(Anyone remember that oceanfront Manchester home from the 2001 season, with its giant rebuilt dormers, acoustically perfect music room and to-die-for kitchen?) I asked the series's visionary creator, former executive producer Russell Morash, to explain the lack of price transparency-and why so many of the projects appear so expensive. Over the 28 years it's been on the air, "TOH" has heard criticism from fans for obfuscating costs and taking on too many wildly upscale projects.
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(The permit fee alone was $14,880, which is more than I've spent to remodel bathrooms in my home.) My best guess is the true costs easily top a million, since the permit estimate likely doesn't include supplies donated by the show's sponsors, or the mammoth landscaping. So what's their televised renovation going to cost? On the building permit he pulled in May, contractor Silva estimated the job at $800,000. That sounds expensive, but not in Newton, where 58 of the 327 properties currently listed on top seven-digits. Not bad, but they're hardly trading down: they bought the home they're renovating for $1.5 million. Tax and deed records show that the couple bought their old house in 1998 for $600,000 and sold it in May for $1.3 million. In last week's episode the couple described how they were moving into the shingle-style home after selling a colonial around the corner, where they'd lived for eight years. According to his LinkedIn profile, Paul works at IBM he's also a former Olympic fencer.īeyond their paychecks, they have another source of funds. Who are they? It turns out Maddy is a dermatologist. As always, the first episode takes viewers through the house (filled with Victorian woodworking and working fireplaces) and outlines the parameters of the job (creating a master suite, a new kitchen and a mudroom, and doing a massive landscaping project to level the sloping back yard).Īfter I turned off the show I continued to wonder: who are these people, and what's this going to cost them? So I went online to find out. This fall homeowners Paul Friedberg and Maddy Krauss have hired "This Old House" contractor Tom Silva to revamp their 1897 shingle-style home in Newton, Mass. Those questions gnawed again during last week's season premiere. While this doesn't deter me from tuning in, it's rare for me to watch an episode without asking, "Okay, so what's the price tag-and how's that family paying for all this?" There's rarely an on-camera discussion of what anything costs. In contrast, "This Old House" homeowners seem blithely unconcerned about budgets. Whenever a contractor is at my house, I constantly stress out about money. And I especially love ogling the finished projects.
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I love watching plumber Richard Trethewey install the latest plumbing fixtures. I love watching contractor Tom Silva solve construction problems. I love learning carpentry tricks from Norm Abram. I love just about everything about this folksy program.
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No, I'm not talking about "The Office." For me, Must See TV is on PBS, home to "This Old House," the granddaddy of home improvement shows.
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