NBR - 79 Thoughts while watching House Hunters

snowwhite1979 · March 2014

This generated very entertaining discussions on my Facebook today, and I wanted to share with y'all.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/adamdavis/thoughts-you-always-have-while-watching-house-hunters

I am always confused about the insistence on gutting a perfectly useful kitchen (because old), and why people need double sinks in every bathroom. DH and I do not need to brush teeth at the same time, for reals. I live in a glorious 80's home (honey oak as far as the eye can see) and prefer just to wait patiently until it comes back in style.

ziggy903 · March 2014

I love this so much.

RedSoxGirl10 · March 2014

Lol, this is SO accurate I feel like someone entered my brain while I'm watching the show lol

pinkgrl84 · March 2014

Mmmmm popcorn lol

1linedrawing · March 2014

This is the best!!

slwprincess · March 2014

BAHAHAHA! So accurate.

38. What do you mean it looks out of date? THEM COUNTERTOPS BE MARBLE!

Soap1 · March 2014

snowwhite1979 said:

This generated very entertaining discussions on my Facebook today, and I wanted to share with y'all.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/adamdavis/thoughts-you-always-have-while-watching-house-hunters

I am always confused about the insistence on gutting a perfectly useful kitchen (because old), and why people need double sinks in every bathroom. DH and I do not need to brush teeth at the same time, for reals. I live in a glorious 80's home (honey oak as far as the eye can see) and prefer just to wait patiently until it comes back in style.

Actually I think our double sinks are the only thing keeping us married (slight exaggeration).

Our house is on the market and 99% of the feedback we get is stupid House Hunters-style "Needs a 4th bedroom" or something equally asinine.

slwprincess · March 2014

Soap1 said:

snowwhite1979 said:

This generated very entertaining discussions on my Facebook today, and I wanted to share with y'all.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/adamdavis/thoughts-you-always-have-while-watching-house-hunters

I am always confused about the insistence on gutting a perfectly useful kitchen (because old), and why people need double sinks in every bathroom. DH and I do not need to brush teeth at the same time, for reals. I live in a glorious 80's home (honey oak as far as the eye can see) and prefer just to wait patiently until it comes back in style.

Actually I think our double sinks are the only thing keeping us married (slight exaggeration).

Our house is on the market and 99% of the feedback we get is stupid House Hunters-style "Needs a 4th bedroom"
or something equally asinine.

OMG that sh!t pisses me off. The listing says 3 bedrooms- why did you bother seeing it?! The dumbest one we got was that one of our bathroom cabinet doors was slightly off balance and so it didn't close completely (we are talking a 1/4 of an inch or less). You had to squat down on your knees to see. WTH?!! So you would buy it if we fix the cabinet door?!

JessWhatINeeded · March 2014

lol. And Everyone loves to entertain. Must not be anyone who lives near me. I never get invited over to be entertained in an open concept living space with fireplace, hardwood floors, and granite counter topped chef's kitchen.

snowwhite1979 · March 2014

@slwprincess - our old house was on a Canadian show called Urban Suburban after it had already been sold. It was super surreal, because they filmed for days and it technically met all the buyers' requirements...but they couldn't have it. But watching people go through our house and dissect it was completely nerve wracking, and the things they criticized were totally not what we could have predicted.

Our old house was a smaller version of The Money Pit, so I was actually happy the tv people didn't get it. It would have probably graduated to Holmes on Homes (do you get that in the US?) once they lived in it a while.

Soap1 · March 2014

slwprincess said:

snowwhite1979 said:

This generated very entertaining discussions on my Facebook today, and I wanted to share with y'all.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/adamdavis/thoughts-you-always-have-while-watching-house-hunters

I am always confused about the insistence on gutting a perfectly useful kitchen (because old), and why people need double sinks in every bathroom. DH and I do not need to brush teeth at the same time, for reals. I live in a glorious 80's home (honey oak as far as the eye can see) and prefer just to wait patiently until it comes back in style.

Actually I think our double sinks are the only thing keeping us married (slight exaggeration).

Our house is on the market and 99% of the feedback we get is stupid House Hunters-style "Needs a 4th bedroom" or something equally asinine.
OMG that sh!t pisses me off. The listing says 3 bedrooms- why did you bother seeing it?! The dumbest one we got was that one of our bathroom cabinet doors was slightly off balance and so it didn't close completely (we are talking a 1/4 of an inch or less). You had to squat down on your knees to see. WTH?!! So you would buy it if we fix the cabinet door?!

@slwprincess Exactly!

courtls22 · March 2014

golfergirl08 said:

Can I love this a billion times? I watch way too much HH.

3. Wait, you can get a four-bedroom house there on a $200,000 budget?

#mylyfe

I can't watch an episode about a location in middle America without thinking we paid 3X too much for our house.

We are the exact opposite. We live in the rural midwest and literally don't know anybody who even has a $200,000 house. The prices we see are like "WHAT!?!"

SuzyQq02 · March 2014

Our realtor's office was one of the ones that works with HH, so she gave us the inside scoop on how it works. The buyers are already under agreement on one of the three houses when they start filming, so the realtor then picks two other similar properties that they would have shown to those buyers, but in reality, the deal is already done and they may have never had a shot at the other two properties. Makes me feel better when they pick a stupid house!

Once you know that, it's easy to pick up on which house they're going to pick... Usually, if only one has no furniture, that's the one they buy (because they already own it/the previous owner is out and the house is off the market).

slwprincess · March 2014

SuzyQq02 said:
Our realtor's office was one of the ones that works with HH, so she gave us the inside scoop on how it works. The buyers are already under agreement on one of the three houses when they start filming, so the realtor then picks two other similar properties that they would have shown to those buyers, but in reality, the deal is already done and they may have never had a shot at the other two properties. Makes me feel better when they pick a stupid house!

Once you know that, it's easy to pick up on which house they're going to pick... Usually, if only one has no furniture, that's the one they buy (because they already own it/the previous owner is out and the house is off the market).

Yep my friend had hers as one of the ones not picked. She actually knew the buyers b/c they had a contract on another house down the street and had come to a neighborhood BBQ to meet folks. Her agent was their agent and made the HH suggestion.

Also, I have a former coworker who was on Flip this House. You know how they have the open house at the end? Yeah, that was really all his friends and family who just came on to say how great it was and they were "interested". Totally staged. He still lives there and basically got a free makeover.

snowwhite1979 · March 2014

TyrannosaurusLex said:

Your house was on UrbanSuburban?!?! Celebrity!!!!

DH won't watch that show with me because I act like a smart aleck know it all the whole time yelling at the people about which house makes the most sense for their lifestyle/needs.
He says I don't "know them." Whatever.
House and cooking shows are my version of watching sports.

Well, our house was a celebrity, lol. It looked much better on tv than it did in our hate-filled hearts.

I have a hard time not wanting to punch the hosts of UrbanSuburban. They are so annoying!! Kind of like Rod Black commentating CFL - I love to hate them. The guy was on my lawn (because urban). So close! But I'm a lover not a fighter.

emm57 · March 2014

Love this! These are my thoughts every time I watch HH. I'm obsessed with any type of realty show. Right now I'm stuck in a Buying Alaska marathon. I can't just cant turn it off!

littlepig2 · March 2014

haha this is so true!! I make comments about how long their marriage will last. and it KILLS me when they're like "this paint is a littleeee dark... I feel like you're not understanding what we want". umm seriously? or the 26 year olds with a $600,000 budget?? what the HELL do you do for a living and are they hiring?!

ps: Love It or List It is another fav of mine except I don't understand how everyone in Canada has a budget of $700,000 and up.

C12H22O11 · March 2014

Rach521 said:

haha this is so true!! I make comments about how long their marriage will last. and it KILLS me when they're like "this paint is a littleeee dark... I feel like you're not understanding what we want". umm seriously? or the 26 year olds with a $600,000 budget?? what the HELL do you do for a living and are they hiring?! ps: Love It or List It is another fav of mine except I don't understand how everyone in Canada has a budget of $700,000 and up.

I always think this same exact thing when watching Love It Or List It! Some of the remodeling budgets are more than what I paid for my first house...

sdlaura · March 2014

OTMFL said:

or the 26 year olds with a $600,000 budget?? what the HELL do you do for a living and are they hiring?! ps: Love It or List It is another fav of mine except I don't understand how everyone in Canada has a budget of $700,000 and up.
Even when they mention their careers I'm still trying to figure out how heir budgets are so high! Maybe a lot of people inherited money?? That list is awesome and so true.

Yeah I always wonder about the high budgets, too. But then I think about how 90% of the people I know had some kind of family help buying their first house, whether in the form of an inheritance, gift, or loan.

littlepig2 · March 2014

books, I was thinking the same thing. I wish someone would have gifted me money for our house!

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