Cristy Lee on Her New HGTV Show ‘Steal This House’

After starring on car demonstrates like MotorTrend Network’s All Girls Garage and Garage Squad and, most a short while ago, Discovery+’s Celeb IOU Joyride, Television set temperament and motorcyclist Cristy Lee is pivoting to real estate in her new HGTV series, Steal This Home. Lee — who moved from Daytona Beach front to the metro Detroit spot in 2005 — spends the 6-episode year reworking local reduced-priced, fixer-higher homes into her clients’ dream houses.

Prior to the premiere of Steal This Dwelling on July 9, she spoke with Hour Detroit about her new demonstrate, her enthusiasm for true estate, and what you must take into consideration when browsing for a residence.

Hour Detroit: What encouraged your changeover from tasks centering about automobiles and motorcycles to home renovation?

Cristy Lee: My automotive roots run really deep, but my real estate roots in Michigan also operate deep. I moved below to make investments in actual estate. I’m a licensed realtor. Whilst I’ve been working quite publicly in the automotive industry, authentic estate has been a lot more of a guiding-the-scenes passion for me. I’m thrilled, for the reason that with the demonstrate coming out, equally of my passions are out in the open up.

The market is completely outrageous proper now, but that also really excites me. In conditions of the transition, [on] the former display that I hosted, referred to as Celebrity IOU Joyride, I was ready to get a maintain of the inside style and design element of all of the motor vehicles on the show. That may well look weird to persons like, “What does inside style have to do with cars?” But I was equipped to function on an RV camping-design car or truck as effectively as a cellular hair salon, so we tapped into a lot of items you would see in a typical interior style and design circumstance.

What motivated the choice to movie in the metro Detroit space? 

The fundamental premise of the clearly show is that I’m doing the job with householders to enable guide them and transform their point of view on the true estate marketplace. It characteristics purchasers who have been looking…at the top of their spending budget. My target is to aid them see issues a little bit in different ways via my track record in authentic estate and household restoration to support them find that “steal” and use some of their finances toward renovating the property to get what they really want.

I took a lot of pride in filming in my residence point out. Staying below and being aware of the industry and understanding the area is a enormous advantage. I’m performing with individuals who are shopping in the regions that I’m acquainted with. It can help me obtain believe in from the homeowners simply because they know I reside below, and I know what I’m chatting about, so it is like, “Let’s do this.”

Is there a certain scenario on the exhibit that you’re most thrilled for viewers to see? 

I’m just excited for viewers to see it all. We have a seriously numerous team of clientele and filmed in definitely numerous places of Michigan, and I feel viewers will really be able to relate to the people we do the job with on the exhibit. All people has various needs and desires, and that’s truly showcased on the display.

What is the finest advice you can give to individuals at the moment looking to get a residence?

I assume correct now, because the market is at any time-switching and is at present exceptionally intense, my finest advice to likely house consumers who are taking into consideration a flip-critical property or a possible renovation is to just look at all possibilities. That is what this present is truly about it is about opening up that spectrum of selections. It is your household, you have got to really like it. Altering the way you seem at these homes can make a main big difference, hunting in distinctive price tag ranges, distinctive spots. Never settle, but improve your perspective, for the reason that it’s additional crucial than ever to take into account all possibilities.

What effect, if any, has filming the present experienced on the way you look at the housing current market? 

For me, when I stroll into a dwelling, I often see what its best opportunity could be. I’m ready to walk into a residence and see how little adjustments can transform the full dwelling. I’m able to see all those conclusions extra obviously, which is why I want to assist other probable house owners. So it has not adjusted something about the way I see residences, but it’s not about me — it’s about the householders. I’m producing the property fantastic for them, so getting their needs and needs and building one thing that they’ll like is the most essential matter to me.

Steal this House premieres on HGTV at 9 p.m. on July 9. For additional details visit hgtv.com/reveals/steal-this-dwelling.