Hardwood floors are wanted for the same reason granite/marble countertops... wealth display.
My home growing up had hard wood floors. Originally covered by green 'astroturf' 70s carpet, but my parents ripped that up and finished the hard wood. The house was built in the early 60s when wood was the standard flooring, even with carpet on top.
Now, hard wood is super expensive and a display of wealth. It's why most 'hard wood' is just wood laminate.
Give me carpet any day.
Good quality hardwood is not all that expensive, compared to the alternatives, if you look at the total lifecycle costs.
(lasts much longer than either carpet or laminate and can be refinished multiple times -- I have the original wood floors in my 1922 house)
But the cost increases for practical use because with hardwood you generally want to have rugs, and pricing on rugs runs the gammut.
Hardwood is preferable to carpets because wall-to-wall carpet is harder to clean thoroughly, so if you have dust allergies, the stuff is a total nightmare.
There are certainly exotic hardwoods that ARE pretty expensive, on a per sq-ft basis, but a lot of the classic options like red oak price out pretty reasonably.
Compared to the other "preferences" being discussed, hardwood is actually time-tested and functional, though.
Marble countertops are purely an aesthetic/show-of-wealth item -- they aren't very functional, in that they severely restrict what you can use to clean them, without etching the surface.
I'm pretty sure marble bathroom counters have been superseded by upscale bathrooms using those goofy "bowl sinks" with the open-trench style faucets.
Popcorn ceilings and carpeting just aren't "warm and inviting" anymore.
I would demand these things in my house i was searching for. Shag carpet specifically.
On a related note, why are people so obsessed with hardwood floors? Eveyone I know wants hardwood floors in their homes. I cant stand wood floors they constantly look dirty and dusty and most of the time people put an area rug on the wood floor anyway. So what was the point of getting wood floors if you just put a rug on it anyway??!!!
No no, the carpet belongs on the ceiling! Better acoustics, just ask Elvis!
Seems like the early 80's episodes of This Old House were more realistic. I think they would do some big renovations here and there but I believe it started out more like the people have a 100 year old house and the toilet won't flush unless you hold down the handle, the sink sprays water, and our deck is falling apart and the husband barely knows how to swing a hammer.
Well apparently they're now obsessed with white kitchen cabinets...but dear for the mommie dearest of all that is holy no no no no NO...WHITE...APPLIANCES!!!!!!
6 years ago, and for the first time in my life, I moved to the burbs for family reasons. My wife and I hate it here. To your point about tastes in these shows, everyone around here has a copy/paste life where you could drop anyone in to anyone else' life and they wouldn't miss a beat. They all talk about the same things, go to the same places, want the same house, the same cars (every other car here is a Mercedes Benz or a BMW...seriously), and constantly complain about their entitlement and first world problems.
In a couple months, we will finally be free of this place, move to P.E.I, and have our 'post and beam' home built beside the ocean.
Shows like the one you describe (I don't watch tv, so I'm not familiar with the show, just the concept) just illustrate that, by and large, most people want to be the same in order to feel included, or have someone with these things to be the yardstick with which to measure their success by.
To each their own I suppose, but I couldn't imagine living a cookie-cutter life; I'd be perpetually depressed I think.
I think the thing that bothers me most about these shows is how little content there is in them. Not just the home reno shows, but all the new bullshit, fake, 'reality' stuff like Ice Road Truckers, Bush People, Duck Dynasty etc. Every single episode there is like five minutes of actual content, dramatic fade out before the commercial, recap after the commercial, and then some really anticlimactic result and the show ends. Even though there is roughly 22 minutes of show they typically have about 5 minutes of actual content. TV is absolutely terrible these days. So glad I got rid of cable. Unfortunately the price of internet keeps going up to make up the difference. Bell/Rogers can go fuck themselves.
I think the thing that bothers me most about these shows is how little content there is in them. Not just the home reno shows, but all the new bullshit, fake, 'reality' stuff like Ice Road Truckers, Bush People, Duck Dynasty etc. Every single episode there is like five minutes of actual content, dramatic fade out before the commercial, recap after the commercial, and then some really anticlimactic result and the show ends. Even though there is roughly 22 minutes of show they typically have about 5 minutes of actual content. TV is absolutely terrible these days. So glad I got rid of cable. Unfortunately the price of internet keeps going up to make up the difference. Bell/Rogers can go fuck themselves.
In the 1960's, the time slot for programs like The Dick Van Dyke Show and Star Trek was ~25:30 per half-hour or ~50:30 per hour of programming. This translated to roughly 4:30 of commercials per half-hour of air-time.
Seriously, don't people have different tastes and such about what kind of houses and such they want? Why does most everyone on those shows want the same...old...thing??
Women don't have their own opinions and are led by current fashions/trends/social signalling. If the purchase decisions are led by women, this is the result you get.
That sounds like a worldview that is sure to find you a good spouse!
Good spouse, bad spouse. They're all just women spouses, what's the difference right? lol
6 years ago, and for the first time in my life, I moved to the burbs for family reasons. My wife and I hate it here. To your point about tastes in these shows, everyone around here has a copy/paste life where you could drop anyone in to anyone else' life and they wouldn't miss a beat. They all talk about the same things, go to the same places, want the same house, the same cars (every other car here is a Mercedes Benz or a BMW...seriously), and constantly complain about their entitlement and first world problems.
Well what about Cadillacs, or Lincolns, or Ferraris, or Lamborginis, or Jaguars, or Rolls Royces...? Regardless of how many digits are in their bank account can't they have a brain or personal preferences of their own?
And think of all the hats in the store here like picking out which epsidoe of House Hunters and whatnot you want to watch
There's also the fact that half the people looking for the houses are just whiny and obnoxious. My folks watch List it or love it and the people make me want to strangle them through the tv.
There's also the fact that half the people looking for the houses are just whiny and obnoxious. My folks watch List it or love it and the people make me want to strangle them through the tv.
They are not looking to purchase a pack of gum. Finding the "perfect" house can be quite a challenge. Unless someone has the money to build a house from the ground up in a desired, perfect neighborhood, then there are going to be things to nitpick at. Even if one could build a house and choose out the perfect area, there are probably things to nitpick at.
I think I'd be to quick to buy a house. I just want lots of space, lots of power outlets, no spiders infestations, and as few neighbors as possible lol
I think I'd be to quick to buy a house. I just want lots of space, lots of power outlets, no spiders infestations, and as few neighbors as possible lol
I wish you luck the day you buy a house. A lot more thought is involved in what may be one of the biggest investments of your life. If it was only that easy to buy a house.
Haha I hear ya OP. After seeing more house hunters international shows than I care to admit, I knew that if I heard another person scoff at a place because they didn't have stainless steel appliances and granite countertops, I was going to flip out. Upset because the kitchen doesn't have a commercial grade 6 burner double convection oven? You guys don't even cook. I mean seriously? These people are looking at million dollar and up homes. Those items are small beans in comparison.
I would love to be on one of these shows to throw everyone off.
The agent "and this house has all new stainless steel appliances, hardwood floors, marble countertops and newly painted (white, beige, other earthy generic color).
Me: " i hate it, im looking for a house with wood paneling, red shag carpet, and mustard yellow appliances. Can you show me a house like that?"
I think the thing that bothers me most about these shows is how little content there is in them. Not just the home reno shows, but all the new bullshit, fake, 'reality' stuff like Ice Road Truckers, Bush People, Duck Dynasty etc. Every single episode there is like five minutes of actual content, dramatic fade out before the commercial, recap after the commercial, and then some really anticlimactic result and the show ends. Even though there is roughly 22 minutes of show they typically have about 5 minutes of actual content. TV is absolutely terrible these days. So glad I got rid of cable. Unfortunately the price of internet keeps going up to make up the difference. Bell/Rogers can go fuck themselves.
when mythbusters was on the air, people would edit out commercials and the repeat footage during the show and end up with 30 minutes of content. it was literally half the time it'd take to watch it live.
when mythbusters was on the air, people would edit out commercials and the repeat footage during the show and end up with 30 minutes of content. it was literally half the time it'd take to watch it live.
No joke, it's a serious problem. It's really noticable in most "reality drama" programs on TV today, like those Real Housewives shows. They spend 30 seconds before the commercial stretching out the drama into a "cliffhanger"...then 30 more seconds after the commercial repeating the stretched-out drama that you just saw before finally moving on. It really sticks in my craw because of how painfully obvious it is how little actual substance they have to work with and they just use b.s. editing and music cues to string the viewers along.
I think I'd be to quick to buy a house. I just want lots of space, lots of power outlets, no spiders infestations, and as few neighbors as possible lol
Im assuming you have never been house shopping.
Im curious how many outlets you would need, and why?
No joke, it's a serious problem. It's really noticable in most "reality drama" programs on TV today, like those Real Housewives shows.
With neither word in that title even remotely true. None of it's real and none of them are actual housewives...as least as most people know of the term.
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Hardwood floors are wanted for the same reason granite/marble countertops... wealth display.
My home growing up had hard wood floors. Originally covered by green 'astroturf' 70s carpet, but my parents ripped that up and finished the hard wood. The house was built in the early 60s when wood was the standard flooring, even with carpet on top.
Now, hard wood is super expensive and a display of wealth. It's why most 'hard wood' is just wood laminate.
Give me carpet any day.
Good quality hardwood is not all that expensive, compared to the alternatives, if you look at the total lifecycle costs.
(lasts much longer than either carpet or laminate and can be refinished multiple times -- I have the original wood floors in my 1922 house)
But the cost increases for practical use because with hardwood you generally want to have rugs, and pricing on rugs runs the gammut.
Hardwood is preferable to carpets because wall-to-wall carpet is harder to clean thoroughly, so if you have dust allergies, the stuff is a total nightmare.
There are certainly exotic hardwoods that ARE pretty expensive, on a per sq-ft basis, but a lot of the classic options like red oak price out pretty reasonably.
Compared to the other "preferences" being discussed, hardwood is actually time-tested and functional, though.
Marble countertops are purely an aesthetic/show-of-wealth item -- they aren't very functional, in that they severely restrict what you can use to clean them, without etching the surface.
I'm pretty sure marble bathroom counters have been superseded by upscale bathrooms using those goofy "bowl sinks" with the open-trench style faucets.
Popcorn ceilings and carpeting just aren't "warm and inviting" anymore.
I would demand these things in my house i was searching for. Shag carpet specifically.
On a related note, why are people so obsessed with hardwood floors? Eveyone I know wants hardwood floors in their homes. I cant stand wood floors they constantly look dirty and dusty and most of the time people put an area rug on the wood floor anyway. So what was the point of getting wood floors if you just put a rug on it anyway??!!!
No no, the carpet belongs on the ceiling! Better acoustics, just ask Elvis!
Edit: Oh and when you do, say hi for me.
In a couple months, we will finally be free of this place, move to P.E.I, and have our 'post and beam' home built beside the ocean.
Shows like the one you describe (I don't watch tv, so I'm not familiar with the show, just the concept) just illustrate that, by and large, most people want to be the same in order to feel included, or have someone with these things to be the yardstick with which to measure their success by.
To each their own I suppose, but I couldn't imagine living a cookie-cutter life; I'd be perpetually depressed I think.
I think the thing that bothers me most about these shows is how little content there is in them. Not just the home reno shows, but all the new bullshit, fake, 'reality' stuff like Ice Road Truckers, Bush People, Duck Dynasty etc. Every single episode there is like five minutes of actual content, dramatic fade out before the commercial, recap after the commercial, and then some really anticlimactic result and the show ends. Even though there is roughly 22 minutes of show they typically have about 5 minutes of actual content. TV is absolutely terrible these days. So glad I got rid of cable. Unfortunately the price of internet keeps going up to make up the difference. Bell/Rogers can go fuck themselves.
In the 1960's, the time slot for programs like The Dick Van Dyke Show and Star Trek was ~25:30 per half-hour or ~50:30 per hour of programming. This translated to roughly 4:30 of commercials per half-hour of air-time.
Seriously, don't people have different tastes and such about what kind of houses and such they want? Why does most everyone on those shows want the same...old...thing??
Women don't have their own opinions and are led by current fashions/trends/social signalling. If the purchase decisions are led by women, this is the result you get.
That sounds like a worldview that is sure to find you a good spouse!
Good spouse, bad spouse. They're all just women spouses, what's the difference right? lol
6 years ago, and for the first time in my life, I moved to the burbs for family reasons. My wife and I hate it here. To your point about tastes in these shows, everyone around here has a copy/paste life where you could drop anyone in to anyone else' life and they wouldn't miss a beat. They all talk about the same things, go to the same places, want the same house, the same cars (every other car here is a Mercedes Benz or a BMW...seriously), and constantly complain about their entitlement and first world problems.
Well what about Cadillacs, or Lincolns, or Ferraris, or Lamborginis, or Jaguars, or Rolls Royces...? Regardless of how many digits are in their bank account can't they have a brain or personal preferences of their own?
And think of all the hats in the store here like picking out which epsidoe of House Hunters and whatnot you want to watch
There's also the fact that half the people looking for the houses are just whiny and obnoxious. My folks watch List it or love it and the people make me want to strangle them through the tv.
They are not looking to purchase a pack of gum. Finding the "perfect" house can be quite a challenge. Unless someone has the money to build a house from the ground up in a desired, perfect neighborhood, then there are going to be things to nitpick at. Even if one could build a house and choose out the perfect area, there are probably things to nitpick at.
I think I'd be to quick to buy a house. I just want lots of space, lots of power outlets, no spiders infestations, and as few neighbors as possible lol
I wish you luck the day you buy a house. A lot more thought is involved in what may be one of the biggest investments of your life. If it was only that easy to buy a house.
The agent "and this house has all new stainless steel appliances, hardwood floors, marble countertops and newly painted (white, beige, other earthy generic color).
Me: " i hate it, im looking for a house with wood paneling, red shag carpet, and mustard yellow appliances. Can you show me a house like that?"
I think the thing that bothers me most about these shows is how little content there is in them. Not just the home reno shows, but all the new bullshit, fake, 'reality' stuff like Ice Road Truckers, Bush People, Duck Dynasty etc. Every single episode there is like five minutes of actual content, dramatic fade out before the commercial, recap after the commercial, and then some really anticlimactic result and the show ends. Even though there is roughly 22 minutes of show they typically have about 5 minutes of actual content. TV is absolutely terrible these days. So glad I got rid of cable. Unfortunately the price of internet keeps going up to make up the difference. Bell/Rogers can go fuck themselves.
when mythbusters was on the air, people would edit out commercials and the repeat footage during the show and end up with 30 minutes of content. it was literally half the time it'd take to watch it live.
when mythbusters was on the air, people would edit out commercials and the repeat footage during the show and end up with 30 minutes of content. it was literally half the time it'd take to watch it live.
No joke, it's a serious problem. It's really noticable in most "reality drama" programs on TV today, like those Real Housewives shows. They spend 30 seconds before the commercial stretching out the drama into a "cliffhanger"...then 30 more seconds after the commercial repeating the stretched-out drama that you just saw before finally moving on. It really sticks in my craw because of how painfully obvious it is how little actual substance they have to work with and they just use b.s. editing and music cues to string the viewers along.
I think I'd be to quick to buy a house. I just want lots of space, lots of power outlets, no spiders infestations, and as few neighbors as possible lol
Im assuming you have never been house shopping.
Im curious how many outlets you would need, and why?
No joke, it's a serious problem. It's really noticable in most "reality drama" programs on TV today, like those Real Housewives shows.
With neither word in that title even remotely true. None of it's real and none of them are actual housewives...as least as most people know of the term.