Adore it or Record it viewers have branded the present ‘pointless’ after that includes a seemingly confused couple who reneged on their determination to promote a property – though they’d spent a whopping £130,000 on renovations.
Carol and Andrew Pogson, who reside within the ‘posh’ spa city of Harrogate in North Yorkshire first appeared on the present in 2017, after they had been deadlocked over the destiny of their indifferent three-bedroom property.
Carol needed to ‘record it’ – that means placing it on the market – whereas Andrew demanded the family-of-four keep put.
The household determined to renovate the property and promote it, however, visiting the couple seven Phil Spencer found the couple had been nonetheless dwelling there.
Taking to X, previously often called Twitter, after the present, viewers had been left confused.
‘This programme is simply pointless. They needed to record it in 2017. “Let’s revisit once more in 2024 to see their new home”…..Oh,nonetheless there, modified ya thoughts. What is the level?’ one wrote.
A seemingly confused couple have reneged on their determination to promote a property – though they’d spent a whopping £130,000 on its renovation (Pictured: Carol and Andrew Pogson)
Carol and Andrew Pogson, who reside within the ‘posh’ spa city of Harrogate in North Yorkshire had been deadlocked over the destiny of their indifferent three-bedroom property (Pictured: their front room earlier than the renovation)
Carol, an occupational therapist, had grown uninterested in the ‘cramped’ house shared between their family-of-four and three rabbits and two kittens, and wanted further room to accommodate her ailing father (Pictured: the lounge’s gorgeous renovation)
Within the authentic present, Carol, an occupational therapist, had grown uninterested in the ‘cramped’ house shared between their two youngsters Alex and Freya, and three rabbits and two kittens, and wanted further room to accommodate her ailing father.
After initially giving in to her physiotherapist husband, the couple went £20,000 over their £60,000 finances and lavished a complete of £80,000 on renovations, just for Carol to do a 180 and put the Nineteen Thirties residence up on the market.
However after revisiting the couple seven years later, Phil was shocked to find a ‘first’ for the present, because the household had been nonetheless dwelling there and had spent an additional £50,000 doing it up.
The programme, which aired on Channel 4 final night time, adopted the Pogsons in Might 2017 as they desperately sought Phil and Kirsty’s assist to decide.
After spending 15 years within the residence, Phil was decided to not budge, he mentioned: ‘I’ve received quite a lot of good recollections right here.
‘I really like this home. I really like the backyard, the home is in a very quiet location. The varsity that my youngsters presently go to is actually a 10-minute stroll to the tip of the road.
‘It has been a beautiful place to reside and I can see myself dwelling right here one other 10, 15 or 20 years’.
However Carol was removed from satisfied: ‘There’s nearly sufficient house however really I can not see how we are able to develop in any manner’.
The couple went £20,000 over their £60,000 finances and lavished a complete of £80,000 on renovations, together with on their previous kitchen (pictured)
In a while, Carol modified her thoughts and put the Nineteen Thirties residence up on the market (Pictured: Kirsty helped the couple revamp their kitchen to provide it a ‘conventional nation’ look)
The couple have now lived at their residence in Harrogate for a complete of twenty-two years
Carol at first thought the household had outgrown the property and needed extra room for her youngsters (Pictured: the kids’s bed room)
Kirsty walked the Pogson’s by the renovation – Andrew was clearly happy with what he noticed
She added that her father Dennis, 80, who would even be staying with them, wanted his personal non-public house.
She continued: ‘If we are able to supply him an area that works in the long run then that is what we’ll should do’.
After stating her choice for a a lot larger home in a village, Phil – on staff record it – began on the lookout for a brand new residence with their £475,000 finances.
Phil’s search took Carol and Andrew to a few gorgeous properties within the Yorkshire countryside – together with a five-bedroom chocolate field cottage in Sawley which stole Carole’s coronary heart.
She was so amazed by the abode that she prompt ‘shopping for it tomorrow’ and even labelled it a potential ‘eternally residence’.
The cottage boasted two sprawling reception areas with log burners in addition to three upstairs bedrooms and two floor ground rooms.
However most essential for Carol was the self-contained backyard annex which featured a double bed room, a rest room and it is personal wardrobe, that she hoped would sooner or later home her father.
It is then anybody’s guess why the mother-of-two later reneged on her determination and as a substitute conceded the win to her husband.
Maybe the ‘fantastically carried out’ renovation of their ‘previous’ kitchen and ‘slender’ eating room was sufficient to sway her.
In a while the programme, viewers had been proven Kirsty Allsopp’s thorough handiwork which included a sweeping transformation of their earlier eating room to a ‘conventional nation kitchen’, full with chalk gray and wood brown cupboards.
Kirsty additionally had the previous eating room joined to their front room to make for further communal house.
Carol and Andrew are pictured with their two youngsters Alex and Freya strolling close to their residence
Carol mentioned her father Dennis, 80, (pictured) would even be staying with them and wanted his personal non-public house
The preliminary property search took Carol and Andrew to a few gorgeous properties within the Yorkshire countryside – together with a five-bedroom chocolate field cottage in Sawley which stole Carole’s coronary heart (Pictured: the cottage in Sawley)
The cottage boasted two sprawling reception areas with log burners
It additionally featured a self-contained backyard annex that she hoped would sooner or later home her father
Regardless of going over their preliminary finances by £20,000, the couple had been blown away by the fashionable makeover and it appeared their minds had been already made up, main a defeated Phil to ask: ‘What are you doing shopping for new furnishings for a home you are about to promote?’
Seven years later, Phil paid the Pogson’s a go to and instantly realized the reply to the query he requested a lot way back.
He was astounded to find that they’d by no means really moved out and as a substitute had spent one other £50,000 remodelling their residence.
To Andrew’s delight, Carol spearheaded a undertaking that noticed their now 22-year-old residence characteristic a singular backyard pod with a house workplace, its personal fashionable rest room and a health club.
She additionally oversaw a conversion of their storage to a comfortable self-contained extension, which included a front room, a bed room and a rest room – excellent for her dad.
Talking of the shock determination, Carol defined: ‘We determined to adore it sorry Phil.
Seven years later, Phil was astounded to find that they’d by no means really moved out and as a substitute had spent one other £50,000 remodelling their residence (Pictured: a remodelled extension)
The extension featured a comfortable front room space – excellent for her dad
It additionally featured a a bed room and a rest room separate to the remainder of the house
The mother-of-two mentioned the extension ‘got here into itself’ throughout the Covid-19 pandemic (Pictured: her dad’s new dwelling house within the extension)
Carol additionally spearheaded a undertaking that noticed their now 22-year-old residence characteristic a singular backyard pod
It additionally featured a house workplace, full with a chair and desk
Considered one of Carol’s favorite options was the pod’s personal rest room
‘We had a number of viewings however ultimately I used to be like no give me my home again. It labored for us when the youngsters had been the age they had been.
‘In fact they needed to go [to the new house], and naturally I needed to go and as a household we needed to go’.
The couple added that though the cottage in Sawley was their ‘dream residence’, the fact of intermittent transport and getting round would show too difficult for his or her now youngsters and ageing father.
She additionally defined that their gorgeous residence ‘got here into itself’ throughout the Covid-19 lockdown, and it is when she first thought of constructing a seperate dwelling house for her dad.
Additional on within the episode, Phil revealed that the couple’s forwards and backwards had really made historical past for the present.
Some viewers weren’t too pleased with the forwards and backwards and branded it ‘pointless’
‘I feel it is a first the place somebody has really needed to record however ended up loving’ he mentioned. ‘It normally occurs the opposite manner’.
He then congratulated the couple on a job properly carried out, and added that their renovations would increase the worth of the property.
Nevertheless some viewers did not really feel the identical.
Taking to X previously Twitter, one particular person posted: ‘*eyeroll* so mainly, in the event that they’d had any creativeness seven years in the past, they’d have realised the backyard pod was precisely what they wanted’.
In the meantime, sad with the couple’s closing determination, another person wrote: ‘That cottage is destiny. And ideal. In the event that they don’t purchase it then they’re fools!!’
