In ‘Blind Bought’ the impossible is always possible due to the generosity (correction: media greed) of the sponsors

In a sea full of slums, Kinga Kantorska is a lifebuoy. When the shopping enthusiasts among us have finished playing Immoweb, they call the purchasing agent Bought blindly. If you hear “Alloo, that’s Kinga here” on the other end of the line, then you know that everything will be fine with your laundry list of crazy requirements, which probably includes a sink from the Victorian era.

For the second season in a row, the Houdini of Herk-de-Stad takes care of the dreams of a species with not a brick but an entire concrete mixer in its stomach. Last week Gert-Jan and Heike opened the new season of Bought blindly with the search for a house in De Pinte.

“That’s expensive there,” Kinga said, after which animal lover Heike casually dropped that she also wants a garden of 1,000 square meters. That plot had to be in De Pinte, because Gert-Jan is stuck there and WD-40 doesn’t seem to work on people.

“Unrealistic expectations are typical of a human being,” Kinga philosophized. “That’s why I’m here. To guide people in what is realistic and what is not.” In that respect, this real estate TV could teach Flemish people some sense of reality, although it is doubtful whether the makers will succeed. With the exception of a rare case, the impossible has always turned out to be possible in the past due to the generosity (correction: media greed) of the many sponsors. What message are you sending?

This week, Gert-Jan and Heike indicated that the size of the garden is of vital importance, but that Kinga can still search outside De Pinte. The couple casually mentioned that they suddenly have an extra 85,000 euros available. The next episode will show that they are not happy with the ruin where their hard-earned money has gone. A week later they will still end up in seventh heaven. After all, that’s how it always goes.

This was also the case with Mevin and Pieter, both kindergarten teachers, which explained the persistent cooing. Their cottage-style dream home in Hasselt had to be large enough to accommodate all their boxes of materials – “mountains of books, toys, chestnuts, craft supplies…”. But the biggest concern of interior designer Dorien Boven, a new face, was the old-fashioned preferences. “If there are customers with your style wishes, I am inclined not to accept them.”

I liked that brutal honesty with a Kempen accent. Bought blindly After the departure of interior experts Bart and Kelly and the annoying candidates from last season – you will be pissed because you have to wheel a organic waste container out through the house – it needed a restart.

They unpacked with “the biggest renovation ever Bought blindly”. It cost 200,000 euros, required almost two full episodes and was of course a bull’s eye. The sincere gratitude of Mevin and Pieter was refreshing, and the choice to open the sixth season with this was transparent.

After all the drama of last year, extreme positivity was welcome. Although I certainly hope so Bought blindly continues to serve people who really need it. Anyone who has a renovation budget of 200,000 euros does not belong to that group.

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