Haus-Lifting

This "reality" series had it all. I recorded every episode and couldn't wait to watch them. I saved them for the "best" TV viewing. All the shows were so very, very good: Trademark Properties from CEO down to the clean-up guys were fun: Fascinating real people, real emotions, real "looks" (not Hollywood's version of what people look or act like), funny even when angry, showing friendships and family relations, employee/employer relations, just an extremely interesting and informative, perfect TV, in my opinion. I HATE the new cast and won't watch it ever again. They are Hollywood version of reality - ugh! What in the world were the producers thinking to change something so good to something so phony and usual and bland? Awful!

Season UP with Richard and his gang Season Two = Thumbs Down with who??????

A&E had a great show and screwed things up. Richard can flip the houses and I'll flip the channels to find his new show.

I'm a stick in the mud for keeping things the same when it works, just because something is new doesn't mean its better. I REFUSE to watch the new cast, its just a ripoff of the real show.

For you viewers that watch the new season take note - Find somebody that copied the first season and watch it, you will see why the original show was such a hit and the new cast is getting nothing but bad mouthed.

Trademark Properties has a professional human touch that made the business interesting and entertaining at the same time. No scripting, no high jinks, no crap. The original crew had the ingredients that make a good show- GREAT.

A&E dropped the ball when they made the change. If I was an A&E Chairman, I would first apologize to all the viewers for such a grave mistake. Then I would fire all the producers and anyone associated with changing the show. I would then rehire all the old people back and beg Richard and his crew to grace the A&E channel again with their real life antics and business wise challenges!

Ohio Viewer Husband & Wife

Richard Davis is the head of Trademark Properties in Charleston, South Carolina. He buys houses that are "fixer-uppers" and turns them into attractive homes very quickly. This type of quick buy and sell is referred to in the real estate business as "flipping a house", where the show gets its name.

The show does a nice job of showing what is often involved in buying and selling properties: inspections, getting owner to sell, permit issues, neighborhood thieves, etc. The first couple seasons of "This Old House" with Bob Villa was WGBH buying a house, fixing it up, and re-selling it while trying to make a profit. Same concept here, but the producers feel they need to add some reality show basics as well: watching co-workers skeet shoot, some kind of verbal conflict every show, but every one is happy at the end. The conference meetings are also a bit much. These are the parts of the show that look staged.

The producers were also smart to include two of Richard's female assistants in all of the episodes. Ginger is a young woman that helps with finding properties and closing the deals on purchases. She appears to be Richard's protégé. Dawn is a little older and in the middle of a pregnancy as the show starts. She is the project leader that makes sure all the construction on properties goes smoothly. A no-nonsense kind of person that is perfect as a team leader.

I hope A&E picks this up for more seasons. The show puts a "realistic" face to all the HGTV and PBS fluff that shows how to turn a closet into a beautiful home in 30 minutes. "This Old House" used to do this but not for a long time. Buying and selling a home is a big deal and there is a lot of work that goes into working on a house. I am sure that there are many more people that make Trademark Properties what it is today. Hopefully, we can see more of these folks.

I was so disappointed to see that Richard and his team were no longer on this show. The gang at Trademark properties has a special chemistry that were both interesting and funny to watch. They seemed like a bunch of good 'ole boys and for me, that made them easy to relate to. They seemed like real people. I have watched a couple of the new episodes and I do not like them at all. There is no chemistry and it just seems that everyone is 'hamming it up' for the cameras.

I sure wish that the network and the producers would beg Richard Davis and the Trademark Properties team to return! I will no longer tune into this show.

i have seen the new show, no way is this real real! it seem to be actors trying to do this show, its bad! i was only able to watch 5 min of the new show. i want ginger and the guys back or i don't have a great show to watch!!!what was so bad with the old show? every one i told about the show loved it. it was real people doing real job's in real life. the new show seemed to be written, and the lines were not good. or maybe it just was the actors that were not good. what ever it is, it is not the show we have come to love. i hope this does some good in a small way because i miss the show! it's like cop's why change it! when it;s right it's right! so who ever see'e this think hard about, why let some other network get a great show like this! after all who does not like to watch real life? so please do us all the right thing, bring them all back to the show.