I really enjoy the Saturday night marathons when HGTV show six or seven of the shows in a row. I think a few are worth watching more than once. It is unbelievable how the prices can vary in different parts of the world.

I LOVE this show!

I really admire the European lifestyle and how they live within their own means. It makes me re-think a lot of stuff

It annoys me how much Americans freak out at ‘how there is no dishwasher’ in some apartments/homes. Um.. it is a different country lol. Japan does not have any dishwashers, they hand wash their dishes Heheh!

Ugh. I hate hand washing dishes. Dishwashers all the way!

Dishwashers are a waste of water. LOL

I’ve actually heard that dishwashers can save water if you are loading them completely. It might be an urban legend, but I’m willing to take it! I don’t mind doing dishes by hand, but the dishwasher was a nice bonus in my current apartment! They are even making smaller ones now, or ones that you can block half off for when it is just you, so that they save water.

But I agree – when I watch the International ones I am amazed that people expect the housing to be the same as it is in America! Why live in a foreign country if you want to live like Americans? I always thought that the fun in living internationally would be to experience another culture/way of life.

I enjoy the regular House Hunters too – it is amazing to see how different the housing prices are from one community to another, even within the USA! I always like how people complain about the size of the master bedrooms – and how GIANT some of them are! The new shows like “Property Virgin” and stuff are fun too – some people have no idea how little their money will actually get them. I feel like watching these shows was helped prepare me for the realities of buying my first home someday.

Love this show! I like the US version too. I get so annoyed when people are too picky about things they can change, or things that aren’t really that bad. Though the producers probably tell them to say something negative because it would be boring if they completely loved a place and we knew that’s what they would pick.

I’m also with Molzy that using a dishwasher is actually more water efficient than hand washing.

My friend and I were watching one of the International episodes together and she wanted to throw a pillow at my tv LOL! A woman’s husband was being stationed in Okinawa and she was SO PICKY and freaking out at everything! Considering that housing can be super expensive in Okinawa, they got a great deal. The husband wanted a traditional Japanese house (it was spacious from my POV) but the wife ended up getting the American style house. My friend was so angry! LOL! It was so funny!

I enjoy the size of German apartments. Simple and divine

Coming from a family that handwashes, I’m still not into dishwashers. I dislike loading and unloading. I prefer just washing the dish, wiping it and putting it away xD Gahaha.

Haha, I always love the size of the Texas homes they have on there – I think I could fit my entire apartment into one room of most of those homes!

It’s interesting too how differently the real estate market works in different areas of the world – like in Italy when they tend to take their kitchens with them?? Crazy!

I tend to get angry when they don’t pick the one I like too

Chacha says she needs a passport hahaha!

I really enjoy the ones in Europe. I’ve seen one in Hong Kong – not much space, but it is definitely workable if one doesn’t want children.

I haven’t ever watched the show, but I like to get to know people in different areas of the world and quiz them on how things are done in their countries. Bonus, free places to stay when I want to visit a country – I got to stay with a friend in England for 6 months.

Dishwashers only use 6 gallons if you have a less energy efficient one and 4 gallons if you have an energy star one. The average faucet uses 2 gallons per minute. So, if you can wash the entire dishwasher load of dishes in 2 minutes of faucet running, dishwashers are a waste of water. But the typical person who washes dishes by hand uses a lot more water. Most people I know who do it, fill up a deep sink which takes up most of that, then keep the faucet running the _whole_ time to rinse dishes. The average load for a dishwasher is eight place settings and 6 serving pieces (24 inches). So no dishwashers are _not_ wastes of water, on average they save water.

Now, in England the people I met there did not rinse their dishes. They had a shallow sink and a dish rack for drying and just washed the dishes in soapy water, then placed them on the drying rack. No rinsing. Under that method, hand washing is more water efficient. The dishes never left a soapy residue or anything, they used a mild safe dish soap. I asked them if their food didn’t taste like soap because of it and I got that “dumb american” look and a no as an answer. I have taken to washing dishes that way since being over there and seeing how well it works. I have a dish washer, but it’s not even hooked up – I just use it as my drying rack. Though… I do tend to rinse my pets dishes, just because not everything that is safe for us is safe for them.

It is fun to see how the other countries live though, every time I talk to someone from Europe I end up feeling like a spoiled American – my friend in England lives in a nice flat, no A/C and he doesn’t even own a fan. If it gets warm he just strips down to shorts and a tank top in the house. No dishwasher, no bathtub. He considers them frivolous expenses that are not needed and he isn’t considered weird for it over there. And electric showers are really popular over there, was kind of embarrassing to have to ask how to turn the shower on. lol