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    Zombie House Flipping - General Discussion

    in Zombie House Flipping

    4038 Killian St house was purchased for $140,000 5/24/2021. Finally pending according to Zillow at $349,000 not $355,000. The bowling alley entry way was super ugly. Don't  know why they didn't reduce the step to just the front door and entry closet and open up the rest of the floor. The master bath floor was distinctly ugly with the green tile. I would have left the accent wall in the shower but everything else should have been white including the counter top. It's too distracting with 4 patterns in a small bath.

    The green accent wall in bedroom DID NOT match the tile. I liked the pattern but thought it should have been painted grey like the doors. And don't even with the super ugly bird picture that bled over the white tile in the guest bath.I'm really hoping it was a sticker that could be removed. SO UGLY.

    The roof looked good and getting rid of the screen porch and shed was a good call. Hate the color red so I didn't like the front door. The kitchen wasn't bad but needed a rolling butcher block or small island to set it apart from the living room.

    Please stop Ashley from calling herself a designer. She is awful.

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    Zombie House Flipping - General Discussion

    in Zombie House Flipping

    Pepperidge: bought for $420,000 but hasn't sold yet contrary to what they said on show. Very ugly backsplash in kitchen and the bathrooms were awful with their 3 different tile choices. It was nice they laid same tile throughout it really does help keep a FL house cooler. I would have ditched one of the fireplaces, they are totally unnecessary in Orlando.

      I think 1 is un-permitted because there's only 1 listed in the property appraiser's notes. I believe the Keith bought it with his construction business because nowhere on the notes does it say Blueprint as the buyer.

    I do like they are giving more realistic numbers this season for what things cost. A new roof is a huge expense.

    Zombie House Flipping - General Discussion

    in Zombie House Flipping

    I realize this is for entertainment but I can't with their lying. The did buy the Catalpa house for $316,000 on 8/19/21 but still haven't sold it. For sure not for over $400,000. Let's be real, the original floors were butt ugly and that planter needed to go. And I wouldn't buy a $400,000 house with a carport. It should have been closed into a garage. I mean they weren't even comping the washer and dryer. It's also on the wrong side of Conway road. The better side of Dover Shores is on the East side.

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    Zombie House Flipping - General Discussion

    in Zombie House Flipping

    Their latest episode that takes place in Edgewood was funny and truthful about the small town. And the ticket at the end: priceless! Edgewood is well known in these parts for giving tickets. It's their only way to make money for the town. Everyone in the area knows to slow down in Edgewood. The police sit in their driveway of Town Hall on Orange Ave with their radar guns and stop people everyday. They don't even leave the property!

    On other note hated the house. Hated the brick wall inside and that they didn't open it up to the living area. And they were too cheap to move the plumbing in the 2nd bath. Why is the sink still in the corner when it could have been moved over to the right a little ways so you didn't have to stand next to the toilet to use the sink?

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    Good Bones - General Discussion

    in Good Bones

    I'll be a devil's advocate. When you have to practically build the house from the ground up new- why should you sell it at a loss? This is America and we are capitalists.

    My first home I spent $134000 on and still had to rehab it, and this was in 1994. That was the cost to get into a very sought after area with great schools (even though I home schooled our child) stuff like that matters for resell which is why we bought where we did.

    Materials and labor are expensive and I feel Mina and crew work hard to keep the costs low. That seems to be why she buys the same tile and carpet and uses it in all her houses.

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    Home Town - General Discussion

    in Home Town

    Who goes to a sports bar to look at the view? Where were the TV's for people wanting to see sports? I liked the 4 season  patio room just not the bar all around it. Should have been 2 tops and 4 tops around windows and 6 and 8 set back but on a riser to still get the view.

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    Rock The Block - General Discussion

    in Rock The Block

    1 hour ago, BrainyBlonde said:

    Does HGTV have an online suggestion box? If so, I'd like to suggest that they do a design variation on the next season of Rock the Block. I love this show and seeing designers from all the different shows come together to compete, but having the winner be the team who "adds the most value" to their house is no fun at all. I want to see these designers unleash all of their skills and creativity on the different spaces. Who cares about adding rooms when these houses are already huge? Design is much more entertaining and where these HGTV personalities get to shine and show how unique they are. As everyone else has said, watching Brian and Mika with their builder-grade, family-oriented approach to everything is a snooze. I can walk in any fresh off the assembly line house for sale here in Atlanta and see exactly what they came up with. I'd much rather see Nate and Jeremiah do their high-end, European-inspired finishes, David and Tiffany go wacky and wild, or Alison do her ombre bathoom tile. Show me exciting, new stuff that wows me even if it's not my particular style. It's inspirational and cool and fun!

    I'm glad someone finally did a home gym, which was my suggestion several pages back, but then Brian and Mika put their gym in the garage! <face plant> Why? There was SO much room in that house and as someone who works out for an hour every single day, I want carpeting beneath my equipment, air-conditioning, a bathroom, and a television to watch. Come on!

    I still think the biggest screw-up on this season of Rock the Block was the location and that's on the show and Ken Corsini who built these homes. The houses had that busy street in the front and NO back yards with the houses backed up to woods/water. Nope, nope, and NOPE! That would make these houses SO miserable in all the hot months here in Georgia and you would have a HUGE problem with bugs, snakes, and rodents.

    They had that show it was called Trading Spaces.

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    Rock The Block - General Discussion

    in Rock The Block

    15 hours ago, MartyQui said:

    I don’t think most people are that sophisticated design wise...the cabinets were fine (and there were so many), I loved the countertops...painting is relatively cheap and quick, and wallpaper is decidedly not for some (most) people, except maybe on an accent wall.

    Perfect statement. Most people are too lazy or don't know how to start to add their own touch to their homes. I do so I appreciated the "blank" canvas. Nothing wrong with it for me. And the basement is so big who cares if there is a bowling alley? I will get better at my game. And in my neighborhood almost everyone has a 3 car garage and guess what? NO ONE parks in them. All cars are on the driveway and I'm in FL. We always laugh as we walk by and say it's those northerners who couldn't part with their snowblowers and packed them and moved them to FL to rot in the garage! So a gym is perfect and it's on the ground floor so if you wanted to take your exercise to the driveway you can. There are some neighbors of mine that have set up gyms in their garages( they are all from Miami) and hire a private instructor so they can have group lessons.

    14 hours ago, LBS said:

    OMG!  My exact thought!!  😂😂 it’d be so messy after cooking a few greasy/splashy meals.   
    I liked all the houses in pieces but I do think Brian and Mika had the best overall ROI.  I loved the gym, laundry room, and home office. Working from home this past year made me appreciate those points more.

    Brian and Mika said it early on, the others were designing for a magazine spread. They were designing for a family. And after the year we've all had they got it.

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    Rock The Block - General Discussion

    in Rock The Block

    19 hours ago, carrps said:

    I was saying this from the start, and I didn't change my mind. B & M's was builder grade and depressing to me. I can barely even bring any room from their house to mind...except for the bowling alley, and that's not a good thing!

    If I had to buy one of them, I'd buy N & J's. I adored the transition from that front room to the screened porch. I could picture myself there. Isn't that what realtors say should happen?

    All I would be thinking in B & M's is how much work and money I'd have to put into it. If I were buying it (not gonna happen!) I definitely put in a low ball offer to cover that.

    I'm not the masses, though, so I guess I see the point. But this is not what I was looking for when I started watching HGTV all these long years ago. Where is the design???? It's nowhere now. Just pushing the trends and making something as bland and unthreatening as possible to make the moola. It's why I just dont watch much HGTV at all anymore....I just got sucked into catching up with this show on demand after reading the comments here after the first couple of episodes. I was shocked when I saw how tame D & T's wallpaper was after seeing what people were saying. 😜

    And this is the reason I liked theirs the best. I wouldn't have to spend the $$$$ to rip out shit I don't want to put in something that actually works in the home. I want to put MY own touch on MY home not someone else's idea of what I should like. Now if they had been designing for a specific family I could see N&J vision or A&M's but never the design star winners. How much of that crap would I have to fix before I could even move in?

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    Brother Vs. Brother - General Discussion

    in Brother Vs. Brother

    I don't normally like Drew's rooms but his designer was too notch this week on the extra beds and bathrooms for me. I like calm and subtle, Jonathan's were too loud and showy for me. It's not what I would want at the end of the day and time for rest. I also loved the little hidden attic room. 

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    Alyssa and John: Lunch with Lurch

    in Bringing Up Bates

    Dan Webster is one of the few Congress people to actually give back any money left over from his year serving to the general fund. If his office has any overage after they have settled their bills he gives it back. He's done this every year since he started in office, I believe.

    On another note, I live in Central Fl and had need of a new complete HVAC unit. I called 4 companies to give me quotes and Webster Air was one of them. They had never done business on my side of the county but were open to it. They gave me a very competitive bid which we went with. They were on time, very clean, very respectful and I never heard their phones going off or them taking calls while they were in my house.  The job took 2 full days to finish. The office is staffed by the wives and sisters who are extremely cheerful and polite. We ended up selling that house not long after and I needed to call for some paperwork for closing and they remembered me and were very helpful when I needed it. I would and have highly recommended their company to everyone who has a need for them. I know my best friend used them and had the same experience.

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    Good Bones - General Discussion

    in Good Bones

    I agree with the notion that the new house in FS is a big hallway. Could you see a family of 4 using that dining room. It barely had enough room for 2 chairs and a side table. And the nasty old wallpaper idea. Gross! And Karen made it harder to take down by applying polyurethane over it. 

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    S01.E10: Big Deck Energy

    in Below Deck Sailing Yacht

    I hate this cast they are loathsome. NO one can sing please quit! I had to mute every time someone thought they could. They have no redeeming values. I had hope for Parker and Madison but they are now becoming tiresome too. Not DVRing this anymore....

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