Brand new luxury houses built in a week (Extreme Makeover: Home Edition)

Member Name: cloudwood88

Product:	Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Date:	18/01/09 (42 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Deserving people get fantastic homes

Disadvantages: Slow format

Extreme makeover: Home edition is totally addictive TV. This takes the concept of DIY makeover shows that was done to death in the 90s, eg Changing Rooms, Home Front, DIY SOS, and supersizes the concept. The team send away a deserving family for a week - and build them a new house while they are on holiday!

The style and scale are absolutely amazing - they really go all out to build people absolutely amazing new homes. The decor in the living rooms, and for adult bedrooms is always stunning - but they go crazy with themes for the kids rooms. I often think the faces of teenagers give away the fact that they would have preferred a more normal effort than the crazily themed efforts produced - but everyone is more than happy.

There is loads of product placement in this show - as the famlies are given furniture, cars, scholarships and mortgage payments by various companies - but being in the UK and away from these brands and shops makes it less annoying.

I love seeing the transformation - but the format treats you as if you have the attention span of a gnat - every five minutes there's either a recap or a 'coming up'. It'd be an even better show if it was edited down to half hour slots.

Summary: Watch and wish someone would build you a dream home!