What did you get your Dad for Father's Day? It probably wasn't a garage carved into the side of a Swiss mountain. The client's Porsche collection enjoys the view of a bucolic town below, as they sit in mood-lit concrete apertures with full-height glass windows.
In other news, House Hunters is far from reality, and how 700 square feet feels practically palatial. See the headlines after the jump.
• The Garage in the Garden | Architizer
• House Hunters, HGTV's Hit Reality Show, Is Fake: One Villa "Seller" Reveals Her Experience | Stylelist
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Some people have way too much money.
Darn...now my husband will want one.
A TV show manipulating the truth, I can hardly believe that. When telling the real story is what they do, it will be a freezing day in h*ll. Ethically and morally bankrupt.
OK, who owns the porsche collection with spectacular views? Marie Antoinette? They do realize there are people in the world who can't afford life saving surgery, or glasses to see, or, you know, food, right?
Oh, I'm on board with the folks who feel this is just a huge waste of money when so many are in need. Just awful.
And why ruin a beautiful mountainside??
This guy, with the mood-lit mountain-view Porsche garages? THAT guy can pay more tax.
Wow, I'd love to convert that garage to some people housing. Crack me up about House Hunters. If you're surprised by this "revelation", perhaps I could interest you in some real estate in a lovely little swamp, er, waterfront location? I occasionally like the show for a peek at various locales I'll likely never visit, the "story" doesn't matter that much but there is so much repetition in the show, the actual content probably maxes out at 10 or 15 minutes tops. Just before a break you get a "preview" of highlights from after the break, then you get to see that bit with a little more detail, then they review what you've already seen and spin out the moment of choice. There is a constant muttering of how the bedroom/bathroom/whatever is too small. Hmmm, why was I watching this again?
I always knew House Hunters wasn't completely on the up and up -- just the conversations the people would have about other homes they'd seen were enough to tell me that we weren't seeing the whole process. And when I finally bought my own house, I knew the scenes where people put in an offer and then go have wine at their favorite bistro were faked; I mean, all I did was curl into a fetal position and stress out. But I admit to feeling really annoyed that there is SO much fakery -- that they've already bought the house, that every moment of consideration is staged, etc. What's annoying about it is that it's unnecessary! You could comparison-show the three houses with the knowledge people had already chosen, and it would still be fun to guess.
When Donald Judd did it, it was Art.
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I can't believe the "shock" about House Hunters. Are you newly hatched from under a rock. There is nothing real about reality TV. All of those shows are fully produced and filmed by full camera crews complte with boom mikes, best boys, and writers. It's entertainment, not veritas.....
Even though the garages were different. This immediately made me think of that Ferris Bueller scene where they spin that fancy car out of the garage and into the woods.....ha!