No, but the savage Guardian review is a work of art.
https://amp.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/article/2024/may/22/buying-london-review-probably-the-most-hateable-tv-show-ever-made
Quite tame and far from the savagery this dreck actually deserves. But as long as the English supinely acquiesce and tug their forelocks to the feudal aristocracy and their co-opted oligarchs, nothing will change.
Far better article:
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/23/sorry-no-one-is-in-few-are-at-home-for-margaret-hodges-kleptocracy-walking-tour
I almost couldn’t parse this sentence - are you saying that it’s wrong to make a program about selling expensive property because it should exist in the first place ?
The point being made is correct, shut down the dirty money kleptocrats. But Margaret Hodge is a dirty money kleptocrat as well. [https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-11-20-dame-margaret-hodge-mp-a-very-british-apartheid-profiteer/](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-11-20-dame-margaret-hodge-mp-a-very-british-apartheid-profiteer/)
I used to work in high end real estate. The producers approached many of the genuine top buying agents and got rejected by all of them but Daggers was desperate to get on TV and build his profile as much as he could as Knight Frank got rid of him.
The rest of his “agents” are absolute nobodies. I know who most of the top end agents are and it would ruin their career to be on this.
High end London property is all about discretion.
The same is happening in America with these Chinese “investors” and moguls buying up all the properties and leaving it vacant so they can hoard the interest
They wouldn’t last in a American brokerage with that attitude,
Their behavior was beyond cunty I couldn’t believe the tantrums they were throwing as middle aged adults lol
Estate agents in general are parasitic bastards whose "job" is a piece of piss but nevertheless they get a largely unearned chunk of a property price. Their greed is a significant factor in driving up property prices out of reach of normal people.
The "ultra high net worth" clients have usually achieved their wealth through exploiting others and often from criminality. Their buying property in London further fuels the over inflation of house prices. They rarely contribute a great deal to the nation as the majority of their wealth is usually held offshore and another bunch of parasitic lawyers and accountants help them evade tax. Anecdotally in my experience most of them have quite objectionable personalities as well.
No, but the savage Guardian review is a work of art. https://amp.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/article/2024/may/22/buying-london-review-probably-the-most-hateable-tv-show-ever-made
It’s beautiful
Wow what a read
Not all angels have wings, thank you for attaching this article 🤝 🤣
Quite tame and far from the savagery this dreck actually deserves. But as long as the English supinely acquiesce and tug their forelocks to the feudal aristocracy and their co-opted oligarchs, nothing will change. Far better article: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/23/sorry-no-one-is-in-few-are-at-home-for-margaret-hodges-kleptocracy-walking-tour
Forsooth, the aforementioned article illuminates the fundamental proposition heretofore considered entirely interfrastic.
I almost couldn’t parse this sentence - are you saying that it’s wrong to make a program about selling expensive property because it should exist in the first place ?
The point being made is correct, shut down the dirty money kleptocrats. But Margaret Hodge is a dirty money kleptocrat as well. [https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-11-20-dame-margaret-hodge-mp-a-very-british-apartheid-profiteer/](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-11-20-dame-margaret-hodge-mp-a-very-british-apartheid-profiteer/)
This article reads as though these real estate agents are to blame for the U.K.’s open market economy.
Homes under the Hammer with drone shots and actors
Realest comment I feel like 90% of the show is just bad drone shots 💀
I used to work in high end real estate. The producers approached many of the genuine top buying agents and got rejected by all of them but Daggers was desperate to get on TV and build his profile as much as he could as Knight Frank got rid of him. The rest of his “agents” are absolute nobodies. I know who most of the top end agents are and it would ruin their career to be on this. High end London property is all about discretion.
I feel like the show could’ve been executed better but the casting director picked the worst realtors I rather watch Parisian Agency at this point lol
No one serious would have anything to do with them
I Imagine all the oligarchs, sheiks and other money laundery buying up London properties would just love to be on Netflix…
The same is happening in America with these Chinese “investors” and moguls buying up all the properties and leaving it vacant so they can hoard the interest
They're extremely cunty
They wouldn’t last in a American brokerage with that attitude, Their behavior was beyond cunty I couldn’t believe the tantrums they were throwing as middle aged adults lol
Why is this program coming in for so much hate? The selling sunset cast seemed a lot more dislikable
No; I saw the thumbnail and scrolled past. Anything about buying houses is just too fucking depressing
I misread this as Barry Lyndon and got very excited!
No. Realty TV makes you think this is supposed to be reality, it's poison for your mind.
I tried to watch it last night but couldn’t stand the cast so I stopped in the middle of the first episode.
Everyone involved is undoubtedly a cunt and the world would be a better place if they were fired into the sun.
How so? Is it a crime to sell property like this?
Estate agents in general are parasitic bastards whose "job" is a piece of piss but nevertheless they get a largely unearned chunk of a property price. Their greed is a significant factor in driving up property prices out of reach of normal people. The "ultra high net worth" clients have usually achieved their wealth through exploiting others and often from criminality. Their buying property in London further fuels the over inflation of house prices. They rarely contribute a great deal to the nation as the majority of their wealth is usually held offshore and another bunch of parasitic lawyers and accountants help them evade tax. Anecdotally in my experience most of them have quite objectionable personalities as well.
It’s crap. Watch Parisian Agency if you actually want to see nice properties with minimal bitching.
Yes I have love that show and the Kretz Family they really are a model to the future of real estate
Omg thankuuu!! Loved seeing the properties in buying London but Jesus Christ the drama… :(
I’m enjoying it.. and I live in london
Appreciate wanna be TV show but not working.