The Great House Giveaway, presented by Simon O'Brien, gives two complete strangers who are not homeowners the chance to secure a rundown home via auction. The intrepid renovators are then given a small budget to transform the property and put it back on the market. Once selling fees, buying costs, and the renovation budget has been taken from the eventual sales price if it does sell the pair split the profit and walk off into the sunset very happy. But that doesn't always happen and getting to that point within a strict timescale can be a painful process.
The show that throws the strangers into the stressful situation of a full renovation project to transform a rundown property has seen some spectacular wins and some breathtaking losses across its three Channel 4 series. Maybe the most incredible outcome was the pairing of Daniel, 36, and 18-year-old Peter who were tasked with updating a four-bed terrace in Neath but when presenter Simon returned to survey the work he was rendered speechless. He was was shocked at the amount of the house that had been ripped out, leaving it, in his words, un-mortgageable. Find out more about that here.
