Not so hot Hot Properties!

There is a new show on KBC called “Hot Properties”. Unfortunately, I am not entirely sure what the aim of this show is exactly despite its obvious name.

The show’s host Barbara M’Mbaka shows a “client” around two or three furnished houses and apartments in an attempt to rent them out to his company’s senior management. However in the twenty or so minutes that I watched this show, at no time did Miss M’Mbaka tell us, the audience, anything about what went into creating those houses and since I assume that Hot Properties is supposed to be our own kind of House and Home I am sad to say that it fell very, VERY short of its objective.

The show is sponsored by a local paint company yet at no time did she tell us which paints went into the painting the rooms or even the rationale behind the colour scheme.

Since these were furnished houses you would think that she would have the wisdom to tell us where we can get the exact same or similar furniture be it the local supermarket (now super store) or furniture store, etc.

As we are quite stuck in this tile-obsessed phase, I would have expected her to tell us which tiles were used and where we could find them.

There were carpets and rugs in the rooms that were not once mentioned or even referred to, the same went for the numerous paintings and mirrors that adorned the walls.

The only information that was forthcoming was that “the house is NICE”, “the colours are NICE”, the furniture is NICE”, and “the bathroom is NICE and spacious” etc.

So short of knowing that the house had so many bedrooms and bathrooms, the only thing we discovered was that they were all NICE!

You don’t have to be an interior designer or OD on House and Home, etc to know that the point of a show, ANY show is to give people as much information as possible about not just how they can acquire what you are selling but also how they can get it done themselves.

The hostess herself was sight to behold and I don’t mean that NICEly. She was dressed in a print skirt suite made from local material that was lovely save for the fact that she looked like she was about ready to burst out of it. It was soooo tight and inappropriate especially since she was swinging herself like a cat that had found the milk. She was ill informed and unprofessional to say the least. Then to crown it all off her weave had taken on a life of its own and was rearranging itself as it pleased throughout the show.

I believe that with just a bit of help Hot Properties can become a really good show. If only it was done professionally, all it takes is a little hard work. Do some research, be creative, and sell the product. Sell the show like you would sell anything else. Approach more than just one paint company and create some healthy competition. Bring in furniture stores, carpet emporiums, tile shops, fixture specialists, interior design companies, the works and you’ll be amazed at how big this show can get.

This is a niche show that has not been done by anyone else so substandard in not an option. As soon as another station picks it up, KBC can say good bye to that one for sure.

With all that potential, it’s dumbfounding how anyone can go so wrong!