Bob Vila (Yes, The 1990s PBS Home Remodel Guy) Seeks $53 MILLION For Palm Beach Island Mansion

All of the present madly rich home redesign television characters - Joanna and Chip Gaines (consolidated total assets $50 million), Tarek and Christina El Moussa ($15 and $25 million total assets, individually), Nicole Curtis ($8 million), Jonathan and Drew Scott (joined total assets $200 million), Bryan and Sarah Beaumler (joined total assets $20 million)… and twelve others - owe their whole vocations to one man:

Sway Vila

For our more youthful perusers who may not have the foggiest idea about that name, permit me to fill you in…

In 1978, a then-obscure worker for hire named Robert J. Vila won an honor from Better Homes and Gardens magazine for his rebuilding of a notable home in Newton, Massachusetts. The magazine story grabbed the attention of a TV maker named Russell Morash at Boston's PBS member WGBH. [For those of you who are watching the HBO show "Julia," YES a similar Russell Morash who put Julia Kid on the map, likewise found… Sway Villa!]

In 1979, Weave and WGBH sent off "This Old House." Dissimilar to the present shows that play out a whole home redesign in a solitary brief episode, "This Old House" zeroed in on only a small bunch of homes the entire season, performing remodels over various episodes. It was more slow paced, yet watchers truly put resources into the show's activities. Furthermore, its host.

"This Old House" was a tremendous hit out of the door. Furthermore, because of his simple to-follow home improvement gifts, lovely disposition, facial hair and destined to-be notable plaid shirts, Weave Vila turned into a hotshot. He proceeded to have 235 episodes of "This Old House", withdrawing after the tenth season in 1989.

For what reason did Weave leave? There were a few reasons, however a central point was cash. Furthermore, I'm not inferring that Bounce was avaricious. You need to grasp that "This Old House" transformed Weave into perhaps of the most well known big name in America. That is not a misrepresentation. What's more, in the early times of "This Old House," when Alan Alda was making $300,000 per episode of M*A*S*H, and John Ritter was making $150,000 per episode of "Three's Organization," Bounce Vila's compensation per episode was $200. That is not an error. In a 26-episode season, he made a Sum of $5,200. That is equivalent to making around $15,000 each year today in the wake of adapting to expansion. It was only after later seasons that his