This time House Hunters is bringing us to the land of overpriced coffee and perpetually overcast skies: Seattle, Washington. A couple, apparently undeterred by their previous failure to secure a waterfront property, are returning with a budget that would make most of us weep – $1.7 million. But in the cutthroat real estate arena of the Pacific Northwest, even that hefty sum might not guarantee them the keys to their dream home.
Let’s face it, watching people with bottomless bank accounts struggle to find a place to park their kayaks is a particular kind of guilty pleasure, and House Hunters knows how to deliver. This episode, “Waterfront Dreams in the Pacific Northwest,” focuses on this couple’s second attempt to navigate the Seattle housing market, which, as anyone who’s spent five minutes on Zillow knows, is about as forgiving as a hungry sea lion.
Will $1.7 million be enough to land them a waterfront palace with panoramic views of Puget Sound? Or will they be forced to compromise, settling for a slightly-less-than-perfect perch overlooking a polluted canal? And, more importantly, will they manage to avoid the usual House Hunters tropes of manufactured drama and wildly unrealistic expectations?
Tune in to HGTV on Wednesday, January 22, 2025, at 10:30 PM to find out if this couple’s dreams of waterfront bliss will finally come true, or if they’ll be paddling back to their rental, defeated once again by the relentless tide of Seattle real estate.
House Hunters airs Wednesdays at 10:30 PM on HGTV.