Buying and Selling

                The Scott brothers are back!  In their show, Buying and Selling, Drew and Jonathan Scott, also known as The Property Brothers, concentrate on selling one house and purchasing another.  There is still a renovation and house hunting, but the objective of each is a little different than in the show Property Brothers.

                At the beginning of each Buying and Selling episode, the Scott brothers go into a home and tell the owners what needs to be changed in order to sell their house.  This does not usually go over well.  The owners tend to take what is said quite personally.  To be fair, Drew and Jonathan can get a tad vicious in this part, so I can see why the owners get upset.  I understand the need for the brothers to be honest, but there are times when I question the tact.  Throwing a quilt into the hallway like it is garbage, as is what happened in one episode, is going too far and something I still have not fully forgiven Jonathan for.  Something may have happened off camera to create the hostility that led to this event, but that does not make it acceptable.  Thankfully, moments like these are rare on the show, which is why I keep watching.

                Once Drew and Jonathan go through the house and give their evaluation, they tell the home owners what they feel the house is worth.  This is sometimes a worse reaction than the ones involving the changes of the home.  The owners always think their house is worth more than the brothers say it is.

                After this tense moment, Jonathan’s skills and expertise are featured.  He comes up with a design to increase the home’s value.  There is always a renovation involved, but nothing to the scale of what he does on Property Brothers.  Everything Jonathan does is much simpler, but it helps make the house more inviting and intriguing to prospective buyers. 

                While Jonathan does the renovations, Drew takes the home owners house hunting.  They are looking for a house that is ready to be moved into.  This can be harder than finding a house to renovate.  I do not envy Drew as he deals with this part of the show.  The smallest things can make the house hunters not want to buy a house.  For some, if they had their way, I think they would search for a house forever.  Fortunately they have Drew who can see when there will not be any more progress and pushes for a decision to be made.  Once they decide on which house they would like to buy, Drew works to get them their new home.

                At the existing house, Jonathan has by this point finished the renovations.  Drew puts the house up for sale and the open houses begin.  The home owners must keep the house clean in order for it to be show ready at all times.  This can be a struggle and causes a lot of anxiety as the home owners do still have a life to live.  But with Drew’s push to sell the house and Jonathan’s renovations and staging, it does not seem as though they struggle for long.  The house is always sold and the home owners are able to move onto the next part of their lives.

                Even though there are some moments, as I mentioned before, that I do not like, I love watching this show.  It fascinates me to see how a small renovation can change a house so completely and bring the value up a great deal.  I also look forward to seeing the houses Drew has chosen to show.  Each house is different and I find it really interesting to see what people have done in their homes.

                No matter what Drew and Jonathan Scott encounter, they always come out successfully in the end.  While I may like Property Brothers a little better than Buying and Selling for the simple reason of I love seeing how renovations are done, I cannot say one show is better than the other in quality.  The brothers always do a great job, and no matter which show I am watching, I want to see what they will do next.