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Do you feel stereotyped or typecast by the
program’s success, or is it liberating and brings
other opportunities?
JB: I don’t feel typecast, because every time I do
one of these, it’s working on a different building,
and a different building typology. We try really,
really hard to make that the case so the show
doesn’t stagnate and is exciting.
The series longevity is a testament to that.
JB: We gave up long ago thinking about what’s
expected or assumed. That doesn’t happen in the
real world. We’re buying property in the real world
and selling it in the real world, so we have to take
what we can find and not put up with second-best,
to really make the most of what we’ve got.
Do the program’s pressure cooker deadlines
ultimately work for, or against, the best results?
JB: We don’t cut corners in terms of quality, so if a
certain building requires a lead time we just have
to work backwards from that time rather than work
forwards and compromise quality.