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House Hunters - Season 269 Episode 1 - Living In The Gilded Age - Full Movie
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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.
00:38Let them 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.
00:49I like a lot of detail.
00:50And some of us don't.
00:52I'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?
01:12You want to fly?
01:12Definitely the most important member of our family is our daughter Penelope.
01:16She was born five months ago.
01:17Five and a half.
01:18She's got two teeth now.
01:19Hey, come on in.
01:20Give me some.
01:21Right now we live in a home that I bought in 2014.
01:24It's a modest Victorian.
01:25I love this house.
01:44I feel like this house is Denise.
01:46It is too much Denise.
01:49He loves me.
01:51It's 100% yes.
01:53I moved into Denise's house.
01:55It's true. This 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?
02:08He is right. We need to move in.
02:12Not going to trick me.
02:14We need to move in together.
02:16I am a maximalist. I don't know if you could tell by the...
02:21Your personality?
02:21My personality.
02:22And the wall-to-wall decorations are...
02:25Yeah, yeah.
02:27I know that you're obsessed with the Gilded Age show.
02:32The interior design, the fashion, the architecture are linked together in such a powerful aesthetic.
02:42I like the late Victorian. Anything with leaded glass and beautiful detailing.
02:48Okay.
02:49I want Gilded Age.
02:50Yeah.
02:50I want opulent. I want, you know, that maximalist.
02:54More is more.
02:55PJ, are you on board with Victorian, with Gothic or Bible?
02:59I prefer maybe more of a craftsman vibe.
03:02Okay.
03:02Something a little simpler.
03:04PJ is a minimalist.
03:05I think less is more, and it's better to not have such a busy space.
03:10You guys were ready for a bigger house, which is very common. I know when I had my baby, it was like, all of a sudden I was busting at the seams, right?
03:18Garage.
03:18He needs a garage for music.
03:20An isolated place where I can go be creative at midnight.
03:24Midnight.
03:24And I'm willing to go up to $8.50.
03:30Okay.
03:31That seems like a lot. I'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.
03:40But 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.
03:52My mom tells me I'm doing it all out of order because we haven't gotten married yet, but.
03:56It's not the order that they would do it on the Gilded Age either, but.
03:59Definitely not.
04:02So, you know, I have a little surprise for you guys.
04:07Okay.
04:08I'm so excited to show it to you.
04:10I'm Cynthia Nixon.
04:11You may know me as Ada Forte on HBO's The Gilded Age.
04:15I'm so happy to hear that you're fans of the series and that you adore the extravagant homes as much as we do.
04:22What? This is just for us?
04:23This is just for you.
04:25The Gilded Age was such a glamorous and fascinating period in New York's history.
04:29I hope you find a home that reflects what you most love about The Gilded Age.
04:34Good luck on your hunt.
04:35You are now players in the great game of real estate.
04:39The great game of real estate.
04:42The great game of real estate.
04:42That's right.
04:43You have to be kidding.
04:45I'm not kidding.
04:45Cynthia Nixon for you two.
04:47Can you believe it?
04:48Even she's like about to lose it.
04:51I know I don't think I'm going to top that until I find you a house.
04:55Until you find it.
04:55It's a perfect historic home.
04:57Okay.
04:59And the first house she's found is exactly like the show.
05:03An opulent Victorian for the lady of the manor.
05:06It's also located right where she wants to be.
05:09Walking distance to campus.
05:11You found a parking spot.
05:13Hey, I just found a spot.
05:14It's a little brutal here, the parking.
05:17But look at this house.
05:18It's a big house.
05:20It's already a stretch.
05:24Is it green?
05:25Is it black?
05:27The market's pretty aggressive in Ithaca.
05:29We have low inventory and high demand.
05:31We don't have a lot of new construction happening.
05:33We do have older homes.
05:35The architectural details of this home are absolutely incredible.
05:37I think they're really going to speak to the Victorian style, to what Denise wants.
05:41There's also a grand music room.
05:44And I am expecting PJ to just go nuts for that.
05:47You did notice the parking though, right?
05:49No garage.
05:50No garage.
05:51No garage.
05:51I'm sorry about that, but proximity is everything with this house.
05:55Oh my goodness.
05:56It's gorgeous, isn't it?
05:57Goodness.
05:57There's a lot going on in here.
05:59This is wild.
06:00Stained glass.
06:01You're going to see a lot of really great details that are just going to make you go nuts for this house.
06:05And I love the furniture.
06:06The furniture actually is going to convey with the property.
06:10I know PJ, you were looking for a more minimalist house, but...
06:13Yeah, less is more.
06:15This is a little bit more Denise.
06:16Look at this mirror.
06:17It is literally gilded.
06:18Literally gilded.
06:19Yeah.
06:19Literally gilded.
06:20And this could be our ballroom, PJ.
06:22Just imagine.
06:23We love hosting.
06:25Yeah, it's an excellent place for entertaining.
06:28Okay, we're going to have to talk about the elephant in the room here.
06:30The kitchen is small.
06:32Oh, wow.
06:33If you think about it, this isn't much smaller than your kitchen.
06:35I know, but it's the arrangement, the galley.
06:38It's separated from the hosting area.
06:41If you're cooking dinner for friends, you're banished in this separate area.
06:45We're talking big expense for kitchen renovations.
06:47We're adding on that 795, that's for sure.
06:51This is where I think, PJ, you're going to fall in love.
06:54Yeah, the organ.
06:55Oh, it's a giant organ in the middle of the house.
07:00This is crazy.
07:01It's definitely a unique detail, but it's not operational, right?
07:06I don't know if we'd be able to restore it.
07:09Yeah, it would probably be restore organ versus restore kitchen.
07:12I think we should just chop this out, and I can stick my electric organ in, and then we
07:19can control the volume of the electric organ rather than have this thing.
07:22I mean, it's just so beautiful.
07:25I would want to preserve.
07:28I like how creepy they are.
07:29Okay.
07:30Let's fight about this later.
07:32There's more house to see.
07:33Okay, we've got to check out the solarium.
07:36We could turn this into an office.
07:37In the Gilded Age, you wouldn't have a house without a solarium.
07:40You must have a solarium.
07:41You must have a solarium.
07:44Oh, wow.
07:45This is a huge yard.
07:48This 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.
07:55You'll be able to play your instruments as loud as you want, as late as you want.
07:59Yeah, 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.
08:05Definitely in a busy area of town.
08:07I'm not sure if we really need to be around this many students with our daughter.
08:12So we're going to head up these stairs and check out the majority of the bedrooms.
08:16It's a lot of house to see.
08:18Oh, wow.
08:19What are you paying?
08:19Look at the ceilings in here.
08:21It gets better.
08:22Okay, so with the remodeled bathroom.
08:25Yeah, this is a different era.
08:27This is gorgeous.
08:28I'm smitten.
08:30It is Gilded Age.
08:32It is everything I've dreamed of.
08:34You know, you've got the ornate.
08:35You have the opulence.
08:37We want to find a home together that brings both of our aesthetics into conversation with
08:42one another.
08:42And this house is definitely much more me than it is him.
08:46And honestly, I do feel a little bad about it because I love this house.
08:50I'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 the
08:58outfits and all the stuff in the show, even though we're never going to have anything like
09:02that.
09:03Not after we pay for the house.
09:05I don't know.
09:05There's really no isolated music 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.
09:20Oh, my gosh.
09:26PJ's sick of living in the house Denise bought before they met.
09:29So today, they're driving way out to Binghamton to see a home in his price range.
09:34But now, she's not happy.
09:36So we are all the way in the Bing.
09:39And we are.
09:40We're in the Bing.
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.
09:50So we're just going to end up like Mrs. Russell and that first ball that she hosted at her
09:55house when no one showed up.
09:56Because are any of our friends going to drive all the way to Binghamton?
10:00I mean, well, there's plenty of parking.
10:01We can make friends in Binghamton.
10:02This one was listed at $549,000.
10:05And it just had a $50,000 price reduction.
10:08We love the Bing.
10:09The Bing.
10:10The Bing.
10:11We'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.
10:31Wow.
10:34The dormers, craftsman style.
10:37There's the turret.
10:38See that?
10:38That's your Victoria piece.
10:39Oh my gosh, the queen and turret.
10:41And the dormers are adorable.
10:44Look at this.
10:44I love the details under the bay window.
10:46I have to say.
10:47Oh, look at this tile.
10:49Oh, this tile is gorgeous.
10:51Beautiful tile mosaic.
10:53Come on in here.
10:53This would be the formal dining room.
10:55What fascinates me about this house and has me a little bit hesitant is the integration
11:00of so many different kinds of styles.
11:02Yes, the beams read.
11:03You are all about the integration of different kinds of styles.
11:06Is that what you do?
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.
11:17It's like oppressively long rectilinear forms.
11:20And at the same time has details like this one.
11:24There's a lot to look at it without it being bothersome.
11:26I like to be bothered by a lot of detail.
11:30And some of us don't.
11:33So let's head into the kitchen.
11:34This has been remodeled.
11:36Open, airy, and I love these cabinets.
11:40It's cozy.
11:41I want to show you the backyard and get a closer look at that carriage house.
11:45Call me.
11:47It's very peaceful.
11:48This is where the footman originally lived.
11:52Carriage house is so cool.
11:54It's exactly the type of thing I'm looking for.
11:56It's separate from the rest of the house so that when I'm loud, I don't have to worry about
11:59other people hearing it.
12:00And now we're headed up to level number two.
12:05This is definitely a grand primary bedroom.
12:07I like the leaded glass detail in here.
12:09So this is the en suite bathroom.
12:12Wow.
12:12I would think this would be Penny's nursery.
12:17Exactly.
12:18This 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.
12:29I'm not feeling the struggle and the oppression.
12:32I think it's pretty nice.
12:34The house that we're currently in is all Denise, all day long.
12:39Looking around this house, I think there's room for both of us.
12:41See ya.
12:42It's in Binghamton, though.
12:44I'm frustrated with PJ right now because he's thinking about himself.
12:48I don't think he's hearing that two hours commuting is just not going to bring me joy.
12:55So they head back to Ithaca, but the house is a major stretch.
13:02Are you crazy?
13:04A little bit.
13:05You know that.
13:10Today, 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.
13:18The 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.
13:31It's also in a prime location near Denise's job at Cornell.
13:35It's clearly walkable.
13:36It's a little on the busy side.
13:38$1.5 million.
13:41Would we be poor?
13:42Would we be stupid to do this?
13:47It's opulent.
13:48It's Victorian.
13:50Are you crazy?
13:51A little bit.
13:52You know that.
13:53Hear me out.
13:54I think we should see it, okay?
13:55And I have financial plans for it to work.
13:58And you could own Ithaca's favorite mansion.
14:00It's absolutely gorgeous.
14:01I've seen this house.
14:03My friend is the owner, client of mine.
14:05I have the ability to sell it.
14:07This is a pocket listing.
14:08No one else is coming after it.
14:10So we can take our time and go through the numbers.
14:12Let's do it.
14:12Okay?
14:12I love the colored glass.
14:16Is this beautiful?
14:16This is pretty grand.
14:19So here's our sitting room, parlor room.
14:23Look at the ceilings in here.
14:26We can close these doors.
14:27This could be a music room.
14:28There's really two living rooms.
14:29Let me show you the next one.
14:31It does have the turret.
14:32I love the turret.
14:34This house makes me feel really excited about the possibilities.
14:38There's a lot of potential here for hosting big parties.
14:42What I love about this one, these little corner slides.
14:44Oh my gosh.
14:46When you have a house with like unique detailing, your house is like a museum.
14:50But you don't need to live in a museum to have fun.
14:52I want to live.
14:53I love museums.
14:54But I think for us to grow in our relationship, we should have a house together.
14:58This is totally a functional kitchen.
15:01Closed off.
15:01But it's separated from the rest of the house.
15:03You keep saying open concept, but you also say Gilded Age house.
15:07Those are different things.
15:09Thank you, PJ.
15:11It's true.
15:12This is the main level laundry room.
15:15I like these original floors.
15:17And this is the second half bath.
15:19Remember, there's two half baths.
15:20The rest are all full for the property.
15:22Lots of laundry.
15:24That's pretty amazing.
15:25Yeah.
15:26I mean, it's a B&B, so.
15:27But who's doing all the laundry for all the guests?
15:32And the next place we're going to head is going to be to the bedrooms on the second floor.
15:37I like this ice cream cone here.
15:39Yeah.
15:40I think that's maybe not the official term for that decorative detail.
15:45This was the room that I thought would be best for your primary.
15:49And then we have the ensuite here as well.
15:51The tile work is great.
15:53I love the big window.
15:54So, what I'm most excited to show you guys is going to be the carriage house.
15:59And the reason for that is, as you know, this property is $1.5 million.
16:03Yes.
16:03Yes.
16:04But I think the carriage house would be your immediate income grab because there's three
16:09units there.
16:10And that is what's going to make your numbers work.
16:12Bring 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.
16:22What do you think about the yard size?
16:23Is that going to work for you?
16:24This is great.
16:25Large enough for chicken.
16:27So, let's check out this carriage house.
16:29Come on in.
16:30Wow.
16:31I think this house is a good value, and it's definitely interesting to realize that this
16:38is workable.
16:41Stylistically speaking, I would love PJ to cave and go for a home like this.
16:47It could be possible.
16:49So, if we get creative here and we rent out these spaces, PJ, you could have your music
16:55space inside.
16:56Yeah.
16:57I'm not completely opposed to having a music space inside.
16:59Take your time.
17:00Think about it.
17:01Thanks, Jamie.
17:01Enjoy your walk home, okay?
17:03Okay.
17:03I'll see you guys later.
17:04Take care.
17:05Definitely gilded age.
17:07It's a very nice house.
17:09It's crazy that it's not impossible.
17:11I mean, I love the vision.
17:13I love imagining what our life could be like.
17:16This home is one in a million.
17:19Now, 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.
17:27Have you checked your phone?
17:29No, we've been dressing all these ladies.
17:58Jamie texted to say that the bed and breakfast got pulled from the market.
18:02Oh, bummer.
18:03Yeah.
18:04I loved that place.
18:05It was so beautiful.
18:06Yeah, it was crazy.
18:07So well maintained.
18:09I mean, it's the best house we looked at by far, but it's also incredibly expensive.
18:14And it would require an entire lifestyle change where we'd have to become innkeepers.
18:18Okay, so we have to regroup.
18:20With the inn off the market, they've narrowed their decision to their two other gilded age
18:24options.
18:25The Victorian is amazing.
18:27The ornate details.
18:29It's one of the most unique homes I've ever seen.
18:32And close to campus.
18:33It's listed at $7.95.
18:36There are a lot of things that need to happen.
18:38Need to happen or want to happen.
18:41I know you are so bothered by that kitchen.
18:43It's just cordoned off from the rest of the...
18:47Because it's a gilded age house.
18:49I know.
18:50It's a separate kitchen.
18:51That's a tradition.
18:53Let's let her have a little bedtime.
18:58The Victorian has the drab demure.
19:01But you can play your music in a grand music room with a built-in organ.
19:06It's so cool.
19:07It doesn't work.
19:08It could cost more than a car to fix it.
19:12The Craftsman in Binghamton is so much more affordable.
19:15Nice and like clean.
19:17Tall ceilings.
19:18That carriage house is just so perfect for being able to be creative.
19:21I know.
19:22I mean, I know you're worried about this commute, but I also feel like you're really hung up
19:24on the style of all this.
19:25I don't know.
19:26Of course.
19:27Of course I'm hung up on the style.
19:29That is...
19:29That's what I do.
19:30I teach in a design program.
19:32I'm always going to be thinking about the aesthetics.
19:35But I want you to be happy too.
19:37And I really just need to sleep on this.
19:45We bought the big, dark, mournful-looking Victorian, but we love it.
19:56It's full of life on the inside.
19:59So many bedrooms.
20:02We can actually live the life we want to live.
20:05And proximity to campus is amazing.
20:07Yeah, I just can't believe we live here in this huge, crazy house.
20:10Just looking forward to spending more and more days here.
20:14The house was listed for $795,000.
20:16There were two other offers, so we ended up at $808,000.
20:19This one was so unique that we had to go for it.
20:22Do you mind taking the muffler off the snare?
20:25The original goal was to have 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.
20:34We 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...
20:41Make loud music at midnight.
20:43Yes.
20:44And believe it or not, the kitchen isn't as bad as we thought it would be.
20:48Last week, I took the chicken certification class, and we can have up to six.
20:52Hold that.
20:53I'm getting a text from Jamie.
20:54Hold on.
20:56It's another video from Cynthia Nixon.
20:59Let's check it out.
21:00I'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.
21:11Now you're truly a part of high society.
21:14Oh, my gosh.
21:15High society.
21:16We are living in the Gilded Age in this home.
21:18What would we call?
21:18We would say we have visitors that call often.
21:23Yes.
21:23We're going to be able to host parties.
21:25We've got a solarium.
21:26Once you have a solarium, you can't go back.
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