House Doctor is a television programme, originally broadcast on Channel 5 in the UK. Each week, the House Doctor - Californian real-estate stylist, Ann Maurice - helps UK home-owners sell their houses with her industry know-how and style tips. The popularity of the show has lent the word "house doctoring" to the British English lexicon, which is similar to the American term home staging. This program is now shown in many countries around the globe, which is broadening the use and familiarity of this term.
Milton Keynes
Aug 24, 1998
Paul and Angie had recently moved into their large new home in Milton Keynes. Although the house was spacious and in good decorative order it was also bland and lifeless and they knew that to make it the happy and comfortable family home they wanted, it needed some serious design input. Call in Channel 5 House Doctor and interior designer Ann Maurice to help sort their problems out!
London part 2
Aug 31, 1998
Geoffrey and Timothy had lived for years in a four bedroom house in suburbia but yearned for a new urban existence and so had moved into a warehouse apartment near Tower Bridge. Frustrated by their inability to agree on colours and interior style, they called in Ann in the hope that she could solve their problems.
Bletchley
Sep 7, 1998
Lisa and Paul had recently moved into a three bedroom semi detached house in Bletchley, Bucks and with them had come the contents of two separate houses. The main problem the couple had was Lisa’s love of colour – the brighter the better and Paul’s desire for calming neutral colours. They called in Ann to help them sort out their differences.
South London
Sep 14, 1998
Andrew and Christie and their two children had lived in their Victorian house in South London for several years and during that time had done quite a lot to improve their home. The couple had different tastes on interiors and clashed badly on colour. With money set aside to spend on the house they called in Ann to help them.
Episode 5
Sep 21, 1998
Sarah and James had only recently moved into their three bedroom end of terrace home. The house had been refurbished a few years earlier and although in reasonable decorative order it was not to their individual tastes. They had put some money aside for work on the house but were having problems agreeing on the style that they wanted and were keen for Ann to help bring them together and come up with a scheme to suit them both.
Episode 6
Sep 28, 1998
Jill and Hugh had lived in their four bedroom modern house for around seven months. Although they both liked a traditional look, Hugh was keen on bright bold colours whereas Jill was nervous of making mistakes and preferred to stick to creams and neutrals. They felt badly in need of some help to sort out the rest of the house – another case of Ann Maurice to the rescue!
London
Oct 5, 1998
Property expert Ann Maurice helps the owners of a five-bedroom family house in Raynes Park, south London, make their home more appealing to potential buyers. It has a distinct lived-in look and it soon becomes clear that a lot of personal clutter will have to be cleared away in order to highlight its selling points.
