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Three dramatised sequences are used in this programme to give people who are buying a house some advice about how they should approach the problem and how to deal with some of the people they will meet.
Metadata describing this Open University video programme
Item code: P931; 01
First transmission date: 22-10-1978
Published: 1978
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Duration: 00:24:35
Note: This programme was re-edited in 1985 reducing the duration by 10 minutes.
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Producer: Carol Haslam
Contributors: Bruce Alexander; Enid Irvin; Vivienne Moore; Tim Sterne; Tom Vernon
Publisher: BBC Open University
Keyword(s): Estate agents; House-hunting; Weighting and rating
Footage description: A young couple go into an Estate Agent's office. They describe the sort of house they want, and timidly agree to look at something unsuitable. The film sequence runs back. The couple now take a firm line with the agent. He finds two houses that interest them. The programme booklet is shown giving examples of how points should be marked of on it. The couple look round the first house. The commentator remarks on their approach and the behaviour of the agent. The couple now look at a second house. They are shown round by the very chatty owner of the house. The commentator gives advice about how this should not prevent the couple from having a good look round, and how they should distance themselves from the buying process, taking the time over the decision.
Master spool number: HOU5208
Production number: FOUP240E
Videofinder number: 1103
Available to public: no