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A couple of podcasts I enjoy…
http://www.homerepairtutor.com/ Short episodes a few times a week (via iTunes)
http://aceonthehouse.adamcarolla.com/ Carolla and his buddy Ray talk shop and home repair. Definitely NSFW (via iTunes)
Television Shows…
‘Rehab Addict’ Nicole Curtis renovates a couple of homes, pretty cool to watch (via Netflix)
‘Holmes Inspections’ Mike Holmes fixes stuff…the interesting part is the difference in code standards between the US and Canada (via Netflix)
Anything else I should check out?
i really like to watch Holmes Inspections
I’m with u madman, I like Holmes. Another one that’s good is the show decked out, the decks that guy makes R incredible.
do u guys remember I think it was called renovation realities where wife and husband would take on renovations? I wonder why they took that out
yeah mike thats fun to watch haha
I listen to Ace on the House every week. Funny and fairly informative show. Has a lot of guests on also.
I also watch a variety on HGTV and DIY network. I like Holmes he seems like a good guy. I saw an interview with one of the execs from the show that said they went to shoot an episode and the contractor had messed up the house so bad that it needed to be totally rebuilt. They told him we only fix houses on this show not build them and he said he could not walk away and leave this family in this situation. He decided he would stop doing the series because he felt bad about leaving this family in this situation. The exec says so we built a house. They said there have been times when it would put in some of his own money to be sure the family got what was needed done.
Anybody know who foots the bill for a Holmes reno/fix? I know it’s commercial TV and all, but he’s gotta be dropping $50K+ at times.
my sister had a friend that was contacted by the holmes show and they were astonished by the requirements…..
first off whithout even visiting the home they wanted a secured $45,000 retainer in place with lawyers? then they had to agree on 30% more for variables plus they had to agree that the show….mike holmes had last say in design/product use…..
in other words if he is doing your house he is paid up front……and he gets to do what he wants…….
no mention of anything for you from the show..
same with house hunters show same sister was going to see if her and her husband go on it to buy a place in jamaica
they were told you had to have a place pre purchased and the other 2 places to be just staged they get $500 for the 4 hours of film time……
Treehouse Masters, Building Alaska, both are great shows.
comp56 wrote:
my sister had a friend that was contacted by the holmes show and they were astonished by the requirements…..
first off whithout even visiting the home they wanted a secured $45,000 retainer in place with lawyers? then they had to agree on 30% more for variables plus they had to agree that the show….mike holmes had last say in design/product use…..
in other words if he is doing your house he is paid up front……and he gets to do what he wants…….
no mention of anything for you from the show..
same with house hunters show same sister was going to see if her and her husband go on it to buy a place in jamaica
they were told you had to have a place pre purchased and the other 2 places to be just staged they get $500 for the 4 hours of film time……
The son of our company president was on House Hunters and they did have to have the house already in the buying process and their realtor had to come up with 2 more houses to show on the episode. They also told them what to wear while filming and bought new clothes to be on the show. I would not go through all that to be on House Hunters.
comp56 wrote:
my sister had a friend that was contacted by the holmes show and they were astonished by the requirements…..
first off whithout even visiting the home they wanted a secured $45,000 retainer in place with lawyers? then they had to agree on 30% more for variables plus they had to agree that the show….mike holmes had last say in design/product use…..
in other words if he is doing your house he is paid up front……and he gets to do what he wants…….
no mention of anything for you from the show..
same with house hunters show same sister was going to see if her and her husband go on it to buy a place in jamaica
they were told you had to have a place pre purchased and the other 2 places to be just staged they get $500 for the 4 hours of film time……
Ahhh…so the homeowner has to post $45K upfront before beginning construction?
Bigmikez wrote:
do u guys remember I think it was called renovation realities where wife and husband would take on renovations? I wonder why they took that out
It was funny to see how many screwed up ways they would do stuff on that show. I saw one where the guy dang near cut his hand off on a miter saw. He was holding the stock on the right side with his left hand and pulled the saw with his right hand. It looked very close.
nr777 wrote:
Treehouse Masters, Building Alaska, both are great shows.
I like both of those.
I really love building alaska and has anybody seen timeber kings or carver kings?nr777 wrote:
Treehouse Masters, Building Alaska, both are great shows.
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I haven’t seen any of those shows. Only one I’ve seen is Treehouse Masters, love that show. A while back there was a show called Blog Cabin, that was pretty cool too.
Lately i’ve been listening to woodworking podcasts:
Woodtalk Online
Finewoodworking Shop Talk Live
Making It Podcast
Other podcast:
The Joe Rogan Experience
C Harris wrote:
It was funny to see how many screwed up ways they would do stuff on that show. I saw one where the guy dang near cut his hand off on a miter saw. He was holding the stock on the right side with his left hand and pulled the saw with his right hand. It looked very close.
yea it was comedy and some of those couples had some talent to. It was always interesting seeing them try to stay in budget to, I wonder why they took that show off
Bigmikez wrote:
yea it was comedy and some of those couples had some talent to. It was always interesting seeing them try to stay in budget to, I wonder why they took that show off
I bet it caused more Divorces than young hot babysitters
i like that new show, no clue right now whats the name of it….but that guy builds those tiny houses on trailer…thats pretty cool
madman_us wrote:
i like that new show, no clue right now whats the name of it….but that guy builds those tiny houses on trailer…thats pretty cool
Tiny house nation?
thats a good one too…but there is still one out there. let me check my dvr….it might be a different one
Tiny House, Big Living – i guess its a new show or so….they just made 2 Episodes so far.
i also enjoy watching “Flip or Flop” – no clue why hahaha
madman_us wrote:
i also enjoy watching “Flip or Flop” – no clue why hahaha
Cuz the lady’s hot…and the dude’s a tool….”I’LL JUST FILL IN THIS OLD POOL WITH BRICKS!11!”
And what they’re able to accomplish is pretty impressive.
n00b wrote:
Cuz the lady’s hot…and the dude’s a tool….”I’LL JUST FILL IN THIS OLD POOL WITH BRICKS!11!”
And what they’re able to accomplish is pretty impressive.
right on noob 😛
I like these two podcasts too. You can check out Holmes Inspections as well, it’s awesome. Everytime I listen to podcasts I listen it via iTunes. Few days back I was about to listen to Holmes Inspections and I faced an iTunes error. So I searched Fix iTunes Error 14 because that was the error I was facing. It took me about 1 hr to fix it. It was very annoying.