DIY SOS: The Big Build.

stoneill

One of the best housey fixey programs.
This always has me welling up and a lump in my throat at the end.

Even the hardest of you will be soft as sh1te watching this.

Timberrrrrrrr

stoneill wrote: »

One of the best housey fixey programs.
This always has me welling up and a lump in my throat at the end.

Even the hardest of you will be soft as sh1te watching this.

Mrs T watches this, I just find it annoying but at least it's only half as annoying as that American one Extreme makeover home edition, Your man Ty Pennington makes me want to scoop out my eyes with spoons and then stick fireworks in my ears :mad:

kneemos

Seen it once or twice and the thing is done so quickly most of it looks cheap and tatty at best.

I'm sorry but the whole emotional thing follows a set criteria and is a real turn off.

stoneill

I cried again this week.

Calibos

At least DIY SOS concentrates on the actual home improvements and don't spend a huge amount of time on the story behind it. The work they do on the house is realistic and liveable in afterwards.

The American version is schmaltzy beyond belief, spend literally no time on the construction work itself, spend most of the time letting everyone know how great they are for what they're doing for this pity case and leave the pity cases with a macMansion that they can't afford to maintain, can't afford to heat, can't afford the property taxes on etc. most end up sold within the year and for a lot less than the value if the work put in because no one will pay macMansion prices for a macMansion in the middle of the ghetto or the hood or in the middle of nowhere in rural Arkansas down the road from a trailer park. Ie. the homes rebuilt by the show are no totally out of place in their locale.

volchitsa

Calibos wrote: »

At least DIY SOS concentrates on the actual home improvements and don't spend a huge amount of time on the story behind it. The work they do on the house is realistic and liveable in afterwards.

The American version is schmaltzy beyond belief, spend literally no time on the construction work itself, spend most of the time letting everyone know how great they are for what they're doing for this pity case and leave the pity cases with a macMansion that they can't afford to maintain, can't afford to heat, can't afford the property taxes on etc. most end up sold within the year and for a lot less than the value if the work put in because no one will pay macMansion prices for a macMansion in the middle of the ghetto or the hood or in the middle of nowhere in rural Arkansas down the road from a trailer park. Ie. the homes rebuilt by the show are no totally out of place in their locale.

Oh please tell me you're only being a grump here!

I find it terribly irritating too, but my 10 y-old just loves it, and I don't want to have to bite my lip even more than usual. And tbh, I have occasionally had a lump in my throat too, their situations are just so awful sometimes.

Thing is, I find it very likely you're right, but do you have a source or are you just extrapolating? (Not accusing you of making it up, I just want to know how detailed this sort of post-show info is.)

kneemos

stoneill wrote: »

I cried again this week.

You need to watch those films on True Movies,right up your street.

wazky

I was thinking of sending an idea like this to RTE, I'd send the lucky family away on a weeks holiday on the premise the house would get a makeover, but instead I'd burn it to the ground.

It's a win win really, we get to see a distraught family see their home burnt down and RTE have feck all production costs, a camera, a lighter and a can of diesel.

Bipolar Joe

volchitsa wrote: »

Oh please tell me you're only being a grump here!

I find it terribly irritating too, but my 10 y-old just loves it, and I don't want to have to bite my lip even more than usual. And tbh, I have occasionally had a lump in my throat too, their situations are just so awful sometimes.

Thing is, I find it very likely you're right, but do you have a source or are you just extrapolating? (Not accusing you of making it up, I just want to know how detailed this sort of post-show info is.)

Yeah yeah, it's a Daily Mail link. But this one isn't. There's lots more online, also.

volchitsa

Bipolar Joe wrote: »

Yeah yeah, it's a Daily Mail link. But this one isn't. There's lots more online, also.

Yes, sad. I suppose that's the thing though, they really are just another kind of reality TV show aren't they?

Annasopra

Oh god. I was in floods watching that tonight.

colm_mcm

Bipolar Joe wrote: »

Yeah yeah, it's a Daily Mail link. But this one isn't. There's lots more online, also.

They basically remortgaged/mortgaged the houses, bought stuff and now couldn't afford to pay it back?

Bipolar Joe

colm_mcm wrote: »

They basically remortgaged/mortgaged the houses, bought stuff and now couldn't afford to pay it back?

Like I said, there are others online. Some couldn't afford the price to keep the house going (Electricity, water, various taxes). It's pretty depressing, seeing as some of these people were in severe dire straits before the new house with useless shit in it.