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Mike Holmes makes me cry (and paranoid)

posted 14 years ago by lenscap1
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When he does something extra like repair/replace an inadequate outdoor guard rail for a woman with a bad knee when she actually had him and his crew come to her home to fix a bathroom, it warms my heart and gets me teary.

Yeah yeah you contractors and others who whine and moan that the rail was not part of the job and that homeowners only want fixed what they requested and that Mike Holmes is full of ego and all the rest of the negativity can go scratch. Whatever you might be thinking in the negative, the thing that cannot be overlooked is that Mike noticed the problem, realized there was a danger and fixed the durn thing. Did he have to? Not at all. Did he do it for TV? Perhaps, but in my estimation, he did it because he truly did not want his client to hurt herself.

I love seeing good people do well. Any naysayers, it seems to me, are either jealous of his success or else feeling guilty because they do not do the same level of work, with the same integrity.

Incidentally, he also makes me incredibly paranoid that my home wouldn't be approved by Mike. We bought it 2 years ago and the renovations done by the previous owners, although not terrible, seem a little like someone needed a nap before finishing the projects. Uneven door here, missing junction box there, tile over wallpaper over drywall over tile...sigh. Mike, please come to the US!!!

"To me you are the teacher in a Charlie Brown cartoon"

[–] csbchlvr26 14 years ago

I know what you mean. I almost cry every time I watch an episode of it. It seems crazy crying over a home improvement show but it's reality TV at its best. Mike is a man among men. There just aren't very many men like him anymore.

And I think you're smart to be paranoid. I don't blame you at all. I have lived in almost 30 different homes in my life in 6 different states and every one of them had problems that could be blamed on the original builder. I wish Mike had been around when I was growing up.

It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.

[–] DivineRED 12 years ago

I wsh I could be one of Mike's "kids" for like a year to learn a lot of what he knows. He should have an apprentice program. Or I'd be ok with marrying him. Either or. :-)

[–] econobiker 14 years ago

Mike Holmes even references this topic on several of the shows- that every house is deficient somehow and he can't fix everything he sees. That said in one show about a renovated upstairs bathroom he has the plumbers fix a loose kitchen faucet because he noticed it.

[–] samsonevickis 13 years ago

I'm with you 100% I am a mechanic and I like to think that I embody some of Mike Holmes in my trade and business practices as well.

+100 on coming to America!!!

*beep* Em'! - Rambo