and i are still together stays because she has a beautiful

01:26dog billy so this domestic trio have been living happily together in bermondsey southeast london for

01:32just over a year we really like our flower it's a really good size plus they have a private garden

01:39that billy and savannah particularly enjoy give lots and lots of tomatoes over the summer and the

01:46upmarket facilities on the local high street are perfect for socializing too we're so lucky where

01:51we are now to be within 15 minutes walking restaurants bars good cafes however two bed garden

01:58flats so close to central london don't come cheap we're currently renting our flat which is very

02:06expensive that's why we want to move to buy our first property let's escape the parental trap that is

02:13renting in london in fact they expect their monthly mortgage payments to be less than their current

02:17rent but having delayed their search while saving up an impressive 45 000 deposit they've only viewed

02:24two properties in person we put an offer in on the first one that we saw because we just really liked

02:30it but unfortunately there was also six other offers i think we're just really aware that things

02:36move so quickly in london and are snapped up instantly you'll have to be even quicker than phil

02:41you've done phenomenally well to save up as much of a deposit as you have what would the top budget

02:49be ideal top budget is 450k if it was really like the perfect property we would potentially be willing

02:56to stretch up to 475 i've heard loud and clear what do i have to get right we want to be in a good

03:04location somewhere we can walk to some shops cafes things to do two bedrooms ideally because we both

03:11work from home we also have people to stay over quite regularly we need a green space or just

03:17immediate access to a park because we have our dog billy okay and and areas talk to them where where

03:23have you where have you been thinking focusing on peckham denmark hill nunhead east sledge mackey

03:30it's a fairly well trodden path of first time buyers because there is good value to be found

03:35in comparison with with other parts of london i understand you've only actually seen two flats in

03:40your own search we did quite a big search online but yes we have only seen two flats in person when

03:47kirstie and i meet people who have only seen one or two but done lots and lots of online searching

03:53and think that they've done all that computations and they've figured it all out i'll be really honest

03:57it can go either way you're totally realistic you're really focused we're on it this is going

04:03to be straightforward or it'll go the other way

04:06well it's up to you to make it a dream search keen to stay within a maximum budget of 450 grand

04:18they'd like a two-bed flat with a garden or easy access to green space to enjoy with billy the dog

04:24they also love shops cafes and restaurants within walking distance

04:29working part of the week in central london offices too they'd prefer a maximum 50 minute commute

04:35to find all that we're waving goodbye to bermondsey and heading further out where some delightful little

04:42corners of southeast london can be found meanwhile i'm focusing my search in surrey's ever popular

04:49commuter belt freelance brand consultant john has recently returned to the county where he's renting

04:57a house that he shares with his two dachshunds they are mum and daughter lily and winnie they are

05:03absolutely nuts i grew up about five minutes from where we're living now but london called when it

05:11was time to go to university after which john settled in greenwich i think the thing i most loved

05:17about greenwich was the greenery it was like living in like an olden time like beautiful georgian

05:23buildings everywhere in fact he loved it so much he bought a flat and then a house there it was a

05:30three-story georgian townhouse downstairs it was originally two rooms i knocked that into one so i

05:35had a big kitchen open plan diner however a split from his partner of five years meant it was time to

05:42reassess and he soon realized he wanted to return to his roots i'd always planned to come back to surrey

05:48at some point i had a really big mortgage i had a three-bedroom house and you just get so much more

05:53for your money out of london so with his greenwich house sales profits and a sizable mortgage on standby

05:59he's been searching one of the uk's most expensive counties with a budget of 1.2 million pounds i went to

06:06look at barn conversions georgian houses edwardian houses i would like something that's got some

06:11character to it on the inside though i would like something that's got that contemporary living space

06:16but that's proved a tough ask made more so by his desire for an annex as a future proof option for mum

06:23if there ever comes a point where i need a second income or a family member needs to move in it's um

06:29it's great for that so the what is sorted but the where isn't so clear i'm trying to find that sweet

06:35spot of near family easy to get into central london when i need to go in has got a greenwich

06:41richmond vibe there are places that i've liked but the the right place just hasn't hasn't hit me yet

06:48did somebody say location location location so here we are john i've got my tools lipstick phone coffee

06:57and water okay i'm all set up to help you you've been looking for five months you know sorry you've

07:03got a healthy budget 1.2 yeah but basically you need a house that looks like this yeah that's exactly

07:10what it looks like yeah lots of downstairs space have you decided what is your absolute dream location

07:17no you couldn't have just said yes to make me happy sorry that that's my problem i want somewhere

07:25that feels like greenwich feels like richmond has that really nice villagey vibe independent shops

07:31nice restaurants and i haven't found that yet okay when you decided leaving greenwich was a good plan

07:37why didn't you think oh i'll just go somewhere else in london it just made sense to go back to

07:44which is where i grew up yeah my mum's there my family are there i've got friends there what was the

07:49date of your house in greenwich it's 1806 it's listed i totally see your search now you've got

07:56to find that combination of the aesthetically really really really pleasing property which is going to

08:02make your heart sing but you may be in a situation which i used to describe as looking for a banana in a

08:09hardware store do you understand what i mean it's not there it's not that it's not there it's not

08:17necessarily meant to be that i think we should get looking i think we should get looking for this

08:24banana right okay let's go easy to slip up here kirsty i'd say john's had a lot of time to imagine

08:31his dream home and it's going to be a tall order to get reality to match even though he has that

08:37fantastic 1.2 million pound budget he's looking for a detached house that captures his heart at first

08:42glance with its period charm he'd love spacious modern open plan living spaces downstairs but

08:48would prefer no more than three beds upstairs along with a large garden with an annex or room to build

08:54one he wants a maximum one-hour commute to central london and he's hoping to find that greenwich vibe

08:59but recreating that in more sedate surrey is no easy task howdy partner hello come and join me

09:09how you doing chilly you despairing of who today uh i think that i've got a house hunter

09:19who is looking for something in the wrong place so you've got some educating to do

09:26yes much the same as me i think my couple have got a lot to learn they've only seen two flats mind you

09:32they've offered on one of them but big parts of southeast london okay yeah a lot to learn very quickly

09:38so right okay okay okay which we won't sort out whilst sitting on the park bench no you're right

09:44you're right we should head off come on then best foot forward oh dear i can see you as a teacher phil

09:50leather patches and all that and you'd make a formidable headmistress for my first lesson

09:57we're off to a particularly leafy residential pocket of southeast london brockley it's a popular

10:04area that savannah and izzy should definitely consider with its pretty streets great local

10:09facilities and excellent transport links we're here to see a flat in this handsome semi right

10:15my opening gambit is a top floor flat up there to win the heart of brockley conservation area the

10:24train station's about an eight minute walk the park's about a seven minute walk you're keen on

10:28broccoli is that right we don't know it super well but it's yeah it's very green and leafy yeah

10:33good commute good commute i thought quite an attractive building yeah that's great sounds good

10:38let's get in delivering pretty much everything on their wish list this victorian conversion is full

10:46of natural light with a bright sitting room and a well laid out modern kitchen it has a spacious

10:52main bedroom with fitted storage whilst the second bedroom is perfect as a work from home office

10:58and occasional guest room the shared back garden is divided so each of three flats has its own private

11:04section a fabulous find on their budget in this part of town with a guide price of 450 to 475 000

11:11pounds it's potentially pushing over the top of their preferred maximum budget of 450 grand but i'm

11:18hopeful the light interior and that garden will win them over so up on the top kitchen and then this

11:27is the living room great nice yeah very good size living room yeah quite quite neat actually

11:36i thought it was light bright yeah and quite a good place to start let's head through to the main

11:42merchant it's a whistle stop tour with mr spencer well there's lots more to see would your bed fit in

11:50here yeah definitely yeah it's decent size did it get you or not be honest the bedroom size is good

11:57i think the living room could work i think my heart is maybe not quite there yet but i'd like to see the

12:02rest of the flat in the garden yeah have a bit of time if you've got any questions let me know i'll be in

12:07the garden okay okay okay they're not quite feeling it yet phil but plenty of time for their hearts to

12:13get involved quite little isn't it yeah it's a bit small well i think it's a pretty solid start

12:22the second bedroom is a bit on the tight side because they want to use it as a guest room and

12:27there's an office doesn't matter there's a dishwasher in here either which yeah i guess

12:33is quite small but when combined with the private garden in super desirable broccoli i think the

12:39package is a good one well i'd say that garden has its work cut out

12:43so this area is demised to the top floor flap it's a really big space actually yeah it's quite big

12:51how do you feel about it overall i think we both felt that it takes a lot of our boxes yeah but

12:57the the second bedroom is a bit small and i haven't got the feeling i think without question

13:05the second bedroom is small and i promise you i'm going to show you flats with more square footage

13:09but they won't be in broccoli and they won't have a private garden like that yeah yeah which

13:14you can understand i think as long as we keep talking communicating as we go it'll become clearer

13:18yeah yeah learn about completely clever lovely garden but they clearly want more space inside

13:26phil don't you worry kirsty that just became my next priority

13:30we're in the southeast i am scouring surrey for john who may know more about what he doesn't want

13:44than what he does want having left london to be closer to family he's hoping to find that greenwich

13:50vibe in his home county whilst i'm with savannah and izzy in southeast london they have the heart

13:56set on living there but a budget that might struggle to catch up you're struggling with a cold i am

14:01struggling with a cold but i will struggle on because i'm made of strong stuff

14:05well you may need to be this week phil yes as my couple want to get out of london's runaway rental

14:14market my first place impressed outside but that wasn't enough second bedroom is a bit small

14:21as for me i'm starting my search in the charming village of chobham which has a hint of that greenwich

14:28vibe with its busy high street and would allow a commute to london for about 45 minutes all in

14:33we're here to see this detached 1970s chalet bungalow

14:37now this is not a looker not instantly no no but what's your first feeling

14:45um the main thing is the road it's right next to the road and it's quite loud

14:53i really don't like the pvc windows the door's a nice color it's not calling to me straight away

15:00if i said come with me into the kitchen definitely like i'm interested to see the

15:06size of the back it looks like it's got a lot of lateral living space so that's a deal we're going

15:11to go into the kitchen okay and then if it's still a no that's fine deep breath let's go let's go

15:21after that reception outside inside needs to impress but this truly stunning extension

15:29should wow with its open plan kitchen living and dining layout and its wall of bifolding

15:34doors that open onto the large garden perfect for his little pooches to pootle

15:39an inset utility a second sitting room a home office a bedroom and a bathroom complete the

15:47ground floor it's in the elusive bottom heavy pyramid shape he wants as upstairs has just three

15:53bedrooms and another bathroom on a large gated plot with a separate double garage suitable for

15:58annex conversion this quirky house delivers so much of what john has asked for listed at one million

16:04two hundred and fifty thousand pounds it's likely to sell within his 1.2 million budget

16:09so you come straight in this is probably the sitting room of the original house

16:16and then this you can see from here there are walls that are knocked down

16:23that's where they've extended yeah outwards

16:25oh that's nice it is it's all in absolutely immaculate nick it's all modernized but the garden

16:33is enormous and there's so much potential there i really like the kitchen it's nice and modern

16:40i mean this is lovely with the wide open yeah straight into the garden entertaining space

16:45i can just hear the road the roads are killer the roads are killer this kind of in out living is

16:51is really nice but the road it's a killer for me i can hear it

16:56right onwards and upwards john onwards and upwards road noise is clearly a problem that looking

17:03upstairs won't solve i suppose not though i had hoped the big garden would compensate

17:08this search isn't getting any easier

17:11back in southeast london with savannah and izzy we're heading to one of their top areas

17:18nunhead it has trendy local facilities good transport links and peckham rye common on the doorstep

17:25perfect for walking their dog billy here i'm upping the ante with a bigger flat in this ex-local

17:32authority block so given that we're in nunhead now i'm hoping that you're familiar with this

17:37patch yeah yeah very happy with the area yeah really good location and billy will be super happy

17:44because peckham rye is about a minute's walk there isn't as garden as such with this flat but there

17:50there's a patch of green out the back you've got a longer commute yeah but you've got the buzz and

17:55the familiarity of nunhead and where you want to be yeah i think we are definitely happy with the

18:00location and the commute probably they're really well built they're really well laid out i can't see

18:05what you think yeah this late 60s early 70s first floor flat features a large living room that wraps

18:14around into the semi-open plan kitchen the principal bedroom is big enough for a double bed and a wall

18:20of wardrobes whilst the second bed bigger than property ones could easily accommodate two work

18:25from home desks and an occasional guest bed too completing the layout there's a family bathroom

18:31and a walking cupboard ambitiously marketed as an office which is useful for storage if nothing else

18:37it's bigger than property one and though the larger footprint means no private garden there are lawns at

18:43the back for billy to use bang on budget to 450 000 pounds this flat offers pretty much everything

18:50they've asked for and in a favorite area too main room beautifully light bright stunning view yeah

18:59amazing view yeah yeah it opens out through to the kitchen you have a look

19:03it's nice to have like some kind of separation but it's also part yeah the light is nice social space

19:11450 000 is the asking price assess the bedrooms there is a huge storage cupboard internally what's being

19:19advertised as an office okay personally i find it difficult to spend the day in there

19:26but you know that's the second bedroom which is bigger than the one we saw before okay great we can

19:32do this i think you'd find it hard to spend a day in any office mr spencer depends who i'd have to

19:38share it with really kirsty oh nice yeah this is good it's like a bit overlooked but you can just close

19:45the curtains those curtains install sheer curtains you find well i don't know if i've entirely struck

19:52gold yet but there's definitely some happy smiling faces they look really chuffed about it so

19:58if they're happy i'm happy i'm feeling good yeah yeah really good the space is really good yeah and

20:05it feels much more spacious than the last one doesn't it yeah but it was the second bedroom that

20:10proved problematic in the last flat oh nice this definitely has space for like for two desks

20:18and a sofa bed yeah desks guest beds you should just go here and of course there's the other option for

20:25homeworking yeah you would use this as an office possibly yeah that's good i wouldn't so that's what's

20:32called looking to like phil how'd you get on good yeah really good it's lovely great location

20:41big space good night lots of light like lots we can do as well yeah lovely yeah yeah we have a

20:48definitely maybe yeah yeah i'm a contender absolutely yeah yeah oh that's great i mean i've got a couple

20:55more to see if you want yeah yeah but we've got a contender yeah absolutely we'll try and beat it

21:03i'm not i can't promise we will

21:07gunning for a half day phil well i've no such luxury back in surrey with john

21:13on our search for a very particular kind of home we're heading to the urban village of knap hill

21:19which has its own high street and offers a commute to london of about 40 minutes all in

21:24on the edge of the village sits this chocolate box charmer it's a cute cottage it is cute cottage

21:31is it cute enough for you though it's cute from the outside i'm worried about it not having or looking

21:39like it's got any extra space for an annex it's behind you oh it's behind me oh and i can hear the road

21:47again right okay so we're gonna have to nail down this road issue it's a big thing here

21:54in surrey there are roads everywhere everywhere okay i think we should go into that house

22:02but i think if this doesn't work we should sit down and i just want to do just a bit of a

22:09an ourselves search okay it is at the moment full full full eight you're prepping me for

22:15no i'm not no no i'm not because because this is enchanting looking yeah no it's beautiful

22:21it's not that winnie the pooh vibe

22:25well i'll take that for the outside and inside i hope that with a little bit of vision

22:29john will see just what a cracker this detached 18th century cottage could be

22:34beyond the hall the sitting room and dining rooms could be combined to create a large bright

22:38open plan kitchen diner the current kitchen would become a wonderful snug complete with the existing

22:45inglenut fireplace a utility room and loo complete the ground floor whilst upstairs there are four

22:52bedrooms one with ensuite and a family bathroom too the gardens to the front and rear are mature

22:59whilst the cute brick garage and outbuilding is perfect for annex conversion subject to planning

23:05priced at one million pounds it's 200 000 under his top 1.2 million budget leaving headroom to remodel

23:12the house to his tastes so you would knock this wall down and have this as one room with your kitchen at

23:23that end so this would be your big entertaining room with your kitchen and your dining room and everything

23:30here it's not as 80 as i was thinking i was thinking you were saying okay john could be seeing the charm

23:37here kirstie it's light and that is an extraordinary thing because it's got leaded windows beams

23:46yeah it still feels quite small it feels small yeah right i've got unreal expectations no you haven't

23:54park your bum on that windowsill i'm gonna get my ipad stay there it's clear this house isn't getting

24:01john excited but we're two viewings in and hopefully he's getting more clarity on what he does want

24:06we're gonna go two beds men three beds max okay you're gonna stop me and you like the look of the house

24:17ignore the price just ah right right that's interesting that's in west sussex that's a lovely

24:24looking cottage that's 1.5 no no ignore that what do you reckon to that interior it looks i mean even

24:32though it's got similar windows light bright traditional but got modern vibes to it but that

24:38does look enchanting doesn't it absolutely enchanting it's not how i'd usually do it but if we can find

24:46one in this county that he likes the look of we might yet crack this search we're shortlisting a few

24:51and we'll see nothing that john is asking for is fussy or unreasonable he's looking for something very

24:59very specific and when you do that it can take a very long time

25:05but for now i'm hoping we find it tomorrow

25:08we've got one more chance and one of the houses we found together could yet do it

25:12i'm halfway through my search for a two-bed flat that will allow my first-time buyers to escape

25:26london's rental rat race savannah and izzy already have a front runner but i'm not down yet well i'm

25:33worried john may be done with me if i can't find something better than properties one and two

25:38he's determined to find a successor to his house in london's leafy greenwich close to family here in

25:45surrey but with two houses down and nothing in contention so far i've got john involved in choosing

25:51where we go next back in southeast london we're heading to beautiful black heath a fantastic area

25:58that is rightfully on savannah and izzy's list the village as it's known provides all the local buzz

26:04they could dream of as well as speedy trains to central london and the heath itself which is perfect

26:10for walking their dog billy and links to the delightful greenwich park too here i'm maximizing

26:16the space they can afford with this ex-local authority flat so given the such a good reaction

26:22to that flat yesterday i thought we should try a similar thing okay but in blackheath and and see

26:29how you dealt with that do you know much about black yeah i have some family who used to live around

26:34here i'm less familiar but it seems lovely the flat i want to show you is on the corner which is actually

26:40my favorite position in the building to be i'm a big fan of blackheath the high street is just a few

26:45minutes walk that way the heath that way the train station that way it's absolutely spot on i love

26:51it it feels quite similar to the area on with the property that we offered on yeah um just really

26:57lovely yeah good let's get off that encouraging signs and you're not even inside yet and once we are

27:05it should get even better as this plant offers something new stairs it's arranged over two floors

27:11there's a well-appointed modern kitchen and a spacious living room downstairs whilst upstairs

27:18there's a large main bedroom a second big enough for their two desks and occasional guest bed and a

27:23generous bathroom too there may not be any private green space but who needs it when you're this close

27:29to the glorious with a guide price of 425 to 435 000 pounds it's comfortably within their 450 grand top

27:39budget and with its split level housey feel it's well worth them considering this less familiar area

27:46first thing stairs lovely to have stairs yep beautiful kitchen yeah really nice and then living room

27:55nice it's good space good space yeah it's the biggest flat i'm going to show you it's also the

28:03cheapest flat i'm going to show you at 425 2435 that's really good so biggest cheapest it's got to be

28:10confused combination yeah yeah we've lost the garden so that's the compromise is the garden

28:17but the people here have a dog yeah the heath is yeah yeah it's not bad compromise gut feel i think

28:29not necessarily getting an immediate feeling there's a bit less light in the flat but yeah

28:34excited to see upstairs yeah i'll see the rest of it yeah it's like you need to see some more

28:39i think you'll be very impressed with the size of the bedrooms but you have a look

28:42okay great i'll wait downstairs i'll do there may be an upstairs but despite that their mood seems

28:48rather down but those massive bedrooms may yet bring savannah and izzy round

28:55wow still not as bright as the the flattened man head um but it's a really nice sized bedroom

29:01and lots of storage all yeah probably more than we need but yeah

29:06well this is going to be interesting it's not my decision it's not my money but i i really like

29:15this flat oh wow it's another massive bedroom it's bigger it's cheaper beautifully laid out it's in

29:23blackheath what will we do here to bring out the best of the space and the light i'm feeling like

29:32it is a sensible choice i don't know what they're going to do but i kind of hope they go for this one

29:41well you're a sensible choice kind of guy phil

29:46bedroom's okay aren't they yeah i'm not getting as much of a a feeling for i think it feels quite

29:54sensible um maybe a bit too sensible potentially i don't know what to say to that oh good

30:06savannah give me your gut feel i feel like it's not not quite there it's all right and that could

30:13change this i think is a very very strong flat i think if you were here you would naturally give it

30:18a lift in brightness and excitement yeah so if that is what's holding you back please don't let

30:23it you do need some time and i'm also conscious this is only the fifth flat you've ever looked at

30:29yeah yeah i think we just need to like let it settle down we're going to stay in blackheath but

30:35see something that is lighter brighter funkier sounds good yeah let's move on from suave mr spencer

30:42to funkier phil we're just full of surprises and hopefully it'll be a pleasant surprise for them

30:53meanwhile i've got one last chance on my house hunt in surrey with john

30:57when we searched together online he really liked the look of a house in pretty nudigate

31:02for a small village there's a fair bit here including a pub a village shop lovely old church

31:08and lots of characterful housing including one imposing beauty that caught his eye

31:13dating back to the 1500s though altered and extended over the centuries it has a huge footprint

31:19with a kitchen beamed living room a dining room and a garden room along with a utility cloak and shower

31:26room on the ground floor upstairs is the main compromise as the five bedrooms make it bigger

31:31than he wanted to take on and it all needs a good freshening up but something has to give for this

31:37search to move forward and this place stacks up with a studio outside for the annex and even a heated

31:43swimming pool listed at a guide price of one million pounds is 200 grand under budget there are compromises

31:50here on what john set out to find but if he can make them this could be the one hello hello come with me

31:58kitchen kitchen kitchen the original core of the house is 16th century and then obviously it got extended

32:10this was one of the ones that we saw yesterday when we were flicking through yeah it got five bedrooms

32:16because of course it isn't a pyramid and then obviously they've got the little cabin and the pool which

32:23is not everybody's cup of tea maybe not in this weather but it's there handy for summer yeah and

32:29the road is considerably quieter it is quieter yeah as we're in this house now what's your sort of

32:36gut on this one yeah it's nice i really like the garden it definitely feels much more the vibe that i was

32:43looking for housewise stylistically it feels much more like me do you want to go and have a look i'd like

32:49have a look around yeah well that sounds like progress kirstie yes but upstairs has a bit of

32:55work to do this house does feel quite different from what we set out to find major changes have to

33:02happen not just to compromise major changes and i'm the mug that has to break it to him well that

33:09message may be getting through kirstie it's a question of whether the changes this house demands

33:15are ones john's willing to make back on my search in southeast london with savannah and izzy i have

33:24one more viewing to go and once again we're in leafy blackheath where this low-rise block houses an

33:31absolute beauty of a flat so staying in blackheath still about 10 minutes walk to the high street

33:36but trying something really different okay it's a little green oasis tucked away down here that's the

33:45flat i'm going to show you ground floor with its own front door okay good so far good so far

33:50yeah it's really lovely real bonus of this is it also comes with a garage okay yeah so storage whether

33:57it's car bikes anything else that's great that's really cool i'm going to stretch the budget but

34:03we'll see if it's worth it inside okay let's get in a good start and i'm sure this fresh to the market

34:10late 70s flat will continue to impress inside with its functional arrangement and impeccable

34:16styling with semi-open plan living spaces there's a bright sitting room a dining area and a modern

34:22kitchen while two bedrooms and a family bathroom complete the layout surrounded by greenery there's

34:29a well-kept rear communal garden to keep billy the dog happy too it's listed at an optimistic

34:35four hundred and ninety five thousand pounds but i've spoken to the agent about its value and i

34:40believe their absolute top budget of four seven five could secure it come on in see what you think

34:48hallway is quite dull but that's just because it painted a flag yeah yeah but the flat itself is very

34:57funky very cool yeah really like well done up yeah yeah immaculate yes really nice and no money to

35:05spend on it which is a good thing um because the asking price is four nine five okay you still don't

35:13look as lit up as flat number two which is fine i think we're still just also comparing it to others and

35:21certainly think about everything it entails but it is really lovely it's really lovely we've clearly

35:27demonstrated that you can afford the space that you need in the areas that you like with the budget

35:31that you have it's now a question of boiling down and filtering through which are the more

35:36important elements of your brief to get right yeah but i promise you i'm here to help they couldn't be

35:42in safer hands phil that's a nice big bathroom isn't it it is yeah because they'd only seen two

35:50properties i felt it was important for me to show a good selection of different styles different

35:55types of properties nice big bedroom yeah it's a really good size it's really nice i think it's

36:02just out of our budget yeah but it's what we could get it for i would think but then you add into that

36:08different price brackets in different areas and the whole thing becomes a bit of an avalanche

36:12of information you could definitely put two desks in the sofa bed in here we would probably have to

36:18redecorate because it's not like exactly how we would yeah it's not our style i know i'm showing

36:23strong flats they're good options i just don't know what they're going to do about it well you may

36:29be about to find out fingers crossed hello come and join me i've no idea where your heads are at but

36:38let's just concentrate on this for now and tell me what you think of it it's lovely yeah very nice it's

36:44really really lovely that like light good space great green spaces all around did it give you

36:51feeling i think i could definitely see us yeah living here yeah i'm i think i'm a bit like confused

36:59so i'm trying to distill yeah yeah sure i think i think the price is definitely the price is throwing

37:04it yeah yeah throwing a spanner into them yeah but it is really lovely should we go and get a drink and

37:10find our way through this yeah we will find our way through this yeah come on then i'm buying

37:17opening your wallet eh phil surely that's a good omen if ever i saw one

37:21in southeast london there's two in the running with savannah and izzy property two a lovely flat in

37:35their favorite area of nun head bang on budget at 450 000 and property four a stunning flat in bougie

37:43blackheath blackheath but at four nine five we'd need to get a good deal it seems my couple have

37:49made their decision go on then i think we really like um the last property that we sought property

37:58for in blackheath blackheath the more expensive one of course it's a lovely lovely flat yeah it's got an

38:05awful lot going for it there's still things we can do to make it our own but there's still a lovely

38:09space as it is i think we could also see ourselves in the blackheath flat for longer i can as well

38:15yeah but top end of budget yeah so what do you want to do about it our top top budget is 475.

38:24it's priced at 495 000 pounds but i believe its value sits more around the 475 mark however i think

38:32we should avoid pitching in at their maximum budget so we need to find the right opening offer

38:38it's a difficult one because it is so fresh to the market yeah i know they've got two viewings

38:43books friday and saturday i've spoken to the agent a couple of times and and they also found it quite

38:49difficult to value i think we'd be doing well to get it for less than 475 457 460. it's probably 460.

38:58yeah happy yeah yeah sure don't have to be yeah no i think i'll be with that yeah

39:03pressure's on phil then that's fine i can handle it

39:09that's what they're counting on phil best of luck uh no it's hi it's phil i do have an offer for you

39:16and it's at 460. they are first-time buyers they've got 10 deposit completely ready to go

39:22good luck bye bye he sounded a bit disappointed yeah fair enough if he comes back and says

39:33thanks but no thanks need to do a bit more what are we going to do so if we think that you would

39:39pay if you had to 475 i've been more comfortable with that as a value then a better balance then i'd be

39:45recommending putting in 10 to 470 now and then dropping away yeah and then if we have to in

39:5324 48 hours time put put the other five in yeah i was thinking going up by 10 now yeah yeah good yeah

40:03so the offer is in your next move is decided and now you just have to wait

40:07over with me in surrey john's been exploring our final property upstairs is a compromise on what

40:17he wanted but i can only hope he's coming around to it i think a massive alteration in his criteria

40:24location or budget is what his search needs i think he thinks that it is out there and do you know what

40:32he may be right i don't think he is but he may be you never know it's a striking house kirsty and john

40:40may yet surprise you it's actually really nice looking from the back this house no from the outside

40:47it honestly it looks beautiful the front's really nice i like the the doors downstairs it's a little

40:54higgledy piggledy it's a little piggledy piggledy which is why i don't think it is for you

41:00but i think it's closer it's definitely closer yeah the other two but the number that are

41:08stylistically what you're looking for is tiny yeah no i agree this one may be closer but john's search

41:15is set to continue i think that it's probably not out there with the current criteria but i think that

41:25as your search continues you will refine it yes you know you will hone it down a little bit

41:34and then you will see it yeah i think that's true that's how i found the house in greenwich

41:39that did take me a year but um when i saw it i was like that's it that's it instantly yeah there's

41:47always a compromise and john's may simply be a long search for his dream home only time will tell

41:56back with savannah and izzy we're all on tenterhooks

42:00it always intrigues me who has the sleepless night is it them or is it us

42:05i feel like it's us at the moment it is us at the moment but can we make it then

42:16hi lewis how'd you get it on hmm okay yeah

42:26i have explained to my clients the challenges of trying to value that property because it is

42:31quite different and quite unique they've come up with a number of 470 that's as far as they would

42:40or could go i understood i'll leave it with you thanks very much for your help and you bye

42:48well he came back saying the vendor had said even to have a discussion with his wife it needs to be

42:53within the range of 475 to 405 i think we should probably leave it okay let him think about it

43:02so we're having the sleepless night

43:06well let's hope he'll have a sleepless night as well and if we can get that 475 that'd be fantastic yeah yeah

43:13yeah yeah yeah let's drink two good luck tomorrow we're gonna need all the luck we can get but here's

43:23hoping you're so close phil i think it's fair to say you might struggle to sleep tonight too

43:29it's been five weeks since my search with john if criteria or location didn't change i thought he was

43:35in for a long search so i'm pleased to hear he's opened himself up to some new areas particularly the

43:41village of cranley originally i discounted cranley because i thought that it wasn't as well connected

43:45actually having taken the time and tried out the commute it actually does work it's not a direct

43:50link to london so wasn't on our original list this new area has brought new possibilities for john

43:56there was a barn conversion that i absolutely loved unfortunately in that time when i was kind of getting

44:01to know the area did go under offer unlucky for john this time although being sure about where he wants

44:07to be is a serious step forward i've put a lot more research and understanding into that area now

44:12so i'm clear on what i can get there and that's exciting my message to kirsty would be thank you for

44:18getting so hands-on with my search it's helped focus on the kind of house i want so yeah keeping

44:23my eye out for that elusive triangle to pop up that was always the challenge but with this change in his

44:29criteria i'd hope john's new search won't be so long after all that's for savannah and izzy their 470

44:40grand offer was rejected but they loved the flat and pushed themselves up to 480 000.

44:48and we got out there by a cash buyer who go for the full asking price we were quite sad but also

44:55we knew that we'd put everything on the table but they took a new fan confidence and ran with it

45:01we just got on it and started seeing a lot more facts since searching with phil it helped us to

45:07narrow down what we wanted from a flat phil had also opened up a lot more locations to us and one of

45:13those viewings led to a flat in new cross priced at 425 to 450 that felt like the one we decided to go

45:21in at 4 30 because we we didn't want to lose out on another flat and it was accepted right away

45:27with three beds and a private garden it's a bit of a doer upper but we are happy to do the work and

45:34it's within our budget and we're quite excited to design a new kitchen and bathroom to be honest

45:41well best of luck with the refurb i'm delighted to see they brought their search to such a happy end

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