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jdluvr06 · July 2014

Does anyone else get irritated with the homeowners on some of the shows? Sometimes they complain about the dumbest things, especially during the shows where they rehab.

vk2204 · July 2014

OMG, yes. On Love it or List it, especially! They get so pissy when there is something wrong with their current home. Okay I will leave the asbestos in your house and give you the new bathroom you want.

RebeccaFlower · July 2014

I watched a lot of HGTV... until we bought our new home and then the level of entitlement and pettiness threw me over the edge.

beethery · July 2014

I am still working on convincing FI that we should only watch House Hunters on mute. He screams less at the tv when there is a football game on than I do at the fucking idiots on house hunters.

I saw one episode of some godforsaken show where the buyers walked into a basement of a house that the owner was still in... the idiots saw boxed-up belongings and went, "OMG WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH ALL OF THIS STUFF?"

bitches are you for real?

jenna8984 · July 2014

It ensues rage in me when they go into a house that's like mid-late 90's and say that the whole kitchen and everything is SO outdated. Motherfucker, I live in a home with an all original 1956 kitchen. I would kill for that 90's kitchen. I definitely can't watch it as much as I used to because it's so annoying.

climbingsingle · July 2014

Yes! This especially applies to Love It Or List It. They give Hilary a giant list of work they want done then give her a tiny budget. Then they get mad when they discover major electrical problems that need to be repaired. How they have the audacity to be mad at HIlary is beyond me. Maybe they should just let your house burn down due to faulty wiring. You're the ones that bought this house!

Clearly I'm way too invested in this show.

OliveOilsMom · July 2014

My H yells at the home owners more than I do. We have a tiny home, with NO closets. So when people walk into the Master Bedroom and say how small it is, H usually doesn't hold back. I mean our bedroom is so small, we have a double bed and a large dresser and that's about it. H's dresser is actually in a separate room. I will get more angry when people comment on how the walk in closet "is on the small side", then I usually yell "then try living without one!"

wandajune6 · July 2014

We yell a lot. "Love it or List It" and "My First Home" bring on the most rage. There's a lot of yelling.

There's a show that FI loves though- I can't remember what it's called but it's this blonde in MN who rehabs and flips old homes. It's the one show that gets minimal yelling.

Jells2dot0 · July 2014

I so agree with the comments about Love or List It. They act all offended that they can't get their list done, but aren't willing to put their money where their mouth is.

DH refuses to watch HH with me. He gets annoyed with the nitpicking. I have to be honest and say that I wonder what I'd be like looking for a new home. I've only ever lived in new builds that I designed, but we're moving soon and I want to buy in a historic neighborhood.

beethery · July 2014

wandajune6 said:

We yell a lot. "Love it or List It" and "My First Home" bring on the most rage. There's a lot of yelling.

There's a show that FI loves though- I can't remember what it's called but it's this blonde in MN who rehabs and flips old homes. It's the one show that gets minimal yelling.

REHAB ADDICT IS MY FAVORITE. Oh my god, she is fucking great! And there are no dummies walking around like Idiocracy come to life, she's just like... fixing up this old house and making it cool again, NBD.

aspoonfulofsugar · July 2014

wandajune6 said:

We yell a lot. "Love it or List It" and "My First Home" bring on the most rage. There's a lot of yelling.

There's a show that FI loves though- I can't remember what it's called but it's this blonde in MN who rehabs and flips old homes. It's the one show that gets minimal yelling.

Rehab Addict- Nicole Curtis. FI and I love that show!

House Hunters & Love It or List it make me so angry. This one crazy on LIoLI was complaining about lack of space, so she had them take out a bathroom on their main living floor (they only had one other bathroom in the house) and REFUSED to let them make their upstairs family room into another bedroom (therefore creating more space). I have never gotten so angry over an episode like I have that one. She was BSC (even her H let her have her way because he knew he couldn't convince her, and he's a Realtor!)

sarahufl · July 2014

I like Love it or List it. But I also get really annoyed- they are SO MEAN to Hillary. It isn't her fault that you let your house fall into disrepair and now it requires expensive work to get it up to code. You should be grateful that she is so diligent.

We watched one the other day where the family was whining about it being too small and dysfunctional, etc. But I literally don't think they have so much as swept the floor in the 10 years they lived there. The place was filthy- stuff falling off the walls, holes in the floor, crap everywhere. Before you claim you need to move out to get space, try picking shit up off the floor first.

Fran1985 · July 2014

My favorite line is when they are looking at houses and they see one in the city and one further out. Without fail they say "If we could just move THIS house to THAT location." the only reason you can afford it is because its in the location it is!! ahhh!

Also paint color. "Ugh I don't like these walls." LITERALLY THE EASIEST THING TO CHANGE. YOU ARE ABOUT TO DROP HALF A MILLION ON A HOUSE YOU CAN CHANGE THE PAINT.

southernbelle0915 · July 2014

House Hunters... I get way too emotionally involved. Oh you have a $250,000 budget for some super nice neighborhood in the city and you want 4 bedrooms, walk-in closets, huge updated kitchen, a hot tub and man cave? Your miracle working realtor finds all of those things and then you complain about the color of the walls and raise eyebrows at the way the furniture is set up?!?!?!

beachyone15 · July 2014

aspoonfulofsugar said:

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wandajune6 said:

We yell a lot. "Love it or List It" and "My First Home" bring on the most rage. There's a lot of yelling.

There's a show that FI loves though- I can't remember what it's called but it's this blonde in MN who rehabs and flips old homes. It's the one show that gets minimal yelling.

Rehab Addict- Nicole Curtis. FI and I love that show!

House Hunters & Love It or List it make me so angry. This one crazy on LIoLI was complaining about lack of space, so she had them take out a bathroom on their main living floor (they only had one other bathroom in the house) and REFUSED to let them make their upstairs family room into another bedroom (therefore creating more space). I have never gotten so angry over an episode like I have that one. She was BSC (even her H let her have her way because he knew he couldn't convince her, and he's a Realtor!)

I remember that episode! She was the dumbest smart person (lawyer, I think?) that I've ever seen.

climbingsingle · July 2014

Fran1985 said:

My favorite line is when they are looking at houses and they see one in the city and one further out. Without fail they say "If we could just move THIS house to THAT location." the only reason you can afford it is because its in the location it is!! ahhh!

Also paint color. "Ugh I don't like these walls." LITERALLY THE EASIEST THING TO CHANGE. YOU ARE ABOUT TO DROP HALF A MILLION ON A HOUSE YOU CAN CHANGE THE PAINT.

And they'll say the exact same thing about light fixtures. That's so simple to change out. Come the fuck on.

lkristenj · July 2014

I'm guilty of commenting on the paint when we viewed homes, but I always followed it up with "but that's easy to fix". Sometimes people just chose horrible colors. Black and dark blue walls (so dark it looks like black until it's next to black)? Really? Bright orange dining room? Some people just have different tastes.

I get irritated at those shows sometimes too. We used to watch HGTV all the time until we started looking for our own home. It became too stressful after that. The closing period is never realistic either. Oh, you choose one of these three? Put in an offer? Congratulations, you got the house! Now you're magically a home owner and they're giving you wonderful gifts to furnish your new home. It is (practically) never that smooth or quick.

The worst one I saw was I think "Property Virgins" or similar first-time homebuyer show. This man in his mid-to-late 20s had been living with his parents and wanted to buy a home. He was so picky about everything. His parents offered a gift for his down payment to get him into a better house. Still nothing was good enough. They viewed over 100 houses. They ended up closing the show with "he never could find the perfect house and is still living with his parents". Wow! Talk about picky! If it wasn't absolutely ideal, he would pass. Nevermind that a little work would get it pretty close to ideal. Nope. Not good enough. That one has a weird kitchen layout. That one's shower is too short. Too retro. To far from home. Too close to a park. Too far from a park. Street is too busy. Doesn't have good access to entertainment. Too small. Too big. You name it, this kid said it. They said he ultimately had to "figure out what he wanted" before he could buy.

lyndausvi · July 2014

An old knottie was on HH International. She mentioned a lot of it was scripted. Which I'm kind-of glad to hear, because otherwise it's sad to think buyers are that stupid and shallow.

I really get annoyed when it comes to budget. I saw Living Alaska (might be a different channel). Anyway the person's budget was 350K to $1M. Yeah, sure it is. They wanted to live on a very small island. I'm sure there were only 3 houses for sale. They ranged from 350K-1M, so that was their "budget". They ended up with the mid-ranged house which was around 550K.

MamaAlly89 · July 2014

Fran1985 said:

My favorite line is when they are looking at houses and they see one in the city and one further out. Without fail they say "If we could just move THIS house to THAT location." the only reason you can afford it is because its in the location it is!! ahhh!

Also paint color. "Ugh I don't like these walls." LITERALLY THE EASIEST THING TO CHANGE. YOU ARE ABOUT TO DROP HALF A MILLION ON A HOUSE YOU CAN CHANGE THE PAINT.

I never understood this! It makes me so angry! People would seriously not buy a house because they don't like the paint color, wtf.

lyndausvi · July 2014

lkristenj said:

I'm guilty of commenting on the paint when we viewed homes, but I always followed it up with "but that's easy to fix". Sometimes people just chose horrible colors. Black and dark blue walls (so dark it looks like black until it's next to black)? Really? Bright orange dining room? Some people just have different tastes.
I get irritated at those shows sometimes too. We used to watch HGTV all the time until we started looking for our own home. It became too stressful after that. The closing period is never realistic either. Oh, you choose one of these three? Put in an offer? Congratulations, you got the house! Now you're magically a home owner and they're giving you wonderful gifts to furnish your new home. It is (practically) never that smooth or quick.
The worst one I saw was I think "Property Virgins" or similar first-time homebuyer show. This man in his mid-to-late 20s had been living with his parents and wanted to buy a home. He was so picky about everything. His parents offered a gift for his down payment to get him into a better house. Still nothing was good enough. They viewed over 100 houses. They ended up closing the show with "he never could find the perfect house and is still living with his parents". Wow! Talk about picky! If it wasn't absolutely ideal, he would pass. Nevermind that a little work would get it pretty close to ideal. Nope. Not good enough. That one has a weird kitchen layout. That one's shower is too short. Too retro. To far from home. Too close to a park. Too far from a park. Street is too busy. Doesn't have good access to entertainment. Too small. Too big. You name it, this kid said it. They said he ultimately had to "figure out what he wanted" before he could buy.

The house is bought BEFORE filming.

Maggie0829 · July 2014

Fran1985 said:

My favorite line is when they are looking at houses and they see one in the city and one further out. Without fail they say "If we could just move THIS house to THAT location." the only reason you can afford it is because its in the location it is!! ahhh!

Also paint color. "Ugh I don't like these walls." LITERALLY THE EASIEST THING TO CHANGE. YOU ARE ABOUT TO DROP HALF A MILLION ON A HOUSE YOU CAN CHANGE THE PAINT.

This. Or when they comment on the furniture or window treatments. Um, that shit isn't yours and will not be in the house when and if you move in!

huskypuppy14 · July 2014

TwoDimes said:

I used to watch a lot of HGTV, mostly because I'm interested in seeing what types of houses are available at each price point in different areas of the country. But all the drama really pisses me off. I don't believe that people are truly mad at Hilary because she has to fix a real problem rather than giving them their dream kitchen or whatever. I feel like all the drama is just manufactured to make the show more interesting. It feels fake because it's the same exact drama EVERY.SINGLE.EPISODE.

I read somewhere that on Love it or List it, they film the homeowners saying both choices: "We're going to love it" AND "We're going to list it". So you never really know whether they actually loved it or listed it, because the producers just choose whichever one makes for the better show.

I really like this show, but the bolded makes me sad. That's so stupid, at least be honest. What's the whole point then? I think that explains when I try to guess what they'll do, I'm never right.

I've also heard that HH is scripted, and they already have the house when they film. They have to have access to both their old house and their new house. That's why they have to find something wrong with the other houses, and sometimes they pick the house you don't expect.

To be fair, I think our house buying experience went pretty fast with no issues.But I know not all home buying experiences are like that.

WinstonsGirl · July 2014

I hate it when they complain about furniture. Good thing it's not yours, and the other owners will take it with them. In being curious, I looked up the casting page on Love it or List it once, and they are specifically looking for couples who will be argumentative. Better TV, I suppose the producers think. But yeah, your house is about to cave in cos someone notched away all of your support beams, but you're still pissed and throwing a tantrum cos you don't get a 3ft closet by the front door?? Really??

theartistformerlyknownas · July 2014

It kills me when people pitch a fit over shit like brass doorknobs. JFC. I couldn't even tell you what color the doorknobs are in my house but that's gonna bother you EVERYSINGLEDAYFOREVER?! Fucking replace them! I KNOW they coach people to be picky but damn it pisses me off.

And yeah, the House Hunters/Property Brothers houses are already purchased by the time they film the show. A Realtor friend of mine was almost on HH but their filming schedule didn't align with when they needed to close.

jenna8984 · July 2014

Also, at the beginning of Property Brothers when they bring them to this majestical mcmansion and then the people are SHOCKED that it's triple their budget and you wasted their time. COME ON. You are on a house hunt and you had no idea that you're walking around in a million dollar home? You really thought that was remotely in your budget? I'm sure that is scripted too but it's so not believable.

beethery · July 2014

lolo883 said:

It kills me when people pitch a fit over shit like brass doorknobs. JFC. I couldn't even tell you what color the doorknobs are in my house but that's gonna bother you EVERYSINGLEDAYFOREVER?! Fucking replace them! I KNOW they coach people to be picky but damn it pisses me off.

And yeah, the House Hunters/Property Brothers houses are already purchased by the time they film the show. A Realtor friend of mine was almost on HH but their filming schedule didn't align with when they needed to close.

FI and I were trying to figure out how they work the shit out money-wise on Property Brothers.

They'll buy a house for $X, and renovations are $Y, and they were approved for a mortgage of $Z. We guessed that the production company for Property Brothers buys the house for X, does the renovations for Y, and then sells the house to the couple for Z.

Because when you buy a house, you don't get the full amount you were approved for unless that's how much the house costs. I'll see the realtors or buyers say shit like "Oh well we were approved for Z, so if we buy the house we have all this money left over!" and FI is always like UUUUUHHHHH THAT IS NOT HOW IT WORKS. NO?????

jenna8984 · July 2014

beethery said:

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lolo883 said:

It kills me when people pitch a fit over shit like brass doorknobs. JFC. I couldn't even tell you what color the doorknobs are in my house but that's gonna bother you EVERYSINGLEDAYFOREVER?! Fucking replace them! I KNOW they coach people to be picky but damn it pisses me off.

And yeah, the House Hunters/Property Brothers houses are already purchased by the time they film the show. A Realtor friend of mine was almost on HH but their filming schedule didn't align with when they needed to close.

FI and I were trying to figure out how they work the shit out money-wise on Property Brothers.

They'll buy a house for $X, and renovations are $Y, and they were approved for a mortgage of $Z. We guessed that the production company for Property Brothers buys the house for X, does the renovations for Y, and then sells the house to the couple for Z.

Because when you buy a house, you don't get the full amount you were approved for unless that's how much the house costs. I'll see the realtors or buyers say shit like "Oh well we were approved for Z, so if we buy the house we have all this money left over!" and FI is always like UUUUUHHHHH THAT IS NOT HOW IT WORKS. NO?????

There are rehab loans where you provide the contractor quotes and the mortgage covers them but I have no idea how diffulcult they are to qualify for. They are mostly for houses that are falling apart and need a rehab to be livable, not just make it prettier.

But I always think that on Rental Income. They show you the costs and say we look, you spend this 30k to get the apartment ready and you'll be pulling in 1k per month, now your mortgage just went from 2k to 1k! And I'm like "what about the home equity loan for the 30k they took out since I doubt many people can pay cash for that". So really they have their 1k mortgage now and $500 loan payment.

SBmini · July 2014

House Hunters. "I don't like the paint color" "will our couch fit?" OMG buy a gallon of paint and replace your 10-year-old sectional with something that works with the space. It's not rocket surgery people. I went without cable for 4 years. We got it again for the World Cup and you know what? I don't miss it! All the HGTV shows I used to love bug me now. But the one about the realtor couple in So Cal that flip houses (Flip or Flop I think) is good.

theartistformerlyknownas · July 2014

beethery said:

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lolo883 said:

It kills me when people pitch a fit over shit like brass doorknobs. JFC. I couldn't even tell you what color the doorknobs are in my house but that's gonna bother you EVERYSINGLEDAYFOREVER?! Fucking replace them! I KNOW they coach people to be picky but damn it pisses me off.

And yeah, the House Hunters/Property Brothers houses are already purchased by the time they film the show. A Realtor friend of mine was almost on HH but their filming schedule didn't align with when they needed to close.

FI and I were trying to figure out how they work the shit out money-wise on Property Brothers.

They'll buy a house for $X, and renovations are $Y, and they were approved for a mortgage of $Z. We guessed that the production company for Property Brothers buys the house for X, does the renovations for Y, and then sells the house to the couple for Z.

Because when you buy a house, you don't get the full amount you were approved for unless that's how much the house costs. I'll see the realtors or buyers say shit like "Oh well we were approved for Z, so if we buy the house we have all this money left over!" and FI is always like UUUUUHHHHH THAT IS NOT HOW IT WORKS. NO?????

Yeah I always wondered if they just had that extra $90k in reno cash just lying around. And then I get stabby.

lkristenj · July 2014

When we recently bought our house, any repairs or renovations that we wanted done had to be complete before closing. Our lender wouldn't give us a renovation loan, not that we really have much we NEED to do on the house. We had to take the house as-is and pay for renovations later, or make the sellers do it before closing (which wasn't going to happen). I have no idea how hard those things are to get, but I do know that it wasn't an option for us. The lender didn't even consider it.

daria24 · July 2014

I work on HGTV shows (not any of them that are listed here). On House Hunters they have in fact, bought their houses before filming. On my current shows it's about 50-50. Some people have already purchased, some are actively looking and manage to purchase a home prior to air. The "back-tells" are far easier for us to do.

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