buying a house in LOS ANGELES with a budget of $2,000,000
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- NEW SERIES HERE!! Hi!! This was probably THE most fun video to make. I love browsing real estate that I cannot afford. SO, let's hang out and see what's for sale here in sunny LA, oh, and for a casual 2 mill.. where should we look next?! Let me know in the comments! LET'S VOTE PEOPLE
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What would be super fun, would be if you did videos designing the home you chose (obviously digitally) and showing us room by room (or at least what pictures are posted on Zillow of the house) how you would renovate and style each room if you did actually own it!! Hopefully this is making sense lol great video, love this new series!!
love this idea!!
I love this idea! I vote yes
You know they say dont count your chickens before they are hatched but we dont eat meat in this household anyway so i say yes to this idea
Great idea - I would love to see that!
Do it to the house you picked here.
You could check out houses in Germany! They are built so different than all the American homes so that could be interesting ☺️ would love to see more of this series!!
I feel like she hates the modern and SO much is modern in DE. Would be funny to watch.
I would rather not hear a USian take on German houses 😂
If you did Toronto and its suburbs, it would be fun watching you get angry from the bad renos and the ridiculous prices.
Yes!! But with $2 million I bet there are some real gems
I would LOVE to see a Toronto one, maybe 1.3 mil or something
hahahaha omg PLEASE do toronto, budget $1 million (CAD)
Beautiful red brick Victorian homes with white and grey renos!!! Not fun 😭
Oh no Vancouver is the same way if you want a detached single family. 😭
I'm already excited about this series. It's like hypothetical House Hunters, but with someone with good taste and respect for original architecture so I'm not constantly yelling at the TV.
Haha, so true!
Amen!
Please do a UK version of this. I promise you it will be fun 😅
hahah UK house hunting is no joke!
Yes!!
Haha I was thinking the same but for the Berlin area. 😅
Do a London version of this. It won’t be fun.
London London London
I get so sad and stressed out thinking of when my parents sell my childhood home, there’s so much character with wood/brick, all the rooms are separated with doors/arches, I’m sure the person who buys it will tear all the walls out & paint over all the brick. A brick house near our house sold & the new owners tore half the brick out. It looked like a little cottage in a story book before. Now it looks half finished. Another tore apart the garden in the front and put in mulch. Another had a Spanish home, the new owners are talking about taking apart all the details that make it Spanish . I just don’t get these “updates” people prefer😅 this video is stressing me out, but I’ll finish watching because it’s you haha
why sell it then
@@ΒύρωναςΛαδιάςit’s their house & they want to when they pass
@@destinynoel9714sorry to be nosy but why not give it to you when they pass?
@@ΒύρωναςΛαδιάςthere’s 4 of us kids and my mom wants to split it with all of us like my grandma did for my dad & his siblings which I get but still money comes and goes, I tried talking her into keeping it in the family and just making it a rental at least but even that would be a lot to keep it between us
Don’t put that thought out there! I just found out my childhood home is back on the market and the current owners kept all the charm of the 1940s, they really only updated the kitchen.
You could get lucky!
It would be cool to see you pick out homes in Seattle since it there is a lot of craftsman bungalow architecture with a lot of natural wood. Housing in Seattle is pretty high but I think a budget of 1.5 to 2 mil would leverage some pretty cool results from neighborhoods such as ballard, fremont, queen anne, capitol hill, etc.
This probably doesn’t sound fun to you, but if you’re looking for an extreme challenge…
I challenge you to find ONE house in Anchorage, Alaska that you like. Just one. Unlimited budget. I’m from there and the housing options are depressing as hell. Even the “nice” houses lack character and are so oddly designed.
I took you up on this challenge... And holy shit is it bleak
The $1.2 million 1965 house is pretty cool, although it needs a lot of work, in the bathrooms especially.
Detroit, Michigan at $500k or $600k max! Super historic places. Southeastern Michigan in general has some weird historic hidden gems...a lot of 1900s-1930s not-updated houses. Love this as a series!!!
This video and concept is SO fun! It's nice to know I'm not the only person who browses zillow in my spare time for houses I will literally never buy. For the next city, I think Chicago would be cool. You could give us a digital tour of sorts with your favorite neighborhoods in the city, and the area where you grew up!
It's funny when I get frustrated that I can't find what I'm looking for, like I was going to buy it anyway.
yes to Chicago!!
I’d love to see you hop over to the east coast and do Boston for a budget of 1.75 mil. Not the burbs, but Boston proper neighborhoods and the adjacent small cities-a tight circle, like Boston, Allston, Cambridge. Brighton, Somerville, South Boston, Dorchester, Roslindale, East Boston, etc.
It’s so sad seeing you go through all of these. Especially Highland Park which is where I graduated H.S. from and all of my family and friends still live there. My aunt lives up a beautiful hill and has for the last 20 years. She bought her home for 320,000 and it’s worth over a million now with very minimal updates. She did update her kitchen/bathroom and flooring to the horrible farm house style with millennial gray floors. They do not match the rest of the Spanish style interior at all. I seriously hate what they did because it’s so out of style now and they just did it 2 years ago. Every time I walked in there I saw so much potential for how it could be brought back to its glory and they stripped away the character. She also does have a small basement, which flooded earlier this year due to all of the rain. I still remember a time where all of these areas where places you didn’t necessarily want to live because of all the gang activity. It was affordable though for us Angelinos and now all of the charm of these areas is gone with the people who once inhabited these areas. I understand the pros of gentrification as it has cleaned the streets, literally from both grime and gangs, but it’s sad that it comes at the expense of generations who had history in these areas. 😢
we need more laws around gentrification 100%
@@wasselpait is not gentrification that raised the price girlllllll……
I live in nearby Lincoln Heights and always hoped to buy a house here. I lived in Lincoln Heights forever and honestly, the gangs never bothered me. I did so much community work in LH and worked hard to make my neighborhood better - but sadly, I don't think I can afford a house here. LH is Highland Park adjacent which means that people with money want to live here now. The comraderie of community, friendliness, and neighbors looking out for each other seems to be diminishing every year.
I don't blame individuals moving here (although they could be friendlier), but investors and those who seek profits from EVERYTHING.
I love your videos, Paige! ❤
Haha! I love your commentary “ugh… people are gonna… ruin this place.” That’s exactly how it feels to go on Zillow. You can even compare homes to overpriced grayscale flips. It’s abominable what some flippers do.
Could we do a New Zealand version of this, not the city but the whole country!! That would be super exciting to watch and see what you make of the places over here!
I visited New Zealand last month and I would live in a shed there just for the view if it wasn't so far away from my family in the USA. It is beautiful!
I was blown away by the cute architectural details in Wellington, NZ when I was there last year! I'm sure the older homes there would be of interest to Paige. My friend's apartment was gorgeous!
I think you should go to another city you’re familiar with so you can know which areas are desirable to live in.
Chicago would be great! I’d also love to see you do LA again but with a smaller or larger budget.
"people are going to ruin this place" I say that all the time when browsing homes.
Drew from LoneFox and Macenna really lucked out with their houses in LA. Stunning original features etc, and both are trying to bring back as much of the original as possible, with new cool things to modernise. Love your taste Paige, in anything❤
Not sure what Drew paid though - may have been less luck and more being able to afford it via youtube income?
True, but for that same money other TH-camrs would have bought a modern house with no character. He bought a gem
They didn’t buy in hipster neighborhoods.
Absolutely! But let's not forget that renovating their house is literally their job, so they can also get more income out of redoing a home that's old but still has character.
I live in Atlanta so it would be cool to see you do a vid about this area but honestly I feel like Midwestern cities would be neat, too. I like to look at cities like St. Louis, Cincinnati, Minneapolis, etc. Seems like some really cool old homes around those parts.
I also live in Atlanta, do the ATL!
@@megankilinski4580 Yes! Decatur, Viriginia/Highlands, Little Five Points, Buckhead, then head up to Dinwoody and Marietta. Stone Mountain!
I grew up in LA and it hurts my heart to see the horrible things people have done to lovely craftsman homes!
I feel like it would be super cool if you showed home renovations that you think are done well or if you had your subs send in videos of homes that they plan to renovate and then you give them tips on what you would do.
Can you do this exactly .. then have a part 2. Where you redecorate your choice? This was so fun... And the extra part 2 would be amazoballs
Tip: put a filter on year built to get pre-1960 or so for a more interesting search. Seattle - 1.75M.
woah didn’t even know that was a thing, amazing
Love this series! You should try looking in Sweden/Scandinavia. People love keeping original features like amazing tile fireplaces. Prices in Stockholm can be steep, but there are some beautiful homes all over that are affordable.
So good! I'd love to see Boston/Cambridge? maybe with a higher price range depending on whether you're going for a full brownstone/house instead of a flat, but personally when I stalk the flats (especially around beacon hill) I just set it to a 1-2bedroom for up to 1.5mil
I second Boston/Cambridge!
@@cassidyyates370 I third it!
Yes Boston!!!
Love the idea of this serie!!! Feels like I'm hanging out, just doing things I already love to do, but with you 😊 luv ur work
hanging out and browsing real estate is the ideal friendship!!
I’m here for this, I live in Paris and this is my favorite lazy day activity 😂
you could get a beautiful apartment here for 1,5 million euros
YES please to this new series! I love looking at houses, any houses! I live in St. Louis and some of our more charming smaller cities on the outskirts of St. Louis city proper are: Webster Groves, Kirkwood, University City and Richmond Heights. I think you will find our prices a breath of fresh air.
Do Portland next! There are some incredible houses with so much character and a lot of people here appreciate design. So you’d be able to find a lot of mid century wood interiors 😊
Maine or Oregon?
@@kimmyhill ah! Oregon! Totally forgot to specify
Let's review buying a place in Washington, DC. The layout of the city was built mirroring Paris. Lot's of circles and no straight lines to make it difficult for an invading army. But really cool spaces and architecture.
wow i cant believe the first one you clicked was actually cool and unique. no matter the budget here in my part of florida EVERYTHING is white granite, painted white or grey, and stripped clean to be made into just a big empty open floorplan room. like i know that i can repaint a house but theyve also been gutted of their unique touches.
No wonder so many people are homeless in LA these homes are so expensive and for what?!?!
No, so many homeless in LA because most come from other states for the weather.
@@NoOneHere2Day yup and the city is very accommodating to the homeless population.
@@miaomiaou_ Exactly.
Cape Town, South Africa - $500k - $800k.
YES
My son and his girlfriend are moving to Paris in December. She will get a fat housing subsidy from her new job too. Currently they live in Dupont Circle in DC so they’re accustomed to insane housing budgets. Yes, I vote for Paris next. But even someplace like Kansas City or Charlotte NC would be interesting too because a lot of people *have to move* for their jobs etc. To get dropped into a place where almost everything is cookie cutter is a real challenge.
My cute one story childhood home in cheviot hills (next to culver city) got torn down a few years ago to build a cookie cutter two story home that looks like all of the other new builds in the area 😢 We used to have a big front yard that all the neighborhood kids would come play at but the new house was made as massive as possible leaving virtually no green space. Wish more people appreciated older homes.
*Very* familiar with this mostly post-WWII neighborhood. 😉
Lots of homes are being razed here to build farmhouse-style or ultra-modern mini-mansions. Some of the original homes are fairly large already and many have great views. It’s a beautiful, hilly, tree-lined area.
We spent many a summer swimming at the pool at Rancho Park in the early ‘70s and at Crystal’s on Robertson which used to be open to the public.
@@hereforit2347 Rancho Park was my bus stop and hangout spot!
What’s weird is you can get more bang for your buck in some areas on the west side than you can in Silverlake and Los Feliz. What’s crazy is Highland Park and especially Echo Park were not desirable at *ALL* until recently.
When you were talking about the sqft around 4:24 you were looking at the lot size, not the home's sqft - the home's sqft is right by the price :)
I was listening while making dinner and I was like holy shit that's an insanely large home lol.
I love this series idea, it would be really cool if you could look abroad too! It would be so fun to check out Lisbon, Nice, Milan, etc!
I live just outside of Vancouver, BC in Canada. Our housing prices are insane. I would love to see you do a video of homes here.
Oh hey fellow Vancouverite! Some of the $2,000,000 options here would be absolutely comical to look at.
@@natatatt absolutely!
I think Montreal could be really fun for you, like on an island, not suburbs. It has very particular architecture and mix of built form not typical for North America.
Do Chicago next!!!!!
Doing a video on L.A. homes for 1m or less including the neighborhoods you selected but also (and more likely) others that are more affordable like Glendale, AltaDena, Alhambra, Pasadena, Tujunga, etc. would be helpful/ fun to see in this market.
Was going to say, she's sleeping on Altadena, Pasadena (in some parts), Montrose, and Alhambra. They're farther out, but you get more for your money. $1M would be difficult in those places, but you'd get a sweet house for $1.5M-2.
I live in Tucson AZ, but I peruse Zillow for homes in Chicago and Seattle. I am also interested in some areas of Michigan, as well as Madison, WI. I would love to see this series expand to other cities. I trust you to pick out an interesting place. This was very enjoyable, I love your content!
Michigan has some hidden gems of neighborhoods!
Ooh I'd love one in Tucson, too! I love some of the architecture there.
@@hannajane It's true - we have some beautiful Spanish gems here in Tucson! I myself have a Spanish house with some arches and other very unique features. Yeah Paige come to Tucson via Zillow!
@@susanlawrence6986 another tucsonan here! also seconding for paige to come over to tucson. for me, the only thing that stopped me from buying an older home is that I just didn't want to have to re-do the insulation. it gets hot hot here 🥵
Would love to see more videos in the “check out this Fucking home” series. Really loved seeing realistic homes as well as your commentary to understand why they’re so great from a design lens.
paris, new york, berlin?
Minneapolis and St Paul proper would be super cool with all of the historic neighborhoods. I just did the legit house hunt and yes, some people really f’ed up some lovely turn of the century homes… but then others are out of this world restored beautifully
Okay, as someone who is literally doing this right now, this was extremely entertaining to watch. You should do more of these!
You could do a “what can you get in (insert city) for 2,000,000? Then choose maybe 3 different cities to see how far the $$$ go. I would like to see maybe Dallas, and Nashville. I would have chosen the same house you did.
i’d like to see same budget, maybe major cities from different continents
this might be a bit too random but my boyfriend and I are in the process of moving to Japan and buying a house in the countryside (you can buy a whole ass house for like 50-100K depending on size and how decrepit they are) to renovate. I would love to see you do a video on that! Plus the houses are super cool out there, some are over 100 years old.
I would strip all the paint off of that kitchen. It's probably all solid wood! Keep what you can.✌
Also, love this concept! Would love to see you do other cities, or talk more in depth about how you would actually renovate a space.
When I get fed up with looking at properties I can afford, I go and look at the top end. Usually I'm horrified at the bad taste and how badly they are laid out. Decor can be fixed reasonably easily, but layout is harder. Having to go through a room to get to the kitchen is the worst transgression. And then there is the question - How many bathrooms do you really want to clean?
At the top end are you really cleaning your own bathrooms? No is the answer.
Thats such a good idea. I find that sometime, many times, rich people have such terrible taste.
If you can afford the mortgage on a $2 million home you have a cleaner for sure 😅
You should do a series where people send you houses on Zillow in their area! Could be fun to compare price & architectural styles of different regions. I live in Tucson, AZ and there are really cool, unique homes that would be fun to share.
I’d love to see you do this with a south eastern town, like Greenville or Charleston SC, or Franklin TN or the like, I feel like it would be interesting since housing costs are lower and there’s lots of new builds alongside really historic buildings🤪
im about $2 million short of buying a $2 million house right now, but if the chance arises i'll know what to look for! thanks paige!!
Do Brooklyn with the same budget.
the choices will be SLIM lol
Chicago next?
Yes, Chicago, but only in the city!
I want to see what a Paige kitchen and bathroom would look like if you had to gut renovate and start from scratch. If you had to take something and start over, I want to see that.
New Orleans , Savannah or Charleston..... 3 great cities with character !
Oof, as long as they aren’t former plantations. I couldn’t stomach that kind of “character”.
Can u do an in depth vid on how you would remodel certain rooms you find on a site like this that might be fun
I also do this all the time! It’s less fun here in Greece tho because the houses are quite a lot uglier here, even the multi million ones.
hey can you do Austin,TX in a 500K budget? so what's popping now is East Austin, but I love South Austin (better) :)
Holy smokes! What a wonderful idea for a new series! Plus, the length of the video. I mean, c'mon. I'm feeling damn right spoiled over here.
My suggestion, please and thank you: a place for $1M on the Croatian coast (cities like Pula, Rijeka, Zadar) or, even better, on any island in the Croatian part of the Adriatic Sea. If the Mediterranean isn't calling out your name, I don't know what is.
I know that I absolutely must have things I must do all the time without realizing it, but can we get our girl a hair clip the peices she keeps tucking behind her ear?? 🤣She must've tucked that hair 20 times in this video lol
This was delicious!!! Please do a LONG series of these. You could do every state!! It would be sooooo fun!
I was about to comment that you should do Paris next as I’m from there and would love to see your take on it right when you mentioned it in the outro lol
Seattle please, it would be so interesting to watch!
You should do an episode of this for Sydney Australia and find out exactly how little 2m would get you 😂
Love this series so much already, and I second the idea to do episodes on how you’d design your newly “purchased” home.
I think it would be fun and challenging to find a place in some of the states in the US that you might not want to live or would have trouble finding a place. I’m thinking Florida beach houses, rural states/farmlands, etc! Also vote for New England proper, like Mass, Rhode Island, even Vermont.
If you ever did this in NYC, you could do a top pick in each of the 5 boroughs (Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island, and the Bronx) and then pick your fave - it could be interesting to see what the same budget gets you in different areas (though admittedly there's a huge difference even within the boroughs themselves, depending on what neighborhoods you look at!)
PLEASE do Portland OR with $750,000 budget. There are some cool old homes here ❤❤❤
Literally love this series!! Every morning I look at homes for sale in all areas! It’s an obsession really! You should definitely look at Lafayette, Orinda and Berkeley. You will love the homes!
For not cal Sonoma Windsor Russian river sebastopol healdsburg wine country. I had no idea that L A had gone up that much in value.
This was fun! The only one I liked was the mid century that you dumped - haha. I like the artsy flow of light into the living room with the big window and most everything about the mid century one. It looked architectural.
I had a home with all the wood in the 70s, and it was cool - but the two that you liked didn't appeal to me at all, except for the first one with the spacious big room. I esp didn't like the Echo Canyon house at all. Overall, I wouldn't live in L.A. I can't stand the traffic, the heat, the water issues, the whole Hollywood thing... I'd love to see what you find in Santa Barbara or in Monterey, Carmel area of CA.
that was my fav too! I was surprised with her pick but its still charming
seeing the stone painted gray makes me terrified of what's gonna happen when my parents sell their cute 1930s stone and stucco house (with a massive wooden door, brick fireplace, original wood floors, fun little nooks, etc......) :/
Tell your parents I will buy their cute 1930s stone and stucco house with a massive wooden door, brick fireplace, and original wood floors 😝
i wish you articulated why "full gut!" on some of the kitchens / explained thought process more so i could learn more!
ooh yes I love your Paris idea! I don't think we'd necessarily need to know which are the good arrondissements to live in; we could just bask in the gloriousness of Parisian interiors.
this is the best follow up to the mansion video
Where is the mansion video?
You have loads of suggestions and I would love to see all of them! Such a unique idea for a series, love it!!!
I can't believe Paige didn't look at Mount Washington, there are a lot of cool houses up there. Eagle Rock is great too, especially since she looked at Highland Park
you committed a crime eliminating the beautiful mid-century modern home. it was so pretty
Obviously you gotta do Chicago next!! Don't forget about your midwest roots. I live in central IL so not sure what a good budget would be but do something low!
Fake vinyl flooring is AFFORDABLE. Can't do tile with little kids running everywhere, hate tile, and can not afford wood.
Once again you have amazing taste!! Love this as a series too
PLEASE DO MORE OF THESE. and i would watch a full hour. Heck, livestream it. So fun
You should check out Lexington, KY with a 2 million budget. I used to live there and holy shit. The houses are so cheap and full of so much character.
Do the same budget for Melbourne Australia and see what you get. This just makes me want to move to LA.
This was so fun! Do Austin next! 2m.
We sold my mom's house several years ago and the couple who bought it are really cool and nice. Last year my brother stopped by and just knocked on the door and they invited him in. He took pictures of what they'd done (so far) and it's pretty much the opposite of my parents' taste, but it's cool. For example, my mom had actually walled over our fireplace and the new owners freed the fireplace again!
i would really like to see you take this series to seattle :)
This is fun. I live in Columbus, OH. and I can’t believe how many boob lights we’re seeing in these two million dollar homes!
Oooh this feels a bit like house hunters! The thing I like about that show is seeing what you can get for a certain price overseas. I'd love to see you do international locations too. I live in South Africa and would love to see what you think of the places you could find for a million dollars in Cape Town!
Berlin - 1,5 M
Hi Paige...even though I have a bit of a different style than you, I still appreciate and value your design opinions and expertise very much (and I love your videos). That being said, what do you suggest people do who have a limited budget but want to replace ugly, old carpet in their home and do not have hardwood underneath already? I know you hate the LVP stuff, but I don't know of an affordable alternative? Especially for an upstairs bedroom area? Thanks!
There are a lot of basements in L.A. You’d be surprised. My mom’s 1926 Tudor Revival has one, and a 1930’s Spanish down the street from her has a basement speakeasy.
Please do London next! It is my favourite city in the known universe!
I loved this video, Paige! New Orleans would be a cool one to do.
Please do minneapolis next! You would love it here. We have so much character in south minneapolis by the lakes. Lake Harriet, bde maka ska, nokomis, etc. try it!
Options for the next one:
London, England $1M
Richmond, Virginia $600,000
DC $1M
I think you should do Milwaukee with a budget of 300,000. We have a ton of cute older homes here that I could see you liking
Maybe 400k instead
I also THOROUGHLY enjoyed this ❤ do somewhere in the southeast - Savannah, GA or Oxford, MS.
Some of the homes you said no to would be a dream home for me 😂
Buffalo, NY (specifically the west side of the city itself, homes built between 1800s and 1925), budget $450,000 to 900,0000.