HGTV is now casting for a series in Nashville, TN!

Has your family put an offer on or recently closed on a home that needs an extensive renovation in the Nashville area? Do you dream of turning a fixer-upper into your dream home?

If you bought a property knowing it would need some love and could benefit from expert design advice to stretch your dollar, contact us!

To be eligible, you must:

• Have recently put an offer on or closed on a fixer upper within 30 miles of Nashville, Tennessee

• Have not yet moved into your new home.

• Be outgoing, energetic, and FUN!

• Be in need of expert design and construction help for your new fixer upper.

• Have a minimum $40,000 budget for renovation.

• Must be 21 years of age or older to apply

Submit on online application form HERE.

General Information

Please upload a photo of you and your family! *

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Current Address *

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City *

State *

*Must reside in the state of Tennessee

First Name *

Last Name *

Your Age *

Your Occupation *

Your Relationship With Your Spouse/Partner *

Married Dating Engaged N/A

Your Spouse/Partner's First Name

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Your Spouse/Partner's Last Name

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Your Spouse/Partner's Age

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Your Spouse/Partner's Occupation

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Do you have children? *

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Please List Names/Ages of All Children

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Tell us about yourselves! How did you and your spouse/partner meet? Tell us about your family dynamic, and what everyday life is like for you. Have any unusual stories or hobbies that will give us an idea of who you are as a couple and/or family? *

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Exterior Photo of the front of the home. *

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Interior #1 of the home. *

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Interior #2 of the home. *

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Interior #3 of the home. *

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Interior #4 of the home. *

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Interior #5 of the home. *

Ex. "Kitchen", "Bathroom", "Living Area", etc.

What are its problems - big and small? *

Ex. "Old carpet", "Chipping paint", "Bad layout", "Outdated", etc.

Are you aware of any major issues with your home? *

(i.e. structural, mold, termites, foundational, etc...)

We want to hear more about your fixer upper "dream home"! Below, you'll be able to tell us a bit more about the"wish list"!

What area of Middle Tennessee is your fixer upper in? *

*Please provide neighborhood/suburb

What's on your "wish list" for your fixer upper? What features will help it suit you and your family's needs before and/or after renovation? Tell us what you NEED, and what you WANT! *

Ex. "Open floor plan, large lot, laundry room, fenced-in backyard, more closet space, more bathrooms", etc.

If you have already found a fixer upper and are in the process of purchasing/ closing, we would love to hear and see more!

We would like to see more photos of the fixer upper with descriptions of what isn't working for you. For the following questions, you will be asked to identify, describe, and provide photographs of these areas. There will be an additional field for general comments below.

If chosen there will need to be at least 3 problem rooms that will need to be addressed.

Are you currently living in your fixer upper?

Fixer Upper Exterior-Front of the house

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Fixer Upper Interior Photo #1

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*We would love to see a photo of the entire room/area (if possible), as well as some more detailed shots of "problem areas".

How much is your renovation budget?

How do you plan to finance your renovation? *

Are you pre-approved for a mortgage? *

If yes, how much is your mortgage pre-approved for?

NOTE: OUR TEAM WILL NEED PROOF OF FUNDS TO AVOID ANY DELAYS AND TO STAY ON PRODUCTION SCHEDULE.

Do you currently have a realtor? *

Yes No

What to Expect

The casting process can take up to 5 months, so please be patient! We will be reviewing all applications, and contacting only eligible applicants.
If selected, you must be available for 6-7 weekdays of filming, staggered over a 5-7 week period
Prior to filming, you could potentially need to be available for a home visit/scout of
house, emails, telephone conversations, consultation and sign-off
meetings.
You will receive advance notice of filming dates in order to arrange time off work.
Flexibility and availability is key when it comes to scheduling.

Please provide any dates that you are NOT available between November 2016 - March 2017 *

Have you, or has anyone in your family, appeared on a TV show? If so, please provide the title, network, year, and type of appearance.

How did you hear about this casting call? *

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Photos of YOU and YOUR FAMILY!

Please upload 3 CLEAR photos of you and your family in the designated areas below. No selfies and no sunglasses, please - we want to be able to see everyone's smiling faces!

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Agreement

I have read, understood and agree to the ONLINE APPLICATION TERMS OF USE. *

ONLINE PARTICIPANT APPLICATION TERMS OF USE YOU MUST CONFIRM THAT YOU AND YOUR CO-APPLICANT HAVE READ, UNDERSTOOD AND AGREED TO THESE “TERMS OF USE” BEFORE SUBMITTING THE ONLINE PARTICIPANT APPLICATION. As an inducement for Coolfire Studios, LLC (the “Producer”) to consider me and my co-applicant as potential participants in a potential television or digital entertainment program being developed by Producer and/or one of its subsidiaries (the “Program”), I hereby confirm that I and my co-applicant (who has authorized me to submit his/her personal information on his/her behalf as part of this Application) (“We”, “Us” or “Our”) have read, understood and agreed to the Online Participant Application (including its eligibility requirements) and to these Terms of Use (collectively, the “Application”) and further acknowledge and agree as follows:   1. Representations, Warranties and Undertakings - (i) We agree to comply with the eligibility requirements listed in this Application; (ii) We have answered all the Application questions truthfully, completely and accurately; (iii) if We have provided any false or misleading information in this Application, Producer will be entitled to dismiss Us from the participant selection process and/or the Program; (iv) even if We meet the Program eligibility requirements, Producer is not obliged to interview Us and/or select Us as participants; (v) We agree to keep all information acquired by Us about the Program during the participant selection process and/or Our participation in the Program strictly confidential; (vi) Our voices, actions, and images may be recorded as a part of the participant selection process and Producer may use such recordings in the Program or in any related productions, for promotion and publicity or in any other manner at Producer’s sole discretion (without being obliged to any such use) whether or not We are selected as a participant in the Program; (vii) if We are selected to participate, Producer has no obligation to produce the Program nor do any of the broadcasters with whom Producer may have entered into broadcast license agreements (the “Broadcasters”) have any obligation to broadcast the Program even if produced; (viii) Producer’s participant selection decisions are final and not subject to challenge or appeal; (ix) Producer has no obligation to return any photographs, video submissions or written materials (the “Materials”) provided by Us to Producer as part of this Application, the participant selection process, and/or the Program, whether or not We are selected to participate, and Producer may use any such Materials in the Program or in any related productions, for promotion and publicity or in any other manner at Producer’s sole discretion (without being obliged to any such use); (x) all persons appearing in the Materials and anyone who may have created such Materials agrees that they may be used, as edited, altered or modified by Producer, in all Media without compensation; (xi) the Materials will not contain any elements that could be libelous, defamatory, profane, obscene, pornographic, graphically violent, or otherwise contrary to law; (xii) We have all the necessary rights and authority to grant the rights in the Materials to the Producer; (xiii) We hereby expressly waive in favor of Producer, any moral rights that We may have with respect to the Materials or Our participation in the Program; and (xiv) We have not and shall not give or offer to give to Producer, to any of the Broadcasters or to any of its or their production staff or representatives any compensation or gift to arrange Our appearance on the Program or to promote any product or service in the Program.   2. Grant of Rights - We hereby consent to the production, reproduction, recording, broadcast, distribution, adaptation, use and reuse by Producer and the Broadcasters and their respective affiliated or related companies, licensees, successors and assigns, employees and representatives (collectively, the “Grantees”) of Our voices, actions, images, names, appearances, biographical material, and any information contained in this Application, including, without limitation, any video recordings or still photographs taken during the participant selection process and/or contained in the Materials (the “Images”), as such Images may be edited, altered, or modified by the Grantees, in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, throughout the universe in perpetuity (“Media”), in or in connection with the Program or in any related productions, for promotion and publicity or in any other manner at the sole discretion of the Grantees. We agree that the Grantees may use all or any part of our Images and may alter or modify the same regardless of whether or not We are recognizable. We further hereby assign and grant irrevocably to, and agree that Producer shall own exclusively any and all right, title, and interest (including copyright and all other intellectual property rights) in and to the Materials and in and to the Images, and acknowledge and agree that Producer may, in its sole discretion, edit, alter or modify, and use all or part of the all such Materials and other recordings and Our Images in all Media. We grant these rights to the Materials and Images whether or not we are selected to participate in the Program. We understand that We will not be paid any money for granting these rights, or for submitting the Application, and that Producer’s consideration of Us as potential participants in the Program is good and sufficient consideration. We agree to take any further action or sign any further documents (including, without limitation, confidentiality or non-disclosure agreements, contributor releases or otherwise) reasonably requested by Producer to confirm or perfect the rights of Producer and the Broadcasters in the Materials, the Images or otherwise in connection with this Application. 3. Release - We hereby release Producer, the Broadcasters, the Program advertisers and marketing agencies, all other persons and entities connected with the Program, each of their respective affiliated and related companies and each of their respective officers, directors, agents, representatives, employees, assignees, and licensees (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from any and all claims, actions, damages, liabilities, losses, costs and expenses of any kind (including, without limitation, legal fees) arising out of or in connection with their use of the Materials or Our participation in the participant selection process, the Program, or the marketing and promotion of the Program, the failure of Producer to select Us as Program participants, the cancellation of the Program, or the exercise by Producer of any rights granted by Us with respect to the Program (including, but not limited to, defamation, personal injury, rights of privacy and publicity) (the “Released Claims”). The Released Claims specifically include, without limitation, any and all claims, actions, damages, liabilities, losses, costs and expenses (including legal fees) of any kind resulting from the actions of any other Program participant or any other third party at any time.     4. Acknowledgement - We understand that the participant selection process will involve subjective decisions made by the Producer and will be subject to the Broadcasters’ approval, or those authorized on their behalf, in their sole discretion. We further understand that all participant selection and elimination decisions shall be final and binding on Us in all respects, and shall not be subject to challenge or appeal.    5. 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In the course of these investigations, We agree that Producer and/or its representatives may disclose to such parties personal information that We provided in this Application or that Producer has obtained from third parties, if Producer determines such disclosure to be necessary for the investigation. We authorize the investigation of Our employment records and government records, including, but not limited to, motor vehicle records, civil or criminal records, credit and/or consumer reports.   (ii) We hereby authorize Producer to conduct psychological examinations and background checks of Us if required by Producer in its sole discretion.  (iii) We acknowledge and agree that any such information obtained by Producer pursuant to this section 5, this Application or otherwise may be used for the purpose of making casting and other related decisions for the production and exhibition of the Program, and, except for medical information, may be described, disclosed or otherwise used in and in connection with the Program, any subsequent seasons of the Program, and any ancillary or related productions, including “making-of” and “behind-the-scenes” productions and for promotion and publicity related thereto.   (iv) We hereby unconditionally and irrevocably release and forever discharge the Released Parties from any and all liabilities arising out of or in connection with any such investigations and arising out of the collection, use and disclosure of Our personal information in the ways stated in this Application and agree not to make any claim against the Released Parties in respect of such use (including, without limitation, any claim that such use invades any right of privacy and/or publicity and any claim based on defamation).  6. 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