Where Is 'Why the Heck Did I Buy This House' Filmed?

May 2024 ยท 3 minute read

Wanting to grasp where the newest HGTV home renovation show 'Why the Heck Did I Buy This House' used to be filmed? We've were given the details!

Katherine Stinson - Author

Every homeowner's worst nightmare is purchasing a area that finally ends up needing sudden major renovations. That's where domestic renovation expert (and Survivor: One World Season 24 winner) Kim Wolfe is available in. As the host of HGTV's newest series Why the Heck Did I Buy This House?, Kim's on a mission to be sure that dissatisfied householders in reality finally end up loving the new homes that they bought.

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But where exactly are those houses that Kim and her husband are fixing up? Where is Why the Heck Did I Buy This House filmed? A few hints: The city houses a lot of history, a basketball team that is gained more than one NBA championships, authentic Mexican eating places, and down-home barbecue joints with the juiciest brisket.

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Where is 'Why the Heck Did I Buy This House' filmed?

Why The Heck Did I Buy This House options houses short of an overhaul in the city of San Antonio, Tex. San Antonio is famous for being the domestic of the Alamo, the fated Spanish challenge that served as the website online of a pivotal struggle for Texas independence in 1836.

Prices for houses in San Antonio are rather cheap, however the climate can also be frigid sooner or later and blazing scorching the next. (Air conditioning is a should.)

Kim herself is an established resident of San Antonio. She advised KTSA News that she used her winnings from Survivor: One World to buy a fixer-upper in the historical group of Monte Vista. "I was overly optimistic thinking it would be a super smooth transition and it was terrible โ€” almost relationship ending โ€” but we learned a ton through it and wanted to keep doing it.โ€

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A majority of the homes on 'WTHDIBTH' were built in the 1960s or '70s.

According to the same KTSA article, six of the seven San Antonio-based homes featured on Why the Heck Did I Buy This House were built in the 1960s or '70s.

Per the official episode synopses on HGTV, some of the home renovation challenges Kim faces this season include redesigning a cramped house, dealing with an outdoor compound with asbestos floors and dangerous electrical outlets, and much more.

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According to an interview on the HGTV website, at one point during filming, Kim was dealing with all seven home renovations at once. Overall, filming took a total of 24 weeks, but there was one point where all the renovations converged.

Looking back though, Kim was grateful for one aspect of the overwhelming amount of work. "It takes a village," she said to HGTV. "I imply, there have been such a lot of just right people that came along us that pitched in, other folks we did not even know we needed that showed up. Honestly, it was once humbling to want so many other folks."

Someone buy this arduous working girl a breakfast taco!

You can watch Kim work her home renovation magic on Why the Heck Did I Buy This House on Wednesdays at 9 p.m. EST on HGTV.

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