Things said on HGTV shows that are funny but not meant to be...

[Randi]

I watch a LOT of HGTV. Some things I hear people say are just so funny, but I don't think they meant to be funny.

House Hunters has some of the funniest comments. Like the guy & his wife discussing the kitchen they are standing in, he looks at the stove & says " is this a gas stove?" Because that is what they wanted! But perhaps had never seen one?

Then the woman who was shown a raised ranch house, but it was a deal breaker for her, because she didn't want to have to make a decision each time she entered the house whether to go up or down stairs. Gee, I have lived in one of those types of houses for 40 yrs & I can't say that it has been a real problem.

Share some of the things you found comical.

 

[justjudy]

I watch loads of House Hunters! I recall one where a young couple were extolling the virtues of the kitchen in the new condo they had purchased. According to the wife it was very important to them to have a nice kitchen because, she said, "we use it for cooking." Really?? I'll have to try that sometime. So far, I've only used mine for taking a shower!

 

[Aimeedyan]

Those shows are so scripted, I bet the people doing it struggle to find anything to say that doesn't make them look like an idiot.

Esp with House Hunters; they aren't seeing those homes for the first time and have already bought the house they want so they have to make up things to say.

 

[Buzz's Girl]

That would be last night when the middle aged couple didn't want to share their room decorated with University of Michigan stuff/crap with the kid's toys. Umm, you are waaaaaaay out of college. Time to let it go.

 

[Mouse House Mama]

That would be last night when the middle aged couple didn't want to share their room decorated with University of Michigan stuff/crap with the kid's toys. Umm, you are waaaaaaay out of college. Time to let it go.

I thought the same thing! The KIDS shouldn't have to share THEIR space with that junk! I love when they decide they don't like the house because of the color that the walls are painted. Hello! Ever hear of Benjamin Moore? You are not stuck with the color for life!

 

[DVCLiz]

I swear, each episode of House Hunters would be about 5 minutes long if:

Suzanne didn't have to restate the entire show every single time it breaks for and then comes back from a commercial, and

The buyers weren't allowed to comment on how the wallpaper/paint colors were dealbreakers for them.

DD19 and I SCREAM at them when they do that - it is so irritating!!!!! Who doesn't know you can strip wallpaper and repaint??? MORONS!!!!

 

[Obi-Wan Pinobi]

I haven't watched that show in a long time. Do they still always pick house #3?

 

[ajk912]

That would be last night when the middle aged couple didn't want to share their room decorated with University of Michigan stuff/crap with the kid's toys. Umm, you are waaaaaaay out of college. Time to let it go.

I thought the same thing! And how they needed so many rooms- everyone needed their own room, a kids playroom, a good sized guest room with bathroom, and a Michigan room, oh yeah and a nice kitchen..but the 6800 square foot house was too big at first.

 

[ajk912]

I swear, each episode of House Hunters would be about 5 minutes long if:

Suzanne didn't have to restate the entire show every single time it breaks for and then comes back from a commercial, and

The buyers weren't allowed to comment on how the wallpaper/paint colors were dealbreakers for them.

DD19 and I SCREAM at them when they do that - it is so irritating!!!!! Who doesn't know you can strip wallpaper and repaint??? MORONS!!!!

I know. Sometimes I intentionally don't turn on the show till half way through the show, since I know I won't miss much anyway.

The other bad show for stalling and killing time is the show where they tell you what your house is worth, I can't remember the name of it. How they spend 5 minutes looking at each other, the dog, the toilet before the the realtor FINALLY stammers out how much he thinks the house is worth.

 

[ajk912]

I haven't watched that show in a long time. Do they still always pick house #3?

They mix it up. I don't think they have ever picked house number one. Anyone see them ever pick house number one? And they rarely pick the cheapest house.

 

[Robinrs]

And does EVERY husband have to mention that the closet will barely hold his wife's clothes or the wife will tell him where his clothes will have to go???

I keep thinking "can they come up with a better script next time??"

 

[NMAmy]

I watched My First House on TLC this morning. A 26 yo guy who was still living with his parents "needed" a 2 bedroom place because a 1 bedroom would be too small because he had a dog. Seriously? The dog has to have its own room?

 

[Robinrs]

I watched My First House on TLC this morning. A 26 yo guy who was still living with his parents "needed" a 2 bedroom place because a 1 bedroom would be too small because he had a dog. Seriously? The dog has to have its own room?

Let's NOT forget the people who have to leave their 3 bedroom 2000 square foot house because they have a baby and that baby needs lots of room.... I guess people in NYC should NEVER have children!!

 

[lg3]

I swear, each episode of House Hunters would be about 5 minutes long if:
Suzanne didn't have to restate the entire show every single time it breaks for and then comes back from a commercial, andThe buyers weren't allowed to comment on how the wallpaper/paint colors were dealbreakers for them.
DD19 and I SCREAM at them when they do that - it is so irritating!!!!! Who doesn't know you can strip wallpaper and repaint??? MORONS!!!!

ITA!!!!!!!
We currently have our house for sale and downstairs we do have a lot of wallpaper (quite tastefully done IMHO ) I used to work as an Interior Designer before dd came along and I definitely had it put up professionally and properly primed. I mention it to peole if I see that glazed over look on their faces. Sooo many people come in and are completely unable to visualize anything different. It just amazes me.

 

[kmp1191]

I haven't watched that show in a long time. Do they still always pick house #3?

They picked #1, and the cheapest last night!! It was a young couple in NYC. I think it was on after the couple with the 6800 sq ft "shack".
They wanted a pre-war (?) condo, with a terrace. They got a pre-war condo without a terrace. The asking price was $200,000.00 and they got it for $180,000.00.
I love this show, but I also hate it! They could actually do 2 episodes in the 30 minutes!!
Oh...did anyone see the couple that lived in Myrtle Beach SC??? The husband and wife were both realtors and SO ANNOYING!!! It was as though they were reading the script from cue cards!!!

 

[#1hockeymom]

What is even worse is when they comment on the furniture! They're not buying the furniture! If the best house and cheapest house has bad carpet and wall colors, the price to change that usually still has the house as the cheapest of the bunch, yet they'll pick the lovely decorated place. LOL

 

[nannerbadnanner]

I love how they always exclaim how much natural light the windows let in. Yeah, that's kinda the point of windows.

Also, about 90% of the time the house hunters choose the empty house.

 

[rcraw45425]

One that gets me is the one where they're hunting vacation homes. Can't recall the name but there was one family with two kids looking for a vacation home in South Beach, they settled on a 1 bed room that was like $1M or better and made the teen aged boys use pull outs!

 

[txSleepingBeauty]

One that gets me is the one where they're hunting vacation homes. Can't recall the name but there was one family with two kids looking for a vacation home in South Beach, they settled on a 1 bed room that was like $1M or better and made the teen aged boys use pull outs!

even worse was the family looking for a vacation home in the keys. they bought a trailer for a MILLION dollars!!! are you kidding me??

I love the fact that the realtor always tells them they can change anything they don't like.
"I really like this house but not the neighborhood" oh you can change that.
I like the downstairs, but don't want a 2 story house. You can change that...