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House Hunters International

Animal Lover — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 21:44:23 GMT

A few things I've noticed.

*In some Euro countries there's graffiti everywhere! Beautiful ancient buildings ruined by it. Ewww.

*A budget of $2500 per month buys you very little, even in some podunk Euro towns.

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Marienkaefer2 — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 21:59:05 GMT

Well it's all relative.

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bells4me — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 22:05:37 GMT

I have no desire to live in Europe, but it is very expensive. No wonder all those people demand everything they do. I could never be a realtor.

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madzonie — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 22:06:40 GMT

Some folks on a show last night were thinking of paying $4000 a month for a place in Australia.

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BellaPaprika — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 22:08:27 GMT

Their graffiti doesn't generally indicate gang activity the way it does here. So you will find graffiti in fairly nice parts of major cities in France, Italy, Spain, etc.. It's often political in nature or sometimes romantic.

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Pqfan — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 22:12:26 GMT

I love HH international.

The houses in some cases are very expensive and such a wreck.

The people say they will fix it up but when they go back it looks almost the same way!

I think they don't realize what they are getting into when the buy such a messed up house.

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Burnsite — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 22:29:58 GMT

I love it. It's not too different from the US rental climate, but the US House Hunters concentrates on upper end housing for sale. HHI usually is showing rental houses.

I love the real Tuscan houses, olive trees and a bread oven, but usually no refrigerator. Beautiful houses. Always a lovely bathroom, too.

It makes me smile when people on "regular" house hunters say they are looking for a "Tuscan kitchen". Probably the same lady would be wrathful if her prospective houses didn't have refrigerators the size of Rhode Island. Americans are spoiled. Tuscany is a lifestyle, not a house-design. And the houses are old and patina-ed with time.

I love the Asian HH episodes, because that is something I would really like to do.

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terrier3 — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 22:48:13 GMT

On 1/25/2014 BlueCollarBabe said:
Their graffiti doesn't generally indicate gang activity the way it does here. So you will find graffiti in fairly nice parts of major cities in France, Italy, Spain, etc.. It's often political in nature or sometimes romantic.

I was in Trier, a city in Germany founded by the Romans.

There is graffiti on the aquaducts,,,from the time the Romans ruled there, over 2,000 years ago!

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muttmom — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 23:03:18 GMT

On 1/25/2014 Burnsite said:
I love it. It's not too different from the US rental climate, but the US House Hunters concentrates on upper end housing for sale. HHI usually is showing rental houses.

I love the real Tuscan houses, olive trees and a bread oven, but usually no refrigerator. Beautiful houses. Always a lovely bathroom, too.

It makes me smile when people on "regular" house hunters say they are looking for a "Tuscan kitchen". Probably the same lady would be wrathful if her prospective houses didn't have refrigerators the size of Rhode Island. Americans are spoiled. Tuscany is a lifestyle, not a house-design. And the houses are old and patina-ed with time.

I love the Asian HH episodes, because that is something I would really like to do.

Tuscany is a region. Many older homes have similar design based on the climate and the location. Much is farmland but a lot is and has always been city. Some borders the sea but a lot of it is inland.

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banjo — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 01:31:39 GMT

When my husband and I lived in Spain (1970 to 1974) we rented a house with 3 bedrooms, living room, kitchen, bath, a beautiful patio with a small swimming pool for $100 month, all utilities included. I hate to think what it would cost now to live there.

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croemer — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 02:21:03 GMT

I agree...beautiful historic buildings covered in graffiti.

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Lila Belle — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 05:11:01 GMT

On 1/25/2014 terrier3 said:
On 1/25/2014 BlueCollarBabe said:
Their graffiti doesn't generally indicate gang activity the way it does here. So you will find graffiti in fairly nice parts of major cities in France, Italy, Spain, etc.. It's often political in nature or sometimes romantic.

I was in Trier, a city in Germany founded by the Romans.

There is graffiti on the aquaducts,,,from the time the Romans ruled there, over 2,000 years ago!

Lots of ancient graffiti all over Europe. In Berlin some of the fanciest buildings have been painted on by artists and they're really cool.

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Blahblahvampemer — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 05:46:43 GMT

There are places to live cheaply in Europe, but it won't be in any of the great cities or regions. Most people want to be within walking distance of everything from restaurants, stores and schools to clubs and bars for the young singles. It's gonna cost ya. As the saying goes, location, location, location.

One of my European friends has a ton of money ($700 plus hotel rooms, $60 meals before wine...etc.), but when her family bought a home in France, they moved just a smidge out of the chic area and saved a bundle. She'd rather put the money toward lavish vacations than plant the family in the middle of the hot spots that get all the tourists in the summer.

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Lynneuk — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 06:03:24 GMT

What you have to remember is that the American dollar is very weak right now so $2500 is not that much in Euro's or Pounds.

Also most of the shows are set in capital cities. $2500 would get you a tiny apartment in London or Paris but a lovely house in a small town outside the capital.

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Blahblahvampemer — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 06:09:23 GMT

On 1/25/2014 Lynneuk said:
What you have to remember is that the American dollar is very weak right now so $2500 is not that much in Euro's or Pounds.

Also most of the shows are set in capital cities. $2500 would get you a tiny apartment in London or Paris but a lovely house in a small town outside the capital.

The American Dollar is doing quite well actually. The Pound used to cost over $2, and the Euro was at $1.55 or so. Both are well under that figure right now even with Russia, Brazil, China, Australia and others trying to dump the USD. That could change of course, but right now it's not bad at all.

Now where we've taken a real beating is against the Australian Dollar.

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Lila Belle — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 06:16:45 GMT

Euro v dollar=$.73

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Lynneuk — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 06:22:00 GMT

$2500 is between 1600-1800 pounds and euro's so that is not a lot for a wonderful place to live. Imagine trying to find a great place in a sought after area like New York City,Boston or LA for that.

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sylviahomeatlast — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 06:42:01 GMT

I don't like this show--they buy tumbled down ancient w/o kitchens or bathrooms--they pay a fortune--some of the parts of these ramshalle buildings are lovely but----no

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Kachina624 — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 07:14:22 GMT

I wish they'd discontinue HH International. I'm really not interested in rentals in Paris or home in Roatan. Many of the authentic European places are hovels.

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AngelPuppy1 — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 14:55:02 GMT

To me, it's very interesting. It's seeing a little bit of areas and architecture that I will never get to see for real. Sort of like, seeing how the other half lives, as they say. I know not everyone dreams of having a little flat in London, or a cute apartment in France, or a wonderful villa in Italy, etc., etc., but I do! It will never happen, but I read and see movies and think --- awww, what if? Yes, a lot of the places are terribly expensive and these people have money. But, that's t.v. I enjoy the show. As far as these house shows go, I think it's actually my favorite.