| Showrunner | Cam de la Huerta |
| Series Director | Gareth Birkett |
| Cast | Daniel Daggers |
| Episodes | 7 |
| Genre | Reality TV |
| Platform | Netflix |
In this reality TV series, Daniel Daggers and his team at DDRE Global sell luxury homes in London but with a spick and snazzy job comes its own stress!
The thing with these real estate reality shows is that they are all the same – beautiful, awe-inspiring and perfect. However, there is hardly any personality or intrigue in both the beautiful homes and the people featured in them. The series, exactly like others in the genre, is about a bunch of real estate agents who deal with these bigger-than-life properties in London and go through their personal and professional ups and downs as they try to sell these houses and make a commission.
However, more often than not, Buying London feels like a surface-level, catty and fake show wherein everyone talks about how they share a close relationship with those around them and how “boss babe” they are but you don’t feel that energy and neither do you believe a word that they are saying. These agents are neither interesting nor have much to do in the show that brings out their personalities in any way other than, of course, being miserably annoying about how they all love the better things in life.
From the first episode of Buying London itself, the series makes it clear that the women are going to be fighting against each other for no reason. Okay – there probably is a reason, but it’s still just so odd to watch this silliness unfold especially when they REALLY want you to believe that they are functioning adults who handle the rich and the opulent with their living arrangements. The pitting of women against each other has been a long-standing thing in shows, wherein women apparently are either not capable of rational thoughts and just fight against each other for no reason, or it’s just good for drama. Either way, it’s 2024, it’s been a while and this ploy has become boring and really needs to be done away with.
For example, Juliana apparently flirts with Oli right in front of Oli while at the same table, Rasa and Lauren have a silly catfight that gets prolonged for no reason. The drama, obviously, is made up to make things more spicy than they are and it doesn’t help that we have watched something similar in every other similar show and it leaves you a bit annoyed after a point. There is also the problem of the show having literally no tension – you are not concerned whether or not the agents will be able to sell the homes or make a commission because it all feels so scripted and made up.
I think what I personally miss in these shows is that there is hardly any warmth in the scenes. I think as much as we love watching drama, there also needs to be something that draws us to such shows that really is missing. The houses don’t get nearly enough attention as they should and it constantly feels like the agents are trying to show off how well-connected they are, which personally rubbed me the wrong way and, more importantly, is just boring.
Buying London Review: Final Thoughts
For those who love to watch the unnecessary and mindless drama of adults as they try to sell luxury properties, Netflix’s newest reality show Buying London is probably an answer… it’s not THE answer, but that’s neither here nor there. The show is forgettable and is also perfect for a hate-watch if that’s something that you need this week, but there’s hardly anything more than that here.
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