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Egypt and Mike were robbed. I live in Georgia and our housing mindset here is that the FROG, more commonly called bonus room or family room over garage, is a family room or playroom. The Rock the Block house is in Summerville, SC, which is a similar demographic to my home. The loft in that house was clearly meant to be a casual living area. The massive laundry room that Jenny and Dave created was a waste of the space. There was already a smaller laundry room adjacent to the loft and near the upstairs bedrooms. Not everyone has a houseful of children and even people with no children would appreciate a casual living area. I know that many of my friends and I use our casual space more than the 'formal' areas of our homes.

When I rented an apartment in Anaheim, CA back in 1969 it didn't come with a fridge. I bought a used one cheap and sold it to someone for what I paid for it when I moved. Apparently nothing has changed. 🤣

I was just laughing out loud when Ben realized that Mahogs left him at the resort and he had to pay $250 for a taxi back to wherever. He's such a douchebag.

Baton Rouge blogger is "making bank" with her online "brand"? LOL! Good for her, but I hope they can make the mortgage payments without that "bank" from her blog. From personal experience, an online site has limited income potential. My ad revenue went from several hundred dollars a month to not much in a few years.

Thank you! Now I remember. 🤣

What is MUA?

I don't get it with the cheap looking skanky wig Memphis is wearing during the trip. In the talking heads she has on a shiny, nicely styled wig. You'd think she would want to look her best to meet Hamza and his family.

Bingo! I don't know about the building code there, but my electric dryer is on a special breaker all by its lonesome in the breaker box. And wasn't the stackable washer/dryer on an inside wall right next to the closet door to the bedroom? Where was the vent and the hose to the outside? It's so hard to tell these things in the rushed "reveal" but we should have expected a no-brainer winner when Allison Victoria showed up to judge.

My house, built in 1987, had a soaker tub and separate shower in the master bath. I used that big soaker "garden" tub exactly twice in 30 years. It took a lot of water to fill it even part way and the water would get cold before I finished "soaking" in it. When I had the bathroom renovated I had the tub removed and the shower put in its place. I love my big new shower with a bench seat built in. The spot where the old shower was is now a big linen closet with hanging space for bathrobes.

All I could think of when I saw the washer/dryer in the closet was how stupid to fill the closet with humidity from the washer and heat from the dryer. I wouldn't want to expose my clothing to that. These houses are in South Carolina Low Country--the humidity is fierce there in summer. I don't know about houses there, but here in Georgia there are no vents in closets for air conditioning. Can you say mildew? Egypt and Mike were robbed. Their master bedroom and bath were the best. TWO closets in the master is more desirable and very common here in my area. That adds value. JMHO.

I'm confused about the wedding attire. Hamza is Muslim and his mother always has her hair covered, yet the outfits Memphis tried on weren't at all modest. Her boobs were bursting out of them.

With that tub so close to the walls I wonder how they will be able to keep it clean. It didn't look like there was enough room to get a mop between the base of the tub and the tile walls. I would worry about the grout getting all mildewed and slimy. Am I the only one who thinks about things like that? I do understand the husband's love of long showers. My late husband found a great deal of comfort in them at the end of his life. But, oh my! The water bill and power bill to heat the water are no joke.

Agree! It is interesting to see how four teams envision a space differently, but it's usually pretty obvious from the get-go which ones have the edge. In this one it's either Jenny & Dave or Egypt & Mike. Interestingly, here in Georgia the latest trend in garage placement is to have them somewhat detached with a breezeway connecting them to the house, often screened in and used for an outside sitting area. I really liked Egypt & Mike's solution to build the hallway to the garage and create that "drop zone" for coats and such behind the foyer wall.

When we moved to Baton Rouge, LA in 1981 we initially rented a house for a year while we got to know the area. Our rental house, which was built in 1977, had navy blue kitchen cabinets. Since that was 45 years ago... so, maybe navy blue cabinets are sorta "vintage"? LOL! 🤣

I don't blame Mahogany for getting a vacation rental to have Ben over to meet her parents. I really wouldn't surprise me if it was the parents' idea and they paid for it so Ben wouldn't know where they actually live. He's basically stalking her by showing up in Peru after she told him not to come. Her explanation of how the texting was her responding to him in generalities about how she felt regarding marriage and children and he took it to mean how she felt toward him personally. That makes sense.

I've been feeling bad for Mike, but if he gives that homely, trashy bitch the boob money he deserves all the heartbreak she dishes out.

I believe you're thinking of a different episode. The homeowners liked the arches in this one and they kept them as well as the patio/porch in front that they covered with a pergola. Planting vines with that thought that they will eventually create a canopy over the pergola was a terrible idea. Vines will creep onto the painted brick and ruin it. No one mentioned that they painted the brick fireplace the same fugly blue as they painted the outside brick and painted the kitchen cabinets green. That might have been okay except that you could see the cabinets from the living room through the expansive opening to the dining/kitchen area and the colors didn't play well together. While I initially thought he "inside windows" were a terrible idea, they really turned out a lot better than I expected.

Since the point of the show is to add value to the houses, I don't think the Bargain Block flipper guys are going to come close to winning. I'm pretty familiar with the Charleston area and doubt that their craptastic stuff is going to go over well there.

One of the previews for Rock the Block briefly shows what looks like a curvy fabric "art installation" on a wall. I'm sure it's the Bargain Block artiste's handiwork. 🤣

My advice to Usman: Don't promise anything that you might not be able to deliver.

That trans woman is a mental case. She needs serious therapy, not plastic surgery. The young woman who had the terrible tummy tuck in Mexico had a nice result, but as much as I admire Dr. Dubrow's work, he just lifts the nipples a bit too high to look natural. JMHO. The heavy metal guy's eye looked pretty good, but a decent makeup "concealer" would hide that dark skin better than the tattoo. Again, JMHO.

That was so dumb. If they simply dropped Sherry from the show I wouldn't miss her a bit.

All I could think of when I saw that trough sink was... "where are they going to keep their toothbrushes and toothpaste?" There were two soap dishes and I didn't notice any towel bars. I also noticed that the family of 5 only had room for 4 stools at the island. Personally, I'd ask for my money back.

My home was built in 1987 and the microwave is built in above the oven and I would love to have it in a lower cabinet. I'm a Geezer Gal with arthritis and sometimes it isn't easy getting things into and out of a microwave that is shoulder height. Plus, the one I now have has a door with hinges on the bottom that drops down (the last one had hinges that opened to the left) and it's hard to clean. I have to stand on a stool to reach the back of it.

I almost felt sad for Caleb being put on the spot by Alina. It was rather presumptuous for her to expect a commitment of exclusivity when they live half a world away from one another and I don't think he'd told her he was in love with her. He did tell her he cared and, really, that's about all she could expect after being together for only a week. At the airport he did say he wanted to stay in touch, but I don't see a future for them. It seemed to me that her goal was to get back to the US and he was her passport to do so. I can't fault him for not wanting to commit to her since her actions in person were so aggressive, yet needy. I think she'd portrayed herself over the years as independent with the photoshoots and videos, but in person she was the opposite. I'm glad Caleb was honest with her. He could have led her on and then ghosted her, but he was painfully truthful. It will be interesting if they discuss them in Pillow Talk.