In Lewisham, south London, Dom and Melinda meet couple Cathy and Stuart and their two young children. The family's beautiful Victorian terraced home was left structurally unsound after a cowboy builder refused to finish the job and escaped with their life savings.
What a load of rubbish, with Dom on another mission to wag a finger at a naughty builder and mel dragging the family back through a world of stress recounting their story for the camera to get the reaction the producer of the show wants!! What happend to the basement? The majority of this episode revolved around it and there was no sign of the finished product when the family returned, Do the makers of these programmes think we would never notice?
@Fish
They said right at the beginning before work started not enough budget to do everything so they consulted a structural engineer who told them the basement was sound and remain so for the next 2-3 years before it may become a concern, so with that information the team decided to put the basement to one side and concentrate on the rest of the house. So maybe a bit less sneering and bit more concentration next time eh???
Giles, this can happen to ANYONE, irrespective of 'class'. And gullibility also has nothing to do with it- I have known highly intelligent people to fall for the manipulative wiles of these cons. I have also known people that have honestly thought 'it would never happen to them', but sadly, it did. These con-men don't wear signs over their heads, nor do they look like typical villains. They are smooth operators, unassuming and they know how to hook. Unless you've been a victim you have no right to make judgments. Save your snobbery, seriously, because you don't know how lucky you are that your life hasn't been shattered by one of these 'people'.
Comments (15)
1 year ago
Tom
YaY episode 5 my episode! you get him dom!
1 year ago
AdamKitchen70
OMG that HAS TO BE THE BIGGEST BUILD MEL HAS EVER ACCEPTED
1 year ago
MR M W OAKLEY
Why is it that builders are not under the same legislation as gas fitters this is totally dangerous
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1 year ago
Lightoftruth
I saw a link to this on BBC IPlayer
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1 year ago
Fish
What a load of rubbish, with Dom on another mission to wag a finger at a naughty builder and mel dragging the family back through a world of stress recounting their story for the camera to get the reaction the producer of the show wants!! What happend to the basement? The majority of this episode revolved around it and there was no sign of the finished product when the family returned, Do the makers of these programmes think we would never notice?
1 year ago
Giles Smedlington
The tales of woe from the gullible middle-class makes for enthralling viewing, bravo!
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11 months ago
Liz
@Fish They said right at the beginning before work started not enough budget to do everything so they consulted a structural engineer who told them the basement was sound and remain so for the next 2-3 years before it may become a concern, so with that information the team decided to put the basement to one side and concentrate on the rest of the house. So maybe a bit less sneering and bit more concentration next time eh???
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10 months ago
steven
pmsl @ fish, wake up, great program.
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5 months ago
kk
Giles, this can happen to ANYONE, irrespective of 'class'. And gullibility also has nothing to do with it- I have known highly intelligent people to fall for the manipulative wiles of these cons. I have also known people that have honestly thought 'it would never happen to them', but sadly, it did. These con-men don't wear signs over their heads, nor do they look like typical villains. They are smooth operators, unassuming and they know how to hook. Unless you've been a victim you have no right to make judgments. Save your snobbery, seriously, because you don't know how lucky you are that your life hasn't been shattered by one of these 'people'.
20 days ago
Callum
Love this program I LOVE YOU GUYS GO GET EM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DOM / MEL / JOHN FIX THAT! woot