So happy that Davy got the flat he wanted at the price he offered. Normally I hate under the asking price offers but the young man is so cute and a very, very nice human being
Most sellers ask for a higher price than the property is worth to allow room for negotiation and a selling price closer to the property's actual worth.
I'm absolutely obsessed with this show! I'm in the states, specifically a very rural area in Ohio. It's the exact opposite of London. The prices of the flats seem like quite a lot to me BUT I acknowledge it's an entirely different world being an urban world center. Very few want to live where I live so the market is extremely different yet the steps are exactly the same.
Hello to rural Ohio from rural Norfolk, UK. I love your state. My brother married an American girl and they live in Warren. I’ve visited many times over the last 9 years. Love the countryside and all of the people I’ve met. My brother and SIL have just bought their first house together and you’re quite right about the difference. They have a beautiful home and the price paid was less than a deposit on a flat in lots of UK cities not just London. Wishing you well😊
I live in Nowhere (but almost heaven) West Virginia and also love this show. Its hosts absolutely "make it" for me, and I love seeing and learning about the regions of the UK and how Pip and Kirstles guide and teach their clients. I was actually first aware of Kirstie's sister, Sofie Allsopp, years ago and her "Unsellables" in Canada (and kind of oddly) South Carolina/Georgia, and then discovered Sofie's UK series! Just as lovely (inside and out) and talented in a different approach.
I like the flat Davy bought in a good location, but if I was Rajiv & Nisha, I would’ve chosen either the first or second flat. Even though the first flat needs some cosmetic, it’s really nice. The second flat is in a really convenient location - it’s a tricky one 🤔
Me too. I preferred the 2nd flat. At 480k it was already below budget and also at a good location. Its rooms were bigger than those in the 4th house plus one of the rooms had a walk-in wardrobe. It also had a downstairs toilet, unlike the 1st house. I think they didn't just like the fact that it was on two floors but in my opinion it was perfect.
Love me some Kirstie- I love the London areas and how prices have skyrocketed 😮and Phil - they personable charm and frank no nonsense approach is delightful
I'm an American who, in my 20s, lived in London for a year at a time in 1980, 1982, and 1984. I love watching episodes of this long-running series but can't finish watching this one (this episode is from 2014?). So sad. The last time I spent time in London was 2013 when I decided to never visit that city I once loved so much again. (It's horrifying seeing all those old council estates turned into super expensive privately owned flats. It's no accident that the professional class now condemns the working class as "right wing racists" - when you dispossess such a significant percentage of a population, the dispossessed necessarily become "the enemy." True in the US and true in the UK.)
Always under offer. You can come up if pushed but most guess how much to ask before property’s go on the market. They’d do it where they’re buying next no matter how much they get...ad infinitum.
My impression is the couple with a baby expected house prices would soon decrease. The reality of housing costs since 2014 has proven to be quite a blow.
If the seller was shopping for a new home in a hot market as well and is seeing everything going up in price, asking for another 75K makes sense. The houses in Canada are priced under to hopefully create a bidding war, even if you were to offer asking price, the seller just holds out for more money. Houses were selling over asking price by 100K +++ but now the interest rates are too high to throw money around like that.
I'll bet any single women in Davy's future neighborhood were hanging out hoping to bump into him - or their mums were pushing them to do so. Sensible, good-looking, good job... and single? Probably a lot of viewers less interested in the flats than the guy buying one.
I think a 2-bedroom flat was a great choice for Davy. Put a sleeper sofa in one of the bedrooms, and use it as a den/TV room and for guests when necessary. It would make the kitchen a real spacious kitchen/diner that way. I’m glad he got it because it’s location was the best for him.
I'm happy with how things turned out for Davy, stayed below budget and got a nice flat he could work within a great location. For the couple, I preferred the 2nd flat. At 480k it was already below budget and also at a good location. Its rooms were bigger than those in the 4th house plus one of the rooms had a walk-in wardrobe. It also had a downstairs toilet, unlike the 1st house. I think they didn't just like the fact that it was on two floors but in my opinion it was perfect.
The schools are only as good as the students, once you get enough students who’s parents don’t care about education, homework, discipline the good teachers will leave, and pretty soon the property prices will drop. In the US the Democrats want to build apartments and low income housing in suburban neighborhoods which are only single detached homes which then will change the demographics, bringing in single mothers who won’t care as much about their children and education, causing standardized testing scores to drop. In fact the Democrats also want to stop having standardized testing in schools so that parents don’t know how bad the education is.
I went to expensive private schools with limited facilities and the most dispiriting selection of inexperienced, uninspiring teachers, bigoted too as it was a Catholic school and the only literature/poetry/history we were allowed to study was biased and by religious authors.
I think that you're being harsh with regards to single moms. Of course they care about their children, they're just exhausted by the end of the day because, well, they're single moms!
@@sabinelandau2330 As a former elementary teacher, the families of Asian descent (Indians, Pakistanis, Chinese, etc) are motivated (generally) to succeed, and their children (my students) were always on time and always had their school work completed to the best of their ability. No slouching! And very respectful (the parents and children) to the teacher. Truly a cultural thing, I think.
Strange . . . I am able to get English captions for this episode. As someone who speaks American English I am not familiar with some British idioms or don't understand what was said, and, at times, the English caption fails to provide a word.
The extreme increase in list price shows that the seller was displeased with a low offer. Sometimes you have to put yourself in the other person’s shoes. No one wants less money for a home they are selling.
I get the importance of a good school for the couple with the baby. Here , you need to put a child’s name down for a school when they’re toddlers. So basically, birth certificate and then pick a school. 😅
Interesting hat nobody actually sees their home as an investment: dont buy what you like but what you will be able to sell. And invest as much as you can afford: the value is what the seller decides.
What I don't understand is that if the buyer has carefully considered primary needs when buying a large home, then why should the agency's vision be imposed on the buyer?! Besides, 4 years flies by fast! It would be interesting to giving birth to a child in such a way that "oh, we only planning for a few years, because the future is not certain...!"! It would be quite irresponsible to raise a child like this.
This was 2014. It costs a lot more now. The Indian couple should come further out eg to zone 5 with lots of good private schools and use the money they save on a cheaper property to pay for a fee paying school, which lots of Indians in London do.
Qual é o problema dos arquitetos Ingleses? Apartamentos todos pequenitos 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🙀🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️. Eishhh em Àfrica ainda constrói-se melhor no aspecto!!!!
Enjoyed seeing this video re other type of sales. I watch this couple called Jamie and Sara and they now get paid for reviewing the articles they get in pallets. She said they made $6000 last month. They too found they were losing money on pallets.
The prices are entirely reasonable. A flat the size of a closet for £500,000? Cheap. Now I have to go back to my padded cell, what the Emperor Napoleon has been reduced to!
And they could have different jobs in future. Travelling from Muswell Hill is not difficult as there is Highgate Station, a station in one of the most beautiful natural settings btw. They didn't go for the Muswell Hill flat, LOSERS! Being in a flat without garden and with a toddler is stressful and not fair on the little boy either, having your own big garden is amazing
Whenever they say big, I just think of how small and cramped I would feel in a house full of walls. Like the living room and kitchen could get a foot if they removed the walls
But yeah I’ve noticed it’s the design most houses there are like. Especially people who like historical homes. Even those million dollar homes are closed off
To me an open kitchen would be a nightmare. You can always see the mess and the smells of food would come into all of your living room. Also when you have guests they can see you all the time you have no space to close off at all while preparing.
If both parents have a recessive blue eye gene... blue eyes in central Asia isn't as uncommon as you might think or restricted to fair skinned people in general.
People from every part of the known world have lived in London since Roman times. That's part of what gives London it's bustling character. If you're more interested in quiet homogeneity and a long commute you go out of town.
@@seansmith445 Old film clips only show a bit at a time. And the people predate film. During the 18th and 19th centuries people came from the various colonies. People continue to come to the UK, and London in particular, from all over the Commonwealth.
Those Are CRAZY PRICES For The Amount Of Space!!! Here In Western Upstate NY (gorgeous here) They Could Purchase A Huge 4 Bedroom 2-3 Bathroom, Full Laundry Room, Mud Room Home With A Large Yard (1-5 acres) With Possibly A Pond Or Next To A Beautiful Creek. Also WITH A 1-2 Car Garage l, Patio, Deck. I Have 7 Acres, 2 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom Home With 2 Barns, A Gorgeous Creek 20 Minutes From The City Set In The Luscious Country Side And My House Is Only Worth $359 Grand. But It's Not London. Wonderful Couple And Their Son Is ADORABLE 💙🌟!!! I'm So Happy For The Young Man, Great Choice... Even Though It Was His Second Choice It Was Meant To Be ❤️!!! I Just Love These Shows!!! Western Upstate NY Here 🧡💚🩵🩷💛
Location Location Location You can’t compare upstate New York to London. If you want to compare London to a US city, compare it to NYC, not Buffalo lol
So happy that Davy got the flat he wanted at the price he offered. Normally I hate under the asking price offers but the young man is so cute and a very, very nice human being
Yes, he seemed so laid back and chill. Hm. . . maybe more people need to skate and snowboard
Most sellers ask for a higher price than the property is worth to allow room for negotiation and a selling price closer to the property's actual worth.
Absolutely, totally agree 👍
Proud of this great, cool Edinburgh man with his head screwed on.
You're doing us proud down there. xx
I'm absolutely obsessed with this show! I'm in the states, specifically a very rural area in Ohio. It's the exact opposite of London. The prices of the flats seem like quite a lot to me BUT I acknowledge it's an entirely different world being an urban world center. Very few want to live where I live so the market is extremely different yet the steps are exactly the same.
Hello to rural Ohio from rural Norfolk, UK.
I love your state. My brother married an American girl and they live in Warren. I’ve visited many times over the last 9 years. Love the countryside and all of the people I’ve met.
My brother and SIL have just bought their first house together and you’re quite right about the difference. They have a beautiful home and the price paid was less than a deposit on a flat in lots of UK cities not just London.
Wishing you well😊
I live in Nowhere (but almost heaven) West Virginia and also love this show. Its hosts absolutely "make it" for me, and I love seeing and learning about the regions of the UK and how Pip and Kirstles guide and teach their clients. I was actually first aware of Kirstie's sister, Sofie Allsopp, years ago and her "Unsellables" in Canada (and kind of oddly) South Carolina/Georgia, and then discovered Sofie's UK series! Just as lovely (inside and out) and talented in a different approach.
Think about places like NYC that is equally popular and expensive.
I like the flat Davy bought in a good location, but if I was Rajiv & Nisha, I would’ve chosen either the first or second flat. Even though the first flat needs some cosmetic, it’s really nice. The second flat is in a really convenient location - it’s a tricky one 🤔
Me too. I preferred the 2nd flat. At 480k it was already below budget and also at a good location. Its rooms were bigger than those in the 4th house plus one of the rooms had a walk-in wardrobe. It also had a downstairs toilet, unlike the 1st house. I think they didn't just like the fact that it was on two floors but in my opinion it was perfect.
Congratulations Marie!!!! I'm so happy for you!! Nothing like taking a drive in your very own car and listening to your favorite tunes!! Enjoy!!🎉❤
Phil’s couple is so adorable, the wife has a great smile - you want Nisha to get whatever she wants because she is so nice and pleasant.
They are the cheapest and most annoying couple ever on this show 🤮and paid the price for being cheap with the owner putting up the price $$$$$😊
You can say that again . They were both great . Her husband seems to be sensible as is she. We need more well rounded people like them in the world.
They must’ve had great parents to raise such respectable people which isn’t the norm nowadays.
Lovely couple!
They are sooo very fake!
Wow, Council flat has a lot of aesthetic appeal for me
Love me some Kirstie- I love the London areas and how prices have skyrocketed 😮and Phil - they personable charm and frank no nonsense approach is delightful
500k for a flat. And that was back in 2014, imagine what it's worth now! Thanks for the upload.
Location location location.
Indeed. Can be more like £800,000 for a 2 bed in London now.
@@janesmith9024that’s horrible
I love watching this show because I love seeing the areas !!!
Thanks for the upload
Keep up the great work 😃 it's looking fantastic love your channel xx 💓💯
Loved this episode. I would love to see Kristie's place. I bet the layout is great. Greetings from 🇨🇦
FABULOUS, brilliant work there guys.
Well you two the best you could at least one ad is happy. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💞🥰🤗
Started at the end to get the date: Oct 2014
I'm an American who, in my 20s, lived in London for a year at a time in 1980, 1982, and 1984. I love watching episodes of this long-running series but can't finish watching this one (this episode is from 2014?). So sad. The last time I spent time in London was 2013 when I decided to never visit that city I once loved so much again. (It's horrifying seeing all those old council estates turned into super expensive privately owned flats. It's no accident that the professional class now condemns the working class as "right wing racists" - when you dispossess such a significant percentage of a population, the dispossessed necessarily become "the enemy." True in the US and true in the UK.)
Always under offer. You can come up if pushed but most guess how much to ask before property’s go on the market. They’d do it where they’re buying next no matter how much they get...ad infinitum.
Rajiv is cute, reminds me of Peter Dinklage.
I thought the very same thing! And yes, he's cute, just like Peter Dinklage!
I love those exposed bricks walls.
My impression is the couple with a baby expected house prices would soon decrease. The reality of housing costs since 2014 has proven to be quite a blow.
Wow I have never heard of a seller putting up their original asking price by around 70K! Why would they suddenly do that?!
Changed their mind about selling. Or perhaps greed. Some people are unrealistic.
That apartment was the best they were shown and frankly if I was the owner I'd want them off my back with their haggling.
If the seller was shopping for a new home in a hot market as well and is seeing everything going up in price, asking for another 75K makes sense. The houses in Canada are priced under to hopefully create a bidding war, even if you were to offer asking price, the seller just holds out for more money. Houses were selling over asking price by 100K +++ but now the interest rates are too high to throw money around like that.
@@trildiDavey haggled and it was accepted, if it was a bad idea Phil would have said so. It is the nature of the business.
@@teresayeates3437 Phil was too soft with them in this case, he should have been more firm and show them the error of their ways.
I'll bet any single women in Davy's future neighborhood were hanging out hoping to bump into him - or their mums were pushing them to do so. Sensible, good-looking, good job... and single? Probably a lot of viewers less interested in the flats than the guy buying one.
I think a 2-bedroom flat was a great choice for Davy. Put a sleeper sofa in one of the bedrooms, and use it as a den/TV room and for guests when necessary. It would make the kitchen a real spacious kitchen/diner that way. I’m glad he got it because it’s location was the best for him.
He’s gay. 🏳️🌈
@@suvariboyhow do you know that?
@@suvariboy Im straight but my gaydar is strong ( more than one gay man has told me this) I don’t think so.
I'm happy with how things turned out for Davy, stayed below budget and got a nice flat he could work within a great location. For the couple, I preferred the 2nd flat. At 480k it was already below budget and also at a good location. Its rooms were bigger than those in the 4th house plus one of the rooms had a walk-in wardrobe. It also had a downstairs toilet, unlike the 1st house. I think they didn't just like the fact that it was on two floors but in my opinion it was perfect.
If only all parents cared that much about education! Yes, things certain can/do change, but keep your eyes on the schools
The schools are only as good as the students, once you get enough students who’s parents don’t care about education, homework, discipline the good teachers will leave, and pretty soon the property prices will drop.
In the US the Democrats want to build apartments and low income housing in suburban neighborhoods which are only single detached homes which then will change the demographics, bringing in single mothers who won’t care as much about their children and education, causing standardized testing scores to drop. In fact the Democrats also want to stop having standardized testing in schools so that parents don’t know how bad the education is.
I went to expensive private schools with limited facilities and the most dispiriting selection of inexperienced, uninspiring teachers, bigoted too as it was a Catholic school and the only literature/poetry/history we were allowed to study was biased and by religious authors.
I think that you're being harsh with regards to single moms. Of course they care about their children, they're just exhausted by the end of the day because, well, they're single moms!
They are Indian and in my experience, Indian parents are sooooo keen for their children to get a good education. As they say, knowledge is power.
@@sabinelandau2330 As a former elementary teacher, the families of Asian descent (Indians, Pakistanis, Chinese, etc) are motivated (generally) to succeed, and their children (my students) were always on time and always had their school work completed to the best of their ability. No slouching! And very respectful (the parents and children) to the teacher. Truly a cultural thing, I think.
I don't understand why closed captions are not available in their episodes. Annoying and frustrating for hearing impaired people like me.
Because this is a bootleg show.
Strange . . . I am able to get English captions for this episode. As someone who speaks American English I am not familiar with some British idioms or don't understand what was said, and, at times, the English caption fails to provide a word.
First house has a postage stamp garden.
HAPPY TEARS GOOD LUCK
Would like to know service charges
Service charges .?
Mishap reminds of that lady who was on the Kapil sharma show
The extreme increase in list price shows that the seller was displeased with a low offer. Sometimes you have to put yourself in the other person’s shoes. No one wants less money for a home they are selling.
I have a question about the flat for Davey a 15 minute bike ride from Paddington: is the bathroom on a floor all by itself? No bedroom up there?
Yes it is a maisonette or duplex
I get the importance of a good school for the couple with the baby. Here , you need to put a child’s name down for a school when they’re toddlers. So basically, birth certificate and then pick a school. 😅
Couple with kids, thank god it fell through living room 7’ wide no place for kids to play
Interesting hat nobody actually sees their home as an investment: dont buy what you like but what you will be able to sell. And invest as much as you can afford: the value is what the seller decides.
Yes yes, i want this and that and big and two bathrooms🥺🙄
And all that nagging about commuting…..
What I don't understand is that if the buyer has carefully considered primary needs when buying a large home, then why should the agency's vision be imposed on the buyer?! Besides, 4 years flies by fast! It would be interesting to giving birth to a child in such a way that "oh, we only planning for a few years, because the future is not certain...!"! It would be quite irresponsible to raise a child like this.
This was 2014. It costs a lot more now. The Indian couple should come further out eg to zone 5 with lots of good private schools and use the money they save on a cheaper property to pay for a fee paying school, which lots of Indians in London do.
I wonder where the couple with the baby moved to in the end. Probably further out or maybe more South
If I didn't know better I would say that Davy is eye-flirting with Kirstie.....and she has picked up on it.
Davy feels strange to me...
I mean.... I would 😂
Qual é o problema dos arquitetos Ingleses? Apartamentos todos pequenitos 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🙀🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️. Eishhh em Àfrica ainda constrói-se melhor no aspecto!!!!
These vendors don’t present their properties very well.
Not in London flats as most are rentals.
I wish they talked about what was wrong with the flat they were in.
Enjoyed seeing this video re other type of sales. I watch this couple called Jamie and Sara and they now get paid for reviewing the articles they get in pallets. She said they made $6000 last month. They too found they were losing money on pallets.
Good.
The prices are entirely reasonable. A flat the size of a closet for £500,000? Cheap. Now I have to go back to my padded cell, what the Emperor Napoleon has been reduced to!
They look like a married couple. Kirsty and Phil. 😂
"one thing I have to get used to is travelling to and from here." ... having come from another country I am sure you could manage it ...
She’s talking about a daily commute not a one way trip, lol.
The cost of public transport there is quite high.
And they could have different jobs in future. Travelling from Muswell Hill is not difficult as there is Highgate Station, a station in one of the most beautiful natural settings btw. They didn't go for the Muswell Hill flat, LOSERS! Being in a flat without garden and with a toddler is stressful and not fair on the little boy either, having your own big garden is amazing
The wife seems lovely but a bit… spaced out?
@@juliansydney9819 I may be being unkind but perhaps being married to someone so much shorter than she is ...
I wonder how the couple would feel if their son grew up and decided that he wants to be a builder instead of going to university.
school proximity is not criterionfor purchasing a property unless the plan is to sell it in 5 years
Whenever they say big, I just think of how small and cramped I would feel in a house full of walls. Like the living room and kitchen could get a foot if they removed the walls
But yeah I’ve noticed it’s the design most houses there are like. Especially people who like historical homes. Even those million dollar homes are closed off
To me an open kitchen would be a nightmare. You can always see the mess and the smells of food would come into all of your living room. Also when you have guests they can see you all the time you have no space to close off at all while preparing.
What does "a perfectly formed" bedroom mean?
Did the kid there say its their LIFE savings... oh my....🤦🏻♀️ . 🤣🤣🤣
Yard yard yard with kids
Who wants a toddler in that shoe box with a balcony!???? Go the garden 🤦🏼♀️ once that child gets bigger.. he will need space
The wife seems a bit… spaced-out?
Had a tough birth she said at the beginning
The son had blue eyes... may be mum had some fun with some white guy... coz the dad is brown...
If both parents have a recessive blue eye gene... blue eyes in central Asia isn't as uncommon as you might think or restricted to fair skinned people in general.
I wouldn’t buy anew house in London Another 5 years it will be full with Immigrants!
People from every part of the known world have lived in London since Roman times. That's part of what gives
London it's bustling character. If you're more interested in quiet homogeneity and a long commute you go out of town.
@@bethenecampbell6463 Strange that because looking back at old film clips of London it looks like its all anglo saxons.
Maybe it wouldn't be like that if the UK didn't colonize almost the entire world.
@@wonderland1911 Ireland never had an empire but they’re being invaded with migrants too.
@@seansmith445 Old film clips only show a bit at a time. And the people predate film. During the 18th and 19th centuries people came from the various colonies. People continue to come to the UK, and London in particular, from all over the Commonwealth.
Those Are CRAZY PRICES For The Amount Of Space!!! Here In Western Upstate NY (gorgeous here) They Could Purchase A Huge 4 Bedroom 2-3 Bathroom, Full Laundry Room, Mud Room Home With A Large Yard (1-5 acres) With Possibly A Pond Or Next To A Beautiful Creek. Also WITH A 1-2 Car Garage l, Patio, Deck. I Have 7 Acres, 2 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom Home With 2 Barns, A Gorgeous Creek 20 Minutes From The City Set In The Luscious Country Side And My House Is Only Worth $359 Grand. But It's Not London. Wonderful Couple And Their Son Is ADORABLE 💙🌟!!! I'm So Happy For The Young Man, Great Choice... Even Though It Was His Second Choice It Was Meant To Be ❤️!!! I Just Love These Shows!!! Western Upstate NY Here 🧡💚🩵🩷💛
Location Location Location You can’t compare upstate New York to London. If you want to compare London to a US city, compare it to NYC, not Buffalo lol
if this flat coasts 350.000,-£, You have to pay for a dog hut about 100.000,-... think about!
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