New Series Of Location, Location, Location

[Dubbya]

Have they stated what this woman earns and what her deposit is? I haven't watched it all, but she's recently out of uni, no?

So, 130k, being very generous and saying a 30k dipper, she needs to be on around 25k really, doesn't she, assuming say a 4x mortgage

The dizzy girl was said to be a "community artist". Now for the love of ****, WTF is one of them ???

I have have this sickening feelling of inevitability that "community artists", whatever they are, will be council tax funded - but hey ! at least the job I'm paying for allowed her to pay full asking price.

[pete.hpc]

The dizzy girl was said to be a "community artist". Now for the love of ****, WTF is one of them ???

I have have this sickening feelling of inevitability that "community artists", whatever they are, will be council tax funded - but hey ! at least the job I'm paying for allowed her to pay full asking price.

Lets face it, we've all funded this bubble to a large extent recently;

Shared ownership, the crock, "community artists", the SLS, Gordy buying up unsellable newbuilds, the list is endless really

:angry:

[godless]

The dizzy girl was said to be a "community artist". Now for the love of ****, WTF is one of them ???

I have have this sickening feelling of inevitability that "community artists", whatever they are, will be council tax funded - but hey ! at least the job I'm paying for allowed her to pay full asking price.

An artist that works within a community maybe????? For your information there are a lot of freelance community artists that try to help communities and get a tough time getting access to local facilities thanks to privatization, development and council money grabbing. Most community artists do a great job helping the old and disabled and getting kids off the street, mostly with privately acquired funding or through the arts council, lottery, charity, etc...if your lucky. The non-freelancers (the pretentious uni types) and most of those selected by panels (nepotistists) are the scum that ride on the council coat-tails and whose sole purpose is to brainwash the locals with the socialist bullsh*t that prevades the nation using your money. Just to clear that up

[stooboy]

Most community artists do a great job helping the old and disabled and getting kids off the street, mostly with privately acquired funding or through the arts council, lottery, charity, etc...if your lucky.

Sounds like a good reliable income when your mortgaged to the hilt....

[cockrobin]

Won't be watching it.

[The 4 Horsemen]

£130,000 for that! They almost fell over the sofa on the way in

At least they wouldn't need a remote control for the plasma screen you can reach it sitting down.

[holymoly]

My Ofcom complaint:

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Programme title:

Location Location Location

Date(s) of broadcast:

June 2

Time(s) of broadcast:

8pm

Channel / station:

Channel 4

Subject:

Political bias/financial impropriety

Description:

Several aspects of this TV programme concerned me.

First: Kirsty Allsop's attack on Stamp Duty. She is allied politically to the Conservative party and the views expressed on the programme are official Conservative policy. I'm somewhat concerned about her propograting these in the middle of a factual entertainment programme. In the interests of political balance, either a) she should desist, or an alternative viewpoint should also be heard. As it stands, I consider this party political propoganda.

Secondly, I question the wisdom of broadcasting this sort of programme, filmed, in 2006 and 2007, in the very different financial climate that exists now. From looking at the houses currently for sale in Luton, I would say that the advice given was misguided, and if someone were to follow it, potentially financially disastrous. Prices have slipped considerably since these sequences were filmed and encouraging first time buyers to enter the market at the moment is, I think, irresponsible. Again, it is something that could have lasting financial implications not only on the people in the programme but also on viewers who may be persuaded to take their advice.

I welcome your comments on this matter.

[the anti krust]

I have nothing intelligent to add other than

Krusty could transplant the hair from her top lip to Phils head and I wish they would go away quickly. :angry:

[hostman]

I live in Luton and have done all of my life.

Believe you me when I say you would not want to live in High Town. It is the towns Red Light district and synonymous with drugs.

The flat they viewed with the 70's deco, is here:

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/viewdetails-731...22&tr_t=buy

I picked it up with property bee on 29th Feb, its been sat their ever since with seemingly no interest.

Also, how the hell does a "community artist" earn enough money to buy a £130,000 house? Bank of Mum and Dad?

Btw, on the end credits, it showed "prices correct 2006/2007".

The ditzy woman who bought the High Town house will quite possibly be in negative equity. Nice one Krusty.

I honestly do think Phil bites his tongue when around Krusty, hes not the bad guy, but Krusty certainly is.

[deflation]

Looking at the map on the rightmove site, Luton Airport is only about 4 miles away. Handy to get away from it all for a bit if the area is as bad as suggested. (Ryanair &Easyjet use LTN a lot)

[Michael]

those grinning oafs with a budget of £550k!!!!!!!!!!!.......The Chinese couple......

They were just kids! .......when i was that age i was backpacking around India!

[hostman]

Looking at the map on the rightmove site, Luton Airport is only about 4 miles away. Handy to get away from it all for a bit if the area is as bad as suggested. (Ryanair &Easyjet use LTN a lot)

You're within five minutes of the airport from anywhere in Luton, it's not a massive place

[godless]

Sounds like a good reliable income when your mortgaged to the hilt....

Unfortunately not. Most freelance artists do other work to fund their "existence" and often rent rather than buy especially as many of them travel a lot, also get a lot of sharing, etc... IMO the art business in this country is more corrupt than the financial industry, full of fake artists milking the system in the name of artificial culture mostly created by the aforementioned nepotists, you really do get a lot of "corruption" in the art community. It can be a tough life being a "proper" artist but the reward is priceless in so many ways.

[Austin Allegro]

I live in Luton and have done all of my life.

Believe you me when I say you would not want to live in High Town. It is the towns Red Light district and synonymous with drugs.

The flat they viewed with the 70's deco, is here:

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/viewdetails-731...22&tr_t=buy

I picked it up with property bee on 29th Feb, its been sat their ever since with seemingly no interest.

Also, how the hell does a "community artist" earn enough money to buy a £130,000 house? Bank of Mum and Dad?

Btw, on the end credits, it showed "prices correct 2006/2007".

The ditzy woman who bought the High Town house will quite possibly be in negative equity. Nice one Krusty.

I honestly do think Phil bites his tongue when around Krusty, hes not the bad guy, but Krusty certainly is.

Blimey, it looks like the house in 'Abigail's Party'! Who shows you round - Alison Steadman dancing to a Demiss Rousos record???

[Mrs Bear]

Are people not spending 250k on a tiny flat because of that pesky additional 2.5k then? That'll be it.

They seem sincere, but are they actually this dumb? Im not one of you more loony fringe string em up types on this forum, but this is plainly daft.

Id prefer it if it was abolished, but its naff all compared to the whole and would plainly make no difference to the market.

Much as I think stamp duty levels are far too high, I think they're actually helping to reduce certain prices at the moment.

In my area there are certainly a lot of properties that would have been (and very likely were) priced at £275K+ not so long ago - now down at eg £249,950.

[hostman]

Much as I think stamp duty levels are far too high, I think they're actually helping to reduce certain prices at the moment.

In my area there are certainly a lot of properties that would have been (and very likely were) priced at £275K+ not so long ago - now down at eg £249,950.

Exactly. Those on the thresholds are often easier to be negotiated down.

Increasing the threshold will cause further inflation.

[thedebtisreal]

Exactly. Those on the thresholds are often easier to be negotiated down.

Increasing the threshold will cause further inflation.

Not for those properties near the new threshold.

[crashosaurus]

I've made formal complaints to Channel 4 and Ofcom questioning their political and financial motives. Lets all do the same!

"Some things are bigger than party politics" - blimey, are we talking about your ar$e again Krustalot?

Yep, I've also complained online at ofcom under a Section 5 breach of the broadcasting code.

Come on people, get your asses in gear and file complaints for this drivel.

http://www.ofcom.org.uk/complain/progs/spe.../?itemid=286480

The most complained about programs tend to get press coverage whether upheld or not

[Jim B.]

That was hilarious wasn't it

Something tells me this was Sep07, don't know why, but offering full asking price? bet the vendor couldn't believe their luck

Especially as she could've bought one of the flats for 15k less just by waiting 6 months

Pathetic

This was the thing that shocked me the most. I believe Phil managed to negotiate on the other property but Kirsty just offered the asking price straight away??? And let's face it, it was not a great place. I do really hope she (Kirsty) gets what's coming to her with the HPC as she is very responsible for the crazy HPI we have seen over the last 10 years.

[MattW]

Blimey, it looks like the house in 'Abigail's Party'! Who shows you round - Alison Steadman dancing to a Demiss Rousos record???

I must admit to having an appreciation of 70s kitsch charm. Funnily enough wasn't the husband character (Lawrence??) an Estate Agent?

I hope the FTB does alright in her new home and although not knowing the Luton market, it felt like it was overpriced.

That fussy couple irritated me quite a bit - and Phil too by the looks of it. 'The kitchen is too small!' they complained. :angry: If I had a kitchen as big as the ones in the properties they looked at, I would get lost in them. I must concede that I liked the eco house they eventually bought in Milton Keynes but even Mr said it was a bit on the small size. Its a 6 bedroom house in the UK FFS! Buy a place in the US or Australia if you want acres of interior space! :angry:

[hertsftb]

must concede that I liked the eco house they eventually bought in Milton Keynes but even Mr said it was a bit on the small size. Its a 6 bedroom house in the UK FFS! Buy a place in the US or Australia if you want acres of interior space! :angry:

http://www.paulnewmannewhomes.co.uk/devbroughtoncr.html

I think this is the link for it. Just incase if you want to write company name on your deposit cheque.

[the anti krust]

Krustification,Krustification,Krustification.

[Venger]

For anyone who missed the show, they have the Luton piece of it online at link below, if you want to suffer it.

Luton Today

Although the colour/contrast seems a very bright in my player - possibly just my PC.

Offering the full asking price on that shithole. Oh, the UK's foremost property expert is the QUEEN of tough negotiation. FFS.

Hi it's Kirstie. Have you got 2 seconds. You know we went back and had another look. If the asking price is £130,000 I think we can make an offer of £130,000. The thing that's really important is to have the property removed from the market. Great; thanks so much; ok bye.

[Selling up]

On the subject of stamp duty - why are there thresholds? It doesn't make logical sense to me. Surely it would be better to just keep the percentage the same.

While I don';t believe that reducing / abolishing stamp duty will make a bean of difference to the market, it is a lunatic tax:

£2500 on a £250,000 house, £7505 on a £250,001 house.

How can that possibly be sensible?

Either keep the percentage the same at all values or tax extra on the portion above 250,000k.

[Duff]

On the subject of stamp duty - why are there thresholds? It doesn't make logical sense to me. Surely it would be better to just keep the percentage the same.

I saw the program and have to admit that house was hideous and seemed expensive, but I like Kirstie and Phil and have always enjoyed Location*3. I think they seem like nice people why are people intent on being so childish in their comments about them personaly, (whether they agree or disagree with their opinions or not).