House of Love

amdublin · 24-03-2013 12:13pm #1

Another thread in AH (most embarrassing thing on tv) got me thinking about this tv show.

The premise was that 8 couples competed for a house - in Mullingar.

From some online digging I see that the winners (a couple from Limerick and Tipperary) never actually moved into it. It was worth €179,000 when they won in 2003 and apparently was worth €279,000 2 years later.

Does anyone know
(a) did the winners sell it or do they still own it (the rules did not preclude them from selling it iirc)
(b) are the winners still together??
(b) the other couples - are they still together etc? Did they manage to buy their own houses during the next few crazy years after 03?

:mad: The years from then until now are really key in boom/bust history of Ireland

I think it'd be a nice bit of social history if RTE could revisit them all and we saw how they fared through the last decade.

Ps. Funny how they were all m/f couples. Wonder was this specifically stated in the rules?!! I wonder if they did it now m/m and f/f couples would be included. I assume and hope so!

So anyone know anyone who took part etc?

24-03-2013 12:29pm

I remember one of the rules was that you couldn't be married!

Yamanoto · 24-03-2013 12:35pm

amdublin wrote: »

I think it'd be a nice bit of social history if RTE could revisit them all and we saw how they fared through the last decade.

Money well spent :pac:

amdublin · 24-03-2013 12:36pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I remember one of the rules was that you couldn't be married!

Really?! That's a bit mad. Wonder what the thinking was behind that!

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Meet+the+couples+who+want+to+win+..+a+House+Of+Love.-a0109977516

goose2005 · 24-03-2013 12:36pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I remember one of the rules was that you couldn't be married!

no, some of them were.

24-03-2013 12:37pm

goose2005 wrote: »

no, some of them were.

Nope, they weren't.

Married couples were excluded.

starlings · 24-03-2013 12:41pm

in a garden in the house of love
sitting lonely on a plastic chair

I thought this was going to be about the 80's band.

amdublin · 24-03-2013 12:43pm

goose2005 wrote: »

no, some of them were.

Deleted User wrote: »

Nope, they weren't.

Married couples were excluded.

According to the rte website there was "more info" available on the House of Love website. I'd be interested to see the website and see all the rules etc but I can't locate it

Ps. Whoopsadaisy - I don't recall that rule myself, I thought one or two were married, but could not swear to that.

Faiche Ro · 24-03-2013 12:44pm

The winning couple are still together alright. The guy is from my home town. They sold the house a few years ago..not sure when exactly.

24-03-2013 12:45pm

amdublin wrote: »

According to the rte website there was "more info" available on the House of Love website. I'd be interested to see the website and see all the rules etc but I can't locate it

I tried to find it too but to now avail!

There were no married couples on the show, because married couples were excluded from entering.

iguana · 24-03-2013 12:47pm

I just remember the description of the house location. Mullingar - a good commute to Dublin.

amdublin · 24-03-2013 12:47pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I tried to find it too but to now avail!

There were no married couples on the show, because married couples were excluded from entering.

Hee hee! Maybe this was the reason:
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Prize+pair+STILL+waiting+for+House+of+Love+move%3B+WE'LL+STAY+HOME...-a0126289058

Rte asked the fella from the winning couple did he want to propose live on air :eek:

24-03-2013 12:48pm

amdublin wrote: »

Hee hee! Maybe this was the reason:
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Prize+pair+STILL+waiting+for+House+of+Love+move%3B+WE'LL+STAY+HOME...-a0126289058

Rte asked the fella from the winning couple did he want to propose live on air :eek:

How embarrassing :eek:

Maybe that was the agenda from the beginning then? Jaysis.

amdublin · 24-03-2013 12:54pm

Not sure...

No mention that couple must be m/f or anything about being married or not married here:
http://www.independent.ie/unsorted/property/win-a-love-nest-on-new-reality-tv-show-25924714.html

24-03-2013 12:56pm

Not specifically, but it does say

The producers of the show are seeking couples as contestants on the show who are in long term steady relationships or are engaged to be married and auditions will be held around the country over the next two weeks.

Long term relationships or engaged. Married couples weren't allowed.

Skid X · 24-03-2013 12:58pm

Brenda Donoghue was the Presenter and devised the Format. She wasn't impressed with the outcome. This article was from 2010, she still isn't Ireland's answer to Oprah ...

RTE star Brenda Donoghue has set her sights on becoming Ireland's answer to Oprah Winfrey.

Donoghue, who is Derek Mooney's right-hand woman on his radio show, was almost put off working in television for life when she first started a decade ago.

She revealed: "The House of Love was in the early 2000s, but it wasn't a resounding success and it bruised my enthusiasm. It's only now I'm starting to develop more ideas for TV.

I can't read the rest of the Article because they want me to subscribe

http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-222986069.html

amdublin · 24-03-2013 1:03pm

One couple weren't happy:
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/62715365/House-of-HATE-EXCLUSIVE-RTE-CHIEFS-INVESTIGATE-SMEAR-CAMPAIGN-AGAINST-COUPLE-IN-EUR200000-REALITY-SHOW(News)

And to top it all off they didn't even get their bouquet of flowers (last paragraph)
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/solid-foundation-for-relationship-thats-built-to-last-25920098.html

LizT · 24-03-2013 1:07pm

amdublin wrote: »

One couple weren't happy:
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/62715365/House-of-HATE-EXCLUSIVE-RTE-CHIEFS-INVESTIGATE-SMEAR-CAMPAIGN-AGAINST-COUPLE-IN-EUR200000-REALITY-SHOW(News)

And to top it all off they didn't even get their bouquet of flowers (last paragraph)
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/solid-foundation-for-relationship-thats-built-to-last-25920098.html

Love that headline
House of HATE

They must have been patting themselves on the back for that one.

Ficheall · 24-03-2013 1:08pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Long term relationships or engaged. Married couples weren't allowed.

Marriage can be a long term relationship sometimes...

amdublin · 24-03-2013 1:10pm

Aww, reading this article (not to mention it's 10 years after the competition) I wish this couple won it:
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/HOUSE+OF+LOVE%3A+IT'S+BUNKBEDS+IF+MY+LOVER+AND+I+WIN+IT%3B+TV+contest+for...-a0110435019

nlgbbbblth · 24-03-2013 1:13pm

starlings wrote: »

in a garden in the house of love
sitting lonely on a plastic chair

I thought this was going to be about the 80's band.

Let's make it so.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN3_Np6PUsg

24-03-2013 1:19pm

Ficheall wrote: »

Marriage can be a long term relationship sometimes...

Lies!

Meh, I'm not gonna bother arguing something I can't back up, but I know for a fact that if you showed up to the auditions and said you were married you were turned away.

4zn76tysfajdxp · 24-03-2013 1:23pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I remember one of the rules was that you couldn't be married!

Deleted User wrote: »

Married couples were excluded.

Deleted User wrote: »

There were no married couples on the show

Deleted User wrote: »

Married couples weren't allowed.

Deleted User wrote: »

I know for a fact that if you showed up to the auditions and said you were married you were turned away.

You tried to enter, didn't you?

24-03-2013 1:32pm

Bristol Powerful Theft wrote: »

You tried to enter, didn't you?

I know someone who did

amdublin · 24-03-2013 1:40pm

I wonder did any m/m or f/f couples even attend the auditions?

AnonoBoy · 24-03-2013 3:07pm

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