Dreamhouse on DIY network *rollzeyez*
Oct. 11th, 2009 09:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gategrrlMermaid and I are watching "Dreamhouse" on DIY network on cable, and I have to tell you, it is one of the most frustrating experiences watching this.
The house DIY is focusing on is in San Diego, by the beach, worth a half million, and bought by three guys fresh out of college.
One of the kids is confident that he can get loans whenever, and his roommates are tapped out financially.
But really, the MOST annoying aspect of the show isn't the callowness of the rich boy, it's the many many commercials interwoven in the 1 minute of show-time inbetween.
I'm watching this wondering when they're going to throw their hands up in frustration, and how the financing and "sweat equity" inbalances are going to ruin their friendships. Rich boy's inventor father is quoted several times as saying something along the lines of "well, they're in their midtwenties. They'll make mistakes. I made mistakes at that age." I guess he's right.
The house DIY is focusing on is in San Diego, by the beach, worth a half million, and bought by three guys fresh out of college.
One of the kids is confident that he can get loans whenever, and his roommates are tapped out financially.
But really, the MOST annoying aspect of the show isn't the callowness of the rich boy, it's the many many commercials interwoven in the 1 minute of show-time inbetween.
I'm watching this wondering when they're going to throw their hands up in frustration, and how the financing and "sweat equity" inbalances are going to ruin their friendships. Rich boy's inventor father is quoted several times as saying something along the lines of "well, they're in their midtwenties. They'll make mistakes. I made mistakes at that age." I guess he's right.
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Date: 2009-10-12 04:38 pm (UTC)Did these guys ever hear of the word "home inspection"? Seriously, these guys are a bunch of maroons. I'm tempted to go down there and offer them $24 dollars worth of blankets and beads for it.
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Date: 2009-10-12 05:06 pm (UTC)I'm not sure an inspector could have seen the building materials, though, or test the frame within the wood...but given that they're right next to a couple of tall apartment buildings, and the house is so old, who knows? Callow rich kid is in the realtor business in some capacity that I'm not clear about, so he probably thought he knew what he was doing.
I feel sorry for the guy's friends for listening to him. They shouldn't own a house this early in their single lives, you know? He probably also told them it was a great investment, and even mentioned one of them getting married later and living there. Uh huh. Like THAT is going to happen. I don't think so.