About this season
Designed to Sell is an HGTV American reality television show produced by Pie Town Productions in Los Angeles and Chicago and Edelman Productions in Washington, D.C., and Atlanta. Each 30-minute episode focuses on fixing up a home that is about to go on the market or that has been on the market but has not attracted buyers. The show began airing in 2004 and was canceled in 2011. The show provides expert real estate and design advice and general contractors, who are given a $2,000 budget for materials to get a maximum offer for the house. To add excitement to the show, the renovations generally take place over a period of three to seven days, before the home's open house, generally spread out over the course of three or four weeks. The show pays the contractor's fees and the salaries of the carpenters, landscapers, painters, plumbers, and other workers. Most changes are cosmetic, but some require drastic demolition and reconstruction.
Episodes (13)
1. Spicing Up for a Sale
2. Taking a Mansion to Market
Aired 11 June 2007 • 30 min
3. Cashing In a Corner Lot
Aired 4 April 2007 • 30 min
4. Downsizing to a Condo
Aired 5 May 2007 • 30 min
5. Sayonara, Small Space
Aired 23 July 2007 • 30 min
6. Banking on a Profit
Aired 6 August 2007 • 30 min
7. Prepping a Houseboat for Sale
Aired 25 April 2007 • 30 min
8. A Musical Makeover
Aired 27 August 2007 • 30 min
9. Bringing Back the Craftsman Charm
Aired 25 June 2007 • 30 min
10. Too Cramped for Two
Aired 24 September 2007 • 30 min
11. A Growing Family Gets Help
Aired 1 October 2007 • 30 min
12. Getting a Rancher Ready to Sell
Aired 23 November 2007 • 30 min
13. Tone Down the Colors
Aired 15 October 2007 • 30 min