The worst thing about house make over programmes on the tv – and let’s face it there are loads of them - is that they give the impression that you can transform any house into a palace at almost no cost in almost no time. That’s tv of course but more than one customer goes off to work in the morning expecting everything to be finished with a vase of flowers on the kitchen table by the time they get home. It can be quite a shock to discover that a 2 room extension can’t be done in 8 hours.

The make-over phenomenon has inspired many people to make changes to their homes which can be a good thing. People are much more ready to change things to get what they want rather than accept the way their home is now. In that respect all those shows have provided a lot of good ideas and direction. It’s the show-biz element that is hard to live up to in real life.

The way a tv show is made means that all the things that happen behind the scenes aren’t part of the show because they are usually the boring part that wouldn’t be entertaining. Any good builder will be able to give a pretty accurate idea of how long a total job will take and making sure that the customer is fully aware is part of the job.

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