Escape to the Country is a reality TV show that follows individuals and families as they embark on a journey to find their perfect home in the rural setting of the British countryside. With a limited budget and a wish list in mind, these house buyers explore various properties and weigh their options before making a final choice. The show offers a glimpse into the property market, showcasing beautiful homes and highlighting the unique aspects of rural life.
Better Homes and Gardens is a multiple Logie Award winning Australian lifestyle television program which is broadcast on the Seven Network. The program covers a wide variety of lifestyle related topics and hobbies,offering advice and solutions including gardening, cooking, craft, pet care, home improvement and DIY as well as featuring celebrity guests. Australian actress Noni Hazlehurst hosted the show during its premiere year in 1995 through to 2004. Her husband at the time, John Jarratt was also a presenter on the show. Former swimmer-turned-television presenter Johanna Griggs replaced Noni as host in 2005. The show also features pet advice from Dr. Harry Cooper, a popular TV vet, after his TV series, Harry's Practice, which also featured Dr. Katrina Warren and Dr. Chris Brown, was axed in 2003. The theme song for the show until 2005 was a cover of The Beatles' "Getting Better". This was changed to a new theme in 2006, composed by Jay Stewart.
The home decorator and tv host Ernst Kirchstegier travels around Sweden where he design and decorates everything from an outhouse to big villas with his simple but yet beautiful style.
Fixer Upper follows Chip and Joanna Gaines as they help clients transform rundown houses into beautiful homes. The show features their unique design style and showcases the process of turning a fixer upper into a dream home.
Follow iconic screen star Pamela Anderson as she leaves her Hollywood life behind, returns to her roots on the coast of Vancouver Island, and embarks on a massive restoration of her grandmother’s legacy property. Joining Pamela’s journey is a talented team of designers, architects and contractors who work with her through the stresses and struggles of this extraordinary renovation.
Matthew Evans once trained as a chef before he crossed to the dark side of the industry and became a restaurant reviewer. After five years and 2,000 restaurant meals as the chief reviewer for the Sydney Morning Herald, he came to the slow realisation that chefs don’t have the best produce in the land, normal people who live close to the land do. So he moved to Tasmania, to a small patch of earth, where he’s raising pigs and sheep, milking a cow and waiting for his chickens to start laying.
Het Blok is a Dutch reality series running since 2004 on NET 5. The program is based on the Australian series The Block. The program shows 4 couples who have 77 days to build and model an apartment. The construction happens while the couples hold their regular day jobs, so only evenings and weekends are available to the couples. They are each given a € 30,000 budget with which to buy supplies, such as paint and lighting supplies. Every two weeks, the couples must have one room of their apartment ready for judgement. A jury reviews the rooms that are finished and the winner of each judging get an extra prize. After 77 days, each apartment is judged as a whole, and the apartments are valuated. The couples win the difference between this value and the start-value, which the apartment had, before they started the renovation. The couple who has the apartment that has risen the most in value wins an extra € 50,000. The end values are determined by an auction.
Brian and Mika Kleinschmidt are a husband-and-wife team from Tampa, Florida, that makes dream homes come true. She's the realtor, he's the developer and together they help clients both design and build the perfect house from the ground up in 100 days or less.
Jonathan, who has renovated more than 200 houses, as step by step he carefully preserves the original craftsmanship and historic charm of classic homes while he also modernizes layouts, updates interiors and gives his clients endless reasons to cheer.
California builder and designer Jasmine Roth is on a mission to make sure not all suburban homes look the same. Jasmine transforms builder-basic houses into custom dream homes by giving them features that stand out from the crowd.
Artist Helen Dealtry gives a glimpse into the creative process of painting.
Chelsea and Cole DeBoer of "Teen Mom 2" fame flex their renovation and home design skills as they convert homes to meet the needs of client, and spotlight their burgeoning business in their hometown of Sioux Falls, AD.
In Atlanta, Ken and Anita Corsini, a reno-savvy husband and wife, believe no project -- even houses that have been abandoned for years and trashed by squatters -- is too big for their family business. Ken's skills as a licensed contractor and Anita's know-how in real estate and design set the stage for the couple to produce top-dollar flips, adding southern charm to their modern renovations.
Brother and sister property developers Scarlette and Stuart Douglas help families transform run-down houses into dream homes without breaking the bank.
Real-life cousins Anthony Carrino and John Colaneri seek out deserving neighborhood heroes then surprise them with amazing home makeovers.
Dave and Jenny Marrs purchase a historic 1800s home with dreams of creating a one-of-a-kind bed and breakfast, but demolition reveals major construction issues and a bee infestation that forces them to realize their dream comes at an enormous cost.