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Britain’s favourite property TV shows are revealed

Published On: May 22, 2017 at 3:05 pm

Tags: housing,housing market,property,property TV shows

A fun new survey conducted by My Home Move has revealed the UK’s favourite property-related television shows and presenters.

The investigation, conducted by the research agency Gorkana, quizzed 700 members of the UK public to pick their favourite property television show, presenter and iconic home.

Property Favourites

DIY SOS, fronted by Nick Knowles, was voted as Britain’s favourite television property show. Coming in a close second was Grand Designs, while Homes Under the Hammer was back in third.

The top five most popular property television shows, as per Gorkana’s research, were found to be:

Show	Percentage of votes
*DIY SOS*	19%
Grand Designs	18%
Homes Under the Hammer	17%
Location, Location, Location	16%
Escape to the Country	9%

In terms of presenter, Nick Knowles made it a double for DIY SOS, perhaps surprisingly beatinh Kirstie and Phil from Location, Location, Location into third and fourth position respectively.

Britain’s favourite property show presenters were found to be:

Presenter	Percentage of votes
*Nick Knowles (DIY SOS)*	21%
Kevin McCloud (Grand Designs)	12%
Kirstie Allsopp (Location, Location, Location)	10%
Phil Spencer (Location, Location, Location)	10%
Martin Roberts (Homes Under the Hammer)	9%

Britain’s favourite property TV shows are revealed

Doug Crawford, CEO of My Home Move, observed: ‘Property is a very British obsession, so naturally there are many programmes on our television dedicated to properties of all shapes and sizes. What the results show is that property is aspirational; whether it’s improving the properties that we own or building and buying the properties we dream about.’[1]

Dream Homes

In addition, respondents to the survey were asked what ideal property would make up their ideal home.

The fictional estate in Downton Abbey came in first, followed by the Southfork Ranch, as seen in Dallas. Harry Potter’s Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry came in third.

Continuing, Mr Crawford said: ‘The properties the Nation has chosen as their dream homes are interesting, as they are all unique in their own ways. Home ownership and the type of property we own in the UK has typically been an indicator of social status; the bigger the property is, the more successful we are, so it’s no surprise that the Nation’s dream home is that of the Earl of Grantham.’[1]

Concluding, he noted: ‘It seems that while the public prefers the ‘good-news’ story of people coming together to help those in needs, the industry recognises and uses the educational value of property shows. Either way, the Nation’s obsession with property continues to be reflected in the variety of property shows on our screens, and I am sure we will see more of them in the years to come.’[1]

[1] http://www.propertyreporter.co.uk/property/what-is-the-uks-favourite-property-tv-show.html

Second Crowdfunding Effort for Property TV is Removed

Published On: October 2, 2015 at 8:41 am

Author: Em Morley

Categories: Landlord News

Tags: property crowdfunding,Property TV,property TV shows

The second crowdfunding pitch for television channel Property TV has been removed.

The channel, which can be viewed on Sky, insists that this will not change its future.

It had hit 58% of its £100,000 target, which it states would have been used for marketing and content.

Second Crowdfunding Effort for Property TV is Removed

However, the crowdfunding website, Seedrs, has now removed the pitch, the channel’s co-founder Michael Hammond has confirmed.

Property TV, which launched this summer, had another crowdfunding pitch pulled by another site, Crowdcube, in spring.

That effort had achieved a potential £320,000, exceeding its target by 58%. However, the funds were never collected after Crowdcube removed the pitch.

It explained to prospective investors: “After the close of the Property TV pitch, issues about the management of the company came to light that we felt materially affected the pitch.

“Following enhanced due diligence, Crowdcube has made the difficult decision to cancel the pitch and not to collect investors’ money.”¹

It did not state whom the claims related to.

However, a co-founder of Property TV and former estate agent, Ben Rogers, was declared bankrupt on 5^th May, owing money to people after launching several property investment businesses.

According to the Companies House site, Rogers has been the director of four other property television projects, all of which he left.

His LinkedIn profile states: “I’ve invested in the property industry since the ‘turn of the century’ and have pretty much done everything property related apart from invest overseas.”²

Despite Property TV’s latest crowdfunding bid being cancelled, co-founder Michael Hammond does not doubt the firm’s future.

He says: “The crowdfunding was for marketing and content; it does not affect the viability of the company whatsoever.

“Since launch in June, the company has exceeded our expectations. We already have around 150,000 viewers tuning in every day and the company is going from strength to strength.”¹

He did not confirm whether Property TV would be crowdfunding for a third time.

The channel includes programmes such as Restoration Nightmare and Dream Homes as well as original shows.

¹http://www.propertyindustryeye.com/second-crowdfunding-pitch-for-property-tv-is-pulled/

²https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=AAEAAAAWRJUBa3JN8WrZjmELctHLXfjKT63Fi18&trk=miniprofile-name-link