HGTV

[TridenT]

Who watches it? That one guy on Color Splash though...

 

[maddogchen]

I watch house hunters international all the time. I'm surprised at how expensive the rentals are in many European cities. 3500 a month avg or something like that.

 

[T9D]

My favorite is rehab addict http://www.diynetwork.com/diy-rehab-addict/videos/index.html

So many show's I think I'd like on HGTV but I hate how horrible the editing is and all the camera shake. It's way to ADD it drives me nuts. They need some thorough detailed shows with some good knowledge. It's all filmed like MTV reality shows and I want to punch them for that.

 

[John Connor]

My mom watches House Hunters all the time. If it ain't HGTV it's MeTV or Hallmark Channel. She always enters for the dream home give away.

 

[TridenT]

I watch house hunters international all the time. I'm surprised at how expensive the rentals are in many European cities. 3500 a month avg or something like that.

I watched House Hunters a long time ago (Must've been <2009) and they were doing this episode about a couple in San Francisco. They must've been in their 20's and they were looking at tiny apartments/townhouses in San Francisco for 2.1 million. I was shocked. I'm guessing they had rich parents or something. I don't know how you could afford such a place even a few years out of college unless you were a major stockholder of something like Twitter.

 

[John Connor]

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/trust-fund+baby

 

[maddogchen]

I watched House Hunters a long time ago (Must've been <2009) and they were doing this episode about a couple in San Francisco. They must've been in their 20's and they were looking at tiny apartments/townhouses in San Francisco for 2.1 million. I was shocked. I'm guessing they had rich parents or something. I don't know how you could afford such a place even a few years out of college unless you were a major stockholder of something like Twitter.

Yuck....thats crazy. I did see one where it was a family in their 30-40s where the husband worked at Google and they bought a home for $1+ million within biking distance to Google.

But I try to stay away from the regular house hunters....the i can buy a giant house on an acre of land for $150,000 in someplace i've never heard of is kinda boring because they never look appealing like hey I would want to live there.

While the international show its like wow nice, I would like to retire their or own a second home there. Except the prices dash my dreams a little...just gotta save some more for retirement I guess.

 

[TridenT]

Yuck....thats crazy. I did see one where it was a family in their 30-40s where the husband worked at Google and they bought a home for $1+ million within biking distance to Google.

But I try to stay away from the regular house hunters....the i can buy a giant house on an acre of land for $150,000 in someplace i've never heard of is kinda boring because they never look appealing like hey I would want to live there.

While the international show its like wow nice, I would like to retire their or own a second home there. Except the prices dash my dreams a little...just gotta save some more for retirement I guess.

When I saw the international, the price was just too offputting. It seemed unrealistic. You get this terrible little cottage that is not much more than a stone shack out in Italy for over half a million or more. I was just like, "Yikes... rich people..." And for a lot of these people, it was just a vacation home. It wasn't anything more.

 

[z1ggy]

I watch HGTV all the time with my g/f. We talk about things we do and don't like during the remodeling process.

I've determined I will have a man cave I'll love, and an upstairs I'll hate...

 

[blackdogdeek]

I watched House Hunters a long time ago (Must've been <2009) and they were doing this episode about a couple in San Francisco. They must've been in their 20's and they were looking at tiny apartments/townhouses in San Francisco for 2.1 million. I was shocked. I'm guessing they had rich parents or something. I don't know how you could afford such a place even a few years out of college unless you were a major stockholder of something like Twitter.

You'd be surprised how much two people can save if they are renting a really cheap place. Assuming they are looking to put down 10% they would only need to save $21k. But, the couple in question probably were getting money from parents or something.

We occasionally watch House Hunters, House Hunters Int'l, Yard Crashers, Kitchen Crashers, Rehab Addict, Love It or List It and Property Brothers. We used to watch Kitchen Cousins until we realized they were terrible. Oh, we watched that one show where regular people try to do their own renovations. That's a good one. Property Brothers is too formulaic. We like to guess on Love It or List It. We should put money on it to up the excitement.

Our favorites are ones where there is practical information that we can use in our own house. These include the Crashers series and Rehab Addict.

 

[boomerang]

My favorite is rehab addict http://www.diynetwork.com/diy-rehab-...eos/index.html

I don't like her. It's probably what used to be termed a personality conflict. We've been watching the Property Brothers although I'm going to take a guess that my wife is into the Brothers more than the Property. Oh, and Flip or Flop we watch too.

 

[T9D]

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[Childs]

When I had cable I used to watch Property Brothers, Kitchen Cousins, Devine Design, Income Property, Love It or List it, Holmes on Homes...I guess pretty much all the renovation shows. House Hunters would always piss me off. People in Austin complaining about a 2500 square foot 3 bedroom 1 acre home for $250k being "too much", or they don't like the wallpaper. :roll eyes: House Hunters International is cool though...like watching the Travel Channel.

These shows started to show up on Netflix, so I can start watching them again.

 

[Crusty]

You'd be surprised how much two people can save if they are renting a really cheap place. Assuming they are looking to put down 10% they would only need to save $21k. But, the couple in question probably were getting money from parents or something.

We occasionally watch House Hunters, House Hunters Int'l, Yard Crashers, Kitchen Crashers, Rehab Addict, Love It or List It and Property Brothers. We used to watch Kitchen Cousins until we realized they were terrible. Oh, we watched that one show where regular people try to do their own renovations. That's a good one. Property Brothers is too formulaic. We like to guess on Love It or List It. We should put money on it to up the excitement.

Our favorites are ones where there is practical information that we can use in our own house. These include the Crashers series and Rehab Addict.

Uhhh... 10% of $2.1mil is $210,000. Not $21k.

 

[Linflas]

Yeah some people don't like her voice and such. I think she's awesome and has a lot of heart to do things right and takes passion in her restoration and making the home a home, not just for the money. You don't see that much.

I do like Property Brothers too. I'd probably watch a few others but I only have internet so if it's not online I can't watch it unless I'm at someone elses house.

The thing I like about Property Brothers is the reno guy seems to be very good at keeping to the budget other than add ons by the owners. Unlike Love It or Leave It he includes a buffer amount for the unexpecteds that always pop up when doing a reno.

 

[PricklyPete]

You'd be surprised how much two people can save if they are renting a really cheap place. Assuming they are looking to put down 10% they would only need to save $21k. But, the couple in question probably were getting money from parents or something.



We occasionally watch House Hunters, House Hunters Int'l, Yard Crashers, Kitchen Crashers, Rehab Addict, Love It or List It and Property Brothers. We used to watch Kitchen Cousins until we realized they were terrible. Oh, we watched that one show where regular people try to do their own renovations. That's a good one. Property Brothers is too formulaic. We like to guess on Love It or List It. We should put money on it to up the excitement.



Our favorites are ones where there is practical information that we can use in our own house. These include the Crashers series and Rehab Addict.

Math is not your strong suit is it?

 

[Childs]

Math is not your strong suit is it?

I assumed he simply made a typo.

 

[Fern]

I watch house hunters international all the time. I'm surprised at how expensive the rentals are in many European cities. 3500 a month avg or something like that.

When I saw the international, the price was just too offputting. It seemed unrealistic. You get this terrible little cottage that is not much more than a stone shack out in Italy for over half a million or more. I was just like, "Yikes... rich people..." And for a lot of these people, it was just a vacation home. It wasn't anything more.

I watch a lot of HHI too. But it depends upon where they are looking. I'm particularly interested in France and Italy. I lived and worked in Europe for a number of years, including France and my wife is Italian.

I've been 'house hunting' in Europe for some time now. Unless you have a ton of money stay away from the coast. Looks to me like the British have been driving up the prices. Also remember that the dollar has devalued substantially over the years. This will change in our direction, the question is when. I intend to be prepared to buy a house over there when the currency situation reverses.

However, there are still affordable houses in cool places. For example: https://www.google.com/search?q=ter...YL8-nyAT40YDwBQ&ved=0CB8QsAQ&biw=1024&bih=635

A nice place can be had there for approx $200k or so. Here's a quick example at $227k: http://www.french-property.com/vp/n...rrasson-lavilledieu-detached-house/id/387059/

There are great buys in inland Italy as well. Cheap, very cheap.

If you've got to have coastal property, this place is still relatively inexpensive and cool as hell. The Adriatic is beautiful and the people there speak just about any language. The food is great too. It's just across from Italy: https://www.google.com/search?q=kor...YBMyagwTtyIDwDQ&ved=0CCsQsAQ&biw=1024&bih=635

But yes, prices are high in many places, especially large cities like Paris. I lived there (in the 18th) for about 4 or 5 years. The places in Paris I saw were going for about $1,500 a sq ft for smaller places, less for some larger ones. That's crazy high right now.

Fern

 

[maddogchen]

Thanks for the great info Fern. There was a house hunters international episode on Korcula. It was very pretty

 

[blackdogdeek]

Uhhh... 10% of $2.1mil is $210,000. Not $21k.

Math is not your strong suit is it?

Holy crap. I can't even use the excuse that I hadn't had my coffee yet.

Sorry, guys. I was way off on that. And it would take a much longer time to save $210k than $21k, obviously.

 

[PricklyPete]

Holy crap. I can't even use the excuse that I hadn't had my coffee yet.



Sorry, guys. I was way off on that. And it would take a much longer time to save $210k than $21k, obviously.

Just giving you a hard time...missing quick calculations by a factor of 10 is easy.

Saving 210k for the average couple is definitely difficult without making some good investment bets. Sure it might be slightly easier for some in that area, but still a pretty big deal.

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

used to watch this channel all the time before i cut the cord. i think could stream it online but i think it would be better to watch it on netflix so i can ff through all the filler crap they do.

 

[Aikouka]

I just watch the two Scott brothers' shows: Property Brothers, and Buying and Selling. I think they've pretty much transitioned to the latter as I haven't seen any new episodes of the former... unless you count that upcoming special Property Brothers at Home.

I felt kind of bad for the guy on this past week's Buying and Selling. His wife was one of those "I must have a baby at all times" women, and good god did he seem so dejected when she said something like, "Oh, I'm not done [having children]" (they have three and a fourth on the way). The remarks like, "...back when I had money," made it a bit more sad. Although, I actually liked most of his taste in furniture. I mean... I never understand half of this hippy, modern garbage that I see. This one time, they turned a door into a coffee table. How in the world do you put a coffee mug/saucer on a door like that? The door has carvings in it that create an uneven surface!

 

[Meghan54]

We've watched most of them, if not all. They're interesting but to some people, it gives "ideas" that are rarely fulfilled.

I've a very close friend who is a carpenter/contractor I've known for decades. In the 1980's, he always maintained This Old House helped his bottom line (home owners trying a reno they saw on TV only to hit problems and quit/fail). I asked him about these HGTV shows last year....said his business is even better. More non-capable people attempting reno's, encounter a problem, get lost and hire someone, like him. The price to complete the reno and solve the damage/incorrectly done repairs usually nets more than the job would have if he'd done it from the start.

But the shows are interesting.

 

[tortoise]

For those interested in VERY small houses . . Tiny House, Big Living.