'Who's Afraid of a Cheap Old House?' Stars Elizabeth and Ethan Finkelstein Discuss Restoring Homes (EXCLUSIVE)

Elizabeth and Ethan Finkelstein advised 'Distractify' they hope audience can "envision what [these homes] used to look like and could look like again."

May 14 2024, Updated 4:31 p.m. ET

Renovating a fixer-upper is a very familiar concept with regards to home network presentations, however Elizabeth and Ethan Finkelstein are taking that concept one step further. Instead of flipping homes, the couple wants to help people restore previous stunning houses as with reference to the unique design as imaginable.

'Cheap Old Houses' Stars Elizabeth and Ethan Finkelstein

In their latest HGTV collection Who's Afraid of a Cheap Old House?, audiences will see the pair take attainable consumers on excursions of two listings. Once they make a decision on a belongings, the stunning Finkelstein couple will assist them overhaul where right into a restored gem.

In August 2021, Distractify spoke completely with the Finkelsteins about how they began this venture from simply an Instagram page and why the Cheap Old House franchise evokes others to seek out hidden housing marketplace gemstones that can at some point be restored.

Elizabeth and Ethan Finkelstein's Cheap Old Houses Instagram page has a large following.

Before HGTV came knocking to set Elizabeth and Ethan up with their own display, the duo had already amassed a considerable following on social media with over 2.8 million other people subscribing to their Instagram web page, Cheap Old Houses.

So, how did they get began development their emblem?

The two had a keenness for outdated properties and created a rather huge target audience on their site, which features real estate listings around the country. The duo quickly discovered that most of their audience used to be invested in older properties at lower costs, which could then be fixed up. As a end result, they made up our minds to start out an Instagram web page dedicated to those older homes.

"It went viral very quickly," Elizabeth told Distractify of the Instagram page's shocking popularity. "It's striking a nerve right now because people can't afford houses. Millennials who are on Instagram are priced out of the market because they have so much student debt and they are living in major cities that are eating up all of their income in their rent."

She persisted, "I think [Cheap Old Houses] has brought this inspiration and this idea of accessibility. It has maybe opened people's eyes to other places in the country [where] they can live besides New York and LA."

As for Ethan, he felt that their Instagram web page truly took off when he learned how many people started buying properties from the social media app. He defined to us, "We are bringing home shopping to the Internet. I've never really thought that Cheap Old Houses would do that."

'Cheap Old Houses' stars Elizabeth and Ethan are very "anti-flipping."

Unlike different renovation display hosts, Elizabeth and Ethan are "anti-flipping." They do not want other people to purchase these older homes simply to strip them in their original character and charm.

"I think it's a refreshing way to talk about houses in a world right now saturated by new, new, new, disposable, disposable, flip, flip," Elizabeth told Distractify. Instead, they hope viewers will move on a journey with them to "envision what [these homes] used to look like and could look like again."

While many people completely love looking at before-and-after pictures, Ethan defined that he hopes enthusiasts of the Chead Old House franchise will in finding the inspiration to restore an old home. He informed us, "I just think the biggest thing for me is just, [people] can do this. This is possible. Our Instagram page is the place where you start to find your house and then you can end up on the show with a saved house."

Watch Who's Afraid of a Cheap Old House? on Tuesdays at 10 p.m. EST on HGTV.

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