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Abbie Meehan

Edinburgh home slammed after winning new episode of Scotland's Home of the Year

An Edinburgh home has gone through to the final of BBC One's Scotland's Home of the Year - but viewers are not happy with the result.

The Old Train House, the former Bonnington railway station turned family home, was featured on the programme on Monday evening, and stole the win from two other east coast homes.

Old Train House scored a perfect 30 from the judges, where the Alexandra Apartment in Kirkcaldy scored 29 out of 30.

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Mount Frost in Fife came in third with a respectable 25 out of 30.

The beautiful home in the capital is now through to the final in June 2022 - but some viewers were critical of the home, calling it "pretentious" and "too expensive".

Viewers flocked to social media to share their opinions, as one Twitter user wrote: "#SHOTY Pretentious p******* at it finest.

"Majority of Scotland's kids live in poverty and Good old Beeb allows rich ********* to show how haughty & pompous they can be. Public Broadcasting at its worst."

Another said: "Is the scoring out of 15 nowadays? Can't keep giving maximum points! That means it's the greatest house ever. #shoty."

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And a third wrote: "To afford that I would need to win the ******** lottery #shoty."

More comments added: "Pretty sure I can put loads of plants and **** in a house and get a 10 from #shoty."

Another wrote: "First home a 10? Are you lot drinking? #shoty."

Others said: "How is this first house even in contention? #SHOTY."

And finally, one concluded: "#shoty is painfully predictable.

"And yes, I know taste is subjective, but I much preferred the wee Kirkcaldy place - tighter budget, smaller space, but far more of the owner's own creativity. Not bougie enough for the judges though. Bah."

The next new episode of Scotland's Home of the Year airs on Monday, May 22 at 8:30pm on BBC One Scotland.

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