#8: The Aftermath…
Back when these home makeover shows first became a big thing, they used to redo the entire house of a single family in a specific period of time. One show, Extreme Home Makeover, was exactly as it sounds, and would do an extreme makeover, usually for a family with limited financial capacity.
These grand makeovers looked incredible and made the contestants feel great, but they didn’t take into account the reality of so many of the families that took part in the show. If they had limited finances, to begin with, then how were they meant to pay for new, extravagant upkeep? So many families ended up moving away, which seems like a massive failure…