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The thing that bugs me the most about that show and most of the other home shows is that they always seem to do the same thing. They take a beautiful old house that needs some TLC and start knocking down walls, taking out claw foot bathtubs and very cool old fixtures and remodel it to look like it was just built. If you want a house that looks new, than buy a new house! I can't tell you how many times I sat cringing, watching while they ruined a beautiful old house. Open floor plans are not for everyone and even may be a passing fad, yet that's really all they do. It's the same thing with the kitchens. Beautiful old cabinets that need some refinishing are torn out and beautiful classic tile countertops and back splashes are demolished. They've even torn out lovely old hard wood floor and replaced them with laminate, LOL. What a pity.
One of the shows I will watch is Rehab Addict because it seems she at least tries to keep the old houses as original as possible.
Many of times I am yelling at the t.v. "NOOOOOOO!!!! DON'T DO THAT!!!!!" They really know how to take the charm out of old houses. It is a shame.
The best is they having bidding wars for these garbage properties. It is comical. Also most of the properties they go over asking. Hysterical.
Then you probably don't understand what real estate market they're working in (I know this show goes to a few different cities). If you live in a desirable city where prices are high, you may only have "garbage properties" within your budget. If you live in Wichita, you probably wouldn't understand.
I like this show, but it seems like HGTV these days is ONLY these guys, and house hunters. And a couple "flipping" shows. What happened to the variety?
I like the Property Brothers, too but you see one show, you have seen them all. What really gets me is that at the beginning of the show, they always show the people a house they can't afford and they are always surprised at that. Don't they ever watch the show to know they are going to be shown a house they can't afford? I'm waiting for someone to say, "Oh, is this the time you show us something we can't afford?"
And they ALWAYS have to take out a wall somewhere in the house.
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Oh I know at first I thought it was mean to do that too but some people on there need a reality check
I have $400K but my needs are like $1 million dollar
Its likely a team of people and animators working on that thing you see on the ipad, along with the rest of the show. The shows make everything look simple. They never show you the 50 people it took to make the show.
You're right. They most likely have the best designers etc
The other funny part is that they always show the construction brother (forgot his name) with nice jeans and clothes working. His hands are never dirty, his hair is perfect even after 'working' .
I think he is just the manager that subcontracts the work to be done but I'm sure he also knows a lot about construction.
I love Rehab Addict. What I like best is she respects the era of the house. She doesn't gut that old bathroom with the old tile, but restores it She adds a closet when there is none, and replaces old windows if they are not in good repair, but the spirit of the time is still with these homes. One of my favorite was the large victorian she bought as a special project. She kept and restored the true victorian style, including the formal parlor and utilized the butler's pantry without removing it. The people who bought it wanted authentic, and she gave them restored authentic.
I hate seeing these classic old houses hacked to pieces inside where all of the old classic that's left is the shell outside.
I'd love to see someone look at a house and say they'd like a wall added since they prefer the kitchen be closed off as its own room, and they also want a family room that's a room. Mom always kept the living room 'nice' and we hardly ever used it except to walk through. The master bath was turned into a den and that's where we did everything else, and if it was messy then you just shut the door.
I am actually sick of the brothers. I feel like every time I turn the TV on, they are on. I also do not find them appealing to look at either, and bad enough one, but 2, ugh !
Its always the same thing like many of the posters have already stated.
lets open it up.
id love it one time if they "opened it up", and it came crashing down.
that would be so much fun !!
You're right. They most likely have the best designers etc
Nope. only the on-camera talent gets paid decent money. The graphics team is likely based in S. America, India or China and knocking those out for $150 a piece.
I worked on one of the Extreme Home Makeover projects a few years ago. They built the bulk of the house in a warehouse off-site a couple months ahead of time and just transported it to the site for the camera crews to put everything together like a model kit after the concrete work was finished. Framing walls were all premade. They had 6 build sites going on at the same time around the SE region.
The reveals of the appliance/flooring trucks arriving on site were always coming from the staging warehouse and never from the actual suppliers.
A team of 6 3d modelers/animators worked on the graphics package and it took roughly 6 weeks mainly due to all of the design changes they made as they worked it out. We were paid roughly 20% the going rate because it was such a 'great opportunity' to have work shown on TV (uncredited).
If you want to take a stab at it, you can download the free version of SketchUp today to kick the tires.
If you want to take it further, buy SketchUp Pro $700 until you get good at importing plans, setting up cameras etc. and get a monthly subscription of the Adobe production suite for roughly $50/month to allow for the clever transition effects and editing. Once you get that down pat, you can add on the realistic V-Ray rendering option for another $715 and start getting to that level. You will also need a pretty good computer that will set you back another $1500-$2000 or so.
You're right. I've read the same thing. Others do all the work and the brothers take credit on TV for it. You may see one swing a hammer once or twice for the camera but that's it.
It's really sad when people read things on the internet and assume they are true. Those boys have worked their butts off to get where they are at and not as actors. SMH
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