Home Owner Won't Lower His UNREALISTIC Asking Price

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Home Owner Won't Lower His UNREALISTIC Asking Price | Unsellables S2 E9

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3 жыл бұрын

Homeowner George can't sell his 100-year-old bright blue and yellow victorian house. He won't budge on his asking price of $699,000 but are there more problems under the surface? Join Sofie Allsopp, Anthony Sayers, and the design team in their latest house makeover to transform this home from unsellable to sold!
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@ceedee8953 2 жыл бұрын

The blue exterior is gorgeous. Many homes that era are painted bold like that.

@karenking5357 2 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.

@judylloyd7901 2 жыл бұрын

I actually really like the exterior colours 😁 The interior leaves a lot to be desired as it is initially. 🙁

@vanessarolph3532 3 жыл бұрын

Love that wallpaper adds class and so simple.

@debstrout1844 3 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!

@juliadickenson178 2 жыл бұрын

Is she Kirstie’s sister?

@chrisseeharrison7787 2 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.

@pamkowal7464 3 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.

@meggtokyodelicious 3 жыл бұрын

probation the owner didn't want to spend extra $...... stingy owner, isn't he.....

@lornagoodman1891 3 жыл бұрын

I wanted to see the kitchen too!

@katepausig8562 2 жыл бұрын

They most likely only added the knobs so not worth showing. I kind of like the yellow ceiling.

@Nurse3811 2 жыл бұрын

Love the pop of color on the ceiling

@karenking5357 2 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

@christinechin1909 2 жыл бұрын

It’s funny, this colour blue on the exterior is so in style now!

@papercup2517 2 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

@christinechin1909 2 жыл бұрын

@@papercup2517 - Good point.

@JohnOBrienDesignerLimerick 3 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

@doihavetohaveachannel8289 3 жыл бұрын

I liked the old colour of the exterior. I also love Kensington!

@annachill7552 2 жыл бұрын

Me too. I think the smoking smell has to be the biggest deterrent

@JB43186 2 жыл бұрын

Those original colors are great for that style home.

@janohare916 3 жыл бұрын

Gorgeous house, love the renovation.

@thomasdoyle6931 2 жыл бұрын

I liked the exterior colors and the yellow room! Good to get the bed off the floor.

@Jane5720 2 жыл бұрын

I actually love the outside colors on the house

@ellenlehrman9299 2 жыл бұрын

The grey exterior makes that house look like a prison.

@karenking5357 2 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

@v.britton4445 5 ай бұрын

This was such a good makeover. You can only do what you can for some people.

@huntersun9 2 жыл бұрын

Yellow isn't my favorite color for decorating, but call me crazy, I love that room. It certainly wouldn't deter me.

@1wildwackywoman 3 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.

@annstillwell730 3 жыл бұрын

Yep me too. Bought a condo from folks that smoked. Had to have the whole place painted.

@twistoffate4791 2 жыл бұрын

I have never been a smoker and dislike the smell of smoke. Perhaps their ad should read, "Only smokers need apply..."

@karenking5357 2 жыл бұрын

I totally agree

@jettyoeill 2 жыл бұрын

And the walls and ceilings need to be deep cleaned prior to painting with a heavy cleaner like TSP.

@chrisseeharrison7787 2 жыл бұрын

@@twistoffate4791 I totally agree - I can always smell the smoke no matter what.

@786nobby 2 жыл бұрын

You dont restore or even video any of the bathrooms, are the houses all without bathrooms?

@orlaklassen6355 2 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?

@karenking5357 2 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

@lfi4420 3 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.

@AgentAO7 3 жыл бұрын

This was 2008

@annstillwell730 3 жыл бұрын

He should have waited...lol

@katysummer9418 2 жыл бұрын

If you look at the background you can see its in UK and not Canada. See the left traffic???

@lfi4420 2 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.

@lindajohnston2032 2 жыл бұрын

@@katysummer9418 Kensington Market is definitely in Toronto Canada. I've been there many times.

@lornagoodman1891 3 жыл бұрын

Loved all the changes, dismayed they didn't paint the lemon curd ceilings though.

@sims398 2 жыл бұрын

The agent was correct, she was working from a disadvantage before

@WulfricTheBlack 3 жыл бұрын

So did it sell? Did he get his asking price?

@harwantkaurchhachhia5459 3 жыл бұрын

This designer is very fond of all shades of greys

@katepausig8562 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, very popular color in the mid 2000s when this was filmed.

@karenking5357 2 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

@dovespaligrino8312 2 жыл бұрын

Those Crazy colors on this home, do NOT scream Victorian!!!

@MappingAmy 3 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!

@hollyRuizdeChavez 2 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

@mapleleaf0 2 жыл бұрын

I too love that they kept the yellow ceilings. I think in this particular case, it elevated the rooms considerably.

@AlexS-oj8qf 3 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.

@theduchessofkitty4107 3 жыл бұрын

😂

@whitenoiseihearu4018 3 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure it is not free. Business 101

@AlexS-oj8qf 3 жыл бұрын

@@whitenoiseihearu4018 Labor is free. He's only oaying for the paint, extra furniture, etc.

@renaparker4579 3 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.

@dittohead7044 2 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

@Robinkae 2 жыл бұрын

Why wasn't the imperfection on the wall above the bed repaired? Seems pretty basic to me.

@vidyamadamanchi7091 3 жыл бұрын

He has some lovely period furniture

@KatherineTheGr8t 2 жыл бұрын

You could have at least painted the ceilings white, leaving that yellow was awful.

@sheilagill8385 2 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.

@teacherverina 2 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.

@hughkirk3946 2 жыл бұрын

Sofie is the absolute best!

@janetpattison8474 2 жыл бұрын

In 2022 properties are MUCH higher!

@annstillwell730 3 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.

@1623JB 3 жыл бұрын

$175 for the exterior paint?? Yeah, right!! And I've got a bridge I'd like to sell you.

@amandawilliams5219 3 жыл бұрын

Right! They paid twice as much for 2 armchairs than exterior paint for that huge house??🤷‍♀️

@katepausig8562 2 жыл бұрын

They only had to paint front of the house. So, not to bad.

@miriam4235 3 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.

@219043204 3 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.

@crystaltelf288 3 жыл бұрын

Great changes!

@stellamantikou4978 2 жыл бұрын

16:48 a sticker set on a victorian home? 😖💀

@montanacrone8984 2 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.

@peggypeggy4137 2 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?

@JC-sg5uo 7 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.

@Waffles84 2 жыл бұрын

Did he ever sell?

@Sunnbuzz 2 жыл бұрын

This house now sells for over 2million in days in Toronto, maybe closer to 2.3 mill !

@karenking5357 2 жыл бұрын

@@Sunnbuzz WOW

@barbarahunt5735 3 жыл бұрын

Those stick-on butterflies in the bedroom are pretty dreadful IMO

@Waffles84 2 жыл бұрын

I was not a fan of the butterflies 🦋 either

@HankScorpio468 2 жыл бұрын

Do you mean the dragon flies?

@judylloyd7901 2 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.

@hrichards9562 2 жыл бұрын

They were viiiiiiile

@lisafox3907 2 жыл бұрын

Very tacky

@sunandevise9934 2 жыл бұрын

You are great!

@lindak8664 3 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.

@katepausig8562 2 жыл бұрын

I liked the yellow ceilings.

@sameeramalik9122 3 жыл бұрын

Isnt this reuploaded

@lisakilmer2667 3 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.

@niva8043 3 жыл бұрын

Why leave the yellow ceiling unpainted? It clash with the grey walls.

@whatever5922 2 жыл бұрын

The exterior color was nicer initially… the gray is so dull

@dolorescordell129 2 жыл бұрын

Leaving the yellow ceiling? ugh. Liked the blue exterior. So bland now. But otherwise an excellent upgrade.

@poorthing 2 жыл бұрын

The sad furnishings

@larsedik Жыл бұрын

I've noticed that Anthony always has a good manicure (@12:56, 13:56, 14:39) compared to other workers.

@venus_envy 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like he's a bit abusive to his real estate agent. Ironically, sounds like _he's_ the bully.

@Hasna256 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly! Thought the same, he sounds like an arrogant and awful person. Horrible to deal with.

@VIncentSunflowers 2 жыл бұрын

But we never see or hear him with the realtor, do we? He's agreeable and nice throughout.

@Atochabsh 2 жыл бұрын

I like the blue and yellow.

@HankScorpio468 2 жыл бұрын

Are they allowed to disagree with her?

@larsedik Жыл бұрын

The $175 price for paint does not include any of the cost for labor, which can run into the thousands.

@Xenon-4300 3 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?

@katepausig8562 2 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.

@karenking5357 2 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!!

@hellepost1439 3 жыл бұрын

“ Typical man they hate being bullied “. Well I guess people in general hate being bullied ‼️

@katepausig8562 2 жыл бұрын

He wasn't being bullied.

@joterry123 Жыл бұрын

What can you do if you cannot afford all the changes needed ?

@mariloufleenor5747 2 жыл бұрын

Love your show

@susannah1948 2 жыл бұрын

I bet he’s a bachelor…………

@katella 2 жыл бұрын

No!

@ShoppingwithRina 2 жыл бұрын

So huge house

@bloodliriel 3 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...

@katella 2 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.

@Gromobran 2 жыл бұрын

Chill out

@Jane5720 2 жыл бұрын

Well actually yes it does require someone a little bit different in that does appreciate that type of his house

@rickyherzfield3670 3 жыл бұрын

That yellow ceiling is awful!

@katepausig8562 2 жыл бұрын

I like it gives a pop of color.

@Xenon-4300 3 жыл бұрын

Why does it have two living rooms? That's so weird. The second room should be a dining room.

@annstillwell730 3 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.

@mapleleaf0 2 жыл бұрын

@@annstillwell730 Wasn't it ladies in one parlor and gentlemen in the other?

@karenking5357 2 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

@TourPace 2 жыл бұрын

Does everyone in Canada put their mattresses directly on the floor?

@dittohead7044 2 жыл бұрын

He can afford a nice bed. That’s lazy

@karenking5357 2 жыл бұрын

@@dittohead7044 it may be lazy but I call it more greedy

@jeanross7430 3 жыл бұрын

I have seen this before, ridiculous man, his attitude is dreadful.

@VIncentSunflowers 2 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.

@pattiearehart118 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe better to show it unfurnished? I don’t mind the color of the house.

@appujosephjose6129 2 жыл бұрын

Why does he want to sell it?

@dittohead7044 2 жыл бұрын

That kitchen is pathetic for that home. No character, zero charm.

@annadykins278 Жыл бұрын

no chance you can get 5 cars on that tiny drive

@MagnoliaEmporium 2 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

@heyjude1101 2 жыл бұрын

He can well understand that, that's why his place looks like a dump. Clueless

@Melinda_Ross 2 жыл бұрын

Outside colors are awful.

@peggypeggy4137 2 жыл бұрын

The blue and gold? Or Sophie's gray and white?

@alonzojohnson7955 3 жыл бұрын

Woe

@alonzojohnson7955 3 жыл бұрын

Location x 3

@kellykersten8828 5 ай бұрын

P please turn off the music! Its annoying

@jamesbondjr1041 2 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.