The blue exterior is gorgeous. Many homes that era are painted bold like that.
@karenking53572 жыл бұрын
I personally don't care for the blue I've never been a blue person but I agree that there are many people who like blue but I think sometimes something that's a little more subtle would sell faster you may want to end up repainting it I mean the buyer isn't going to know unless you tell them that it was just painted on the outside right and they might say well I'm going to buy this but I will paint it blue someone like you and two or three other commenters like the blue I think it's gorgeous I just don't care for that color so anyway beautiful home but I think I could have done a few more things and not cost a lot of money to dress it up a bit more
@larsedik Жыл бұрын
Especially houses in San Francisco. I painted my house in L.A. (built in 1950) SW "Really Teal" on the exterior, and people in the neighborhood have told me that they like it, but houses where I live generally have a variety of deep colors. Only the top half of my house is teal, and the bottom half is beige.
@judylloyd79012 жыл бұрын
I actually really like the exterior colours 😁 The interior leaves a lot to be desired as it is initially. 🙁
@debstrout18443 жыл бұрын
Sophie does wonders with the budget she is given. I would have liked to have seen the ceilings painted but I guess there just wasn't enough $$ in the budget. The Allsop girls are amazing decorators!
@juliadickenson1782 жыл бұрын
Is she Kirstie’s sister?
@chrisseeharrison77872 жыл бұрын
@@juliadickenson178 yes
@larsedik Жыл бұрын
She does not pay for labor, which is not free for the rest of us. I think her staging work is very good, but I wondered why she did not use any of the owner's photographs in this house. I guess he will display them on his own later.
@JohnOBrienDesignerLimerick3 жыл бұрын
He wasn't sure if he really wanted to sell by the looks of this. He had a massive attachment to the place
@christinechin19093 жыл бұрын
It’s funny, this colour blue on the exterior is so in style now!
@papercup25172 жыл бұрын
Everyone's tired of grey everything, that's for sure. Interior design is no different from (clothing) fashion - it's an industry in which they'll try and persuade the public - usually successfully - that they have to adopt some whole new colour scheme and style every x number of months or years, just to keep sales up and work flowing in. To seal the deal, they then lay a guilt trip on anyone who doesn't like the new, fabricated vogue, and mutter passive aggressively about 'freshening it up', and 'bringing out its potential'. It's all nonsense; all this supposed potential and freshness will be proclaimed 'dated' and dreary' before long and someone will be hassling you to start all over again. :-D
@christinechin19092 жыл бұрын
@@papercup2517 - Good point.
@vanessarolph35323 жыл бұрын
Love that wallpaper adds class and so simple.
@pamkowal74643 жыл бұрын
I don’t understand why the yellow ceiling wasn’t painted. I would have also liked to see the finished kitchen and hoped some color accents were added along with the new cabinet knobs.
@meggtokyodelicious3 жыл бұрын
probation the owner didn't want to spend extra $...... stingy owner, isn't he.....
@lornagoodman18913 жыл бұрын
I wanted to see the kitchen too!
@katepausig85623 жыл бұрын
They most likely only added the knobs so not worth showing. I kind of like the yellow ceiling.
@Nurse38112 жыл бұрын
Love the pop of color on the ceiling
@karenking53572 жыл бұрын
Well I do know she said the kitchen look just fine and the I guess he's the contractor he said this will be just fine with the new handles but I'm with you I would have liked to have seen it anyway
@doihavetohaveachannel82893 жыл бұрын
I liked the old colour of the exterior. I also love Kensington!
@annachill75523 жыл бұрын
Me too. I think the smoking smell has to be the biggest deterrent
@Robinkae2 жыл бұрын
Why wasn't the imperfection on the wall above the bed repaired? Seems pretty basic to me.
@JB431862 жыл бұрын
Those original colors are great for that style home.
@v.britton44458 ай бұрын
This was such a good makeover. You can only do what you can for some people.
@ellenlehrman92992 жыл бұрын
The grey exterior makes that house look like a prison.
@karenking53572 жыл бұрын
Yes I did not like the shade of gray and I thought the white was too bright for for the grass I think a softer gray would have been better and more of an ivory white rather than that looks like stark white to me
@janohare9163 жыл бұрын
Gorgeous house, love the renovation.
@thomasdoyle69312 жыл бұрын
I liked the exterior colors and the yellow room! Good to get the bed off the floor.
@Jane57202 жыл бұрын
I actually love the outside colors on the house
@1wildwackywoman3 жыл бұрын
I can absolutely guarantee they will not get rid of that smoke smell just by painting the walls again. The only way to eliminate that smell is to use a shellac based primer. Then paint. I speak from experience.
@annstillwell7303 жыл бұрын
Yep me too. Bought a condo from folks that smoked. Had to have the whole place painted.
@twistoffate47912 жыл бұрын
I have never been a smoker and dislike the smell of smoke. Perhaps their ad should read, "Only smokers need apply..."
@karenking53572 жыл бұрын
I totally agree
@jettyoeill2 жыл бұрын
And the walls and ceilings need to be deep cleaned prior to painting with a heavy cleaner like TSP.
@chrisseeharrison77872 жыл бұрын
@@twistoffate4791 I totally agree - I can always smell the smoke no matter what.
@huntersun92 жыл бұрын
Yellow isn't my favorite color for decorating, but call me crazy, I love that room. It certainly wouldn't deter me.
@orlaklassen63552 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, you didn't let us see the whole house. I have no sense as to whether this house would be worth $699 k or not. He bragged about the 5 parking stalls. What are they like? What is the kitchen like after? What are the other bedrooms and bathroom like?
@karenking53572 жыл бұрын
I totally agree with you or Orla I would have loved to sing the whole house even if it was just empty bedrooms I would have liked to see how big everything was I mean I live down here in Texas where a lot of things are big LOL but I think the episode should have been an hour one for this particular deal and I also want to see how quickly these things sell she's saying she can help sell them quickly so she's she's never proved it yet
@lfi44203 жыл бұрын
This must be a really old episode, seeing as this is set in Toronto. The Toronto housing market is crazy and has been for quite a number of years. A garbage dump with that lot size would sell for more than a million CAD in downtown Toronto. Looking at the place, yellow ceiling and all, the asking price should be about twice the 799k he is asking, and therefore be around 1.5 million CAD.
@AgentAO73 жыл бұрын
This was 2008
@annstillwell7303 жыл бұрын
He should have waited...lol
@katysummer94182 жыл бұрын
If you look at the background you can see its in UK and not Canada. See the left traffic???
@lfi44202 жыл бұрын
@@katysummer9418 No, that's just one of the many one way streets he is driving down. In the earlier shots of the episode you can clearly see Kennsington mall which is in Toronto and Zimmerman's which is a discount store also in Toronto. Additionally, the price is listed in Dollars, not Pounds.
@hawaiisage2 жыл бұрын
@@katysummer9418 Kensington Market is definitely in Toronto Canada. I've been there many times.
@dovespaligrino83122 жыл бұрын
Those Crazy colors on this home, do NOT scream Victorian!!!
@sims3982 жыл бұрын
The agent was correct, she was working from a disadvantage before
@WulfricTheBlack3 жыл бұрын
So did it sell? Did he get his asking price?
@AlexS-oj8qf3 жыл бұрын
He's not selling this house, he just want a free renovation. After the team left he take the house off from market.
@theduchessofkitty41073 жыл бұрын
😂
@whitenoiseihearu40183 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure it is not free. Business 101
@AlexS-oj8qf3 жыл бұрын
@@whitenoiseihearu4018 Labor is free. He's only oaying for the paint, extra furniture, etc.
@renaparker45793 жыл бұрын
@@AlexS-oj8qf I think they have some sort of conditions about being on the show. Idt you can just get the renovations+ bow out of the sale without a stiff penalty. But, maybe he was willing to pay it.
@dittohead70442 жыл бұрын
Wouldn’t you have to sign some sort of agreement or have a contract in place? I doubt you could force him to sell, but surely he’d have to pay for the renovations
@786nobby2 жыл бұрын
You dont restore or even video any of the bathrooms, are the houses all without bathrooms?
@harwantkaurchhachhia54593 жыл бұрын
This designer is very fond of all shades of greys
@katepausig85623 жыл бұрын
Yeah, very popular color in the mid 2000s when this was filmed.
@karenking53572 жыл бұрын
Yeah for the last 10 years it's gray and white and white and gray and different shades of white and then Gray the little bit of green thrown in or blue but they were talking light blue too everyone's well you'll see some not quite that bold but blue cabinets or at least theIsland and I've also seen green cabinets but that is more closer to 2022 in other words the last two or three years they've been using that sage green again and I would call it royal blue but not a bright royal blue that they're painting the island sometimes or the bottom cabinets but gray I mean I do like gray but I don't like it on everything or wife that matter if you got a family you need to make the house look like his family ready you know what I mean not quite couches all the time and they do that almost all the time now all of the designers
@1623JB3 жыл бұрын
$175 for the exterior paint?? Yeah, right!! And I've got a bridge I'd like to sell you.
@amandawilliams52193 жыл бұрын
Right! They paid twice as much for 2 armchairs than exterior paint for that huge house??🤷♀️
@katepausig85623 жыл бұрын
They only had to paint front of the house. So, not to bad.
@JC-sg5uo9 ай бұрын
The only thing I would have done a little differently is make the bed a larger grand statement. In a house like that, it should be high up, a higher bed frame. It looked like they got a small bed frame. Maybe it wasn't in the budget.
@MappingAmy3 жыл бұрын
I love that they kept the yellow ceilings, adds some joy to the bland grey. It wasn't clear if they painted over the blue arched features in the hallway but loved those too. Is it just me, or is US a totally different ballgame to UK when it comes to selling a house? I think in UK buyers put up with a lot more, stained walls, crazy colours, old carpet flooring...Maybe it"s just me who thought fixing up a house after buying is normal!
@hollyRuizdeChavez2 жыл бұрын
@imalaz this is filmed in Toronto Canada, your British Sophie came over here to film this series.. and like you I’m surprised that she’s so picky about details that an interested buyer would overlook. The Owner was completely Out Of TOUCH with reality at what his house should list for.. just plain greedy
@mapleleaf02 жыл бұрын
I too love that they kept the yellow ceilings. I think in this particular case, it elevated the rooms considerably.
@whatever59222 жыл бұрын
The exterior color was nicer initially… the gray is so dull
@lornagoodman18913 жыл бұрын
Loved all the changes, dismayed they didn't paint the lemon curd ceilings though.
@teacherverina2 жыл бұрын
The new exterior is so boring. Who puts blinds in a victorian window? Say it with me: Lace Curtains. "We've taken this house from dreary to dashing" are you mad? It wasn't dreary, it was bold certainly on the outside but positively cheery as far as colors go on the inside. I approve of the wallpaper, congratulations. You did one thing right.
@vidyamadamanchi70913 жыл бұрын
He has some lovely period furniture
@KatherineTheGr8t2 жыл бұрын
You could have at least painted the ceilings white, leaving that yellow was awful.
@sheilagill83852 жыл бұрын
When I bought my house the lounge ceiling was sage green,( likewise the walls,skirtingboard and carpet)and the bedroom ceiling was pink(likewise the walls.......etc...you get the picture. Nightmare.
@annstillwell7303 жыл бұрын
Purple house, Yellow aging interior that smells of smoke. There ya go. All that yellow is from nicotine and will have to be scrubbed with tp and painted to get rid of the smell.
@janetpattison84742 жыл бұрын
In 2022 properties are MUCH higher!
@barbarahunt57353 жыл бұрын
Those stick-on butterflies in the bedroom are pretty dreadful IMO
@Waffles842 жыл бұрын
I was not a fan of the butterflies 🦋 either
@HankScorpio4682 жыл бұрын
Do you mean the dragon flies?
@judylloyd79012 жыл бұрын
Dragonflies. Yeah, I would have preferred a large painting, or a feature wallpaper on that part of the wall in place of the headboard.
@hrichards95622 жыл бұрын
They were viiiiiiile
@lisafox39072 жыл бұрын
Very tacky
@montanacrone89842 жыл бұрын
There’s been an empty small apartment building in my town. Guy that built doesn’t want people to see it and it’s been empty for years.
@peggypeggy41372 жыл бұрын
Many years ago, I knew a couple that got kicked out of their apartment in Toronto. They were good tenants but the landlord said that he wanted to space for his own use. They always suspected that he just left the place empty, which he could have written off as lost income. Could the guy in your hometown be writing off the lost income because he is leaving it empty?
@lindak86643 жыл бұрын
That looks a million times better. But... i detest painting ceilings 😩 and those yellow ceilings need to go, desperately. So i still wouldn’t buy it for 700,000. That one was a tough call on where to spend the budget.
@katepausig85623 жыл бұрын
I liked the yellow ceilings.
@stellamantikou49782 жыл бұрын
16:48 a sticker set on a victorian home? 😖💀
@hughkirk39463 жыл бұрын
Sofie is the absolute best!
@Waffles842 жыл бұрын
Did he ever sell?
@Sunnbuzz2 жыл бұрын
This house now sells for over 2million in days in Toronto, maybe closer to 2.3 mill !
@karenking53572 жыл бұрын
@@Sunnbuzz WOW
@crystaltelf2883 жыл бұрын
Great changes!
@lisakilmer26673 жыл бұрын
At the end she says, "crazy colors put buyers off" - while sitting under a lemon yellow ceiling. And the bright blue under the stairs was also left. I know that all the owners get thousands of dollars of free work, but this guy's smirking seemed like he was gloating about it.
@dolorescordell1292 жыл бұрын
Leaving the yellow ceiling? ugh. Liked the blue exterior. So bland now. But otherwise an excellent upgrade.
@poorthing2 жыл бұрын
The sad furnishings
@venus_envy2 жыл бұрын
Sounds like he's a bit abusive to his real estate agent. Ironically, sounds like _he's_ the bully.
@Hasna2562 жыл бұрын
Exactly! Thought the same, he sounds like an arrogant and awful person. Horrible to deal with.
@VIncentSunflowers2 жыл бұрын
But we never see or hear him with the realtor, do we? He's agreeable and nice throughout.
@bloodliriel3 жыл бұрын
This guy is just arrogant. "Maybe people cant imagine living in a large victorian house" - excuse me? Are you special? Does a large or victorian house need people with special abilities beyond the average mob? I felt offended although I don't want to buy this...
@katella2 жыл бұрын
Doesn't look like he did very much with it. Mattress on the floor? Wrinkled old covers on the furniture? Smoke smell? Yuk.
@ChubbyKittyMeow2 жыл бұрын
Chill out
@Jane57202 жыл бұрын
Well actually yes it does require someone a little bit different in that does appreciate that type of his house
@Xenon-43003 жыл бұрын
Why does it have two living rooms right next to each other?? That's so weird. The second room should be a dining room. And they kept the ceilings yellow? What they didn't have a ladder tall enough?
@katepausig85623 жыл бұрын
That typical for victorian houses. They might have not had enough time or money to paint the ceiling. I kind of like it. Gives a pop of color to the boring gray room.
@karenking53572 жыл бұрын
That's exactly what I thought she was going to say but didn't it have a dining room but she didn't even point out I think there was I think I remember like a rug with squares on it under the table at the beginning I'll have to go back and look you know what I would have done there was no rug under the dining room but she was pleased with the room that being said where she made that office off of his master bedroom I personally would have made it a walk-in closet that's what people want and that was the perfect spot to do it if I bought the house I would do that first and that second living room as you called it why not make that a like a study and an office that would have been a purpose since she called it a purpose!!
@sunandevise99342 жыл бұрын
You are great!
@larsedik Жыл бұрын
I've noticed that Anthony always has a good manicure (@12:56, 13:56, 14:39) compared to other workers.
@niva80433 жыл бұрын
Why leave the yellow ceiling unpainted? It clash with the grey walls.
@HankScorpio4682 жыл бұрын
Are they allowed to disagree with her?
@Atochabsh2 жыл бұрын
I like the blue and yellow.
@dittohead70442 жыл бұрын
That kitchen is pathetic for that home. No character, zero charm.
@sameeramalik91223 жыл бұрын
Isnt this reuploaded
@miriam42353 жыл бұрын
If people can't see past some weird colours and a bit of out dated furniture, they don't deserve this absolute beauty of a house.
@2190432043 жыл бұрын
People see all of the odd bits and bobs as money to fix, which is money they can't use towards the house purchase. And as a purchaser of a house that was over one hundred yrs old and a fixer upper; it would have been much easier to move into a house that had less to fix
@jmfs8738 Жыл бұрын
Nonsense. Plenty of us deserve a beautiful home. Who wants to move in to utter chaos until updates are completed? We're paying ridiculous prices for houses that don't deserve the increased value - unless they're updated. Some of us have jobs and need to settle straight-in without losing time - because a former owner was a greedy slob.
@larsedik Жыл бұрын
The $175 price for paint does not include any of the cost for labor, which can run into the thousands.
@TourPace2 жыл бұрын
Does everyone in Canada put their mattresses directly on the floor?
@dittohead70442 жыл бұрын
He can afford a nice bed. That’s lazy
@karenking53572 жыл бұрын
@@dittohead7044 it may be lazy but I call it more greedy
@hellepost14393 жыл бұрын
“ Typical man they hate being bullied “. Well I guess people in general hate being bullied ‼️
@katepausig85623 жыл бұрын
He wasn't being bullied.
@mariloufleenor57472 жыл бұрын
Love your show
@Xenon-43003 жыл бұрын
Why does it have two living rooms? That's so weird. The second room should be a dining room.
@annstillwell7303 жыл бұрын
It was pretty traditional to have a formal sitting room for company and a casual sitting room for everyday use. From a practical stand point it meant less cleaning when you had company and that's where all your expensive furniture went. Most people now days have family rooms and in bigger homes not everyone uses their front room as an everyday room but uses their family room same idea.
@mapleleaf02 жыл бұрын
@@annstillwell730 Wasn't it ladies in one parlor and gentlemen in the other?
@karenking53572 жыл бұрын
He had a dining room and she said she loved it there was no rug under it the dining room table but they didn't need a dining room they needed to put that extra room as a reading room like not up against the fireplace or an office kind of like and then office upstairs that whole big thing should have been used for a walk-in closet .. that was a perfect opportunity to make it a walk-in closet if you just put a rod across and nothing special it could have been done really well with the you know California closets as it's called brand but if I bought the house that would be a walking closet and I would have it rug under my dining room table in a house like that
@joterry123 Жыл бұрын
What can you do if you cannot afford all the changes needed ?
@rinainlondon83 жыл бұрын
So huge house
@rickyherzfield36703 жыл бұрын
That yellow ceiling is awful!
@katepausig85623 жыл бұрын
I like it gives a pop of color.
@heyjude11012 жыл бұрын
He can well understand that, that's why his place looks like a dump. Clueless
@susannah19482 жыл бұрын
I bet he’s a bachelor…………
@katella2 жыл бұрын
No!
@jeanross74303 жыл бұрын
I have seen this before, ridiculous man, his attitude is dreadful.
@VIncentSunflowers2 жыл бұрын
I've been binge watching this show! He is entirely agreeable with Sophie. I'd go as for to say, of all the episodes here he is the least difficult home owner.
@pattiearehart1183 жыл бұрын
Maybe better to show it unfurnished? I don’t mind the color of the house.
@MagnoliaEmporium2 жыл бұрын
Curb appeal is lousy.... bad grass, unflattering colors... etc Walking in to tattered furniture is a massive turnoff His mattress should have been thrown away 20 years ago.... cigarette smoke is a massive turn off... If your going to ask top dollar then you need to provide top dollar.... but you also need to be within comps... a bank wont provide $ over appraisal
@appujosephjose61292 жыл бұрын
Why does he want to sell it?
@annadykins278 Жыл бұрын
no chance you can get 5 cars on that tiny drive
@alonzojohnson79553 жыл бұрын
Location x 3
@alonzojohnson79553 жыл бұрын
Woe
@kellykersten88288 ай бұрын
P please turn off the music! Its annoying
@jamesbondjr10412 жыл бұрын
This silly little girl is just an Order Taker, not a Sales Lady. Hey, she might not even be a lady. She couldn't make a living in a buyer's market. She wants this guy to cut $30,000 off this house, while it only lowers her commission Three thousand dollars. But it ain't her life that pays the loss, it's his & his emotions... Think about that, next time you use a Realtor.