Hack My Home

I had fun watching the show. It was a welcome distraction despite the fact that the hacks were mostly BS. I mean more than half of the hacks the team came up with were either impractical or dysfunctional or downright dangerous. And the useful ones were mostly very pricey for regular folks. Still it was fun to watch interesting/weird solutions implemented and find some inspiration here and there. But if they make a new season, they should at least avoid hacks moving vertically (and oh my god moving slowly at that). Also, I should say it just hurts to see stools provided as dining chairs, come on team!

Literally the most annoying thing about this show is the absolutely unbearable use of the work "hack" to describe every minor thing that's changed. It's honestly not a bad renovation show and they do some unique things but it's like the producers have them a quota for the word that they must make or the actors will be tortured. We put added a lamp to this room, hack! We threw out all the garbage you had over here, hack! Bought you a regular desk from Walmart, hack! Just let it flow instead of trying to force the use of one particular word over and over. Especially when it almost never even applies.

Did NO post-production person notice how many times they say "hack" AND that they use it incorrectly. I mean, if you want a new drinking game, the show works. I have only seen two episodes but I feel like MIT might be something you hear repeated a lot. I hope they read reviews and make a few changes to the script. It has potential, but I might not make it to episode 3. Some of the ideas are cool, not really easy for the average person to implement. While I like to see it, how possible would it be for others to learn from it and use that knowledge? I wonder if the characters develop a little more, but as of right now, I dont know how much I like them. IN short, STOP SAYING HACK!

Ropes that hang from the ceiling in the kid's room? Spinning mirrors with shelves where bottles can fall off into a black hole and hands can get stuck? Moving closets that can be used as impromptus amusement park rides? Yas, let the lawsuits begin.

And it has not escaped my notice that these homes end up with a lot less stuff than they started with. And where is all this stuff? Sitting in storage containing on the curb, most likely, where it will all be dumped someplace inside the house, and they'll be right back where they started.

Seriously, I do appreciate what the show is doing for these families. But there are so many safety hazards I cringe with each episode.

This team genuinely helped people's lives with their craft and it was very emotional to see, especially since the participants were so endearing! A home is so much more than just a building and we all deserve to feel as comfortable and happy as possible in it.

Plus the team's ideas were so smart and innovative, both in concept and execution, which made watching the show unique and very entertaining. The casting diversity both in participant and team members was also really refreshing to see!

My only negative point would be that some parts of the creative/construction process dragged a bit too long at times and that the team often feel a bit too stiff/unnatural in their delivery, but these negatives are easy to ignore.