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Skootz
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07-23-2003

Friday, April 30, 2004 - 11:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Here is the situation: We have a house in the country that we are currently trying to rent out...I get a call today from a British BBC lady..about possibly renting our house to a family that has recently selected a family to move here to Ontario Canada and they would be filming this family for 1 month. It is for a show called "Get a New Life"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/tv/home/lifestyle/getanewlife/index.shtml


was wondering if anyone here has heard about this show....what do you think of it. Just a bit of an opinion would be great.

This family comes Monday, and they have Tuesday off and on Wed. they look at 3 properties for them to choose from ... so it is not guaranteed that they will pick our house either.

The lady from BBC is coming here tomorrow to discuss this more with my husband because I am a bit unsure etc.


Any input would be grateful

Thanks

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Friday, April 30, 2004 - 1:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I think it would be cool, they would prolly rent it for more than someone else.

Be prepared..film crews destroy houses...but they will fix it up as good as new after they are done filming

Seamonkey
Member

09-07-2000

Friday, April 30, 2004 - 2:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'd make sure that in the contract it says they will restore it or better yet, give you the money for that..

But it does sound cool.. and it would perhaps help to get it rented out later on.

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Friday, April 30, 2004 - 2:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I think you should change title of this thread to get more responses....maybe....'THey want to film at my house, should I let them?'

Kitt
Member

09-06-2000

Friday, April 30, 2004 - 3:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I think my mum back in England watches this, and loves it. I'd check with her but it's night time there now. I can't remember her saying anything about the houses the families have moved into, but more about the experiences they had with their new life (or not, if they didn't choose to stay). I would have thought (this is only my gut instinct) that if anything the BBC would be very safe to rent too, they would probably pay way over the going rate and would make sure the house was spotless afterwards. The only trouble, for you, would be opening your property to all the filming. If the show is unlikely to make its way to Canadian TV then it shouldn't be too much of a security problem, but you might want to consider that too. I'm only thinking out loud here. Whatever you do, make sure you read that fine print carefully!

Skootz
Member

07-23-2003

Friday, April 30, 2004 - 3:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
It is a rental house that we have - we live around the corner in our own house.So they wouldn't be right in our home. I don't think I could do that.

I did ask if the cameras would be set up in the home etc and she said no..BBC will come in film the family daily - so it wouldn't be like BB with cameras all over the house lol.

The lady also said that they would and this family would be signing a paper regarding damages.
They would have a six month lease signed...by the family..but bbc would pay first and last month and if the family opted out at the end of the month (which is how long they are filmed for) we would get 2 months rent for 1...but then we could have the hassle of trying to rent if out again if they didn't want to stay there :-( decisions, decisions, decisions

Kitt
Member

09-06-2000

Friday, April 30, 2004 - 3:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
At least you know the references will be good for these people, or at least the BBC would sort out any problems. I don't know what the rental market is like up there in Ontario, but if you're having any trouble finding someone to fill the house this seems like a good (and interesting!) solution. And you'd get an extra paid month to find new tenants at the end (if I understood you properly). But if it's easy to find renters up there you may not want the bother.

Let me know what you decide and how it works out!

Kitt
Member

09-06-2000

Saturday, May 01, 2004 - 12:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I spoke to my mum, and this wasn't the show I thought she'd seen (that one had two families swapping houses for a while). She did confirm that she's never seen any horror stories about the houses in that show though, so hopefully you'd be all right with yours.