TV review: The House That £100K Built
Some might say that house building programmes are ten-a-penny these days and therefore a little dull, writes Naomi Dunning.
I'm afraid to say that The House That £100K Built (BBC2) does nothing to counter this argument.
Don't get me wrong I love watching programmes like Grand Designs, where hundreds of thousands of pounds are spent building, quite frankly, ridiculous buildings. I am usually amused by very rich people splashing their cash constructing enormous houses with indoor water falls, underground kitchens and numerous glazed walls.
I like to see them overstretch their budget, push architecture to its limit and usually get quite stressed in the process. But this new series is the complete opposite.
The house builder is poor. In fact 29-year-old Martin Whyment, who earns just £15,000 running his own pizza business, was using his parents' pension pot to build the house. I actually thought he was being a little irresponsible.
Martin in my opinion is also quite dull. He came across as sleepy scruffy, student type and not an enthusiastic businessman that wants to build a house. He did not get stressed, irritated, over excited or emotional. He mostly just looked bemused.
