They're armed, dangerous and pose an imminent threat to person and property - and you might even be one! Discovery Channel has tracked down five shockingly shoddy renovators and offers the critical tools to help them improve.
Les rénos d'Hugo
Home renovation experts Keith Bynum and Evan Thomas fulfill their dream of restoring Motor City's iconic American neighborhoods one house at a time in the new series.
Make My House Bigger follows bold homeowners with ambitious plans to gain an extra room or two. Packed full of take-home advice about these ever more popular projects, each episode looks at the conversion of either a loft or a cellar.
It follows Chris and Calvin LaMont as they help clients decide whether to renovate an existing home or build a new home completely customized to their needs.
An ambitious group of eight amateur home remodelers team up to renovate an amazing old house one room at a time. For the next eight weeks, these creative competitors will live in and work together on the house, one room at a time. Each week, they'll compete and collaborate on a different room. When it's all over, one of them will win the keys to the house!
Headliners by night and expert tradesman by day, Ben Cleary, Dan Paterson, Liam Black and Malik Wills-Martin will work with celebrated interior designer Kelly Stone to turn their clients' humdrum homes into glitzy desert oases.
Laisse faire, j'vais le faire!
A reality/home renovation series with a twist! Designer Heather Smillie and contractor Jon Giacomellitake couples out of the comfort zones in their relationships through the renovation of one room in their home.
Following six homeowners who have taken on the task of a lifetime: to reclaim and transform their derelict properties on the verge of ruin into comfortable modern homes, fit for the 21st century.
Three couples are pitted against each other in a 13-week home remodeling competition that will ultimately result in one couple keeping the deed to their project home.
Tout changer ou déménager
Married couple, Ray and Eilyn, aim to wow potential clients with their distinct design aesthetics - knowing only one of them will close the deal and get a chance to deliver a remarkable transformation for the client.
In this series, Jelka shows with taste and originality what is possible with ordinary housing. Each episode presents a different transformation project. Jelka designs the project, the colors and the style. She looks for furniture and does renovation and decoration work. The series takes you everywhere, even when things go wrong and the pressure is on.
Home renovation expert and social media influencer Jennifer Todryk combines clever design solutions and cost-saving ideas to create stunning home overhauls for clients in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, all without major demolition.
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is an American reality television series providing home improvements for less fortunate families and community schools. The show is hosted by carpenter and veteran television personality Ty Pennington. Each episode features a family that has faced some sort of recent or ongoing hardship such as a natural disaster or a family member with a life-threatening illness, in need of new hope. The show's producers coordinate with a local construction contractor, which then coordinates with various companies in the building trades for a makeover of the family's home. This includes interior, exterior and landscaping, performed in seven days while the family is on vacation and documented in the episode. If the house is beyond repair, they replace it entirely.
Renovation, design and real estate pros Chip and Joanna Gaines are paired with Waco/Dallas, Texas-area buyers to renovate the wrong house that's in the right location.
Trading Spaces was an hour-long American television reality program that aired from 2000 to 2008 on the cable channels TLC and Discovery Home. The format of the show was based on the BBC TV series Changing Rooms. The show ran for eight seasons.
Who do you turn to when a home renovation job goes horribly awry? Spike’s original docu-reality series, “Catch a Contractor,” aims to turn the table on contractors who have done their clients wrong. Host Adam Carolla helps homeowners regain their dignity and their humble abodes from the clutches of crooked contractors.
Actress Monica Potter has returned to Cleveland, Ohio to buy and restore her childhood home, which has remained unchanged for three decades. Together with her feisty mother and three outspoken sisters, she's leading a massive renovation of the lake house, bringing back its original glory along with contemporary touches. From the furniture and mementos of her youth, to some hidden history, Monica uncovers more than she ever expected coming home.