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Any tv programmes on about getting your home ready to sell?

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UnitedRoad · 21/04/2021 16:34

I’m putting this here rather than on the TV thread in the hope that people can point me in the right direction.

We want to sell our house in the next year, but we’ve been here 15 years, our children are now 19 and 22 but still live here, and to be blunt it looks like a shit tip. It’s not that messy and isn’t dirty, but we’ve just got way too much stuff, and the paintwork/carpet etc is tired or worn out. The kitchen is perfectly ok but I think new owners would probably rip it out. It’s ok to sell like it is though, I think. The garden is awful.

Are there any programmes I can watch for inspiration? I like Escape to the Country but the houses are all ready to sell. I’d like to find ones about smartening them up (refreshing not knocking walls down etc), what to do, what to leave.

Do programmes like that even exist? I think I remember one from years ago that was all about painting walls magnolia and getting rid of anything personal, but maybe times have moved on.

I’ve got sky, Netflix and prime if that helps.

To be honest it probably is quite messy compared to other people’s houses.

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HollowTalk · 21/04/2021 16:35

There's Love It or List It, which is Phil and Kirsty. There's also one on Netflix called Home Edit which is about sorting out the house, but it's not about moving home.

Doesn't the other property woman (who did Would Like to Meet, I think) do something similar?

corlan · 21/04/2021 16:40

The one you're thinking of from years ago is House Doctor, which is currently on Channel 5 at 5.30 am - saw it the other morning when I couldn't sleep!

1moreglassplease · 21/04/2021 16:40

Channel 5 are currently showing reruns of old House Doctor episodes at lunchtimes which might be worth a look. She depersonalises your home and declutters so that buyers can get a better idea of how your home should work.

You might find them on My5.

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CraftyGin · 21/04/2021 16:42

Another vote for House Doctor.

Property Brothers Buying and Selling is also good.

SocraticJunkieWannabe · 21/04/2021 17:21

Amanda Lamb's Selling Houses used to be on channel 4 so may be still on All4 but focus seemed to be on doing on 1 or 2 rooms well to sell. Phil Spencer Secret Agent was similar but again quite old now but may be on All4.

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