Curb Appeal Xtreme

No chemistry, and FAR too 'produced'. It feels phony & scripted, with 3 people with nothing in common, just thrown together for purposes of a thinly contrived show, not for actual focus on homeowners.

The 'stars' seem to vie for camera time. No real spontaneous conversation. No cohesion between different parts of the project. I can't quite figure out what skills the woman brings to the mix.

Just generic, contrived 'entertainment' attempt, rather than genuine - genuinely interesting - repair/ renovation show. Like when HGTV was first developing. No charisma, no chemistry, mediocre talent.

Best of this genre have skilled professionals followed & filmed doing their work, being themselves. Worst are slickly produced with painfully obvious scripts, phony crises, showing very little actual work in process. And they over-simplify, which is frequently because the 'star' can't do the actual work (ref Tamara Day of Bargain Mansions).

This seems like a terrible generic time-filler, maybe a throw-away project for an intern.

Don't waste your time.

I had lost track of John Gidding, and I'm pleased to see him return to HGTV with a clever landscape show. Jamie and Rachel are welcome additions too.

This plant guy, Jamie Durie, is a mess. He does NOT listen to the homeowners but just goes full steam ahead with what HE wants. He also has no clue about life in the southern USA!

Everything, including the extra buildings in the yards, the fencing, etc. Etc. Etc. Is too "over the top".

HGTV usually has pretty good programming. THIS is NOT one of those!

My suggestion is cancel it all NOW before it gets worse, which, unless they actually LISTEN to the homeowners, it most certainly will.

John is better than this. Get him a new show. In episode 2 the home owner had a dying deck but the 3 "were surprised " because it had to be replaced". Then there is the "budget" problem. Jaime spends way too much of the budget. Sorry we won't be watching this show anymore.

But, as a woman who has some construction in her past, I gotta ask...how does a master/custom carpenter maintain such gorgeous long nails? Makes me think the show is a little phony.