HGTV

[AnchorAlum]

Love House Hunters, HHI, and Sarah's House. She is so incredibly talented.

Also like Selling New York. Selling L.A. was the most fake thing ever.

[amIblue?]

So, I've been home sick this week and watching HHI. Im just embarrassed for the entitled Americans in other countries. They have these amazing opportunities to experience life somewhere else, and they want everything to be like it is at home. If you want it to be like at home, stay home! Sheesh!

I really shouldn't allow myself to succumb to HGTV.

ETA: the only pass I've given so far is to the Jamaican-born guy who lived in DC and was transferring to Amsterdam. He literally couldn't fit comfortably in the bathroom at one place.

[DrPhil]

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[whiteandblack]

does anyone watch Junk Gypsies on the GAC channel (great american country). they're pretty awesome.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by amIblue?

So, I've been home sick this week and watching HHI. Im just embarrassed for the entitled Americans in other countries. They have these amazing opportunities to experience life somewhere else, and they want everything to be like it is at home. If you want it to be like at home, stay home! Sheesh!

I really shouldn't allow myself to succumb to HGTV.

ETA: the only pass I've given so far is to the Jamaican-born guy who lived in DC and was transferring to Amsterdam. He literally couldn't fit comfortably in the bathroom at one place.

Oh my goodness, yes! My significant other and I always watch this show and get SO MAD at the people who look for a place that's just like home. My favorite ones are when people move to a country like China, they want to live in the middle of a major city like Hong Kong, they have very little money and are then surprised that they're basically living in a small box. And then there are the complaints about how there's no oven! Ugh. Do you really think people in China need an oven? Look at their food!

I would be happy living in a box if it meant I could be in an amazing place halfway around the world. Who needs a perfect apartment when you can go out and explore a foreign country?!

Oh, and don't even get me started on the people who are in warm, tropical places with great outdoor spaces who complain about the size of the bedrooms…

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

Oh, and don't even get me started on the people who are in warm, tropical places with great outdoor spaces who complain about the size of the bedrooms…

Yes!

I even stopped watching House Hunters because the people were doing nothing but acting and complaining for the sake of dramatics.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Yes!

I even stopped watching House Hunters because the people were doing nothing but acting and complaining for the sake of dramatics.

Exactly. My SO and I think that if we ever tried out for that show, they'd deny our request. We'd be too easy to please and we wouldn't argue with each other.

[BraveMaroon]

Riddle me this; since every house in Toronto has faulty construction/shoddy wiring (if Love It or List It is any barometer), how has that entire city not collapsed and burned to the ground?

[DubaiSis]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

Oh my goodness, yes! My significant other and I always watch this show and get SO MAD at the people who look for a place that's just like home. My favorite ones are when people move to a country like China, they want to live in the middle of a major city like Hong Kong, they have very little money and are then surprised that they're basically living in a small box. And then there are the complaints about how there's no oven! Ugh. Do you really think people in China need an oven? Look at their food!

There's an episode of HHI (or one of those) that showcases a friend of mine. I can tell you the stuff is wildly manipulated. I mean, I know you KNOW that, but some of the stuff I heard people say on the Dubai episode sounded completely retarded, including my friend who was in no way stupid.

But people really do move to places on the other side of the planet and freak out because they can't have stuff just like at home. Another friend in Dubai was in an eternal state of depression over the lack of Arizona tea. Seriously, icky sweet bottled, chemically, overpriced tea is what it will take to make you happy? How about a nice iced tea made from a FRESH tea bag from Sri Lanka, just across the way from us?

[DrPhil]

I stopped watching HGTV so religiously. There were a couple of shows that weren't interesting. I need to get back into it.

[DubaiSis]

The house I owned in Kansas City would have come across as the same nightmare - asbestos, poor wiring, bad plumbing. It was a constant work in progress, partly because the city vomited up these houses (and the associated public utilities) post WWII, and 60 years later they were falling down. To tear down and rebuild on these oddly large lots in working class neighborhoods wouldn't make sense, so you just band-aid your way through the next disaster. Or sell it and move to Dubai.

[BraveMaroon]

Oh, believe me - I have a house built in 1930 - I'm sure old girl would be shittin' kittens if she had to look at our wiring, plumbing, etc.

I mean, I get that it's dramatized for TV, but you think Hillary would stop being surprised by all the hot mess infrastructure.

And truthfully, I'd gladly hire experts to get the bones of the house in shape and do the DIY pretty stuff myself.

[DubaiSis]

I'm just always amazed that they are bitching about all of the costs for major renovations and then put in bazillion dollar kitchens and furniture when they could have done something very nice and been able to do a whole additional room or something for what thet spent on appliances. My other favorite, Property Brothers, does the same thing. The kitchens are beautiful, but are you really going to put that kind of kitchen in when the siding on most of these houses is atrocious? Have you noticed the costs for the lighting they choose? INSANE. Like Maroon said, do the hard stuff. I'll buy my own damn chandelier.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

There's an episode of HHI (or one of those) that showcases a friend of mine. I can tell you the stuff is wildly manipulated. I mean, I know you KNOW that, but some of the stuff I heard people say on the Dubai episode sounded completely retarded, including my friend who was in no way stupid.

Oh, definitely. You can kind of tell when they're clipping certain phrases and editing the show to make these people look worse than they actually are. But then there are the really annoying people who keep going on and on about the same thing. I watched an episode where a guy and his gf were moving to Australia, and he wanted to be near a beach. His gf had a job (not near the beach) and he didn't have a job at all at the time, and every 2 minutes he would say, ".. but it's not near the beach." I wanted to strangle him. People don't see the big picture.

But people really do move to places on the other side of the planet and freak out because they can't have stuff just like at home. Another friend in Dubai was in an eternal state of depression over the lack of Arizona tea. Seriously, icky sweet bottled, chemically, overpriced tea is what it will take to make you happy? How about a nice iced tea made from a FRESH tea bag from Sri Lanka, just across the way from us?

Oh my. I miss some stuff from where I grew up, but I wouldn't be depressed about not having a certain drink.

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

To tear down and rebuild on these oddly large lots in working class neighborhoods wouldn't make sense, so you just band-aid your way through the next disaster. Or sell it and move to Dubai.

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

I'm just always amazed that they are bitching about all of the costs for major renovations and then put in bazillion dollar kitchens and furniture when they could have done something very nice and been able to do a whole additional room or something for what thet spent on appliances. My other favorite, Property Brothers, does the same thing. The kitchens are beautiful, but are you really going to put that kind of kitchen in when the siding on most of these houses is atrocious? Have you noticed the costs for the lighting they choose? INSANE. Like Maroon said, do the hard stuff. I'll buy my own damn chandelier.

Yes!

That's what drives me crazy on 'Love it or List it'. I always look at renovations and decorations and think, "Uh, I could have done all of that pretty cheap.. how does this come out to $65,000?!??!"

I'd rather have a nice looking house with "lower end" material (i.e. nice but not blatantly expensive), than 3 rooms redone with upgrades that I could never match throughout the rest of the house, should I opt to update it later.

[LXA SE285]

I dig Rehab Addict. Nicole Curtis has an incredible work ethic.