The British version of Selling Sunset arrived on Netflix, but unlike the Los Angeles series, it didn’t leave viewers very impressed.
Buying London promised viewers an insight into the capital’s cutthroat luxury property market through tycoon agent Daniel Daggers and his team of minions at DDRE Global.
Its employees, including former Sky Sports presenter Olivia Wayne, could easily be mistaken for the Made in Chelsea team and find themselves embroiled in cute dramas, all while competing for big property deals.
But unlike the reality shows mentioned above, Buying London has left critics and viewers disappointed at best and furious at worst.
Rebecca Nicholson in the guardian made a statement rating the show zero stars and hailing it as “probably the most hateful television show ever made.”
Buy London just arrived on Netflix today and has already been called “the most hateful TV show ever made” (pictured: estate agents on the show)
She wrote: “Normally I love gawking at rich people and their wallpapers, but this British version of the real estate reality show Selling Sunset is tired, tone-deaf and embarrassingly rude. Watching it will send you into complete rage.
The critic added that during a cost of living crisis, lavish displays of wealth where houses can sell for £500m are not appropriate.
His fury was in good company. Anita Singh in The Telegraph he complained: “It’s a rip-off of the wildly popular, Los Angeles-based one, but it owes a lot to The Only Way is Essex: superficially funny, but ultimately soulless and contrived.”
Elsewhere, Carol Midgley in The times said: ‘The property reality series, the love child of Selling Sunset and The Apprentice, shows that people can be obscenely rich and still have bad taste.’
Property magnate Daniel Daggers and his agents set out to dominate the property market, with jaw-dropping prices, from the streets of Mayfair to Beckham’s Holland Park stomping grounds.
Daniel is the head of DDRE and once described himself as “the greatest agent who ever lived.”
The cast is hired by Daniel Daggers, the head of DDRE, who once described himself as “the greatest agent who ever lived.”
The properties are only half the show; the other is full of romance, drama and gossip.
The show explores homes in luxurious London, from the streets of Mayfair to luxurious Holland Park.
The Guardian critic claimed that the display of wealth is inappropriate because the British population is facing a cost of living crisis.
The 44-year-old real estate mogul playfully refers to himself as “Mr Super Prime” at work and, like a successful David Brent, claims he wants to “revolutionize the real estate industry.”
In 2019, he managed to sell one of London’s most expensive properties, 3 Carlton Gardens, to American billionaire Ken Griffin for £95 million, although two years earlier it had been sold for £125 million.
The agent mentions names of celebrities (for example, the sale of a house that supposedly belonged to Salma Hayek), but none appear.
Instead, viewers are left with money-hungry estate agents – the cast also features former Sky Sports presenter Olivia Wayne and Alex Bourne, the ex-husband of S Club 7 singer Rachel Stevens, who appears as a rival agent.
But property buying is just one side of the show, the other is a Love Island-style drama full of husband-stealing and backhanded comments.
The Guardian made a bold statement claiming that the show was “probably the most hateful TV show ever made.”
Elsewhere, a Telegraph critic said buying London was “artificial” and “vulgar”.
Viewers took to X, formerly Twitter, to share their opinions on the show, and many were disappointed.
Since the show’s release, fans have taken to X, formerly Twitter, to share their opinions on the show, and many are not impressed.
One said: “I changed the London purchase in the first episode photoshoot, insufferable isn’t a big enough word for these clowns #BuyingLondon.”
Another added: ‘Wow #BuyingLondon is worse than I expected. It’s obviously scripted and boring; one episode is more than enough.
A third asked: “Buying London is really embarrassing, is this what London has to offer?”
“It’s absolutely disgusting, if Netflix can’t think of anything better to order then it’s time to cancel my subscription,” said another.
A fifth wrote: “Take the money you make from this show and give it to food banks and homeless charities.” And then take it out of the air.
