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Daily Record
21-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Record
Scotland's Home of the Year kicks off tonight and here's everything you need to know
Scotland's Home of the Year returns to BBC One Scotland tonight at 8:30pm with three vibrant houses in the west kicking off this year's series. Scotland's Home of the Year returns tonight (April 21) at 8.30pm on BBC One Scotland, bringing with it a fresh lineup of stunning homes sure to spark some serious envy. Judges Anna Campbell-Jones, Banjo Beale and Danny Campbell are back on the road as they begin their journey to uncover the most impressive homes across Scotland. The new series kicks off in the West, where the trio explore three distinctive properties - a vibrant family flat in Saltcoats, a characterful Victorian villa in Helensburgh, and a charming 1930s sandstone bungalow in Giffnock. First on the list is the Seaside Conversion in Saltcoats, home to Tracey, Scott, and their children Alfie, Blossom, and Marley. The family moved into the property just three weeks before Christmas, two years ago. While the exterior maintains a classic, traditional look, inside lies a vibrant four-bedroom upper apartment on the seafront, bursting with colour, creativity, and warmth. Next is Pamela and her husband Gordon and there sandstone home in Giffnock, which was built in the 1920s. The pair first moved into there home four years ago before the second Covid lockdown in 2020. The couple have put there own touch on the property but have kept its true authenticity intact with some of the original features from back in the day. The last house that will appear on the episode belongs to Shereen and William Costley - the couple have been living in their beautiful historical mansion in Helensburgh since 2017. The house boasts three levels, and is situated in an ideal spot for long walks along the Gare Loch and into the hills near the Duchess Woods. Although the couple also have a massive garden, where they can enjoy the sun and spend time with there family. Scoring each home based on architectural merit, unique design and individual style, Anna, Banjo, and Danny must choose whether the Seaside Conversion, Victorian Villa, or Sandstone Bungalow will go on to represent the West in the Scotland's Home of the Year grand final, set to take place at the House for an Art Lover in Glasgow. Interior designer and judge Anna has key criteria in mind when searching for her Scotland's Home of the Year winner, as she said: "It should be inspirational, atmospheric and accessible but have that most important ingredient…love." Fellow interior designer Banjo added : "It's that combination of the best bits of your past, parts of your present and, most importantly, room to grow." Architect Danny has his own take on what makes the perfect pad: "What I'm looking for in a home is life, a liveable space framed by the energy and passion of the owners."
BBC News
21-04-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Home of the Year: 'We can tell people's homes by looking at them'
Scotland's Home of the Year judge Anna Campbell-Jones has become so adept at her job, she can tell which homes belong to which owners - just by looking at interior designer returns for a new series of the hit show where she gets to look inside strangers' homes and judge them for their inspiration and Campbell-Jones and her fellow judges, designer Banjo Beale and architect Danny Campbell, step into the competing houses, they have no idea who lives there - something she says shocks people."People are always quite surprised that we don't meet the homeowners," she told Reporting Scotland's News at Seven programme, "because we appear to know so much about them. "But it is incredible how much you can divine about a person or a couple or a family from the place they live. And that's exactly what we are looking for - something that really shows us who they are." It's only when they get to the final that they meet the people who live said: "When we are visiting the homes we are focusing on the homes and trying to work out what is going on and look at all the exciting ideas that people have been trying out."And when we meet the finalists it's a bit like how people look like their dogs - we are looking at everyone and saying I wonder if they are the people from that house - and we usually get it right."The seventh series of the BBC Scotland show begins on Monday. The competition has become a firm favourite with audiences who can't get enough of seeing where people believes it's human nature that makes it a success."It's a fundamental part of human nature, to snoop about other people's homes and see how they live," she said. Although the judging line-up has varied over the years, Campbell-Jones has remained constant, and she says the current three complement each other."The three of us get on really well - we think about homing in different ways, but we share a philosophy about the bigger picture - that it is about what a home means."Monday sees the team visit three very different homes in the west of for viewings are a colourful family flat in Saltcoats, a Victorian villa in Helensburgh and a 1930s sandstone bungalow in up is Seaside Conversion in Saltcoats, home to Tracey, Scott and their children Alfie, Blossom and Marley. Deceptively traditional from the outside, it's an upper four-bed beachfront flat packed full of colour and creativity. Next up is Victorian Villa in Helensburgh, a sandstone property which became home to Shereen, William and their family in 2017 after years of living huge seven-bedroomed Victorian home is full of items they've collected on their travels over the years, and each has a story of someone they know or somewhere they've been. The final contender in the west is Sandstone Bungalow in Giffnock, home to Pamela and Gordon, their son Caleb and Rosa the Irish Setter. The couple say they have blended old with new, retaining the beautiful original 1930s details whilst bringing the house up-to-date with a bright and modern kitchen, dining and living spaces. Campbell-Jones is clear on what she is looking for in a winner: "It should be inspirational, atmospheric and accessible but have that most important ingredient…love."Scoring them on architectural merit, distinctive design and personal style, the judges will choose which home will represent the west in the grand final held at House for an Art Lover in Glasgow.
