N.C. family sues HGTV show for 'disastrous' home makeover

A North Carolina couple turned to HGTV’s "Love It or List It" when they decided to fix up their home for future foster children. But now they're taking the production company to court. In an interview you’ll see only on “CBS This Morning,” the homeowners gave Manuel Bojorquez a firsthand look at the work they say falls short.

[cathiefaith]

Host: “so are you going to love it”
Other host: “or list it”
Man: “we have decided to....”
Woman: “sue you”

[vg]

With $140k, they should’ve made a down payment on a new home instead 🙄🙄

[TT-rztd]

The construction company is listed as permanently closed and has an "F" rating on Angie's List.

[TT-rztd]

Lesson learned: Before buying a house, ensure it wasn't renovated for a TV show.

[TypesALot]

I googled this case and apparently they settled for an "undisclosed amount" in May 2017.

[steveclark]

“I collect bottles and cans, and my wife knits scarves for cats. Our budget is $1.2 million...”

[mayebeline]

Their defense is so good. "We've done more than 250 renovations without any issues." Okay. There's evidence everywhere, but you claim you never did it before, so that means you didn't do it this time either.

Imagine getting mugged at gunpoint by someone walking past you on the street, recording the whole thing, and then when the mugger gets caught they say "Obviously I didn't do it, since I previously walked past more than 250 people without any issues."

[JujuGurgel]

My husband worked on a home in Sanibel Island, FL that was being renovated by HGTV for a show and he said everything is SO SCRIPTED! The hosts of the show literally only show up when it's time to film and they are gone soon after it's done. What you then have is a bunch of subcontractors just working on their own and there's really no one to act as General contractor to oversee the job. I would NEVER hire HGTV to do anything in my home.

[godbluffvdgg]

I'm a contractor in philly...I had those people contact me about them filming a project...They wanted me to pay for production cost, Because it would be "good exposure" and "advertising"...it was like 25K...I laughed in their faces...

[Hey_its_Koda]

You had to pay to be on the show? Thats stupid.

[daveclark]

In 'Reality', that is how most home renovations end: With unhappy homeowners stressed to the max and feeling ripped off by contractors.

[grady.stu.]

I'm confused. If the homeowner has to take out a loan for the renovation then why use the tv show?

[rosieposie]

We prefer to watch This Old House on PBS. Those folks are masters at their crafts.

[reaktorleak]

That’s so shady, making the homeowners take out a loan and then HGTV pocketing almost half of that. No wonder the work was so shoddy.

[obsidiansea]

This just doesn't surprise me. I'm sure it was all thrown together so fast just to meet filming deadlines.

[raymondjones]

How is this a surprise? So-called “reality tv” is the greatest oxymoron ever! There is nothing real on tv. C’mon people, wake up!!

[cherylhaywood]

Remember, Room by Room, Gardening by the Yard, Home Time, etc ?? You actually learned how to do things that were affordable! Design on a Dime! I miss that kind of show...

[deloreanfan]

This show always urked me, you give the British lady 6 figures and she "can never do everything your asking for with that budget..."

[GIUL]

Ill never forget this one.
My wife was hooked on these shows.
She was watching a bearing wall tear out to inlarge a room. They installed a glue lamb beam to carry the load of the wall upstairs. All
glue lamb beams are stamped
(TOP) to establish camber or crown. And sure enough when the camara shot looked up at the beam there was the stamp on the bottem of the beam.
This was on national television. So they created a sag in the bearing wall above.
Remarkable.

[AStanton]

The whole concept of the show "Love It or List It" never made sense to me. I would never invest thousands of dollars into something I would sell. As my father in law would say: "Let the next guy worry about it."