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Judge Q and A : Sarah Beeny

Last year’s and of course one of the great 2008 judges Sarah Beeny has answered my questions.

Sarah Beeny

Q) With the increase in self-builds and property development moving
into the garden space, how do you think this will effect sheddies.

It just goes to prove that sheddies are leaders in fashion not followers!

Q) What one bit of advice would you give to potential developers?

Overestimate how much it will cost, overestimate how long it will take and underestimate how much you will sell it for.

Q) Is the fashion for building downwards (ie basements and lower) especially in London really a cry for help and the need for a shed?

Absolutely clearly if they could fit a shed in their garden they would be unlikely to be building a basement.

Q) You are seen as the sheddies favourite but who are you inspirations?

Dolly Parton - for being just fabulous

Q) What would be your ultimate bolthole/shed-away-from-it-all and
where would it be?

Sometimes I think the perfect shed would be on a cliff top in a terrible storm but I am torn between thinking it would be horribly depressing or horribly romantic

Q) If your shed was on fire what would be the first thing you would
save?

I keep old digital camera cards there - that would be number one on my list.

Sarah is currently filming Property Ladder for Channel4, she is also founder of cult dating website www.mysinglefriend.com

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Radio 1, the Beeny and her love of sheds

I have had lots of emails from people, to say that Sheddies favorite Sarah Beeny was on the Scott Mills show today on the National Radio 1, talking about her many assets and her love of sheds, we all know that Sarah loves here sheds, that’s why she is one of the Shed judges from this Year’s shed of the year.. but its great that she is telling the world about it as well, great publicity for Shed week and readersheds, many thanks Beeny we can’t buy publicity like that! (the shed mug is in the post!)

Beeny on the radio

The first guest and property expert, Sarah Beeny, talks about possible reasons why people watch her show, other than for building advice!

Sarah also talked about her love of sheds

We had had 5 new sheds since the show was aired, and hopefully we will get a lot more, it’s great that the younger sheddi are realizing that Sheds are great spaces and not just places for storing your garden tools and adult magazines.

you can listen again using the power of the interweb here.

Win Sarah Beeny….

Sarah Beeny : Price the JobWell in fact not the Shed of the Year Judge Sarah Beeny herself (which would be great) but the revised for 2008 book “Sarah Beeny’s Price the Job”, our people(me) talked to her people and we have managed to get 4 copies to give away.

Click here to enter.

Good luck and wossname

Happy birthday to the Beeny

Sheddies favorite and of course shed of the year judge Sarah Beeny is having a birthday today.

the beeny

We would like to sing happy shedday to the Beeny and hope she has a great day.

Shed of the year judge - Sarah Beeny

I’m very happy to announce that “the Beeny”, has agreed to be a judge again for the finals of Shed of the Year 2008, which will be in National Shed Week, from 7th July.

Sarah gave us a lot of support for our first every Shed week and Shed of the Year earlier this year, and of course her sheddiness, helped her to win our shed week vote, as most people would like to show her around their shed and no doubt she had something to do with the press taking notice of last years competition.

Even though shed week is ages away, having Sarah Beeny sign up and of course Trevor Baylis last week has got me a little bit wossname and I can’t wait for it to start.

of course If anyone knows a celebrity with an interest in sheds, then contact me as more the merrier.