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Post by Bearcata on Oct 7, 2022 23:30:15 GMT
Farmhouse Fixer Season 2 Episode 8 - Knight Moves - October 5, 2022
It was a bit confusing with all the Knights talking about all the good times they had in the house yet all the kids are in their 50's with the oldest in their 60's so they would have been in their 30's when they bought the house. Yet they talked as if they had grown up in it.
Jon mentioned that the house was located on a 7 acre patch of ground that was governed by certain rules by a conservation. It has been posted on this thread that Jon was having a legal battle with the conservation group that governed land use. Jon wanted to build his dream home on this property but there is a rule of how many buildings can be on the property. The green house that his mother lived in was too close to the road and he wanted to move it back but the conservation group would not let him. Partly the conservation group is there to protect the land from developers and from homeowners tearing down all buildings and putting up McMansions. The land across the street which Jon also owns is not governed by the conservation group.
I liked the overall appearance of the home and the colors. It looks as if the house will have a very nice and high basement practically increasing the square footage by a third. I liked that they added some footage to the kitchen addition making it run the full width of the house.
I don't know if I would personally choose a palette of dark green, dark blue, bright yellow and orange. However it looks good in the house and Kristin did balance it with white walls and white ceilings.
LOVED the soapstone sink. I would LUV to have a huge double sink like that. Kitchen looked great.
The all over dark blue powder room is fabulous and again LUV the white cast iron sink. I was looking at getting one just like that and you are talking anywhere from $1000 to $3000 to get one. But it lasts.
Getting rid of the backstairs and converting the space to the much needed mudroom, big thumbs up.
I am sure for all the money they spent on the home they renovated the upstairs and probably finished off the basement as well. Lucky nephew and grand nephew.
This was supposed to be episode 1 of season 2 but of course that is not how they released it.
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Post by Bearcata on Oct 8, 2022 1:01:38 GMT
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Post by Bearcata on Oct 9, 2022 0:31:02 GMT
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Post by waywyrd on Oct 12, 2022 12:05:08 GMT
Good Bones: Risky Business - of course everything was finished just in time for the big wedding! The main house turned out beautifully, done in modern Victorian monochrome instead of old school colorful. The speakeasy seemed a bit cramped. I didn't love the fake grass outside, but I guess in the middle of winter they had to get something down on the ground! Looks like we're back to regular Good Bones episodes next week...
I caught the premiere of The Renovator, too, but it was way too heavy on couple therapy and organization for me...not my cup of tea. But Twitter seemed to go crazy for it, so maybe it'll do well. He did a good job with the house for $85K - new kitchen, freshened up the outside, new patio, added a new master bedroom/bath and redid all the closets to add storage. Still, I wanted to smack the husband. Getting pissy with his wife over dishes in the sink and unorganized clothes while she's wrangling four kids? Have a seat, sir.
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Post by Bearcata on Oct 14, 2022 4:44:43 GMT
Farmhouse Fixer Season 2 Episode 9 - Farm to Stable - October 12, 2022
Jon gives an estimate of $250,000 to $300,000 to change the flow and function of the front porch, the foyer, the stairs, the office, the living room, the dining room, the sun room, the mudroom, and abandoned cupola sitting in the backyard on the ground exposed to the weather for the last 10 years. The exact budget is never mentioned and I do think it is way too expensive.
I did like the finished product. The couple were given a beautiful house that was totally unrecognizable from the original. Liked the slate tile floor. Liked the blue cabinets in the kitchen, and office. Luv'ed the new windows in the new office/old mudroom. Also luv'ed the new windows and French doors in the old sunroom now dining room. The new living room old dining room looked great painted all dark blue, perfect for TV watching. The new mudroom old office looked bigger, I know they got rid of the hall closets as the new foyer feel more spacious due to moving the front door over by at least 10 inches and removing the foyer coat closets.
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Post by Bearcata on Oct 19, 2022 0:14:53 GMT
Good Bones: Risky Business Season 1 Episode 6 - "Race to Perfect Wedding" - October 11, 2022
What bride waits until two weeks before her wedding to choose her dress?
The shopping for the dress is at another friend of Minas and who has been on the show before?
That was so staged.
If any of the wedding mess was real Mina has no one to blame but herself because it was technically still done under the COVID lockdown, there were still supply chain issues. Mina has also been renovating and building houses for the past 10 years and she doesn't know about that concrete needs to have a certain air temperature before it can be poured and that is needs a couple of days to cure? That is a bit of a stretch.
Well, we get to see the finished "speakeasy" and the kitchen. The kitchen was very white to the point a bit too white.
This was supposed to be a 4 month project and ended being a 14 month project.
Liked that the guests were bused in to the event. That makes sense. I wondered why the wedding event coordinator needed any time to set up because I didn't see any decorations inside the tent or in the house. Just saying.
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Post by Bearcata on Oct 19, 2022 6:09:10 GMT
Good Bones Season 7 Episode 9 - Framing Fiasco in the Valley - October 18, 2022
Risky Business is over and the regular season is back.
This is a property Mina purchased for $14,500 over 4 years ago. Unfortunately, the house had squatters and they ended up burning the house and it had to be demolished. Bit it has a great big garage.
Initially, the house was in the framing stage when Mina and Cory realize the house is about 5 feet too short.
Mina also wanted to have a hidey hole for kids or pets under the staircase but someone kept framing it over and then drywalling it.
It was a two story 2000 sq ft home, with 4 bedrooms and 3 full bathrooms and a powder room. Thankfully there is color. Six weeks of the Risky Business Victorian Manor and my eyeballs are whitewashed with pale monochromatic neutrals and white, lots and lots of white.
It was so nice to see Karen back and making fake boulders.
Bought house: $14,500 Renovation: $250,000 actual was $254,000 List price: $315,000 Got full price and for a profit of about $46,500.
Finished house was approximately 1980 ish square feet.
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Post by Bearcata on Oct 25, 2022 6:25:49 GMT
Farmhouse Fixer Season 2 Episode 10 - The Biggest Little Farmhouse - October 19, 2022 - season finale nkotb.blog/farmhouse-fixer-the-little-couple-221019/I was surprised that we viewers would even see the house the couple bought as it was basically a version of House Hunters and we also got to see the outside of designer Kristin's home. In the last couple of minutes we get to see the outside of the new construction home, the foyer and front hall, and the kitchen that had been built to accommodate the Little Couple's heights. Overall it was a modern farmhouse on the outside with white siding, black roof, and black window trim. Inside the home it was a lot of white walls and pale wood floors. The kitchen had a beautiful dark blue island and the rest of the cabinets were a very very pale blue with white countertops.
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Post by Bearcata on Oct 26, 2022 7:44:08 GMT
Good Bones Season 7 Episode 10 - The Wedding Shop - October 25, 2022
I am sure 60 days is enough time to finish this project if all the permits have been approved, the architectural drawings are done, all the design work done and signed off by the client, all materials have been sourced and procured, and all the subcontractors have been contacted, and any designs approved, and materials sourced and procured, and the custom projects have been scheduled, and all of this work has been done before the start of the 60 day build then yes it can be finished in 60 days in a world with no supply chain issues, no shortage of skilled labor, and no inflated prices of materials.
Sometimes I wonder why Mina directs all the design briefs when she has MJ as head of her design team?
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Post by newsboi on Oct 26, 2022 10:48:02 GMT
Where were the remodeled bathrooms for clients, the bathrooms for the store workers, the break room, the stock room, the loading dock? There's more to a store than just the pretty front of house. $100K wouldn't cover all of that.
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Post by waywyrd on Oct 26, 2022 13:09:06 GMT
Good Bones - I almost skipped this one because I'm not really interested in commercial renos, but they did a nice job fancying the place up. I did like the champagne bell.
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Post by Bearcata on Oct 26, 2022 15:23:06 GMT
Where were the remodeled bathrooms for clients, the bathrooms for the store workers, the break room, the stock room, the loading dock? There's more to a store than just the pretty front of house. $100K wouldn't cover all of that. Yes there were two bathrooms on the plans they were to the back of the store on the right. Also Mina very specifically said that the $100,000 covered the design work and not said and implied that amount would not cover the demo and new construction work, therefore I am sure the budget was more then a $100,000.
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Post by Bearcata on Oct 26, 2022 15:25:49 GMT
Good Bones - I almost skipped this one because I'm not really interested in commercial renos, but they did a nice job fancying the place up. I did like the champagne bell. Plus it was for a friend and Mina dropped everything to get it done in 60 days. Nobody believes that Mina's friend who is so successful that she went from a 2000 sq ft store to a 6000 sq ft place would be so incompetent to call Mina at the last minute to design her space and with custom pieces in 60 days as if Mina was sitting around with nothing else to do.
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Post by Kao on Nov 1, 2022 16:34:39 GMT
Help....My House, Ya'll*:I'm about a week behind in viewing but last week's episode was good as well as being a cautionary tale. A man who had been living in an intergenerational living situation with his family finally bought a house. Unfortunately, there was more wrong with it than was disclosed, and he and other members of his family did a great deal of the demo work. He wanted to create a full bath on the first floor (the piping was corroded and needed to be replaced) and hired a plumber to replace all the bathroom plumbing. Unfortunately, his plumber did not pull a permit and Jasmine and Co found out later that while they replaced the plumbing you could see, they did NOT replace the piping below ground so it was like putting new on top of rot. Not only did they have to dig up the rotting pipes and replace them they also had to replace the work already completed and added 15k to the scope of work already planned. If a permit was pulled ALL the piping would have been inspected to make sure everything was fine and above board, so it was an incredibly expensive lesson. * I know that is not the show's name; for some reason all I remember is the "help" and "my house" parts of the title and my brain fills in the rest with nonsense!
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Post by Bearcata on Nov 1, 2022 21:06:40 GMT
Help....My House, Ya'll*:I'm about a week behind in viewing but last week's episode was good as well as being a cautionary tale. A man who had been living in an intergenerational living situation with his family finally bought a house. Unfortunately, there was more wrong with it than was disclosed, and he and other members of his family did a great deal of the demo work. He wanted to create a full bath on the first floor (the piping was corroded and needed to be replaced) and hired a plumber to replace all the bathroom plumbing. Unfortunately, his plumber did not pull a permit and Jasmine and Co found out later that while they replaced the plumbing you could see, they did NOT replace the piping below ground so it was like putting new on top of rot. Not only did they have to dig up the rotting pipes and replace them they also had to replace the work already completed and added 15k to the scope of work already planned. If a permit was pulled ALL the piping would have been inspected to make sure everything was fine and above board, so it was an incredibly expensive lesson. * I know that is not the show's name; for some reason all I remember is the "help" and "my house" parts of the title and my brain fills in the rest with nonsense! Help! I Wrecked My House
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Post by Bearcata on Nov 2, 2022 23:05:18 GMT
Good Bones Season 7 Episode 11 - Soft Stark Southside House - November 1, 2022
A house with no foundation, leaning over, and bought sight unseen.
Liked that Mina thought it was different house that she bought.
It was not worth saving. Replaced with a 4 bedroom 3 bathroom new build.
I do appreciate that Mina really tries to make sure the homes she renovates or are new builds fit into the community and are not 3 story modern looking homes with flat or slanted roofs.
Liked that they used a black quartz stone with white veining for the kitchen countertop.
Always amazed how well the marble tile Mina picks for the bathrooms looks so good.
Cute scenario on the new staircase with Cory and Mina recreating a senior prom moment.
Question or maybe a mmmmmm.... moment, the custom staircase railing the Timber Boys did for Mina. What if you want to paint that wall a different color? What if you want to widen the door opening? Just a thought or two.
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Post by waywyrd on Nov 3, 2022 1:50:45 GMT
Good Bones - how did Mina not know which house she'd bought? Nice tile, countertop and paint colors as usual, but I didn't love the monochrome rooms with walls/ceiling/trim all one color. Just not my preference.
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Post by Bearcata on Nov 3, 2022 2:46:17 GMT
Good Bones - how did Mina not know which house she'd bought? Nice tile, countertop and paint colors as usual, but I didn't love the monochrome rooms with walls/ceiling/trim all one color. Just not my preference. She seems to be stuck on this monochromatic theme, we will see more.
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Post by waywyrd on Nov 4, 2022 13:38:25 GMT
Probably the wrong thread, but has anyone seen the ad with Christina hawking Jacuzzi showers? It's so annoying. Did you know they can install a gorgeous bathroom shower? That feels incredible? In as little as one day?Ugh.
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Post by Bearcata on Nov 11, 2022 4:54:02 GMT
Good Bones Season 7 Episode 12 - Twinning is Winning - November 8, 2022
Another house on Charles Street just down the road from their last build and Mina decides to use the same floorplan.
I guess finding qualified contractors, subs, and other workers is a problem for all the issues they are having on this property and getting pink slips from the inspectors. Foundation not deep enough. It must be 30 inches deep which is beneath the frost line. Windows installed incorrectly. The plumber cutting out the I-joist.
Lot: $40,000 Build: $200,000 Total: $240,000 Sold: $305,000 - full asking price
Sq Ft: 1800 4 bedrooms 3 full baths
Design Style: cottagey. Used two different types of vinyl siding one horizontal, one vertical, using a brown tone. Brown/gray LVP floors. Extended wood railing for staircase. Very much an open floor plan with a small deck on the back with a fenced in backyard with a deck, and small raised flower bed.
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Post by Bearcata on Nov 11, 2022 5:04:15 GMT
Next week a one episode spin off Good Bones with Karen hosting a Good Bones Good Yard edition.
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Post by Bearcata on Nov 18, 2022 1:38:16 GMT
Good Bones Better Yard - A Forever Yard - November 15, 2022
I luv Karen. I like her quirkiness, her intelligence, her enthusiasm, her creativity. However Karen skipping through the front yard laughing and giggling was outright odd, way past quirky, it really turned me off the episode.
There was really something off with this episode, I hope in real life Karen is a lot more professional in how she conducts business especially when the landscape budget is $100,000.
I was surprised that they took out the blue spruce as that would have been three big trees they took out and that is a good chunk of money, probably at least $7000 for the trio.
The couple wanted open space for their son to run around the yard but they filled the backyard with two fireplaces and two seating areas. While I really liked the firepit designed by the Timberlands group but was a separate fireplace really necessary?
While it was very nice to see a show aimed at landscaping on HGTV this was not a homerun.
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Post by waywyrd on Nov 18, 2022 13:12:18 GMT
Good Bones - I'm so glad I'm not the only one who thought Karen was just acting...silly. It's one thing to have fun on the job, quite another to run cackling through the overgrown front yard like a nut. I almost changed the channel. If I'd hired a landscaper to spend my 100K and they acted like that, we'd have to part ways...
The front yard looked nice, definitely an improvement - but I was underwhelmed with the back. The paver "basketball court" was ugly, didn't need two fireplaces, and for people wanting green space for the kid to run around in, there sure wasn't much of it. Those large pavers were a trip hazard. Just too much stuff in the back.
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Post by Bearcata on Nov 18, 2022 17:56:32 GMT
Good Bones - I'm so glad I'm not the only one who thought Karen was just acting...silly. It's one thing to have fun on the job, quite another to run cackling through the overgrown front yard like a nut. I almost changed the channel. If I'd hired a landscaper to spend my 100K and they acted like that, we'd have to part ways... The front yard looked nice, definitely an improvement - but I was underwhelmed with the back. The paver "basketball court" was ugly, didn't need two fireplaces, and for people wanting green space for the kid to run around in, there sure wasn't much of it. Those large pavers were a trip hazard. Just too much stuff in the back. Just because you are a master gardener does not mean you are a good landscape designer. That hardscape was disjointed not cohesive it didn't make sense. OK, taking out big trees that are diseased and potentially can damage the house is a good idea. The lot was over grown and desperately needed a refresh. Once all the smaller trees and shrubs, and rotted deck were taken out you have a clean lot to work with. Keeping in with the Victorian look of the home and taking into account it was a city house Karen was smart in putting in smaller trees that do well in an urban setting and will provide privacy screening for the owners in a few years. The husband wanted a basketball court and a hot tub, the wife wanted a firepit. Those were provided. Giving them an outdoor kitchen in the covered porch by the garage was a no brainer considering they entertain so much. The BIG problem with this design is the connection between the deck and the outdoor kitchen was HORRIBLE. There also was not a lot of seating provided on the deck by the firepit or by the fireplace. It did not look right, it did not fit. You can find better layouts on Pinterest.
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Post by Kao on Nov 19, 2022 20:45:07 GMT
Watched Good Bones Better Yards in spite of what was said here and really wished I hadn't. I hated it all, and while I understand cutting down diseased trees they cut down trees that were fine, all to have a generically charmless suburban backyard that didn't even have enough of the "green space" they claimed they wanted. The lack of cohesion in the backyard...woof. Also, if I didn't know any better I would swear Karen dipped in the edibles for this episode.
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Post by Bearcata on Nov 19, 2022 20:56:17 GMT
Watched Good Bones Better Yards in spite of what was said here and really wished I hadn't. I hated it all, and while I understand cutting down diseased trees they cut down trees that were fine, all to have a generically charmless suburban backyard that didn't even have enough of the "green space" they claimed they wanted. The lack of cohesion in the backyard...woof. Also, if I didn't know any better I would swear Karen dipped in the edibles for this episode. Which trees were fine? I was surprised they took the blue spruce down, I understand taking out the side shrubs that blocked the side yard. They saved the Japanese maple in back. Which ones were the healthy trees that they took down?
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Post by Kao on Nov 19, 2022 21:54:30 GMT
The one in the front yard that had its own area, and another shade tree along the side of the house that was with the shrubs. I'm just glad that they kept the Japanese maple. I understood the reasoning behind the diseased tree but not the others. I just really dislike people who buy properties with lots of trees/greenery and then mow it all down for a generic wonderland. Buy that type of house then if it matters to you so much (not you, Bearcata, I'm just speaking generally)!
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Post by Bearcata on Nov 20, 2022 4:20:12 GMT
The one in the front yard that had its own area, and another shade tree along the side of the house that was with the shrubs. I'm just glad that they kept the Japanese maple. I understood the reasoning behind the diseased tree but not the others. I just really dislike people who buy properties with lots of trees/greenery and then mow it all down for a generic wonderland. Buy that type of house then if it matters to you so much (not you, Bearcata, I'm just speaking generally)! I get what you are saying. The tree in front was close to the foundation as well having some kind of branching issue which weaken the truck and it could possible fall down in a bad storm. I guess with the tree in front and back going they had to take the blue spruce.
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Post by Kao on Nov 20, 2022 6:54:03 GMT
Now that you mention it there was two trees in the front they chopped down, the one in its own area by the property entrance as well as the tree next to the house. Was that the diseased tree, or another one?
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Post by Bearcata on Nov 20, 2022 15:06:10 GMT
Now that you mention it there was two trees in the front they chopped down, the one in its own area by the property entrance as well as the tree next to the house. Was that the diseased tree, or another one? The tree located next to the deck on the back on the house is the really tall one, that was diseased, it had galls. After they took that tree down they found that is was hollow inside which is not good. On the front of the house both the spruce and the other tree were very large and very close to the house's foundation and the root system had messed with the brick path that ran from the front of the house to the back deck. Karen's crew saved the bricks and rebuilt the path. The tree had some trunks removed and it was basically two large branches creating a "V" from the main trunk. That is a structural issue and in a really big storm the tree could potentially split and considering how close the tree was to the house it could fall on to the house.
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