Location, Location, Location. Aarrrgh! (or is it me?)

The programs would be very dull if all the participants were accommodating and reasonable. It is the unrealistic demands and expectations that make the programs interesting.

The only one I enjoy is LLL because it is the only one where the participants are actually in a financial position to buy and usually do so the programs are much more grounded, both presenters in the properties they offer and participants in seriously considering each property as a purchase and usually buying.

So many of the other programs seem more like sight seeing and looking at pretty houses as the participants have a dream of moving to the country/buying a house somewhere sunny/moving to Australia but they haven't actually put their current house on the market yet/changed their job/ actually to ever have visited Australia.

Shysal I rather fancy threading but have never dared to try it. I will start a thread on the Beauty Forum and see if any other Gransnetters have tried it and what their experience was.

I doubt we would do it on a TV programme, but my husband and I often hold hands if just out for a walk.
I get more amazed by 'Escape to the Country' when people want to live in the middle of nowhere , rattling around in a huge house,with several acres to look after. I wish we could go back after 3 yrs and see how they coped.

I love LLL mostly because of Kirsty and Phil but I agree a great deal of it is contrived - they all say the same things - its light and airy, spacious etcand when did we all start calling houses 'properties'. Nice when people find something they really like and phil gets them a good price. The ones I really love to shout at are the well off ones who sneer at perfectly nice houses.

We hold hands out walking too. My DH says it's because I'm so short sighted I can't see where I'm going, have such a bad sense of direction that I'd get lost if he wasn't hanging on to me and...coz he loves me . Am I embarrassed, not a jot. Don't do it wandering round our house though.

When couples are relocating from Cities to Countryside and want Cottage Style living why do they always complain that the ceiling are low and the doors/stairs are narrow makes me shout at the TV every time "What do you expect from a cottage " ?

And when people walk into a perfectly nice kitchen and say "We'll have to change all this, of course."
I expect a lot of what they say is fantasy, tho, all part of the fun of being on TV.

They may hold hands on LLL, but there usually seems to be an undercurrent of conflict as to what they are looking for in a house.

I like the couples looking at large, remote houses with multiple bedrooms and bathrooms and massive kitchens. They are always intending to commute for hours everyday but to entertain on a massive scale. I always wonder how many staff they would have to employ to keep the place halfway decent. And how many of their friends are really going to trek miles out into the country for a party? You can bet the locals won't be rushing to socialise with them.

janerowena What a beautiful story about your DS. My DS does the same.

I have not held hands with either my ex or present husband since a week before my fortieth birthday. We were walking along a very badly lit street in Ladbroke Grove, holding hands inside his jacket pocket because it was chilly. I inadvertently stepped off the pavement into an unprotected "area"in front of some houses, falling about 1 foot and hauling 6 foot 4 inches of husband on top of my lower right leg, which promptly fractured both bones.

I know they say love hurts but that's taking it too far

Ouch!

I always make DBH go down steep paths and staircases in front of me, so that I can have a soft landing if I trip.

They don't seem to hold hand in Homes Under The Hammer - unless I've missed something. I enjoy seeing how the 'properties' end up. Id love to do things to our current house but couldn't stand the mess or hassle.

I like Homes Under The Hammer because they don't have those annoying artificial time limits, the work takes as long as it takes. I've seen them go back after 2 or 3 years to find that nothing has been done. If something turns out to be a total disaster that's what they show you. Some people create the most beautiful homes, some end up putting the property back into the next auction and you get every possible variation in between.

What annoys me about Homes Under the Hammer is the use of music tracks to go with the dialogue. I try to guess which song will be chosen and am often right. The presenters are the ones who are made to get 'up close and personal', they are seen pressed shoulder to shoulder at the beginning of the programme. Are we meant to think they are a couple?

The only time we hold hands is when crossing the road. I'm a bugger for crossing dangerously (so I'm told) so OH grabs my hand.
Can't stand couples that are joined at the hip. They always look frightened and helpless to me.
I'm also a bit of a strident (DDs word) walker. OH often calls out "are we going there together" lol.

At least the day of the matching shell suits seems to be over