"Many Photos" - Viewers brand Channel 4's Ugly House to Lovely House 'unrelatable'

Viewers have slammed Channel 4's Ugly House to Lovely House for setting unachievable goals for viewers due to its 'unrealistic' budgets.

The programme sees presenter George Clarke visit drab homes across the country, and lend them the use of his best architects and interior designers. 

And in the third episode of the series, George visited online fashion business owners Lucas and Hayley's £655,000 1970s four-bedroom home in picturesque village Saffron Walden, in Essex. 

The couple told the programme that they had a £260,000 budget but calmly accepted a massive increase when costs rocketed to £300,000 - prompting incredulity from viewers at home. 

One wrote: 'Sometimes I think people just go on this programme to show how much wealth they have - why pay 655k on a house that isn’t suitable in the first place, then throw another 300k at it?!'

Viewers have slammed Channel 4's Ugly House to Lovely House for setting achievable goals for viewers with its 'unrealistic' budgets. The third episode of the series, George visits a 1970s four-bedroom home in picturesque village Saffron Walden, in Essex (seen before)

Another Twitter user said: 'Does anyone ever have a reasonable sized budget of say, I dunno, under £50K?'

Another added: 'Tonight on Money No Object, a +/- 30 year old couple spend c£1m...' 

The couple are desperate to bring the outdated home, with old-fashioned interiors and 'more garage than home,' into the current century for the sake of their two children. 

'It's tired and drab, it just lets the street down. It's safe to say this wasn't our dream home,' Hayley, who paid £655,000 for the home two years ago, admitted.

One neighbour describes it as the 'house that got thrown up in the seventies', while another admits it makes her 'feel sad'.

The home, seen afterwards, undergoes a £300,000 transformation and many viewers took to Twitter to question how they could afford it

Online fashion business owners Lucas and Hayley's admit they are sick of their home and desperate to transform it for the sake of their two children. They paid £655,000 for the home two years ago

As well as having just one bathroom, the house is awkwardly shaped with a leaky conservatory, a staircase which cuts across a window, and a huge garage. 

George Clarke gets to work on the home with architect Chris Dyson, moving the entrance to the front and giving the garage layout and interiors a complete makeover. 

The programme sees presenter George Clarke visit drab homes across the country, and lend them the use of his best architects and interior designers. The front of the home is seen before

It is transformed into a smart double-fronted home with clay tiles cladding over the entire home, while the entrance was previously to the side of the home

The house features old fashioned exposed brick walls, a staircase which cuts through the living room and frosted glass, seen before

Afterwards, the living area is transformed into an open plan living room complete with mint-coloured kitchen and huge French doors overlooking the back garden

It is transformed into a smart double-fronted home with clay tile cladding over the entire home, a huge extension, skylights and an luxury open plan kitchen with french doors out into the garden. 

The original budget was £260,000 but they ended up spending £300,000.

George argued: 'I think that's staggering value for money, you basically have whole new house.  

And while viewers on Twitter expressed their delight at the transformation, many argued the programme was becoming unrelatable due to the huge budget being spent. 

The four bedooms looked outdated and featured old-fashioned built-in wardrobes - seen before

Afterwards the bedrooms boasted huge floor to ceiling windows and tonnes of natural light a well as high ceilings

The new multiple luxury bathrooms followed the quirky green theme and even boasted gold taps following the transformation

One viewer wrote: 'Originally was accessible, relatable, creative, enjoyable, individual and inspiring. It’s gradually become the polar opposite in all aspects.' 

Agreeing, another said: 'Brilliantly over budget again! Perhaps the skill in the next series is to get the architects to design to the client's budget......which is what should happen in the real world'.

Another added: 'How about coming to my house to show me how to turn it into five houses on budget overdraft?'.

Slamming the programme, one follower wrote: 'Once again proving architects have a total disregard to budget'.

'Honestly, I think it every week....how the hell do they afford it?! £260K on top of a massive mortgage!', one pondered.

However others praised the transformation, with one viewer writing: 'Woah did anyone watch Ugly House to Lovely House tonight? I think that’s my favourite house they’ve ever renovated, so beautiful. I now want a green kitchen'.

Last week viewers slammed a London couple for turning their home into 'a B&Q store' after they spent £80,000 on renovations including neon orange windows and grey walls.

While viewers on Twitter expressed their delight at the transformation, many argued the programme was becoming unrelatable due to the huge budget being spent

Slamming the programme, one follower wrote: 'Once again proving architects have a total disregard to budget'

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