Your Favorite HGTV Shows Are All Fake & Here's How You Can Tell

All those home renovation and home search TV shows on HGTV are perfect binge material for lazy and chill weekends. And it’s pretty obvious that the shows are staged to a certain degree.

The ridiculously high budgets of the participants on these shows are just as unreal as the miraculous, overnight renovations of entire houses without showing any crew members. Many have spoken of the unfair labor costs, alleged home damages, fake property sales, and staged drama that are behind all the shows on HGTV.

While viewers are advised to take these fake standards of reality television with a pinch of salt, there are varying degrees of secrets in these shows. These are all the different reasons why your favorite HGTV shows are totally fake.

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Love It or List It | 0:00
House Hunters | 1:40
House Hunters International | 2:33
Property Brothers | 3:20
Fixer Upper | 4:27
The HGTV Dream Home | 5:33
Yard Crashers | 6:40
Designed to Sell | 7:38
Curb Appeal: The Block | 8:33
Beachfront Bargain Hunt | 9:24

[NickiSwift]

What reality shows do you think are the LEAST fake?

[mcherylyn]

I watch some of these shows to see the home interiors only...I pay no attention to the people and their stories because they're annoying.

[michaspi]

She’s a kindergarten teacher and he flips harmonicas on Craigslist. Their budget?

$1.4 million

[ArxosFX]

Every House Hunters couple:
"I'm a life coach for my neighbor's dog."
"I'm a freelance janitor."
"Our budget is $2.6 million."

[RakelDaNell]

I'm laughing at anybody who even cares about the "storyline" of ANY HGTV shows....


I just watch for houses and decor. Dassit.

[crsh]

Used to love HGTV shows, but it DID get annoying and repetitive. The worst was "I don't want this beautiful, affordable house because of the fixtures" :/ And I was always like "B*tch, you buy NEW ones at the hardware store!" I mean, seriously! A lot of the buyers were so pretentious, it was ridiculous!

[mickie]

"i'm a stay at home astronaut"
"and i'm a butterfly therapist"
"our budget is 2.5 million"

[juleenforbes]

Scripted of course but I watch for the decor inspiration

[BerserkHighlander]

Hi, I'm Mike, 23, working part time at Wal-Mart and buying my first house with a budget of $2.5 million.

[yasminea]

I always fast-foward the couples, their drama, the show personality jokes, etc. I just love seeing the house transformations and what can be done with those old houses. I've learned a lot about that.

[trentmannina]

The best home renovation show ever is This Old House. No drama, not bullshit, they show you how they do things and it's interesting.

[paulaspen]

What's not fake is the literally millions of people running down to Home Depot wanting to renovate after seeing their shows.

[chrisnorman]

My two favorite lines found in all these house hunter-type shows are:

Walking into an 18 X 18 bedroom and the young wife says, “It’s a little small”
What - did you grow up in an aircraft hangar?

Couple looking at a house’s backyard:

“Our dog will love this”
What - is your dog helping you finance the house?

[User-qwby]

I don’t care if they’re fake. I just want to see the house.

[freeNsaved]

and every couple,
“we want NATURAL LIGHT & WE LOVE TO ENTERTAIN “

[johnhepbean]

Chip looks like a guy who is really working, dirty clothes, sweaty etc, Jonathan on the other show, is always completely clean, hair combed, acting like he is being found working, total fake.

[Cosmystery]

i honestly don't care if the couples are real or not on house hunters. i like to see the houses and locations

[canadianmade]

Buyers: we need 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, a pool, a huge yard, must be close to the beach, has to have granite everything.
Agent: what's your budget?
Buyers: $150, 000 and not a penny more

[Jayisevolving]

Um Trust me we’ve known for years that these hgtv shows were bullcrap
For Example
Husband: secret butterfly hunter
Wife: professional ribbon maker
“ Our budget $900, 000, 000” yeah okay 👌🏾

[SupraNaturalTT]

"I'm a professional walker of 20 years and my wife is a professional stray balloon spotter, our budget is islands in the south pasific"