Location, Location, Location viewers left baffled by 'entitled' couple's response to spacious home in Surrey suburb
Location, Location, Location viewers have been left baffled by a young couple who dubbed spacious homes in leafy Surrey a 'compromise'.
On tonight's episode of the Channel 4 series, Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer 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';
'Watching a bit of Location, Location, Location for first time in years, and am reassured they still have the formula of one reasonable couple and one self-entitled tosspot couple who won't compromise on anything, and refuse to consider a house because the road name has an F in it.'
However, others were more positive - and praised the 'excellent episode' with 'lovely couples'.
Another wryly noted: 'They certainly like beige in Surrey.'
However, their indecision was partly due to both wanting to be close to family in a nice area, and also wanting a spacious design - two requirements that seemed to be impossible.
Kirstie kicked off the search with a four-bedroom home in the leafy market town of Epsom - nestled between London and the Surrey Hills.
Unfortunately, Elliot, who works in animation, and stay at home mother Elise had already discarded the property when they saw it online - saying they weren't 'sure' about the location.
But, seeing the potential, Kirstie warned 'there has to be a compromise somewhere' - and said it may have to be the location.
Realising Epsom was a lost cause, Kirstie found them a selection of properties to view in Ewell, which was much closer to where Elliot's parents live.
But despite one smart semi-detached home having three-bedrooms and a converted attic, the couple said it was 'too small'.
Viewers were baffled that the couple were worried about the area - and one even implied they were 'entitled'
'The upstairs was much better than the downstairs and we want the downstairs to be the big space,' Elise explained.
Moving on to what she thought was her 'last option' for them, Kirstie was once again met with disappointment when another home in Ewell had already been viewed by the couple.
Despite being detached and a good size, with four bedrooms and an office, Kirstie said the two 'didn't feel the love' for the property.
However, not all hope was to be lost, as eventually Elise and Elliot realised a property they'd previously viewed was the one for them.
On the market for offers in excess of £700,000, they'd initially believed it was out of their budget but, with Kirstie's help, managed to get an offer accepted for £675,000.
The delighted couple confessed at the end of the episode: 'We can't believe it, it's a bit of a fairytale, it's like a dream come true.
'It ticks so many of our boxes, more than we ever thought we could on our budget.'
Elsewhere in the episode, Phil Spencer sought to find a home for Kim and Ralph who, with two children under five, were bursting out of Kim's two-bedroom starter flat.
They desperately wanted a taste of the space they grew up with in Zimbabwe - but close to their extended family in Horley.
Luckily, Phil had success from the get-go, as Kim and Ralph loved every property they saw, and even joked they would put an offer in on the first one.
They too had a happy ending, and their offer of £470,000 for property two was accepted.
Last week, Location, Location, Location viewers slammed a pair of Gen Z sisters for purchasing a 'pokey' London flat for an eye-watering £405,000 on Wednesday evening's episode.
Amoke, a campaigner for a non-profit organisation, and Ines, who works in digital marketing, saved up enough money for a deposit for a flat in north London by continuing to live at their family home in Ipswich.
The pair, who are in their mid-twenties and had some financial help from their brood, haven't had the best of luck in the capital city, where even the rental market is cut-throat.
They began their search two-and-a-half years ago and have since viewed over 50 properties and even put in an offer for four - but they all fell through due to bizarre circumstances, which even shocked expert Kirstie Allsopp.
Amoke, 25, said: 'One of them, somebody else already started their mortgage process, the other one we got beat out by another cash buyer. There was [also] a man who was quite elderly and quite unwell and his nephew had started selling the place before he died.
'Our lawyer was like "If you buy this, when you try and sell it I'm not even sure you'd own it". There was also someone living in it that didn't have a tenancy agreement. Ines, 23, revealed that their fourth offer was also outbid by the council, who offered the seller more money and all in cash.
Kirstie said: 'I'm sorry! Jesus, Mary and Joseph! The council were buying back properties and you were outbid by the council? Oh my God, I've never even heard of that. I'm genuinely open-mouthed.'
Their bad luck in the London property market only fuelled Kirstie's hunger to get them on the housing ladder and they ended up securing a property in north London for £405,000 - which was over their original budget of £5,000 - with fans of the Channel 4 show saying they should've 'moved to the suburbs instead'.
Location, Location, Location airs Wednesdays at 8pm on Channel 4.
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