Californian interior designer Ann Maurice has a truly unique combination of skills and experience that set her apart from others in her field. Prior to her ten-year Interior Design an Home Staging career, she spent thirteen years selling Real Estate in the San Francisco Bay area.

Twelve years ago she introduced the concept of property presentation to the UK on national television. As TV's House Doctor, she has gained a host of avid fans worldwide that tune in faithfully to watch her transform British homes. She has since become one of the top property / interior design faces on British Television, whose programmes attract in excess of 2.5 million viewers per episode

The House Doctor programmes are now broadcast in a number of countries including USA, UK, South Africa, New Zealand and Canada and are rapidly gaining in popularity as in the U.K.

Ann's most recent programme is called ‘Ann Maurice Interior Rivalry’. In this programme Ann Maurice puts hundreds of home-staging wannabes through their paces in an arduous set of tasks to test their design skills. The prize is a chance to start their own business in Home Staging. The second series of Interior Rivalry aired on Channel 5 in the UK in Spring 2007.

Ann has published six books 'Ann Maurice, House Doctor'; 'Ann Maurice, House Doctor - Quick Fixes'; 'House Doctor - Instant Makeovers'; 'The Best of House Doctor', 'The Property Book' and 'House Doctor: A-Z of Design'.

Aside from her filming and publishing commitments, she writes a regular feature for Real Homes magazine, and for a quarterly publication called American in Britain magazine, as well as taking on a host of private design projects.

Ann also conducts a series of courses on Property Presentation and Home Staging. Created and led by Ann, the courses cover techniques of Property Presentation, from both practical and aesthetic points of view. Her advanced level courses are designed to prepare and train individuals for a career in residential home staging, with a primary focus on presentation techniques for the real estate sales market.

Now anyone can have the next best thing to a visit from the House Doctor herself. In July 2006 Ann Maurice launched the House Doctor Network in order to meet the public’s demand for qualified staging Home Staging professionals. A four-tiered training programme and assessment is designed to ensure that her qualified trained professionals will bring Ann's high standards with them to the marketplace. The House Doctor Network Consultant services range from advice consultancy via verbal or written report through to impementation and project management. Their services include: Home Staging for selling or renting; Styling for new property developments; Furnishing for properties to let; Interior redesign for home owners; Decluttering and reorganisation; Personal shopping and Styling for events.

Most recently, in 2007 Ann launched her Introductory Property Presentation Distance Course and Essential Guide to Home Staging and Property Presentation DVD - ideal for those individuals who cannot make the journey to London to attend her courses in person.

Ann Maurice regularly participates in a wide range of speaking opportunities. Most recently, in 2007 she was guest speaker at The Ideal Home Show, London; The Society of Decorating Professionals Annual Conference in Chicago, The Certified Staging Professionals Annual Convention in Toronto and The Ideal Home Show in Scotland.

When she is not in England filming House Doctor, Ann divides her time between her main home in San Francisco, California and her holiday home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Both properties were long-term design projects in their own rights.

Ann has two grown daughters, Lauryn and Melanie, two granddaughters, Nicole and Anna, one grandson, Greg, a partner Timothy, all who reside in California.

She has earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Michigan, studied Interior Design at the University of California and is a graduate of the Colour Research Institute of America.