Have any of you noticed a trend, probably several years now but definitely kind of recent, on house hunters, that when they list their wants/must haves, they ALWAYS include a style of home now, and EVERY TIME, they don't want the same thing.


I can remember far back people wanting craftsman, usually when looking near city centers, or maybe a two story vs. ranch, but now, every style in the book is being sought out by seemingly random people (most people couldn't name more than a few styles of home, let alone really want a specific one) on this show even in small cities, where I wonder if a home of their desired style even exists.

Last night I watched an episode where they were in some small town in Maine, she wanted a cape cod, he wanted a greek revival. I've seen people seeking tudor, craftsman, spanish style, tuscan, Mediterranean, colonial, dutch colonial, georgian, victorian.. on and on.

And sometimes these people are looking in some random city like waco.. and she wants a victorian, and he wants a tudor. I saw one where she wanted a loft in the city, he wanted a colonial in the country..

WTF? If I were that realtor, I'd say hash it out and call me when you decide on a style and location of a home. It's so obvious that this 'drama' is manufactured into this show now. They walk up to the loft in the city, and the husband says, 'now this isn't the colonial in the country I'm looking for'.
No *****


I've even seen this on tiny house hunters.. really you want a victorian style trailer home? Get real.

I've watched house hunters for the better part of 15 years, and this is definitely a new trend, maybe a few years old.

House Hunters started really pushing that because they wanted more "friendly conflict" within the couples. In some cases it's pretty much fabricated when they want differing styles.

The show is great, but you have to understand that reality television is not exactly reality. I've been on the show a couple of times. It's pretty much real, but there is definitely some coaching so that differences are made to stand out. Also....they don't film anything until the buyer closes on a home....when they tour the home they buy, they've already purchased it. The scene is representative of how the first tour went. The other two homes may or may not be homes that were actually considered, but they are representative of the types of homes that were considered.

Cody

My wife and I were on one of those shows. None of it was real. We filmed looking at the house after it was under contract, but the lighting was bad so we had to do it again.

We "looked at our house for the first time" after we lived in it for 3 months. A floor mat in the kitchen had our last name and you could see our Texas A&M diplomas on the wall. All of the furniture was ours, including the gift that they gave us (they covered the dining room table -the gift- and chairs with a table cloth).

Whenever people say things like "I can definitely see myself living here" or "wow, these people have really good taste..." that means they are probably living there.

Not to derail, but I really like the ones in San Francisco or suburban D.C.: "We want a 2 bed, 1 bath Craftsman, around 1,300', and our budget is $750,000."

And the buyers are 25 year olds. One's a freelance writer of some kind, and the other is finishing a masters in art history.

The episode last night was the worst. My wife almost lost it when she heard the wife say she was a "stay at home pet mom"