P411 Teletext on 4 411 Jul18 23:16:40 ——————————————————————————————— SARAH'S NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH After dishing out her advice in seven series of Property Ladder, Sarah Beeny knows a thing or two about renovating. Now, she's tackling it on a much bigger scale for Streets Ahead. Rows of houses are being transformed in a show aiming to get neUghbours working together. Often, they've never spoken to each other before so getting them to give up their weekends is a big task. We spoke to Sarah about the ambitious project. ——————————————————————————————————1/7—— Coming soon is now on 407 NEW CARS REVIEWED p703 Clean TV today 4Services TV GuideP411 Teletext on 4 411 Jul18 23:12:17 ——————————————————————————————— SARAH'S NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH Far from being daunted by the Streets Ahead project, Sarah Beeny was looking forward to the challenge. "It was very exciting," she says. "It's an opportunity for the community to get to know each other when so often people have no idea who their neighbours are. "Not only does everyone benefit because it looks nicer, it also adds value to homes. But even if you are not selling, you get to live in a nicer street." ——————————————————————————————————2/7—— Coming soon is now on 407 NEW CARS REVIEWED p703 Clean TV today 4Services TV GuideP411 Teletext on 4 411 Jul18 23:27:25 ——————————————————————————————— SARAH'S NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH The Streets Ahead neighbours have £10,000 to spend between them to fund their improvements. They can up that budget if theyWre able to beg, steal or borrow from their suppliers. But it's up to them to give up their time to work on the project. What they get for free is Sarah Beeny's expertise. "I try to help as much as I can," she says. "I provide some designs - which they can choose to use or noe." ——————————————————————————————————3/7—— Coming soon is now on 407 NEW CARS REVIEWED p703 Clean TV today 4Services TV GuideP411 Teletext on 4 411 Jul18 23:27:11 ——————————————————————————————— SARAH'S NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH Streets Ahead aims to raise the ceiling price of a whole street, an issue Sarah Beeny thinks ism't considered enough. "It goes deeper than just dressing up - it's not a makeover show," she explains. "A lot of people don't think about the outside, and certainly don't consider their neighbours' houses. "But if you bear in mind what the houses either side have done, you can make the whole street look good." ——————————————————————————————————4/7—— Coming soon is now on 407 NEW CARS REVIEWED p703 Clean TV today 4Services TV GuideP411 Teletext on 4 411 Jul18 23:22:13 ——————————————————————————————— SARAH'S NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH As project manager on Streets Ahead, Sarah Beeny had the challenge of getting neighbours working together. Inevitably, there are many arguments along the way. "It was difficult because it required them all to co- operate with each other," she says. "There are some lively antics as they fall out, make up and then fall out all over again. It was a bit like trying to organise a bunch of children." ——————————————————————————————————5/7—— Coming soon is now on 407 NEW CARS REVIEWED p703 Clean TV today 4Services TV GuideP411 Teletext on 4 411 Jul18 23:18:12 ——————————————————————————————— SARAH'S NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH One project undertaken for Streets Ahead involved rescuing a pretty street dominated by too many cars. "It looked like a supermarket car park," host Sarah Beeny says. "So we put car ports up at every house which, over the years, they can grow greenery over to break up the effect." Nothing was too big or small, with other projects involving new windows, paintwork, pergolas and flower beds. ——————————————————————————————————6/7—— Coming soon is now on 407 NEW CARS REVIEWED p703 Clean TV today 4Services TV GuideP411 Teletext on 4 411 Jul18 23:12:17 ——————————————————————————————— SARAH'S NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH Sarah Beeny reckons neighbours are too shy and naive about the benefits of working together. "More than anything else, they need someone to get them going," she says. "It takes a brave person to knock on a neighbour's door and say, 'We're going to work every weekend for a month to make out street look great.' They'd get the door slammed in their face." Streets Ahead, Tuesdays, 8pm ——————————————————————————————————7/7—— Coming soon is now on 407 NEW CARS REVIEWED p703 Clean TV today 4Services TV Guide