{"id":172188,"date":"2026-07-14T05:05:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T22:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-to-trick-your-way-onto-the-property-ladder-review-living-in-a-grave-plot-we-really-are-screwed\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T05:36:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T22:36:19","slug":"how-to-trick-your-way-onto-the-property-ladder-review-living-in-a-grave-plot-we-really-are-screwed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-to-trick-your-way-onto-the-property-ladder-review-living-in-a-grave-plot-we-really-are-screwed\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Trick Your Way onto the Property Ladder review \u2013 living in a grave plot? We really are screwed"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nOobah Butler pulls some fun stunts in this takedown of the housing crisis, such as hypnotising estate agents and renting prison cells. But his trip to a graveyard is brutally symbolicWhy can no one of my generation find an affordable place to live? Andy Burnham, who makes a surprise cameo on the new Channel 4 satire How to Trick Your Way Onto the Property Ladder, has two words: \u201cMargaret Thatcher.\u201d The housing crisis is a policy issue, but the presenter Oobah Butler wants to trial wackier workarounds for millennials keen to game a rigged system.Butler\u2019s tongue-in-cheek documentary explores some elaborate parodic ideas, using himself and two young, hopeful first-time buyers, Mohammed and Insaf, as guinea pigs. Have they tried the bank of Mum and Dad? Let\u2019s try to hypnotise an estate agent into selling us a property for a fiver. Perhaps it\u2019s just about cutting out Netflix and coffees? Or could he swindle some property off the king? Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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