Masters of Flip

This show would have been great if the focus was more on the actual work that goes into renovating houses. There are plenty of great personalities and talent (Jeff comes to mind) that should be given more screen time than Kortney and her rather nebulous role.

Speaking of Kortney, it's often impossible to ignore how grating she can be. If she's not acting smug about picking pretty tilework, or staging she didn't organise, she is nagging Dave over the budget. It's ridiculous - whether pushed by producers or not - how peeved she gets when he spends money to fix structural problems, meaning that their $100k+ profit isn't as huge as it could have been. This is not even her at her worst; the shrieking sessions between her and the 'design assistant' when picking out granite or flooring are insufferable. I'd much rather see a structured walkthrough of a design plan than the occasional visit to a store punctuated by a lot of squealing. The whole process of design is portrayed to be a series of impulsive decisions made in 5 minutes, and and actual plan from start to finish would make for better TV.

One positive of the show is in the design, in that it doesn't revolve around hackneyed, contemporary ideas that every other flipper seems to adopt. It's good to see colour and a variety of styles instead of the usual grey-on-grey-on-grey.

All in all, the show can be entertaining if you're looking to switch-off and watch something that's not challenging. There could have been a fantastic show but it's dominated by Kortney's 'personality'. I'd happily watch Dave, Chance, Angela, Jeff, and construction workers actually do the work, instead of the hectic mess that is shown.

I think this just might be my favourite of the reno shows when everything is considered. The finished houses are all different, style wise, and they don't always stick to the "neutral" notion that everyone else seem obsessed by. They do things like painting the internal trim a colour other than white (oh no, they wouldn't, the design lemmings scream aghast). They don't always paint everything in "neutral tones", inside or outside. They actually incorporate televisions into the design. They paint front doors orange or turquoise (more screams of protest ensue). They take chances in their designs, their finished houses have character and are often quirky, and I for one like that! I would even want to buy one of their flips and not want to change, repaint everything within a month. Not to dismiss shows like Fixer Upper, Income Property, or the Property Bros, (and others) which I do like, but hey, how much beige and grey and white can one person take.

The discussion on the renovations themselves, are pretty good also. Choices, problems are explained. And they seem to try to keep the extreme fake drama (take that; love it or list it) down to a minimum. What does come up, for the most part, seems viable. The need for certain changes, and building codes are explained with it getting too top heavy (that's what Mike Holmes is for, lol). Sometimes when I watch these reno shows, I have to think the people in charge of inspecting the house had to be idiots that the problems found after demo were a surprise. Especially when it's in the basement or foundation - that should be the first place inspected when first viewing the house and definitely before buying one. I also like that they show the need to go around and take photos near the end of the reno of the bits and pieces that aren't done -- a realistic part of any reno.

Someone mentioned that this show was somehow less because the final staging factored strongly in the final sale price point, but that would be the same with all of these shows. I think this speaks more (negatively) about the potential buyers and their personal lack of imagination, than of the show. It has been shown repeatedly that buyers, that people, are really only interested in the final vision, the pretty picture. They don't really care about what's behind the pretty facade. That behind the nicely finished basement walls or floors, is a crumbling foundation allowing water and earth and critters in, causing untold damage. Let's face it, what's behind the walls isn't sexy (okay, it is to me, but that's another story).

My one huge criticism of this and pretty much all of these reno shows is the unwarranted waste and garbage they create on "demo" day, by their complete destruction of all of the existing cabinets and such. Yeah, maybe it's fun to smash stuff, but c'mon, most of that stuff could be reused, repurposed, by many other people who don't have tens of thousands of dollars to just buy the kitchen or bathroom of their dreams. Or even donate the building materials to places like the habitate for humanity type places. Just trashing all of these potentially reusable materials and creating even more landfill is not cool at all!

Like most flipping shows on these networks, it's mostly nonsense. The costs are unrealistic. We learn nothing about arranging financing or making deals. And we learn next to zero about how renos are done. Plus, the wife's taste in colors is horrible. On the other hand, if you watch these shows as ''couples fooling around with houses'' this is an entertaining diversion. The couple has a good rapport and they have senses of humour. Some of the footage of Dave is like watching outtakes from a Christopher Guest movie. Much preferable to the FlipFloppers with Jerry Seinfeld's lookalike and his 46-toothed Barbie doll wife's 30-minute infomercial for their flipping seminars ''coming soon to an airport hotel conference room near you.'' Less grating than Teeth McGillivray's fantasy reno show. Less obnoxious than Tex and Edna Gaines (&Family) exercise in bad taste. Are there more? I've lost track.

masters of flip is the best show on flipping houses I have watched ,they do a great job ,the finished houses are just amazing ,I watch every episode ,the show is interesting and fun ,and it's great to see what people can do with an old house even on a budget ,Kortneys finished decore is gorgeous and inspirational I HAVE GOTTEN SOME REALLY GOOD IDEAS TO DECORATE MY RENTAL ,and it is just so refreshing to see a show that is not distasteful or violent .many reality shows are quite over the top and they go for shaming and insulting people ,Kortney and David ,just have come up with a show that is entertaining ,family friendly and often full of laughs ,there should be more shows like this

Same stupid scripted home reno show as the rest of them. Here is the basis for every episode; 1: we buy the house 2: OMG look at everything that has to be replaced. 3: We are so over budget and over time, but lets spend more. 4: oh look we still made money.