Home Viewing
Home staging isn't all for nothing
July 30, 2010
Jennifer Wilson-Speedy
YOURHOME.CA EDITOR
Savvy home sellers know that cracking their wallets for a few cans of paint, accessories and other small upgrades can pay huge dividends on their final sales price. But what if you weren’t allowed to invest a cent in prepping your home for the market?
That’s the premise for All For Nothing, a new show premiering this fall on the W Network.
The real estate/home makeover hybrid pits homeowner against homeowner in a two-week race to ready their properties for sale, without investing a single cent.
But homeowners will hopefully get creative, with a little guidance from the show’s designer, to max out their makeover mileage, says Tim Alp, executive producer at Mountain Road Productions, which is producing the series.
All the upgrades don’t need to be free, he adds. “They can beg, borrow, barter, steal and sell things they have already to get their budget.”
Following the whirlwind makeover, the homeowner who has best improved their home’s value also wins a commission-free listing from show host and Ottawa real estate agent Paul Rushforth.
The show is currently casting for 26 “highly motivated” homeowners in the Ottawa area, says Alp. “We’re looking for people willing to put in the elbow grease.”
So far, Alp says, participants say it’s a “kick in the pants to get them started (on their sale). It motivates them to do the work quickly.”
To apply, visit www.mountainroad.ca/mrp/casting/casting_nothing.php
AIRING THIS WEEK
Monday: For Rent (8 p.m., HGTV), How Clean is Your House? (8:30 p.m., W Network), My First Place (8:30 p.m., HGTV), Home to Flip (9 p.m., HGTV), Love It or List It (9 p.m., W Network), Yard Crashers (9 p.m., DIY), Property Virgins (9:30 p.m., HGTV), Take This House and Sell It (10 p.m., W Network), Canada’s Worst Handyman (10 p.m., Discovery).
Tuesday: Design School (8 p.m., HGTV), Sarah’s House (9 p.m., HGTV), Curb Appeal: The Block (8:30 p.m., HGTV), Man Caves (9 p.m., DIY), Dear Genevieve (9:30 p.m., HGTV).
Wednesday: Bang for Your Buck (8 p.m., HGTV), The Property Shop (8:30 p.m., HGTV), Flipping Out (9 p.m., HGTV), Renovation Realities (9 p.m., DIY), The Unsellables UK (9:30 p.m., HGTV).
Thursday: Holmes Inspection (8 p.m., HGTV), Colour Confidential (9 p.m., W Network), Cool Tools (9 p.m., DIY), Real Renos (9:30 p.m., HGTV), Divine Design (10 p.m., W Network), Love It or List It (11 p.m., W Network).
Friday: House Hunters International (8 p.m., HGTV), Relocation, Relocation (9 p.m., HGTV), BATHtastic (9 p.m., DIY), Kitchen Impossible (10 p.m., DIY).
Saturday: Kirstie’s Homemade Home (9 a.m., HGTV), Dear Genevieve (10 a.m., HGTV), Carter Can (10:30 a.m., HGTV), The Outdoor Room with Jamie Durie (11 a.m., HGTV), Curb Appeal: The Block (11:30 a.m., HGTV).