[The Franchise]

Originally Posted by Mr. Laz

Did people that needed money get some money?

geez

I bet you asshats hated Extreme Home Makeover too.


Shows that help people suck, Duck Dynasty rulez!!/CP douche

Just saying.

http://jezebel.com/5511680/the-nasty...-home-makeover

I recently heard at my local hardware store some grumblings about the show: seems a local family made the cut but, although the house looked fab on camera, in fact it was unfinished. And what was finished was shoddily constructed: After the show, the crews left things only as far as they got. This was anecdotal, but according to today's Wall Street Journal, it's the reality for a lot of participants.

But after the cameras have gone, another trend has been developing: Homeowners struggle to keep up with their expensive new digs. In many cases, the bigger, more lavish homes have come with bigger, more lavish utility bills. And bigger tax assessments. Some homeowners have tapped the equity of their super-sized homes only to fall behind on the higher mortgage payments.

After all, it's not like the families have received a windfall along with the digs, and there's no tax exemption for being feel-good. Adds the article, "The show's producers say they are aware of the problem and are making changes appropriate to current economic reality: downsizing." Which, presumably, leaves those prior chosen families SOL, and is surely cold comfort for the family whose dream home — which, after all, provides not just shelter but ready-made collateral for the recipients — is now facing foreclosure.