Kirstie Allsopp

Kirstie Mary Allsopp (born 31 August 1971)  is a  British  TV presenter known for the  Channel 4  property programmes:  Location, Location, Location;  Relocation, Relocation;  Location Revisited;  The Property Chain;  Kirstie's Homemade Home and  Kirstie's Handmade Britain. All but the last three were co-presented with  Phil Spencer.

Background
She is the daughter of former chairman of Christie's, Charles Henry Allsopp, 6th Baron Hindlip and Fiona Victoria Jean Atherley (née McGowan, born 1947). She has a younger brother Henry, and two younger sisters, Sofie and Natasha.[4]  Due to her father's peerage, she is entitled to use the courtesy style The Honourable Kirstie Allsopp. Designer and businesswoman Cath Kidston is her cousin.

 The ten schools she attended as a child included St Clotilde's in  Lechlade ,  Gloucestershire   and  Bedales, near  Petersfield, Hampshire. After spending time in  India  teaching  English, Allsopp returned to the UK and began a series of positions, working for  Country Living  and  Food & Homes Magazine  and her mother's business, Hindlip & Prentice Interiors, and studying at  Christie's. Allsopp set up her own Home Search company, Kirmir, in 1996, focusing on top end purchases in Central and West London.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">Allsopp was reported in 2008 and 2009 to be an advisor to the Conservative Party on housing matters,but has said that she is not.

Personal life
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">Her partner is property developer Ben Andersen, and they have two sons, born July 2006 and August 2008. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> She is also stepmother to her partner's two children from a previous relationship. They live in  London<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">. In 2009 they, along with another family, bought and restored a house in rural Devon called Meadowgate, which had been empty for 39 years. The restoration and interior decorating was the subject of the series "Kirstie's Homemade Home". <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">It was again the setting for her "Kirstie's Homemade Christmas" show showing people how to have an individual Christmas using second hand and homemade products such as wreaths from material found in the nearby wood. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">Allsopp is a supporter of the  Conservative Party<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">.