Feb27

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Detroit is getting another home renovation series on HGTV and this one promises to tackle the toughest projects in the city.

“Condemned” is scheduled to premiere this summer on the cable network. The show, which will have eight one-hour episodes, will star a father-daughter rehabbing team, property investor Kristyn Patterson and her builder dad, Pancho Patterson, according to HGTV.

“Kristyn and Pancho have a tangible passion for Detroit and the necessary skills, grit and humor to renovate crumbling homes no one else will touch. Our cameras will follow the highs and lows as they grow their family business and prove that no home is too far gone,” stated HGTV head of content Loren Ruch in the announcement.

They will be facing what is being touted as the city’s “most blighted homes.” As the news announcement for the series puts it, the Pattersons “will stop at nothing to rescue The Motor City’s worst houses that are destined for the wrecking ball.”

Along the way, they will encounter financial pressures, people who have moved into the properties without permission, the challenges of a Detroit winter and more, as they set out on their reality-TV mission.

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source credits: Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, HGTV

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  8. This sounds like a great series. I love home reno shows and Detroit is indeed a good location for this concept. I hope they weave in thoughtful social commentary too to add context into why this area has become like this. So much potential to turn it around!

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  19. It’s funny how these programs run in cycles. I seldom watch, but I know there are so many of these flip-a-home renovations these days. I like the unique twist on this one of the father/daughter combo and the idea of renovating a condemned building as opposed to many of the rebuilds shows.

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  28. I love these kinds of shows too but this one sounds especially good since they are not only renovating homes but in doing so, helping to restore a crumpling city as well. I wonder where they are getting the funds to do this, do you know? Just renovating one room can be expensive but whole house (s). Wow! Chris

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