Home improvement TV breathes undeserved confidence into a generation of flippers
Bad flips take a property full of potential, charm and attainability for first home buyers and then paint everything different shades of greyexperience. I thought it would be all about walking around from room to room mouthing “wow” to my significant other before our bank manager would appear with a steaming mug of warm tea and the contracts to sign.
If we expect a competition once held in a Kerry car park to laud all deserving Irish women, we might be asking a bit too muchThe steady diet of home improvement television has breathed undeserved confidence into a generation of flippers. People who see homes as not places to live in but to acquire, tart up as cheaply as possible and sell off at maximum profit.
What are flippers leaving behind? A shed with 50 shades of grey paint tins and a painted-over exhaust fan that will never work properly again
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