I'm not sure what show the previous reviewer actually saw, but it wasn't Restoration Home. In virtually all cases, the restoration work follows the (legally binding), exact, and precise restoration detailing and materials required, often showing craftsman creating and restoring. It's - for a one hour show - an in-depth look at actual restoration work, and NOT a Home Depot/Ikea quick fix at all.
The craft and skill we get to see at work is augmented by a well- spoken architectural historian, Keiran Long and a less captivating, but nonetheless, competent, social historian named Kate Williams. The host of the show, Caroline Quentin is perfectly fine, in my opinion.
The show focuses, for the most part, on Grade II listed buildings, mostly in a very poor state of repair that have been sold, sometimes with conditional leases, but all of which are under strict restoration restraints. A few of the buyers are well fixed financially, but the fast majority are not. These people have found a historic property and fallen in love with it, and work hard to bring it back to what it was, whatever that may be, and at the very least, save it for future generations.
I think you'll like it and I think you'll appreciate its authenticity.
