Quick questions for Sarah Beeny.
How did you get interested in property and DIY?
My dad was always building when I was young. People would stay over and he’d wake everyone up at 7 o’clock with: “Let’s build a shed”.
So you had a fun childhood?
Oh, yes. At other people’s houses we’d get together and hang out or lay around, but at our house we all had to get out and dig foundations.
Dinner with a mortgage lender or Genghis Khan?
Ha ha. I’d choose Genghis Kahn and ask all sorts of questions, like. Why? Mortgage lenders would simply answer: “Because my boss told me to.” That would be boring.
How often do you tell your husband that you love him?
Never. But he hasn’t told me either. In fact we laugh about it. He caught me once when I said something vaguely romantic in an unguarded moment. I still maintain I didn’t say it, and it’s become a bit of a joke.
Where did you have your first kiss?
Typical youngster. Outside our local sweet shop.
Are men attracted to you because you’re bossy?
Yes, but that’s just my TV personality. People get disillusioned when they meet me in real life because I’m not opinionated or domineering like I am on TV. I think men like that, don’t they?
Kirstie Allsopp or Amanda Lamb?
Amanda Lamb.
Any drawback to being on TV?
I think it takes away my privacy, and I don’t like watching myself on TV either.
Tell me something surprising about yourself.
I once had Gordon Ramsay’s sheep over to stay in my garden.
You have 24 hours left to live. How do you spend the time?
I wouldn’t travel because I hate all the fuss of that. I’d walk to Pizza Express with my kids, meet up with my brother and his family, then all walk back to my garden for tea. I’d just potter really.
By Paul Coia
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