House Hunters Filming

Before moving to Paris, I sent a letter to the HGTV programming suggestions department suggesting that they pick me for an episode of House Hunters International, the TV show that airs 30 minute episodes showing people who are moving overseas and their search for a new home. Usually it’s only people who are buying houses or apartments, but I somehow got selected even with a rental. All in all, it was a really fun 3 days of filming.

This is the agent, Iris, who owns the agency I used.

Somehow I managed to put this big line here. No idea. Nope. Can’t get rid of it.

The crew was awesome…the director, Ben (middle), is from the UK, and the videographer & sound tech, Gordon and Simon, are from Scotland. Then Melody (below), who lives just outside Paris, went to film school and was our driver/translator/production assistant for the three days.

Here’s everyone trying to squeeze into my tiny studio for an interview. It was quite close quarters.

As you can probably tell by Gordon playing “Big Texas hat” here, they were all super fun, and I had a great time with them.

The whole crew on the Pont des Arts, where we filmed the decision scene.

It’s going to air sometime late summer. I sincerely hope to not look and sound ridiculous the entire time. But considering that I hate even hearing my voice on voicemail or anything else recorded, I’m sure I’ll cringe through the whole thing. But it was a super fun experience, and most importantly…it paid for my agency fees.

All thanks to my awesome friend, Charla, who told me all about House Hunters International. We thought it was kind of a joke, “you need to be on House Hunters”…and then I actually ended up doing it. Of course, this was back when I thought they found the apartment for you, but that’s beside the point. Thanks Char-Bar, you’re the best!