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Unsellables | FULL Episode | Rob and Catherine
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
- Making a classic string of first-time seller mistakes, Rob and Catherine bought their suburban three-bedroom home just over a year ago, and now they want to move closer to work. They need to turn a profit in order to make it happen, but after a month, things don’t look good. Sofie says the home’s location, price, and huge lot are attractive…But the overall neglect, dated interiors, and numerous dog zones are making a rotten first impression.
In order to appeal to young families, Sofie comes up with a plan to update the home. Rob and Catherine are raring to go from the start. And while Anthony and the team get busy painting, revamping the kitchen, and dressing up the home’s exterior, Sofie proves the point that you can’t expect to make a profit unless you improve the property.
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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 - Rob and Catherine - Season 1 - Episode 24
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Every time someone came to see our house we put the dog beds and bowls into the garage. We also made sure there were no dog hairs on the floors.
I sold my first house when I had two dogs. I was fortunate enough to be able to put their water bowls in an out of the way place in the kitchen, and kept their food dishes washed and put away until meal times in morning and evening. Dog beds were tucked under the bed in my bedroom (where they slept - try to keep them out - HA!) whenever I was having a showing. I had no problem selling my house and I certainly didn't say to myself "No more dogs!" You don't have to abandon your dog to a shelter or a new owner in order to sell your house, for pete's sake!
@@jannibal9273 I'm not quite sure if you think I took my dog to a shelter, but I didn't. I've never done that and wouldn't.
9:45 Love it when Anthony shows up
We're in the process of fixing up our 1940's bungalow and I have the same "flying saucer/Christmas ornament" light shade that they had in their dining room. I finally found a light fixture that I love for the room. For us, it's the tv/living room, so I'm going for warm and relaxed. I love this show and am so glad that it's on YT!
I guess I'm the only weirdo that liked the blue kitchen, lol. I thought it was cute!
I liked it too. I like blue and that kitchen looked nice.and bright. My kitchen is green, which I bet would be wrong too. I didn't change any paint when I bought, so I guess I'm a weirdo with bad taste.
I seen her criticize red on a wall in one show and paint a wall red on another. I bet you anything, we could find that blue in another episode.
Sophie has some of the funniest facial expressions and body mannerisms, comical really. This is a cute house with a great back yard, but needed the styling
She swings her arms from side to side when she is showing someone who has just walked in. And I keep getting reminded to get some heavy lip gloss. She is almost never without it.
Sophie and this green. The blue kitchen was lovely
I love it! It's the best thing about these makeovers! Green is such a lovely color, I always look for the green accents and am never disappointed!
The blue kitchen was horrid.
S. Davis, I, too, thought the blue kitchen was lovely.
I loved this house.. small but not too small.. it has a great big living room and a beautiful screened in porch and a large level backyard... if I lived up there, I would buy that house.. I even loved the kitchen... on3 of my favorite homes of this first season... I would have cut the front hedge shorter, added a few window boxes and sealed the driveway..
I agree about the hedge and window boxes.
I didn’t care for the hedges that were right in front of the door and yes I think the driveway could’ve been spruced up as well I think they ignored some of that
Even after the touch ups, this place had no curb appeal. I wasn't shocked, but disappointed to see the wood fireplace mantle painted. The selling points for m was the laundry room/pantry, the beautiful, and spacious sun room, and the back yard.
I don't think I have ever seen such a small master bedroom! Good for them that it sold, but I'm surprised.
The exterior of the house is a major turnoff. Remove the hedges and add window boxes.
The owner wears Crocks.....lol....says it all.
I agree. The hedge says, "Keep Out!"
The floral bushes at the front yard, and the little bushes under the window area also had no form. Hedge and bushes should have been removed.
Add a color to house out front too maybe. Nicer garage door…wood may look nice with the white
Didn't care for the old tiles around the fireplace with the new paint. Love Sophie's clothes. That sun porch💖💖
That hedge at the front door needs to go !
Given the number of 'porch pirates' maybe it's a good idea!
Since the driveway is in front of it, I don’t think that it is a bad idea to have it, but it probably needs to be cut down a bit more. Sometimes if it is very overgrown, you have to cut it back in stages as there won’t be leaves , just exposed stems.
Couldn't agree more, it's not safe for a variety of reasons
For curb appeal I would have painted a faux carriage door on the garage door, added a new decorative address plate, sealed the blacktop drive, trimmed the front hedge down to half it's size, removed what appears to be lilies in front of the hedge and plant some bright annuals there, plant a decorative miniature tree between the oval window and the far right kitchen window, put up a window box under the far right kitchen window (as well as the kitchen window on the side of the house) planted with same bright annual with vines and plant some of the same annuals around the small bed at the end of the drive to tie it all in. (The only thing that I noticed that they did for curb appeal was paint the garage door, power wash the house and install a new porch light.)
......freeze at exactly 20:00 after Sofie says '...and there's a hot tub'. ...it's almost like you can read their minds. LOL
In addition to the above quick inexpensive suggestions, if this were my home I would also install an eyebrow dormer window on the roof and replace the chain link gate next to the kitchen with a decorative wood gate which would add curb appeal as well as hide their trash cart from the road.
I agree with all those, however, they may not have wanted to invest more money in sealing the drive, for example. BUT that darned hedge that covers the front porch is just no-no # 1 in Curb Appeal 101. It could have been trimmed way back or removed all together, and a small tree or shrub planted to disguise that wide expanse of white exterior wall. Oh, well, these things are for the next owner to do.
@@virginiasoskin9082 the hedge was ugly.
Why on earth did they think they would get more after doing literally nothing?
They likely bought in 2008 when the bubble burst practically overnight and houses were upside down and selling far below their actual worth. By the next year, values were already starting to stabilize and climb. Lots of people turned a quick profit off the misfortune of NINJA loan victims. That's why so many shows like this came about quickly.
@@jotownsend8412 they’ve been in the house only 1 year! So Do Nothing, and not live there long enough for a profit and they think it’d sell day 1 and zero effort! Some people 🙄
@@jenniferd264 When you buy a house, and want to sell after a year, it sounds like the initial purchase was a mistake.
@@shqa574 yea! Or a job/family change occurs. 2 other reasons leaving the house purchase still a good choice. But no matter the reason owning a year generally won’t generate enough equity. My personal house sold, for SO much less then it should. Damn near killed me. I had it 20 yrs. The Buyers sold 2 yrs later for $100K MORE then they bought it from me! I cried myself to sleep for a week. Trump got in office and the Economy was GOOD! Now it’s insane again
@@jenniferd264one year later and Trump is leading in the polls! 🎉
Ha ha! The living room of the example house was yellow too!
Pale yellow mind you, yet the neon yellow in their house is obnoxious.
The pale lemon was better, instead of yellow
Butter yellow is a much more pleasant color than the other yellow
My last house had a school bus yellow kitchen with pretty intense blue countertops but I got lucky, the woman who bought the house absolutely loved the kitchen 😃
I've been noticing the stage house having similar things as well ❤️🖤💚
I very much agree that having a rug under a dining table is unhygienic, not to mention how it makes it more difficult to slide the dining chairs.
I also very much hate the smell of dogs in houses, as that smell can be very difficult to get rid of. "No dog beds in the master bedroom" is an excellent rule.
This little house just didn't have much that could be done to it on the outside. Curb appeal was still lacking after the update. But glad they sold it.
The bedroom looks 110% better.
I really liked the blue kitchen... 😊
I bought a brand new dog bed, made a bed frame of sorts. I vacuumed it daily and hit it with baking soda before vacuuming. My Realtor was good about it. I had a huge backyard. No one said a bad thing to my or potential buyers about my Dog, Rufus! He got more baths always the day before open houses. I lost my family. He was the last family member I had. I needed him for my seizures. I made great effort to assure everything “Rufus” was not a turn off. Oh he was a Parsons Jack Russell!
This couple’s dog gear was filthy. Disgusting. How unfair to their Dogs too. How can they say the dogs are family and let them sleep in filth? God help future kids!
I loved the blue kitchen
It was horrid!
It wasn't that bad, but as the comment above indicates, could be a turn-off.
It was nice that they left the blue backsplash as an accent.
I actually liked the old Starburst light above the dining table
Might have been better in a different location, maybe hallway or foyer.
@@tastx3142 I agree, definitely.
Very cute house. I noticed when the house was first shown I didn't notice the beautiful floors due to the bright yellow paint and large sofas. After the redo, the floors stood out.
pets are soothing
Not when you are buying -
Pet smells can linger in their bedding, favorite chair, etc. without the owner really noticing. I am a pet owner and I’ve been there 😳.
I.like this show because it shows us how we can make our home nice without major expensive renovations. However why is the chair in the the living room now in no mans land?
The chain for the light fixture!! Solution I needed!
The hedge by the front door should have been taken out.
The slip covers look cheap and baggy.
The grey paint is too dark. If I walked into the house I'd be turned off by it. A buyer doesn't want to paint a whole house and this could make it harder to sell.
That hedge needs to GO - was the first thing I thought of too - plus the grass is way to long and looks untidy.
@@happydays1336 I agree.
Cute house. Great screen porch!
Much improved except would have taken that stupid box hedge out to improve kerb appeal!
Cutting back or removing the hedge at the front of the house would have helped the curb appeal.
That was one of my first thoughts -- it hides the house.
Also, asphalt driveways can be renewed with a tar coating -- that one would cost about $100 and after it's coated, just needs to be left to cure for 2 days.
My thoughts exactly...hedges are so unattractive.
A window box would do wonders too
That was my very first thought and it costs nothing.
I love that kitchen.
I like the yellow and blue! Trim the hedge in front down a bit, and add flowers.
to echo everyone else, why didn't that ugly hedge go? I was the first thing I noticed. Oh and I liked the blue kitchen. :)
Love it! Many thanks! Some ideas are really worth to implement into the selling house prep.
Definitely one of my favorite houses on this show
pocket door for pantry
Adding a pocket door means opening up the wall to install the track plus reframing. Big and expensive job for a house you are selling.
More expensive to install
Hm, I don't like it when they say, "I'll "repair" it and make it "LOOK" like it is properly done" Why don't they just REPAIR it properly? Seems like that would be the more honest thing to do. I have noticed him phrasing it that way in other videos on this channel, that's why it stuck out to me.
They have beautiful dogs, can't say I like the house as it was.
Love the tips for how to hang a door.
I happen to know it's not that easy. That's why many take out the entire frame and buy a pre-hung door in a frame to install, especially in older houses.
I will never install light fixtures with globes that point up because they catch all the dead bugs. I like my globes to point down.
I understand, I have to dust & debug mine regularly 😕
Beautiful refresh !!!
Beautifully done!
Great episode.
Nice transformation, but I wish they would consider power washing the driveway and walkway in addition to the siding.
I think anyone coming in could tell they expected a year of free home ownership, though destroyed some of it
This would have had enormous curb appeal with a few changes, which they did not do.
The horror of seeing her mercilessly paint over nice wood and brick fireplaces- its so wrong but i cant stop watching
For once I agree with painting the mantle. The fire damage would have made refinishing very difficult. The only timely alternative to paint was to buy a new mantle and surround, and that is not inexpensive.
Why does this show always spend money on homes for people that could afford to hire an interior decorator? Why not help people with homes in the lower price range $200,000?
JustSayin the homeowners pay for this...
Was just wondering where this mythical part of Toronto is that has houses under $200k? Even when this was filmed, there were pretty much no areas (okay, maybe Jane and Finch but frankly a film team wouldn’t even be safe there) that have housing that cheap. Maybe in the 50s but not since the 80s.
This show takes place in Toronto, Ontario, which even when it was going through a "depressed" real estate market at the same time the United States was, the market values of the homes fell nowhere near what they fell here in the states. They don't have much land within "reasonable" distances from major metro areas and therefore you end up with postage stamp size lots with giant houses plopped on them and absolutely no landscaping but plenty of "common" areas that maybe people in Canada are used to, but not here in the US where we expect to have our own private yard if we spent half a million or more for a house. And most of those homes, if you've watched this series, are not all that large, either. Not compared to newer homes or the size of home that you can buy for a comparable price in the US. It's the same in Europe. KNOW THY REAL ESTATE MARKET! There is no reason, you know, why you cannot adapt some of the ideas presented in every one of these shows (1) PAINT PERFORMS MIRACLES (2) CLEAN CLEAN CLEAN (3) DECLUTTER DECLUTTER DECLUTTER (4) GET RID OF JUNKY OLD FURNITURE OR SLIPCOVER IT (slipcovers used to be relatively inexpensive, but that's not the case any longer; you'd be better served dumping the junky old furniture that is beyond saving and renting furniture if you can't afford to buy something new (5) SPIFF UP THE OUTSIDE: cut the grass; trim your trees and shrubs, plant some flowers, power wash filthy away, clean the windows or hire somebody to do it if you can't do it yourself. Basics, but who wants to buy a shitty looking house for top dollar? You'll have to spend some money and spend a LOT OF TIME painting, rearranging, reimagining, doing yard work. Part of the process.
The house that they looked at for inspiration had aweful paint colours
In the last episode I watched the couple had a hot tub and Sofie freaked out and said they are a deterrent to selling a house and you should get rid of them. In this episode she points it out!🙄
u should have cut the shurbs soooo u could see the porch other then that looks great
nice looking, I would like to see a frosted pane door, saying pantry on it, in a nice font, instead of a plain white door, that would make the kitchen pop, dining room a narrow buffet table would look great on the 1 wall, @sunroom, the doors should be the same colors. hedge in front yard, should be taken out or cut down further.
$460k for that tiny house. Where do they live? That's so expensive.
Canada...? Washington State...? It does seem kinda pricey...
Toronto, Canada
Toronto housing is beyond insane, you should see prices today 😞
This house is in the old village of Port Credit, a very desirable neighborhood in Mississauga. It is within easy commuting distance from Toronto, so why they find it such a long commute I do not know. Moving closer to the city will mean a LOT more money for possibly even less house and certainly a very much smaller yard.
I dislike the green colored accesoires that appear in every episode.
Same but, It was the trend back then
I would love to see a skylight or two.
unhygienic, Bam she told them about the dogs!! Hahaha
Most little kids are unhygienic, too, but I don't notice her snarking about it to their parents.
Doesn't matter what color the walls are, it always appears to be the wrong one. Also, people clearly have no spatial conception. When I was home shopping I didn't give a crap about the furniture on display. I was looking at the rooms with MY furniture and MY layout preferences in mine. Clearly I am too practical
The gray fails to support the goldish tile around the fireplace; I think it's very wrong. A different color would attempt to enhance that tile. The gray also fails to support the blue tile in the kitchen. Perhaps maybe a soft buff color would have worked better.
Or left the kitchen the great colour it was ALREADY. Sun room looked great.
The gray looked dark, to me. Buyer would have to buy gray things to furnish the house.
I can’t believe a house this size sells for $489K. It looks really nice but not at that price.
I wonder what is the value in 2022.
Sorry, but I must defend the dogs here. They’re family!
So many things wrong. The exterior needed landscaping attention. The 'interior designer' has no idea what they are doing. It's very ugly.
Selling after a year - "and it's been on the market for a long time" - I'm exhausted just thinking about it.
Houses don't appreciate that quickly and today hardly at all. I sold my first house for twice what I paid for it after 7 years. I bought a bigger house and expected it to double in at least 10 years. Didn't happen; not even close. It took 21 years. My current house of 12 years has lost value, a lot of value.
Well, I'm impressed with the colors before they painted! But, that's just me. :P
I love the periwinkle in the kitchen!
Id love to have that retro light fixture from the dining room
The living room is NOT cozy. SOORY!
That sofa is too small for the room
@@radhikapatil1986 - and the rug should have been larger instead of just floating in the room.
I would have painted the screen doors in the Florida room white to match.
I don’t know why the hedge gets so much hate in the comments. I thought it was perfectly fine. I like mature shrubbery and trees. However, I don’t trim bushes into square shapes! It isn’t natural or appealing in my view. So I don’t feel that part improved it.
The painted garage door, the upgraded dining room, enclosed patio, and bedrooms look super. I agree, sorry but the home for showing purposes was greatly improved without all trace of the dogs.
One clean house cat can be cozy, or not, but multiple big dogs with their stuff all around, that’s not cozy. If it was a really big house, maybe many dogs and even a horse or a goat is ok, but this is a residential small cottage, so I feel the dogs kind of overpowered the space.
And most people love animals but I agree, they are a distraction when trying to sell a house. Some people are allergic and some have phobias. And honestly, their very presence made me think of clumps of fur bunnies and extra dust all about. Ugh.
And the bushes in front are fine! I would have tried to clean or recover the driveway if that had been possible. It seemed a wee bit bedraggled. The green grass was great and much better nicely trimmed! I love the choices of paint inside and the decor. I love Sophie and this one fellow is my favorite contractor. And the power wash on the outside was a great idea. I’ll have to remember that one.
I am so glad to see somebody that appreciates how I feel about dogs in the house! Airedales are so big, too.
Arna G. Smith I have a 60 pound dog and 2 cats in a one bedroom apartment, but when my apartment was inspected by management, the guys inspecting said he wouldn’t have known I had animals if he hadn’t seen them, as my house is clean and odor free. Animals or kids are no excuse for a smelly, dirty, disorganized house.
Someday I hope you grow a heart
@@MsLouisVee it doesn't make a person heartless. I love and have owned dogs but I don't want them in my house, bed or eating from my plates. And since they lick their behinds I don't want them in my face.
I agree with the gal in that I was NOT impressed with the dinning area in the inspiration house. NOT that I did NOT approve of the carpet; however, it seemed too small for that sized table & the placing of the table seemed wrong. Other than that the inspiration house was quite lovely.
+Cream of the Crop The inspiration house was absolutely gorgeous:from the ornate wood beams to its French doors in the master bedroom to its awesome kitchen. Almost all of its architecture was miles ahead of Rob and Catherine's home. I'm still in shock at how overpriced all the homes are in this part of Canada!
Please please please it is 'dining ' not dinning!!
Yellow living room??? Ugh. Yeah, I want to go,view a house that says beware of dog!!!
Ha! I painted my kitchen blue.
The living room reno was so cheap and unappealing. Those slip covers don't fool anyone.
Am I the only one (other than the one that painted it that color) that liked the pretty blue? 🤷🏼♀️😔
My kitchen in my old house was ice white and that blue, with door/drawer pulls that looked like crystal bubbles.
459K for a 180K house could be a problem
Obviously you are not familiar with house prices in Toronto or the inner suburbs. Today, that house is at least double that price
@@michaeltutty1540 anywhere thats too much...........inflation is the problem
I noticed the poor, thin dirty dog beds too. Poor dogs!
I agree about the hedge... Why do they never show the bathroom???
On a 20 minute show, they need to pick and choose which rooms to deal with
I was so hoping they were going to rip out those tired shrubs blocking the view of the front entrance.
While the finished house looked appealing, I am disappointed they painted over the original wood fireplace instead of refinishing it. Also, that dining room light fixture was fabulous. Not at all right for the house, but I hope they passed it on to someone who loved the atomic space-age mid-century coolness. The replacement fixture was more suited to the house, but cheap looking.
The fire damage to the mantle made painting the best and quickest option. It looks like it would have required major surgery or replacement otherwise.
No one wants to repaint a whole house!
How come we never see bathrooms?
pick up dog beds when viewers are scheduled
When they show kitchen transformation, you can see a busy street. I wouldn't buy for that reason, maybe if it was school pickup traffic, but they were going fast
Is this a one-bedroom home? Is there a dresser in the bedroom? If not, where are the clothes stored?
Big improvement.
The fact that they always use the exact same approach to the renovation makes this series get a little boring as you watch more episodes, doesn't it? They're consistently using the same colours and picking similar styles..
Jennifer S grey, so much white and grey...
Yeah. It's a little too much pale blue, beige, white and grey for me. I get that it sells but they could use some accent colours. There are also too many episodes where they paint fireplaces white!
Those neutral colors are fine, but I love a pop of bright color as well. She sometimes does that to great effect.
I think they still appear dated as they are a good few years ago now ,hence rugs etc being brown
What kills me is when they walk into a house that already uses some of the same colors she suggests she still bashes on the use of it. But yes all the interiors look the same boring color schemes and furniture style.
PS you should have blacked the driveway. That would have helped the look a lot, and it's not terribly difficult to do.
The dining room of example house didnt look any good
The way curtains are hung Asymmetrical and rod sticking out) are really aggravating.
The hedge needs to go - it totally blocks the view and makes the house look smaller.
The house is a beautiful house but has small bedrooms. The overwhelming yellow paint on all the walls was so ugly. How they thought it could sell like that is amazing
The guy complains he had to mow? Had he never done that before?
If he was renting before, no. They said it was their first house.
No to all of those slip covers, and add some color to the exterior with colorful flowers or something.
$4,400 is a huge chunk of change for those upgrades.
Many of those “upgrades” was furniture and will move with them to their new home
You couldn't pay me enough to give up my King bed just to sell a house.
Kitchen has blue tile backsplash, brownish terracotta floor tiles & a grey wall. Umm... Huh?
Well , this woman seems to be anti dog. On one show the people actually sent their dog's to the pound. My dog is me family, I would show the doors to anyone who said the dog bed, toys and the dog had too go.
True.
Very likely, the potential buyers might have a dog. I don't see Sophie's POV on dogs. The back porch area or the foyer could be set up with a partitioned canine theme instead of wasting money on a hot tub.
Sold.
These houses are horrible I would never pay that much for those old mouldy homes
after the houses sell are the owners obligated to pay back the money to renovate
Actually most of these shows make you pay for the reno
Simple green would have cleaned the smoke damage and the fireplace could have stayed wood, and not painted.
The yellow was horrible but I didn’t think there was anything wrong with the blue, the other home had yellow walks too and green which in my opinion is way way worse than blue