Dream Home
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Topic: Dream Home
Posted By: mummy_becks
Subject: Dream Home
Date Posted: 07 April 2008 at 8:43pm
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Did anyone watch this?? I am a little dissapointed that the Yellow house won (DH knows the yellow guy) I so thought the blue team deserved it more. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
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Posted By: Brenna
Date Posted: 07 April 2008 at 8:44pm
I agree!!!! the poor blue team  I've been voting for them-------------  My beautiful 2 girls...nearly 4 and 13 months
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Posted By: baalamb
Date Posted: 07 April 2008 at 8:45pm
| The whole final episode was rather anti-climatic, I thought! I was really in two minds about who should win. |
Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 07 April 2008 at 8:46pm
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I reckon it was fixed. Really disappointing show this time around. ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: KH25
Date Posted: 07 April 2008 at 8:47pm
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Yup I was voting Blue the whole series Glad it wasn't as pathetic as last season though and the "loser" still bought their house on the night. ------------- Kelly, mum to DD, 19Jun06 (26wks 1lb15oz) DS1, 24Oct10 (32wks 4lb11oz) and DS2, 31Dec11 (32wks, 4lb11) http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: BuzzyBee
Date Posted: 07 April 2008 at 8:49pm
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I think the whole concept of the show is a downer ...
------------- Single Mum to a darling wee boy of 3 years :) |
Posted By: Leish
Date Posted: 07 April 2008 at 8:54pm
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Did the blues still buy theirs? ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: BuzzyBee
Date Posted: 07 April 2008 at 8:56pm
Yes for $310,000 ------------- Single Mum to a darling wee boy of 3 years :) |
Leish wrote:Posted By: linda
Date Posted: 07 April 2008 at 9:10pm
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The house that they start off with is nothing like what is finished, its a joke. Also, the houses are getting bigger so they should be allocating more time to get each room finished.
I also wanted the blue team to win..although probably liked the Yellow house a little more but sorry, the crying from the yellow chick drove to bonkas! |
Posted By: susieq
Date Posted: 07 April 2008 at 9:17pm
| I too voted for blue and thought they should have won |
Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 07 April 2008 at 9:37pm
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Yeah I was hoping for the blue team to win too. It really did seem like most of the episodes favoured the yellows eh?
I actually genuinely preferred the blue house out of the two as well. ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 07 April 2008 at 9:43pm
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isn't it the yellow team who couldn't afford to buy their house if they didn't win? ------------- Ann 
Also Mum to Josh (15) and Brooke (10) |
Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 07 April 2008 at 9:58pm
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i was annoyed from the start that they made a young couple with six kids and MEGA family support locally go against a couple with two kids who had family over an hour away...some weeks blue had barely any helpers there...i felt sooo bad for them! Yet yellow pulled the tears on from the beginning, had all those kids and did articles weeks before any came from the blue team with the womens mags...
I hoped BLUE would win but knew it was hopeless from the get go! I think they should cancel Mitre 10 dream home... BTW a scullery - OMFG the yellow team went for it all didnt they I mean not many normal homes have one of those....bit over the top now is this programme! go baack to basic homes with couples evenly matched.... |
Posted By: Neeks
Date Posted: 07 April 2008 at 10:20pm
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This show is rigged I reckon.. -------------  
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Posted By: minik8e
Date Posted: 07 April 2008 at 10:33pm
| I liked the yellow house better. Although the family went with Blues (my cousin Greg introduced himself on there and was down helping regularly). I'm still quite glad yellow won. |
Posted By: Sarah Beth
Date Posted: 08 April 2008 at 6:13am
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What I would like to know is 2 things, how is it that the auction went to the limit of what both teams could afford and was going up in $20 amounts till it got to the blue team limit.
and also, how is it that the yellow house that was apparenlty worth $10k more went for 60k less in the auction before it was won. Auction is rigged, as was the judging as far as I was concerned. Especially the kitchen, the blues had finished their kitchen and appeared to lose based on the fact you could see the sealent on the splashback and the stools didn't go under the breakfast bar part, they yellows won with no scullery ventellation, a kitchen that is rediculiously long, and the floor still had green paint on it and wasn't finished. ------------- "> 
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Posted By: Lisha
Date Posted: 08 April 2008 at 6:35am
Yeah we voted for the Blue Team.. nice to see that it was based in Hawera though, as that is where all of my mums side of the family are. My uncle donated the windows and doors and my cousins husband did the painting I think for the yellow house!  I am orginally from Manaia... 20 mins from Hawera  ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: minik8e
Date Posted: 08 April 2008 at 7:05am
| What I'm so surprised about is that they valued so high, when they are right by the meatworks....imagine what they would have been valued at if there was no meatworks!! |
Posted By: nictoddie
Date Posted: 08 April 2008 at 7:42am
damn forgot to vid it was so wanting to watch the last one, was working............ I wanted blue to win too but new from watching some of it that yellow would win rigged I reckon too! ------------- 
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Posted By: miss
Date Posted: 08 April 2008 at 8:35am
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I wanted blue to win too :( I think that the sho was biased towards yellow, though that is not yellows fault at all, it is the editing decisions).
interesting that you choose to support blue when when you know the yellows Mummy Becks. I know family of the blues and i supported blues all the way. I actually preferred most of the blues rooms over the yellows anyway. And of course the auction is rigged - they have to rig it becasue no one in their right mind would bid against the dream home people. And it always goes to the limit of what the team can afford in a mortgage plus the cash given, it has every year other than last year wheere somehow they stuffed up! -------------  
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Posted By: ooEvaoo
Date Posted: 08 April 2008 at 9:59am
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I'm glad yellow one. In reality what would have been their hopes of having an opportunity to own their own home? With 6 young children it is hard. Also it would take them a bazzilion years to pay of a mortgage of that size. Though I always wish that both teams could WIN!!. I mean really those would have to be the dearest houses in Hawera!. Now of course people are going to scold and hate if anyone outside of the blue or yellow team bidded for the houses so it is easy to see why the auctions would seem rigged, selling the houses below market value. No one wants to see anyone else but the teams living in their dream homes. At the end of the day they both got their homes. I was gunning for the yellow team as I can understand their situation. The public voted and thats the end of that!! ------------- 
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Posted By: Parki
Date Posted: 08 April 2008 at 10:13am
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Well to put a positive spin on this thread.....
I think the show is great! At the end of the day, it gives two families the opportunity to design, build and own their own DREAM HOME! How can that be a bad thing? Yes, only one family can win, but the other team got given a 70k deposit and whole truckload of prizes and then the opportunity to buy the house well below reserve. I liked the yellow house better but I voted for the blue team becasue I liked their team. At the end of the day I think it is a great show, it is changing the lives of two families in such a huge way and giving them a life they otherwise would probably never have been able to afford.  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Sarah Beth
Date Posted: 08 April 2008 at 10:22am
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I tell you waht would have made me really mad (which thankfuly didn't happen), was if the yellow team had won the energy wise prize. Come on, they had a spa pool! Not too energy wise if you ask me ------------- ">
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Posted By: IVFGirl1111
Date Posted: 08 April 2008 at 10:56am
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I love the show because it gives the couples an opportunity they would never have got themselves - BUT I do think its so badly rigged.
I personally liked the outside of the yellows better and the inside of the blues - I thought both couples were nice but really liked the blues. Wouldnt it have been nice if the blues won the Truck rather than the winner winning the truck as well! |
Posted By: rorylex
Date Posted: 08 April 2008 at 4:07pm
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i prefered blue and voted for blue only thing i did prefer of yellows was the landscaping but with 6kids i would of liked to have seen some sort of rail around the deck a bigger child falling off not so bad but a toddler maybe different story.
yeah the scullery semed like a good idea but there was no ventilation which wouldnt be a great thing if its gonna be for dirty dishes etc i think the judges had already picked yellow from the start. i was talking to mum about it and that i thought blues was much better regarding the lounge she thought so too, then she said oh but yellow arnt as well off as the blue team, there is always a less furtunite(sp) team on that program. even though it is suppose to be a comp as to who does a better looking room/house. ------------- Mummy to 4 boys Samuel - 18.6.05 Rory - 15.7.06 Mason - 13.06.08 Emmett - 24.01.10 Baby #5 - cooking |
Posted By: MummyFreckle
Date Posted: 08 April 2008 at 4:36pm
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I found the block wall in the hallway of the yellow house an interesting choice with 6 kids running around....how many grazed arms and elbows are they going to get. I didnt think that either of the gardens / decks were particulary child friendly either. I think that from the start they were playing the "yellow team as under-dogs" and it was all a bit wo-is-me IYKWIM, with the constant reference to 6 kids and the constant crying.....yes I know that some people are less fortunate in life than others, but if you make the choice to have 6 children, then you surely make the choice to sacrifice other things. I think the blue team were at least trying really hard to build a life - with her working from home doing childminding and him having a good job (rather than a hobby-job like coaching basketball!!) Sorry - it really bugged me...can you tell!!!! Rant over...
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Posted By: fire_engine
Date Posted: 08 April 2008 at 5:06pm
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I'm a yellow fan cos they had lots of kids and the lowest ability to actually buy their house in the auction. I also liked their house better, but that's just my opinion!
I just can't believe I got addicted to the program and had to watch it every Monday. How sad is that? At least I've stopped my Shorty addiction ------------- Mum to two wee boys |
Posted By: LJsmum
Date Posted: 08 April 2008 at 7:13pm
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It was so rigged, I wanted the blue team to win. But knew from the beginning they NEVER would as who could compete against a family with 6 children who are on one income and would never be able to afford a house.
Poor blue team they lost because they have savings and only 2 kids and can afford a mortage. Oh well hopefully next season is fair.! and equal. The judges had it in for the blue team so unfair!!! -------------  
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Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 08 April 2008 at 7:18pm
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I LOVE Mitre 10 dream home!!!
DH and I always watch it each year and always nudge eachother "we could do that in our house" LOL I'm still waiting.... I prefered the Blue house but it was obvious the Yellows were going to win - they have the sympathy vote (JMHO no offence meant) but each team worked just as hard as the other and if they're designs weren't able to be completed in a weekend then the Architect shouldn't have put forward those plans! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
 
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Posted By: lil_miss
Date Posted: 08 April 2008 at 9:04pm
| I was a fan of the yellow house too... the blue team just didnt have it together.. they were always fighting with each other and stuffing things up... |