Home-flipping exhibits have dominated the fact panorama for over 20 years and present no indicators of slowing down. HGTV has arguably perfected the house design system by providing a large number of house-flipping packages. The concept behind house-flipping exhibits appears self-explanatory, however it’s actually not. Mainly, a contractor or a bunch of contractors is confronted with a house that must be fastened up, repaired, or renovated. The contractors then design a brand new search for the home and start constructing.
When the whole lot is alleged and accomplished, the individuals who personal the property often keep of their newly up to date residence, however, in some circumstances, they resolve to promote it. Sure, the aim of house-flipping exhibits is to make a revenue. Ideally, the quantity the contractors spend ought to be lower than how a lot the property sells for. However simply because house-flipping exhibits are about being profitable in actual property doesn’t suggest they cannot be entertaining, emotional and even life-changing.
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Flipping Out (2007–2018)
Jeff Lewis Fixes Up Houses In Los Angeles
Flipping Out is a actuality tv sequence specializing in Los Angeles designer Jeff Lewis and his workforce, together with challenge supervisor Jenni, housekeeper Zoila, enterprise supervisor and boyfriend Gage, and assistant. The sequence showcases the dynamics inside Lewis’s skilled and private life as he manages varied design tasks.
Launch Date
July 31, 2007
Forged
Ryan Brown
, Chris Elwood
, Jenni Pulos
Seasons
11
Airing on Bravo for 11 seasons, Flipping Out adopted designer Jeff Lewis renovating houses in Los Angeles. The present additionally featured Lewis’ govt assistant Jenni Pulos, his housekeeper Zoila Chavez, and his boyfriend/enterprise supervisor Gage Edward amongst different employees members. After the housing market crashed in 2007, Lewis shifted the present’s focus to adorning. However, beginning in season 4, Lewis thought-about flipping small tasks.
It is attention-grabbing that Flipping Out focuses extra on adorning than home flipping. Though renovations have been definitely part of the present, particularly in season 1, Lewis’ design abilities are what made Flipping Out attention-grabbing to look at. The present resulted in 2018, and on the time, Flipping Out was riddled with lawsuits as a result of Lewis’ surrogate claimed that Bravo filmed her giving beginning with out her permission. Nonetheless, there may be discuss of a reboot within the works (through Yahoo!).
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Rock the Block (2019 – Current)
4 Contestants Flip Houses On The Identical Road
HGTV renovation stars race to renovate 4 similar houses with restricted time and funds. The designer who provides essentially the most property worth wins bragging rights and has the road named after them.
Launch Date
October 21, 2019
Forged
Ty Pennington
Hosted by house-flipping present icon Ty Pennington, Rock the Block is extra of a contest present than a present primarily based on flipping houses for the advantage of property homeowners. 4 contestants are given clean slate homes on the identical block and tasked with reworking them of their fashion. The contestant whose residence will get the very best appraisal worth on the house they designed wins the competitors. Winners get bragging rights and a road named after them.
Winners ought to be given the house that they put a lot work into. However, hey, the contestants are doing what they love, dwell on tv, in order that’s price one thing.
No, these prizes do not seem to be a lot. Winners ought to be given the house that they put a lot work into. However, hey, the contestants are doing what they love, dwell on tv, in order that’s price one thing. Despite the fact that every contestant is given the identical clean slate to start with, they every create one thing distinctive by the top of the present. Rock the Block highlights the creativity behind residence renovations.
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Holmes on Houses (2003 – 2008)
Mike Holmes Fixes Dangerous Contract Jobs & Teaches Viewers About House Possession
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Holmes on Houses is a Canadian tv sequence starring contractor Mike Holmes, who assists householders with problematic renovations. Premiering in 2003, the sequence aired on HGTV in Canada and internationally, gaining reputation for its hour-long format and particular episodes addressing renovation challenges and options.
Launch Date
March 22, 2003
Forged
mike holmes
, Damon Bennett
Seasons
7
Holmes on Houses has an intriguing angle. The present’s star, contractor Mike Holmes, is devoted to exposing poor and probably harmful renovations left by the final contractors who labored on a house. Holmes is desirous about serving to householders correctly restore their houses and firmly believes in getting issues proper the primary time. His data is welcome, as many owners on the present (and in actual life) have been scammed by contractors, leaving them with depressing residing circumstances and hundreds of {dollars} in debt.
In each episode, Holmes fixes the whole lot that he can whereas educating each householders and viewers about the best way to make extra knowledgeable selections when deciding on a contractor sooner or later. His trigger is each noble and academic as a result of so many individuals are ill-informed about residence renovations. For the reason that present exposes poor residence repairs and presents recommendation to the viewers, it’s a vital look ahead to followers of house-flipping exhibits and householders alike.
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Hoarder Home Flippers (2022 – Current)
Specialists Repair Up Hoarder Houses Whereas Shedding Gentle On The Psychological Well being Situation
Hoarder Home Flippers follows three house-flipping groups as they rework cluttered and uncared for properties into enticing houses. Launched in 2022, the movie highlights the challenges of revitalizing ignored homes and capitalizing on their hidden potential for substantial monetary achieve.
Launch Date
Could 19, 2022
Community
HGTV Canada
Seasons
2
Hoarder Home Flippers is strictly what it feels like. A workforce of contractors works collectively to take a few of the most decrepit hoarder houses they will discover and make them into one thing lovely. The present focuses on houses that many contractors would have given up on a very long time in the past, however the folks behind Hoarder Home Flippers do their greatest to shift via the trash and particles and put their skills to make use of to make one thing distinctive.
The present is conscious to not make mild of the hoarding homes they encounter. The contractors know that hoarding is a critical psychological situation.
In a approach, the present mirrors how folks with hoarding points can get assist for his or her situation and finally rework their lives. Hoarder Home Flippers additionally deserves credit score for its sensitivity. The present is conscious to not make mild of the hoarding homes they encounter. The contractors know that hoarding is a critical psychological situation. Though Hoarder Home Flippers initially aired on HGTV Canada American viewers can watch it on Prime Video and Hulu.
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Good Bones (2016 – 2023)
A Mom-Daughter Duo Flips Houses In Indiana
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Good Bones is a actuality TV sequence on HGTV that options mother-daughter duo Karen E. Laine and Mina Starsiak Hawk. They rehabilitate properties of their hometown of Indianapolis, reworking dilapidated homes into trendy, useful houses. The present highlights their hands-on strategy to renovations, emphasizing design, craftsmanship, and household dynamics as they handle their enterprise, Two Chicks and a Hammer.
Launch Date
March 22, 2016
Forged
Mina Starsiak
, Karen E. Laine
Seasons
8
Regardless of the Good Bones stars being embroiled in a feud, the present remains to be price watching. It revolves round mother-daughter duo, Karen E. Laine and Mina Starsiak, as they renovate homes of their residence state of Indiana. The ladies first caught the eye of HGTV after forming their residence enchancment firm, Two Chicks and a Hammer. Since then, Good Bones has taken off, with different members of Laine and Starsiak’s household serving to flip homes for revenue within the Indianapolis space.
Good Bones was distinctive because it targeted on a mother-daughter contracting workforce, which is seldom seen in house-flipping exhibits. Regardless of Laine and Starsiak having a tumultuous relationship off-screen, their on-screen relationship may very well be touching. Good Bones ran for eight seasons, ending in 2023. The present spawned a spin-off, Good Bones: New Beginnings, which notably adopted Laine and Starsiak enterprise separate renovation ventures.
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Discount Block! (2021 – Current)
A Couple & Their Realtor Restore Houses In Detroit
Keith and Evan hunt down deserted or ailing properties and use their experience in residence renovation to show them into lovely, reasonably priced houses for first-time householders.
Launch Date
April 14, 2021
Forged
Keith Bynum
, Evan Thomas
Discount Block! first got here on the HGTV scene in 2021. The present facilities round companions Keith Bynum, Evan Thomas, and their realtor Shea Hicks-Whitfield as they restore historic properties round Detroit. Bynum crafts designs for houses and Thomas is a carpenter and builder. Bynum and Thomas will not be solely enterprise companions however companions in life. They have been collectively for over 10 years. It is uncommon to see a house-flipping present revolve round an LGBTQ+ couple, as the fact TV subgenre is unfortunately not very numerous.
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Discount Block: Hosts Appreciated for Being Palms-On Throughout Renovations
HGTV’s latest renovation present has already caught the viewers’s consideration for just a few causes, notably the willingness of the hosts to do the work.
Most fixer-upper exhibits middle on a husband-and-wife workforce or a bunch of contractors, however Discount Block! bucks the pattern. The present additionally highlights Detroit and depicts a few of the most scenic elements of town, which is commonly seen as a run-down metropolis. Via the work of Bynum, Thomas and Hick-Whitfield, they’re able to deliver some extra magnificence to town.
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Flip or Flop (2013 – 2022)
A Married Couple Gambles On Houses For Sale
Flip or Flop is a actuality tv sequence about flipping houses that starred previously married couple Tarek El Moussa and Christina Corridor. It aired for ten seasons on HGTV from 2013-2022. Tarek and Christina labored collectively to purchase, renovate, and resell houses on the favored sequence.
Flip or Flop was successful for HGTV, because it was on the air for almost 10 years. A property flipping workforce and previously married couple, Tarek and Christina, purchase battered houses for money and renovate them for a revenue. Typically, Tarek and Christina do not even see the property earlier than they purchase, which ensures that every episode is filled with surprises. The hosts usually purchase houses from auctions, hoping their renovations will likely be sufficient to flip the house.
The stakes are excessive as generally Tarek and Christina’s greatest efforts fail and so they lose the cash they put into the house. By including the potential of dropping cash on a renovation, Flip or Flop does an amazing job of including stress to a style that’s usually formulaic. However, usually, the workforce does wonderful work, as properties are sometimes unrecognizable by the top of an episode.
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Unsellable Homes (2019 – Current)
Twin Sisters Assist Owners With Renovations
Twins tackle houses on this HGTV present. Unsellable Homes follows twin sisters and actual property consultants Leslie Davis and Lyndsay Lamb seek for houses that want some love. After taking a look at comparable houses close by, the actual property duo convinces timid householders to renovate their properties. Owners can then resolve in the event that they wish to preserve their transformed houses or promote them. Unsellable Homes is predicated in Davis and Lamb’s residence area of the Pacific Northwest, United States.
The twins gave again to the Kids’s Hospital of Seattle as a result of the hospital helped Lamb’s son when he was identified with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Nonetheless, Lamb and Davis’ charitable work is only one facet of Unsellable Homes to admire. The present does an amazing job at giving perception into the actual property facet of home-flipping, which is a vital a part of the enterprise.
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50/50 Flip (2022 – Current)
A Husband-Spouse Duo Renovations Houses On A Price range Of $50K
50/50 Flip follows Krystal and Dedric Well mannered as they make the most of their 50/50 flip technique to renovate houses. Launched in 2022, this movie depicts their goal to finish a renovation with a funds of lower than $50,000 in underneath 50 days, aiming for optimum profitability.
Launch Date
January 29, 2022
Forged
Dedric Well mannered
, Krystal Well mannered
Seasons
2
A&E’s 50/50 Flip has but to flop. The present started in 2022 and already has two seasons underneath its belt, with a 3rd on the way in which. Husband and spouse duo Krystal and Dedric Well mannered abide by the 50/50 precept to be able to maximize their time and potential earnings. The couple solely spends $50,000 on every residence and 50 days to finish the right renovations. 50/50 Flip additionally focuses on Krystal’s hometown of Burlington, North Carolina.
Above all, the Polites consider in creating reasonably priced housing by solely pouring in a comparatively small quantity into residence renovations. The couple can be desirous about giving again to their group. 50/50 Flip has an attention-grabbing hook by setting limits on the renovations, which exhibits viewers they do not need to sink a fortune into their houses to transform. Each people in Burlington and at residence can deliver their imaginative and prescient to life with out breaking the financial institution.
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House City (2016 – Current)
ThoughHouse Citycombines many parts viewers have seen in HGTV exhibits earlier than, it nonetheless feels contemporary and genuine.House Cityfollows a husband-and-wife workforce, Ben and Erin Napier, as they renovate properties of their rural hometown of Laurel, Mississippi. Each second the couple is on-screen, it is clear that they’re desirous about giving again to a group that has lengthy been forgotten. The Napiers are desirous about re-inventing Laurel bydrenching every property in Southern allure.
Once more, House City focuses on many frequent tropes that viewers have seen within the house-flipping style earlier than. However not like lots of the different exhibits listed, House City focuses on the relationships between the Napiers and their group. Their interactions are heartfelt and the couple speaks to each house owner with respect. Perhaps House City will not be essentially the most authentic present, however it has coronary heart and that counts for lots. In 2021, House City lauched two spinoffs —??????? House City: Ben’s Workshop and House City Takeover.
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Fixer to Fabulous (2019 – Current)
A Couple Fixes Up Outdated Houses
Fixer to Fabulous is an HGTV tv sequence that started airing in 2019. The present options Dave and Jenny Marrs as they renovate historic houses of their hometown of Bentonville, Arkansas. With a concentrate on trendy facilities and preserving the unique character, the Marrs couple transforms outdated properties into fantastically restored household houses. The sequence highlights their experience in design, development, and actual property.
Launch Date
October 22, 2019
Forged
Dave Marrs
, Jenny Marrs
Seasons
5
Fixer to Fabulous follows couple Dave and Jenny Marrs as they repair up traditional houses round Bentonville, Arkansas. The couple focuses on older houses that want quite a lot of updates to be thought-about protected. In some circumstances, the properties flip into perpetually houses, a lot to the delight of householders. Fixer to Fabulous spawned a spin-off that sees the Marrs going to Italy and utilizing their abilities to renovate historic houses. The Marrs’ curiosity in bringing historic houses as much as code is completely different, as most exhibits concentrate on extra not too long ago constructed properties.
Nonetheless, the present will not be with out its authorized points, because the Fixer to Fabulous stars are presently entangled in a lawsuit. The lawsuit claims that the couple, and the businesses they personal, didn’t improve properties, which led to unsafe residing circumstances. After a number of delays, together with a twister that broken components of Arkansas, the Marrs are due again in court docket on January twenty seventh, 2025.
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Fixer Higher (2013 – 2018)
A Couple Fixes Up Houses In Waco, Texas That Want A Lot Of TLC
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Fixer Higher is a actuality tv sequence starring Chip and Joanna Gaines, who rework houses in want of restore into lovely residing areas. The present follows the couple’s renovation tasks in Waco, Texas, highlighting their design concepts and development prowess whereas serving to purchasers flip their fixer-upper properties into dream houses.
Launch Date
December 1, 2015
Forged
Chip Gaines
, Joanna Gaines
Seasons
5
Fixer Higher launched the world to Chip and Joanna Gaines, who made a huge effect regardless of their present solely airing for 5 seasons — a comparatively quick time for house-flipping exhibits. The sequence facilities across the Gaineses renovating decrepit houses round Waco Texas. The couple labored via their reworking and design firm, Magnolia Houses, which quickly turned a profitable homewares model.
However, other than merchandising and worldwide recognition, Fixer Higher had substance. Usually, the present targeted on making the Gaines’ residence group of Waco, Texas a greater place. The city is commonly related to the Waco Siege that occurred in 1993, however the workforce behind Fixer Higher was decided to make viewers see the allure and wonder current within the metropolis.
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Excessive Makeover: House Version (2003-2012, 2020, 2025-Current)
Ty Pennington Renovates The Dream Houses Of Households In Want
Excessive Makeover: House Version is a actuality tv sequence the place deserving households are shocked with a totally renovated or newly constructed residence inside every week. Hosted by Ty Pennington, the present includes a workforce of designers and volunteers reworking dilapidated or insufficient residing areas into dream houses, offering life-changing enhancements for households going through varied hardships.
Launch Date
December 3, 2003
Forged
Ty Pennington
, Paul DiMeo
, Michael Moloney
, Tracy Hutson
, Paige Hemmis
, Ed Sanders
, Preston Sharp
, Eric Ancker
Maybe essentially the most emotional house-flipping present of all, Excessive Makeover: House Version is iconic. The sequence initially adopted Ty Pennington and a bunch of contractors, designers and extra as they fastened up homes for folks in want. Ty and his workforce would construct dream houses for households experiencing hardships, notably navy households. The Excessive Makeover workforce would renovate the customarily run-down houses whereas the households loved a free journey to DisneyWorld.
The household would come again and discover that the workforce had made their dream residence right into a actuality. Every episode was full of emotional moments that introduced numerous viewers to tears as a result of it confirmed the dramatic affect an excellent residence can deliver on folks’s lives. So many individuals cried alongside to this present within the 2000s, and now, with a brand new reboot streaming, a complete new era will likely be crying tears of pleasure. Transfer that bus!
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Love It Or Listing It (2008 – Current)
A Realtor & A Designer Strive To Woo {Couples} To Both Promote Or Stay In Their House
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Love It or Listing It’s a residence renovation tv sequence the place householders face the choice to maintain their newly renovated home, redesigned by inside designer Hilary Farr, or promote it and transfer to a brand new one discovered by actual property agent David Visentin.
Launch Date
September 8, 2008
Forged
Hilary Farr
, David Visentin
Arguably, Love It or Listing It invented the house-flipping system. The present began in 2008 and has 19 seasons underneath its belt. Love It or Listing It follows realtor David Visentin and designer Hilary Farr as they compete for householders to both preserve their renovated residence or purchase a brand new one. Visentin would take the householders on home excursions attempting to information them to their subsequent residence. In the meantime, Farr was busy reworking the house owner’s present residence. Ultimately, the householders determined to both preserve their newly renovated residence or promote it.
Every episode was full of stress. Farr labored tirelessly at reworking whereas Visentin looked for the proper residence, with the householders making the ultimate resolution. Love It or Listing It’s distinctive as a result of it provides the home looking aspect. Viewers might take pleasure in taking a look at homes in the marketplace in actual time, which is extra interactive than merely browsing Zillow. Love It or Listing It completely mixed home looking with residence renovations to create a present that is one-of-a-kind.
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Property Brothers (2011 – Current)
Twin Brothers Use Modern Know-how To Flip Homes
Starring similar twin brothers Drew and Jonathan Scott, Property Brothers is the unique present within the Property Brothers franchise. The sequence has aired  since 2011, and is seen in over 150 nations, together with on HGTV in the USA. Its premise is to assist households to maneuver into their dream houses. On Property Brothers, actual property skilled Drew guides households as they buy a fixer-upper home. Licensed contractor Jonathan and his workforce then renovate the house on a strict timeline and funds. The ultimate reveal is a shock to the household.
The Property Brothers may be the best-known names in actual property. The present follows the titular Canadian twins, Jonathan and Drew Scott as they assist householders renovate their properties into one thing really distinctive. Each brothers show experience in residence design and contracting. In addition they work intently with every house owner to craft their dream residence.
No, Property Brothers is not deep or that distinctive in comparison with different house-flipping exhibits, however that does not matter. Property Brothers takes the thought of flipping homes and turns it (or flips it) on its head. The brothers use cutting-edge know-how like computer-generated pictures to indicate householders what their imaginative and prescient seems like earlier than any nails are drilled into wooden. They’re additionally cautious to stick to a time restrict and take a look at their hardest to not go over funds. It is clear that the Property Brothers not solely care about making householders glad but additionally about innovation on the earth of residence reworking.
