10 Homes From HGTV Shows on HomeAway Rent a Home From HGTV on Vacation

Table of Content

• Scott McGillivray and his family take on their own vacation home remodel in Season 3
• Vacation House Rules' Debra Salmoni has her own design firm
• Related Posts
• The stars of HGTV's Renovation Island launched a Hurricane Dorian relief effort
• The series features products from local Canadian designers and manufacturers

By that point, Sarah and Bryan Baeumler toldTheWrap in August 2020, they had sunk $10 million into buying and renovating the property. Unfortunately, the opening quickly turned into a shutdown when the the world changed. "We have only been open six weeks and we are already dealing with a global pandemic," Sarah lamented. The couple also starred together in Bryan Inc., which found him hiring his wife as project manager as the two purchased run-down homes they could transform into spectacular abodes to sell at a profit. "If you'd asked me 15 years ago where I'd be today, I'm not sure I'd have guessed it," contractor-turned-celebrity Bryan Baeumler marveled to the Edmonton Journal. "I've always been entrepreneurial, but between the construction company and the shows it's certainly taken us in an unexpected direction."

"Our days are filled with filming, building, tracking down material shipments... and of course we sneak away for a swim or island adventure whenever we get the chance!" he admitted. Not only has Season 3 of the HGTV summertime series arrived, but along with the new season comes star Scott McGillivray's own vacation house remodel! Yes, the host is renovating his own vacation property — along with his family, including wife Sabrina and daughters Myah and Layla — in a separate four-part HGTV special this season called "Scott's Own Vacation House." If you're watching "Vacation House Rules" on HGTV thinking that host Scott McGillivray looks familiar — that's because he should. He's been an HGTV mainstay — both in Canada and the U.S. — since 2008, starting with the long-running series "Income Property," for which he also served as executive producer. An accomplished real estate investor, McGillivray helped first-time homebuyers on "Income Property" turn part of their home into an income-generating rental property.

Scott McGillivray and his family take on their own vacation home remodel in Season 3

Vacation House Rules season 2 episode 1 features a woodland surrounded, lakeside stunner of a vacation rental which is owner by Tara-Lee and Bryan. HGTV’s Vacation House Rules sees Scott McGillivray show vacation home owners how to spruce up their properties all in a bid to make sure that they’re making as much profit from it as possible. Scott and his house flipping sidekick, Debra Salmoni, transform peoples’ holiday rentals.

Watch as rundown vacation properties transform into Bavarian-styled beer gardens and zen yoga retreats. During the course of HGTV'sRenovation Island, the Baeumlers and their four children all lived together in one of the hotel's villas, measuring just 550 square feet. While sharing such close quarters may not have offered a whole lot of personal privacy, it did bring the family closer together.

Vacation House Rules' Debra Salmoni has her own design firm

"It's more like, what does it look like six months from now? What does the island look like a year from now?" she added. When Hurricane Dorian barreled through the Caribbean in 2019, the Bahamas was hit particularly hard. HGTV'sRenovation Islandstars Bryan and Sarah Baeumler's hotel was not damaged, but the couple launched a GoFundMepage with a goal of raising $10,000 to aid local recovery efforts in their community on South Andros Island. Their fundraising effort, reportedGlobal News, far exceeded their initial goal when they wound up raising in excess of $180,000.

In Season 1, Episode 6, entitled "Carriage House" , Scott McGillivray, designer Debra Salmoni, and the crew renovated a property in Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada, owned by couple Laura and Dale. If you're like us, you probably watch "Vacation House Rules" and dream of owning your own vacation house rental — or, at least, staying in one of the show's properties. We already pointed out that "Vacation House Rules" star Scott McGillivray first started getting his hands dirty while growing up, doing everything from woodworking to building furniture. So, although he's heavy on the real estate investment side of things, he's really a Jack of all trades. He doesn't just hire contractors to do the work — he does a good amount of it himself. "I think we had a very, very dark pair of rose-colored glasses on," Bryan Baeumler said in an interview with the Woodstock Sentinel-Review.

Related Posts

According to a June 2020network press release, ratings for the debut episode delivered a 26 percent increase in the key demo over the previous six weeks. This was the polar opposite of the family's experience on South Andros Island, where anything that can be reused or repurposed will receive a second life. "We're looking at recycling programs for plastic waste and we'll recycle that into pellets and packages that we can then resell to pay for the cost of the equipment to companies that will reuse that as a secondary source," he explained. Pulling up their roots in Canada and moving to a small island in the middle of the Caribbean required a paradigm shift for Sarah and Bryan Baeumler as they embarked on the adventure documented in HGTV'sRenovation Island. After living in the spacious "forever home" the couple built for their family , the couple and their four children had to adjust to their new living situation as the family of six crammed into a 550-square-foot villa during the reno. While Sarah and Bryan Baeumler may be new arrivals to HGTV in America, they're familiar favorites in their home and native land.

When Bryan and Sarah Baeumler embarked on the massive renovation project chronicled in HGTV'sRenovation Island, they quickly came to realize that the approach they took to renos in Canada wasn't going to work in their new locale. As Bryan pointed out in an interview withGlobal News,"everything here is opposite of Canada." In terms of available accommodations, guests have the option of a 300-square-foot clubhouse suite or one of the larger private villas, which are available in one- or two-bedroom options. "The great thing is, viewers can come down and sit around the pool and walk the beach and spend some time somewhere they've watched put together," Baeumler told theToronto Sun. Because HGTV'sRenovation Islandis a repurposed and retitled show that's already aired in Canada, the renovations undertaken in the series' first season have long since been completed. In fact, the resulting resort, the Caerula Mar Club, opened for business — eventually — in early 2020.

The Baeumlers' renovation style changed while filming HGTV's Renovation Island

In fact, his "romantic idea" of living in a tropical paradise came with some challenges the couple didn't really see coming. Sarah and Bryan Baeumler jumped right in to restore the 50-year-old hotel that would become their Caerula Mar Club resort. However, the stars of HGTV'sRenovation Islandadmitted they weren't entirely prepared for everything they encountered during the process. In fact, Bryan added, during the demolition phase of the old hotel, everything from furniture to building material was donated to locals. "We've literally seen houses finished with the material and furniture that came from the hotel, which is incredible," Bryan said. "The people here are very resourceful at limiting the amount of garbage because they'll reuse it."

In anInstagram post, she shared a beautiful finished bathroom design for one of her clients. She described the design — which featured a luxurious marble shower and a contrasting wood-grain feature wall — as having "many layers, subtle details and custom pieces." For fans who want to work with the "Vacation House Rules" star, she offers aform on her websiteto get in contact with her. When living on a small Caribbean island, sustainability isn't just an environmentally-friendly choice, it's actually necessary for survival. While filming HGTV'sRenovation Island, Bryan Baeumler toldGlobal News,one thing that really hit home was just how much people in North America take garbage for granted, "where the stuff just disappears and we don't know what happens to it." As a contractor in Canada, Bryan Baeumler had been all about efficiency, with a goal of ensuring projects were completed on time and on budget, to exacting specifications. While working on Caerula Mar Club during the filming of HGTV'sRenovation Island, however, he realized he had to be more fluid with schedules.

"Vacation House Rules," short for "Scott's Vacation House Rules," premiered on HGTV in summer 2020, a summer where everyone was likely spending much more time indoors than ever before due to the COVID-19 pandemic — likely dreaming of owning their own vacation paradise by the lake one day. In addition to the picturesque properties with majestic lakefront views, hunky host and real estate investor Scott McGillivray surely provides some additional eye candy for viewers. And luckily for fans, McGillivray and designer Debra Salmoni have a lot more vacation property transformations in store. Debuting in June 2020, HGTV'sRenovation Island follows the real-life adventures of contractor Bryan Baeumler and his wife, designer Sarah Baeumler, as they and their four children move to the Bahamas to undertake an ambitious renovation project — not of a home, but an entire vacation resort. It's no secret that viewers enjoy watching HGTV shows, like Masters of Flip orFixer Upper,that transform dilapidated dumps into divine dream homes, but Renovation Island ups the ante by shifting the action to a tropical paradise.

Scott McGillivray is often bringing the vacation rentals on Vacation House Rules into the 21st century and the Hawk’s Nest property was no different. In an interview with Entertainment Tonight Canada, McGillivray divulged more details about the project, including how it came about. While filming the third season, he discovered a property, which was described as "a huge project that someone could really take advantage of." The project was so massive, in fact, that, according to McGillivray, it was obvious why no one had taken on the challenge. So, he decided to take it on himself, saying with a chuckle, "Well, I like taking on big and difficult things." If you've watched "Vacation House Rules" and wondered how you could get your own vacation property featured on the show — that is, if you're lucky enough to have one — we have all the info for you. Just go to the official website for the show, and fill out the casting registration form.

Well, it turns out that McGillivray and Salmoni are close friends both on and off camera. In the end, it's all about the people McGillivray meets and the effect that his work has on people's lives, as he shared with The Highlander. According toThe Haliburton County Echo, McGillivray does his best to ensure that the viewers learn just as much as his lucky clients.

We already shared that the "Vacation House Rules" cast and crew support the local communities where they shoot. While many HGTV shows regularly feature call-outs to Wayfair, "Vacation House Rules" incorporates materials and decor from locally-owned Canadian businesses. However, despite the constraints of the pandemic, McGillivray has seen firsthand that not only are "people really on what is truly important and meaningful in their lives," but also that the vacation rental industry is back in a big way. "Not only are people vacationing closer to home," he explained to the Toronto Star, "but work-from-home culture has proven that you don't need to be in the city to do your job. More and more people are working remotely from the cottage." In an interview with The Highlander, Scott McGillivray shared how the pandemic threw the "Vacation House Rules" crew "some curveballs," such as filming outdoors during the winter and sleeping in tents. "As a team it has been hard, working harder to make everything work, and fewer people doing more work."