Episode
Property Brothers: James & David
Overview
James and David are desperate to escape their nightmare townhouse, the one with mountainous stairs beside a stinky sewage plant. They want way more space, natural light and high ceilings, close to downtown. The Property Brothers come to the rescue helping them find a budget-friendly dream home that can be renovated on time. With a budget that doesn't match the couple's expectations, Drew and Jonathan struggle to sell the potential of a fixer-upper. The renovation is underway and James quickly gets swinging, with a sledgehammer, on their future dream home. That is, until control freak David becomes an interior design diva and makes life difficult for Jonathan with a growing list of expensive add-ons. Living under the renovation in the basement starts to wear on the couple, but it doesn't stop David from making one more adjustment to the plan.
Details
- Series
- Property Brothers
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 9
- Air date
- 2013-03-06
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
James & David is Episode 9 in Season 3 of Property Brothers. It aired on 2013-03-06. The runtime is 45 min.
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