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sherryginevra
Reviews
House Hunters International (2006)
I would love this show but for.....
The fact that it is extremely tediously formulaic:
The same things are repeated over and over again in each episode like the audience only has a memory span of a minute and a half
The agents never find what the house seekers are actually looking for
The couples never agree on what they want (that is part of the tedious formula)
The couples often seem pretty obnoxious and come off in a very negative light as whiny North Americans. I suspect they are coached to do the complaining.
One of three properties is always picked; why do they have to actually pick one of the properties that never seems right? Why can't they say that none of them fit the bill? (Based on the criteria they purport to have anyway.)
All in all I have found every episode frustrating and unsatisfying to watch. I live and travel in Europe, and am very interested in seeing houses in different locations, and I believe this show could be very very good, but instead it is in some ways lazy and annoying and seems clearly designed to NOT give the people what they want. (Well, I say what they want, but every episode shows the couples wanting opposite things in a property.) It beggars belief that every couple on the show has not decided on basic criteria for a home prior to such a big move, yet every single episode shows them in disagreement. It also beggars belief that the agents in the cities abroad can never find homes on budget that are a better overall fit for the people moving. I cannot buy that, it appears that they are instructed to only find homes partially fitting the criteria, thus forcing the house hunters into the least bad choice. I feel that the producers of the show don't care that the house hunters get the best house they can and that they think we are stupid. I watch to see the different locations and properties but struggle to endure the rest.
Unsellable Houses (2019)
How did these two get a show? Really painful to watch
I had never heard of this show until today, but within 5 minutes of watching I found myself googliing 'Unsellable Houses obnoxious'. I wanted to see if others shared my views on how cringeworthy it is to listen to these women and how poor the show is, and indeed I found I am not alone in my opinion.
It is my distinct preference to give praise rather than criticism, but this show is so unpleasant that I wish I had been spared from even being exposed to it. I generally love property renovation and makeover shows which I have watched avidly for many years: I also am from the Pacific Northwest and spent years there renovating houses and working in Real Estate. I now live in the UK and this show could have been something right up my street to delight me, but I found nothing delightful. These women's voices and demeanor seem so unpleasant to me and so obnoxious that I feel embarrassed that the show has come here.
Disappointment also comes from the fact that these houses (well the two that I saw in my few minutes of watching) were not at all 'unsellable'. All that seems to happen is there are some minor changes made and decoration and staging done on houses that aren't the wrecks one would expect them to be given the title, and put back up for sale in a very hot market.
Yecch.