Today, Canadian entrepreneur and real estate expert Scott McGillivray returned to HGTV in the new series Holiday house rules. In the series premiere, he helped husband and wife Katharine and Jason renovate their California cabin on the lake into a stunning coastal rental. The cottage, owned by Katharine’s parents, had …

Scott McGillivray arrived at a property near Weiss Lake where he met the couple Jason and Jessica. The house was purchased by Jessica’s parents in the 1970s and turned into a duplex in 1989. It has been their family home for 44+ years. Jessica’s parents still owned the cabin which …

HGTV takes advantage of the convenience of home improvement shows to become an entire network dedicated to real estate shows. There is certainly some form of charm in seeing a run down, boring house being converted into something that could be taken out of an art book. Perhaps it is …