This is my first-ever blog so I can keep all you House Hunters fans posted on our experience.
We actually leave in 9 hours to return to Las Terrenas to shoot our episode so this first posting will be brief; but I will post as time permits while we're down there.
First, what everyone wants to know: how did we get to be on the show!
When we went to the Dominican Republic in February to look for a vacation/rental house, our realtor said, "House Hunters is looking for an American couple to be on the show."
I almost fell off my chair because I'm an obsessive House Hunters viewer! I can recite all of Suzanne Wong's opening lines!
So, we sent the segment producer with Pietown Productions a short "audition video" of Steve and I showing our home in Prospect, Kentucky and a week later we learned we'd made it!!
There are four "acts" in each episode and they taped "Act One" a month ago here at our house and now we go back to Las Terrenas to shoot Acts Two-Four.
We receive $1500 stipend (I knew you were wondering about that!) and all the fame we can handle -ha!
We bought the house as an investment to offset our tanking IRA's and plan to rent it most of the year to the many Europeans who visit Ls Terrenas (mostly French and Italians). We'll visit it ourselves a few weeks each year (I just can't leave Sally, our dog, very long!)
The following link has our first pictures of Las Terrenas and new house.
Click each "thumbnail" for a better view and captions.
Here are pictures of our house.
SPOILER ALERT: Yes.....we already know which house we're buying before we shoot the show--don't tell anyone!
I will write again and post new pictures when we get back to the states-
:) Susan
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