With Chriss need for order and military precision in his home and Ayezas need for charm and character, this couple cant see eye to eye. The kitchen is cramped and dated, there is no private space for Lola or the kids to relax or for LaShawn to work from home, and LaShawn shares the master suite with her mother. Will David find them a family ready home that will allow these new parents to enjoy time with their son, or will Hilary expand their outlook by reinventing many of the homes unrenovated spaces? While Jeremy loves the land and roomy garage fit for his race car, Shana is not so happy in this country cottage. Mary-Jo and Glen are at odds over their 1930s farm house. A woman struggled with the layout of her husbands home from the start, and now with two kids, shes done with the dated and cramped space. A couple in Raleigh, North Carolina, are going for a third option: Sue the production company that makes "Love It Or List It," as well as the contractor who did the home renovation, according to the Raleigh News-Observer. Michelle Love has 425 books on Goodreads with 45525 ratings. At the time, this bungalow was just plain functional for Tammy and she did not feel a true connection to it. Rahul has a strong vision for this house but Rachel just cant see it and wants out. Can David find the house of their dreams in this ideal neighbourhood? Realizing that the house has some major flaws, Ryan wants to pack up and find a place that is perfect, but Sarah has become attached to this house and has no intention of moving. Phil and Kelly are an over-extended couple who are busy rearing their three energetic kids. The kitchen is the biggest issueacting as the main entry point for the home theres an overflow of hats, shoes and coats cluttering what little space the kitchen has. After welcoming their second child into the family, the house immediately felt small, Danielle and Eli started dating when they were in the 8th grade. Six years ago, Garrett and Katy purchased their home in a hurry as it fit both their budget and need for a main floor master. Channel 4. But as their family grew from four to five it became clear that space in their artistically adorned abode wasnt adding up, a fact that split this couple down the middle. Wendy and Bill have had the same discussion for 20 years, what are they going to renovate in their home and when are they going to renovate it? And their son and a daughter are having a battle of the sexes sharing a bedroom. At first sight, Chelsea and Brian were so blinded by the beauty of lakeside view that they failed to see the obvious flaws of their tiny bungalow. Her mother Lola, a retiree, has recently moved in to their already crowded home. Chris and Allison are divided over their semi-in the city. With limited budgets and long lists, both Hilary and David are duking it out to please this particular pair. After the wedding, the tenants moved out, Mike moved in and the Pliskats welcomed their baby girl. Rod thinks its far from a bachelor pad but admits it could function better. A Hole-in-One Location. As their stuff stacked up, so did Davids issues with the family home. Or will David find them the perfect mix of urban and rural? Log In. Krista, on the other hand, is attached to the house shes brought her babies home to and knows they havent tapped this homes true potential. A confusing kitchen layout, dysfunctional main bathroom and closets, and a lack of a private office space for her, had her regretting the purchase. Shes convinced their home can work for the whole family. Bijal is feeling cramped and unable to entertain in their 1,500 square foot home. "Love It or List It' is in Raleigh! With their 12 year old twins constantly arguing about their shared space, the McMinns are in desperate need of additional bedrooms. While their house always needed upgrades, in the past they have focused on the kids needs instead of their own, Steve and Theresa purchased a large, private lot and custom built their dream home together. Though the house was on the street he grew up on, still surrounded by family, Christine felt there was no way it could ever truly accommodate their newly blended family. Nine years ago, teenage sweethearts Jay and Shari Doudelet moved to the city with their two sons. Or will David show them just how much space their money can buy? In April 2016, a couple in Raleigh, N.C. filed a lawsuit against Big Coat TV, the Canadian-based production company that makes Love It or List It, claiming that shoddy renovations left their home . Diane and Merl purchased their family home 25 years ago. She is tired of her long commute and returning to her dark, dated house that has not been updated since they moved in. Will Hilary be able to create another bathroom on the already crowded second floor to convince the McGeachies to stay, or will David persuade them to move into a home with the modern conveniences this growing family needs? Though the problems have been dealt with, Kim still fears that they could come back. Rachelle & Tim: Directed by Michael Margolis, Theone Masoner, Sheona McDonald. Steven had a 5 year plan to make this their dream home, but 7 years later, nothings been done. But now with two young kids added to their brood, Steves collection of instruments inhabiting almost every room is creating total disharmony in the Lederman home. Can Hilary convince Deborah that a top to bottom renovation can keep them at home in their central neighborhood? Tired of the limited space and sharing her bedroom and bathroom with the kids, Kim is ready to go, but Tyler wants to stay. After four years of marriage, police officers Mike and Danny are split on Dannys former bachelor pad. Five years in, Aaron is still in love with the location while Jessicas priorities have changed. That's right, they left Toronto and its narrow duplexes with dodgy basements behind and headed south to North Carolina in search of some different types . Now Hilary and David have five adults to please if they have any hope of keeping this family together. Sarena and Flare are an active couple whose artistic endeavors (Sarena is a musician, Flare performs as a drag king) fill much of their free time and much of their space in their tiny home. Will David find them a family ready home with space for the summer music camp or will Hilary be able to make their home modern by reinventing many of the homes hotly debated spaces? Michelle is craving more space, putting After ditching suburban space to join his wife Marci in her charming but tiny home, Matt quickly began feeling buried. See Photos. They loved the curb appeal, the lovely lake location and most of all, the cozy interior. I grew up in a red brick house and seeing this one felt like home almost instantly. Jeff has loved their wooded lot for 13 years as it is tucked away in a quiet neighborhood just moments from the city. Can Hilary do enough to appease this divided family to stay or will David unite them in new space that brings business and pleasure together. Bert is a lawyer and Tommy is a dance professor at a local university. Love It or List It: How to join the Channel 4 show. Sullivan owned the house at 7212 Catamount Court in North Raleigh and had been leasing it as a rental property before contacting the show. Dwayne is tired of the constant to do list and is ready to find a home to raise their daughter, while Hong-An is not ready to part with all their memories. With three kids in their teens and tweens, the family is constantly on top of one other. They ended up purchasing in a transitioning neighborhood that was close to the kids school, parks, museums and downtown restaurants and markets. The couple contend that not only were they victims of shoddy work, they also suffered from a breach of contract, unfair trade practices in . that was double the size of their last home. For the last 16 years she has been living in what still feels like Bobs bachelor pad. however is determined to make this house work. Architect unknown. David scours the neighborhood for a more functional fantasy while Hilary tries to rebuild the dream. Lives in Bedford Park, Illinois. A couple thought their home was the perfect size when they moved in, but three kids later, theyve completely run out of space. His house is a triplex with tenants and needs to be converted to a family home. When Kelly and Robin blended their families under one roof, Kellys 1100 square foot bungalow was bursting. Niru loves her house and enjoys her urban lifestyle, but Alok feels they need to move closer to the suburbs where his family participates in cultural activities. With a tiny kitchen and an overall lack of space and privacy, Jay and Shari are at their wits end. Now Hilary and David are tasked with pleasing this picky pair with the residence that will help them retire right. They loved the beautiful, large lot, the three-car garage and how private the house felt despite its close proximity to downtown, Susanne and Brian bought their home nearly ten years ago before they had a family. That's right, the series airs in Raleigh-Durham in North Carolina. Now its a race against time to create a residential renaissance that can please the entire family. Can Hilary make Geoff love it again? At the time the house felt massive but now that their daughters are teenagers and Amandas career has taken off, the house no longer works. Jamelle is confident Hilary can renovate and reconfigure their house so that Lauren will feel at home. Young couple, Ryan and Sarah purchased their first home that had recently been flipped in an up and coming neighborhood. Tracie knew she wanted a lot of land in the country for her beloved horses. Alice loves the lakeside location, while Desmond is desperate for more space for their family of five. When Jade sold her champion horse, she was able to invest the money in a new home with her mother Darlene. After a decade of battling the homes former life Danielle has now had it! After buying this massive, but dated house, Josh believed they could fix it up and make it an incredible place for the whole family for decades to come. Will either of them find the balance to please this picky pair? When Hilary and David are brought in theyll have to scale the mountain of mess and find this family a clutter free future. For Mike, its never felt like home and he finds it to be tight, dark and totally unsuitable for entertaining. Can Hilary complete the transformation needed to make this huge house finally feel like home for Lorraine? Hilary must create a private space for Jade to call her own while David must find a more central location with dedicated spaces for everyone in the family. A couples family home was move-in ready over a decade ago, but now theyre struggling with its dark, dated and cramped style. But shes alone on this. Busy professionals, Anne and Nathan traded in their high-end condominium for an open living mid century house. The new season of HGTV's popular show "Love it or List it," which began last week, features homeowners in the Raleigh-Durham area. Michael and Becky loved their sizeable lot and house when they first purchased it six years ago. brick home with a lot of charm, but within months of moving in learned the house needed We Recommend. Stephanie cant see anymore what this house has to offer, while Steven wants to stick to the plan. Stephanie wants to move to a larger home to raise Bella and hopefully more children, but handyman Chris wants to fix this place up and stay. Can Hilary create the growing room that would keep Richard in this house? 2 years, a toddler and an in-home nanny share have turned their 1000 square foot house into a wedge between Jody and Sam. Join Lifestyle's much-loved real estate expert Andrew Winter and esteemed interiors expert Neale Whitaker. After repeatedly being outbid in the real-estate market, Cole and Ashley took an aggressive gamble and purchased their first home sight unseen in an up and coming neighborhood. Will David find them a home with enough room or will Hilary make them fall in love by reinventing the homesfunctionally flawed spaces? Download the Resource Guide Episode 90204- Marc & Sharon A three-way financial stake in this long time family home equals triple the headaches for Katherine, Natalia and Paolo. Only the Elliotts can decide. Over the past few years, Catherine has dealt with serious health issues and Scott is tired of keeping up with their dysfunctional home. Daughter Laurie wants to pay to renovate it while mom just wants to go. Jasons home-based personal training business is putting a cramp in the home life and Karin wants to separate the two. Lesley fell in love with their new neighborhood and cul-de-sac and all the potential that the house provided for their future family. Dave bought his rundown rural bungalow on protected land twelve years ago with a previous girlfriend. About five years ago their life changed immeasurably when they adopted two boys, William and Ashley bought their cozy 1950s home when their family was much smaller. Professors Dwayne and Hong-An bought this century old home in their twenties. Determined to give this couple the space they so desperately need, Hilary and David battle it out to re-unite this couple through a residential Renaissance. Can David convince Dan to ditch his beloved neighbourhood in favor of suburban space? A new season of "Love It or List It" started airing in January and you may have noticed a few changes. Several years and two kids later they have outgrown their home. Will Hilarys renovations be able to wow this family into staying or will David take them away to a larger home that meets all the Feng Shui criteria? A North Carolina couple is suing the producers of Love It Or List It, saying the show left them with a house that was shoddily constructed. Jeanine Almeida and Norman Waine say they paid the production company behind Love it or List It Vancouver more than $175,000 to renovate their Lynn Valley home in 2016. Deena however loves their location and strongly feels that there is plenty of potential in their home to create more space. David must find a more manageable home that is move-in ready while Hilary is tasked with making this century-old heritage home more functional for this family. David tries to blend these opposite needs in a new house while Hilary tries to modernize their century home into a more functional space. Chris Michelle. The second spin-off, a British version known as Kirstie and Phil's Love It or List It, debuted in 2015, is hosted by Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer. When Mother Nature informed them they were expecting twins Rachel knew theyd made a huge error in their purchase. David is confident hell score a List It, with a real estate allie on his side, while Hilary knows her love of dogs may give her a leg up! The lack of access to their huge backyard, along with their tiny, closed off kitchen creates a constant source of anxiety. Four years later their dreams to grow their family dont match up to the spacial limitations of their tiny home. relationship but has not been able to mend the issues of their house. One year later, the limited work Dan has done to make it reach that potential has pushed Delilah out the door. After looking at hundreds of homes John and Cecile found the perfect house and were on the path to early retirement when life took them in a different direction. Restaurateurs Becky and Junior have been so busy for the last few years, their family of four has been living in the basement of their three-story centrally located home. However a surprise pregnancy a few years ago changed things in a hurry. Heidi and Greg knew how many issues theyd need to address to make this first home of theirs more functional. This includes North Vancouver, West Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, Coquitlam, Port Moody, New Westminster, and Surrey. Maggie and Roy Roedger moved into their current home 16 years ago after falling in love with the big yard and character of the house. For Julia and Sub, the impending arrival of their first child has them split on whether their dysfunctional house will feature in the future of their family making Hilary and David race the clock to provide some baby-ready peace of mind. David searches high and low to find a neighborhood gem to convince Chris out the door while Hilary redesigns the home to be a better fit for Mary. Seven years of avoiding Daves en suite and closet and fighting the constant cold has pushed Krista over the edge and out the door. Will realtor David find them a family ready home that gives them family sized function without the headaches, or will designer Hilary make daily life immeasurably easier by reinventing many of the homes hotly debated spaces? Can Hilary still deliver after a design detail the family neglected to inform her of is thrown at her at the 11th hour? Own a house in Vancouver. But soon everything changed for her, Vann and Caroline spent many years admiring a quaint house on the hill from just next door. Episode 90203- Michelle & Chris. After redoing the exterior of our modern cottage top to . Amanda and Grif purchased their home before starting their family. Despite taking 27 years to realize their dream of home-ownership, Doug and Ellie rushed into their house overlooking its total lack of function. The to-do list is long; the kitchen is old and poorly laid out, their son Gil doesnt have a proper bedroom, they need office space and a more livable basement and dining room. Deeded in 2022 to Kristy Ford. They loved the character of the homes and luckily were able to find a house, New parents, Whitney and Taylor are an ambitious and driven couple, both starting side businesses in their home. When the Chris and Winnie inherit the Wahl family home, they find themselves buried under three generations of clausterphobic clutter. But when Hilary is forced to remove half their house, she opens a Pandoras Box of rot related renovations leaving the Adamidis looking to David to find a house that somehow bridges function, feelings and finance. He spotted a diamond in the rough and convinced his wife, Maggie, to buy it and move in even though it needed a lot of work, Both Justin and Brandi were excited when they found a lot in a desirable neighbourhood that would allow them to build a custom dream home that fit their budget. Love It or List It is already a hugely successful global franchise, and the all-Australian version of the show teams up Lifestyle's much-loved real es . Can Hilary create an open concept space large enough for this ever growing family? Will designer Hilary transform this house and create all the function Ashley believes it can have, or will realtor David find them the ideal move-in ready home in a desirable neighborhood? The homeowners have $100,000 to renovate the home, and Farr uses it wisely, sprucing up the . Now that some of the minor work is done and the value has increased significantly, the homeowners are divided over its future. They want to expand their family, but Rhiannon thinks their home is already too small, Lisa and Jimmy fell in love with a home in a coveted family friendly community near a golf course and purchased it before they had even started their family. And ultimately when the smoke clears, will they love it? Can Hilary utilize every inch of this house to ease Robins claustrophobia? It was perfect when they bought it because it followed the Feng Shui principles of good energy flow. She wants a more open concept but out in the, country. Back in 2015, Deena Murphy and Timothy "Sully" Sullivan of Raleigh, N.C. came across an ad for Love It or List It and decided to apply to be on the show in order to renovate a rental home they owned before moving into it with their four foster children. Deena Murphy and Timothy Sullivan appeared on the popular HGTV show in December. Needing an immediate place to live, pharmacist Sam and lawyer Valerie purchased their mid-century modern home under pressure. Roxy also uses the basement for her business, which leaves no room for Dee to entertain. Michelle: Recently for work, we watched a TED talk titled, "The Danger of a Single Story". Aaron and Jessica bought their house because of the proximity to friends, the potential of the corner lot and great price. 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