1/6. Estate agents routinely top the lists of our least favourite professionals - but is their money-grabbing reputation ill-deserved? This series goes behind the scenes of an agency in London's fashionable Belsize Park, where father of two Richard Blanks is facing a crisis. Outward signs suggest that the branch is doing well, but in reality it's underfunded. He's paid on a commission-only basis, and if he doesn't make a sale, he can't pay his mortgage.
2/6. Revealing the truth behind the adverse reputation of estate agents. In an area where 50 firms are vying for business and the market is in decline, the staff of Green and Co's West Hampstead office have their work cut out. So when experienced agent Marius Ruff is pitted against 20-year-old newcomer Gideon Gold , the stakes are high.
3/6. Revealing the truth behind the adverse reputation of estate agents. London in July; it's blisteringly hot, and as the temperature rises so does Richard Blanks 's stress levels. He works on commission and is feeling the heat of a depressed property market. The sale of a top-end pad could bag him L10,000, but all he's got to keep the wolves from the door is a small flat. He needs this deal to go through.
4/6. Lettings provide the fast buck in estate agency but at Greene & Co the department is in chaos. Its most experienced negotiator has resigned, leaving a 21-year-old angling for promotion. If he gets his way both he and the office junior will earn more money, but will they last the course?
5/6. An exclusive branch of the estate agent Greene & Co deals in loft spaces for the well heeled and fashionable in London's sought-after Clerkenwell district. Johnny Benjamin was an exotic dancer before he turned his hand to property and this episode of the fly-on-the- wall series follows his fortunes as he tries adapting to this specialised milieu. Narrated by Martin Freeman.
6/6. With a declining London property market, each deal has become vital for the agents at Greene & Co - so the last thing they need is a three-day company brainstorm away from the office in rural Wales. Managing director
David Pollock sees the trip away as a way to focus minds on self-improvement, but Richard Banks is more concerned with the offer on the house in Belsize Park he's been trying to sell all summer. Narrated by Martin Freeman.
Broadcast Wednesday 7 January 2004, Wednesday 14 January 2004, Wednesday 21 January 2004, Wednesday 28 January 2004, Wednesday 4 February 2004, Wednesday 11 February 2004
1/6. Estate agents routinely top the lists of our least favourite professionals - but is their money-grabbing reputation ill-deserved? This series goes behind the scenes of an agency in London's fashionable Belsize Park, where father of two Richard Blanks is facing a crisis. Outward signs suggest that the branch is doing well, but in reality it's underfunded. He's paid on a commission-only basis, and if he doesn't make a sale, he can't pay his mortgage.
2/6. Revealing the truth behind the adverse reputation of estate agents. In an area where 50 firms are vying for business and the market is in decline, the staff of Green and Co's West Hampstead office have their work cut out. So when experienced agent Marius Ruff is pitted against 20-year-old newcomer Gideon Gold , the stakes are high.
3/6. Revealing the truth behind the adverse reputation of estate agents. London in July; it's blisteringly hot, and as the temperature rises so does Richard Blanks 's stress levels. He works on commission and is feeling the heat of a depressed property market. The sale of a top-end pad could bag him L10,000, but all he's got to keep the wolves from the door is a small flat. He needs this deal to go through.
4/6. Lettings provide the fast buck in estate agency but at Greene & Co the department is in chaos. Its most experienced negotiator has resigned, leaving a 21-year-old angling for promotion. If he gets his way both he and the office junior will earn more money, but will they last the course?
5/6. An exclusive branch of the estate agent Greene & Co deals in loft spaces for the well heeled and fashionable in London's sought-after Clerkenwell district. Johnny Benjamin was an exotic dancer before he turned his hand to property and this episode of the fly-on-the- wall series follows his fortunes as he tries adapting to this specialised milieu. Narrated by Martin Freeman.
6/6. With a declining London property market, each deal has become vital for the agents at Greene & Co - so the last thing they need is a three-day company brainstorm away from the office in rural Wales. Managing director
David Pollock sees the trip away as a way to focus minds on self-improvement, but Richard Banks is more concerned with the offer on the house in Belsize Park he's been trying to sell all summer. Narrated by Martin Freeman.
Broadcast Wednesday 7 January 2004, Wednesday 14 January 2004, Wednesday 21 January 2004, Wednesday 28 January 2004, Wednesday 4 February 2004, Wednesday 11 February 2004
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Role Details
The Work
Contributors
Directors: Anthony Wonke, Victoria Taylor, Jennie Cosgrove
Series producer: Cassie Braban