Andrew should regret not buying the house in Woolwich. It got the Elizabeth line now which means commuting to Canary Wharf only takes 10 mins. The house price would have been doubled. So silly. Should have looked at it as good long term investment as the plan of Elizabeth line was well known way before 2015..

@impamiizgraa

3 ай бұрын

Yeah but realistically he would have had to "suffer" through 7 years of ball-ache commute since it only opened in 2022. Lifestyle versus long term "it'll be better in 7 years, dear" is what I'd have chosen, too. Life is for living, you might be dead in 7 years.

@lk8048

3 ай бұрын

Not just that, DLR has been in Woolwich for many years. Can get to Poplar in 20 mins, which is just 5 mins walk to Canary Wharf.

Sometimes, it's easier just to change what you want than to expect the real estate agent to find you a miracle. It worked well enough for me! It's all about having two or three things you MUST have and seeing anything more as frosting on the cake.

I love how Phil handled the situation with the ass hole! Bravo, Phil!❤❤❤❤

@toodlesoops7761

9 ай бұрын

You called it exactly as re: the "guy"

@juliansydney9819

9 ай бұрын

Absolutely

@Schlumbucketreturns

9 ай бұрын

HA HA HA.

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6 ай бұрын

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Lucy and Dan are lovely. Andrew seems very huffy and needs to grow up!

This was February, 2015. I wonder how Andrew is feeling now about his prediction of the housing market crashing. He's sure looking like a prime prat in 2015. His wife wants a house; they have one child and want more (or is he stalling on the house because he actually doesn't want any more children, either); she's got to be comfortable in their home if she's going to have a pack of kids... and he stops at everything because he thinks that house prices - which have been going up and up in London for a good 20 years - will suddenly turn in his favor. Oh, and it's too far to walk and I won't take a bus. My wife and any future kids can be cramped in rental housing forever if I would have to spend half an hour getting to work.

@rooroob

9 ай бұрын

Ha! Yeah that market prediction was way off. This guy…. 😅

@a.phillips6892

9 ай бұрын

Not to mention his extremely ugly and narcissistic remark about it not being important what she thinks. What a piece of crap for a partner..poor woman.

@toodlesoops7761

9 ай бұрын

@@a.phillips6892 well said! My thoughts exactly as to the "partner"

@juliansydney9819

9 ай бұрын

There must be a payoff for her to be with him….

@keys6

9 ай бұрын

And the Lizzy line from Woolwich 😮

To the lady with the baby - RUN!!!! Run fast and run far away from that man

@rebyrae592

9 ай бұрын

Indeed! I had to stop watching! What a terrible partner.

@veronicagreenaway6842

4 ай бұрын

Run fast he is a narcissist and will always be an absolute control freak. Get out with one beautiful baby.

@SharonHaggard

3 ай бұрын

Yes!!!

Love these programmes with Phil and Kirsty. They are amazing at what they do. And gosh, Phil is so patient! I wish there was no background music/ sound/ noise as it certainly doesn't need to be there.

@alidabotes6264

6 ай бұрын

When I see Kirsty & Phil are the agents, I watch. They're a delight!

The only way that guy was going to buy a house was if he chose it, if it was HIS idea. What a pain in the rear! His wife had no say.

@toodlesoops7761

9 ай бұрын

I have some choice words for the "guy" - not about to say them here. HOWEVER, why in heavens name do people think they need to keep having children in this world? Sorry, I stopped at one and have absolutely positively no regrets, not now, not ever!!!

@juliansydney9819

9 ай бұрын

Agree with all of that. Not sure I’d have an only child (I am one), but having lots of kids in today’s world is nuts

@Asphodel27one

9 ай бұрын

Wonder if they ever married - despite having a kid already. This woman needed to escape that guy.

@anneroy4560

9 ай бұрын

I would think she may have left by now, perhaps returning to her homeland where she can receive financial assistance from her former English partner ...@@Asphodel27one

@TeriHargraveartist

9 ай бұрын

That pretty much sums it up

That couple with $600,000. He is selfish and carries on and on about the commute to his job, what if he lost his job? the commute is useless to him then. Phil was right when he said they were a nightmare.

@looloo4029

9 ай бұрын

And when Covid 19 reared its ugly head 5 years later, he probably had to work from home anyway 😂😂😂

@AvaT42

8 ай бұрын

@@looloo4029 🤣 good point!!

I would rather have a nicer home than a wedding for show. keeping it small and intimate is what it is about, it is not a grand opening or show, its your life commitment and no need to spend that kind of money on it, unless. we will leave it at that. I would rather find a place to make a nest with a lovely person and family. best wishes.

I feel sorry for Lucy and Dan. They were so desperate and so open to buying. I hope they ended up with a delightful place at the right price.

Andrew and Leah's baby is *adorable*! ❤❤❤

Me encanta ver a Phil siempre tan caballeroso , tiene buen gusto para elegir casas , si las otras personas no es de su agrado es válido , él cómo siempre con buena actitud , para mi eso es lo que vale , te mando un saludo cordial.

All of these homes are now worth double these figures.

@NoName-to5xl

8 ай бұрын

makes you think.......that guy predicted an imminent crash......

😂Awww bless Phil sulking "why did he call me up, then?!" hahaha very good and fair question!

Kirstie hit the nail on the head with Andrew. What a prick. Love the show.

Look to Phil and Kirsty! What fun show. We love it! Blessings and thank you.

That guy was so entitled it made me quite I’ll.

Andrew said he no longer reads negative news about house prices, which is great because it means he has learned at least one valuable lesson

no guts no glory Phil & Kirstin..a new follower from the Philippines!❤❤

Wow. Can you legally have a bedroom with no window in the UK?! Because that just seems like death-by-fire waiting to happen.

@lindap8101

9 ай бұрын

Lots of things are different in real estate across the pond. Something I’ve noticed is if you can squeeeze a double bed into a room, with maybe two feet to spare on either side of it, it’s called a double bedroom. Also, what drives me nuts is the lack of vanities in bathrooms that have room for them. It’s always that pedestal sink. : )

@juliansydney9819

9 ай бұрын

In Australia nobody can stop you putting a bed in a room with no windows (!). But you can not advertise it as a bedroom. So officially it can be listed as a bedroom

@kentlatimer3706

9 ай бұрын

Yes. Here in the US, you can certainly *choose* to use a window-less room as a bedroom, but you can'tsell it as a bedroom. I lived in one for a while during my college (uni) days. Frightening when I think of it now.

@nancyn347

9 ай бұрын

My understanding here in Canada is that if the room doesn't have a closet, then it's not considered a bedroom.

@michaeltutty1540

9 ай бұрын

​@@nancyn347There are very old houses that have no built in closets. What is required is a window.

I only watch this because Phil makes me feel good, lol

The something that needs to change is him and his attitude. His wife counts in her wishes too! She should! He sounds like he grew up very spoiled. And about time they found a place :). It is beautiful :)

Aww, Phil is so sweet!

How can couple #2 expect to find a house, buy it, and move in well within two weeks of starting to look, AND they have to be out of their current place in two weeks? Their first priority should be to find a month-to-month rental, then start looking for a home to purchase.

@katenoke1571

8 ай бұрын

They have a campervan

Poor Phil. She's great, he's... not. Poor Leah. She doesn't seem to realize yet she's little more than a nanny and an escort for him.

For an expert (his words) his forecast of a property crash in 2015? WRONG

@lysem4392

9 ай бұрын

Andrew, wrong? Can't be. Didn't Leah say he's always right? In his own mind, anyway. I'm sure he has come up with some contorted reason about the crash actually happening in some way that did not affect property values.

Guy Andrew is a pratt.

I’m 2 minutes in and I’m already getting controlling vibes

What an absolute pain in the neck that Andrew is...... I felt really embarrassed for his wife and sorry for Phil, all the hard work he put in.....how demoralising!

Being in the US lease holds are so foreign to me. I absolutely love this show.

Fast forward to 2023....hope Andrew has heard of the bank bail in.

That was completely rude! Wow I am so shocked!

That's just what I need watching.

Andrew, Andrew, Andrew. So many of these guys seem to be 100 percent in their heads, i.e. completely imbalanced human beings. I'm glad they found what they wanted, but if Andrew had to deal with a "traumatic" work commute, I'd hope it would be an hour-long one in total on the train, taking books to read, starting with something like "How to Rev Up Your Right-Brain Activity". That shouldn't freak him out as much as, say, "How to Get in Touch with Your Natural Human Instincts".

Wonder where these people are now? Andrew? What a maroon.

@looloo4029

9 ай бұрын

Do you mean ‘moron’?

@thehungrygoldfish

7 ай бұрын

Andrew and Leah are still together and living in Cornwall.

@annieearle962

6 ай бұрын

I’m surprised

@thehungrygoldfish

6 ай бұрын

@@annieearle962 Eh, there have been worse couples on the show. I think Leah balances Andrew out.

@s6scha

6 ай бұрын

@@thehungrygoldfishhow do u know

You did all you could. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🥰🤗

I don’t like Kirsty, but I really enjoyed seeing her confront Andrew and nail him

@sjefhendrickx2257

Ай бұрын

I don t lime your pic blk

This is the one time I'm on the side of the unrealistic, picky buyer vs Kirsty and Phil. Commute makes a huge difference and anything over a 10 minute walk is a chore; it was the ultimate reason I walked away from 1 house in great condition vs the one I'm completing on now in poor condition and smaller. He said that's his limit and they didn't listen - once is enough but twice is too much, it's clearly a dealbreaker!

that place in beckenham is over a million now what a prat.

2-3 episodes per week would be better than the current 1 per week.

@thehungrygoldfish

9 ай бұрын

Why only two to three? Why not five? Ten? Heck, give us all the episodes right now damn it! God lol. Given that it’s FREE, just be thankful it’s being uploaded at all!

@s6scha

6 ай бұрын

And where would you find the time for that?

I feel for Andrew at the first place-he and his partner have saved up to be able to afford $600,000. That’s a lot of money, and an immense accomplishment. And to have a condo for that…. Sadly, he’s not being realistic.

@niameanspurpose

8 ай бұрын

andrew saved. she did not. that was the challenge.

The men in this video were weird and unsupportive of their partners who were endlessly smiling and patient. Why do women align themselves with such men?

@niameanspurpose

8 ай бұрын

they have money. period. so they settle.

@thehungrygoldfish

8 ай бұрын

I don’t understand why you had a problem with Dan. He seems nice and supportive, and he is the one who lost his parents. He needs more support than she does.

Phil is so patient and good behaved It’s now 2024. wondering where they are now

@thehungrygoldfish

Ай бұрын

I can answer that about Andrew and Lia. They bought a new build in Seven Oaks, then after the pandemic, they had a few health scares in the family and moved closer to Andrew’s family in Cornwall.

what a bastard (“This show isn’t called. . .”) - he was bang out of order. Phil should have punched him, OR said: “yes, location - this is what you get BECAUSE of the location, bub”

They are buying the place outright and arguing over 15k????

For someone who was worried about a housing crash, he made the worst decision. A new build in the suburbs isn’t going to be able to keep its value over time over a Victorian house in an established neighborhood.

Why does the buyer have to pay for the lease extension ? Do they have to ? So does the buyer not fully own the home under the lease situation?

@thehungrygoldfish

8 ай бұрын

Buying a lease extension is often complicated so obviously a seller would want to push it to the buyer and a buyer would want to push it to the seller. If a lease extension is too low, mortgage company don’t want to finance it. In this case it didn’t matter because they were paying cash. This is only with flats though. Houses automatically come freehold.

@sallyanoonan

5 ай бұрын

thanks for info @@thehungrygoldfish

@natashadavies9569

5 ай бұрын

​@@thehungrygoldfishHouses should automatically come freehold but they don't on crown land and there were also a load of dodgy new build companies selling new builds as leaseholds

@betsyj59

3 ай бұрын

@@natashadavies9569 I was going to post a question/comment about how much of the leasehold property in London is owned by the Crown (and if BlackRock is one of the top three investors in most of the dodgy build corporations!).

I want i want , always the same snobs

Leah shoulda gone to Spec Savers

Happy end there 😀

An American viewer with a question, when you buy a flat who pays for the outside maintenance, a new roof? Is it like buying a condominium in the US?

Hi folks. Phil thinking about you

TBH, I'm not sure whether the client with the 600K budget should ever have been shortlisted for the program given that the Mr isn't keen on buying a flat. They need to sort out differences among them first. What a waste!

@lysem4392

9 ай бұрын

Mister a$$hole did not tell anyone he had no intention of buying a property. He just lied to everyone to mislead his wife about his true intentions. Kirstie got the information out of him. How she kept from vomiting I can't imagine.

@Splash-nr8ot

9 ай бұрын

LOL, yes, agree! He gamed them.@@lysem4392

@niameanspurpose

8 ай бұрын

well i like that the show has real people with real problems on the show. two people buying a home for the first time... one had all the money... it is real. thats what makes it interesting

Her "I'm desperate for a house!" and his "no, we're not desperate for a house" is annoying! He has no clue. Unless he means "house" as opposed to a condo or flat. But he's doing all the turning down based on maybe futures. Ok, he's been burned and you never know but you have to take the jump. Having a home you've paid for, in a housing crisis, sounds better than trying to find a house in a housing crisis, which is what may happen if he keeps saying no. He wants kids...they have to choose.

@nancyn347

9 ай бұрын

I agree. Also, buying the home, living in it, and then a downturn in prices happens, only matters if you were going to move. Otherwise, it's your home to live in in the long run. Values always go up in real estate, it's just a matter of how fast.

@lysem4392

9 ай бұрын

He has _not_ been burned. He has been spooked by the crash of 2008. Now he seems to expect a crash around every corner and is acting the fool. The thing is, crashes are unpredictable; if they were, they would not happen.

A model? For what?

Would someone please explain to the lease buying. Do you never really own the home? I have asked before in another episode. Please explain thank you.

@neethi3jois

7 ай бұрын

There are leaseholds (what they were looking at) and freeholds. They own the home and rights to the home, but they do not own the land and building. It’s kind of like a condo in American terms, but with ownership rights larger than what the Condo owners association allows for (nitty gritty stuff like maintenance is not as much of a problem with a leasehold as it is a condo, but there are stipulations there are well, so that’s the closest comparison). They pay annual dues as well in addition to a mortgage. Edited to add: With a freehold they own everything! The building, land, right to build on the land, etc.. However the likelihood of getting a freehold under a couple million in London is low. Land is extreeeemely limited and tightly held onto.

@MelindaRagsdale

7 ай бұрын

@@neethi3jois Thank you so much

@nicoleruvalcaba3452

5 ай бұрын

So something to compare it to would be these tiny homes. They have little communities where you can park your home on. You own the home but the lot you pay on to have it parked there. Am I understanding it correctly?

US here ....what is a lease on a property when you are buying?

@realmms

9 ай бұрын

It’s like someone owns the building and you buy the flat but the lease is like for the land and they are very very long

@alexandra2jerry

9 ай бұрын

You don’t own the land. Strange isn’t it?

@redemmaxyz

9 ай бұрын

@@alexandra2jerry some parts of the US have it, in Maryland it is known as ground rent.

@nancyn347

9 ай бұрын

It's like owning a condo, where you own the unit, but not anything else. The limited time to own is pretty weird. 60 years, and then it's no longer yours, unless you renew? That's a lot of money to pay for something you don't really own.

Lol 2015 London property crash😂😂😂😂 Even when there was a crash it was still expensive to buy!

3 miles is to far to bike ?? That guy list his lazy mind

He was totally wrong about the crash and prices...

@lysem4392

9 ай бұрын

That man cannot conceive being wrong about anything.

@lsd938

6 ай бұрын

Even with the crash things might not be cheaper... one needs to know how markets work... if someone wants to get rid of the property you can get a good deal even in the hot market....

"I'm not worried about you." I wonder if she is still married to him?

@thehungrygoldfish

8 ай бұрын

As of I think it was 2022, yes, lol. They did an update on them. They moved to Cornwall to be closer to family due to a health scare.

@s6scha

6 ай бұрын

@@thehungrygoldfishomg pls what episode is it!!!

@thehungrygoldfish

6 ай бұрын

@@s6scha it was one of the newer episodes so it’s not in KZread.

He definitely don’t need help, let him find a house for them, he seems to be a very controlling guy

@thehungrygoldfish

6 ай бұрын

They did find a house a few days after Phil left lol

Now that I have read all of the comments, I’m wondering if I can stomach watching the show! 🤢🤢🤢

sad watching this

Smart gentalman do not rush

Were r his lips🫣

So if it's Andrew who has the money and they're not married, will the house be in only his name?

@jenjones90

4 ай бұрын

Unless it's a joint mortgage...yes.

What an unrealistic couple😮 willing to acquire an house in the highly competitive London market in decreasing the budget while the bullet list remains high and, adding a France acquisition for 150 k on which you need to add notary fees. 😂😂😂😂

He was correct worrying about the crash because it is now upon us …all over the world !!

@alexandra2jerry

9 ай бұрын

Yes but did house prices in London go down? They certainly didn’t in the US

@claireburkus8497

9 ай бұрын

@@alexandra2jerry we are just on the cusp of the drops now!

@FigaroHey

9 ай бұрын

@@claireburkus8497 I wouldn't hang by my eyelashes waiting to buy a 3-bedroom house in London for 600,000 any time soon.

@juliansydney9819

9 ай бұрын

Disagree. They shot Up Up Up in my part of the world, even during COVID

@jennifercopley1626

9 ай бұрын

House prices went up.

It's all about him. Andrew is a bore. Hasnt learned that in a life time, things will go up and go down more than once. It's called dont panic, hang tough.