Unsellables | FULL Episode | Toy Takeover
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
- With two active children, Kendal and Aaron have outgrown their three-bedroom townhouse. And although they’re desperate to move before Aaron heads overseas on a tour of duty, the home has been on the market for two whole years and they’re still waiting for a buyer! Property expert Sofie Allsopp steps in with a plan to transform the overgrown family property into a contemporary home for young professionals. And she gets the entire family involved in revamping the overcrowded interiors, over-the-top wall colors and charm-free living room.
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This makeover was so amazing the homeowners should pay the show. And start teaching their children how to keep their rooms tidy.
Amazing. Two years on the market and they couldn't figure out that the mess was the problem.
I bought a condo in the competitive Toronto market in late 2019. The unit which I bought was very untidy with mounds of dirty laundry, messy kitchen, and cat hair everywhere. They were tenants of the previous owner and they clearly did not want to move so didn’t care how it showed. But I knew that they would be taking their clutter and dirty clothes with them when they moved out. I was actually happy to find a good unit that showed really poorly because so many people can’t look over the superficial stuff and the market was continuing to go up rapidly. We negotiated a professional cleaning (not just the standard ‘broom swept’ condition) and I painted all the walls from builder’s white once I took possession.
Amazing how much of a difference good staging can make!
Right?!? If a place is beaten up, that's one thing. If it's just dirty, cluttered, well, let those who cannot see the potential leave the scene. Makes for a lower selling price for those of us with more imagination!
That is how you get a good low price!
I was searching outside but all brains seems to be here.. so true what you said. Its great that others cannot see potential, gives you chance to bargain and then use yours own wisdom.
I am from Toronto too and I would agree with you, it is a competitive market. You were lucky that your place was originally was not as move in ready as many buyers would like. Our house (bought 2000), was really disgusting and was sitting on the market for 3 weeks with absolutely no interest. Cockroaches that were really noticeable as soon as you walked in. When my husband and an inspector walked into the washroom, there were EELS swimming around in the bathtub !! Despite the grossness, these things were relatively easy fixes because this house had good bones. 🦝🦝🦝
@@peggypeggy4137 Oh yikes!! That’s why more ickiness to have to deal with than what I faced! Glad that it all worked out for you in the end!
Nothing wrong with the size of this house. With that excellent makeover, I wouldn't want to move. It's so beautiful, clean, spacious and cosy now.
I think that the homeowners really loved the makeover. This show was quite a few years ago. I wonder if they found their dream home? If that were me I wouldn't want to move!!
I grew up in a family of seven. We had 3 bedrooms and one bathroom. Time for mom and dad to be the boss and tell the kids what is going to happen.
We had 5 family members, 3 bedrooms, one bath.
If they have the money and they want to move who cares 🤫
I grew up with my parents and my two sisters at the time and me and my sisters shared one bed room,we each got a corner of the room to put our things in like jewlry,hair supplies etc etc on our dresser,we had two beds on each side of the room and one bed was a pull out bed that l had.Because l was the neatest out of us girls l got two corners to put my things in and we were organized and neat and made it work🥰❤️🖤💚
They don't need a bigger home. They need less crap. If they get a bigger place all they will do is fill it with more crap, strewn around a bigger area.
No kidding! It's called, dusting, vacuuming, and CLEANING! You show your home in this state?! Yikes! You don't need a decorator or redecorator, if you can't do the cleaning yourself, hire a cleaning crew instead, and then, keep up the clean! If you don't, the next house won't make any difference, it will get junked again.
Evidently the parents have never trained the children to put toys away at the end of the playtime!!
Exactly!!!
@@kaythegardener Kendal and Aaron's parents never taught them how to put away their toys, either.
"I've been wanting a desk in here for I don't know how long."
Well kiss it goodbye, kiddo, because you're moving!
when people say they have outgrown a house, I wonder what they actually mean by that and how they get to that decision? this house is rather large by some standards and , all they really have to do is chuck out some of the stuff they really dont need and build storage for the rest .
Yep, we outgrew the house is usually code for we are full of clutter up to the rafters and we need more room for more crap.
So true... that little boys room is great now... just add some built in cubes at the bottom of the closet... or buy those see thru plastic towers of drawers (my son had 3 towers of drawers in his room plus 2 under bed containers).. and assign him some storage space in the family room... show him how to organize only like things in each drawer... so that when he wants to play with ? It’s there all in one place... And they should institute the one thing in- one thing out rule for their kids bringing new toys into the house.. teach them to donate toys they don’t play with to kids that don’t have many toys... you can raise great kids that way! I realize that their bedrooms are a bit small.. but the family room was huge!!
To give a different perspective, it can also mean just that it is no longer big enough. I have relatives who, to gain a foothold on the housing market, bought a small two bedroom home. It was what they could afford at the time and allowed them to start as a couple and then later, have a child. However, now they have moved up in their careers, have built equity in their home, and are expecting a child of the opposite gender. They have reached the decision that they need a house with a third bedroom and a basement, which makes perfect sense.
I think the number of bedrooms/kids/genders is the key. A two bedroom house won't work long for a family with 2 kids of different genders. However, this was a three bedroom house. I suspect what they really wanted was a play room where their kids could set up big creations and leave them for periods of time to keep adding onto. The boy already had two towers of drawers in his original room, so that wasn't the problem. That said, there does come a point where you just have a mess and are no longer saving it as an ongoing project and it just needs to be cleaned up.
Yeah, a lot of these moving shows boil down to 'we need more room for our stuff' no 'we need more room for us'.
That house is actually huge!
Anyone but me get kind of peeved when 20 somethings walk in and whine “I want a turn- key house “. You guys should’ve seen some of the black holes we started up in! I was thrilled to get off street parking and laundry hook ups!
Also, I’ve gotten some sweet deals because I’m not afraid to use elbow grease.
My parents bought an acreage with a partially-built house when my brother was 5 and I was 3. We lived in a converted shed with no plumbing or electricity until my Dad had the house finished to the point where we could move in. You can tell the progress from the Christmas photos over the years - from plywood floor in the living room, to linoleum, to carpet. When our baby sister was born, she shared my bedroom until Dad was able to build my brother a room in the basement. And I do mean "basement", with unfinished concrete floors and walls. We had one bathroom with no shower, just a bathtub. Funny thing is, I don't remember ever feeling like our house was too small, even when I was a surly teenager and wanted my privacy.
You don’t necessarily need a bigger house but less stuff! You’ll fill the space you are in!
They should call this show "Clueless sellers" These homes are so inexpensive !!
Trying to sell it like this for two years?!
The house isn't too small, they just stuffed it full. Looks like they intentionally messed up every room for the show--kids room needs a hazard sign.
I just don't understand how people can be so messy. I couldn't live in a house like this. I think the mess becomes invisible to the homeowners because they're so used to it.
That size home would have been a dream home as far as I'm concerned back when my children were young. I don't know why they considered that a starter home. Our first home was about 900 sq ft. Then second was about 1200 and the one I'm in today is 2200 sq ft.
I get what you mean, especially from a more urbanized perspective these homes are humongous. I have a theory though, I think its measured in years of debt. A starter home has you a slave for thirty years, your second house for fifty and the third one's debt outlives your children.
I live in a wonderful neighborhood where working-class homes were built between the 1920s-50s. Most of them are 3-BR, 1-BA, 800-900sf on gigantic lots. The scene back then was that kids went outside. A lot of the homes are being scraped off for 2000sf duplexes, which are "starter homes" for yuppie couples. My elder neighbors just don't get it. Many of them raised 4, 6 or 6 kids in 3-bedroom homes.
This is my favourate so far. Beautiful transformation. Beautiful family, I wish them well in their new home.
I love the finished house. This is one episode where I think Sophie and her team have really struck gold.
I still cannot believe what some people demand of a house. I was one of two boys in a 1,000 sq ft home with a single bath. Our house NEVER looked like that. There is plenty of space, and now looks terrific.
In the 60s and 70s - we had a couple of toys each that stayed in our bedrooms. No way were toys strewn over the lounge and dining area. Adults need to take back their homes. Children have overtaken the homes.
Yeah me too. No toys left in the living room after we were done playing, when I was growing up.
Those toys were ridiculous. The kids probably had residual stress.
Totally agree!!
@@vaderladyl My mom would say it is mine now and you would not get it back for awhile.
I used to pack up my kids toys & swap them out every few weeks so it wasn't so overwhelming.
The kids, in the end did love their rooms. Time for the parents to set ground rules on tidying up!!!
3 bedrooms for a couple and two kids, what's the problem?
She really can't understand why their house isn't selling? No kidding
If I walked into a house looking like that, I'd walk right back out without continuing the tour. If they can't be bothered to clean up their crap, no way have they kept up with the maintenance a house requires.
For the love. I think your harsh criticism is out of line. This soldier should be respected for his sacrifice and also his wife who keeps it all together while working as a nurse. So the house was a little messy. Big deal, they weren’t exactly living in squalor. And they obviously weren’t keeping the house ‘show ready’ after such a long period on the market. They were an adorable family and really appreciative of the help.
She hit this one out of the park. Great result!
I really liked this episode! It’s the very first one that actually kept kids rooms decorated as kids rooms! And they allowed way more clutter in the kids rooms and the entertainment center than I’ve ever seen! They also spent a lot of money for things like a new laminate flooring for the family room instead of just their usual paint and a few small projects.. plus the large entertainment cent and the Murphy bed for the boys room..! Wow !
Yes I’ve been binge watching Unsellables for the past few days....lol.. I’ve had a stomach virus and been stuck in bed... I love reminiscing too - I used to watch this show back when it was on TV.. I stumbled upon another YT channel with part of the first season, then this channel popped up...
The Murphy bed and the entertainment center are fine if you are planning to remain in the house. Try moving them out of the house after the house is sold. The units have to be dismantled, and packed in the moving truck. Then they have to be reassembled in the new house, with no assembly instructions. The original contractor has all the instructions in his head. The parts will be dumped somewhere.
That blue in the comp house was a strange choice!
If that house was the focal point of the show, the chick would have been like, “blue? What were they thinking? We’re going to paint it in some neutral colours and blah blah blah.”
Love how the boy likes the desk. Smart kid. He's probably in high school now?
As old as these shows are he is probably working on a Masters! He did seem like a great kid!
First World problems.... A lovely large home with a small family, and they believe that it's too small for them??? Dear, oh dear.
Tidy up and the house will be fine.
What is wrong with these people???????? We were a family of 4 living in a 3 bed 2 bath condo, 1170 sq ft. and had plenty of room. They don't need more space, they need less stuff
Amen! I don’t get how the first thought is bigger house rather than less stuff. I do understand the lego issue. My boy was into them and no matter how much storage I created, he had more legos! He was chronically ill and spent large swaths of time in the hospital so people always bought him lego sets to work on so we tolerated it. In fact, I miss stepping on legos now!
Am I missing something here? 4 people, 3 bedrooms, he is going off somewhere and a bigger house is a priority? What a couple of twonks.
I absolutely love their house as is (maybe a little paint..but...). I LOVE the hardwoods, especially the color.
I have a 1300 sqft home and it's been a chore getting enough furniture for it after living in 900sqft. How it's too small for a family of 4 is beyond me.
I miss Anthony.
I will never understand why some parents allow their children to have more toys than containers? It looks a hot mess and every parent knows that the child will not play with ALL those toys.
Agreeing with you, Lisa Williams. Discipline might be helpful in getting toys into toy chests. If a couple more containers are necessary, and it appears they are, then by all means, buy & use. It's less expensive than a whole new house.
I used to tell my mom she couldn't give my kids toys that were many pieces unless they came with a container.
If the average cost of the toys was $5, the total cost might be in the low thousand dollars. They are young children, too. They should have reading books and learning materials.
Space is fine, just too much crap.
How did they outgrow this home when each child has a room? How do you live that way and not realize the reason the home isn't selling? Jeez, how do these 2 even function?.
Agree.
For these two, a bigger house is only going to result in a bigger mess because this family lives in chaos.
Maybe they plan to have another child.
They are young and the fact that they were able to buy their own home says a lot more then some I know. Pet peeve of mine was all that shit on refrigerator.
They are such a beautiful couple with gorgeous kids. Wish them many, many blessings.
Here in Charleston new builds don’t have enough storage if any !
They are nicely staged but where do I put the vacuum ?
I rent a one bedroom + loft apartment that was constructed five decades ago. There is no hall closet for the vacuum cleaner, broom or coats. My ceiling is thirty plus feet high. A waste of design space!
a sweet family and such nice children!!
I dare them to live anywhere in Europe where regular families live in 50m2 apartments....
We are a consumer nation.
They'd probably take their SUV.
My husband and I raised 2 kids in a small 1-bedroom apartment in Montréal. Only one person could stand in our kitchen.
If you grow up that way then you can live that way a lot easier. Homes are generally bigger in the US ( unless you are in big cities).
As a European even I think 50m2 is way too small for a family of 4. I think atleast 75/80m2 will be needed and still it will be small.
Just de-clutter and save yourself the hassle of moving.
Nice family, adorable kids.
True. Those kids were cuties, and seemed nice too.
A lot of people don't really know how to turn a house into a home. Start with two things before you decide you need a bigger house (unless you're having twins or adopting a sibling group): 1) Hire a professional to teach you how to massively declutter & store what you actually need; 2) Hire a designer to help you find you design style/color palette and make a plan (e.g. painting over dark maroon or navy with a light and airy paint color is a no-brainer if your room seems too cramped. Ditto replacing heavy curtains with lighter sheers, putting in more useful lighting, and adding a mirror.) A few hours with either/both of these professionals will cost a FRACTION of what it will cost to sell up, buy a new home, and move.
WHAT?! NO underlayment padding for the new laminate floor?! Would be about $100. How cheap to pass up!
I grew up in base housing. They were small. Sometimes they were weirdly configured . Sometimes there was no base housing and a bunch of families lived in a British manor house from the Norman era with only 2 bathrooms. Other times we were in a motel with 4 other families on Key Largo. Only one unit had a kitchen. The manor hall had a dining room. No TV. No A/C. No phones except one communal. It was a blast. In Hawaii, we had a corner unit of a 10 plex with banana trees and tropical fish in an old bath tub. We did have A/C and a dishwasher. My room was known as "the lizard lounge"! No holes in the walls. No tape on the walls. No painting. It was always an adventure! Furniture was someone else's taste. My mother used flat sheets to decorate with. Sometimes a fitted sheet exactly fit the upholstered pieces. We had one or two pieces that went with us all over the world. It always felt like home. Moving every 3 years kept our creative juices flowing. EVERYTHING GOT PUT AWAY IN IT'S OWN PLACE. IF MY ROOM EVER LOOKED LIKE THIS I WOULD BE RESTRICTED FOR ONE GRADE PERIOD!!!
How can they live in such a mess ?!
An already nice decent space, this family just needed to unload all the toys, etc. A few paint changes and
storage solutions really helped this very accommodating family. A new wood floor helped too!
They did a great job. The comments are so terrible. Lovely family.
Agreed!
The murphy bed is awesome. I could use one in my second bedroom.
Maybe what they want is a stand-alone house with a large yard.
Exactly, so many haters in the comments
I can't imagine people getting rid of most of their furniture, they must get storage units to move most of it into. It looks light and bright but with kids, white furniture makes zero sense.
They did a great job redoing this house.
3 Bedrooms, a huge livingroom, 2 bathrooms, a garden... More space means not automatically happier!
Their solution: give the kids all they want, buy a bigger house and you are good parents.... I don't think so!
The problem is: dad is (nearly) never at home (ok, changing a job isn't easy) and mom is working (too much to clean the house an learn the kids to declutter their room every day?).
I don't know the interest of their mortgage, but with the low price for the house, they don't need a double income. Why is she working?
Clean the house, give 50% of the toys to poor people, play with your kids, educate them and be happy with the most important you have: your kids. Mom will be happier, she is a good mom and she don't need a bigger house.
Hate to say it, but you're right. She can work, but it can be much shorter hours. Just while kids are in school, and only if she wants. There was a study done of couples, and it was found that the happiest couples were where one half worked steady hours, and the other half either didn't work, or worked just part time or flex-time and was available for various family needs. Didn't matter whether it was mom or dad. That seemed to strike a balance.
Sadly the military pays horrible low wages. So she may have to have a job but she could go part-time.
Amen! Preach!
Or why is he working? She probably makes more money.
Why should he work? He could stay home and not be gone for a year at a time while she works.
Sophie is amazing and very nice taste for decoration
Nothing to do with space. It needs a good decluttering and organization. A larger space is just a bigger mess.
The host/designer talks about all the clutter in the home, then adds back in all the needless clutter knickknacks
I agree. Sophie decorated with more knickknacks. What was the point? And the fish picture hanging was ugly.
I know this was produced years ago...but the family could have donated much of those toys to a local orphanage or shelter where they might be appreciated...Jeez we as people need to be more thoughtful and caring of one another.
They only have 2 kids, they act like they have 6.
That puke green paint that Sophie loves is giving split pea soup
Good episode. Thank you for uploading.
Cute family. Looks good
I really love the changes. It’s so hard for military families. Mom holds down the fort when dad is deployed. When Dad comes home, it’s almost like he’s just visiting. The transitions are tough. Even when he is home, they both come home beat, tired. Many families move frequently. The furniture they invest in is usually furniture they want, as opposed to what they really need. Then they try to fit it in what ever space they can in their current home. Often when they buy a home, they know they will leave eventually. That alone can undermine their efforts to make their current abode really work, decor wise . Entertainment centers that can breakdown for a move make always sense. Easily moved shelves with cubbies in the kids rooms work really well. Let them play grown up and decide which toys they want to donate. Then make a game of sorting the toys in their cubbies. Gotta train the kids to play with only one cubby at a time. They need some serious organization. Their life is full of stress and uncertainty, and a chaotic home just adds to it. Cubbies, cubbies, cubbies. Lovely family, great kids, I wish them all the best.
The cleaning and tidy up, especially the staging, will last about ten minutes. This family literally needs to move to another location and not touch the house in order for it to sell.
Thats a huge home for 4 people
"Clutter " is too many chachkies in your hutch and tables. What they had was not "clutter"--it was a MESS! I worry that they only think they've outgrown the space because there's stuff everywhere and that they would feel confined in a house twice as big under the same conditions.
did they not clean before people came around?
Isn't it supposed the other way around - a kid asking the parents if she could have her room painted pink, not the parents begging and making promises of future perks to the kid? Those children are overindulged, and instead of being worried about it the parents appear to be PROUD of the slavery they live in. As so many other people said - the house is more than adequate for the family of 4, and it is plain that the problem is the family not the square footage.
Right and the child was 2 years old in this video. Imagine how she is/will be at an older age telling her parents what's what. No way!!
Let me guess, parents just expect kids to magicly pick up their stuff.
Doesn't work that way. If the kids are struggling to put their toys and other belongings away. It's usually because they have too many things or inadequate storage. Firstly, reduce the number of toys. Pack them away for a month and put it out of the kids reach. But keep the same amount of storage. See if it makes it easier for the child to pack up the toys. If it does, great. If it doesn't, either they still have too many, the kids lazy or there's inadequate storage. If storage is the problem then buy more storage solutions and be creative.
Also, make it as easy as possible for the kid to make their bed themselves. That bed in the boys room may of offered more play or storage space. But it would of made it hard to make his bed.
Messy. So they buy a bigger place and trash that too. Ever hear of picking up and keeping things tidy?
These people don't deserve any help.
I think Season 3 isn't as good as Season 1. The format change. The location change. Using "potential buyers" to walk thru and criticize the property, ughhh. These home sellers are typically unorganized. Most of the changes seem to be clutter/interior decorating, heavy staging. Love Sophie and Anthony. Wish Season 1 format would come back with a show reboot.
It’s a townhouse, people. 1,300 sq ft is actually small. No garage or storage.
Depending on the townhouse many do have garage and storage.
@@missprimproper1022 Canadian houses are usually bigger than British houses, but American houses are even bigger! And for way way cheaper too.
Anywhere they go will turn into the same thing. They need to change their habits and get their life together.
Every kid these days really needs at least 500 toys.
I read the other day that the U.S. has 3% of the children in the world, and 40% of the toys.
...aaand I just realized they’re in Canada, lol
These southern men have this macho strutting posturing. They always seem to give the impression that they are teenage boys forced to listen to mom lecture them.
Years ago I was looking at property and went into a house where the lady had just left to take her kids to school. There were dirty dishes all over the kitchen, in the sink, on the stove, on the table, etc. The kids rooms looked just like this with toys and crap everywhere. Then in the laundry room there was a huge pile of dirty laundry on the floor that smelled horrible! I said to the real estate agent, nope, not this house, lets go!
Lovely family
Honestly, I have seven children and whereas I have to stay on top of the toys I have the children pick them up. The toddlers have a huge toy box that all of their toys go in and the older children have boxes that go on shelves or under the beds. I also have the older children declutter and throw away broken toys and trash. I declutter the toddler's room.
I think they will not sell this house ... kids r very happy to see the changes
I'm trying to figure out why there is a fence running through the middle of the front yards, and driveways at 10:28.
Probably model homes.
Two young children and white slipcovers in the family room - and on the upholstered dining room chairs. Hmm...
I wonder at the homeowner's intelligence when, over & over again, they make the remark that they cannot see why their dwelling had NOT sold. It was a MESS & obviously NOT very clean! The sad part is that when people do NOT keep their house clean for themselves, once it sells they are NOT going to leave it move in ready.
It's sad that people really don't take care of their homes. Keeping a home clean and clutter free really comes in handy when it's time to sell but it's nice to live in a clean home too. We've walked away from many homes simply because they were cluttered and dirty then you notice every little thing. Many many people simply don't take care of their homes and just stuffed them full of crap.
I been watching multiple episodes of this show and I honestly get a kicker out of some of the people that are potential buyers. I honestly don’t understand how picky they are being. I wonder how many of them potential buyers would keep the house the way they bought it?
Wow are they clueless? They seriously don't know why they can't sell it?
where is the master bedroom.
Did the kids pick the burgundy red paint, too?
There is no way that carpet had been vacuumed "at least" once a day as the homeowner, Aaron, claimed. Why lie?
Vacuuming doesn’t get rid of stains. So, I could see that being reasonable...except, how would they vacuum with everything all over the floor?
Maybe people should quit being so judgmental. It's this couple's business if they want a bigger house.
The built in for the TV looks weird with that "pennisula" for its pedestal. It would have looked better and provided more storage had the entire middle section at the same width as that pennisula.
Shes good with kids
The answer to a lot of the comments is that if the owners cleaned up and decluttered, they couldn’t be on the show!
good gracious clean up the rooms, some toy boxes, would do wonders. Id have the living room in the front, when you come in & dining room off the kitchen, makes more sense, but I see why they did it, the other room is bigger.
All that money spent on the over abundance of toys. Is it over compensation for something.
Too much STUFF people....I raised 2 boys in a small townhouse and we had lots of room!!!!
Why do Americans buy houses they see as temporary living spaces? It seems risky, wasteful and unnecessary. To have all that dept and dependance just to move a few years later.
Judging by the carpet pad, the dirty carpet was pretty decent compared to how bad it could have been
It would be nice if these episodes told you where (in what region) is located the house... just the general area to get an idea of the prices.
The6 mentioned it was in Charleston SC.
The other factor is when. The market can change a lot by the time we're seeing these reruns on RUclips.
She's a military wife and doesn't know how to pack up things for a move? Or is she just afraid to tell a two-year old that two-thirds of those stuffed toys are going away for awhile? You don't negotiate, you simply put the toys in a box, along with the boy's toys, and send them to a storage unit until the house sells. Neither child will die. Looks like they have way too much indulgence anyway. How many stuffed bears does a kid need?
It’s called... clean your house!!
I dont want tomato plants at the front of he house. Maybe the kids need to learn to put their things up. The pirate room is UGLY! Can you say Soothing Pink Pepto? Who leaves their house on the market for 2 years without making big changes?
Those are some cheap nice homes.I need to live around there.
Me too!
Check if there is a high his fee.
Wow, 6 years and it’s time to move to a bigger home! Maybe curb the toys?
Affluenza. And parents unwilling to not have household rules and enforce them. Children with so much excess are not happy or healthy.