April's highlights include 'Famous Homes and Hideaways' as well as all your favourite property and lifestyle programmes.

Here are just some of the programmes you can see during April on Channel 55:

Save us from our House
Elaine and Jim have a toddler and another on the way, yet they're having a hard time letting go of the freedom of youth. With adult toys like boats and snowmobiles and hardcore shopping habits, they haven't been able to prepare their home for one child - let alone two! Hina and Scott will have to help this couple to let go of the past and grow up fast!
Broadcast Times: Saturdays @ 3.30pm & 10.30pm and Sundays @ 9.30am & 5.30pm

Ask the Property Experts
On Ask the Property Experts Bruce Whitfield and the panel of experts find out the answers to viewer questions about property. They look at real estate issues and solve the problems the viewers have.
Broadcast Times: Saturdays and Sundays @ 7.35am, 10.35 am, 1.35pm & 6.35pm

Neat
Jackie and Sim, both previously married, have merged two adult lives into one 60-year-old semi-detached three bedroom home. While it is small, they could live with their own clutter until the birth of their daughter – but now they must streamline their environment. The two problem areas in the house are the upstairs office – too much paper, too little space – and the basement, which houses Sim's extensive book collection, the album collection of his youth, his videos, and toys he played with as a child. Hellen works with Jackie and Sim to purge the basement and turn it into a hip yet kid-friendly space. She also shows the couple how to manage files and information in their home office.
Broadcast Times: Saturdays @ 12.30pm & 8.30pm and Sundays @ 15.30 & 10.30

Takeover My Makeover
Rustic Mexican Kitchen - Jeff and Claudia Silverman tried to give their kitchen an authentic rustic Mexican look by painting chili peppers on the kitchen cabinets and accessorizing with piñatas and sombreros, but it turned into a disaster. The Takeover My Makeover design team turns the Mexican mayhem into true south-of-the-border style.
Broadcast times: Saturdays @ 8.30 am, 4.30 pm & 11.30 pm and Sundays @ 11..30 am & 7.30 pm

Holmes on Homes
With Mike and the team in full swing repairing the shoddy fire damage remediation work left behind by the last contractor, Mike discovers an old oil storage tank buried in the backyard. To make matters worse, the container had leaked over the years, making it necessary for Mike to clean up the hazardous mess. It's an episode filled with renovation thrills and toxic spills!
Broadcast Times: Saturdays @ 11am & 7pm and Sundays @2pm & 9pm

Selling Houses
How prioritising work on your rooms will sell your home Annily and Michael Poppleton have spent the last 5 months trying to sell their cottage, no one's been tempted by its 325,000 price tag. They have a big problem with the fourth bedroom and kitchen is just not what buyers expect of a country kitchen.
Broadcast Times: Saturdays @ 9.30am & 5.30pm and Sundays @12.30pm & 8.30pm

Famous Homes & Hideaways
Born and raised in Italy, top model Fabio has also written romance novels and appeared in feature films Zoolander, Bubble Boy, and Dude, Where's My Car. Donna Hanover meets him at his L.A. home. We visit a $35 Million Desert Estate in Phoenix, Arizona – one of the most luxurious mansions you've ever seen; and then we visit a Florida house once owned by former US president Richard Nixon, which has also been the setting for the Scarface movies starring Al Pacino. The Ocean Club on Paradise Island in the Bahamas has been an international jet set hideaway for sixty years. Don't miss this postcard from paradise. Then we're off to the Bay of Banderas on Mexico's Pacific Riviera to visit a secluded, luxurious resort. Finally, we stop at Universal Studios in Hollywood
Broadcast Times: Saturdays @ 9.30am & 5.30 pm and Sundays @12.30pm & 8.30pm

Design Inc
As Denise builds a brand new Georgian-style home, Sarah Richardson and design inc. install a kitchen worthy of its grandeur. Issues with custom cabinetry, moldings and the largest marble-topped island ever plague the team as they race to finish the kitchen before the clients move in. Sticking to their vision means Denise and her family is thrilled and can't wait to give their new kitchen a test run!
Broadcast Times: Saturdays @ 9am & 5 pm and Sundays @12pm & 8pm

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