Couples are shown around lovely houses they almost never buy in a lifestyle show that makes for enjoyable, if painful viewing as Australian property prices skyrocket
scape from the City may seem like a benign lifestyle show, but no other program is more frustrating in its ability to create tension while failing to provide release. There’s rarely an episode where I haven’t felt compelled to throw something at the screen by the end. But yet – I keep coming back for more.
It’s all very watchable . The only problem is that barely any of the buyers actually buy the houses on offer, thus robbing the viewer of the sense of a satisfying ending.
And then you see these absolute luvvies on EFTC who have all the time in the world, four houses to choose from, and private tours, who still umm and ah and say they need more time. As we now know, time is money when it comes to Australia’s hot property market; the failure to jump on something immediately means that next week or next month, that house suddenly becomes unaffordable or unavailable.
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