Season 1
Trading Up is a Scottish reality makeover design series in which the hosts (and real life partners) Justin Ryan and Colin McAllister take to the road, tracking down and doing up ideal homes for disillusioned buyers.
The series originally aired in the UK on BBC One. Episodes are 30 minutes in length.
Trading Up premiered in South Africa on DStv's The Home Channel on Monday 4 August 2008, at 19h00.
Repeats
Tuesdays: 23h00
Wednesdays: 11h00
Thursdays: 15h00
Synopsis
As property prices continue to spiral, making every viewer's castle a potential gold mine, Trading Up, reveals handy hints to secure success when potential buyers step through the door.
This property series seeks to show disillusioned homeowners how to market their home for a swift and successful sale. It aims to illustrate how minimum effort and investment can yield improved saleability and appeal.
Hosts Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan, and designers Gordon Whistance, Louise Lear, Jim Bellieni and Hilary Charleywood take to the road, tracking down and doing up ideal homes for disillusioned buyers.
With a keen eye for a challenge, they find a house and the transformation begins, showing the homeowners how to maximize the appeal of their home to help secure that sale.