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New SXM House Hunters International Tonight!!!
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08/26/2015 09:45 AM
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A new SXM HHI is on HGTV tonight, titled A Warmer Home for Mario and Linda. 10:30 PM is the premiere. Set those DVR's!!
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Re: New SXM House Hunters International Tonight!!!
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08/26/2015 12:48 PM
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Sorry, HGTV. I edited the original post.
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Re: New SXM House Hunters International Tonight!!!
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08/26/2015 02:29 PM
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Got it recorded! Thx, Carol!
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Re: New SXM House Hunters International Tonight!!!
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08/26/2015 04:13 PM
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Thanks Carol - I missed catching this one.
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Re: New SXM House Hunters International Tonight!!!
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08/26/2015 11:23 PM
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Cupexoy, long and Cole in that order. I chose long. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/dance.gif" alt="" />
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Re: New SXM House Hunters International Tonight!!!
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08/27/2015 08:26 AM
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Yes that ticked me off too, that supposedly the guy is a realtor back home and he had such unrealistic expectations for what properties would go for?? What got me was this story line that dishwashers are unusual on SXM. Huh??? And the 8-10 cruise ships a day was ridiculous. And did anyone else hear what I thought I heard--that they had never been to SXM before???? Surely not.. The whole show just p*ssed me off.
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Re: New SXM House Hunters International Tonight!!!
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08/27/2015 09:20 AM
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I have no idea why you would buy in a country you've never been to. Maybe that wasn't right, like a lot of other things. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Crazy.gif" alt="" />
Actually, that first property, I think someone here said that was Long Bay? I thought it was Cupecoy, but I didn't recognize the building.
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Re: New SXM House Hunters International Tonight!!!
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08/27/2015 09:42 AM
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Oh, ok. I've been in Bill and Elaine's place, but I didn't really recognize the building, for some reason.
Re-read what someone above posted and the place they said was "long" was Porto Cupecoy..
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Re: New SXM House Hunters International Tonight!!!
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Can't fault the people......I'd assume they are great and hope they start posting here. I'm assuming all of our complaints have to do with the lines they were fed from the producers for the interesting storyline....that seems to have backfired completely. I really wish they would let more reality into "reality" tv because there have been some cool shows that I used to watch like Pawn Stars and Storage Wars that once I found out that they are complete fabrications I cannot watch anymore. As for the house hunter-type show....what would it hurt to actually do as they claim (show them seeing the house for the first time, debate, buy, and then followup) instead of them already living in the house and having most of the show as complete BS. I'm still sticking to my guns that the best SXM cable show(to me anyways) was the Three Sheets episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oa-yqJ5iOKM
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Re: New SXM House Hunters International Tonight!!!
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As far as the premise of the people already having bought their place when the shows are filmed, that part of it I get, as to why that probably happens, as the deal could fall through, etc. But there were just a lot of really odd things in this particular show.
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Re: New SXM House Hunters International Tonight!!!
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Carol_Hill said:But there were just a lot of really odd things in this particular show. There is no way the husband is as stupid as the show made him out to be. A 3BR ocean front house for $400k???????? AND he's in real estate????? That's downright pathetic. I watch almost all of these episodes and they are clearly staged. The reason I watch is to see at least some aspects of places I've never been. The Caribbean series is even worse when it comes to making up stories.
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Re: New SXM House Hunters International Tonight!!!
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I missed this show!! What price were they wanting to spend?? You mean they did NOT use the SXM man who has been used in past? Haven't enjoyed most of the recent ones of SXM. The fact at filming that 1 of the 3 is "the chosen one" doesn't bother me in any House Hunters or HH Internatl. All of these shows have some much editing done by producer and subject couple isn't directly involved in that part, so they may be surprised by what ends up in the show! I like ones where they show a map of where the 3 homes are located.
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Re: New SXM House Hunters International Tonight!!!
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You really didn't miss very much. It was sad to see so very little of what shudda/cudda have been the beautiful island scenic backdrops and so much of the unrealistic and inane dialogue instead. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/duh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/duh.gif" alt="" />
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Re: New SXM House Hunters International Tonight!!!
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Mantas, thanks for sharing that link! What a hoot.
House Hunters is a very phony show. I have a cousin who knows someone who was on the show, and they had to completely move out of the home they had already selected and pretend to "discover" it all over again. I missed last night's episode but it sounds like that was a good thing.
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Re: New SXM House Hunters International Tonight!!!
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I agree with the other posts about this episode. I understand that most of these shows are stages, but why would they have a realtor who, when told that they want to spend $400K on a home, starts with two homes well above that price? When I was house hunting in Tulsa 25 years ago, my first realtor had the same agenda of showing me homes above my price point, so I changed realtors.
This couple started by saying ocean front or ocean view, but that latter choice was quickly overlooked. I am sure that there are a number of ocean view home in their original price range that they could have seen.
Overall, both my wife and I thought that if we had never been to SXM, we would likely never go after seeing this - too expensive and too touristy. We have been on the island a number of times and found if delightful and reasonable with a lot of places to visit that did not have a tourist vibe.
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Re: New SXM House Hunters International Tonight!!!
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i know for a fact..that one of the episodes....the rental in saint martin yacht club.....was totally bogus. the gal who was just coming to the island, and looking for a home, was a gal that lived on the island for well over a year, and then moved out of her home...to rediscover it a year later!!!! these shows are all staged and bogus...but last night's just was over the top with total BULLSH$T. I did a bit of research afterwards.....both the buyers (husband and wife) are selling real estate for C21 ...with the broker that has no clue about how many ships are in during season....or says that there are no properties in their price range...when one can do a MLS search, and find many. Also, i dont beleive that they ever mentioned how much the couple ended up paying for their penthouse unit...i am sure it was NOT full asking price. Again, i thought it was a total waste of airtime...and shed SXM , and the real estate profession as ''lyers'' about advertising price, in a negative light. If HGTV can not do better than the show last night, i hope they do us a favor and STAY AWAY for future episodes.
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Re: New SXM House Hunters International Tonight!!!
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Whew! I am so glad to see I was not the only one who thought this episode was silly. Good to have the collective wisdom of posters to this board again confirmed.
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Re: New SXM House Hunters International Tonight!!!
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08/27/2015 02:01 PM
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It was me that said Cupecoy as first shown. And then Long and then Cole Bay, bit wasn't sure about the last two. I agree. The show was not good and didn't show the island's true beauty and features. Why would you want to go to SXM after seeing this? <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/duh.gif" alt="" />
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Re: New SXM House Hunters International Tonight!!!
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OK, the 'two sinks in the bathroom' thing is something I see in househunters shows all the time, which I just don't get!!! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/duh.gif" alt="" /> But, that's another story!
In general, I have loved the HHI shows that featured SXM, but this one was just kind of a dud..
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Re: New SXM House Hunters International Tonight!!!
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I don't know. They did re-air it within like 24 hours of when it originally aired. But, as many here have said, even for 'reality TV', this one was really bad. Watching it didn't make me want to go to SXM, it made me p*ssed off.
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