Saw several people mention HGTV shows in the Big Houses thread -- I will confess, I really do love watching their shows (currently obsessed with the Scott brothers (Property Brothers, Buying & Selling, Brother vs Brother) -- miiight have a bit of a crush on Jonathan). They have some really hilarious non-HGTV appropriate humor on their social media, plus wholesome hilarious stuff like Toddler vs Toddler.
A lot of the shows really make me scratch my head - Everyone seems to pick the house with the most square footage - this is basically my nightmare, tons to clean and maintain and expensive to heat. Or when a couple has to come up with several thousand dollars for a renovation or closing costs or whatever (depends on the show and its premise). I always wonder, especially since these are often families with kids ... Gosh, how can you not have an emergency fund? How do you not have enough saved that you can weather a cost like that without stress?
House Hunters is basically a drinking game - drink whenever a couple want a game room, man cave, kid playroom, 2x as many bedrooms as people, when they say 'this master seems really small ... I don't think we can fit all our furniture", etc.
I recently binge-watched a bunch of Buying & Selling on hulu ... the premise is basically a couple wants to sell their house and move somewhere bigger/better. The hosts show them a bunch of new houses and renovate their current house for 10K to get the house sold for 30K more than its current condition. Hilarious how every time the owners decide that the house's value should be determined by what they need for a new down-payment. And basically, the show ends with a reveal of their newly renovated house, which looks a million times better because of updates, and also because the owners' ugly oversize and bland furniture is removed, as is all the CLUTTER. I always wonder - how come no couple realizes that their space can be a lot more functional/workable/beautiful if they put some effort in? Why does nobody change their mind and realize 'actually, our house fits our needs and we don't need to spend more money'?
Any hilarious (or ridiculous) moments you remember from HGTV shows?