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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
- Patti and Ralph have lived in their family beach house ever since he built it 20 years ago. And not much has changed, including the outdated décor and some of the flaws that come with DIY territory. With their first child already in college and the three others quickly catching up, the couple is shifting their focus and need to downsize for the future. So now it’s up to property expert Sofie Allsopp to revamp this dated beach house before it languishes on the market for yet another year.
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Can a slick makeover and big sales campaign help desperate homeowners sell their 'unsellable' homes? Packed with practical advice and tips to add real value to your house, this bold series shows viewers how to transform unwanted properties into unstoppable homes.
Unsellables - Sun, Surf & Selling - Season 3 - Episode 4
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This is my favourite make over. What a great couple - raising their kids in a beach house. I thought the house was horrible at first, but it was genuinely a great house. Well done, Sophie.
09:07 The little kid with the glasses is like: "What is this cleaning you speak of?"
What a wonderful family! Mature, sensible, humorous parents; well-raised, active, happy kids; and a house Dad built to hold the happy bunch. "Wicked awesome!"
I love Patti's Boston-meets-Southern accent.
It's awesome that the kids helped. They seem like a really nice family.
The kitchen was an amazing makeover.
Her "wicked awesome"
That house looked gorgeous when they got done with it.
The colors are so beautiful and perfect for this space
LOVE this couple. The kids are blessed to have that mom & dad, after age 21 life becomes very brief!
This is definitely one of the best makeovers I've seen on this channel. It's a HUGE improvement!! There's just a tad too much red though. It looks a little TOO staged.
The red accents look like the interior of a home furnishing store.
Such a beautiful job! Looked like a whole other house. Really loved the appreciation and gratitude of the home owners. 💕
I love the wife's accent. It reminds me of a childhood friend's mother, who was from Massachusetts.
I take it back! This one is the most surprising redo! Just stunning!
What a lovely family. 😊
I thought the wife's accent sounded like Boston and then she said "wicked awesome". Yep, she has to be from Boston
Why in the world did that woman live in the house for so many years with those cabinets? If the man built the house, surely he had the skills to do something about the cabinets. I would have had him fix them the first year I lived there.
My mother lived with a kitchen like that for almost 20 years. My father (6'2") designed it to suit himself, not my mother (5'6"), although he never cooked. The kitchen was the first thing she remodeled after he moved out and they got divorced.
I'm wondering if he built the house himself, why couldn't he build an addition for the extra kids? Lot not large enough?
You should have seen the kitchen my mother had to live with during the first eight years we lived in my house. My father built it in 1952, and there were no kitchen cabinets until 1960. Then, they most unwisely bought Eurostyle cabinets up on stilts, with nine inches of dead space beneath for dropped forks, etc. to go beneath. Lost storage space, and you still have to clean the floor beneath. I'm still working with those damn cabinets sixty years later, and they're on their fourth facelift. The best part of being willing to live rough and make do? No mortgage, ever.
He was stubborn his wife said and refused to update any of it.
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I’m 70 years old and lowered cabinets by myself recently. It’s not rocket science! Why put up with daily inconvenience?
Instead of all the red, they should have used blue and white/cream accents because it's a beach house.
So glad ya'll went with live green plants not flowering. So many of us have allergies that pollenating plants aggregate. The brightening of the walls & tired ceiling high cabinetry really refreshed the beach house. Ralph did an amazing job creating a bachelor pad. Poor Patty had been underwhelmed their entire marriage. Good to get the kids involved so they can take pride in the updating as well. NOW the house should show well & sell.
GOD BLESS the family into their relocation. Safe & happy future.
Why would you sell your house just to fit more crap into the next one? Get rid of the crap. Problem solved. Especially when you love your home, "room for our stuff" is not a smart reason sell.
They obviously need more bedrooms for their kids.
Jfc
They have 4 kids...
Kelly Anne, "we need a bigger place to put our stuff'. No, lady, you need to de-clutter and get rid of some of that stuff.
He loves the home; I'm not sure she did, especially as it was.
I live 23 miles from this house. It's beautiful.
I have ceilings at a little over 10ft. Even though the walls are crispy white, the light does not get reflected as well as with a lower ceiling. On the other hand it is lovely in the summer, never too hot.
I really wonder why they want to sell the house in the first place, such a lovely setting by the beach, cildren will be out of the house in no time. Love granny's drawer!
They said right at the beginning that the "kids are getting bigger, and we're out of room..."
Nicely done, still kept the feel of a old beach house with more contemporary features.
Lovely couple. Nice job on the house!
Not liking the pink table but the home owners reaction was so very sweet.
I don't either, but overall the whole house really rocks.
It was a bit odd given the main colours were red and white.The table and chairs would look good white with red check or striped cushions.It was a good makeover though.
I liked the Pink Table but it Clashed with the Fabric on the Chairs
Usually the pink tale would be no but its a color that’s used a lot on the South Carolina coast
Yeah, that was a really odd choice.
That is one wacky house, especially the kitchen ! I do like the after. Even tho my favorite color is pink, I wouldn't have painted the table that. The home owners have absolutely no idea how to make a home decorative, inviting, warm and functional.
Very few of us do have that ability, eh? Most of us just manage to make it work for us, not a showcase for others.
This reminded me of my aunts' homes ... Life flowed through the rooms full of happy, busy kids. Good paint and a few good functional pieces lasted twenty years. Only snobs & rich people fussed over their homes.
The pink table was tacky.
I would not leave this house!!!
Haven't they heard of bookcases, cupboards etc?There is plenty of room for the family, it's just poorly utilized
Exactly, the rooms are a nice size.
Sense this guy can build, why not build storage and built-ins or buy bookcases to put your belongings. Furniture placement was a waste of space.
I’m blown away when people say they have a lot of stuff so they need a bigger house! Here’s an idea...PURGE!!!! Why would anyone buy a new house just to be able to store more junk?!
@@molliemae6855 agreed. I wonder if they even tried purging stuff or if they just threw their hands up and gave up without even trying. Eg. Sofa that they don't use. Why are they keeping it??? 🤦🏽♀️
@@teresah.6696 The entrance is wasted space. That could have been the living room. The family room could have been converted into an enclosed bedroom.
“We have too much stuff....we need more room for this stuff”. How about getting rid of the junk?
Well done! Wicked awesome!
Best transformation on this show
So many of these "out grown" houses just need a de-clutter
This couple is really amazing
The owners are so sweet
What a nice couple and family !! Great refresh !!!
04:10 "i think things have changed since 1983" hahahahaha
Our first house was a sweet Cape Cod, custom designed and built by the man, a contractor. There were solid mahogany kitchen cabinets but they were so TINY you could barely stack dinner sized plates in them, and forget about a pantry or a cabinet for larger trays. It could take a half size dishwasher with full width stove or half width stove and full dishwasher. There was a sad lack of counter space too. But he made sure he had a garage with woodworking shop, full basement and amenities for HIM. That was funny. But the workmanship was excellent. It was a 1950s house complete with plastic bathroom tile, linoleum floors in the second floor bedrooms. It did have lovely hardwood floors on the main level. Had we stayed there we would have had to replace the roof and the windows. But we relocated. It had a small bedroom on the first floor that worked great for an office and later, a nursery, next to the bathroom and master bedroom.
Great house , great location 👍🏻👍🏻
Lovely. One of the best I’ve seen
This was an amazing transformation, I’d stay if I was them
Thank you for uploading this episode.
best makeover yet
Love the colours used
Maybe there wasn't enough funding for new carpet in the bedroom?
I couldn't believe they left that rancid green carpet.
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Owner never said if there were hardware floors under the carpet. I suspect there was wood floor.
Sofie nailed this one.
This was nice, thank you!
Love this family.....
They ALWAYS do the real estate agent DIRTY in the thumbnails! 😂 she’s so pretty but they always use the weirdest stills
The dining table should of been put where the couch was. I almost cried when she painted that beautiful antique furniture 😫
It's big enough now!!! Stay, it is lovely!!!
Beautiful makeover as far as it went...no bathrooms shown, and where do all those kids sleep?
If the rooms that were shown looked dumpy you know all the other rooms look the same!!! But the show is only so long with a limit to what they can do.
Who needs bathrooms when there's the sea across the street!
Gorgeous makeover.
I wonder what the outside looks like. I wish they had shown how they fixed that up.
Great work!
At least the house is clean 👍🏻
They would have been mad to move!!!.. So close to the beach in a reasonable area and a good sized block. They should have extended and renovated. Even with the cost of an Architect and an Interior Decorator they would have done well.
Hurricanes and flooding have really increased coastal insurance. Also, every year, we need a plan: What if the house is destroyed? Just smarter to move inland. This couple came across as smart, mature, practical. God bless them in a place of safety.
Looks great!
Pink table a bust green carpet could not believe that did not change it out
Orange and red? Nooooo. This house should be decorated in coastal style, guys...
It looks like an Ikea or Crate N Barrel Showroom.
I really didn't get the pink table in the kitchen...why?! WHY?!
Giulia Songini she just can't stop herself painting over wood.
Right? Pretty gross
Free leftover paint
Free !!
I thought it looked yummy - appropriate for a kitchen.
That pink is so nasty in there.
Do these people really sell these houses afterthat or they just wanna a quick make ovee?
Yes they do sell.
According to the blurb at the end, they received several offers "of interest to them," so they eventually sold it. I'm not at all sure, but I think they have to sign an agreement to put the house on the market if the work is done for them. This episode is from 2011, so might be traceable for follow-up, if one is interested.
One of these days we will find out if the houses ever get sold
The new wall color is no lighter than the soft yellow that was there before. It wasn't the wall color that was making it dark. One of my pet peeves is placing dinning tables upon a rug so that it's difficult to scoot your chair up and the rug gets full of foodstuffs and spills and is hard to clean. Don't do that! I know that when you enter a bedroom you are impressed when you see the bed in full, but it's better to place it on the blank wall so that you can see out the windows while in bed. I do not like to block windows with a bed as Sophie often does. In winter it can be cold and in southern summers it can feel hot. Making the entry area into a foyer/family coming-and-going kind of area is smart. Tracking in sand is inevitable in that area; it gets ground into flooring like sandpaper which is why the wood flooring looked so bad especially at the entry where they were covering it with a rug.
Many people don't like the pink table. I love the pink table!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hm, a dining area with full view of a guest bedroom area in the comp house would not be my cup of tea
Probably an AirBnB.
@@factsoverfiction7826 air BnB did not exist when this show was broadcast I think it is from 2009
It's dark because the house has no windows! A house like that in a beach location, should be predominantly glass. Full width full height stacking doors in that living area at least. Without lots of windows, houses are very unwelcoming and anti-human.
Cute couple.
The white square in the middle of the room was very odd. The new kitchen floor looks amazing. The bedroom carpet was damaged and dark. The buyer will have to change it. Owner probably has the hardwood floors under the carpet.
I’ve bought and sold several houses in my life, I’ve never once been put off by an inappropriately positioned sofa or table , I’ve looked at Windows , foundations , the roof , ....the rest is just cosmetic
Wow! What are the twin beds doing behind the dinner table in the comparable house?
It’s called a sleeping porch! Cottage life is differently
It's a true weekend beach house, where family members bunk anywhere.
Does this guy not like his wife, does he not know how to measure?
Damn those cabinets were way to high, leaving it like that for years and she put up with it.
Her husband just didn't care about her feeling and left them there. If I was her I would have called a company to lower the cabinets and the company forward him the bill.
Nice decorating, nice colors, pink table nope.
He would not allow it. Maybe he's violent.
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one thing i don't understand in general is why they'd have to change/paint/whatever all the furniture and walls. if i bought that house, that crap goes out anyway, because i'd put my own stuff in it.
actually, i'd prefer a house to be completely empty if i was a potential buyer, because i want to take a look at the entire floor, the walls, ceiling, and the baseboards to make sure there's no damage (particularly water damage) that the seller covered up with pictures, shelfs, carpets, or couches.
I like her New York (New Jersey?) accent.
More like New England, probably Massachusetts.
Someone below said the same thing so I figured I was wrong. Thanks for taking the time to inform me.
I'm originally from Wash. D.C. (well, two blocks from the dividing line between Maryland and D.C.) and have lived in Oregon. I'm now living in Utah so I'm rusty when it comes to New England accents. (Maybe I was never un-rusty?)
There is a Utah accent in the rural areas. For example the town of Spanish Fork is pronounced "Spanish Fark" and Lord is pronounced "Lard." A mother will "bath her baby." I always thought it just sounded ignorant but after listening to the very prim and proper "King's English" on BBC I realized that some of the Utah accents and phrases originated in the British Isles because most of the pioneers who settled Utah emigrated from there.
My aunt (in Maryland) pronounced my name "Bahbra." (My family has been in Maryland since the early 1600s.)
That's a Boston accent.
....." why didn't I do this 20 years ago ...." welllll... the bigger question I had, was ... WHY on Earth would you put it IN THE MIDDLE OF A ROOM ????! YIKES. No thought on that , as well as the kitchen cabinets.
Glad to see this hone got " loved up " in the way it deserves.
The house doesn't look like a house. It looks like a decor showroom. And the chair were so not done properly.
I wanted to see the children’s rooms
I wouldn't move after that transform!
If its tough to sell it, then you are not ready to market it.
Get rid of stuff!!
I don't like the pink table in the kitchen. Maybe a half wall on the side of it separating the kitchen and living room would have been nice as well. Don't understand why you need to display 12 red plates in the hallway....
Black Friday sales! LOL
Annoying how everyone just leaves messes all around and expects the mom to pick up after them like she doesn't have anything better to do.
I can't believe the husband (@17:33) doesn't know the difference between doorknobs and drawer pulls. Also, It's hard to believe that the refrigerator was originally in the doorway, so that if someone was at the fridge, they would block the path from the door, especially since the door swings into the kitchen. Very bad space planning.
They "received interest" in their house after the makeover, but I think the price is still preventing people from making an offer.
What a great makeover! It's unrecognizable! Too bad they kept that super-ugly carpet in the bedroom though.
I get a kick out of the couple's accents. She sounds like she's from New York or even farther north and he's a Southerner. I wonder how they met.
Painting cabinets with rollers and brushes won't look very good. In all probability they'll end up looking pretty rough--especially with the kids helping. The cabinets could be taken outside and sprayed with paint instead which would look much smoother and more professional.
I was thinking the same about the accents!
That’s a Massachusetts accent...
@@sugakookie6303 Hah...and I grew up in D.C. It shows my limited experience with North Easterners.
Thanks for the info.
OMG. "We have 4 kids so we don't have any storage"... Ever think about BUILDING IN STORAGE as the family grows? "I'm not good at decorating"... Lol! I'll say!
In the jersey shore town I grew up in, this house would be torn down so that they could put up a monstrosity up.
Bienvenida a 🇺🇸 U S A
Don't really understand the plates in the entryway... otherwise it's really nice
my thoughts exactly. they're just dustcatchers, it's half an hour more of cleaning. they serve no purpose whatsoever.
also, if i came through the front door, i'd immediately point at the cushions and be like, "no." there's absolutely no need for them there. in fact, most people would use this piece of furniture for … i don't know … shoes? keys? phones? purses? that kinda stuff. those cushions are useless and unnecessary. they're just taking up space.
that pink table and its position is weird, too. it just doesn't fit in.
What about the children’s rooms and bathrooms?
Why didn't they get rid of that Hideous green carpet in the bedroom after doing all the other work? And not sure about the Pepto Bismal kitchen table.
And here they go again painting over that beautiful old furniture! If you absolutely need something white just buy something cheap from IKEA. And what is wrong with a few darker pieces in an otherwise light room?
I wonder about the kids’ bedrooms
I wouldn't move in to a house with this amount of stairs leading to the entrance. Imagine you have a baby and you need to take out that car seat or a pram every day and go up and down the stairs with it. That's a nope. I have a new stairs now and each time I leave the house I need to husband to help me lift the pram it's difficult and annoying!
The stairs look unsafe. It needs to be redesigned, and repurposed alongside the house.
Ralph doesn't get out much
The entire house is done very nice but the pink table is ugly. If she wanted to add pink to the table, a pink table runner and pink flowers would have been fine. I also won't have recovered the chairs pink and would have picked a more neutral color if they needed to be recovered at all.
12:50 I just cant justify painting solid wood antique furniture. Its cringe worthy 😖
but old wood looks dated, Its not in style anymore.
You would be surprised just how little money you can sell "antique" furniture for. And by "antique" I mean what my grandmother bought in 1930. My mother recently died and the estate sale people were pricing my grandmother's dressers and love seats for $45-50. And STILL people didn't buy it.
@@stafonvoncamron You usually don't paint antique furniture but just redo the stain on them.
@@vaderladyl many many people these days buy antique wood furniture for $20 to $50 (dressers, desks, vanities, etc) and paint them (and sometimes distress them) and then resell them for $300+ .... it’s extremely popular (called up-cycling) and the furniture looks amazing! Now some furniture I really like kept unpainted... but that’s my taste.
.. if you have too much wood furniture it makes your rooms look very dark.. painting them brightens the room and make it look much larger... so there are benefits, especially if you are trying to sell a house...
You can always strip and varnish it later!
They must one of the nicest, most appreciative couples on this show. Great transformation, although the coral table is awful (looks so cheap, very 'did-it-myself'), plus the Ikea shelving basket cupboard is tacky imo. I don't like the new kitchen tiles (just go with white) and it's a shame they didn't change the carpet, but overall, very good.
I didn’t mind it as it was more coral than pink and went with the new covers on chairs.
Did they check if there was a wood floor under the carpet? The dark carpet is an eyesore.
The wife is sweet.
They won't leave now 🙄🤣...
I don't get the pink table or the rug under it.
It’s a beach house...that’s a beach color.
Sophie’s pluck, vim and vigor is intoxicating! She’s darling!
I agree...Sophie keeps me interested in this series. Lovable lady!
Shocking. 🙄
Put the kids in a tent, and keep the beach house.
I'm always worried when old kitchen floors are pulled up. In the past, asbestos was used to line floors, so care must always be taken and people should assume that something sinister is under there until they know otherwise.
Installed by the owner/builder in 1983. No worries