Released: November 01, 2008

Home improvement shows skip drudgery

Source: Dan Rafter, Washington Post (Free Registration)

Thea Rudland knows how hard it can be to buy and sell a house, no matter what you see on television. She and her husband, Dave, closed on their new home in Frederick in late September. But first they had to sell their residence in Ohio.

The process involved multiple home inspections, reams of paperwork, a long-distance search for a new home and the stress of a job transfer for Dave.

It certainly didn’t fit the half-hour story arc so popular on cable TV. “I think people watching those shows are led to believe that the process is easy,” Rudland said about staples such as “House Hunters,” “Get It Sold” and “Flip That House. “

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