Comments on: Watching House Hunters is the Next Best Thing to Being a Voyeur http://playgroupsarenoplaceforchildren.com/2008/02/07/watching-house-hunters-is-the-next-best-thing-to-being-a-voyeur/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:01:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Max http://playgroupsarenoplaceforchildren.com/2008/02/07/watching-house-hunters-is-the-next-best-thing-to-being-a-voyeur/comment-page-2/#comment-30738 Max Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:34:01 +0000 http://playgroupsarenoplaceforchildren.com/2008/02/07/watching-house-hunters-is-the-next-best-thing-to-being-a-voyeur/#comment-30738 I have watched it a few times. It can actually be a little informative to watch. But I don't watch much because the homes are virtually all priced in the stratosphere. Honestly, who can afford $500,000 for a house??? I just don't understand this. I am a well-paid computer engineer with good savings, a 401k, the whole bit. No way can I afford houses like this. I guess these people just mortgage themselves up to their eyeballs and won't pay off their house until they are 85 years old. I stress this so much because I wish the show would show more "human-priced" houses - houses priced UNDER $200,000. It would be a lot more interesting if they were shopping through houses that I could actually buy. I have watched it a few times. It can actually be a little informative to watch. But I don’t watch much because the homes are virtually all priced in the stratosphere.
Honestly, who can afford $500,000 for a house???

I just don’t understand this. I am a well-paid computer engineer with good savings, a 401k, the whole bit. No way can I afford houses like this.

I guess these people just mortgage themselves up to their eyeballs and won’t pay off their house until they are 85 years old.

I stress this so much because I wish the show would show more “human-priced” houses – houses priced UNDER $200,000. It would be a lot more interesting if they were shopping through houses that I could actually buy.

]]> By: Pat http://playgroupsarenoplaceforchildren.com/2008/02/07/watching-house-hunters-is-the-next-best-thing-to-being-a-voyeur/comment-page-2/#comment-30208 Pat Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:28:41 +0000 http://playgroupsarenoplaceforchildren.com/2008/02/07/watching-house-hunters-is-the-next-best-thing-to-being-a-voyeur/#comment-30208 I agree with your question about how these (mostly VERY YOUNG) people afford these places. I am way over 45 and when we bought our dream home 5 years ago we were nowhere near their price. Who do they work for anyway? I agree with your question about how these (mostly VERY YOUNG) people afford these places. I am way over 45 and when we bought our dream home 5 years ago we were nowhere near their price.

Who do they work for anyway?

]]> By: Robin http://playgroupsarenoplaceforchildren.com/2008/02/07/watching-house-hunters-is-the-next-best-thing-to-being-a-voyeur/comment-page-2/#comment-18478 Robin Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:27:54 +0000 http://playgroupsarenoplaceforchildren.com/2008/02/07/watching-house-hunters-is-the-next-best-thing-to-being-a-voyeur/#comment-18478 I just happened upon this blog on a Google search trying to determine when the HH episode featuring the Disney fan who moves to New Orleans will be aired again...and guess what I'm watching HH as I type this, and someone just dissed a popcorn ceiling. The other observations in the blog and the comments are cracking me up as I wonder all the same things! Robins last blog post..<a href="http://robinscameraphone.blogspot.com/2008/07/holy-crop.html" rel="nofollow">Holy Crop!</a> I just happened upon this blog on a Google search trying to determine when the HH episode featuring the Disney fan who moves to New Orleans will be aired again…and guess what I’m watching HH as I type this, and someone just dissed a popcorn ceiling. The other observations in the blog and the comments are cracking me up as I wonder all the same things!

Robins last blog post..Holy Crop!

]]> By: Rob http://playgroupsarenoplaceforchildren.com/2008/02/07/watching-house-hunters-is-the-next-best-thing-to-being-a-voyeur/comment-page-2/#comment-18024 Rob Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:17:47 +0000 http://playgroupsarenoplaceforchildren.com/2008/02/07/watching-house-hunters-is-the-next-best-thing-to-being-a-voyeur/#comment-18024 So many people hate popcorn ceilings because they associate them with asbestos. It's really nothing to worry about as long as you don't disturb the ceiling. So many people hate popcorn ceilings because they associate them with asbestos. It’s really nothing to worry about as long as you don’t disturb the ceiling.

]]> By: lauren http://playgroupsarenoplaceforchildren.com/2008/02/07/watching-house-hunters-is-the-next-best-thing-to-being-a-voyeur/comment-page-2/#comment-17120 lauren Tue, 17 Jun 2008 02:35:07 +0000 http://playgroupsarenoplaceforchildren.com/2008/02/07/watching-house-hunters-is-the-next-best-thing-to-being-a-voyeur/#comment-17120 I know someone who is going to be on the show in the next few months. She throught it was going to be in May, but it was held back. She was looking for a vacation home in Hawaii - they flimed that portion of the show first. She actually did purchase the home. They didn't flim the turn of the current living space (Alaska) part until 9 months later. They wanted to wait for winter to have snow. Show the different climate of where she lives to where she vacations and may retire. Funny thing, they didn't use her actual real home. She borrowed a friends home. Not sure if that was her idea or the shows. I know someone who is going to be on the show in the next few months. She throught it was going to be in May, but it was held back. She was looking for a vacation home in Hawaii – they flimed that portion of the show first. She actually did purchase the home. They didn’t flim the turn of the current living space (Alaska) part until 9 months later. They wanted to wait for winter to have snow. Show the different climate of where she lives to where she vacations and may retire. Funny thing, they didn’t use her actual real home. She borrowed a friends home. Not sure if that was her idea or the shows.

]]> By: A Whole Lot of Nothing http://playgroupsarenoplaceforchildren.com/2008/02/07/watching-house-hunters-is-the-next-best-thing-to-being-a-voyeur/comment-page-2/#comment-10743 A Whole Lot of Nothing Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:52:32 +0000 http://playgroupsarenoplaceforchildren.com/2008/02/07/watching-house-hunters-is-the-next-best-thing-to-being-a-voyeur/#comment-10743 I DVR all of the HH and HH Int'l b/c my husband won't let me go to model homes. I'm with you - I pick about 1/2 the time, but I'm always right on the one they SHOULD pick. I'm SO glad they started telling us how much the houses cost. This way, I know where I wanna move to. They pay WHAT? WHERE? I'm moving.... I DVR all of the HH and HH Int’l b/c my husband won’t let me go to model homes. I’m with you – I pick about 1/2 the time, but I’m always right on the one they SHOULD pick.

I’m SO glad they started telling us how much the houses cost. This way, I know where I wanna move to. They pay WHAT? WHERE? I’m moving….

]]> By: Clink http://playgroupsarenoplaceforchildren.com/2008/02/07/watching-house-hunters-is-the-next-best-thing-to-being-a-voyeur/comment-page-2/#comment-10655 Clink Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:45:56 +0000 http://playgroupsarenoplaceforchildren.com/2008/02/07/watching-house-hunters-is-the-next-best-thing-to-being-a-voyeur/#comment-10655 I am coming out of the lurking recesses of the internet to say this... Tile counter tops are allll California....a total pain to clean and the grout they use is always "old food" colored so the mess blends. Random fact...same counter tops they used in Poltergeist. As if the ghosts weren't scary enough. I just don't get it. I am coming out of the lurking recesses of the internet to say this…

Tile counter tops are allll California….a total pain to clean and the grout they use is always “old food” colored so the mess blends.
Random fact…same counter tops they used in Poltergeist.
As if the ghosts weren’t scary enough.
I just don’t get it.

]]> By: Arkie Mama http://playgroupsarenoplaceforchildren.com/2008/02/07/watching-house-hunters-is-the-next-best-thing-to-being-a-voyeur/comment-page-2/#comment-10624 Arkie Mama Mon, 11 Feb 2008 04:06:25 +0000 http://playgroupsarenoplaceforchildren.com/2008/02/07/watching-house-hunters-is-the-next-best-thing-to-being-a-voyeur/#comment-10624 LOVE that show. But I always wonder -- who ARE these people who can afford these places? Are we that underpaid? <em>Arkie Mama's last blog post..<a href='http://arkiemama.blogspot.com/2008/02/five-years-really.html' rel="nofollow">Five years? Really?</a></em> LOVE that show.

But I always wonder — who ARE these people who can afford these places? Are we that underpaid?

Arkie Mama’s last blog post..Five years? Really?

]]> By: FENICLE http://playgroupsarenoplaceforchildren.com/2008/02/07/watching-house-hunters-is-the-next-best-thing-to-being-a-voyeur/comment-page-2/#comment-10623 FENICLE Mon, 11 Feb 2008 02:52:55 +0000 http://playgroupsarenoplaceforchildren.com/2008/02/07/watching-house-hunters-is-the-next-best-thing-to-being-a-voyeur/#comment-10623 I live vicariously through the people on that show!!! Also, I just noticed the other day that Suzanne is the same lady on the Las Vegas TV show who works in the salon. (She's a total nut job on the show!) <em>FENICLE's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Fenicle/~3/232292246/' rel="nofollow">Trial & Error With A 5 Year Old</a></em> I live vicariously through the people on that show!!!

Also, I just noticed the other day that Suzanne is the same lady on the Las Vegas TV show who works in the salon. (She’s a total nut job on the show!)

FENICLE’s last blog post..Trial & Error With A 5 Year Old

]]> By: andi http://playgroupsarenoplaceforchildren.com/2008/02/07/watching-house-hunters-is-the-next-best-thing-to-being-a-voyeur/comment-page-2/#comment-10587 andi Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:24:30 +0000 http://playgroupsarenoplaceforchildren.com/2008/02/07/watching-house-hunters-is-the-next-best-thing-to-being-a-voyeur/#comment-10587 You had me at popcorn (yum!) I have a mild real estate obsession (I can't believe we haven't discussed this!) The housing in our city has gone completely mental and I have no idea how anyone can afford to buy anymore. And we are probably still in a reasonable area - I can't imagine trying to buy something on the coast. <em>andi's last blog post..<a href='http://pootandcubby.wordpress.com/2008/02/07/on-distraction-and-ambivalence/' rel="nofollow">On distraction and ambivalence</a></em> You had me at popcorn (yum!)

I have a mild real estate obsession (I can’t believe we haven’t discussed this!) The housing in our city has gone completely mental and I have no idea how anyone can afford to buy anymore. And we are probably still in a reasonable area – I can’t imagine trying to buy something on the coast.

andi’s last blog post..On distraction and ambivalence

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