Shows on TV about property and real estate

A list of some shows about property and real estate

United Kingdom

Shows on buying property

Property Ladder (TV series)
A reality television show.
Property Ladder is the name of a tv show that airs in the United Kingdom, United States New Zealand and Australia where first-time property, or real-estate, developers purchase houses (usually in need of repair), renovate them, and attempt to sell them (or flip) for a profit. Their efforts (and frustrations) are the featured bit of the show. An expert property developer steps in to provide advice.

In the UK Sarah Beeny features as the expert property developer. The show underwent changes in format during 2005 and features two developments per episode rather than one.

A Place in the Sun

is a British FreeForm/Channel 4 daytime lifestyle programme about buying property abroad. It most often focuses on places in southern Europe, but in recent years has also featured a number of places in other areas of the world. It is usually presented by the former estate agent and model Amanda Lamb Spin-offs
Spin-offs have included a magazine, which is now the most popular magazine advising on buying overseas property, and a live exhibition in London called A Place in the Sun Live. There have also been a number of spin-off television programmes:

My Place in the Sun, revisiting people who have appeared on A Place in the Sun and reviewing the effect that their new property has had on their lives
Housetrapped in the Sun, looking at disasters that have occurred while buying property abroad
A Place in Greece, A Place in France, A Place in Spain and A Place in Slovakia, each of which has a continuing docusoap format. The 2007 series Chaos at the Chateau is a sequel to the latter.
A Place by the Sea, which looks at buying property in coastal areas of the UK
A Place in the Sun - Home or Away, in which people view properties both in the UK and in a foreign country

Homes Under The Hammer

A daytime television programme aired on BBC One. It is presented by

Each episode of the show follows three properties which were bought by people at property auctions. It shows how the owners change the property and what they decide to do with it.

Repeat episodes are shown on UKTV Style.

Location, Location, Location

A Channel 4 property programme, presented by Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer. The reality show follows two real estate experts as they try to find the perfect home for a different set of buyers each week. It first aired in May 2001. Relocation, Relocation is a Channel 4 property show based on the same format as its parent show.

To Buy or Not to Buy

is a reality television series where Britons "try out" their dream houses, before actually purchasing them. The series started in 2003 and is currently running on BBC1.

The episodes follow a set pattern. After introducing the prospective buyers and their idea of an ideal home, including location, features and price range, each of the two presenters selects a property they feel fits that ideal. A third property, the so-called 'wild card', may not fully fit this wish list, but is believed to be adequate by the presenters.

The prospective buyers are then given the opportunity to inspect each property, discussing its flaws and merits with the presenters before guessing the property's price. They are then allowed to choose one property for an in-depth 'try before you buy' segment, where they can test drive the property more leisurely. The episode concludes with a final conversation with the prospective buyers, asking them whether they are in fact interested in purchasing the property.

Escape to the Country

daytime television programme aired on BBC2 The basic premise of the show is a buyer is wanting relocate from their current city home to a more peaceful and rural retreat

Makeover Shows

Changing Rooms was a British television entertainment DIY show broadcast on the BBC. It is the game show that began the DIY show fad of the late 1990s. The object of the show was for couples to swap houses with friends or neighbours with each pair doing up each other's houses. This would lead up to a finale with both couples seeing their rooms, and meeting up again - almost invariably on still friendly terms. With the show including some top designers, their ideas could be a little over the top, which led to a few tears and tantrums. Changing Rooms was originally hosted by Carol Smillie,
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is an Emmy Award-winning ABC reality television

Clean Sweep was an American television series involving a team consisting of a host, an organizer, designer, and carpenter who would help homeowners clear one or two rooms of clutter in a two-day process. Original episodes of Clean Sweep aired on TLC in 2003 through 2005. The program is still shown in daily reruns.

Designed to Sell is a HGTV American reality television show focused on fixing up and renovation of a home about to go on the market. The show is one half hour long and is produced by Pietown Productions. The show began airing in 2004.

Flip That House is an anthology series created by the Discovery Home Channel and now also airing on TLC. Each episode shows a different individual in the process of flipping a house.

Hometime is a PBS home improvement television show produced by Hometime Video Publishing, Chaska, Minnesota, in association with WHYY-TV Philadelphia / Wilmington and broadcast on public television and in syndication. It first aired in 1986.

House Doctor is a British Entertainment television programme. Broadcast on Five, each week the House Doctor, Californian real estate stylist Ann Maurice helps UK home owners sell their houses with her industry know-how and style tips. The popularity of the show has let the word house doctoring to British English lexicon, to the American term home staging.

How Not To Decorate was a tv series which aired on Five in the UK in which designers helped redecorate, notoriously ugly or unstylish homes, in a format similar to the What Not to Wear series.

In a Fix was an American television series involving a team of construction workers and a designer who would rescue homeowners from stalled “do-it-yourself” renovation projects. Original episodes of In a Fix, which was produced by NorthSouth Productions, aired on TLC in 2004 and 2005.

Million Pound Property Experiment was a television series in 2003-2004 which aired on BBC Two in the UK in which designers bought, renovated and re-sold properties for a profit. This, as they gambled with a £100,000 loan from the BBC, with the ultimate goal being a sale of a property for £1 Million.

Monster House (2003–2006) was a Discovery Channel television program that documented the themed remodeling of a residence in a five-day time frame. In early 2006, Discovery Channel announced the show had been canceled and the final episode, titled Farewell House, aired in February.

The Outhouse is a Canadian television series that aired on OLN in Canada and in Australia on FOXTEL.

While You Were Out was an hour-long American television reality program on the cable channel TLC. The format of the show is similar to TLC's Trading Spaces (which, in turn, is based on the BBC TV series Changing Rooms). While You Were Out adds a suspenseful gimmick by keeping the entire redecoration a secret from the homeowner.

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