Holmes on Homes?

[triguy128]

I take exception to how rediculously paranoid he is about asbestos. I think he'd have a heart attack if I showed him my basement with all the asbestos insulated piping. He'd want to spend $20k removing all the piping and in the end, I'd have nothing to show for it. It costs $0 to simply leave it alone.

[MrGrady]

Yesterday's episode, they pointed out that the whoever put in the ceramic kitchen tile removed 3 of the linoleum tiles(probably asbestos containing)......and that the Holmes people better contact them and tell them to go to the doctor!

For real? That's actually hilarious if he did that.

[Don M]

I find Holmes entertaining & it is amazing some of the things he finds. I also like most of the shows produced in Canada; I think they are much better done than the US house shows on these days. I'm not very impressed with the Brother's Show because after you have seen a couple they are pretty much the same. The kitchen Cousins are more interesting in my opinion. I'm sick of Bath, Kitchen & House Crashers too!

[nezwick]

Here you go:

http://www.quickmeme.com/Mike-Holmes-01/?upcoming

http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/38bj/

http://i.imgur.com/bV5ZB.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/tftiW.jpg

[Don M]

That last one made me laugh!

[eclecticcottage]

Now, he may as well show up on day one with a wrecking ball, becausee it seems it is about the percentage of the house he can destroy and redo to get all the product placements in the show......

I almost think he did on one...maybe in Hawaii?

As for the others, I do like Renovation Rookies. Just because it's funny to watch (and basically an illustration of what NOT to do), although they do scare me sometimes (in the "oh god please tell me he's not REALLY going to do THAT" kind of way).

[Don M]

Renovation Realities is another "I can't believe they are doing that!" program.

[angolito]

holmes had that american handyman contest show a while back. i always thought he was a giant blowhard who is grossly incompetent. when he proved it by asking the contestants to demonstrate re-glazing a pane of glass and never provided glazing points that was it for me. holmes = arogant moron IMO.

[CivilWarHome]

I just watched the show last night, I caught it midway through and if I'm not mistaken the owners had used original bricks that were found on the property to fix a window. He kept blaming the problem on the "old" bricks. I wondered the entire time if they used new mortar. Then they also mentioned that it was probably because the new mortar wasn't concave. But they never once made any reference to the type of mortar that was used.

I found that odd.

[Infogeek]

Okay, I'm a closet fan. My background is not in construction or the trades, so I do find these shows a bit informative. Of course, I also realize they are also dramatized for entertainment purposes. I also like to see people who like to 'do things right' the first time. Yes, he may be a bit over the top, and I may not like the fit and finish of the final product (different tastes). But I'd definitely say these shows made me realize that I did NOT want to buy a flip, where someone is focused on aesthetics only and may be prone to cut corners to make a buck. I also didn't want to purchase an older home where people had done poor upgrades over the years and ruined the house. Watching has given me more of an understanding of what is supposed to be 'behind the scenes' in the house. Hopefully it will help me be a better consumer when I need to hire someone to do work on my house.