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[Suzy123]

I looked and I couldn't find a topic on this show.

I love this show. I want most of the bathrooms that Matt does, they are so beautiful. I especially love when he puts in giant showers. Whenever I own a house, that is the kind of shower I want. And, Matt is really gorgeous, so I consider it a bonus...lol!

[tinalou09]

I used to like this show but I find that Mat is a little too snarky for me and his bathrooms are too dark for my taste. But I will admit I like this Crash better than Kitchen Crashers and Yard Crashers with the new guy that replaced Ahmed. I know people hate Mat from House Crashers, but I absolutely love him.

[Suzy123]

I like Matt's sense of humor. The bathrooms he does can be dark at times, but they look so cozy and spa like, I love it. I would love a bathroom you can just go into and relax for a while.

[tinalou09]

I agree with you for the most part... I forgot to say that I absolutely agree with you on Mat being GORGEOUS!!! Yummy!!!

[Paula in Playa]

Actually, I enjoy the show more than the final product a lot of times. So much of what they put in is stuff I wouldn't want to have to put up with as far as maintenance or cleaning. So MANY gadgets to go bad.

And some things are just so WTF. Water features? A coffee machine? In the bedroom maybe, but in the bathroom? Just yuck.

[Suzy123]

And some things are just so WTF. Water features? A coffee machine? In the bedroom maybe, but in the bathroom? Just yuck.

I agree with you. Food and drinks should not be in the bathroom. When they put those kinds of things in the bathroom, it always grosses me out.

[Suz at Large]

This is one show I always watch! Sure, he can be snarky, but overall I enjoy watching Matt Muenster.

Agree about some of the over-the-top gadgets in those bathroom MOs, especially (eww!) the coffeemakers. How's about putting those in the bedroom wall just outside the bathroom, so you can hook into the waterline if you need to, but you aren't making food and beverages in the bathroom.

Even if I wouldn't want to live with or take care of some of the fancier baths they've done, I can generally see what they're going for and often admire it as something to look at or visit, but not live with.

But I still remember one bathroom crash which I thought was badly thought out. The family had something like six kids - seriously, there were a LOT of people using the ONE bathroom in the house. But instead of trying to create a separate space for the toilet - they just kept it slapped down in the bathroom although their big concession to all those people in the house was IIRC a multi-sink setup at a lonng vanity.

But what if somebody needed to use the john? Doesn't that mean pretty much everybody else has to get out? (Or maybe at least the opposite-gender siblings?) Not to go too far here into personal privacy issues, but I think it would have hugely improved the efficiency and usability of the bathroom if they could have figured out a way to separate the toilet from the rest of the bathroom. I think they had the space, but they didn't even address the issue of why they couldn't configure it differently.

I mean, maybe there was a half-bath (aka powder room) elsewhere in the house, but it sure didn't sound like there was, and we never saw one, and I remember them saying this was the "only bathroom." The only redeeming thing about this episode would be, if there really were another toilet somewhere in the house and we just weren't told. When you have that many people in a house, don't underestimate how handy it can be to have a powder room!

Edited by Suz at Large, Jul 4, 2012 @ 9:48 AM.

[Bungalow Joy]

Matt's a real cutie (getting a bit hefty, though) and he moves things along. But I remember his old show was really conscious of reuse and recycle. He seems to have lost that whole ethos here in favor of madcap destruction.

[tinalou09]

OMG..Bungalow, I thought it was just me because I don't watch like I use to, but he has gained some noticeable weight. Last I agree with everyone NO FOOD in THE JOHN...EVER!!!

Edited by tinalou09, Jul 14, 2012 @ 11:17 AM.

[tessabella]

Bath Crashers done in a kilt, brought a smile to my face.

[Darth Kittious]

I've always wondered why there was never a topic for this show...I don't like starting threads though. Matt is adorable to me. I think his weight kinda goes up and down. Last night I watched the latest Ultimate Crash and thought he looked a little bit bloated.

Bungalow Joy, ITA with you regarding the mass destruction. It really bothers me and sometimes takes me completely out. There is so much they could be donating. I wish they'd get back to that and realize the "crazy demo" isn't the most important thing.

[The Deej]

What I would love is to figure out when new episodes are shown on DIY Canada. As technically they have aired before, albiet on the US DIY, all the listings have them as repeats.

[Sandman]

I think this show is entertaining, and Matt's a born charmer, but the results on Bath Crashers and Bathtastic! are starting to feel more than a little over-the-top to me. I saw an episode where the finished Crash (in Vegas, naturally) involved not only a giant shower with more heads than the Hydra, heat-sensitive tiles, and 200-pound stone slab sink, but a girnormo-tub with transparent sides and a vodka freezer.

Because what's the one thing you need in the room that's full of hard surfaces and is the scene of more accidental head injuries than any other part of the house? Booze!

Also, what's Matt's obsession with coloured light in the tub or shower? And flat screen TVs? How much time are these people spending in their bathrooms?

[Suzy123]

A lot of the stuff are WAY over the top. I love when Matt does simple, spa -like bathrooms. I don't want to eat,drink, or watch tv in a bathroom.

[lu1wml]

But I still remember one bathroom crash which I thought was badly thought out. The family had something like six kids - seriously, there were a LOT of people using the ONE bathroom in the house. But instead of trying to create a separate space for the toilet - they just kept it slapped down in the bathroom although their big concession to all those people in the house was IIRC a multi-sink setup at a lonng vanity.

This episode was shown today, and I tracked down this thread to say the same thing.
The thing is, that bathroom was a good size, and surely they could have made two smaller bathrooms somehow.
It seemed cruel to put in all that effort, and that tub that would make people linger in the bath, and still leave them with just one proverbial pot to piss in.

Edited by lu1wml, Nov 13, 2012 @ 8:03 AM.

[ceekay67]

So....on average, how much time does a person spend in the bathroom?? OMG, I thought I was a normal person. Go in, do my thing, get out and get on with my day. However these extravagant bathrooms they're creating with this show are so over the top it's ridiculous. If you're going to spend time in the bathroom making coffee, having a vodka drink, watching TV, watching the fish swim in the salt water fish tank...Sheesh, save some money and just put a toilet in your living room.

I've watched a lot of these shows, and at first it was pretty cool to see. But now it almost reminds me of that show with Ty Pennington...(can't remember the name right now) but there is a need to update/upgrade some of these awful bathrooms, but do they need to get something so over the top and with so many gagets that will most likely break down eventually? Sheesh I even saw a couple shows where there was a remote control....for the shower...! WTF?

On a much more shallow note, Matt is kinda' cute with a very charming way about him....

[Bungalow Joy]

I watched a couple of shows back to back this morning and noted this difference: The first was a San Francisco home within view of the Golden Gate bridge and the second was a house whose owner were scrimping and saving for their bath makeover. As a viewer I was so much happier to see the non-million dollar house get its luxury appointments.

But, yes, Matt's still cute and is one of the more watchable hosts.

[lu1wml]

The Ty Pennington analogy is a good one, ceekay.
I saw the one with the minister yesterday, and there seemed to be a little TV screen built into the mirror on his medicine cabinet.
Another one had a TV rising out of the toilet tank. Straddle?

[ByaNose]

I would never want Bath Crashers. They are usually ugly & impractical. I don't care if it's free either. House Crashers is a little iffy too. Some of the stuff is too out there for me but some of it is good in small doses. If I'm getting crashed anywhere it would be Yard Crashers. I would love an outdoor Kitchen, Patio, Hot Tub, Pergola and lounge area. Of course, I live in a townhouse so I could never get a Yard Crash. Darn it!!!!

[lu1wml]

On some of the bath crash shows, they take away bedroom space, or even an entire small room.
That's got to be bad when you go to resell, or so I've heard.
It just seems like a lot of things that could go wrong when you're one of the first people with a new product.
What happens if one of those dial-what-you-need toilets goes wrong? Will it still flush?

[queenofsnark]

On some of the bath crash shows, they take away bedroom space, or even an entire small room.
That's got to be bad when you go to resell, or so I've heard.

I've watched hours of the "crash" shows and unless the owners are planning to sell in the next couple of years, they will have a hard time getting their list price. These rooms are so taste specific and (worse) TRENDY, they will get the "this is a complete gut job" reaction or worse send buyers out the door, list prices plummeting and then the poor listing agent calling me ( I own a staging business) in a panic because the seller is exasperated and wants to fire him/her...

Remember, it's just TV, folks...

[gazerguy]

Depends on whether they've priced the home appropriately -

For example, if they've lost bedroom(s) or closets, then the sales price should be adjusted accordingly. In fact, IMHO, if the homeowners plan to sell anytime soon, they shouldn't participate, period. At minimum, they definitely can't give these faux-reality programs carte blanche to install whatever strange material they're promoting that particular week.

I'm sure you provide a valuable service, queenofsnark. Your realtor clients probably had their hands tied by sellers holding out for unrealistic list prices based either on their purchase price plus cost of improvements (and not net of appropriate depreciation) or their cash needs for a move-up home - instead of the home's fmv.

However, that's only MHO.

Edited by gazerguy, Dec 29, 2012 @ 8:46 AM.

[tinalou09]

I am probably in the minority here...but I am no longer a fan of this show or of Matt. I liked BATHtastic better. The baths are way over the top too dark and not practical.I would decline his offer to help me.I think instead of making one bath bigger, if you only have one add another. This within itself, would increase the home's value unlike eliminating a bedroom to increase the size of one bath. That could be a resale disaster. Matt is so cute but a little too much of a snark and smart ass for my taste cute or not.

*note I live in a one bathroom house and this effects the appraisal. My neighbor with a smaller home appraises higher because he has two baths instead my one. And this is despite the fact that I have a larger lot and square footage. Number of rooms and baths matter

Edited by tinalou09, Dec 29, 2012 @ 10:16 AM.

[Bungalow Joy]

I have to say I'm not much into the idea that the makeover needs to bear resale in mind. It's a fantasy show and the presumed fantasy is you'll make your home everything you yourself want to live luxuriously in it for life, not just to the satisfaction of a realtor or the county appraiser. So OTT and perhaps even out of scale is fine with me because that's what the show is. Still I have also noticed the makeovers are pretty dark.

[gazerguy]

Agree, Bungalow - I mentioned above that the participants shouldn't have applied if they had any plans to sell their home. Have a feeling everyone here (well, most of us, anyway) understand that it's fantasy. There's probably a few participants out there who listed their homes with the "featured on DIY" advertisement. OTOH, not everyone knows when they'll need to sell, e.g. job transfers.

Have only seen this program a couple of times On Demand, tinalou09 so don't have an opinion on Matt, yet. Haven't ever seen BATHtastic. (Our package doesn't include DIY.) What's the difference between the two programs?

[tinalou09]

I am not saying you plan on selling, I am not but you never know if circumstances may unexpectedly force the sale. Then you have this room that may effect the ability to sell in a timely manner or it may now appraise lower then the mortgage. This is just to say you never know and this maybe the thing that negatively effects it. Hopefully not.

Hey gazerguy, BATHtastic is a show where home owners ask for Matt's help with improvements and ideas for the bath they want to change. He goes step by step on the eco friendliness, the cost and the function. The designs were simple but great. It was a show about what the average homeowner would want and most importantly afford.

Edited by tinalou09, Dec 30, 2012 @ 12:53 PM.