Channel Nine has given us some tremendous reality shows over the years including ratings juggernaut Married At First Sight and The Block.
But if you combine the premise of both those shows you’ll likely get their new offering in the way of Buying Blind,which sees couples buy a home while wearing a blindfold.
All six of the couples want to purchase a new house but will entrust their money with someone else – meaning it’s a gamble if they’ll even like what they end up with at the big reveal.
Would you buy your next home while blindfolded? New reality TV show coming this year set to be ‘MAFS meets The Block’… but what if the couples don’t like their house?
Realestate.com.au has confirmed one of the couples is looking to buy up big in Sydney’s Northern Beaches and houses to the tune of $1.65 million have already been looked over.
Older homes in the suburbs of Dee Why, Frenchs Forest and Allambie Heights that have the ability to be renovated on the show are being watched at the moment.
But so far there has been little success because the owners of these homes are uncomfortable being filmed.
Older homes in the suburbs of Dee Why, Frenchs Forest and Allambie Heights that have the ability to be renovated on the show are being watched at the moment (home in Belrose)
Nevertheless, once the properties are found, the show will commence – likely during winter this year.
Home buyers will firstly explain why they want a new house while the audience sees which one has been chosen for them.
They will be led blindfolded to the house but won’t see the finished product until it is renovated.
Buyers are given the option to either move in, given they paid for the house, or sell it and hope they can get their money back (home in Allambie Heights pictured)
Buyers are given the option to either move in, given they paid for the house, or sell it and hope they can get their money back.
The level of risk involved is what will keep the series interesting, Nine chief executive Hugh Marks remarked.
‘They’ll have some criteria for what they’re looking to buy, but basically they end up with whatever they end up with. So there is real jeopardy, because I’m sure some of them will look at the house that they end up being presented with and they’ll go “uh”.’
Daily Mail Australia has reached out to the Nine Network for comment on these details.
The level of risk involved is what will keep the series interesting, Nine chief executive Hugh Marks remarked (house in Dee Why pictured)