I'm watching "Landscapers challenge" on HGTV and I'm sort of perplexed by the amount of money people have for their landscape projects. The first couple had 5 grand, and I thought "that's a lot of money, but they really made a change in their lives by spending that." The next couple had 30,000 dollars and wanted a baseball field... okay... and now this last family has 75,000 dollars and wants a putting green?
That's just weird. I think its one thing to fix up your yard for optimal usage, but another to take a 1/2 acre lot and cram in 400 different "areas" that cost 10 grand a piece.
Last night I went to a "green" expo where I learned about biofuels (so cool) and I saw a bumper sticker that said "The earth can no longer afford the rich." That sounded about right to me.
2 comments:
Landscapers and Designers Challenge have always pissed me off!
First of all, how many people can really afford the budgets that the shows cater to? I guess we know the answer now that the housing bubble has popped and people are losing their houses left and right. I'll bet they wish they had the $20k (or whatever) that they spent remodeling the house back.
Second - What they do for the money isn't that impressive. Don't get me wrong... they are usually beautiful - if you like that fresh from the showroom look. I have seen more impressive interior remakes on shows like Design Remix, Decorator Cents and Freestyle.
End rant. :)
My personal pet peeve is the shows like House Hunters, where they say they have a budget of $300K, and the realtor shows them 3 houses ranging from $325 on up!!!! And then, they buy the most expensive one. What happened to the budget?!
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