It feels like it’s been years since we had a MDLLA episode. I’m probably going to need a minute to get all the names straight for the MDLLA recap! The title alone suggests this will be good. Did the two Josh’s really agree to a co-listing? It’s the end of the world as we know it!
I got a bit bored with this show for a while. But now, I have paused the DVR only a few seconds in because the opening scene with Josh Flagg strutting around like a peacock toward his classic car parked in front of Clifton’s Cabinet of Curiosities has me in a better mood already. Sure, it was very staged. But it was a perfect opening moment. There is a glut of modern houses shaped like white shoe boxes. Very expensive, very big shoe boxes.
Altman & Josh
So in one of the most bizarre pairing of all time, Flagg and Altman have decided to work together to get a very important listing, The Razor House. It’s a three hour drive to “the razor” in La Jolla. They must really be desperate to drive all the way to San Diego for this listing. The two get along well in the car. So much so that the fisted each other. Um WAIT! I mean they fist bumped each other. Kind of a big difference. The journey included a trip to a country store where Altman was mystified by walnut apple butter and Flagg was just a walking can buying fool. OMG! Healther Altman is pregnant about and about to have a baby boy!
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The Razor House is HUUUUUUGE! Ten thousand square feet, with six bedrooms and four baths. It actually looks twice as big to me. There is a detached house that has 1,300 square feet and has two bedrooms. It sits on a giant cliff over looking the ocean and hang gliders sailing by. It’s stunning. My mouth is on the floor. I was just going to point out that I’m not a fan of modern houses, but just as I am typing, Flagg says the same thing. But he points out this is an architectural house. There is an open air glass elevator. Because of course. I would be typing all day if I told you the features of this place. Plus I can’t take my eyes off the screen. In the end, the owner agreed to dropping the listing price to $25 million and they got the listing.
James & David
James and David are also looking for fresh listing in new places. The are going to Hollywood. For listings. Not to audition for American Idol. I like this neighborhood. Craftsman houses are more my speed. The listing they are going to show us however, has sort of ruined the bones of the house and made it contemporary on the inside. That was a mistake. They also have the bizarre wooden slats that act as sort of dividers that I would take out immediately. In fancy houses it’s apparently called a “walnut screen wall.” The lighting fixtures are all wrong. And is the kitchen in a main hallway? Why yes. Yes it is. But when you are paying a lot for a home, apparently, they call it galley style. I had a galley style kitchen in my apartment in St. Simon’s once, but it wasn’t in a fucking hallway!
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I love the backyard. And the master suite. And the master bathroom. Because the house is in a historical, there are a ton of extra, and very expensive, things they have to do to the house to comply with the historical society. For example, the $12,000 iron fence in the front yard is a tad too high and must be taken out and replaced. James and David have an interesting marketing plan. They are branding bottle water bottles with info on the property. Then distributing them to hikers on a nearby very popular trail while wearing The Agency gear. We’re going to have to wait until an upcoming episode to see if they sold it.
Tracy Maltas
Tracy is headed to the Hollywood Hills for a listing appointment. I love this house already. It’s contemporary but has a funky vibe with the lofts and the twenty foot ceilings. It very open and has a great big terrace. The couple selling the house has three kids and is needing more space. She’s an attorney for the UN and he is a writer who also works for UNICEF. The outside area is even nicer than the house. It is completely private! The price is just under two million. Really? In the Hollywood Hills? Anyone got a couple million they could spot me? I love this place! And can they leave me all the furniture? Did I mention how fabulous the kitchen is?
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The sellers don’t want to do open houses. Only private showings. That will be a challenge for Tracy. Needs to get videos on social media. This house is awesome. Later, Tracey and a couple of her coworkers go to an art show. Somehow they are going to try to find a buy for the Hollywood Hills house at the art show. Ahem, staged. But I love a good art show! Will we ever go to art shows again? This episode is giving me life! And I totally get now why they were canvassing the art show. I bet they do get good leads. They got a full price offer, but unfortunately, there were some issues with inspections that the buyers wanted fixed and the offer fell through. Oh, Tracy makes a call to agent with another offer. She identifies as Tracy Tutor. I guess the divorce was final when this was taped. Tracy closes the deal.
Later this season, Fredrik Eklund arrives to take over the LA market! YAY! This was a great episode!
I am so happy this show is back, I hope it isnt delayed by the virus. I have been to La Jolla/Torrey Pines, so gorgeous. I just got a text from a friend showing seals battling in La Jolla. I need to get back there.
I love the two Joshs together, friendly sparring is way better than throwing drinks in eachother’s faces.
I love Josh Flagg.
I am also soooo happy to see this show back on the air! I also love Josh Flagg…he knows he can be a douche, and he celebrates it. I thought their interactions were hilarious. I loved that Flagg made Altman laugh. I love the idea of them co-listing. Welcome back MDLLA! Thanks for recapping TT!
I loved them together! Flagg is so unbothered and Altman is so the opposite. I physically LOL’d when they were riding in the car and Flagg snapped the selfie and I don’t know if he posted it or if Bravo did it but the “VBFF” title had me dying. This show is a nice break from the other programming.
I love Josh Flagg! He is just adorably eccentric for a young man.
I so agree about the white square box houses in LA. White and black concrete no soul. Yuk.
Developers think that’s what everyone wants here, it isn’t. My friend had a beautiful art deco style home right off Melrose. The house was small but the lot was HUGE. The Developer went up and down the street asking people if they wanted to sell their homes. My friend through out a really huge number thinking that they would laugh. They gave him what he wanted and then they built a white mini mansion on the lot. It looks so out of place on the street considering everyone else has single level homes. The house was on the show either last year or the year before. It was sold by Tracey to that really weird woman who had a place she was selling and had to get the “feel” of the house.
I agree, I really like Josh Flagg. I loved when his grandmother was on the show. They had such a sweet relationship. I also like Fredrik from MDLNY. Josh Flagg and Frederik are both men of their words when it comes to business.
I don’t like Josh Altman at all. He reminds me of a crocodile – he’s too much of a cutthroat. He has no personal integrity and will do anything for a buck. He has no loyalty to anyone. And his wife is the same way.
I like Flagg, too, such a character and great, low key salesman. Altman gives me anxiety when he’s on screen and I have to fast forward. I missed the first part of this episode with the kibbitzing between the two so maybe I’ll enjoy that when I go back to watch the whole thing.
At the end of last season, we saw Tracy in Dubai getting a humongous deal to be the US rep for some ultra luxurious units in a development over there. Was wondering if she still is and if she sold anything? Did they address that?
And how is that Dubai doesn’t just disappear into a giant sinkhole? There’s so much building there on what seems like little slivers of sand. How can you have that many septic systems and not just get swallowed up into the Persian Gulf?
I regrettably even thought I was raised in the Sahara have no answers to any of these questions.
But I’m a Josh Altman fan so what do I know?
Well, I do like Altman’s parents. They seem so progressive and able to discuss even the most sensitive of topics with their sons. Josh just makes me nervous; like he’s so slick and would talk me into buying something I would regret…so FFWD I go. Going to do some research on Dubai.
I liked Tracy’s house the best.
I miss seeing Flagg’s Grandma Edith! I would watch a show about her life. She brought polyester to main stream fashion if I remember correctly. I thought Flagg was writing a book about her life but I don’t remember if he ever released it. I catch old episodes just to see that funny and loving woman.
He wrote “A Simple Girl: Stories My Grandmother Told Me” which is available on Amazon. I thought he was going to write a second book also, but never did.
He gave a wonderful interview about Edith’s life and described how she escaped to Holland. She pretended to be a school boy because her hair was so short and she was so small in height. Later she took on the identity of a deceased woman to evade detection during the war. When she finally came to America she became a seamstress despite being from a wealthy family. She arrived with $2 dollars in her pocket. She launched into making polyester clothing and created a multi million-dollar fashion empire. She certainly had determination.
Amazing woman inspired an amazing grandson. Josh loved his grandmother so absolutely
No words, when they traveled to Germany together? Again, no words.
Josh runs deeper then he appears on “TV”.
He doesn’t tolerate fools either.
This is the only show on Bravo that I still watch. The two Josh’s are so funny together. So glad it’s back. And I loved Grandma Edith too.
Now how about SC New Orleans coming back.
I love BOTH Josh’s. Pairing them together is brilliant, coupled with beautiful homes I can only dream of is the escape I need right now.
I love Josh Altman too! I find Tracy a teeny bit boring. I like the English guys as well. I am looking forward to Fredrik Eklund stirring it up soon. MDLLA is refreshing after the dumpster fire that some of the other Bravo shows turned into. VPR and Shahs I am looking at you.
Question to people living on the Pacific coast: do you not have bugs? How do all these houses have giant walls that open to the terrace with no screen? We are so jealous when we see that! I love seeing the homes on this show. I’ve been wanting to visit California for a while now. But there are so many things that I want to see, that I think I need a month. At least I’m getting to stock up on vacation time right now.
We have insects; flies, bee’s and hornets that fly around. Then there’s water bugs, ants, crickets and roaches I cannot leave my door open for a minute before a fly comes in. We do get mosquitoes but not as bad as other regions of the country. I have also wondered how people can have open homes and not have insects come in.
Flagg strikes me as very sleazy. Especially after that FBI fiasco of stealing art. But so does Altman. Rarely watch this show.
Love this show and I too love both the Josh’s Josh Flagg is my favorite. Miss his grandma, wish he was still with Colby, I like him better. This show is so fun, we need this now
I think Josh Flagg’s relationship with Bobby seems much more healthy and equal than his relationship with Colton did. The power dynamic between him and Colton always bothered me–more of an adult/child dynamic than two adults. Of course, that’s just me speculating based on the limited, edited version we see on TV, so I could be totally wrong.
Ahead of the new season starting, I binge-watched the last season, since I had missed it. Part way through that marathon, I realized Million Dollar Listing is what I wish the Housewives shows would be. I like seeing the fabulous houses and glimpses of the lifestyle, with a little bit of drama and competition thrown in, but not the petty arguing over things like puppygate and who gets the best room on vacation, like the housewives do. I’m so over the arguing that the only Housewives show I still watch is RHONY, and with Bethenny and now Tinsley gone, I don’t know how much longer I can put up with Ramona, Luann, and Dorinda. Million Dollar Listing fills the niche that the Housewives should but don’t.
I do not know if you want to know who bought the Razor House but I love this person (celebrity) and the person got a really good deal on that home. I am surprised that they bought a place so far away from LA. The house is closer to San Diego than LA. I would never fly out of LA if I lived down there, more likely San Diego, John Wayne or Long Beach Airport.
Who bought it?
I don’t want TT to get mad, so just Google The Razor house and it will tell you who bought and how much they paid.
I made the Burbank to Oakland runs on Air Alaska so often I got bumped to first class a lot. So much better than SFO – LAX.
I hope they took out those fake books that were hiding the A/C. They were SO OUT OF PLACE in that ultramodern room. Great idea to hide the A/C, but put it behind some amazing sculptural piece. Even with a modern shelving unit with modern-looking books, books don’t work just plopped on a wall.
Yeah, those books did not fit that space nor the house.
Two entertaining episodes so far – looking forward to Frederik’s arrival! Gorgeous (though sterile) properties, always love to dream about those. But, Tracy, please stop with the lip fillers. Just say no to more fillers – there’s no coming back from the exaggerated duck-lips, darling, and you’re too pretty for that!!