I've watched two episodes now and am just annoyed with several of the people.
Sean and Sam - Sam doesn't understand a lot and doesn't care about the budget or timeline, just wants what she wants. And it doesn't really matter if Sean has to break his back making it happen either. For example: she wants a cedar roof, which is an exorbitant cost and takes a lot more time. But she's decided Sean can install the cedar shingles himself and fix all her problems, 'cause she "believes in him." Give me a break! She has no idea how long it'll take one man (or even two) to install all of those, and doesn't seem to give a rats behind. Not to mention apparently she is constantly changing the blueprints, after work is done, and it's costing more money and time. And they are on a deadline for their loan and a budget for the whole reno. I'd be pissed if I was Sean. But of course he grins and bears it, and then "admits" she was "right all along." Gack!
Pancho and Kristyn: in this father and son duo, I truly feel for the father. He has advised her which house is best to buy, and if she goes for the bad one not to go over a certain amount, which she naturally exceeds by triple. But she doesn't have a care in the world because her daddy is working for free! The poor man has a fireplace fall on him and his back looks terrible, but he keeps working. And the only thing she's worried about is getting her apparently on again/off again boyfriend to move in after it's done. I guess she's moved to Chicago, bought this home, invested in the reno and it's all banking on her shallow boyfriend moving in afterwards. The whole of their interactions are pretentious and silly, especially his attitude about the bedroom. And she acts like a spoiled, selfish, b!tch almost all the time. I don't know if she's "acting" for the camera, or if this is how she is all the time. Whichever, it is deeply unappealing.
Brandon and Lesleigh: of all the homes, this one is in the best shape, but still needs a lot of work. So these two bought an old home, that needs a massive renovation, which requires a huge budget, and apparently they planned to do little to none of the work themselves. During their introduction, they talked as if they'd be doing a lot of the work, but yet every time they showed them, it was work crews doing all the work and they're standing or sitting around talking. I don't know why people who have no skills or desire to do this kind of work, and they don't have the budget to pay people to do the job properly, buy really old homes like this, that need basically complete and total overhauls.
Bottom line: people need to stop watching HGTV and Magnolia, and thinking that what they see is exactly what it took to make those reno's happen. There is a lot of behind the scenes, and the budgets they give on those shows are not always correct. But viewers watch a reno or flip show and think "gee, I could do that. That looks easy!" and off they go into massive debt and headache.
One other complaint about this show is that they show the same clips over and over, taking up time. They could have cut the episodes down in number or in time, if they'd have taken the constant repetition out. That gets old super fast.
Sean and Sam - Sam doesn't understand a lot and doesn't care about the budget or timeline, just wants what she wants. And it doesn't really matter if Sean has to break his back making it happen either. For example: she wants a cedar roof, which is an exorbitant cost and takes a lot more time. But she's decided Sean can install the cedar shingles himself and fix all her problems, 'cause she "believes in him." Give me a break! She has no idea how long it'll take one man (or even two) to install all of those, and doesn't seem to give a rats behind. Not to mention apparently she is constantly changing the blueprints, after work is done, and it's costing more money and time. And they are on a deadline for their loan and a budget for the whole reno. I'd be pissed if I was Sean. But of course he grins and bears it, and then "admits" she was "right all along." Gack!
Pancho and Kristyn: in this father and son duo, I truly feel for the father. He has advised her which house is best to buy, and if she goes for the bad one not to go over a certain amount, which she naturally exceeds by triple. But she doesn't have a care in the world because her daddy is working for free! The poor man has a fireplace fall on him and his back looks terrible, but he keeps working. And the only thing she's worried about is getting her apparently on again/off again boyfriend to move in after it's done. I guess she's moved to Chicago, bought this home, invested in the reno and it's all banking on her shallow boyfriend moving in afterwards. The whole of their interactions are pretentious and silly, especially his attitude about the bedroom. And she acts like a spoiled, selfish, b!tch almost all the time. I don't know if she's "acting" for the camera, or if this is how she is all the time. Whichever, it is deeply unappealing.
Brandon and Lesleigh: of all the homes, this one is in the best shape, but still needs a lot of work. So these two bought an old home, that needs a massive renovation, which requires a huge budget, and apparently they planned to do little to none of the work themselves. During their introduction, they talked as if they'd be doing a lot of the work, but yet every time they showed them, it was work crews doing all the work and they're standing or sitting around talking. I don't know why people who have no skills or desire to do this kind of work, and they don't have the budget to pay people to do the job properly, buy really old homes like this, that need basically complete and total overhauls.
Bottom line: people need to stop watching HGTV and Magnolia, and thinking that what they see is exactly what it took to make those reno's happen. There is a lot of behind the scenes, and the budgets they give on those shows are not always correct. But viewers watch a reno or flip show and think "gee, I could do that. That looks easy!" and off they go into massive debt and headache.
One other complaint about this show is that they show the same clips over and over, taking up time. They could have cut the episodes down in number or in time, if they'd have taken the constant repetition out. That gets old super fast.
