I'm Pregnant And Can't Sell My $1,000,000 House! | Unsellable S1 E16 

agreed!

Its because Sophie is English and there that dark wood is seen as very old fashioned. I’m Scottish and when I lived in the US I was taken aback at all the dark wood in houses. A designer once told me that the younger the country the more people want older more traditional decor. I saw the same thing in Australia and New Zealand well as Canada . I think the place looks a million times better with the light paint

The dark woodwork was vile and very old fashioned and dark

I agree. Also, in many other episodes they paint the cabinetry in the kitchen. So in five years you will have nasty chipped paint in your kitchen. Wood looks so much nicer!!!!!

@@debranormansell9930 It was beautiful. The paint is horrible.

So sick of white! Leave the beautiful wood. You have cheapened the property by painting the paneling

That is NOT dark wood!

@@myhillslife27 you're right, but it was ugly. Too too much of it.

I think they should have also put marble on the floor in front of the fireplace instead of the ceramic tile (the other house they compared it to had an all marble surround and it looked so much better).

I agree, I would love to get the paint off of the wood at my home and have it look the way theirs did before the paint.

Love it!!!

@@melindamorrison4010 buy a new one. Don’t ruin craftsman wood.

well at least you can remove the paint if you dont like it

@@dianebushby2510 it's super labor-intensive to do so, most people don't have the tools, the time, or the desire to do it, so in some cases it's better to not paint it in the first place if you think you may not like the result.

Pretty sure it was the over the top Southwest theme and not the wood that was the problem

The first thing I would NOT do is paint period wood work....a crime for sure !!!

Beautifull mahagony and THIS jelow wood is two different things 🤭😁

Expensive & beautiful mahogany is VERY different from Cheap & poor people Pine. It needed to be painted over. That's the whole point in Pine you paint over it because you're too poor or just don't want to pay for a nicer wood.

Real wood work is SO EXPENSIVE!! I genuinely had to stop watching when I realized they were going to paint over it. Removing paint after the fact is NOT reasonable. I still can't believe people would appreciate composite, or pressed board whitewash look, over real wood. I don't even care that it's not your arbitrary "mahogany." The only reason you appreciate it more is marketing. Someone told you "red tones are better" at some point, and you believed it. Before mahogany, it was "heartwood." Someone always wants to sell you something for a premium. Some people like wood. Period. Pine. Cedar. Oak. Teak. Walnut. Cherry. Maple. Birch. Cypress. Ipe. You CAN make it beautiful in that room without ruining hardwood. Imagine painting over wide-plank, knotty pine, floor, just because it was "not mahogany." Ridiculous. Bamboo is popular. It's yellow. or cork. It's "yellow toned." I can't help but think people only want what's "in vogue" and don't think about appreciating what exists.

No it means if it's varnished paint over it, if it's painted, strip it and varnish it. If the rooms are bright colors, paint neutral, if rooms are beige, paint bright colors. 😁

I agree with you. My parents removed all the nasty paint from our turn-of-the-century trim and the house was glorious!

What! Someone on here with good sense who realizes not all wood is sacred?! Well, I am amazed and thanks so much.

Once I saw the results of what they did, I realized the white paint and "great southwestern removal" was exactly what was needed. Beautiful.

Hey, we have multiple seasons of the show we will be posting in due course 😀

@@AbodeLDS Great! Love the Canadian and American version of the show, not as crazy about the UK version. Thanks for posting these!

Rich people problems I guess 😁

Agreed. One of the selling features of my first house was that the original woods were all intact and in beautiful condition!

not everyone wants to see all that wood...its too much!

But the wood lovers didn't buy it.

I'm sure there are people who like the before better, but clearly you are in the minority because they showed the house to over 100 people and not one of them even made an offer. Personally, I hated the overwhelming brown all over the house! I would have been depressed within hours of moving in! What did you think of the transformation to the brick fireplace? I loved it and was glad to see them keeping the lovely metal accent piece! Those are the type of things I appreciate, not inexpensive wood that has turned yellowish.

As long as it is clean and tidy so buyers see potential of size of rooms and storage, I'm with you.

My main concern would be the structural survey report. I don't care about the owners' bad decoration choices or the amount of stuff they have. I have always had the means to make the changes I wanted in the homes I have owned and would be suspicious of a cheap makeover.

I agree with you its crazy that people look at the same room and love it after they hated it before. I went to an open house once though where the kids bedrooms were bombs and they had scribbled all over the house which was concerning because your left wondering what else they did to the house lol

It's psychological. Of course some people can look past stuff, but you would be surprised how few people can do that. They just get distracted by the decor and cannot see the potential. This has been proven over and over in research. My husband would turn around and walk out, while I can immediately start seeing how I would change things.

Seriously when the previous owners move they take their stuff with them

Didn't love it enough to buy it.

The market here where I am sales in the matter of 2 weeks

Same here, but this is Toronto where people fight for over-priced houses. I have a friend who is an agent there and she sold an 1100 sq.ft.1960's bungalow with no renovations, backing on to a busy highway, for 650K and had multiple offers.

@@adhc8560 the North American housing market is absolutely insane now.

You can always take a screenshot of the specific ones you like into any paint shop that colour matches and they’ll happily make it for you.

Young people tend to be more urban and don't like it.

Light natural wood is both beautiful and timeless.

I am puzzled. The buyer is not being sold the furnishings (bulls horns etc). Shouldn't they 'see' potential? What they can do with the house?

@@gracenjuguna7292 well first impressions are important if people come in and see weird decors it might tighten the space making it a lot smaller. Also your mind would race on what kind of weird rituals were done in the house due to the props and all. I have no doubt their house would have sold in the long run but they wanted to sell it quick due to the baby.

If people wanted to have white wainscotting in a million-dollar home, they would go to the MacMansions in the suburbs.

And they put the marble surround on the fireplace, but then cheapen it by using ceramic tiles on the hearth???!!!

@@cherylcarr5690 yes very true

They took away all the old charm by painting the beautiful wood & brick of the fireplace.😫

What natural beauty ?? The owners couldn’t sell the ugly house ... which is the whole point of the show !!!

Exactly

I love the white!!!!

Stupid "upgrade"...this "designer" doesn't deal with MILLION $$$ HOMES!!!

I noticed that too. Is it that difficult to move an outlet?

Removing quality finishings and replacing with mdf is insane.

@@pearljessica its just staging. Settle down.

Caroline Robert's, I am entitled to my point of view without being told to 'settle down'. This is called freedom of speech, the freedom to think differently. Personal attacks are below the pale. Tsk tsk.

Nah. It still needed a new lick of paint at the least in my opinion

@@pearljessica the fire place was ugly. The mdf was a great choice

Labour

Lots of labor costs but also new furniture, rugs, and finding new decor pieces that fit the new designs. The price of paint of good quality is expensive (not the Walmart cheap, cannot be washed or stay on with any wear junk. Needs to be repainted in 2-3 years) and all that wood needed two coats. Using what you have is great but they had Southwestern and that wouldn't shine in the new decor at all. Custom fireplace surround.

Indeed

I would rather have interesting pieces of wooden furniture, but not even too much of that. I prefer some of it painted. I do not love all that brown.

They are water filled radiators they don’t get very hot

Yea, panicking when your house hasn't sold in 3 weeks seems a bit pre-emptive. I think they should have decluttered the south western stuff and fitted out the house in more modern decor. Maybe refresh the paint but I think styling it to a wider audience was more savy than painting otiginal wood features.

None of the labour is counted in with the renovations. Also they did the cheapest work possible, painting those doors and covering the fireplace... It’s still interesting to see what you can do with a small amount of money and lots and lots of hours of work.

Probably because they're copyrighted.