The “Absolute Worst” Renovation on the Property Brothers’ New HGTV Present Is One You’d By no means Think about

The Massive Image

• The newest sequence by Drew and Jonathan Scott,
  Do not Hate Your Home with the Property Brothers
  , is targeted on reworking flawed houses into purposeful areas.
• The brothers inform Collider in an unique interview all in regards to the varied challenges, together with the emotional and monetary facets of renovations, whereas aiming to create houses that foster connection.
• By the present, Drew and Jonathan acquire a deeper understanding of what “dwelling” means for others, aiming to encourage viewers to understand their residing areas.

Fueled by their real charisma, experience, and keenness for reworking houses, Drew Scott and Jonathan Scott’s rising tv empire is increasing but once more with their newest HGTV sequence, Don’t Hate Your Home with the Property Brothers. The beloved twins whose realm of programming consists of fan-favorite reveals like Property Brothers: Backed by the Bros and Celebrity IOU, are taking over a brand new mission: Serving to householders remodel their flawed properties into areas that lastly swimsuit their wants. In an interview with Collider in regards to the sequence airing on HGTV and streaming on Max, the brothers defined how the difficult housing local weather impressed their new method. However whereas there are a plethora of relatable frustrations and unique challenges they face with homeowners, there was one mission particularly that was the “absolute worst,” in accordance with the twins.

“The final two episodes of this season are our mother and father,” Jonathan laughs with Collider. “It’s so enjoyable to see. The problem with them was they had been already residing of their dream dwelling of their dream place within the Rocky Mountains, the place they met 55 years in the past. We renovated a spot for them, however they really wanted to be closer to the grandkids. So, we’ve moved them into this stunning place in Santa Monica, however the home hadn’t been up to date for the reason that ‘50s and had each downside you’ll be able to think about.”

Whereas Drew factors out that “lots of people are so fed up with their home…they hate it as a result of they’ve been residing in one thing that doesn’t work for them,” the 2 goal to create areas that not solely operate for households but in addition foster connection, whether or not it’s for these in want of privateness or a pair adjusting to newfound area.

The Property Brothers’ “Worst” Renovation Has Some Competitors This Season

“It’s heartwarming to see the way it adjustments their lives.”

Because the twins share their hardest renovation to this point has been the one for his or her mother and father, Don’t Hate Your Home with the Property Brothers has its justifiable share of challenges this season. “Anybody who’s completed renovation can respect how maddening it may be — you wanna rip your hair out,” Jonathan says. “However all people has a totally completely different downside that they should resolve. You see the gamut of those points on this episode of the present from the parents who rescue 5 canine, and that’s causing marital problems and their kitchen, which was gross earlier than, it was so dangerous.”

Drew echoes his older twin, admitting how this leaves plenty of households “fed up” and “hate” their houses as a result of they’re residing in one thing that doesn’t work for them. “For instance, one home-owner we now have, she’s a single mother with two youngsters. One of many youngsters was residing in her bed room together with her, sleeping in there. She had no door on her lavatory or the bedrooms — there’s simply no privateness, no personal area for her or the youngsters. Issues like that can drive you nuts, but it’s so expensive nowadays, particularly in areas like Los Angeles. You may’t afford to have the ability to transfer into a brand new home.”

Outdoors components like realtor charges and taxes additionally create plenty of battle for these people in search of assist. “So, to try to discover a manner to assist these individuals get the emotion out of it, we’ll decide with their present dwelling — they will make it really work for them. It’s heartwarming to see the way it adjustments their lives,” Drew says.

‘Don’t Hate Your Home…’ Is In contrast to Any Different Collection in Their Franchise

“The quantity of preventing that occurred in that family leads us to our new present, DIY Divorce.”

In contrast to other renovation shows in the Property Brothers catalog which will concentrate on the aesthetic or structural facets of a house, Don’t Hate Your Home with the Property Brothers goes a bit deeper by exploring how a house’s format and performance straight affect household dynamics and total well-being. As seen within the sequence premiere, “Canine Conundrum,” which options an ungainly kitchen format that results in day by day frustrations between a pair, Jonathan says a house’s design can typically be on the coronary heart of household points.

“The quantity of preventing that occurred in that family leads us to our new present, DIY Divorce,” Jonathan jokes whereas referring to the stress attributable to poor design in shared areas. Nonetheless, as he explains, the answer typically lies in restructuring the consumer’s home to create extra purposeful boundaries. In instances the place each companions do business from home, they might discover themselves in competitors for area and privateness. “They don’t have anyplace with partitions the place they will shut the door, so how will you have two individuals exist in an area?” he says, including how the couple in query required extra open area within the kitchen to alleviate their frustrations. “For his or her answer, we wanted to remove partitions…so that they could possibly be separated.”

However past the emotional challenges and life-style enhancements, their present additionally addresses the financial realities of older dwelling renovations. When confronted with surprising repairs, just like the couple who discovered themselves within the 1929 dwelling, many discover themselves unprepared for sudden bills that may derail a mission. “In that episode, it was a $50,000 downside that we uncovered,” Jonathan says, including how typically he and his twin Drew act like therapists for his or her purchasers. Whereas the staff was in a position to work across the difficulty, he advises anybody tackling an older dwelling renovation ought to count on surprises. “In case you have your finances as it’s, there’s no contingency, no room for it, you’re gonna be disenchanted…you all the time come throughout one thing surprising,” he says.

‘Don’t Hate Your Home…’ Provides Drew and Jonathan Scott a New Perspective on What “Dwelling” Means for Others

“We all know how we stay, however we don’t all the time understand how all people else lives.”

For Drew and Jonathan, Don’t Hate Your Home with the Property Brothers has been greater than a renovation present — it’s been a deeply private journey into understanding what households name “dwelling.” Whereas working carefully with householders going through challenges they could by no means expertise themselves, the brothers have gained recent perception into what actually issues for his or her purchasers. “We’re in our personal little bubble, proper? We all know how we stay, however we don’t all the time understand how all people else lives,” Drew admits, saying it actually opens their eyes as much as what’s essential to some households. He additional shares that becoming a parent with his wife Linda Phan has expanded his perspective even additional, saying, “Having a 5-month-old and a 2-and-a-half-year-old… offers me a complete new perspective of how mother and father stay in a house except for the way it was when it was simply Linda and me.”

Jonathan, who wears his coronary heart on his sleeve very often, displays on the emotional affect these transformations have on him in addition to the households, admitting that the older he will get, the extra of a “blubbering mess” he turns into. One thing so simple as handing over the keys to the householders after a renovation sincerely resonates with him. “It’s actually one thing particular. My hope is that we will encourage individuals to appreciate… if you will get via the stuff that you just hate about your own home, ultimately, it’s gonna be for the higher.”

House is greater than only a bodily area for him too. As Jonathan notes, it’s about making a sanctuary for family members. “On the finish of the day, it’s all about having an area the place you’ll be able to encompass your self along with your family members and actually have a spot that works tougher for you.”

Don’t Hate Your Home with the Property Brothers airs Wednesdays at 9 p.m. EST on HGTV and streams the following day on Max.

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