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Daily Mail
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Kirstie Allsopp launches another scathing attack on working from home and says it 'has to stop' as it's 'destroying young people's mental health'
Kirstie Allsopp has launched another scathing attack on working from home and claimed it's 'destroying' young people's mental health. The London-born Location Location Location host, 53, took to X/Twitter on Monday morning to declare that 'working from home s***' has 'to stop'. She said that she herself has 'always' needed to travel for work, from commuting to an office, being out and about to view properties, or travelling long distances across the country for filming. Kirstie has previously made her opinion clear about non-office working, including sharing a picture of an empty Tube carriage on a weekday morning earlier this month, and warning 'it can't be a good thing'. Today, she reinforced her anti-WFH stance as she took to social media to slam working from home, especially for young people who aren't being given crucial experience of 'real life colleagues, office politics, socialising after work'. Kirstie said: 'This working from home S*** has to stop, it's destroying mental health for millions of young people, and forcing many others to spend far more on housing just for the extra office space. 'It may suit middle class, middle aged, middle management, it does not suit most young people. 'For every older person who loves working from home there's a younger person who has no experience of real life colleagues, office politics, socialising after work, or having to deal with adverse situations while away from home.' Kirstie is best known for fronting property shows on Channel 4 such as Location Location Location and Love It Or List It alongside her co-host Phil Spencer. The property guru's post met with mixed reactions after racking up more than 300,000 views in mere hours. One person said: 'I think this is a pretty wild claim to make without evidence? Huge numbers of people find WFH beneficial for their mental health'. But Kirstie simply replied: 'AND huge numbers don't!' When one person queried: 'Where's your office?', Kirstie responded: 'I have also ALWAYS had to travel for work, either to an office for 6 years, or in and out all day going to see properties or long distances across the country for filming.' Responding to criticisms, she added: 'I know that many young people are negatively impacted by working from home & that there's a fundamental unfairness in that those who work the hardest, for the lowest wages, rarely have the choice to WFH. 'FFS This is just pathetic, I never said 'get rid' of working from home. The issue is that it is forced on many and that negatively impacts young people. We've have the highest WFH in Europe, why? It's hardly as if we are the biggest country.' Many agreed with Kirstie's statement, writing: 'Absolutely luckily my two eldest children have London jobs and both go in every day. Would be miserable for them to be at home and where do they learn work social skills if stuck in their rooms!'; The Location Location Location host, 53, took to X/Twitter on Monday morning to declare that 'working from home s***' has 'to stop' 'Caused the downfall of so many cafes, pubs etc too.'; 'There's plenty of Middle Agers not enjoying it also Add in having to keep your lights & heating on 24/7 in colder/darker months!'; 'Attractive for some but not for all. Those about to embark on their careers age 18 onward. Sitting in their bedrooms of their parents homes. Staring at a screen. I remember being 18. First job in London in the 90s. Drinks after work. They need to socialise'; 'Working from home is one of those things that seems attractive at face value, but brings subtle and diverse drawbacks. Aside from its effect on teamwork, it is de-socialising. My pension-age part-time job keeps me sharper. I meet new people. I'm going to a staff event. All good.' But others were more sceptical, writing: 'I'd rather not spend several hours per day commuting thanks'; 'That's nonsense Kirstie and you know it. Working from home is flexibility. A laptop at the kitchen table is far less expensive than a commute.' Kirstie has previously sparked strong views about working from home - with her tweet sparking a mixed response. Earlier this month, Kirstie posted a photo of a 'totally empty tube carriage' on a Central Line train on X, formerly known as Twitter, and captioned the post: 'Don't quite know what it says but it can't be a good thing.' The property guru's post met with mixed reactions after racking up more than 300,000 views in mere hours In the comments section, she said the photo was taken after Mile End station, with the train heading east. The presenter's tweet quickly went viral, with more than five million views and 1,300 comments. Several X users pointed out that Kirstie had missed rush hour and most Londoners were probably already at their desks by the time she boarded the train at 9.20am. One comment read: 'It's 9.20, most people start work at 9am. Plus you're going the opposite way to the majority going into work.' Another X user agreed, adding that Central Line trains from Mile End were 'packed like sardines' at 7.30am. 'You clearly have never worked in the City. I would have done two hours of work at my desk by that time.' Another quipped: '[The photo says] No one was late for work?' 'Kirstie most people have jobs,' one comment read. However, her tweet backfired as X users pointed out that 'most people were already at work' by the time the Location, Location, Location presenter took the train at 9.20am on a Tuesday morning Several others suggested lots of people were likely working from home on the hottest day of the year, as temperatures in London rose to 34.7C on July 1. However, others noted that it showed a marked lack of tourists. BBC Radio 4 presenter David Aaronovitch replied asking: 'Too hot?' In response, Kirstie listed all those who don't have the privilege of working from home, writing: 'Not for me or our crew, or police officers, or nurses, supermarket workers, or cabbies, and all the other people who don't get paid to work from home or don't take days off when it's bloody uncomfortable.' Another X user listed all the possible reasons the carriage was empty, adding factors like 'annual leave' and the fact that lots of people 'walk/get the bus when it's hot' because the Central Line doesn't have air conditioning. 'What's even the implication here?' one person questioned Kirstie's tweet. 'Can it not just be a coincidence? You've already got several factors that would mean fewer people - the time, the direction, the location - why read anything more into it?' Her tweet, which has over 1,300 comments at the time of writing, drew mixed reactions Some, however, appeared to agree with the broadcaster as one X user replied: 'Working from home has killed all the sectors that support city life. 'Serious consequences for the economy.' After her tweet blew up online, Kirstie reposted some of the nastier messages she'd received in response as the broadcaster noted 'Twitter just isn't fun anymore' while condeming the 'constant abuse' she endured online. Replying to one X user who questioned whether Kirstie 'ever had a proper job', she said 'I'll take no lectures on not understanding the world of work' after having taken the Tube to work every day for five years. She also pointed out 'there are many reasons an empty Tube' is a worrying economical sign, questioning why there were no tourists or people who work weekends 'having Tuesday off and going to Stratford'. When someone suggested Kirstie, who is the eldest daughter of the late Lord Charles Hindlip, 'wouldn't know that' most people get to work before 9am, she replied the debate was 'not worth it anymore'. Kirstie's post comes after the TV host revealed how she once received a random FaceTime from an ex-househunter she had helped on Location, Location, Location. The property broadcaster, 53, starred on 25 Years of Location, Location, Location with her co-host and longtime friend, Phil Spencer, 55, in May. The pair were discussing some of the couples they had helped since the Channel 4 programme first aired in 2000. In this time, Kirstie and Phil have carried out 469 searches, viewed 1,810 homes and been trusted with more than £176,000,000 of money from house hunters. Kirstie reflected on the episode where she attempted to find Ruth and Anna a flat the week after the Brexit result. The sisters ended up losing out on the property due to the level of uncertainty that came with leaving the European Union. However, Kirstie divulged that she actually negotiated the apartment they bought a year after they starred on the show, in 2017. She said: 'We lost out on the property we ended up bidding on, a year later I negotiated the purchase of the flat that they finally bought. I always remember that because I always say to everyone don't forget, we're always there for you.' Kirstie then revealed that every home buyer that goes on the show has her and Phil's personal mobile numbers - and she once received an unexpected drunk call from a past Location, Location, Location participant. She said: 'Our househunters have our telephone number. I always say 'Don't call when drunk!'' But being able to call the hosts at any time appears to get you brownie points in your friendship group - and one intoxicated ex-participant decided to put it to the test. Kirstie said: 'It doesn't always happen, but someone did call me once from the races, FaceTimed me [and said] 'Look here I am I wanted to prove to everyone that I had your number''.'
The Guardian
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Yes, the problem is men like Greg Wallace – but it's also those who should stop them and don't
It was only a handful of 'middle-class women of a certain age'. That's how the MasterChef host Gregg Wallace originally dismissed his accusers, when allegations of sexually inappropriate behaviour first surfaced. Just a few humourless posh birds, in other words, who couldn't take a joke from the self-styled 'cheeky greengrocer' and star of a cookery show enjoyed by – well, lots of other middle-class women of a certain age, for starters. But those jokes were apparently sexualised enough that the former Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark, no shrinking violet, raised concerns privately with producers after appearing as a contestant on Celebrity MasterChef. Meanwhile, her fellow broadcaster Kirstie Allsopp, who recalled Wallace allegedly describing a sex act with his partner within an hour of meeting her at work, succinctly described all the reasons women mostly didn't say anything at the time: 'Because you feel, in no particular order, embarrassed, a prude, shocked, waiting for a male colleague to call him out, not wanting to 'rock the boat', thinking it's better to plough on with the day, assuming you misheard/misunderstood or just don't get the joke.' Or, of course, because you're frightened that if you complain you won't get hired again – which is precisely why it's often those pesky older women, financially secure and senior enough not to be easily brushed off, who end up making a fuss on behalf of those who can't. We now know that more than 50 people, in addition to the 13 who originally complained to BBC News, have come forward after an inquiry into Wallace's conduct set up by Banijay, the production company behind MasterChef. Many were said to be young women on precarious freelance contracts, scared of losing work in a ridiculously competitive industry. One was in her 20s when she claims Wallace pushed her on to the sofa in his dressing room and dropped his trousers: when she reported the alleged incident to senior staff, she was allegedly informed that she was over 16, so 'you're not being Jimmy Saviled'. Another alleged Wallace put his hand on her groin under the table at a dinner ahead of filming the cookery show Saturday Kitchen, asking if she liked it. (Wallace, for his part, insists the most serious allegations against him have been dismissed; at the time of writing, the report is still unpublished.) So far, so familiar, from all the other stories of big shots behaving badly that women are sick and tired of hearing but from which some institutions still can't seem to learn. It's happening from TV to politics, banking to and sport. (For the avoidance of any doubt, the take-home lesson from this parade of the gropey, the sleazy and the justifiably cancelled has never been that great men – for it's usually men – just come with baggage, like tortured latter-day artistic geniuses. More banally, it's that people mostly do what they can get away with, and those who make a fortune for their employers or shareholders are often allowed to get away with way too much.) But this particular iteration of the story comes with an unexpected twist, namely Gregg Wallace's apparently unswerving belief that the real victim here is Gregg Wallace. He was hired, he protested on Instagram, to be 'a real person with warmth, character, rough edges and all', and for 21 years that was the brand; only now, 'in a sanitised world', have the rough edges suddenly become a problem. (Though isn't the point of creative industries that they move constantly with the times? How many brands wouldn't need a refresh after two decades?) But crucially, Wallace went on to add that he was recently diagnosed as autistic, after years of speculation that he might be neurodivergent: while he admits his language was sometimes inappropriate, he is angry that the BBC apparently did nothing 'to investigate my disability or protect me from what I now realise was a dangerous environment'. (Dangerous for him, presumably, rather than the women: though I do see why you might be confused.) Friends of the presenter, meanwhile, blamed his reported habit of not wearing underpants – a recurrent theme of the allegations – on 'hypersensitivity to labels and tight clothing'. As it happens, this week I read a moving interview with the England footballer Lucy Bronze, also diagnosed with autism as an adult. She spent her 20s struggling desperately to fit in, making herself 'feel uncomfortable so that others felt more comfortable', she told Women's Health magazine: she would watch and copy her team-mate Jill Scott, teaching herself to make eye contact like the other players did even though it felt unnatural. (Even now, she finds hugging people difficult.) Let's just say Bronze's story will probably resonate a lot more than Wallace's with the many, many autistic people quietly exhausting themselves trying to decipher and comply with all the unspoken etiquette of office life – the things most people just absorb without even thinking about it – who have nonetheless managed not to be accused of sexual harassment. No autistic person needs the added stigma of being associated with trouser-dropping. But even taking at face value Wallace's argument that the BBC should have done more to protect him from himself, what most helps autistic people (and actually many neurotypical people) thrive at work is setting very clear rules, spelling out exactly what is and isn't done in your organisation. As luck would have it, that kind of clarity would be an absolute godsend for the prospective victims of sexual harassment, too. This week, the government announced that it will implement a form of Zelda's law – named after Zelda Perkins, former PA to the rapist Harvey Weinstein – banning employers from using non-disclosure agreements to silence victims of sexual harassment. It's a nice change from the days when the Labour party stood accused of asking its own staff to sign them, and an important step towards transparency. But for most women, it's not a formal gagging order so much as fear of professional repercussions or a fumbled investigation that stops them speaking up. Ultimately, there's no substitute for managers or board members actually managing: drawing red lines around what is acceptable, and then enforcing it from top to bottom, so that everyone – no matter how senior or junior, how good or bad at reading a room – knows where they stand. Of course, it's embarrassing having to tell someone that their smutty jokes aren't safe for work, that their manner is terrifying, that they can't carry on like it's the 1980s. But it's even more embarrassing, as the MasterChef saga illustrates, for everyone to end up this publicly in the soup. Gaby Hinsliff is a Guardian columnist
Sky News
08-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Sky News
'I will not go quietly,' Gregg Wallace says amid reports he's been sacked by the BBC
Former MasterChef host Gregg Wallace has vowed he will "not go quietly", amid reports that he has been sacked by the BBC. It comes after the TV host faced an investigation, commissioned by MasterChef's production company Banijay UK, into alleged inappropriate behaviour while working for the BBC. In November, the 60-year-old stepped back from presenting the cooking show after accusations that he made sexual comments towards staff and celebrity guests on a range of programmes over 17 years. Broadcaster Kirsty Wark, author and actor Emma Kennedy, and presenter Kirstie Allsopp were among the high-profile figures who made claims of inappropriate behaviour against Wallace. In a statement, released ahead of the publication of the summary of a report into the claims, the 60-year-old said he had been "cleared of the most serious and sensational accusations" made against him. However, he said the report, carried out by law firm Lewis Silkin, had found him "primarily guilty of inappropriate language between 2005 and 2018". It comes as BBC News announced that 50 more people have made claims to the corporation against Wallace, including allegations he groped one MasterChef worker and pulled his trousers down in front of another. In a statement, published on Instagram, Wallace labelled BBC News's claims "uncorroborated tittle-tattle". Wallace wrote: "I have taken the decision to speak out ahead of the publication of the Silkins report (sic) - a decision I do not take lightly. "But after 21 years of loyal service to the BBC, I cannot sit in silence while my reputation is further damaged to protect others. "I have now been cleared by the Silkins report (sic) of the most serious and sensational accusations made against me. "The most damaging claims (including from public figures which have not been upheld) were found to be baseless after a full and forensic six-month investigation. "To be clear, the Silkins Report exonerates me of all the serious allegations which made headlines last year and finds me primarily guilty of inappropriate language between 2005 and 2018." 'I was hired as the cheeky greengrocer - now that's a problem' Wallace said he recognised that "some of my humour and language" was at times "inappropriate" and that he apologised "without reservation". "But I was never the caricature now being sold for clicks," Wallace, who also referred to his recent diagnosis of autism, added. "I was hired by the BBC and MasterChef as the cheeky greengrocer. A real person with warmth, character, rough edges, and all. "For over two decades, that authenticity was part of the brand. Now, in a sanitised world, that same personality is seen as a problem." Wallace hit out at 'middle-class women of a certain age' Shortly after the allegations first emerged, Wallace recorded a video where he dismissed his accusers as "middle-class women of a certain age". His remarks were met with huge criticism - including from Downing Street, where a spokesperson for the prime minister described them as "completely inappropriate and misogynistic". Wallace responded by posting a follow-up clip where he apologised and said he "wasn't in a good space" when he posted the comments. Wallace was replaced in the 20th season of MasterChef, which aired this Spring, by restaurant critic and former I 'm A Celebrity contestant Grace Dent. Several Christmas episodes of the show were also pulled from the BBC's 2024 festive schedule. In April, Wallace spoke to the Daily Mail, denying all accusations against him and saying he had contemplated suicide following the allegations. Wallace's lawyers have previously called allegations that he engages in behaviour of a sexually harassing nature "entirely false". A spokesperson for the BBC said: "Banijay UK instructed the law firm Lewis Silkin to run an investigation into allegations against Gregg Wallace. We are not going to comment until the investigation is complete and the findings are published." A Banijay spokesperson told Sky News: "We won't be commenting until our report is published." They have signalled the report will be published later this week or next. Banijay previously said Wallace is "committed to fully co-operating" with the external review. Alongside MasterChef, Wallace presented Inside The Factory for BBC Two from 2015 to 2023. He also featured on various BBC shows over the years, including Saturday Kitchen, Eat Well For Less, Supermarket Secrets, Celebrity MasterChef and MasterChef: The Professionals, as well as being a Strictly Come Dancing contestant in 2014. More recently, Wallace has been promoting his health and lifestyle website, offering one-to-one coaching from both himself and a team of experts, which includes nutritionists and doctors, and his wife Anna in the role of recipe curator.
Daily Mail
02-07-2025
- Climate
- Daily Mail
Kirstie Allsopp shares ominous picture of empty Tube carriage and warns 'this can't be a good thing'
Kirstie Allsopp has shared an ominous picture of an empty Tube carriage on a weekday morning as she warned it 'can't be a good thing' while seemingly calling out work-from-home culture. However, her twee t backfired as X users pointed out that 'most people were already at work' by the time the Location, Location, Location presenter took the train at 9.20am on a Tuesday morning. On July 1, Kirstie, 53, posted a photo of a 'totally empty tube carriage' on a Central Line train on X, formerly known as Twitter, and captioned the post: 'Don't quite know what it says but it can't be a good thing.' In the comments section, she said the photo was taken after Mile End station, as the train presumably headed east towards Epping on the hottest day of the year so far. The presenter's tweet quickly went viral, with over five million views and 1,300 comments at the time of writing, but most of them were critical as Kirstie hit back at the barrage of 'abuse' she faced in response. Several X users pointed out that Kirstie had missed rush hour and most Londoners were probably already at their desks by the time she boarded the train at 9.20am. One comment read: 'It's 9.20, most people start work at 9am. Plus you're going the opposite way to the majority going into work.' Another X user agreed, adding that Central Line trains from Mile End were 'packed like sardines' at 7.30am. However, her tweet backfired as X users pointed out that 'most people were already at work' by the time the Location, Location, Location presenter took the train at 9.20am on a Tuesday morning A third person noted: 'You clearly have never worked in the City. I would have done two hours of work at my desk by that time.' Another quipped: '[The photo says] No one was late for work?' 'Kirstie most people have jobs,' one comment read. Several others suggested lots of people were likely working from home on the hottest day of the year, as temperatures in London rose to 34.7C on July 1. BBC Radio 4 presenter David Aaronovitch replied asking: 'Too hot?' In response, Kirstie listed all those who don't have the privilege of working from home, writing: 'Not for me or our crew, or police officers, or nurses, supermarket workers, or cabbies, and all the other people who don't get paid to work from home or don't take days off when it's bloody uncomfortable.' Another X user listed all the possible reasons the carriage was empty, adding factors like 'annual leave' and the fact that lots of people 'walk/get the bus when it's hot' because the Central Line doesn't have air conditioning. 'What's even the implication here?' one person questioned Kirstie's tweet. 'Can it not just be a coincidence? You've already got several factors that would mean fewer people - the time, the direction, the location - why read anything more into it?' Her tweet, which has over 1,300 comments at the time of writing, drew mixed reactions Some, however, appeared to agree with the broadcaster as one X user replied: 'Working from home has killed all the sectors that support city life. 'Serious consequences for the economy.' After her tweet blew up online, Kirstie reposted some of the nastier messages she'd received in response as the broadcaster noted 'Twitter just isn't fun anymore' while condeming the 'constant abuse' she endured online. Replying to one X user who questioned whether Kirstie 'ever had a proper job', she said 'I'll take no lectures on not understanding the world of work' after having taken the Tube to work every day for five years. She also pointed out 'there are many reasons an empty Tube' is a worrying economical sign, questioning why there were no tourists or people who work weekends 'having Tuesday off and going to Stratford'. When someone suggested Kirstie, who is the eldest daughter of the late Lord Charles Hindlip, 'wouldn't know that' most people get to work before 9am, she replied the debate was 'not worth it anymore'. Yesterday marked the hottest day of 2025 as temperatures rose past the 30C-mark in many places in the midst of a heatwave. Kirstie's post comes after the TV host revealed how she once received a random FaceTime from an ex-househunter she had helped on Location, Location, Location. The property broadcaster, 53, starred on 25 Years of Location, Location, Location with her co-host and longtime friend, Phil Spencer, 55, in May. The pair were discussing some of the couples they had helped since the Channel 4 programme first aired in 2000. In this time, Kirstie and Phil have carried out 469 searches, viewed 1,810 homes and been trusted with more than £176,000,000 of money from house hunters. Kirstie reflected on the episode where she attempted to find Ruth and Anna a flat the week after the Brexit result. The sisters ended up losing out on the property due to the level of uncertainty that came with leaving the European Union. However, Kirstie divulged that she actually negotiated the apartment they bought a year after they starred on the show, in 2017. She said: 'We lost out on the property we ended up bidding on, a year later I negotiated the purchase of the flat that they finally bought. I always remember that because I always say to everyone don't forget, we're always there for you.' Kirstie then revealed that every home buyer that goes on the show has hers and Phil's personal mobile number - and she once received an unexpected drunk call from a past Location, Location, Location participant. She said: 'Our househunters have our telephone number. I always say "Don't call when drunk!"' But being able to call the hosts at any time appears to get you brownie points in your friendship group - and one intoxicated ex-participant decided to put it to the test. Kirstie said: 'It doesn't always happen, but someone did call me once from the races, FaceTimed me [and said] "Look here I am I wanted to prove to everyone that I had your number'".'
Daily Mail
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Moment Kirstie Allsopp is left reeling as she receives VERY savage verdict on Location Location Location
Kirstie Allsopp was left reeling as she was given a very savage review after showing a couple around a property on Location, Location, Location. On last night's episode of the Channel 4 show, the property guru, 53, and her co-host Phil Spencer revisited a couple who had been hunting for their dream home in Chelmsford, back in 2016. Charlene and Jay had been living in Romford, Essex, with their one-year-old son, Kai - but wanted to upsize and improve their commutes. But after a year of searching - and with a budget of £425,000 for a four-bedroom home - the couple had no luck, and enlisted the help of Kirstie and Phil. It was soon easy to see why Charlene and Jay had been struggling, as they gave the first property they viewed in Chelmer Village a very savage verdict. Even before going inside, Jay said he 'wasn't keen on the brickwork' and, despite being near good schools, having 'excellent' transport links and only being a mile and a half outside of Chelmsford, they were even less impressed by the interior. On the market for a guide price of between £425,000 and £440,000, the property was almost double the size of their current home. But when the couple gave Kirstie their feedback, she was shocked by their brutal honesty and felt like she'd been 'harshly judged'. With a well-equipped kitchen, open plan kitchen and diner, generously sized garden and four good sized bedrooms, Kirstie thought it would be an easy win. After touring the upstairs, Charlene said it seemed 'too small' and Jay even ranked it a 'D minus'. Kirstie could only gasp: 'Oh my god! Flashback to school days!' Charlene tried to reassure her - but her feedback wasn't much better. 'I wasn't as harsh. It's a C minus upstairs, so now it's probably like a B minus,' she said, giving her review of the property. Kirstie said: 'Maybe the answer is nobody buys a B minus house. And they certainly don't buy a D minus house! I feel judged - I feel harshly judged.' The second property Kirstie showed the couple - this time taking them to Great Baddow - received an equally harsh review. The £425,000 Chalet-style home was detached and big enough for family life, with a large family bathroom. But Charlene was still less than enthusiastic and was put off by a large 'beam' running through it, and even said she thought it might be 'too sensible'. In the end, it was third time lucky for Kirstie after they paid a visit to the suburb of Moulsham. Though the 1920s property only had three bedrooms, it was much closer to town, making their commutes walkable. Charlene called it 'really nice and lovely' and said it was a 'definite contender' after only one viewing. In the end of the 2016 episode, after hitting it off with the vendors, Jay even managed to bag the property for £415,000 instead of the guide price of £425,000. And when Phil Spencer returned to see how the couple were getting on seven years later, he was left speechless. The property looked almost unrecognisable as the old rear extension had been replaced by a kitchen diner - with the estimated new value of the property standing at a huge £700,000. Totally impressed, Phil gushed: 'You've moved! This is not the same house! I'm struggling for words, it feels like a totally. totally different house.' Last time, Location, Location, Location viewers were left baffled by a young couple who dubbed spacious homes in leafy Surrey a 'compromise'. Kirstie and Phil had hoped to find Elise, Elliot and their three young children the perfect home. Having already sold their three-bedroom property, the couple had a healthy budget of £650,000 for four bedrooms and an open-plan downstairs. But, heavily emphasising that they weren't willing to compromise, Elise and Elliot were struggling to meet all their needs with the money available. As a result, they'd viewed countless properties and, despite having moved back in with Elliot's parents, were refusing to settle for something less than perfect. With Kirstie taking them round several properties, the couple either weren't 'sure' about the area, said the homes were 'too small', and even just 'didn't feel the love' for what they were seeing. Their indecision soon left viewers of the show baffled - as they failed to see anything wrong with the sought-after postcodes and spacious properties. People said: 'They are worried about the area?? Mate, you're in Epsom.' Location, Location, Location is available to watch now on Channel 4.
