This Edwardian Home Isn't Selling…What's the Problem? | Unsellables UK Full Episode

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John and Anne are splitting up, and want to sell their 100-year-old, four-bedroom, semi-detached Edwardian home in Finchley, North London…But even after dropping the price £65,000, they’ve had just eight viewings in four months, and not a single offer. The couple is perplexed - especially since the grand home features a large garden, extraordinary period details, and a prime park location… However, their Bohemian hangout also features reams of clutter and unfinished DIY jobs, peeling wallpaper, way too many office spaces, and a dated kitchen whose groovy days are long gone.
Enter property experts John Rennie and Sofie Allsopp. They promise to transform the home from seller’s nightmare to buyer’s dream. And while John has a serious chat with the agent and vies for a national marketing campaign, Sofie breathes new life into the kitchen, bedrooms, and living spaces, and reveals the home’s historic charm. Will their plan pay off with a sale?
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@mtm00 3 года назад

Even though I am not moving, I derive MUCH (needed) stimulus, from these episodes, to declutter and clean up my home! 😊

@malamalinka 2 года назад

The same. When looking at houses to buy you really notice when people don’t take care of their homes. Refreshing walls, clearing out and small repairs makes a massive difference.

@mgb5170 2 года назад

Ditto!

@pattimartin7250 2 года назад

no kidding. sometimes Look and see I am not that bad, after all. Still need all the inspiration I can get. This series. just makes me feel good. Working on the closets, tomorrow..with this in the background....I can do it!

@anaderol5408 2 года назад

Agree - my sin is mainly papers that I tend to "file" in carry bags and then put the bags in the WIR - I do occasionally purge them but watching this show has also made me realise I have some neatly tucked away large travel bags and suitcases in built in wardrobes - I don't remember what they contain nor have I needed the contents for a number of years - time for a Swedish death clean me thinks 😂😂

@colleenbrady9675 7 месяцев назад

Me too.

@jff1813 3 года назад

This is just horrific. Aside from the hideous kitchen, the hoarded rooms, etc, I can only imagine how filthy it is because no one could ever clean with all that junk around. Does the little guy really have to ask the agent why it hasn't sold? I think it's pretty obvious.

@yvonneost12 3 года назад

I think the agent should have been honest and told him its a cluttered mess

@cheekypiper512 2 года назад

It baffles my mind how messy people are oblivious to their mess.

@anniehovsepian6173 2 года назад

What's the bathroom looking like? If the kitchen and the rest of the house looks like that.

@justice2255 6 месяцев назад

Agents feel threatened if they have to be honest with homeowners. Everyone puts too much pressure on the agent to sell a disgusting home that is severely overpriced. I see so much greed in these videos.

@katehenry2718 4 месяца назад

"little guy" hasn't seen the inside of the place. He has NO clue its hoarded.

@lesliecas2695 3 года назад

Amazing - they had to decrease their asking price £65,000 because they couldn't manage to declutter and repaint. They need to use the money from the sale to create two new households in London, and they just didn't feel like cleaning up. Incredible.

@dittohead7044 3 года назад

Gould be some resentment there. Not sure but....

@UnseenSpirit 3 года назад

It's a mental health issue when people can't declutter. They can't see how filthy things are and can't sort this issue out.

@lesliecas2695 3 года назад

@@UnseenSpirit It couldn't have been much of a mental issue if all it took to get them to clean up was a film crew taping the mess.

@UnseenSpirit 3 года назад

@@lesliecas2695 well hoarding is a mental health issue. A film crew coming is quite a big step since how often do people get a film crew to help sell their home?

@UnseenSpirit 3 года назад

@Nancy Fox hoarding could be related to OCD, schizophrenia and depression.

@cantocant2346 3 года назад

I think the house was a reflection of the marriage. Cluttered, dark, worn out... Seeing it painted white, fresh and uncluttered is such a relief.

@margaretalbert69 2 года назад

OMG who can live happy in there!!

@jacquelinemitchell7130 3 года назад

I'd be ashamed to have my home filmed in such a state. Despite the 'work' it still hadn't sold at the end of 6 weeks. Not surprised. It's had 50+ years of neglect, it was going to take a ton of money to sort it out..

@JamieM470 2 года назад

Everything looked so much better. I can't believe they were trying to sell that house filled with all that dusty clutter. But I don't understand why they didn't make the kitchen doorway taller, or remove all the torn stickers from the bedroom door? The doorway I guess might be difficult, but stickers come off with WD40---super easy fix. Why don't people clean when they want to sell?

@micheledickey4066 3 года назад

What the hell were they thinking! That was a huge disaster of a mess! They must not have really needed to sell it because they didn’t clean up or declutter anything. I’m shocked at how it looked when they were trying to sell it.

@shqa574 2 года назад

It looked like the owners were old university professors who stockpiled everything.

@yesiownfrodo Год назад

When you're going through a divorce, there's no sense of "home" or "family". I've been there, and this place looks like two people no longer care about each other, and maybe not even themselves. I hope that it all worked out.

@alexsilva-vn7jc Год назад

@@yesiownfrodo In the midst of all these negative comments, which are pretty easy to blurt out, your comment stands out as astute and understanding. We´re all human and life is messy; I feel for these two and also hope it all worked out.

@yesiownfrodo Год назад

@@alexsilva-vn7jc Thank you. I feel for them as well. It's terribly sad.

@dianethompson9525 3 года назад

I thought they would open up that kitchen doorway!

@michaeltutty1540 3 года назад

Doing any work to that masonry bearing wall would be expensive, messy, and time consuming. First, planning permission would be needed because it affects the structure. That would involve a structural engineer and engineering drawings. That was almost certainly a serving hatch originally, so it was simple to remove the wall below the hatch to create the doorway.

@dianethompson9525 3 года назад

@@michaeltutty1540 pity, it really was a draw back!

@h.r.puffinstuff431 3 года назад

Me too!! 🤣

@h.r.puffinstuff431 3 года назад

Michael Tutty With that originally being a serving hatch, would there have been a real doorway somewhere else? (. I know that sounds like a really stupid question, but I still am curious.)

@husher5142 3 года назад

big $$$ to start changing walls - thats an owners purvey not exiting

@clemdane 3 года назад

I still wanted to redo the redo..

@LindaKayHolevas 3 года назад

I was looking for this comment!

@angelastermer8501 3 года назад

When they did the price comparison they did say it was 2008

@nic969 3 года назад

The redo is as hideous as the original do - just with less stuff

@marzymarrz5172 3 года назад

And did I see them paint over wallpaper! That's a cheap shot...makes things so much harder.

@lapetitefeuille8684 3 месяца назад

@@marzymarrz5172Je déteste les makeover car ça donne plus de travail pour le nouvel acheteur. Je préfère voir la maison dans l’état actuel pour bien estimer les travaux à faire. Masquer les problèmes, c’est de l’arnaque😢

@clhs1 3 года назад

"The lack of interest is probably due to the owners' interest in hoarding" 😂😂😂

@yvonneost12 3 года назад

Do ya think ????

@shqa574 2 года назад

👌👍🤣

@miriam4235 3 года назад

1:28 Teenage Snape popping up on the balcony was to funny. 😂

@reginaworthey1401 3 года назад

If I bought that house, I would be upset with all the cheap fixes in the kitchen. Stick-on vinyl? No way.

@Clutching.My.Pearls 2 года назад

I'm 5'9" and ducking into a kitchen several times a day would get old real fast.

@maggieleroy3184 3 года назад

My house was sold within a week, while my neighbors house, exactly the same, had been on the market for over 6 months and they only got lowball offers and couldn't understand why. When they asked, I bluntly told them the truth. That it was a dirty mess with clutter all over the place and nobody likes that. They had trouble believing me. They even had plates with half eaten food on the couch and on the floor! Yeah well she said, you know the cat didn't eat it all so I just left it!! We then offered to help them out and spend a weekend on their house, cleaning, painting and getting them to pack boxes with stuff and have them hire a storage unit. They had new pictures taken by their real estate agent and low and behold the house sold in two or three weeks for their original asking price! I just couldn't believe how they could not see that their house was a complete dump. Even if you had vision it was almost impossible to see the potential. Maybe this couple also just don't realize that their mess puts people off. They are so used to it and maybe attached to the (for them nice) atmosphere so for them it's really no issue.

@kaynucklehead1633 3 года назад

You are a gem of a neighbor to have helped them like you did.

@maggieleroy3184 3 года назад

Kay Nucklehead Thank you! Sometimes people just need a helping hand!

@lilyrodems4847 3 года назад

In all fairness in today’s market that “dump” would have sold no problem. These days people just want to move to their desired neighborhood and worry about fixing it later.

@toddlavigne6441 3 года назад

People buy on emotion most of the time unless they are professional house flippers. Plus they often have little money to fix it up once they move in. it's common sense. However, common sense is rare these days.

@sarahholland2600 3 года назад

People's norms vary hugely. They prob grew up in similar. I did viewings as a job for years. I'd say 85% got the tidying up thing & it being well maintained repair wise. The remaining 15% had to be shown property details of houses like theirs that were not borderline hoarder health hazards, in order to 'get' the problem.

@outfromtheshadows 3 года назад

The atmosphere in the house screamed apathy and depression, probably a reflection of the state of the relationship. That alone would put most people off. It looked better after the makeover but the whole place would need a serious overhaul in order to change that dingy feeling hanging in the air.

@ShastaAnn 3 года назад

So you took down a big, round, white, vintage glass lighting fixture and replaced it with a big, round, white PAPER fixture? I don't get it.

@susananderson1071 3 года назад

Exactly. I really question her abilities. Why not paint the cabinets rather than cover them?

@barnabyaprobert5159 3 года назад

And the paper one looks cheap. Who will pay $850k+ for cheap things?

@clemdane 3 года назад

I was thinking they should at least get some nice dining pendant lights over the table

@justsayin3893 3 года назад

Agreed! That paper light looks like it belongs in a playroom.

@stacihartman48 3 года назад

I agree. Looks so cheap!!!

@ccaro4003 3 года назад

I cant believe they covered the brown with a white that was different from the other white on the cabinets. This whole makeover was abysmal.

@NilZed1 Год назад

just a just clean up and cover up plan. it's a bit scary because you know the half done `DIY attempts were the closest they've come to maintenance too. The bathrooms, plumbing and electric are probably as much of a mess as the kitchen was.

@zaedahblack 3 года назад

Am I the only one who liked the kitchen tiles that they painted over?

@LindaKayHolevas 3 года назад

No, I was surprised they painted over those tiles, I thought they were beautiful- & they should've removed them, if they didn't like them, not paint them!

@manichairdo9265 3 года назад

I didn't like them but shame to paint over them.

@carlosruiz184 3 года назад

I can’t understand why someone would paint o er tiles either, never heard that before. I don’t understand either why the agents didn’t tell them to tidy and clean before viewings!

@1103cls 3 года назад

That brown door is still a mess

@maryloumawson6006 3 года назад

They put their house on the market 4 MONTHS ago, and haven't packed a single knick-knack? REALLY? What did they think - that the new buyers would pack for them? If you're leaving, why keep all your stuff laying around? How can a place like this even be cleaned properly? Of course the make-over was a vast improvement. But there was still way too much clutter IMHO. And the make-over could have had a little more imagination. Painting everything white is hardly a design theme.

@cathyblackhall3448 3 года назад

Especially since they would have to separate their belongings 🤣

@shawnsisler3743 3 года назад

Leaving chipped paint on the doors, around light switches, cracks on the ceilings in the kitchen, and that duck or knock your head off doorway into the kitchen? How is that "design"? The owners of these homes always anger me with their inability to even dust their homes, seriously are they afraid of vacuums? They all lack common sense. Just pack up the little stuff, the stuff you aren't using daily, and the stuff that collects dust, and clean. How hard is it?

@rzu7120 3 года назад

On this show they paint over ceramic wall tile and paint over wallpaper. They really cut corners here.

@vilwarin5635 3 года назад

Not an expert, but it seems that when selling a house is better been boring and safe with white painting than doing a statement with bright colors. At least the new owners can paint it if they don´t like it

@Jen-lc5yc 3 года назад

I love that word " knick knack". My grammy had those. I was stuck dusting the " knick knacks" when I was little bc they would collect dust

@marablack1233 3 года назад

You must have to look pretty hard to find people who are SO Clueless as to why their house isn’t selling!!! Seriously??!! Being That blind to the obvious is ridiculous!😤😡

@debk6161 3 года назад

Buyers DO have imagination. What they imagine in cases like this is the huge mess the sellers will probably leave behind for them to clean up and repair!

@NilZed1 Год назад

and the truth is, all of that is still there, under the gallons of white paint!

@madonnawayne4130 3 года назад

They should have done a redo themselves. Ex-hubby move to up stairs with a small kitchen in a bedroom. Downstairs ex-wife just add a small shower room with one room as a bedroom. They would be happy and divorced but financially secure forever. Son could have one bedroom in ex-hubby's upstairs abode.

@maureen14 3 года назад

I agree with other commenters here, that the other white light was much more suited to the house. It's funny they don't spend any time outside trimming away overgrown bushes and dead branches to allow more sunlight in too.

@patriciaangeles4816 3 года назад

Maybe if their home hadn’t been in such a mess their relationship wouldn’t have been in such a mess. However, it seems one reflects the other in this case!

@fazdoll 3 года назад

Both of them are borderline hoarders. In the beginning they said "They have been living in John's childhood home for the past 20 years." Yeah, it's easy to hoard up a house that you likely didn't have to pay for yourself.

@GracetheWestie 3 года назад

It reflects their life together.

@plcumming 3 года назад

Having just spent a year looking at houses, with a rather astute agent, we could tell when we were looking at a home going through a marriage breakdown. It just didn’t have the same love and attention as a happy family home. I think it is a bit of a vicious cycle, unhappy marriage leads to less interest building a organized and beautiful home together. Shabby home, make you start blaming the other person and dreaming of your own place... and then back to the begining

@sarahholland2600 3 года назад

The state of your home is a good reflection of mood. I worked doing viewings for years. Chaotic house usually means chaotic people who are flakey to deal with.

@williamsstephens 3 года назад

@@sarahholland2600 - Or serious longterm illness. I'm doing Swedish Death Cleaning now. I'm at the point that I want to let go of "things".

@momof2momof2 3 года назад

I thought that was his mother. It greatly annoys me when people who have what should be a beautiful piece of history, disrespect it so much. This gem still needs so much more work.

@whitenoiseihearu4018 3 года назад

Yep...i can see why they out grew each other...

@Sunnbuzz 3 года назад

Superficial much ??

@QueenBee-gx4rp 3 года назад

They just put a coat of lipstick on it! What about bathrooms and we never saw the master bedroom. And the kitchen is so horrible. Deep pockets are required to fix that place.

@momof2momof2 3 года назад

@@Sunnbuzz Not at all. You don't seem to appreciate historical buildings.

@Sunnbuzz 3 года назад

@@momof2momof2 My comment was in regards to you thinking it was his mother

@SY-ok2dq 2 года назад

This is London, and an historic and large house. If I had the money, I would snap up that house right away, at a discount price compared to similar properties in London. These properties aren't a dime a dozen. Once sold, the couple will of course move out and take all their furniture and belongings with them. Then I'd have an empty Edwardian house which could easily be repainted and wallpapered, with a bit of remodelling in the kitchen etc. A bit of a makeover of the garden etc. and you'll have a great property that will increase in value and could later be sold at a profit.

@Satine_Moisant 3 года назад

OMG just knock off the selling price for redecorating and get on with it!! I'd snap that up with a positive structural inspection report in a minute because I can see past their junk!! But I'd definitely want a home inspection report first.

@sherunswithscissors 3 года назад

Why don’t you buy it then?

@michaeltutty1540 3 года назад

I'm guessing that the house would pass a structural survey easily. There were no cracks in the walls, and there did not appear to be any bowing in any of the walls

@Satine_Moisant 3 года назад

@@michaeltutty1540 The kitchen portal is a huge issue though.

@Satine_Moisant 3 года назад

@@sherunswithscissors I live in the USA, in a wheelchair for 10 years, it's not exactly handicapped accessible.

@NilZed1 Год назад

they did knock of £65,000 and it still didn't sell, that's why it was on the show

@ShastaAnn 3 года назад

Oof!! THAT MUCH MONEY for a house with painted-over kitchen tiles and vinyl contact paper on the cabinets?? No, thank you.

@ek5384 3 года назад

Boy indeed! You'll have to be completely ignorant on materials not to see right through this cheap cheap cheap cover ups..

@kaynucklehead1633 3 года назад

You read my mind. Contact paper on the kitchen counters? nd what was that furry stuff on the ceiling they tried to paint over? For how much money? I'd expect top of the line appliances, counter tops, cabinets and flooring. Wonder what the bathroom looks like? A bucket and a brush? This is the most awful makeover I've seen from this show.

@jannibal9273 3 года назад

Well, remember - they aren't doing this work out of charity. They are limited by the budget of the sellers, and obviously these sellers aren't willing to spend a penny to fix the house up the way it needs to be. At the point when this was filmed (in like 2008), the market for real estate had crashed around the world and we were in a worldwide Recession as a result of the financial fall-out crisis that spread from the US to Canada, the UK and elsewhere in Europe. They sold the house for a bargain price and I'm sure as soon as the market started to pick back up again the new buyers were able to take out a rehabilitation loan and get the place further fixed up. The main thing that Sophie and crew do is get the place at least presentable, even if they're putting bandaids on a lot of injuries; at wounds have been cleaned and dressed for later treatment!

@ShastaAnn 3 года назад

@@jannibal9273 I totally understand and appreciate that, and for the most part, the house looked way better, but the things I mentioned looked better before the makeover, in my opinion. I do think I'd rather have the old tiles and brown cabinets than painted tiles and contact-paper cabinets. However, I think the flooring and backslash looked better after the makeover.

@fredrika27 3 года назад

@@ek5384 What bothers me is that the sellers haven't invested in their home! The kitchen will have to be ripped out! They didn't even show the WC nor the basement! We're looking at a £150,000 investment to bring this house up to snuff--not to mention the roof needs to be redone and house painted!

@lillianbarker4292 7 месяцев назад

Whoever buys it will quickly see that they need a completely new kitchen because the update is so cheaply done. I suppose it at least shows the house’s potential. I’d be worried about what the rest of the paint is hiding if I were a buyer.

@virginiamoss7045 3 года назад

A month and a half and still unsold? It's that kitchen doorway.

@clemdane 3 года назад

I know! Why couldn't they raise the entrance?

@Shiralyn 3 года назад

@@clemdane it probably wasnt in the budget i believe, i think they only go with 5k or something like that? this would also explain the cheap cover ups and painting over the ceiling etc

@virginiamoss7045 3 года назад

@@Shiralyn Yes, I think so as well. If the asking price reflects the cost of needed renovations, it should sell; it was a slow market which is difficult. The main thing was to get the junk out and make it superficially presentable. That's what they did.

@clemdane 3 года назад

@@Shiralyn That's a shame. It seems like the UK show is underfunded compared with the Canadian.

@michaeltutty1540 3 года назад

@@clemdane I'm am guessing that there is a good reason the door from dining room to kitchen is as it is. Most likely it was originally a hatch for passing dishes between the rooms. People moving from the one to the other would have to go through the corridor. That is a bearing wall, so the kept the original height and width of the hatch, simply removing the wall beneath the opening. Changing the height of the door would involve some fairly major structural work, as most often in England bearing walls are solid masonry. I would reinstate the hatch, creating more wall space for much needed work surface. I'm betting that someone will spend the money to open up that wall using a steel, creating an open plan (UGH) kitchen/diner that flows through into the sitting room.

@michaeltutty1540 3 года назад

This house has simply gorgeous bones. To bring it back from the state it was in after the work would not be difficult. That door from the dining room to the kitchen was more than likely a serving hatch, with wall beneath it. That is a solid masonry bearing wall, so raising the lintel would be time consuming and expensive. I would turn it back into a hatch and free up wall space for more work surface and a more logical layout as part of the kitchen remodel. For decorating, I would hit the Britannia wallpaper books. They have, or had, reprinted papers from the 20s and 30s in a scrubbable solid vinyl wallpaper that is dry strippable. Incredibly easy to hang, and incredibly durable. My folks used a few of their papers back in the 70s, and 40 years on they still looked as fresh as the day they were hung. There was no discolouration or faded patches under the pictures, either, so the colours had remained true.

@stephaniezimmerman8669 3 года назад

I bought a house at 1/10th that price with painted backsplash. It looks ridiculous and was the first thing I changed. It was a cheap change with tile on clearance at Lowe's and it only took a weekend to do it.

@sherunswithscissors 3 года назад

Obviously not in London.

@crystalclear6864 6 месяцев назад

The idea of this programme is to keep the reno cheap as its not a reno, its a clean/ brighten up onlyand sell the house

@happydays1336 3 года назад

"Viewings are up 300%. What? From one to three?

@lindagoodman5694 3 года назад

Not interested in talks with realtors or neighbors!!! Just interested in seeing more footage of the guy who does the actual work of remodeling and fixing!

@michelletothill8551 3 года назад

Why on earth did they not paint the bedroom doors? It is not expensive, is quick to do and those doors really needed sprucing up.

@daschundloverable 3 года назад

or just bought MIN-WAX to restain. i did an old home with some very unique, very old wood and put on a coat. that was the very first thing the buyers exclaimed about on this 1920's home. sold within 2 weeks.

@daynad8104 3 года назад

My thoughts, too!

@nyotauhura7412 3 года назад

Unsellables always have the same problems: over priced, cluttered / dirty, tacky decor or some combination of all 3

@loriehaisen9555 3 года назад

What is Sophie Allsopp doing these days? she is such a charming person.

@labangamanjari2850 3 года назад

I bet even the holy Buddha couldn't meditate with all that clutter there..

@barbc7698 3 года назад

Hate that paper party balloon thing over the living room.

@katbar6066 3 года назад

I agree. The glass fitting was so much better

@mtm00 3 года назад

The "paper party balloon" is actually a classic (Eastern) light shade!

@sarahholland2600 3 года назад

@@mtm00 it's a much loved student & first time buyer solution to expensive lightshades. I did viewings for years. You don't see it often in the over 35's homes. ( I did viewings for an EA for years ).

@gladlock 3 года назад

I would have refinanced and gotten a roommate to pay off my ex! That house is a vintage heaven!

@nancydeshaies4558 3 года назад

Imagine if you DID buy that house and then watched the show? You’ve got to feel like a chump! Spending so much money and realizing much of it was either smoke and mirrors or inexpensive upgrades that merely looked good enough.

@Jen-lc5yc 3 года назад

Sad. They truly lived separate lives in this home. The only thing they have in common now is their son. I hope they happiness on their own..

@dittohead7044 2 года назад

Ann looked sad at the cafe. She couldn’t even look at John.

@farvista 3 года назад

Well, it's still a mess. A better, tidier mess, but while I can see past such things, and to bones of a house, not everyone can, or wants to do the work. In addition to the very sad kitchen, there is the dirty, dinged woodwork and walls, nails sticking out of plaster, filthy walls in the son's "new" room (and check the wall around the light switches at 26:15 - along with the line of dirt below it). We don't know anything about the state of the bathrooms or of the back garden, and the front garden's a mess. Whoever buys this house has a great deal of work ahead of them. I've worked with such things, but the potential must be worth whatever problems an inspection uncovers and the cost of upgrades and repairs. No one wants to buy a "potentially" beautiful money pit.

@happydays1336 3 года назад

The baseboards under the front living room window has gaps in it. I'd see that and would be calculating how much it'd cost to repair.

@farvista 3 года назад

@@happydays1336 And check the kitchen ceiling at 22:03 ...>< Nope. And then she says "It's got just the right ingredients to suit "most" families' discriminating tastes." Uh-huh.

@citticat2 3 года назад

@@happydays1336 oh geez

@lilyrodems4847 3 года назад

The important thing is that the asking price reflects the cost of all the renovations. But with so many renovations it would be hard to calculate the cost and buyers just leave saying “it’s too much work”

@roxydus3746 3 года назад

A big house like that needs constant work of renovations. Most people are not aware of that. I think the makeover could have been done better but I guess it was a matter of money. When I was in that situation I would take my personal stuff away, clean everything, paint everything white and put a simple but new kitchen in and you are done. Took a few weeks and maybe 15.000 $ but it would be sold in 1 week.

@MrsEJV 3 года назад

It was the family home. Unless they have a second mortgage, it should be mortgage free. Lord knows, they haven't put a lot of money into it!

@eccentricityxoxo5378 3 года назад

Aww but miss Anthony's touch ,I can do without this other guy talking to realtors,no shade just like Anthony's participation better!

@ituesday24 3 года назад

This episode is from an older season when they filmed in the UK. Anthony is in the newer episodes in Canada!

@bookmagicroe9553 3 года назад

I prefer when Sofie takes the homeowners into comparable homes that have sold, rather than this guy wasting a lot of time talking to random people and grilling the realtor.

@eccentricityxoxo5378 3 года назад

@@bookmagicroe9553 absolutely agree!

@Robin-ni6fs 3 года назад

Yes, I miss Anthony, too!

@ltobva 3 года назад

You always say to get rid of religious artwork -- how does that not include the Buddha head, which you apparently really like because you show it in the after several times.

@MappingAmy 3 года назад

Thank you, her 'religious artwork' statements irked me a lot. Now I know why. This world is going down the toilet. No amount of paint can cover up our foolishness!

@sarahholland2600 3 года назад

It's on trend decor wise so loads of people have it. What they don't have is religious figures & pictures & crosses everywhere.

@MappingAmy 3 года назад

@@sarahholland2600 buddha statues are religious. Whether or not its on trend is beside the point. Its religious and most people dont think about it when they buy their buddha heads

@happydays1336 3 года назад

The door of the bedroom that had been the son's room needs to be painted. There are bits of stickers, dribbles of paint, etc., on it. It sticks out like a sore thumb.

@robinmills8675 3 года назад

Don't people realize that if they sell their home they will have to pack their stuff and move it out? I started selling and packing a year ago (I'm lazy) and my house isn't even on the market yet. I don't think they really want to leave.

@maureenmccurry9482 2 года назад

This house was a real disaster! The team did a great job cleaning it up. But I wonder what the bathrooms and other bedroom would be like.

@lainedelfelder4283 3 года назад

The tacky, cheap cosmetic treatments alway baffle me. Those would turn me off as much as the clutter.

@elizabeths4371 2 года назад

It's a Beautiful house despite the accumulated clutter, however it's always difficult for the average buyer to be able to see past it.

@peachesdixon7567 10 месяцев назад

It looked dirty, dingy and neglected. Now, someone could live in it while finishing the renovations, which are needed throughout. This was all spit and glue to be re-done later. But, a beautiful one-of-a-kind home in a fabulous location will be the result.

@weatherwitchandfelinefamiliars 3 года назад

I loved how quirky and eclectic it was before, my own place is rather similar But I certainly wouldn't expect viewers/buyers to see beyond that boho chaos! The after is beautiful, open and airy in every room. Really lovely after 💖

@vaderladyl 3 года назад

Yes. My aesthetic too but I can understand that you need to depersonalize a space for selling. Love their quirky, eclectic style though.

@Nonikim61 3 года назад

get rid of the dude, Sophie don’t need him!

@donnafuller3029 3 года назад

Omg, it still needs heaps of work. Rip out the kitchen and start over and rip out that old, disgusting carpet. Yuck.

@Holidaygal 2 года назад

Since they dropped the price by 65,000 the new owners have plenty’s of funds to redo the kitchen

@wilmacguzman4405 3 года назад

Just tell most people - in the 6 months before selling, start a major de-cluttering. After getting rid of unncessary stuff (keeping photos of them if you wish), rent a storage unit - taking out 1/3 of furniture and items. Some of the items in this house would make ideal garden decorations. Buy new couches if necessary or stage one or two rooms of the house. At least this time - all signs of children did not have to be taken out - even if the son was older - he was able to keep some of his possessions. And work away at fixing all the small areas ....that don't necessarily take a lot of money, just takes attention to do them.

@hollyhold6960 3 года назад

Okay, I now know where I fit into this world---I adored this house BEFORE the "fix-up". I guess I'm a Boho Artist Craftsperson...

@daljordan8921 2 года назад

If a house is filthy I assume bad maintenance of larger issues. The price has to be really low to spark my interest.

@kittarats 3 года назад

Thank you for the uploads. Love this show.

@LifeCoachAldo 3 года назад

21:45 "The kitchen was a Decor CRIME SCENE" LOL!

@janheard3826 3 года назад

What an absolute hovel. That looks like it belongs to two ancient old codgers who have hoarded all their lives rather than a couple who appear to be around mid fifties.

@justsayin3893 3 года назад

Dump an agent and run a newspaper ad ... sure .. great advice ... right up there with painting over tiles instead of doing it right and replacing them ... what a joke.

@mrgreene3290 3 года назад

watched several Unsellables... main plan - remove clutter and excess furniture, then add a fresh coat of paint. Due to the time constraints for turn around, guess that is the best you can do... but I saw so many unfinished areas that needed a touch up or repair that were not even touched. Guess only so much you can do in a 20 min. program. If anything it should motivate home owners to finished unfinished touch up areas.

@Celtic_Amy 3 года назад

These 2008 prices are so much lower than they are in 2021. 4 bed semi detached houses in this area with garden and balcony are worth 900-1.5 million. I like the printed tile back splash, now everything is white! Also should have made the door to the kitchen bigger

@teddy9770 3 года назад

The kitchen is a nono. It's technically usable, but that's it. The door needs to be raised and in my opinion the whole kitchen needs to be ripped out and redone. It looks so improvised with tons of things tacked on.

@michaeltutty1540 3 года назад

Raising the lintel in a masonry bearing wall requires structural engineering drawings and planning permission because it affects structure. It would be better to return the opening to a serving hatch. That would allow more work surface on that wall of the kitchen.

@teddy9770 3 года назад

You are right. I was under the impression that this was the only entrance to the kitchen. I didn't see the other door.

@misssharon6718 3 года назад

So this lazy couple wanted 850,000 pounds for a hoarding pile of junk? Unbelievable! I did not like the son's room before or after. Why was the kitchen entrance shorter than the other celings ? These sellers made me mad clinging to junk.

@farvista 3 года назад

I've got questions about the floating ceiling in the dining area as well....

@lauramiller8332 3 года назад

Why on earth did they not fix the entrance to the kitchen. You should not have to duck to enter a room! They left the yellow paint in the son's room, why? Also, i am tired of John asking the estate agents why haven't sold the house when you can see that (in this case) it is dirty, dusty, cluttered and in disrepair.

@cherylweso 3 года назад

If they almost totally MOVE OUT they will sell it!

@cajonson6 3 года назад

I'm confused as to where the homeowners are supposed to be sleeping between the fix-up and sale

@Glowmerida 3 года назад

I did some digging and this house was indeed listed for sale in 2009 but to this day has not been sold.

@chantallaflamme6454 3 года назад

Are you serious ?!

@andrewdowney1654 3 года назад

Yeah, they need all new drywall, BRAND new kitchen, new wood flooring, new windows, crown molding and wainscoting , bring back the vintage lighting, clean it up and hang it properly, a lovely , light color besides white(!) and a couple more period gilded mirrors and maybe then people will pay almost a million pounds!!!

@kaynucklehead1633 3 года назад

I was wondering where that missing sheet of mine went. Now I see it's on this make over's living room floor!

@kaitiesanders993 3 года назад

Umm, all of that and then the child's room was still completely cluttered on the right side.

@032319581 3 года назад

Did I miss a fireplace in the living room? Edwardian house would have one. The kitchen doorway is awful. Definately not worth the money!

@michaeltutty1540 3 года назад

The chimney breast is still there, so reinstating a fireplace would not be difficult.

@fannycraddock99 3 года назад

Over priced! Kitchen is still a wreck and what's with the entrance to it - you have to duck! The internal doors also look a mess. The house does have potential but needs a lot of money spent on it!

@JamieM470 3 года назад

I was wondering if anyone else noticed those interior doors....dark colors with stickers and gouges. Why didn't they sand those doors down and slap some paint on them?

@timhazeltine3256 3 года назад

Likely sold after tidying up. Great location, wonderful views, large garden, and great Edwardian era architecture with good schools. Buyers at that price point don't want a full redo, instead clean and de-cluttered will do the trick. A buyer will instill their own aesthetic.

@Glowmerida 3 года назад

@@timhazeltine3256 It never sold (the address is quite easy to find on google maps and house sales are public record) and it's now estimated at around £1.5 million.

@malterwitty5433 3 года назад

I use to live in a small flat next to this road , the houses and park are great . I’m sure it will have sold , young families who can’t afford hampstead & highgates crazy prices can’t put some Money into this and it will be worth a million in 5+ years

@elmac4744 3 года назад

HAHAHAHA!!!!! They can't figure out why no one wants to buy a big pile of crap???

@vaderladyl 3 года назад

They are not selling the "crap". That goes with the owners.

@seaneendelong8065 3 года назад

Don't be so sure... Or that the timelines contracted will be met... Peiple who list with jammed full houses and old or unfixed areas tend to NOT take all the rubbish out before leaving, and often are STILL THERE when ownership was to transfer...and don't grasp they no longer own it and are squatting with all their stuff in YOUR NEW HOUSE. Weak or useless excuses abound, from their friend never came to haul away X to they haven't finalized their new location yet. As if that is on the new owner. 😳 The red flags that come with rubbish and jammed houses and unfinished repairs and lack of drive to sell should always be paid attention to.

@yvonneost12 3 года назад

It looked more like a second hand shop than a home LOL

@lisam8001 3 года назад

21:13 I know this room is a mess, needs work and a declutter but more in style in 2021 than the makeover. Luv that green chair

@cindyj5522 3 года назад

These places for sale due to divorce make me sad. This one seems especially so. People sitting in their domestic disasters hoping for someone to help them lose their homes. Someone needs to write a work of fiction about the stories of the people who end up on this kind of show, because there are definitely things going on that we can't see.

@Bandaid17 7 месяцев назад

Yes. I could tell that it was a very depressed household and that has everything to do with motivation. I hope they were able to make a better life for themselves and their son.

@cherrybarb4651 3 года назад

What's with the paper light shade in an Edwardian house? The original fixture was beautiful. As for the rest, it would cost a fortune to do it up right, especially the kitchen, but they worked miracles for not much money on transforming this horrendous, hoarded, filthy dumpster of a house

@ladyfirst2797 3 года назад

After declutering, one knew it would sell, the painting was the bonus. Of course the kitchen update was also a plus . Hopefully their new places are kept.tidy.

@SuchaCaligrrl 3 года назад

The first problem was not have a professional photographer. But man what a difference the after, gorgeous gorgeous home.

@eleanoreagly4844 3 года назад

What was the cost. Miss Anthony's explanations. The guy detracts rather than adding. Bright back the Toronto format

@KattEyl 2 года назад

I don’t understand why these people wouldn’t just pack up most of their stuff and move it out of the house. They have to do it anyway and it makes a house look so much better.

@mthivier 3 года назад

That view: 5:33 Beautiful.

@ninecatsmagee8384 3 года назад

No wonder they're getting divorced. What a depressing place.

@jorybennett5932 3 года назад

If that was the kitchen, what was the bathroom like?

@cindytaylor698 3 года назад

These people need to watch some minimalism videos. 🙄

@elisekuby2009 3 года назад

That bloody hobbit-door into the kitchen...are you yanking my chains? Surely that was never an original feature of this house? Or were the servants all hobbit-sized then?

@clemdane 3 года назад

LOL

@michaeltutty1540 3 года назад

I'm guessing that was originally a hatch in the masonry bearing wall. Raising the height would be a major job of work, involving planning consent and structural engineering expertise. Originally anyone going from dining room to kitchen would go by way of the hall. I would reinstate the hatch, giving more wall space for much needed work surface as part of a total gut rehab of the kitchen. Keep in mind that back in Edwardian times, a middle class family who could afford a home like that would have had a cook/housekeeper, so direct access from dining room to kitchen would not have been a priority when the house was built.

@elisekuby2009 3 года назад

@@michaeltutty1540 I actually thought that it was the cavity for a fireplace, which back then would have been part of the kitchen. But you are probably right about it being a hatch.

@pastasauceAYya 3 года назад

One of the (many) things that bugs me about this makeover is that they didn't do anything about that stupid short kitchen doorway!

@codename495 3 года назад

@@cheekypigg not that much shorter.

@emihayes 3 года назад

since they are moving anyway, why haven't they cleared out the cluter? nightmare!

@barbarabrooks4747 7 месяцев назад

I don't understand why the owners didn't just put all their things in storage, paint it and stay in an Air BNB while it's getting sold. I wonder if the clutter didn't contribute to the breakdown of the marriage. Maybe if they had decorated it in a cheerful way and got marriage counseling, they wouldn't be selling right now. Unfortunately, men often don't see the need to improve the home, yet the clutter and darkness depresses them, too. Every couple in distress should put their heads together to cheer up their environment before they decide to split.

@jenna6149 3 года назад

They needed a therapist not the Unsellables crew. I bet a huge part of it was not wanting to divide things up.

@jackiewatkins521 3 года назад

If this couple are separating and going their seperate ways then why on earth have they not started packing stuff away and getting rid of junk lets face it they will have to do it in the end and if done sooner would of sold it ages ago !!!? Hate to say but please paint the internal doors ..what a state..stickers, horrible colours !? Also paint the front door with a fresh coat and get rid of the hobbit kitchen doorway ...what the hell ?

@Cindy-by3ho 3 года назад

The walls need colour. It still looks ugly. They should have enlarged the doorway to the kitchen.

@lesliespiers8407 3 года назад

oops you missed the bedroom doors, the boys room looks better, but still needs work, The kitchen looks the best

@annescott2748 3 года назад

That kitchen door would put me off. And what happened to the original downstairs fireplaces?

@laurathurston4757 3 года назад

Cheap cosmetic do-over. And that kitchen door- only short people need apply!

@soapgirlsrule 3 года назад

My friend and I both did a short sale on our homes at the same time in the same place. My relator told me to get it professionally cleaned because it would sell quick and so I did and it sold in 24 hours, she never did and even had cats in there and she was never able to sell hers...