Anyone seen this prog - ITV afternoons.

Seen it a few time - basically they spend 60 minutes (hence the name) redoing 3 or 4 rooms in a house. That 60 minutes includes all preparation and finish, plus room furnishings and dressings going back.

I like this program as no matter how bad my DIY work is, it looks good compared to the finish they get when they paint over wallpaper, roller over picturerails and borders, only use one coat of paint, wallpaper full of bubbles, no cutting in between wall and ceiling, etc, etc - the list goes on and on.....

Great stuff

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I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, "Where's the self-help section?"
She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.

Have you seen how many of them there are I watched it ONCE and they had 60 people!!
Bloody hell


I also think they do a cr@p job

John

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Growing old is compulsory, growing up is not!

It gives customers stupid ideas on how long a job takes

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www.craigthehandyman.com Wilmslow / Alderley Edge

Thing is, Handy - you could do a job in that length of time if you wanted it to look as bad as it usually does on that prog

I reckon the people write in not to get the makeover, but to get the freebies they seem to throw in each time. At the end, they say how much it cost excluding labour and normally about £15k+ (plasma TVs, new suites, dining tables, etc)

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I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, "Where's the self-help section?"
She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.

As Handy says its gives people unrealistic ideas on time - and yes its terrible, it should be changed to "How to f*ck up your house in an hour"

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"Where would we be without rules?
France! And where would we be with too many rules? Germany!"

I would like to see the place 6 weeks later, whether the owners have changed the colours, or stripped the paper.

I saw it a few years ago, and could see quite a few faults, the other one with carol smiley was famous for getting it wrong lol

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I would rather want something I dont have, that have something I dont want

saw this quote about ther programme:

"Someone I know has had her house made over by the team, although it hasn't been shown yet. They do do it literally in 60 minutes, but they only decorate the area of the rooms that is shown on TV, so they will do one or two walls, shove some furniture back in and leave the rest for you to finish yourself. They do leave all the necessary paint, paper etc - but it is quite a job to then finish all the rooms in your house. "


This quote from someone else is a bit more interesting:

"I used to go out with one of the designers. Boy have I got some stories!! My lips are sealed, except to tell you she is one dirty minx "

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I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, "Where's the self-help section?"
She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.

I don't see the attraction in a 60 minute makeover, surely it would be better to just take the day over it?! People would still watch!!

I have to agree some of the finishes are awful, surprised they manage to find any trade people to work on the show...

i actually hate all of those programs, 60minutes screwover, diy sos etc etc.

they give the real trades bad names. like Handyman stated, when we price to do the work they think we are taking them for a ride because it takes an hour not a week.

Hoovie
you have too much time on your hands if your watching afternoon tv