David & James
Bloody hell! The first episode is a call from PeeKay, I thought for sure the farse was over on the last episode. Quit stinking up this show you broke down con man! Apparently, he listened. We never saw or heard from him again. Not a peep from Dorit.
Brinkley
I hate how James just walks right into his client’s house without knocking. What’s up with that? Is it just because he knows production is already in there? Two brothers own the property and it is their first flip. They seem obsessed with yellow light. They don’t like it. They demand that the photographer reshoot the listing photos. They also want to raise the price. James says it is priced to get a bidding war.
Even before the open house there are people interested right away. It is a lovely house. By the open house there are already four offers before they open the doors. They end up with two offers well above asking and close the house for $5.4 million.
Altman
Tracy doesn’t know how to print out an offer and has to ask Altman for help? How has she printed out all the other offers? Where is the rest of her group? I remember when this show was a lot more real. I bought into most of it. Now it’s all an hour long fairy tale with some real estate porn sprinkled in.
Oak Pass
Altman has a super fancy new listing on Oak Path. It’s eleven thousand square feet and fully staged. It sits on two acres. There is an air plane hanger on the property that has a full gym, there is a pool and a grotto. This should be an easy sell to the right buyer. Mark Walhburg used to own the house. It’s listed for $16 million. Tracy says she may have a buyer.
When Matt goes to the property, all the furniture is gone. Please spare me. Apparently the owners took the staging to another property?
The brokers open went poorly. Where is the furniture? When the Altman brothers meet with their buyer he’s a total prick. Because, production. The acting was poor. They did not get the guy to “return the furniture.” It probably belonged to the previous owner or something. Who knows? Other than the fake printer scene, and a quick stop at the brokers open, that was all we saw of Tracy Malta this week. She had a big storyline last week though.
Flagg
Josh’s husband brings him a sea salt lamp that is supposed to help with allergies and mood. I wondered what the point of those were, my Ollie’s had a ton of them the last time I was there (sometime in early 2018?) I wonder if they have any left. I wonder when the next time I will go somewhere other than the grocery store will be?
Stradella
Flagg has a horrible seller who would not listen to him at listing when he said he wanted to price it too high. Now his first offer walked away. Flagg is ready to drop him as a client. His hubby talks him off the ledge.
For unknown reasons, Josh and his husband dress up like ice cream trucker drivers. Apparently, the ice cream truck is supposed to draw in families with children. The price reduction and the ice cream seems to be working.
Flagg and Bobby head off on a date night to Sur la Table. I need to go there I have so many utensils I need. I keep losing things. Like soup ladles and big spoons. How does that even happen? Anyway they are taking a cooking class. I didn’t know Sur la Table offered those. I need a knife skills lesson. I suck at chopping. Either I suck because I hate chopping or I hate chopping because I suck. Josh gets a decent offer on Stradella mid class but the owners are not responding. When they finally make contact, they take the offer.
Josh Altman bothers me. Could just be an act for the show but dude comes off as a total arrogant asshole. His brother seems way more genuine and nice.
All of Tracy’s scenes (not just her talking head) are so heavily filtered it’s hard to focus on anything else. I wonder if she had that written into her contact? She’s more filtered than most housewives.
Yes! Tracy & her Assistant’s lips bother the heck out of me. It’s as if they both asked for the fillers to start mid-lip. Ugh.
I was referring to a lens filter but YES her lips bother me too!!!!
In some of her talking heads the filter is so strong she almost looks blurry.
THIS!
My last posting about this show was whether it was as real as I remembered, I’d like to think it was with a sprinkle of Bravo bullshit, but I fear the scales have finallibtipped in full favor of bullshit. One more episode to see if they plan to bring anything real back to the show.
I love Flagg showing the gorgeous old homes that new money fools plan to demolish and replace with a McCastle.
Altman reminds me of all of the stereotypical car industry ppl I know, the owners, the GMs, the finance managers, the sales managers, etc.
I want actually sales, negotiations, and contract talks. I want a real estate show because I swear there was one like ten years ago.
My fit is over. Thanks and apologies if you read it all.
TT, you should have your own reality show. You are hilarious.
Meanwhile, this show used to be more real. Now it just seems lame.
Remember Chad and his hair??
I hate knowing that some of these glorious old mansions/homes will be destroyed. At least the buyers of Rose McGowan’s mid-century loved it as is.
TT. Please take a knife skills class. You deserve it. It will change your cooking life. I was fortunate to work with gracious, generous chefs who taught me. And they all stress: sharp knives are safer than duller. The right tool for the job, the right way to use it are key. If you take the class at Sur Le Table, you get a discount the day of your class. (At least they did, and I doubt that changed.)
Why do they knock down these beautiful and noteworthy homes? Like everyone complains when you mention they have no history or culture, yet they’re erasing their ACTUAL history and culture.
Greetings from the frozen tundra of Chicago where the wind chill is currently -7.
TT, I agree with you and th other posters above. I am not a naive person, but you have 100% opened my eyes to the supposed real in ‘reality shows’. I am disappointed.
Just like I don’t read fiction books, I don’t want fake TV. I know, stupid ask and hope.
Anyway, keep recapping!
Warrior, I am in Chgo also. Horrible, ugly, mean weather!!
-4. I’m being held frostage! But I have to go out this morning 🙁
Giggles at being held frostage. The sun is out today and I slept through most of it dammit! On Sundays there is no construction and my anxiety is much better after my shipment of sanity water. So any sleep I can get where no one is hammering six feet away and I am not having nightmares and dark thoughts, I’m taking advantage of. But I hat missing the sun!
Just don’t miss the total lunar eclipse tonight of the Super Moon-“Blood Wolf” moon. It’s visible all over US and South America. I’m sure you’ll be up at midnight, you night owl, you!
Thanks for the reminder. I had remember a couple hours ago and then got busy and forgot again. I am debating the safety of taking for a walk two houses over to stand in a parking lot if necessary to see it. An unwise decision in the ghetto but I’m feeling dangerous. lol.
It’s too overcast here in Sacramento, Calif. I hope it clears up in an hour.
😄. i stood in the sun with the windchill now 1 degree above zero. The only thing that got cold was my hands because i wore gloves and not mittens. I was not expecting a detour with my pup to the park.
I miss the hot sun of summer!☀️☀️
TT – yesterday I was SO hopeful that the leave blower and power-washers in my hood would take a little breaky-poo, and guess what? They did! BUT, some roofing company apparently wanted to pay its workers overtime, as rooftop hammering started around 8 am yesterday from the cul-de-sac right behind me! Aaaargh…I really need to move to a bigger piece of land….(maybe “the land”? lol) I do love that it is Florida and we have blue skies and sun most of the time, though. Sorry Chicagoans – my son is in school up there now so we have visited during some of the arctic-ness, and you can have it!!
Ha! ‘cos it’s so cold, let’s play weather one-upmanship just for fun …. its -34 celsius (wind chill) in Montreal today = -29.2 fahrenheit…..and it snowed around 8 inches yesterday, snowing again Wednesday But it’s all good!
I went to stay with a friend in Toronto once for NYE and stayed (probably longer than she would have liked, lol) and IT WAS SO COLD I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE. Literally the locals were freaking out about how cold it was. The weathermen scared me. Frostbite in seconds! Stay in doors.
I was serious AFRAID of the cold it was that cold.
Agree with all here. The show has changed and it’s difficult to watch now. The dramatic setups and bad acting are a show killer. Replace the individual who chose the current strategy because it’s not working.
The people are Realtors not Actors!
Yes, that’s my point. I’d enjoy the show more if they’d just show the property and their businesses and not attempt to act.
THey are realtors who are ACTING on a TV show, Cheryle.
Love the show and appreciate all the real estate showings and spectacular homes. This is west coast living and decorating. Love Josh Flagg, would like to see more of Josh Altman and Heather including baby. Not a fan of David and James but watch it to travel the scenes and LA. Most all shows are scripted so I don’t care. I would much rather watch this than have to listen to politics that goes nowhere.
Loved getting a glimpse of the homes and area of Pacific Palisades that we don’t really get a chance to see. I think West Coasters have a different perspective and understand this is the way of the business of real estate.
I personally would like to see a whole lot less of Heather & Josh. Together they creep me out they are soooo fake.
I’ve never cared for either of them. They try too hard. I love Josh Flagg. Although I normally loathe people who are pretentious and over the top, I adore it in him! Go figure. I miss Edith- may she rest in peace. My grandparents all died before I was born. Josh was so blessed to have a grandmother that adored him they way she did. .
Man, do I agree regarding Heather and Josh. I have a hard time seeing their relationship as real or watchable. Her increasingly unreal face may be part of that. I wondered if it was just me.
Sorry if this offends but her scenes remind me if vivid videos from the 90’s.
Did anyone else think the agent named Emile looked and sounded an awful lot like Mariah Carey’s creepy ex-manager Stella????
Yes! I re-watched it twice!