Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
For a high-energy, high-concept alternative to the average home makeover show, look no further than Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.
Like its cosmetic surgery ancestor, the home edition leaves no expense spared in making people's dreams come true, with each property redevelopment being lavished with a $1 million budget.
A stereotypically over-the-top American production, the high-octane shows are bursting with enthusiasm, as the presenters and crew brainstorm and plot to make the original properties virtually unrecognisable.
Designs in the past have gone further than merely creating a recreational space in an outbuilding - there have been basketball courts in garages, a farm and swimming pools in unusual places.
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition doesn't just transform any old home, either. The show picks members of the public who have suffered a dramatic turn of events in their lives, such as the eight children whose parents died within days of each other.
It is presented by the chiselled Ty Pennington who, assisted by a team of 50 workers, fights against the tight schedule of seven days to complete the ambitious renovations.
Presenters
Ty Pennington
Good for?
Over-the-top house renovation combined with human drama makes for a heart-warming, feel-good property programme
Where?
Home, Five
When?
Day and night.
See Extreme Makeover's website for more information.
