Unsellables | FULL Episode | Jam Packed!

Desperate to move back to Manhattan, Ruth is going stir crazy in the suburbs. But after seven months on the market without a single offer, it seems no one’s interested in her three-bedroom home in Queens. She inherited the property from her aunt and uncle. The problem is she also inherited its dreary kitchen, over-the-top paint colors, and an overwhelming collection of furniture and stuff. Property expert Sofie Allsopp unveils a dramatic plan to reveal the home’s gracious layout and potential. Pitching in, Ruth proves she’s a tool belt diva. After a major decluttering operation, the team neutralizes the color scheme, scales down the furniture and overhauls the kitchen.
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Unsellables - Jam Packed! - Season 3 - Episode 12
#Unsellables

[@risenandreturning]

She has a precious friend - love her!

[@zarazen8110]

I love the best friend lol everyone needs a friend like that!

[@graceaxisa4213]

"I do my share of cooking. Zero" Hilarious! Loved it!

[@ankiking]

A real New Yorker (we have no time for cooking). :)

[@baronessvondengler]

“Cupboard full of clowns” - the stuff of nightmares! 😱

[@poodlegirl55]

It was horrifying but so was a plastic coated couch!!!

[@kayjay3898]

Exactly 🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@weatherwitchandfelinefamiliars]

Oh this episode was absolutely wonderful!! The poor lady was overwhelmed by her circumstances and Sophie and her team did a phenomenal job of helping her declutter. This lady didn't just get her house back but she got herself back 💖 And she has a truly phenomenal friend too 💖💖

[@ginanjobarahesq.5942]

The amount of clutter is crazy. I love the best friend! She tells it like it is.

[@janicescott7338]

Not to mention the dungeon like color as you inter the house. I would have a huge estate sale.

[@jimjimmyjames59]

I feel her frustration. I am finally going through the boxes left behind by 3 people whom I loved who are gone. It just becomes so much in your head.

[@jinde75]

Yes getting rid of her aunt and uncles stuff was probably too hard for her to do on her own. And it sounded like she was depressed for a period too. Or had anxiety. I think people are too hard on her in the comments. I'm glad she got help and that she has such a good friend.

[@yootoob4516]

That home was oppressive with the suffocating colors and all the STUFF. I work from home, so the amount of mail I receive is doubled. If I don't manage it when it comes in, it piles up fast. Set up a system with a garbage can and paper shredder within reach. Switch non-essential bills to electronic billing.

[@nola06]

Yes! I wondered if she ever paid a bill on time if it all the mail was tossed on the table.

[@lql1094]

Switch anything that can be done electronically to doing it electronically. Coupon collecting Magazines Bills Even two years ago, but this show ran from '08 to '13, however my motto was that from around '97.

[@abigail1023]

If I walked in that dark cave and saw that hoarded disaster I'd walk right out. With all that junk I'd automatically think it's filthy too because you can't clean with that mess. How can anyone live this way? The transformation is stunning.

[@katewade9992]

Mice & roaches

[@jgsmile1331]

Sophie did a great job. I hope the seller appreciates it.

[@jackiewalsh5795]

De cluttering sorts out most houses without spending thousands.

[@dovyair4282]

Lovely ladies and her best friend is great.

[@lhasaapso3360]

Clearly there's a lot of stuff in this house ... but it's not nasty and dirty. Paint job, paring down is all that was needed to make this house lovely. Great job!

[@vanessathomas7437]

Love the honesty of Sophie to the Sellers! and the BFF is on mark with her assessment.

[@sherunswithscissors]

I think the clowns killed the plants.

[@shqa574]

LMAO

[@michawilliams1521]

Love the transformation. Heck I would love to buy the house now. Why didn't they show the bed rooms?????? And I love the best friend. We all need people like that around us to tell us what we need to hear and not what we want to hear.

[@davidawilliams252]

I love that this it is in my neighborhood. This is one of the BEST renovations I have seen. She does need to do her front yard though.

[@turtlesilk]

Ruth is great! I hope she’s happy in NY!

[@sableann4255]

Her friend is a keeper!

[@kebert2thumbsup]

I LOVE the best friend! She's giving it to Ruth like it is.

[@CorgiFrizz]

This may be my favorite transformation yet. It's beautiful.

[@dianneedwards2491]

She had a great best friend

[@vogeltik]

I wouldn't want to move away from her.

[@katerineella274]

A good job, loved the window seat. Also, beside the point but I must say it, the orange silk dress the lady was wearing in the last segment was beautiful.

[@janicescott7338]

Yes it was so pretty and she could wear it.

[@femmiestarks8946]

Sometimes a new fresh outside opinion can bring new life into a space. Good job!

[@poodlegirl55]

It's uninhabitable. Wow that was one of the strongest comments ever! Amazing transformation.

[@kebert2thumbsup]

So how scary is the upstairs that they didn't show it?

[@tyronesmith11]

Her budget was only $5000, probably couldn't do the rest of the house... Sounds like she inherited the house.

[@dlsdyer9071]

@@tyronesmith11 I don't know if she inherited the clutter as well. Taking care of one's own junk is hard enough let alone junk of someone else that has a ton of emotional baggage. The fact that they don't give us the inheritance info until the last few minutes says everything.

[@tyronesmith11]

@@dlsdyer9071 You're right my mom had a dining room table full of bills, magazines, paper, ads... It's overwhelming for some people. She is blessed with a good friend.

[@ynwa7084]

‘They have vision; it’s just directed to the clutter’ 🤣🤣 Btw I’m having ‘80s flashbacks with the plastic couch and curio filled with clowns. She could make a fortune selling half that stuff to vintage shops or companies that stage movie sets.

[@jannibal9273]

How do you just put your mail down on top of more mail and never look at it? How does she pay the monthly utility bills, etc?

[@olyvoyl9382]

The transformation is astounding.

[@theajohnston3235]

They needed to cut the bushes down in the front ... no curb appeal Big changes and great improvement inside

[@shirleypena4133]

If I were this home owner I would immediately put that house up for RENT. Otherwise she is gonna go through all the money from the sale FAST, due to the sky high rent for even the tiniest apartment in NYC!

[@jinde75]

Definitely! And you never know what will happen.in the future.

[@alisonbarratt3772]

I understand being tired and exhausted

[@BigGen222]

I would have put the fridge in the new nook where they closed the window, and built a benchtop and overhead cupboards where the fridge is. It looks ugly seeing the side of the fridge as soon as you walk in.

[@shqa574]

The pot and pan shelf is too high. You would have to be 6' tall to reach the pots and pans.

[@ginacrusco234]

One of my favorite makeovers in this series. I love the LR style and the upcycling of existing pieces. I did love the crystal chandelier from the DR and hope it found a good home -- perhaps in Ruth's powder room???

[@cindychatleain2020]

These shows never get old they arexalways fun to watch the change

[@bethparker1500]

Love so many pieces of the furniture and the vintage living room mirrors! Where is the fab China cabinet?? Who ripped it off? What a good friend, bless her ❤

[@theprimitiveblackhatsociet8274]

I cant believe people think their house will sell if it looks like this hot mess. People see the clutter, they think dirty, unkept.

[@shqa574]

The homeowner doesn't understand the value of a dollar. If he or she expects you to pay $350,000 upfront, that money does not come out of your ^*&. When you take out the mortgage, you end up paying a lot more than $350,000 to the mortgage company. If the homeowner wants maximum dollars, he or she has to show the justification. Throwing out the obsolescence and making it look attractive goes a long way.

[@bunnymad5049]

Just love this show. And the Ruth looks fabulous in that orange dress.

[@janicescott7338]

Yes, she is so pretty and classy. Uses very good taste in her dress and has the figure for it but just not into interior decorating.

[@annecaulder9495]

@@janicescott7338 I feel like she was in the fashion industry because she had great dresses and looked stylish. I'm surprised that couldn't translate to the house.

[@janicescott7338]

@@annecaulder9495 exactly!

[@cathyblackhall3448]

Love the window seat and the stairs .I would have painted the glass cabinet and kept one of the old sofas and revamped it

[@bookmagicroe9553]

The bushes out front hide the house. It would have been nice if they had been trimmed. Interior looks good. What do the bedrooms and bathrooms look like? The friend has a natural understanding of design and real estate. She should go into those fields, if she hasn't already.

[@amppma7302]

this woman will go on to crap up whatever space in which she lives! Couldn't agree more about the landscaping. those bushes make the house look abandoned. Maybe a lot of the junk (ie. the trophies) on the first floor came from upstairs. Sometimes I think people just don't want to clean up so they try to get on a show like this one. Regardless of clutter, the homeowner has a taste problem...as in she has none. the wall colors speak for themselves.

[@eyesonuyouheard5170]

What's up with the bed rooms and bathrooms.

[@anthonybarlow5955]

What I want too see is that upstairs bedroom and bath

[@joyceblodgett163]

Me, too; you just know that if the downstairs was that bad, upstairs would be even worse!

[@misst.e.a.187]

I love that transformation. I wouldn't want to move.

[@saibliss7976]

Such a wonderful friend...this lady of the house reflected exhaustion and loss of hope the help that came in for the home released as one of that for her. Good work Sofie as always 👌💖💕

[@ta-liaperry1861]

This is my most favorite makeover yet. Beautiful job brightening up the space and redecorating with some smaller pieces. 👍🏾👍🏾

[@luvsupreme]

It's funny the way people talk about their clutter as though it has a mind and a will of its own. "I don't know how it got here." 😒 We do. The transformation was amazing though. 👍🏽

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

I hear this a lot watching Hoarders, which I was half worried this woman was. But few hoarders are as eager to downsize their belongings as she was so I'm happy she's not.

[@loriannrichardson7644]

Yes, but she was being facetious.

[@MrsEJV]

This lady thinks she’s moving all this stuff into a NYC apartment? That gold couch has been so well protected in plastic, it will last another 50 years. 😱

[@dlsdyer9071]

She thinks that the clutter and oppressive stuff will stop in a smaller apartment?

[@luvsupreme]

😂😂😭😭😭

[@janicescott7338]

Estate sale!

[@ivane.degonzalez7520]

Lol

[@loriannrichardson7644]

Most of the items were not hers, but pieces from her aunt and uncle from whom she inherited the house.

[@alliehartom5978]

Bless her - I miss my best friend, how blessed she is.

[@fernlintner65]

Hoarder in the making

[@bolandreneau4682]

Hoarders can't be helped. You'd have better luck trying to get a chain smoker to stop than for them to keep piling stuff up and wherever she goes she's going to empty all those boxes right onto the next table. She's right though that people walking into that dump didn't have vision because they got double vision looking at so much needless junk. The transformation saved it or else the only thing that could have would be a flame thrower. Thought was watching an episode of How Clean is Your House.

[@jenniferszendi9519]

What about the bedrooms in these homes? I can only imagine that they’re in the same state.

[@momof2momof2]

Her house is hideous before, pretty much anything would be an improvement. Clutter means dirt

[@reach4thestars67]

Good episode. Thank you for uploading.

[@candismorton]

What about upstairs!!!!!!

[@audrab27]

That's where the bodies are being hidden

[@Lovely-sv1ye]

@@audrab27 LMAO 😂

[@TravelingNana]

Probably to horrible to show.

[@JamieM470]

@@TravelingNana That's what I was thinking. They wouldn't even point the camera up the staircase, so it had to be really bad. Probably painted a really dark color, with clutter piled to the ceiling, even to the top of the stairs. And I'm betting it only took her a couple of weeks to have the downstairs covered in clutter again. Wonder if it ever sold.

[@marywood8794]

@@Lovely-sv1ye OMG ME TOO! Plus they probably needed double the budget to do the 2nd floor.

[@teresah.6696]

Really nice house with a garage but the paint colors are way to dark and 7 months still on the market for Queens is too long something is definitely wrong and they did a great job transforming this lovely home wish they did something with the overgrown shrubbery hiding the house.

[@ruthmyers6272]

I wouldn’t buy that house if I walked into it! Clutter is a big turnoff!!

[@jinde75]

I would. Easy to get something of the price. I bring my measuring tape and I'll paint it myself. Most places I looked at were empty'

[@nylanelson5212]

As a woman I hate seeing other women act helpless like the home owner does. We see her act like this on multiple occasions. Watch when the carpenter shows her how to nail the stair railing in she states “I’m getting a headache,” O brother. She can’t even keep her dinning table uncluttered but makes excuses every step of the way. Think of all the single moms that work, raise kids alone, keep their house clean & do their own house repairs without help. House looks a lot better afterwards. I just don’t know why they didn’t address a few things like the overgrown bushes in the front yard. They could have primed & painted the kitchen tile under the cabinets as it looks dirty looking next to the cabinets. When Sophie made a cushion for the window seat it was a joke as it was only half the size across but yet she used the budget to buy Extra pillows to fill in the space that wasn’t necessary. Only a few pillows at the end would of done it. As it is the window seat looks half done

[@vaderladyl]

Yep that is why she cannot handle a big house and wants to move to an apt.

[@tania4736]

I loved her yellow sofa 😍

[@carolynmarie5585]

I am watching this in early 2021. I wonder how this home owner got by "in the city" during 2020... with the lock downs and poor management by the Mayor and Governor. Hope she did well.

[@loriannrichardson7644]

This is an old video, more than 3 years ago -- pre-covid.

[@livinginmynow6380]

Like the redo but I wish they showed the upstairs too

[@janbaldwin1189]

This is SOME friend!!!!! I have good friends BUT she would certainly be very, very, very welcome in my circle!!!!!!

[@ankiking]

Can’t get past the mold around every window pane of the bay window. I wish they would go over options for say, getting rid of couches. Did they go to auction, to charity or were they sold online?

[@twistoffate4791]

Excellent points. I, too, wonder what happens with unneeded furniture that goes elsewhere. I love it when, say, the Property Brothers let viewers know when old cabinets get donated.

[@lmehra7443]

I love this lady!

[@RadCenter]

I wouldn't have got past those overgrown shrubs shrouding the front of the house in darkness.

[@TheHHliu]

I am surprised to see no join compound tape were used on the area where David was plastered. Nice transformation as always.

[@TheCrystalAvocadoLLC]

Moving to New York??? GOOD LUCK!!!!! This is where hopes and dreams come to die!! Can't wait to leave this craphole and never look back!

[@GApeech08]

Says the person a year ago. Try moving to NYC now. 😷

[@LifesPeachy321]

LOL I can't imagine wanting to move to NYC with the cost of housing! We live in a little town about 2 hours away from NYC...where a lot of people from NYC have homes. When Covid hit everyone was moving out of NYC and moving permanently into their summer/weekend homes here in CT. We just moved here 8 months ago from NC and our home is already worth over $100,000 more than what we paid for it (yay us). The realtor who listed it called and told us a month after we had moved in that we could resell it if we wanted to for an extra $100,000 because there were so many buyers from NYC looking for homes in this area. Pretty happy with that I must tell ya! Hopefully it retains that new market value for a couple more years. Who knows!

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

Honestly, what she has now is exactly what I would prefer in such a situation. If I live close to a metropolis, I don't want to be dead in the center of it. I'd rather be close by for certain things and keep my distance when it's non-essential.

[@cherrybarb4651]

What a hoarded mess! You know when a place is that packed with crap it's not clean either. She's worried about fingerprints?😂

[@Faith-un7ns]

Amazing!

[@cynthiaarons9373]

The house owner and friend are both cute and funny!

[@marywood8794]

What is with them making the bay window a sitting area and the cushion isn't the full size of that window seat area? They have carpenters. Why didn't they have the wood cut to fit and then upholster it?

[@wendygillard2133]

Great job.

[@peggypeggy4137]

Those original chesterfields and lamps were too big for the space but I have to admit...they look kind of awesome.

[@cathyblackhall3448]

Sell some of the stuff and buy a kitchen at somewhere like Ikea in white

[@Mandy-nt2cs]

I really dig the Chandelier looking lamp that was in the dining room ... if it's a lamp, I think it was a lamp lol

[@Autism_Forever]

A flame thrower could fix the clutter problem really fast. But it would probably also destroy the house.

[@irenerincon3611]

Anna Gray so sensitive

[@Autism_Forever]

@@irenerincon3611 Anyone is sensitive to a flame thrower :)))

[@michaeltutty1540]

A very pretty house by the end. The kitchen is in need of serious help. I would fit a downstairs loo where the stove and fridge are, then build an extension on the back of the house for a new, well planned, and workable kitchen. Working with the current footprint, the fridge would have moved to where the butcher block is, with a small counter beside it. A narrow work surface on the wall where the fridge is now would work great, and open shelving above it would dress it and make it look like it belongs

[@CJSI-gb2wt]

The glass of the bow window is so ugly in the border, the glue is too old and dirty. But it is a beautiful renovation.

[@bettymeador3375]

That window is ancient! Obviously single pane (energy waster) and needed to be replaced.

[@mitel021]

@@bettymeador3375 these are the comments I came here for. I couldn't see past those gross windows

[@shqa574]

@@mitel021 The new owner would have to remove and rebuild the bay window and all the windows with energy efficient materials.

[@josieraimondi6763]

Who wants to buy an over-cluttered house? Can't these folks see this? After all these months, an intelligent person would have realized what the problem is.

[@vaderladyl]

Meh...it is not pleasant to see, but I wouldn't care if the house is in solid state with no major defects. Couldn't care less if it is cluttered personally.

[@mlouwagie]

amazon wanted to knock this neighborhood down good thing they put a stop to it...

[@helenready1310]

and we'll see what happens to the future of this and other nyc-proximate neighborhoods that have been severely devalued in the wake of the corona. i'm thinking, ultimately, that amazon will get its wish......

[@karmacounselor]

Nice!!

[@signalfire6]

She was obviously overwhelmed and depressed by living with someone else's junk and furniture all those years, without being able to deal with it. Just shy of being a hoarder. I wonder how many bills were in that mail she was ignoring that went unpaid? She could have avoided all this by just listening to her friend, who probably would have helped her get rid of all this crap while she was at work; I wonder why they didn't do that instead of having to hire it out - or hire one of those 'got junk' companies to take it all out of there. Meanwhile the place she wanted in the city (can she afford that???) was going up in price. One thing is for sure, this show will never run out of houses to showcase...

[@shqa574]

They needed to call -800 Junk, and discard 60% of the contents in the entire house.

[@zahria]

I wished Stacy was my best friend! Such a nice girl. Both of them actually.

[@NdnUrbanCat]

Sofia rocks!

[@peachesdixon7567]

The friend is the best. Wish she were my friend!

[@Lisa-ym1si]

What’s even the point in unlined curtains?

[@evelyntobias8081]

It looks much better after but I just couldn't understand why they put huge draperies on a wall. I do see that the air conditioning unit was on that wall but why couldn't they use the same curtains on the windows. They had 3 different type of curtains including the ones in the dining room.

[@HaHaInc]

I can sympathize and can understand her... Moving into a new house, I brought with me only clothes, books and a few pieces of antique furniture. The house was empty. My clothes fit into master bedroom closet . Now, 12 years later, I filled up closets in two extra bedrooms (despite all donations I have been doing at least once a year), and all the rooms stuffed with furniture and things. I want to sell the house and move to another state but I cannot find energy to begin sorting through all the accumulated possessions. Things that I can carry myself, I just take out to the curb, for trash pickup - although someone usually would come after dark and take them. But after a day of work in the office, I come home and catch myself trying not to see what needs to be done. I am not a hoarder - my house is clean and there are no piles of things on every horizontal surface. But CLUTTER still chocking me. Books in the living room, gadgets and pots and pans and what not in the kitchen, those closets filled with very nice and expensive clothes that I probably will never wear because I don't even remember what I own...

[@lql1094]

You sound like an organized and neat hoarder.🤣🤣🤣

[@HaHaInc]

@@lql1094 🤣😱

[@kimbwf629]

Is the door wrapped in plastic wrap...?😯

[@schoolshow94]

Probably more junk !

[@raew5263]

Looks great! 👍 Why not trim the front?

[@CDG1228]

This is the first one of these that I'm seeing from the US version. I wonder why Anthony is not in them....I like him.

[@dianamurtaugh641]

They always talk about the buyers picking up on the smallest negative detail. So why would they not at least clean that gross looking wall unit a/c? It seriously brings down the beauty, and freshness of the rooms!

[@cherylweso]

When you move to the NYCity there is no place for STUFF!!!!!,

[@maureenmccurry9482]

House looks great! Owner is a hoarder and I’m wondering what shape the bedrooms were in. I guessing that they also were filled with “stuff”!

[@colleenbrady9675]

She inherited this house and furnishings (recently?) so I think that's the deal, a temp hoarder.lol

[@vaderladyl]

Has she never heard of donating or selling her stuff? It is not that complicated.

[@lql1094]

People keep things for sentimental reasons.

[@janicescott7338]

I would list the furniture in local newspaper or have a giant estate sell and move it out.

[@caroleallison7046]

I noticed the bay windows glass frames were not cleaned up or given fresh paint also the banister is still full of layers of paint except the new spindles. looks old and tired

[@herewegokids7]

The dowel and glue business was SEXY lol

[@d.d.mac.3773]

I'm too busy = I'm too lazy. That real estate agent's wig was just about the funniest thing I've seen on someone's head. lol It kind of looks like she shaved her head and then plunked someone's blonde scalp on her head.

[@moniquewrites9046]

Maybe she survived cancer or something sheesh

[@d.d.mac.3773]

@@moniquewrites9046 So her answer to surviving cancer is to plunk another race's hair on her head in a totally unbelievable colour and call it a day? Yah, right.

[@lql1094]

I wouldn't automatically equate not getting things done with laziness. We really don't know 'what's' going on in a person's life.

[@lql1094]

@@d.d.mac.3773 The color was fine. Black people have been dying their hair blonde since the 70s. When the roots are left dark and the the color has a gradual effect it's quite beautiful, but anyone should try to make the look fit her/his face.

[@d.d.mac.3773]

@@lql1094 B.S. not getting things done = laziness, idleness, sloth.

[@optomisty]

Personally I HATE gray walls/cabinets in any home... but my main observation in this makeover is why did they put two different color/styles of window curtains in the living room? They don't match. And the bay window still looks dirty around the pane edges...

[@susantescione8007]

On homes that need de-cluttering and paint, this is a great show. However, there have been a couple of homes (the couple that partied too much) that appear to have structural damage. By doing cosmetic repairs only and not addressing structural problems, the seller hoodwinks potential buyers into believing a house is sound, something that is illegal in the US. I wonder whether this show requires a building inspection before work starts. In the US, most mortgage lenders and loan programs require building inspections. Many areas require termite inspections and in some locations, the electrical inspection is separate. What happens when a seller invests $4,000 in cosmetic changes only to find the structure cannot pass a building inspection? I think some attention should be paid as to whether the structure is sound before the cosmetic changes begin.

[@margaretdevries8090]

Don’t use spay glue without opening windows !