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Post by Kao on Aug 26, 2022 16:50:16 GMT
Hmmm is right. Last year Outgrown was released in December (I think) so any shooting for a new show would have had to happen the first two quarters of the year to get through all the editing, etc for a December 22 release. Boise Boys was great, Outgrown...not so much.
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Post by newsboi on Aug 27, 2022 11:05:39 GMT
If the show is a continuation of Outgrown it's a better fit on the preachy, Jesusy, syrypy Magnolia network.
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Post by Kao on Aug 28, 2022 14:30:33 GMT
Help, My Damn House is Broken
The new season begins with one of Jasmine's friends who inherited a beautiful, stopped in time MidCentury home from his grandparents. He did a great deal of the work himself (tearing down walls and ripping up carpet, etc) but hired contractors for the major work and they were terrible. He would drive by and see them barbequing in the yard and drinking beer, and the last straw was when they broke into the liquor cabinet and drank all of his hard booze. His total loss with the contractors amounted to around 85k. Jasmine was horrified to hear what he'd been through and promised to help.
While some of the work done was fine, there was significant issues with how the gas lines were installed; Jasmine's contractor found 4 separate leaks in the lines. They also didn't install the pot filler he originally asked for. There was a huge cool looking fireplace on the lower level that Jasmine decided was kinda industrial in looks and just needed a refresh. She also placed this cool table/sitting area/storage area with a midcentury twist by the stairs leading downstairs. Jasmine put in many elements that paid homage to the house's miscentury roots while letting her easy breezy California style through. The kitchen was white, but it was a nicely organized, comfortable room with plenty of storage that looked like you could just start cooking in it as opposed to looking like a showroom display. Overall, the work was beautiful.
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Post by Bearcata on Aug 28, 2022 15:55:20 GMT
Help, My Damn House is BrokenThe new season begins with one of Jasmine's friends who inherited a beautiful, stopped in time MidCentury home from his grandparents. He did a great deal of the work himself (tearing down walls and ripping up carpet, etc) but hired contractors for the major work and they were terrible. He would drive by and see them barbequing in the yard and drinking beer, and the last straw was when they broke into the liquor cabinet and drank all of his hard booze. His total loss with the contractors amounted to around 85k. Jasmine was horrified to hear what he'd been through and promised to help. While some of the work done was fine, there was significant issues with how the gas lines were installed; Jasmine's contractor found 4 separate leaks in the lines. They also didn't install the pot filler he originally asked for. There was a huge cool looking fireplace on the lower level that Jasmine decided was kinda industrial in looks and just needed a refresh. She also placed this cool table/sitting area/storage area with a midcentury twist by the stairs leading downstairs. Jasmine put in many elements that paid homage to the house's miscentury roots while letting her easy breezy California style through. The kitchen was white, but it was a nicely organized, comfortable room with plenty of storage that looked like you could just start cooking in it as opposed to looking like a showroom display. Overall, the work was beautiful. I think you mean Help! I Wrecked My House. If done right the updates to mid-century modern look fantastic as they very much speak to the more open concept vibe but maintain that defined style look.
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Post by Bearcata on Aug 28, 2022 15:59:29 GMT
Farmhouse Fixer - Season 2 started
Not a fan of the red house.The older part felt claustrophobic. Initially on the outside it looked big but not so much on the inside. Just tweaking the floorplan a bit made the older section feel much better after the renovation.
The new addition with the kitchen and dining area was very nicely done but there was no family room in the home so where do the kids play?
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Post by Eastcoastmom on Aug 28, 2022 16:24:38 GMT
Farmhouse Fixer - Season 2 started but there was no family room in the home so where do the kids play?[ /quote] Um, in their bedrooms? Sis and I grew up fine without any type of playroom. They only had 1 infant child. I think their house was more than large enough for their family. The husband was on the tall side and I realize that really old houses tend to have low ceilings, but I really didn't think the rooms were that small. The addition to the house was massive in my opinion. I'm still not sure how they were able to reconfigure the bathroom to fit that double vanity? Did they steal space from elsewhere? Initially I thought the $225K budget was excessive,but I hadn't realized that John was going to tear out the entire kitchen. I thought he was just going to add an island and move the washer/dryer into another space. The exterior needed no work and he only spent $1,500 on landscaping. So, redoing the kitchen, bath, adding stairs, a bedroom window, painting the ceiling, and staining the living room and dining room flooring came to 225K. That still seems like a lot. It seemed like the flooring in the addition wasn't touched, which was confusing, because the wife didn't care for the more golden hue of the floors. I like this show, but even last year I thought the budgets seemed high for what was done.
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Post by Bearcata on Aug 28, 2022 22:02:02 GMT
Farmhouse Fixer - Season 2 started but there was no family room in the home so where do the kids play?[ /quote] Um, in their bedrooms? Sis and I grew up fine without any type of playroom. They only had 1 infant child. I think their house was more than large enough for their family. The husband was on the tall side and I realize that really old houses tend to have low ceilings, but I really didn't think the rooms were that small. The addition to the house was massive in my opinion. I'm still not sure how they were able to reconfigure the bathroom to fit that double vanity? Did they steal space from elsewhere? Initially I thought the $225K budget was excessive,but I hadn't realized that John was going to tear out the entire kitchen. I thought he was just going to add an island and move the washer/dryer into another space. The exterior needed no work and he only spent $1,500 on landscaping. So, redoing the kitchen, bath, adding stairs, a bedroom window, painting the ceiling, and staining the living room and dining room flooring came to 225K. That still seems like a lot. It seemed like the flooring in the addition wasn't touched, which was confusing, because the wife didn't care for the more golden hue of the floors. I like this show, but even last year I thought the budgets seemed high for what was done. Totally agree about the budget all the houses have very, very high budgets. They didn't really do anything structural, no foundation work, no additions, no new septic or electrical work.
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Post by MFWalkoff on Aug 29, 2022 6:41:03 GMT
Everything in New England is more expensive than many other HGTV show locations (mostly the South & Midwest), which is probably why this is one of the few shows filmed there. Also, I would imagine it costs more (labor hours and matching older/rarer materials) to carefully renovate a really old house than to start swinging hammers at a modern demo/reno.
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Post by Bearcata on Aug 29, 2022 15:03:09 GMT
Everything in New England is more expensive than many other HGTV show locations (mostly the South & Midwest), which is probably why this is one of the few shows filmed there. Also, I would imagine it costs more (labor hours and matching older/rarer materials) to carefully renovate a really old house than to start swinging hammers at a modern demo/reno. This was not a huge renovation. The original structure was in very good condition, all they did was refinish the original wide plank flooring, add a window to the living room and master bedroom, relocate the stairs, (yes this is an expensive item), and redo the master bathroom. This was in the old part of the home. In the addition, which was a huge barn like addition with vaulted ceilings, paint the ceiling, stain the beams, gut the kitchen, remove nonstructural brick column. There was not that matching of materials. I have seen them do tear downs and rebuild entire elements of the house and it not cost so much. There is another show on HGTV called Houses with History and they do the same thing buy old houses and restore them and their budgets are not as crazy as on this show.
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Post by Bearcata on Aug 30, 2022 22:56:56 GMT
FYI: Good Bones Risky Business
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Post by Bearcata on Aug 31, 2022 10:41:53 GMT
Good Bones Season 7 Episode 8 - Two Chicks Forever Home - August 30, 2022
Two Chicks gets a Head quarters building back in Bates Hendricks. The area and zoned commercial residential so has businesses in homes or buildings that look like homes. This zoning allows the ladies to build practically on the entire lot. The building covers 3000 sq ft, will be two stories for a total of 6000 sq ft. The bottom will have a reception area, a conference room, and warehouse space for all of their stored items, both building materials and staging materials. Upstairs will be the offices, open work spaces, the design studio, kitchen, locker room, kids space and bathroom.
The only thing weird was it looked that there was only a powder room upstairs and I would have had a bathroom on each floor and if you are putting in a locker room at least have a shower. Also those lockers they put in were tiny and couldn't hold a lot of stuff.
Overall they wanted the HQ/office to look like a home and they succeeded in that.
Two Chicks started in 2007, was found and filmed by High Noon Entertainment in 2014, season one started filming in 2015, Karen retired in 2019, and has renovated over a 100 houses.
The building was a white with black windows, two different sizes of siding was used.
The inside was very neutral walls on both floors, with concrete flooring on the first floor and a grey vinyl plank on the second. Grey cabinets for the kichen area and wet bar areas with white quartz countertops. White tables, and desks with white or black chairs, pale grey/white sofa with several wooden conference tables. Several area rugs with a pale cream and grey tone with a bit of red or coral tone mixed in.
The bathroom and locker room were painted teal.
Some advertising for the spin off series: Good Bones Risky Business.
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Post by Kao on Aug 31, 2022 15:09:34 GMT
I'll be watching Risky Business. I'm very curious to see what Mina will do with a project of that scope and pedigree.
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Post by Bearcata on Aug 31, 2022 15:48:09 GMT
I'll be watching Risky Business. I'm very curious to see what Mina will do with a project of that scope and pedigree. I heard event space and B&B. The company does have an Airbnb.
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Post by Bearcata on Sept 3, 2022 4:41:32 GMT
Farmhouse Fixer - last week before the premiere on August 24, HGTV aired a Farmhouse Fixer Special called Battle of the Barns with Jonathan and Kristina picking their favorite house, their favorite living room, their favorite kitchen, their favorite bathroom etc...
It was OK. If you never saw it you would not be missing much.
This week HGTV aired another Farmhouse Fixer Special called New Kids on the Block which showed Jonathan and Harley moving an old shack on their property and renovating it into the new goat shed, therefore the name "New Kids On The Block".
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Post by Bearcata on Sept 3, 2022 4:48:34 GMT
Farmhouse Fixer Season 2 Episode 2 - East Coast Farmhouse, West Coast Vibes - August 31, 2022
A couple buy a 1970's replica of an old colonial farmhouse and have it renovated. Budget was in going to be between $275,000 to $290,000. $30,000 on the outside which needed to be sanded and painted, new lighting, and new windows. The new windows looked way better then the old ones.
The house was getting all new plumbing, all new electrical, all new lighting, all new flooring, a new mudroom, the wall between the kitchen and family room will be removed as well as the wall between the kitchen and dining room. A new ensuite and closet for the master bedroom. The house was about 30000 sq ft with 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.
The couple was from California and wanted a West Coast vibe which is very similar to the coastal vibe in New England.
Overall it looked great.
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Post by Bearcata on Sept 7, 2022 6:59:14 GMT
Good Bones: Risky Business Season 1 Episode 1 - "Mina's Pricey Passion Project" - September 6, 2022
Thomas the site supervisor was damn rude to Mina multiple times. She is the client, she is paying to have the project completed. Mina has been in the flipping/renovation business for 15 years. Mina has an idea of what she is doing, she doesn't break stuff to break stuff.
Sander Street Project - a 23 room property that consists of:
5500 Sq Ft main house (Victorian built in late 1800's one of the first homes in Fountain Square) 2500 Sq Ft carriage house with a shed addition
Plan to make the carriage house an event center with two full apartments (one bedroom, bath, kitchen) Plan to make the main house a Bed and Breakfast with 5 suites (5 bedrooms and bathrooms) and a basement speakeasy
Purchase: $190,000 All reno: $500,000 Total:$690,000
Rod the architect suggests that $600,000 should be the reno budget.
Mina is funding the project out of her personal funds and not using her crew as 2 Chicks has ongoing projects.
The general contractors gave Mina a bid of $288,431 to renovate the carriage house and $468,693 to renovate the main house for a total of $757,125. Mina is not happy.
The plan is to divide the project into 3 phases.
Phase one - renovate the carriage house
Phase two - renovate the main house
Phase three - renovate the outside of the main house and renovate the basement speak easy.
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Post by MFWalkoff on Sept 7, 2022 8:45:03 GMT
New Love It Or List It episodes started on Monday. You can quickly tell that they moved back to Canada from North Carolina (the kids are into hockey, and the house prices are astronomical). They haven't tinkered with the formula much, although it's good to see them interacting with the homeowners in person again and not via webcam. I'm still not tired of the format, and I still like Hillary and David, so I'm pleased.
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Post by Eastcoastmom on Sept 7, 2022 13:21:17 GMT
New Love It Or List It episodes started on Monday. You can quickly tell that they moved back to Canada from North Carolina (the kids are into hockey, and the house prices are astronomical). They haven't tinkered with the formula much, although it's good to see them interacting with the homeowners in person again and not via webcam. I'm still not tired of the format, and I still like Hillary and David, so I'm pleased. My DVR recorded this and I began to watch around 11 pm and promptly fell asleep. I could tell they were back in Canada because of the moms' accents. I'm anxious to see who Hilary's new crew will be. I'm sure Desta, Fergus and Eddie won't be back.
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Post by momrek06 on Sept 7, 2022 15:04:16 GMT
Love it or List it ... I am glad they LISTED IT!!
Their home with two teens was getting too small, to cluttered.
While Hilary did a great job with the limited budget due to asbestos and wiring issues .... their new home is GORGEOUS.
I also love this show and Hillary and David.
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Post by waywyrd on Sept 8, 2022 11:53:44 GMT
Good Bones: Risky Business - I think I would have had to fire that clown Thomas. Even if there was a miscommunication about the demo plans, there was no need to be an ass to Mina.
Even though they keep showing future bits of the (gorgeous) house completed, this looks like an expensive and painful reno. I hope she makes money on this one.
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Post by Kao on Sept 8, 2022 13:31:12 GMT
Love it or List It: This episode was great. I'm glad the producers seem to finally realize that constantly showing clients being extremely nasty to Hilary and David was not a winning strategy because that's a major reason I quit watching in the first place.
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Post by Bearcata on Sept 15, 2022 0:13:07 GMT
Farmhouse Fixer Season 2 Episode 4 - English Charm - September 7, 2022
$250,000 to $300,000 to insulate a breezeway, add storage and a true front door (about $10,000), then gut the kitchen and renovate from top to bottom, refresh the family room and dining room by painting the walls, updating the lighting, and redoing the original wooden floors, remove an old fireplace hidden in the old kitchen and back stair case, go upstairs and update the master bedroom by switching where the bathroom was (move plumping) with the master bedroom. The vanity in the master bedroom only has one sink. Why? And finally, remove all the weeds in a garden in the backyard and plant fresh bulbs.
OK, I can easily see them spending $100,000 on the breezeway, kitchen, and dining/family room. But another $200,000 on the upstairs master bedroom suite? Just seems too much. When the couple went out the backdoor to see the refreshed garden you could see all the paint flaking and chipping off the siding on the back of the house.
The kitchen and old breezeway now new mudroom looked great.
They never really give a breakdown of the costs and the house of Houses with History had a cameo appearance on this episode and I remember his team also restores old New England farmhouses and they buy the house and renovate it and it never costs as much as John's and Kristen's projects.
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Post by Bearcata on Sept 15, 2022 0:31:23 GMT
Good Bones: Risky Business Season 1 Episode 2 - "Sanders Is Off the Rails" - September 13, 2022 Why is it everything Mina wants regarding glass garage doors, and French doors with a Juliet balcony was discussed with the general contractors during episode 1, was in the original architects plans, yet Thomas doesn't know about it or the plans he has are not the same that Mina had done. It is really annoying to see how Thomas speaks to Mina, she is the customer, the client, the one paying for the project and he is very abrasive and very rude to her. Martin the new GC who replaces Thomas after he walked off the job is not much better. Martin totally dismisses her concerns about the sagging floors and how to fix them. Its not as if Mina does not know her way around a construction site and her main business has been restoring burnt-out wrecks since 2007. That is 15 years of construction experience. www.indianapolismonthly.com/lifestyle/home/risky-business-recap-episode-2
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Post by Bearcata on Sept 15, 2022 1:04:42 GMT
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Post by MFWalkoff on Sept 15, 2022 2:31:59 GMT
Love it or List It - Hilary Loves It or Lists It - Sep. 12, 2022 - Well this is a twist! Hilary bought a house, without consulting David at all, and it turns out she should have. David points out the obvious flaws during the initial tour -- it's too small with an odd layout, and if she wanted to expand she'd have to lose a bedroom, which kills resale value. And when Hilary starts demo, tons of other problems are discovered. Meanwhile David shows her other houses in the neighborhood that might fit her lifestyle better, since she isn't used to living in a "little cottage".
I don't know if she really did this on her own and they decided to turn it into an episode, or if the whole thing is a scripted stunt. Maybe they didn't have enough homeowners lined up for the new season in Canada when they went into production. But it was interesting to watch either way.
Her initial design ideas for knocking things down and adding living space were off the charts, especially with an alleged $150,000 budget. And that was before she ran into all the problems and basically had to tear the house down to the foundation... I'm wondering if that was her plan all along, and they just constructed all the drama? I mean she built a new 2-story house on the footprint of a tiny bungalow, and the garden/backyard she loved so much was decimated for her pool and new deck.
One shady aspect was that they didn't reveal how much she spent in the end, and what the new value of the house was. Also, she paid ~$400K for the original house, and David ended up showing her a $1.2M mini-mansion as an alternative? The numbers about this show didn't add up.
If I didn't like the two hosts so much I would give up on a show like this. But I still really like the hosts, so I stick with it and play along...
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Post by waywyrd on Sept 15, 2022 14:06:45 GMT
Good Bones: Risky Business - I don't think I could have restrained myself from picking up a stray 2x4 and smacking Thomas with it. What a rude, dismissive sack of crap he is. I was happy he walked off the job. Martin wasn't much better, he was totally clueless and as soon as he started the "I've been doing this all my life" garbage I was over him, too. Just put the 2x10 or whatever she was asking for in that space, there was no need to get so extra about it.
I'm glad she took the reins and kicked them all to the curb, sometimes you just have to do the job your damn self.
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Post by dagwood on Sept 16, 2022 19:01:48 GMT
Good Bones: Risky Business - I don't think I could have restrained myself from picking up a stray 2x4 and smacking Thomas with it. What a rude, dismissive sack of crap he is. I was happy he walked off the job. Martin wasn't much better, he was totally clueless and as soon as he started the "I've been doing this all my life" garbage I was over him, too. Just put the 2x10 or whatever she was asking for in that space, there was no need to get so extra about it. I'm glad she took the reins and kicked them all to the curb, sometimes you just have to do the job your damn self. I haven't watched the episode yet but I am glad to see Thomas walked off. She is not an idiot and she would make sure what she wanted was in the original plans. Misogynistic pieces of crap. Good for her for just taking the reins. She is more than capable.
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Post by Kao on Sept 17, 2022 0:36:55 GMT
Love it or List It - Hilary Loves It or Lists It - Sep. 12, 2022 - Well this is a twist! Hilary bought a house, without consulting David at all, and it turns out she should have. David points out the obvious flaws during the initial tour -- it's too small with an odd layout, and if she wanted to expand she'd have to lose a bedroom, which kills resale value. And when Hilary starts demo, tons of other problems are discovered. Meanwhile David shows her other houses in the neighborhood that might fit her lifestyle better, since she isn't used to living in a "little cottage". I don't know if she really did this on her own and they decided to turn it into an episode, or if the whole thing is a scripted stunt. Maybe they didn't have enough homeowners lined up for the new season in Canada when they went into production. But it was interesting to watch either way. Her initial design ideas for knocking things down and adding living space were off the charts, especially with an alleged $150,000 budget. And that was before she ran into all the problems and basically had to tear the house down to the foundation... I'm wondering if that was her plan all along, and they just constructed all the drama? I mean she built a new 2-story house on the footprint of a tiny bungalow, and the garden/backyard she loved so much was decimated for her pool and new deck. One shady aspect was that they didn't reveal how much she spent in the end, and what the new value of the house was. Also, she paid ~$400K for the original house, and David ended up showing her a $1.2M mini-mansion as an alternative? The numbers about this show didn't add up. If I didn't like the two hosts so much I would give up on a show like this. But I still really like the hosts, so I stick with it and play along... I watched carefully keeping your thoughts in mind, and I think it was "a little from column A, a little from column B."
I think she bought that sweet little house and sold the producers on doing a filler show based on her renovating it (with David showing her comparable houses in case she wanted to sell). They didn't find out the extent of the damage to the house until they did things that a normal house inspection wouldn't cover such as pulling off drywall, pulling up floorboards, the termites in the foundation, etc. They added a second floor and extended the house about 8 feet out so the footprint wasn't that bad, but I agree having that lovely backyard replaced by a pool and some green space wouldn't be...what I would have done, but they basically destroyed the front and the backyard while building the house so I guess it made sense? Also, there was a sizable front yard as well so she had extra space.
I also think that the house value jumped considerably since she built a new house with all the bells and whistles, which might explain why David was initially showing her 575-650k houses but then jumped to that 1.2 mil one. It seemed like a family house she's keeping so perhaps she didn't want the new value announced on the show. I was sad that the little house had to be demolished, but the new house was also charming and had some of the old house's spirit.
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Post by Bearcata on Sept 17, 2022 17:41:03 GMT
OMG Hillary is 71 years old. I am gobsmacked.
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Post by Kao on Sept 17, 2022 18:02:08 GMT
Hilary out here living good, lol!
I think I'm going to skip the first couple of episodes of Good Bones: Risky Business and pick it up next week. Men being condescending to women in the workplace is depressingly common and not something I want to watch as entertainment. The only good news is that that character Thomas quit, and nice try trying to get people (especially women) to hire you for home projects after this because I sure as hell wouldn't!
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