Summary
In the Thatcher years the classic dinner-party conversation was about the house whose value rose without you having to do anything. Now there is more emphasis on "sweat equity", which combines (and confuses) the creative pleasures of house renovation with property development. The deal-clinching denouement of the property show must be earned.
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Touch Me, Feel Me, Renovate Me
When did houses begin to turn us on? "Property porn" has entered the latest edition of the Collins dictionary, defined as "a genre of escapist TV programmes, magazine features, etc, showing desirable properties for sale, especially those in idyllic locations, or in need of renovation, or both". It originated as a term describing those Count...
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