At Home with Sarah Beeny Autumn 2015 - 291

A N D F I N A L LY

THE GYM ISN'T
FOR SARAH, SHE'S
BUSY ENOUGH

Finish the sentence...
MY PROUDEST MOMENT WAS... when I got

an email telling me about the first My
Single Friend (Sarah's online dating
website, www.mysinglefriend.com)
baby. Or the very first house to
be sold on Tepilo (her online
estate agency, www.tepilo.com).

IF I CAN, I AVOID... my
husband! Ha ha, only joking.
I dodge any shopping trips
- food and clothes. I hate shopping.
I do all my food shopping online.
NOT MANY PEOPLE KNOW... I can do the splits!
#TOPADVICE

often a false economy to buy
cheaply, so I've invested in
some really good quality
garden furniture. It's incredibly
comfortable and I'm hoping it will
last us for many years to come.'

WORDS: LYNNE MAXWELL | PHOTOGRAPHS: MAIN PIC CREDIT JOHN CAREY, SHUTTERSTOCK

Fitness fluke

'Positive things
happen to positive
people,' says
Sarah. 'I stand
by that mantra.'

Known as a yummy mummy among
some people who watch Sarah on
her many TV shows - including
Property Ladder, Help! My House Is
Falling Down, Village SOS, Sarah Beeny's

Selling Houses,
Beeny's Restoration
Nightmare and Double
Your House For Half
The Money - the slim star is
adamant that she doesn't do anything
to keep herself that way.
'I have no time for exercise,
honestly, I'm far too busy,' she says.
'Maybe that's why the weight stays
off. I'm always running around from
TV sets to home, to my ofﬁces, to
school. I'm so busy.'

I ALWAYS LAUGH AT... Blandings. It's a British
comedy that was on BBC One a couple of years
ago. There were two series, but a third wasn't
commissioned. I was so disappointed. Graham
and I loved it. [Rumour has it series three is due
to go into production next year.]
THE LAST TIME I CRIED WAS... at a kids' film.
THE LAST PLACE I WENT ON HOLIDAY WAS...
Somerset. The whole family went to stay with my
brother. I love the rolling hills and the scenery.

IF I COULD PASS ANY LAW, IT WOULD BE...

oh, there are loads! I'd make it illegal to sell
any school playing fields. I'd also make sure that
only 10-year leases to build were available.

MY LAST MEAL WOULD BE... oysters.

DID YOU KNOW?
WHEN SARAH WAS A CHILD, SHE WANTED TO BE A
COWBOY WHEN SHE GREW UP (SHE REALLY DID!)

INTERIOR
NO-GO

Inside wall? Don't
brick it, says Sarah

While everyone has
different tastes and ideas
when it comes to décor, the
one thing Sarah despises
is brickwork indoors.
'I hate the look of
internal exposed brickwork,
especially if it's fake,' she
says. 'It just collects dust
and looks manky. I've
never understood why
people do it.'

That makes me sound like a right
posho! But I love them.

THE WORST THING YOU
COULD SAY TO ME IS...

'You're dull.' I'd hate
to think that!

IF I HAVE TIME TO
MYSELF... I meet up with friends

and perhaps go for a nice supper.

THE SILLIEST RUMOUR I'VE READ ABOUT
MYSELF IS... that I want six kids and a boob job.

Sarcasm doesn't work in print. A journalist asked
if I'd like more children, and I said, 'Oh, I'd love
about six.' And asked my opinion on plastic surgery,
I said I wasn't against it. The headline was: 'Sarah
wants six kids and a boob job!' Ridiculous.

MY BIGGEST REGRET IS... none. Honestly,
that's the truth. I wouldn't do anything differently.
You live and learn.

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