How Sell This House: Extreme Is Different
Sell This House: Extreme is a much bigger, much more complicated show than Sell This House. It is an hour-long show, we have a much bigger budget, and the types of projects we’re tackling are far more demanding.
My target budget for the old show was less than $250 per room, including the cost of paint but not the cost of the painters. When you think about that, with around $30 per room automatically going to paint, there was very little budget to work with. I think that constraint forced creativity, and that was one of the things people loved about Sell This House – making a room look great for next-to-nothing. With Sell This House: Extreme, our goal was to mix big renovations with the same high-value tips. Our budget might be more like $20,000-$40,000 for a house, and we may be installing custom cabinetry and beautiful new appliances, but we’re still digging in people’s basements for furniture to spruce up. You’ll see that in the first episode – the open house guests couldn’t believe we’d found all the furniture in the basement.