Property News · October 21, 2016

My Floating Home review: it’s not a ‘floating apartment’– it’s just a boat


Channel 4 thinks there’s room in our lives for yet another property show. But this show paddles past all that is interesting about life on the waterCan there be room for another property show in our lives? Is there anywhere else to go in this seemingly inexhaustible genre? Channel 4 thinks so. And it should know. This is the channel that has flogged the house-purchase-as-life-changing-journey format since the noughties with relatively few changes. A decade and a half on from their first home inspection, the only thing more inflated than the property market that Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer are punting is the laboured sexual chemistry between them (I’d say get a room, but you know they’d only be working out the square footage). George Clarke has all but elbowed out poor old Kevin McCloud as the telly architect of choice, banging on about inspirational builds on Amazing Spaces. Sarah Beeny has been a bit quiet of late, though. (Hang on, Sarah! I have an idea! How to cash in on a post-Brexit property market!) But apparently, we’re not yet sated – Channel 4 has taken Homes by the Sea a step further with new series My Floating Home.It’s not a bad idea, actually. We’re a nosy bunch, the Brits, endlessly fascinated by other people’s unusual living arrangements. Add to that the draw of living by the sea, which surely tops most people’s fantasy-property list. And, for good measure, throw in another modern obsession – clever design in small spaces – and you could be on to a winner. Except that this show misses the interesting stuff, so focused is it on ramping up the novelty factor. I don’t mind the cliches – “sinking dreams” anyone? – but presenter Mark Evans seems to be constantly surprised at the basic premise of his own show. “It’s a HOUSE that FLOATS on WATER! A FLOAThome!” Yes, Mark. Your show is called My Floating Home. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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