The solution they propose: if the house does not sell, paint it white. Covering beautiful bricks with cheap plywood, made it look very cheap. The "saloon" wardrobe doors still there, no matter what color they are.

I know that painting the wood makes it look fresh and modern but it hurts my soul to see such pretty wood covered under paint.

@melindamorrison4010

3 жыл бұрын

Love it!!!

@margaretsen7479

3 жыл бұрын

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

@dianebushby2510

2 жыл бұрын

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

@Etianen7

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

All they had to do was to get rid of the Southwest decor and replace it with furniture that complements to the style of the house. And no, they shouldn't have EVER painted the woodwork.

@samscarboro6805

3 жыл бұрын

agreed!

@gailmckerrow1450

3 жыл бұрын

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

@debranormansell9930

3 жыл бұрын

The dark woodwork was vile and very old fashioned and dark

@JS-wg4px

3 жыл бұрын

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!!!!!

@JS-wg4px

3 жыл бұрын

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

At first I thought they were crazy to paint the wood. But it does look beautiful and is similar to the other home shown.

Omg, I understand painting some of the woodwork to update, but the amount of wood painted is a crime ...I would have to spend $$$$ to UNDO what she did ...... this is a crime

According to the realtor, about 100 folks went through the house when it had dark woodwork, but no one made an offer. The woodwork may not be the primary reason, but people who do like original woodwork and fireplaces didn’t buy the house. So the wood was painted, like the sample house that did sell. We all know that buyers want things in move-in condition, and now this house is ready. Want a Craftsman house with dark wood? Buy one. Want a house with painted wood? Buy this one. Sophie’s betting that there are more buyers who want the house the way she redid it.

@sharonbernard9571

2 жыл бұрын

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

I agree with all the changes - except for painting the wood.

@myhillslife27

3 жыл бұрын

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

@myhillslife27

3 жыл бұрын

That is NOT dark wood!

@kathykov1

3 жыл бұрын

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

@nataliaturner4845

3 жыл бұрын

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).

@tinatma6136

2 жыл бұрын

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.

I like the white wood much better -- the color just brightens the whole house. When I bought my house I had a one dark panel wall and I decided to paint it and I also painted the peninsula white and now my kitchen looks a whole lot bigger, cleaner and brighter.

I never like when someone comes in and sees beautiful woodwork and immediately want to paint over it. I spent a lot of time in my first 1930's home stripping paint from beautiful mahogany. Does 'modern' mean 'paint everything white or pastel'?

@tubeva1977

3 жыл бұрын

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

@elvirajameson3753

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@Solonneysa

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@dbentleyto95

3 жыл бұрын

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. 😁

@JS-wg4px

3 жыл бұрын

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

Looks like a new house! The beautiful floors pop. Now the kitchen doesn't match. Those cabinets need to be white.

I lived in a four bed Victorian house and spent weeks using paInt burners and chemical strippers to get the white gloss painted stairs, windows, and floors back to the original wood. This was pure vandalism. The fireplace was an improvement but cheap but I suppose they were happy not to be too much out of pocket.

Painting the wood. In San Francisco, that's a felony.

Painting the wainscoting was criminal. I was fine with painting the bedroom cupboards tho.

@cookeeee1962

3 жыл бұрын

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

Wow all the house needed was a coat of paint over the wood, it looks like a completely different house!! Amazing!!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

All that beautiful wood painted over. What a shame. Now all that trim work and moldings looks like the fake white stuff they use is so many of the newer character-less McMansions.

It does look better. Even though they painted the wood and I do not agree with that, it looks modern and comfortable. The goal is to sell it and it will appeal to more buyers now.

@tonibauer2405

3 жыл бұрын

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

@twistoffate4791

2 жыл бұрын

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

In Spain a house can be on the market for years before it sells. When I hear them panicking on this programme that a house hasn’t sold in 3 weeks I just shake my head lol.

@AgentAO7

3 жыл бұрын

Rich people problems I guess 😁

PAINTING quality WOOD?? this woman is crazy. People who like old houses want to see the wood.

@jolenethiessen357

3 жыл бұрын

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

@dianebushby2510

2 жыл бұрын

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

@alicegauteng2358

2 жыл бұрын

But the wood lovers didn't buy it.

I don’t understand the obsession with painting those wooden trims white. The natural wood varnish gives the house more character & history. Changing to a lighter colored furniture is more than enough solution to brighten the space.

@Melinda_Ross

2 жыл бұрын

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

@susanconnolly2013

2 жыл бұрын

Light natural wood is both beautiful and timeless.

First rule of selling your house: remove all personal items, especially Cow Horns :)

I wish they would make some new episodes of this show - are Sofie and Anthony still available 🤔?

@AbodeLDS

3 жыл бұрын

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

@Treeofwysdm

3 жыл бұрын

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

Find it frustrating not to know what price the seller achieved (and how long it took to be sold)

It's interesting to me that buyers cannot see past seller's stuff. You're not buying their things.

@lisab9541

3 жыл бұрын

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

@eattherich9215

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@alexisg7644

3 жыл бұрын

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

@susanb4213

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@mikhylin-kimroman7695

2 жыл бұрын

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

I know many people do not like painting natural dark brown wood, well its not a funeral parlor its a house! Dark brown is depressing its old and it's scary! leave dark brown if you like ghosts, or want to be depressed for the rest of your life, its hideous.... Yes paint it light and lively.

I liked their house “before” much better than the comparison house. The tile fireplace was right for a Craftsman, too.

@sortathesame8701

2 жыл бұрын

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.

The textured ceilings would be a turn off for me, and they all needed paint.

The painted wood looks sooo much better!

They just needed to get rid of the Southwest decor and paint the fireplace brick off white. I have to see the wood in person, I probably would have left it. I would have done a contemporary decor with splashes of Arts & Craft decor. This is a lovely home. I hope they are doing well with the new baby!

That kitchen floor grout is the first thing I notice every time they show the kitchen. It could do with a good cleaning.

The example house needed to be redone more than the focal home. They destroyed the uniqueness to the home. The fireplace was better before they “fixed” it.

It makes me laugh, all these people worried about homes not selling in 3 weeks. I know so many who have not sold in months up to 2 years and several realtors later. Three weeks would be a dream for those people!

@bagreen1124

3 жыл бұрын

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

@adhc8560

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@tonibauer2405

3 жыл бұрын

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

Anthony Sayer does amazing work especially with fireplaces.

Stop painting the beautiful wood.

Painting the wainscoting was a stroke of genius .

This is painful to watch. End of comments. ‘Nuff said.

What would Sophie do if someone who had previously viewed the house said that their favorite part of the house was the natural wood wainscotting and trim?

@ngahuiroimatanutira-langda4153

8 ай бұрын

Didn't love it enough to buy it.

To be honest their house is gorgeous its just the theme is weird for first time buyers. Imagine you entering an open house finding bull skulls and a glass table held together with stone. I'd want a house where I can live in but have wiggle room to make it mine with personal touches.

@gracenjuguna7292

3 жыл бұрын

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?

@ephiiquuxsrochester2503

3 жыл бұрын

@@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.

One of the best transformations I’ve seen. Gorgeous.

That was one of the better makeovers. There was still too much orange wood for my liking, but overall much better than before.

Wonderful couple, great sense of humour.

classic craftsman design--not that easy to find in such good condition. You can't compare this design to a plainer and less important design. Can't believe they destroyed the fireplace.

OMG I wish they'd share the paint colors they choose for their decorating schemes!

@cececox6399

2 жыл бұрын

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.

I liked the original house better, but I'm into dated and eccentric interiors.

Nooooo! You do NOT paint over that beautiful wood work! Uhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!

My heart sunk when I saw the wood panels painted over 🤕🤕🤕

Did ANYONE else note the husbands face at 4:29

Can't believe people cannot see beyond the SW decor. It's not that difficult.

Someday people will realize all painted over white is not practical for family living. The wood finish should have been kept.

Well IMHO it does not look like a million pound/dollar property! Also the louvre doors should have been replaced as they are dust collectors and very '70's. I know that the program is about 12 years old but the kitchen looks very dated and dirty.

Noooooo! Don't paint the wood! I can't watch the rest.

@melindamorrison4010

3 жыл бұрын

I love the white!!!!

@phyllisharris2766

3 жыл бұрын

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

I wanted to cry when the wainscoting was painted.

@Orphen42O

2 жыл бұрын

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

These loft looking radiators where such a trendy feature why would you cover them with aluminium and MDF!!!

I LOVE the new look - I've lived in one of those wood paneling numbers - they are a NIGHTMARE - too dark - Sophie - the new look is dramatically wonderful!! P.S. - the ceiling is awful, but guess if you are happy with the eye-level - who cares

Painful, taking away all the natural beauty and leaving the ugly ceilings

@cherylcarr5690

3 жыл бұрын

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

@WastingThyme

3 жыл бұрын

@@cherylcarr5690 yes very true

@coreyflowers1256

3 жыл бұрын

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

@DT-us3kd

3 жыл бұрын

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

@myhillslife27

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly

This young woman has never removed paint from wood trim, wainscoting, stair cases. Now I'm seeing renters painting woodwork black. OMG. Just remove all the wood furniture. They are moving anyway.

Looks so nice and light. Love the improvements !!!

The house is lovely, vinted an rough. Shame, they painted the wood, what gave carácter. If you paint it, paint the wood in an leavy green or antraciet. Walls white.

I’m done with this after they painted the wood!

Why on earth would you paint the wood paneling?! She harps on about the period features and then does that!!!! FFS all you needed to do was get rid of the wooden furniture

@auntielianainyokohamajapan

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed

@tonibauer2405

3 жыл бұрын

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.

I love the new look.👍👍

19:20 "For one million dollars, people expect perfection".... but you know, not in regards to the electric outlets.

@christinesnitkin9619

3 жыл бұрын

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

Why not use a paint sprayer?

is it me there home looked fine except for the dining table and the compareable home was just so bland and cheap looking

@pearljessica

3 жыл бұрын

Removing quality finishings and replacing with mdf is insane.

@Hopeful62

3 жыл бұрын

@@pearljessica its just staging. Settle down.

@pearljessica

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@NC-ij9rb

3 жыл бұрын

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

@NC-ij9rb

3 жыл бұрын

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

PAINTING SOLID WOOD! CARNAGE!

I don’t care for what they have done to the fireplace

I’d like to see you do a multi family home. One that might be purchased by first time buyers who plan to live in one unit and rent the other. Or be purchased by an investor to rent out all units.

I was so bothered when they were going to pain the woodwork. However, it does look really nice and updated. I think leaving it would have been fine though. They just needed to update the paint, decor, furniture and add curtains.

Really like the beautiful wood but some people don't appreciate the look. Sofie and her great team are pros @ transforming to sell quickly!

I would like to have seen the bathrooms in this home.

Why does "a million dollars" equal "need lots of bedrooms"? Millionaires don't necessarily have more children. I don't think they have their inlaws living with them either. I thought people with lots of money might want a nice office, a hobby room, space for whatever they collect?

I don't know how the modern black furniture went with the old fashioned dark floor,the beige kitchen and doors. I like brightning things up,I like white,I don't know how original the floors were,but stripping the dark stains ,and letting a very light natural wood show, may have been sufficient . The grout needed touching up in the kitchen. I've seen a lot of themes where they don't belong (moorish,70's,earth tones, hardwood with modern everywhere...),but taking out a little country was no big deal, taking all the way to urban cosmopolitan in an area that's supposed to be suburban and restful can be swinging it to far the other way. The problem isn't white necessarily, it's just officey, hotel lobby, public,"germy" seeming.

loved what they did but i wouldn’t have covered that beautiful radiator

I blame the doorbell!

I liked the brickwork around the fireplace, they destroyed it.

Painting all that beautiful wood panels is crimimal! Painting the walls was enough and maybe the windows

God I hope they changed the doorbell too!

It says the "upgrades" cost $6000- for what? There's no way paint for that house and that horrible fireplace redo amounted to anywhere near $6000! Even if you included the radiator cover.

@tnt8092

3 жыл бұрын

Labour

@paulanull8731

3 жыл бұрын

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.

Drop the price to sub million, and sort the ceilings. The floors weren't very nice, just wood planks. Both fires are a bit poor.

The fireplace!!!!😖

I love the before.

They are like "we noticed you have a good south western taste, let's tone it down to blah, because the potential buyers have a blahh taste, let's start by ruining the wood panels ..."

Love Anthony's t shirt😍

Sad to see the colourful rug moved out the living room the fire place tiles on floor did not go in the room and with the floors etc sad to see the change I would have left the bright carpets etc and added a few things

Sad to see all the beautiful wood trim painted over. It would have looked amazing with the other changes.

Geeee, poor planning at its finest! I love the after

Gorgeous!

I acknowledge that the white painted woodwork looks light, bright and clean. But if I were looking at this house and found out they had JUST painted a houseful of natural, original gum woodwork, I'd be furious. Paint looks cheap; painting woodwork that was original and stained just cheapens it. And I wouldn't buy it. I hate what you did with the fireplace. I hate the paint. I'm sure it did sell quicker, because people have no imagination or appreciation for period details, but it would NOT have sold to me!

There is a clip of the dinning room where there is shoe molding missing. 😱 I noticed the heaters were not covered upstairs, even in the baby's room. 'Hot' comes to mind if I had a little one now. 💌

@granmabern5283

2 жыл бұрын

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

I don't understand why owners care so much about making the changes. They hopefully won't be living in the house very long anyways!

The kitchen needed work The blue in that front room was questionable

I am most surprised at how little the costs of the contractor are, so cheap for that work! Not like the UK.

@granmabern5283

2 жыл бұрын

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.

Don’t paint the wood!

It looks nice, but I hate to see all that beautiful wood covered up

For $1M the location better be amazing!

This is ridiculous, there is nothing wrong with this house. I don't believe that people don't buy it.

@legoqueen2445

10 ай бұрын

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.

Well today I am unsubscribing from the show. Painting this paneling in a house this gorgeous that is only been on the market for 3 weeks is a travesty. So I'm done I am never watching this again. Take out the Western motif change up some paint colors rearrange some furniture or replace it. That's all this place needs.

@gatoniebla4900

3 жыл бұрын

I totally agree. This house was absolutely fine and making some minor changes would have been enough.

@phyllisharris2766

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly!!! They could have rented this one out.

@barkinatthemoon

3 жыл бұрын

All the natural beauty gone. Its what would have sold the house. A crying shame. The house has been homogenized. I'm glad others agree. I still can't watch this show any longer

@angelm9635

3 жыл бұрын

The house could have sold but not for what they wanted for it. It doesn't look like a 1mil house. I don't know what area this is but honestly looks like a 200K house here.

Painting all that lovely, historic, beautiful oak should be illegal

Anthony been goin to the gym heyy

Painting All that wood is a crime! God that is disgusting. I had to strip 30 years of paint off of beautiful wood trim in my house tons of work! Don't paint beautiful old wood!

I can't bear to watch this. Paint that wood? That's criminal!