Everything is obviously staged - maybe the families' kids were left in the blank but otherwise everything is staged
These makeovers were obviously not done in 12hrs
Fake hidden cameras: I mean 2 gopros stuck on car windshield in their faces as the families are driving - really?!
"Hidden cameras" in front yard bushes on steady tripods/gears literally 15-20 yards from them Even when the families leave "clueless" about the makeover in the morning these scenes had been shot several times to get them right (car is in different spots in different shots when they get in - the wet/dry spots where the car was previously parked in between shots gives it away)
Calls with "accomplices" on SPEAKERPHONE literally next to the "clueless" families
Fake testings of how to try out difficult installations and then obviously they do it completely differently on the makeover day
In each episode the family is already on the way back and the team have like 30-45 minutes left to finish when the makeover is not even near completion and it would require at least 5-6 hours
Episode 7 is filled with giveaways on how fake and staged this "show" is crammed with fake "emergency" events: countertop already broken/chipped before it "broke", then the guy chips off a sample with a hammer and later he takes it to find another similar slate but with a precisely cut off piece then a "brand new" countertop arrives hours later and what a coincidence: the marble lines exactly match up with the other already installed piece... One window pane breaks but a new arrives hours later although it takes 4-6 weeks to make a new one but they - by shear luck - found an EXACTLY same type of glass with same treatment and same measurement from another client order - oh please...
Oh, and the planning software they use is so old that it had been already outdated even 10 years ago...
One positive thing about the whole show is that the outcome most of the times was good or at least okayish... mostly. NOT always
So the question rightfully would be why did I watch this show if all I have is problems with it. I have a bad habit of finishing movies/series once I start them (unless they are upsettingly bad) but in this I actually found amusement in how badly it was staged and faked while taking viewers for fools and extremely gullible :)
Fake hidden cameras: I mean 2 gopros stuck on car windshield in their faces as the families are driving - really?!
"Hidden cameras" in front yard bushes on steady tripods/gears literally 15-20 yards from them Even when the families leave "clueless" about the makeover in the morning these scenes had been shot several times to get them right (car is in different spots in different shots when they get in - the wet/dry spots where the car was previously parked in between shots gives it away)
Calls with "accomplices" on SPEAKERPHONE literally next to the "clueless" families
Fake testings of how to try out difficult installations and then obviously they do it completely differently on the makeover day
In each episode the family is already on the way back and the team have like 30-45 minutes left to finish when the makeover is not even near completion and it would require at least 5-6 hours
Episode 7 is filled with giveaways on how fake and staged this "show" is crammed with fake "emergency" events: countertop already broken/chipped before it "broke", then the guy chips off a sample with a hammer and later he takes it to find another similar slate but with a precisely cut off piece then a "brand new" countertop arrives hours later and what a coincidence: the marble lines exactly match up with the other already installed piece... One window pane breaks but a new arrives hours later although it takes 4-6 weeks to make a new one but they - by shear luck - found an EXACTLY same type of glass with same treatment and same measurement from another client order - oh please...
Oh, and the planning software they use is so old that it had been already outdated even 10 years ago...
One positive thing about the whole show is that the outcome most of the times was good or at least okayish... mostly. NOT always
So the question rightfully would be why did I watch this show if all I have is problems with it. I have a bad habit of finishing movies/series once I start them (unless they are upsettingly bad) but in this I actually found amusement in how badly it was staged and faked while taking viewers for fools and extremely gullible :)