House Hunters Season 269 Episode 1

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00:00Oh my goodness.

00:03There's a lot going on in here.

00:05PJ's been stuck living in Denise's house in upstate New York

00:09since they met.

00:10And now it's threatening their relationship.

00:13Well, if you don't like my house,

00:14then do you actually even like me?

00:16If your house can't make room for me,

00:19does that mean that you don't like me?

00:21He wants something simple and clean,

00:23but she's not having it.

00:25I find them oppressive.

00:27I miss the ornate.

00:28It's pretty nice.

00:29She's obsessed with historic places stuffed with details,

00:33like their favorite show, The Gilded Age.

00:35Look at this mirror.

00:36It is literally gilded.

00:38But then gilded.

00:40But if she can't give, their shared future

00:43could be on the line.

00:44I'm struggling with how boring these straight lines are.

00:48I like a lot of detail.

00:50And some of us don't.

00:51I'm frustrated with PJ right now

00:53because he's thinking about himself.

00:59I'm a professor of fashion design and management at Cornell University.

01:06And I'm a writer for a telecom website.

01:08I also play music.

01:10You want to fly?

01:11You want to fly?

01:12Definitely the most important member of our family is our daughter, Penelope.

01:17She was born five months ago.

01:18Five and a half.

01:19She's got two teeth now.

01:20Hey, come on in.

01:21Give me some.

01:21Right now, we live in a home that I bought in 2014.

01:26It's a modest Victorian.

01:29I love this house.

01:30I feel like this house is Denise.

01:32It's so, yeah.

01:33It is too much Denise.

01:34Too much Denise, exactly.

01:35I think he loves me, right?

01:36It's 100%.

01:37Yes.

01:38I moved into Denise's house.

01:39It's true.

01:40This house is like, maybe the most important member of our family is our daughter, Penelope.

01:43She was born five months ago.

01:44Five and a half.

01:45She's got two teeth now.

01:46Hey, come on in.

01:47Give me some.

01:48Right now, we live in a home that I bought in 2014.

01:50It's a modest Victorian.

01:51I love this house.

01:52I feel like this house is Denise.

01:53It's so, yeah.

01:54It's too much Denise.

01:55It's true.

01:56This house is like me.

01:57And I'm like, well, if you don't like my house, then do you actually even like me?

02:01But if your house can't make room for me, does that mean that you don't like me?

02:07He is right.

02:10We need to move in.

02:11What?

02:12What'd you say?

02:13Not going to trick me.

02:14We need to move in together.

02:17I am a maximalist.

02:18I don't know if you could tell by the-

02:21Your personality?

02:22My personality.

02:23Yeah.

02:24The wall-to-wall decorations.

02:25Yeah.

02:26Yeah.

02:27I know that you're obsessed with the Gilded Age show.

02:31The interior design, the fashion, the architecture are linked together in such a powerful aesthetic.

02:41I like the late Victorian, anything with leaded glass and beautiful detailing.

02:48Okay.

02:49I want Gilded Age.

02:50Yeah.

02:51I want opulent.

02:52I want, you know, that maximalist.

02:54More is more.

02:55PJ, are you on board with Victorian, with gothic revival?

02:59Uh, I'd prefer maybe more of a craftsman vibe.

03:02Okay.

03:03Something a little simpler.

03:04PJ is a minimalist.

03:06I think less is more.

03:07I think less is more.

03:08And it's better to not have such a busy space.

03:11You guys were ready for a bigger house, which is very common.

03:14I know when I had my baby, it was like, all of a sudden I was busting at the seams, right?

03:18Yeah.

03:19Garage.

03:20A garage for music.

03:21An isolated place where I can go be creative at midnight.

03:24Midnight.

03:25Okay.

03:26And I'm willing to go up to 850.

03:29Okay.

03:30That seems like a lot.

03:32I'd rather not be paying the house off forever.

03:34I'm willing to go a little higher because I feel very strongly about a walking kind of lifestyle.

03:41But not at the cost of, you know, privacy.

03:44I'd like to have a nice, decent sized yard to, you know.

03:47He wants chickens.

03:48Oh, okay.

03:49This is the next step for us.

03:51My mom tells me I'm doing it all out of order because we haven't gotten married yet, but...

03:55It's not the order that they would do it on The Gilded Age either, but...

03:58Definitely not.

04:01So, you know, I have a little surprise for you guys.

04:06Okay.

04:07I'm so excited to show it to you.

04:09I'm Cynthia Nixon.

04:10You may know me as Ada Forte on HBO's The Gilded Age.

04:14I'm so happy to hear that you're fans of the series and that you adore the extravagant homes as much as we do.

04:21What?

04:22This is just for us?

04:23This is just for you.

04:24The Gilded Age was such a glamorous and fascinating period in New York's history.

04:28I hope you find a home that reflects what you most love about The Gilded Age.

04:33Good luck on your hunt.

04:34You are now players in the great game of real estate.

04:38The great game of real estate.

04:41The great game of real estate.

04:42That's right.

04:43You have to be kidding.

04:44I'm not kidding.

04:45Cynthia Nixon for you two.

04:46Can you believe it?

04:47Even she's like about to lose it.

04:50She is.

04:51I know.

04:52I don't think I'm going to top that until I find you a house.

04:54Until you find it.

04:55It's a perfect historic home.

04:56Let's try to top that.

04:57Okay.

04:58And the first house she's found is exactly like the show.

05:02An opulent Victorian for the lady of the manor.

05:05It's also located right where she wants to be.

05:08Walking distance to campus.

05:10You found a parking spot.

05:11Hey, I just found a spot.

05:13It's a little brutal here, the parking.

05:16But look at this house.

05:17It's a big house.

05:19It's already a stretch.

05:24Is it green?

05:25Is it black?

05:26The market's pretty aggressive in Ithaca.

05:28We have low inventory and high demand.

05:30We don't have a lot of new construction happening.

05:32We do have older homes.

05:34The architectural details of this home are absolutely incredible.

05:37I think they're really going to speak to the Victorian style,

05:39to what Denise wants.

05:40There is also a grand music room,

05:43and I am expecting PJ to just go nuts for that.

05:46You did notice the parking though, right?

05:48No garage.

05:49No garage.

05:50No garage.

05:51I'm sorry about that, but proximity is everything with this house.

05:54Oh my goodness.

05:55It's gorgeous, isn't it?

05:56There's a lot going on in here.

05:58This is wild.

05:59Stained glass.

06:00You're going to see a lot of really great details

06:02that are just going to make you go nuts for this house.

06:04And I love the furniture.

06:06The furniture actually is going to convey with the property.

06:08I know, PJ, you were looking for more minimalist house, but...

06:12Yeah, less is more.

06:13This is a little bit more Denise.

06:15Look at this mirror.

06:16It is literally gilded.

06:17Literally gilded.

06:18Literally gilded.

06:19And this could be our ballroom, PJ.

06:21Just imagine.

06:22We love hosting.

06:23Yeah, it's an excellent place for entertaining.

06:26Okay, we're going to have to talk about the elephant in the room here.

06:29The kitchen is small.

06:30Oh, wow.

06:31Yeah.

06:32If you think about it, this isn't much smaller than your kitchen.

06:35I know, but it's the arrangement, the galley.

06:37It's separated from the hosting area.

06:40If you're cooking dinner for friends, you're banished in this separate area.

06:44We're talking big expense for kitchen renovations.

06:47We're adding on that 795, that's for sure.

06:49This is where I think, PJ, you're going to fall in love.

06:53Yeah, the organ.

06:55It's a giant organ in the middle of the house.

06:58This is crazy.

07:00It's definitely a unique detail, but it's not operational, right?

07:05I don't know if we'd be able to restore it.

07:08Yeah, it would probably be restore an organ versus restore a kitchen.

07:11I think we should just chop this out, and I can stick my electric organ in,

07:17and then we can control the volume of the electric organ rather than have this thing.

07:21I mean, it's just so beautiful.

07:24They're kind of creepy.

07:25I would want to preserve.

07:26I like how creepy they are.

07:28Okay, let's fight about this later.

07:31There's more house to see.

07:32Okay, we've got to check out the solarium.

07:34We could turn this into an office.

07:36In the Gilded Age, you wouldn't have a house without a solarium.

07:39You must have a solarium.

07:40You must have a solarium.

07:42You must have a solarium.

07:43Oh, wow, this is a huge yard.

07:47Yeah.

07:48And this might be good for your chicken coop, PJ.

07:50Yeah, we could have the chickens over here.

07:52I can see we have some student neighbors.

07:54You'll be able to play your instruments as loud as you want, as late as you want.

07:58Yeah, no noise concerns?

07:59I don't think so.

08:00I think, if anything, let's hope the baby can sleep through some of the noise from the neighbors.

08:04Definitely in a busy area of town.

08:06I'm not sure if we really need to be around this many students with our daughter.

08:11So we're going to head up these stairs and check out the majority of the bedrooms.

08:15It's a lot of house to see.

08:17Oh, wow.

08:18What are you paying?

08:19Look at the ceilings in here.

08:20It gets better.

08:21Okay, so with the remodeled bathroom.

08:24Yeah, this is a different era.

08:26This is gorgeous.

08:28I'm smitten.

08:29It is Gilded Age.

08:31It is everything I've dreamed of.

08:33You know, you've got the ornate.

08:34You have the opulence.

08:36We want to find a home together that brings both of our aesthetics into conversation with

08:41one another.

08:42And this house is definitely much more me than it is him.

08:45And honestly, I do feel a little bad about it because I love this house.

08:49I'm definitely worried that we'll be in the same situation with wall-to-wall Denise.

08:53You can definitely walk through this house and picture yourself with the servants and

08:58the outfits and all the stuff in the show, even though we're never going to have anything

09:01like that.

09:02Not after we pay for the house.

09:04I don't know.

09:05There's really no isolated music space.

09:07What about the office space?

09:08And that's really what I'm looking for.

09:09That's the point of what we're looking for.

09:15The next place is more for PJ.

09:17But there's a surprise for Denise too.

09:19Oh my gosh.

09:23PJ's sick of living in the house Denise bought before they met.

09:28So today they're driving way out to Binghamton to see a home in his price range.

09:33But now she's not happy.

09:35So we are all the way in the Bing.

09:38We are.

09:39We're in the Bing.

09:40Yeah.

09:41We have been in this car for an hour.

09:43An hour.

09:44All of our friends are going to have to drive to Binghamton because one of the things we

09:48want, right, is a grand house or we're just going to end up like Mrs. Russell and that

09:52first ball that she hosted at her house when no one showed up because are any of our friends

09:57going to drive all the way to Binghamton?

09:59We can make friends in Binghamton.

10:01This one was listed at $549,000.

10:04It just had a $50,000 price reduction.

10:07We love the Bing.

10:08The Bing.

10:09The Bing.

10:10We're in the city of Binghamton.

10:12This is a historical area.

10:14But in this market, those homes are a little bit less sought after than they are in Ithaca.

10:19So by going a little bit further, I'm saving them a huge amount of money.

10:24And I'm also putting them in a house that really has all the things that they want.

10:29Oh, my gosh.

10:30Wow.

10:31The dormers, craftsman style.

10:36There's the turret.

10:37See that?

10:38That's your Victoria piece.

10:39Oh, my gosh, the queen and turret.

10:40And the dormers are adorable.

10:42Look at the stonework.

10:43I love the details under the bay window, I have to say.

10:46Oh, look at this tile.

10:48Oh, this tile is gorgeous.

10:50Beautiful tile mosaic.

10:52Come on in here.

10:53This would be the formal dining room.

10:54What fascinates me about this house and has me a little bit hesitant is the integration

10:59of so many different kinds of styles.

11:01Yes, the beams read.

11:03You are all about the integration of different kinds of styles.

11:06Is that what you do for living?

11:07Don't you see the house we live in now that is so busy?

11:10I like the eclectic nature of things, but I feel like this house is trying to be craftsman.

11:16It's like oppressively long rectilinear forms and at the same time has details like this one.

11:23There's a lot to look at it without it being bothersome.

11:25I like to be bothered by a lot of detail.

11:29And some of us don't.

11:30So let's head into the kitchen.

11:33This has been remodeled.

11:35Open, airy, and I love these cabinets.

11:39It's cozy.

11:40I want to show you the backyard and get a closer look at that carriage house.

11:44Call me.

11:46It's very peaceful.

11:48This is where the footman originally lived.

11:51Carriage house is so cool.

11:53It's exactly the type of thing I'm looking for.

11:55It's separate from the rest of the house so that when I'm loud, I don't have to worry about other people hearing it.

12:00And now we're headed up to level number two.

12:04This is definitely a grand primary bedroom.

12:07I like the leaded glass detail in here.

12:09So this is the ensuite bathroom.

12:11Wow.

12:12I would think this would be Penny's nursery.

12:16Exactly.

12:17This house could actually really work for us.

12:20It's got everything I need for my music.

12:23But I'm struggling with how boring these straight lines are.

12:27I find them oppressive.

12:28I'm not feeling the struggle and the oppression.

12:31I think it's pretty nice.

12:34The house that we're currently in is all Denise, all day long.

12:38Looking around this house, I think there's room for both of us.

12:41See ya.

12:42It's in Binghamton though.

12:43I'm frustrated with PJ right now because he's thinking about himself.

12:47I don't think he's hearing that two hours commuting is just not going to bring me joy.

12:57So they head back to Ithaca.

12:59But the house is a major stretch.

13:01Are you crazy?

13:03A little bit, you know that.

13:05Today, PJ and Denise are back in Ithaca to see another Victorian with all the ornate details of the homes in their favorite show, The Gilded Age.

13:17The property is a big single family home currently being used as an inn.

13:22But PJ and Denise could use the front house as a private residence for themselves and rent out the carriage house in the back.

13:30It's also in a prime location near Denise's job at Cornell.

13:34Clearly walkable.

13:35It's a little on the busy side.

13:371.5 million dollars.

13:40Would we be poor?

13:41Would we be stupid to do this?

13:47It's opulent.

13:48It's Victorian.

13:49Are you crazy?

13:50A little bit.

13:51You know that.

13:52Hear me out.

13:53I think we should see it, okay?

13:55And I have financial plans for it to work.

13:57And you could own Ithaca's favorite mansion.

13:59It's absolutely gorgeous.

14:01I've seen this house.

14:02My friend is the owner, client of mine.

14:04I have the ability to sell it.

14:06This is a pocket listing.

14:07No one else is coming after it.

14:09So we can take our time and go through the numbers.

14:11Let's do it.

14:12I love the colored glass.

14:15Is this beautiful?

14:16This is pretty grand.

14:18So here's our sitting room, parlor room.

14:22Look at the ceilings in here.

14:25We can close these doors.

14:26This could be a music room.

14:27There's really two living rooms.

14:28Let me show you the next one.

14:29It does have the turret.

14:30I love the turret.

14:33This house makes me feel really excited about the possibilities.

14:37There's a lot of potential here for hosting big parties.

14:40What I love about this one, these little corner slides.

14:43Oh my gosh.

14:45When you have a house with unique detailing, your house is like a museum.

14:49But you don't need to live in a museum to have fun.

14:51I want to live.

14:52I love museums.

14:53But I think for us to grow in our relationship, we should have a house together.

14:57This is totally a functional kitchen.

14:59Right.

15:00Closed off.

15:01But it's separated from the rest of the house.

15:02We have to prepare.

15:03Keep saying open concept, but you also say Gilded Age house.

15:06I know.

15:07Those are different things.

15:09Thank you, PJ.

15:10Yes.

15:11It's true.

15:12This is the main level laundry room.

15:14I like these original floors.

15:16And this is the second half bath.

15:18Remember, there's two half baths.

15:19The rest are all full for the property.

15:21Lots of laundry.

15:22That's pretty amazing.

15:24Yeah.

15:25I mean, it's a B&B.

15:26But who's doing all the laundry for all the guests?

15:31And the next place we're going to head is going to be to the bedrooms on the second floor.

15:36I like this ice cream cone here.

15:39Yeah.

15:40I don't know if that's what...

15:41I think that's maybe not the official term for that decorative detail.

15:44This was the room that I thought would be best for your primary.

15:48And then we have the ensuite here as well.

15:50The tile work is great.

15:52I love the big window.

15:53Wow.

15:54What I'm most excited to show you guys is going to be the carriage house.

15:58And the reason for that is, as you know, this property is $1.5 million.

16:02Yes.

16:03Yes.

16:04But I think the carriage house would be your immediate income grab,

16:07because there's three units there.

16:09And that is what's going to make your numbers work.

16:11Bring in anywhere between $24,000 to $54,000 a year, depending on how many units you rent out.

16:18It's a lot of work, but also a nice payoff.

16:21What do you think about the yard size? Is that going to work for you?

16:23This is great.

16:24Large enough for chickens?

16:26So let's check out this carriage house.

16:27Come on in.

16:28Wow.

16:29I think this house is a good value.

16:30And it's definitely interesting to realize that this is workable.

16:39Stylistically speaking, I would love PJ to cave and go for a home like this.

16:46It could be possible.

16:48So if we get creative here and we rent out these spaces, PJ, you could have your music space inside.

16:55Yeah.

16:56I'm not completely opposed to having a music space inside.

16:58Take your time.

16:59Think about it.

17:00Thanks, Jamie.

17:01Enjoy your walk home, okay?

17:02Okay.

17:03I'll see you guys later.

17:04Take care.

17:05Definitely gilded age.

17:06It's a very nice house.

17:08It's crazy that it's not impossible.

17:11I mean, I love the vision.

17:12I love imagining what our life could be like.

17:15This home is one in a million.

17:18Now it's time for them to make a decision.

17:21But with some sudden news from Jamie, their gilded dream is about to get a gut punch.

17:26Have you checked your phone?

17:27Denise and PJ are meeting at Cornell where she oversees a fashion collection to talk out their options and decide on their first home together.

17:44Hey, little one.

17:46But her near obsession with all things gilded age and some recent news are about to make that difficult.

17:53Have you checked your phone?

17:54No.

17:55We've been dressing all these ladies.

17:57Jamie texted to say that the bed and breakfast got pulled from the market.

18:01Oh, bummer.

18:02Yeah.

18:03I loved that place.

18:04It was so beautiful.

18:05Yeah, it was crazy.

18:06So well maintained.

18:08I mean, it's the best house we looked at by far, but it's also incredibly expensive.

18:13And it would require an entire lifestyle change where we'd have to become innkeepers.

18:17Okay, so we have to regroup.

18:19With the inn off the market, they've narrowed their decision to their two other gilded age options.

18:24The Victorian is amazing.

18:27The ornate details, it's one of the most unique homes I've ever seen.

18:31And close to campus, it's listed at $7.95.

18:35There are a lot of things that need to happen.

18:38Need to happen or want to happen?

18:40I know you like are so bothered by that kitchen.

18:42Look at the kitchen.

18:43It's just cordoned off from the rest of the...

18:46Because it's a gilded age house.

18:48I know.

18:49It's a separate kitchen.

18:50That's a tradition.

18:51Let's let her have a little bedtime.

18:56The Victorian has the drab demur.

19:00But you can play your music in a grand music room with a built-in organ.

19:05It's so cool.

19:06It doesn't work.

19:07It could cost more than a car to fix it.

19:11The Craftsman in Binghamton is so much more affordable.

19:15Nice and like clean.

19:16Tall ceilings.

19:17That carriage house is just so perfect for being able to be creative.

19:20I know.

19:21I mean, I know you're worried about this commute, but I also feel like you're really hung up on the style of all this.

19:24I don't know.

19:25Of course.

19:26Of course I'm hung up on the style.

19:28That is...

19:29That's what I do.

19:30I teach in a design program.

19:31I'm always going to be thinking about the aesthetics, but I want you to be happy too.

19:36And I really just need to sleep on this.

19:41We bought the big, dark, mournful looking Victorian, but we love it.

19:55It's full of life on the inside.

19:58So many bedrooms.

20:01We can actually live the life we want to live.

20:04And proximity to campus is amazing.

20:06Yeah, I just can't believe we live here in this huge, crazy house.

20:10Just looking forward to spending more and more days here.

20:13The house is listed for $795,000.

20:15There were two other offers, so we ended up at $808,000.

20:19This one is so unique that we had to go for it.

20:21Do you mind taking the muffler off the snare?

20:24The original goal was to have like an isolated creative space away from everybody.

20:29And it's even better that we have a place to play that's for the whole family.

20:33We have an organ that doesn't work, but maybe one day will.

20:36It's a neighborhood that predominantly serves students, which means PJ, you can...

20:40Make loud music at midnight.

20:42Yes.

20:43And believe it or not, the kitchen isn't as bad as we thought it would be.

20:47Last week I took the chicken certification class, and we can have up to six.

20:51Hold that. I'm getting a text from Jamie. Hold on.

20:54It's another video from Cynthia Nixon. Check it out.

20:59I'm so excited to hear that you've purchased a home reminiscent of the Gilded Age.

21:04I hope you end up living your perfect Gilded dream, and I hope you're streaming the Gilded Age on Max.

21:10Now you're truly a part of high society.

21:13Oh my gosh. High society.

21:15We are living in the Gilded Age in this home.

21:17What would we call? We would say we have visitors that call often.

21:21Yes. We're going to be able to host parties. We've got a solarium.

21:25Once you have a solarium, you can't go back.

21:28Good luck.

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