House Hunters is Not Real Life

October 12, 2007 | By Kelley Koehler | Filed Under Odds and Ends 

                            house hunters on hgtv

I think I’ve officially seen one too many episodes.  I blame the Tivo.

What’s the timeline on that show anyway?  Do they never see more than one house in a day?  Talk about inefficient. The outfits are always different for each house showing. 

Do the agent and buyer never ride in the same car?  What’s all this “Hi There!” talk at the front door?  Did you not discuss this listing with them in the car on the way over?

Just once, I want to see one of those agents fighting through a huge oleander to get to the keysafe, hidden on a low water spigot, all rump up in the air and ungainly.  You know, the glamorous moments as a Realtor.

And for crying out loud, who points out the kitchen?  If I have to point out the kitchen when I’m showing a house, we’re all in trouble.  Where’s the shot of the buyers looking through the medicine cabinet, or in the refrigerator?  (Oh you KNOW they do!)

At the end when the people are all happy in their new home, why are they always cooking?  Always chopping something with an inappropriately sized knife?  Do they only have a paring knife?  Is that why they’re slicing a watermelon with a paring knife?  House Hunters should get these guys knife sets as closing gifts.

(okay, okay, so I guessed wrong again about which house they would buy.  I’m sure I didn’t have all the information… ) Have a good weekend!

Comments

5 Responses to “House Hunters is Not Real Life”

  1. Steve Belt on October 13th, 2007 9:51 am

    Kelley, one episode had a RE/MAX agent in Scottsdale that I know, showing houses in a neighborhood I know fairly well. Because I know her, and the neighborhoods I knew exactly which house her clients would be buying.

    I’ve been meaning to look her up and ask her how they shoot these episodes, but for whatever reason, it just never seems to get on my daily schedule. I guess now it should. Inquiring minds want to know.

  2. Kelley Koehler on October 14th, 2007 3:50 pm

    I’m sure it’s all highly staged. It’s one of those shows I hate but can’t stop watching.

  3. Athol Kay on October 15th, 2007 8:39 am

    I just think it’s unrealistic because after all that effort, they actually buy a house.

    I’m staring in a show next fall called “Sitting Out The Market”…

  4. Kelley Koehler on October 15th, 2007 8:47 am

    har har

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