just john Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 "House Hunt in France" on ITV1 on every day till Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just john Posted August 30, 2011 Author Share Posted August 30, 2011 Well there you have it, to sell all you need is a lottery winner to buy[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEO Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Was this programme worth watching ?When was it made? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Not really, just another 'place in the sun' superficial fantasy whitewash IMO. Didn't notice when it was made, does it really matter ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEO Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 [quote user="AnOther"]Not really, just another 'place in the sun' superficial fantasy whitewash IMO. Didn't notice when it was made, does it really matter ?[/quote]Was curious to know if, the house prices were current! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just john Posted August 30, 2011 Author Share Posted August 30, 2011 Some friends were involved in one of the last episodes, finished in June this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 I thought it was really superficial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeanS Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Looks like it's only covering South West France. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rose (& Greyman) Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 [quote user="JeanS"]Looks like it's only covering South West France.[/quote]Nowhere else worth living is there ? [:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 I watched it. It was slow moving and so it was just as well that I was sewing at the same time. It wasn't fast moving enough to sit and watch without having something else to do. The potential buyers only looked over three houses so I reckon that it could have been edited into a 30 minute programme.It was interesting that there wasn't a presenter, just a voice over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmilyA Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 I agree Kitty, though I was knitting.. It all seems to be set in some fantasy land, where every house gains hugely in value and there are never any problems to spoil the sunflowers and wine. Any French person (and there don't seem to be many of them) seems to have a walk on part as a stereotype friendly local. I especially liked the comment from the lady who said they had been told buying a house in France was difficult, but they had the keys and there were no problems at all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardengirl Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 I also watched part of it while taking up a pair of trousers - I agree I couldn't have watched it without another occupation. It was all very pretty, as many of these programmes are. I enjoyed the disabled lottery winner's part of the programme - and the mayor even opened the celebratory bottle of wine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 [quote user="Kitty"]IIt was interesting that there wasn't a presenter, just a voice over.[/quote]Anybody else find that voice really annoying too? As bland as the programme. I've just watched yesterday's and I won't carry on with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just john Posted August 31, 2011 Author Share Posted August 31, 2011 Well I'm just watching it, and it's different agents, (everything should be that smiley at the price level they seem to be at) and worth perservering perhaps, I have to since there will be questions after! (how else could you deliver a critique!)[+o(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 And was todays single male 'buyer' genuine ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catalpa Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 I don't know... but I only saw about 15 minutes of it. I giggled inanely and gibbered slightly as the voiceover said that three-storey townhouse could be restored for £40k, roof an' all. The £100k for the barn was more realistic.I don't think it'll be on my "must watch" list. Though, nowadays, not much is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 [quote user="Catalpa"]I don't think it'll be on my "must watch" list. Though, nowadays, not much is.[/quote]I watched Sons of Anarchy from the wee hours of this morning while it was on. Now that's "must watch" for me. Good to see, Catalpa, that these programmes are as on the ball as ever they were on the subject of renovation costs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catalpa Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 I have wondered about Sons of Anarchy. [geek] But I'm not even managing to watch the original version of The Killing which is going out on consecutive nights Sunday thru Thursday for several weeks. That series is very highly regarded... I am taping it but I doubt I'll get around to sitting down and watching 15 hours of sub-titled tv. Well, short of having a Cooperlola-style run of luck, that is...! [;-)]ETA:The Good Wife was a must watch... but the second series was good but not up to the originality and excellence of the first.Still... we should be talking House Hunt... the fashion sense of the "blonde" estate agent showed she'd successfully gone native. [6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmilyA Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Were there any French people at all in the one today? Do not miss The Killing, it is wonderful. Can't wait for series 2.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJT Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Thanks to John's thread I just caught it on +1 [:)].It appears to me that estate agents in the SW from different areas pulled together and put on a commercial or infomercial to lure British buyers back into the market. The date at the end of the credits does show 2011 so it appears to be current. I say good on them for getting it put on but I would suspect it won't help too much with the state of the pound.In regards to the single man, shame, in five years time he will look a lot older and of course a lot poorer. Silly man should have gone for the renovated one for an easy life. [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just john Posted August 31, 2011 Author Share Posted August 31, 2011 [quote user="WJT"] estate agents in the SW from different areas pulled together and put on a commercial [:D][/quote]You guessed!; I have seen the Town house, which is every bit as lovely 'in the stone', and he won't have far to go to the hotel and restaurant across the road! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 [quote user="Catalpa"]I am taping it but I doubt I'll get around to sitting down and watching 15 hours of sub-titled tv. Well, short of having a Cooperlola-style run of luck, that is...! [;-)][/quote]It's not subtitled, it's all in English and excellent [;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catalpa Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 I didn't warm to the re-make and people were raving about the original so that's what I'm taping. Possibly pointlessly. :-^)ETA for those who don't know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Possibly pointlessly Alexander Armstrong 5.15 (UK time) my daily quiz fix ![:)]Loved 'The Good Wife' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crossy67 Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 It was filmed a few months back, they were appealing for drones err people to film. It's based round the Dordogne and Charente borders.That woman's patronizing commentary was bad but Jesus, someone should stab that accordion's bellows. 40 minutes of stereotypical screeching sounding like someone harvesting methane from a cattery. Still, I'll watch it, I'll watch anything me, especially when my town's on it[:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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