I hate this shows whole premise. It's bad enough that you're going to have strangers poking around your home, but to be staying overnight, sleeping in your bed? ACK! As if that wasn't bad enough, apparently having a party to "try it out and see if the space works for them" is considered reasonable too! Remind me to try this out when I decide to have a wing-ding and would rather mess up someone elses house.
I completely agree with you! This is probably the worst premise for an HGTV show in history. The episode where the couple had about 5 kids and brought over a ton of people from their church to check out the acoustics (cause they all liked to sing) made me sick. They cooked some sort of food you could see just swimming in grease and then everyone sat around on the furniture in the living room chowing down all that greasy food with not one napkin in sight! I was screaming at the t.v. "who DOES that??!!!" Hopefully this show has been cancelled and whoever came up with the idea demoted to sweeping out the trash.
I could not agree more! Both Sleep on It and Hidden Potential need to GO AWAY! What was wrong with some of the older shows that most of us watched and HGTV dumped! As I recall the saying goes, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".
I've watched three or four of the shows. It seems like they picked the least likely choice. None of the houses were bought that I recall. Has anyone bought the house after they "Slept On It?"
Yes.. that got me..they were cooking food in deep grease, probaby splattering the previously clean-for-viewing kitchen. There was also a show where a hispanic family had all their family over to see if they fit. I hope hg pays those homeowners and provides a cleanup crew.
There isn't a need for a show like this, but many of the problems could be discerned at open house visits. If nothing else, some seller are clueless about things they should fix and/or disclose and some buyers are too timid to perform a good test drive during open house.
I'm a mere apt dweller, but you can bet I wouldn't have moved into my current place if I knew I'd have to ration the thinnest toilet I could find to keep the bathroom happy or that the cooking smells of an opposing apt travel down the hall to settle my place.
This show is so ridiculous, the more brief scenes of it I happen to catch, the more I think it has to be more fake, than real. (If ANY of it's real)
The potential buyers aren't really looking.
And the house may not REALLY and TRULY be up for sale.
Imagine -- IF it's real -- what the homeowners/potential sellers think of how their house was treated after they see the show on the air.
Producers will say anything to talk you into a show. (Oh, just the family will sleep over one night", we'll take care of any damage, look how many viewers will see your house, etc)
I HIGHLY doubt the owners know there'll be a full fledged PARTY -- with several YOUNG kids running around, with people cooking G. knows what possibly stinking up the house.
The more you really think about it. The more fake it becomes.
Watched a new episode last night. So fake. The extra tall guy standing in a hallway with 3 doors (had complained about all the doors) with a house full of people (another one of those fake parties) holding a glass of water. The door opens, knocks the glass out of his hand and he asks the woman who opened the door what was she doing in the basement. Well gee, there were people in the finished basement (his potential mancave). FAKE. Also one that made me laugh was the couple, no kids said gee, this house is too big for us. Couldn't they see that before sleeping over? Or the one who said the kitchen was too small. Gee another obvious thing to see without sleeping there.
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I'm also still amazed that this show hasn't been removed from the schedule yet. No one, or very few people, seem to like it. The premise of the show makes people uncomfortable. If I was selling my home, I certainly would not agree to allow potential buyers to spend the night in my home. And I certainly wouldn't want them having a get together in my home either. The idea for the show Sleep On It is just plain icky. I wish they would take it off.
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Re: "It just keeps getting worse!" I didn't think it was possible! I leave hg on for background noise while I'm online. I looked up and there's the guy complaining about the doors.. checking the ALL, and slamming them into each other on purpose to show how close they are. Repeatedly! Unbelievable.
But now for the positive.. I happened to look up during Hidden Potential tonight and saw - drumroll-- one of the homes in question was actually a modular / manufactured home! Wonder of wonders! Unfortunately, that particular house got the gloss over.. I don't think they actually went into detail on what type of exterior material they were going to do the upgrade with, and they didn't seem to do anything to the master bedroom or bath. This may be the first HG show that wasn't catering to the mcmansion crowd. I wish they'd do a whole series of these. These homes offer so much space at such a savings- with a little effort they can look as swanky as any at huge savings. It's the one market that's been ignored by HGs programers.
I saw the show once and that was enough for me. There is no way in heaven and earth that I would allow anyone to sleep in my home if they were interested in buying it. If they don't like what they see by walking thru it...then go somewhere else! I have problems with some family members sleeping over!
Sleep on it - the concept is idiotic ! Hidden Potential - everyone has it - but who has the money? Most renovations take years and most houses are not worth the effort or funds. What is entertaining about either one of these shows? Nuff said.
I love this show--I guess I'm the only one. Yes it's a little hokey, but it's fun & more than a little cringe worthy to watch how people behave in a home that's not their own.
Posts: 282 | Location: Monterey | Registered: Nov 06, 2006
I just discovered this board. Gawd! I hate this show. Just the theme song is enough to make me want to rip out my hair. I agree. I think it is the dumbest concept ever. HGTV, take it away!
That idiotic couple from Georgia took the cake tonight. He was a chef/golfer, she was a housewive/golfer with two small kids & three dogs. They decided to choose between a large house with a fishing pond in the back or a much larger house that sat on the 7th whole of a golf course. Of course they brought their three untrained dogs & two kid into the back yard and surprise, surprise--the dogs ran off onto the course with the kids & disturbed the golfers. Do these people have any intelligence whatsoever? As for the other house, there was a potentially dangerous pond where the children could have wandered into and goodness knows what could have happened. No fences were in either of these hazardous yards. This show is now officially on my too dumb to watch list. Who brings rambuctious dogs to a sleepover at a strange house in the first place and who in their right mind throws a catering party that stops traffic just to test out a house that they know is inappropriate for their needs. This couple, like the couples in the last few episodes were simply looking for face time and tv and had absolutely no intention of purchasing a house. My guess is they did it for PR for the husbands Atlanta restaurant. What a waste of a half hour of my life.
Posts: 282 | Location: Monterey | Registered: Nov 06, 2006
Originally posted by betsy 321: That idiotic couple from Georgia took the cake tonight. He was a chef/golfer, she was a housewive/golfer with two small kids & three dogs. They decided to choose between a large house with a fishing pond in the back or a much larger house that sat on the 7th hole of a golf course. Of course they brought their three untrained dogs & two kid into the back yard filled with golf balls and surprise, surprise--the dogs ran off onto the course with the kids & disturbed the golfers. Do these people have any intelligence whatsoever? As for the other house, there was a potentially dangerous pond where the children could have wandered into and goodness knows what could have happened. No fences were in either of these hazardous yards. This show is now officially on my too dumb to watch list. Who brings rambuctious dogs to a sleepover at a strange house in the first place and who in their right mind throws a catering party that stops traffic just to test out a house that they know is inappropriate for their needs. This couple, like the couples in the last few episodes were simply looking for face time and tv and had absolutely no intention of purchasing a house. My guess is they did it for PR for the husbands Atlanta restaurant. What a waste of a half hour of my life.
Posts: 282 | Location: Monterey | Registered: Nov 06, 2006
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