Michael Holmes (journalist)

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Michael Holmes
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Occupation(s) TV Presenter, author, journalist
Notable credit(s)How to Build a House
Don't Move, Improve
Renovating for profit
SpouseEmma Kirby
Children3

Michael Holmes is an English property expert and presenter of multiple property-based television shows on networks such as BBC1, Channel 4, Five, ITV, Channel 4, Discovery Real Time and UK Style. [1] He is also the Editor-In-Chief of several British home magazines and author of Renovating For Profit. [2]

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Career

Television

Holmes began his television career in 1997 as a property expert on Five series Hot Property. Later, he was the property expert on BBC2's All the Right Moves. He has also been the property expert on Channel 4's Richard & Judy . He later presented the BBC1 property-based TV show; Trading Up. [3]

Holmes was formerly the presenter of UK Style TV show Hard Sell where, along with a gardening expert, he helped to transform properties that were lagging on the property market. His most recent series is I Own Britain's Best Home.

Has presented property programmes on the Discovery Real Time such as How to Build a House [4] and Build, Buy or Restore. [5] The latter has spawned a spin-off also hosted by Holmes, Build, Buy or Restore: Abroad. [6]

He has also presented the recent ITV property series Good Bid, Good Buy [7] as well as the first series of Don't Move, Improve . [8] On Quest television the repeats are being shown of Build, Buy or Restore Abroad as of 7 June 2014

Magazines and publications

Holmes is the Editor-in-Chief of British homes-market newsstand publications such as Real Homes, Homebuilding & Renovating magazine and Period Living, all monthly. [9]

He has also written for leading British newspapers, including The Daily Telegraph , Sunday Times , Daily Express , Daily Mirror and The Independent , and appeared on news programmes such as BBC Breakfast . [3]

Michael also is a leading seminar speaker at the Homebuilding & Renovating Show, held around the country, and the annual National Home Improvement Show at London's Earls Court Exhibition Centre. [10]

Books

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References

  1. UK TV Style interview with Michael Holmes
  2. Holmes, Michael. Renovating for Profit. Ebury Press.
  3. 1 2 "Michael Holmes". Dorset Society. March 2006.
  4. How to Build a House Archived 10 September 2012 at archive.today i21 television
  5. Build, Buy or restore Aboutproperty, 1 January 2006
  6. Build, Buy or Restore Abroad Building Plot
  7. Good Bid, Good Buy Archived 3 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine ITV Press centre
  8. Discovery Real Time Guardian TV listings
  9. Building your own dream home Birmingham Post
  10. "Home". homebuildingshow.co.uk.