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Holmes on Homes

7.6 / 10

2003

8 seasons

103 episodes

Holmes on Homes is a Canadian television series featuring general contractor Mike Holmes visiting homeowners who are in need of help, mainly due to unsatisfactory home renovations performed by hired contractors. The series originally aired on Home & Garden Television in Canada, and also on several other Alliance Atlantis networks in Canada, as well as in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and on HGTV in the United States. It had previously aired in the US on Discovery Home until that channel was rebranded Planet Green on June 4, 2008. It was once the highest-rated show on the Canadian HGTV, with shows airing upwards of 20 times a week at the peak of its popularity. It has won the Gemini viewers' choice award, a testament to the popularity of the show in Canada. Originally, Holmes on Homes ran as a series of 30-minute episodes, but moved to a one-hour format midway through the third season due to popular demand. Several longer specials have aired: the one-hour season finale to the first season, Whole House Disaster; the one-hour Holmes for the Holidays at the end of the third season; the two-hour House to Home season finale for the fourth season; the two-hour specials Out of the Ashes and Holmes Inspection in the fifth season; the two-hour sixth-season episode Pasadena 911; and the two-hour Lien on Me in the final season. The latest episode is available for viewing on HGTV's website. The first five seasons of half-hour and hour long episodes, as well as the "Holmes for the Holidays" episode, are also available for purchase on DVD. Season seven commenced airing in Australia on 1 October 2008 on the HOW TO Channel and in the UK on 24 March 2009 on Discovery Shed.

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Seasons

1.Additional Grief
10.0
24-03-200360m
A couple have spent a lot of money on a kitchen addition and back deck, but the job fails to pass inspection, and the stucco begins to crumble. With their contractor not returning...
2.Soggy Sorority
31-03-200360m
A sorority house has a leaky roof and many contractors have tried to repair the problem, but they have failed. Mike Holmes and his crew fix the problem by installing a new flat roo...
3.Botched Basement
07-04-200360m
A couple hired a contractor to lower their basement, but the basement has now developed leaks. With the contractor nowhere to be found, Mike Holmes and his crew fix a bunch of elec...
Ep 4
4.Attica! Attica! / Crappy Capping
14-04-200360m
In this two part episode a woman discovers that she has no attic insulation in a house that she has just purchased. In part two, a couple's roofing renovator did a quick and sloppy...
Ep 5
5.Cold Comfort
19-04-200360m
Due to faulty insulation installation during a recent renovation, a bedroom is unbelievably cold in the winter. Mike Holmes to the rescue!
Ep 6
6.Flimsy Floor
26-04-200360m
After a contractor did a beautiful looking job on their new kitchen floor, the floor starts to buckle. Mike Holmes shows up to fix the floor joists and give the new floor a proper...
Ep 7
7.Kitchen Catastrophe
03-05-200360m
After a contractor gutted their kitchen and then left for six months, Mike Holmes helps a couple finish their kitchen renovation.
Ep 8
8.Window Pain
10-05-200360m
A total of four contractors over three years could not fix a home's leaky windows. Mike Holmes to the rescue!
Ep 9
9.Faulty Showers
17-05-200360m
Only a year after a couple had their kitchen and bathroom renovated, the tiles are starting to crack. Mike Holmes is asked to come in and fix the problem, and he is surprised at wh...
Ep 10
10.Tiles and Tribulations
24-05-200360m
After only a week, the new composite wood flooring in a couple's kitchen is starting to crack. After consulting with Mike Holmes, a proper ceramic floor is installed.
Ep 11
11.Site Unseen
31-05-200360m
A woman who recently had a second story addition to her house has found a mysterious leak. Mike Holmes is asked to investigate, and he finds that the house is sitting on an unstabl...
Ep 12
12.Sweet Home Abandoned
07-06-200360m
A family's dream home sits incomplete because of a dispute with their contractor. With the contractor gone with $200,000 of their money, and with the family living outside in a cam...
Ep 13
13.Whole House Disaster
15-06-200360m
A bad renovation, including an shoddy addition to the kitchen, affects a whole house. Mike Holmes to the rescue!

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