![]() Particularly for projects involving new homes, Holmes often criticizes the developers for following minimum code and trying to save as many costs as possible. ![]() On some occasions Holmes has vented out his frustrations with previous contractors' substandard work in front of the camera. Throughout the rebuilding process, Holmes often comments on the professionalism of the people hired for the job or lets other contractors talk about how to build things correctly. However, in the end, Holmes presents the homeowners with a completely finished place, often with a few extra surprises. ![]() Typically, after beginning the repair work, Holmes and his crew of contractors often find that their small repair project has escalated into a larger one due to surprises that they find and are forced to fix only on rare occasions has the show's crew not been forced to tear everything down and start over. The original contractors are never named on the shows, although an episode of CBC Television's Marketplace has done investigative journalism behind a sixth-season episode and exposed the contractor alleged to have been at fault. Holmes would also go into detail to explain why the work he sees is substandard and needs to be replaced during the repair process. ![]() A typical episode has homeowners describing their experiences with the previous contractor, including what had caused the original contractor to leave the work incomplete or with substandard work (often under Ontario building codes). The show's premise revolves around general contractor Mike Holmes visiting homeowners (initially in the Greater Toronto Area in the earlier seasons, but also to various locales across Canada and the United States, starting with the seventh season) who are in need of help, mainly due to unsatisfactory home renovations performed by hired contractors. 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 (formerly Discovery Realtime Extra). 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. The latest episode is available for viewing on HGTV's website. 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. Originally, Holmes on Homes ran as a series of 30-minute episodes (with one one-hour special Whole House Disaster), but moved to a one-hour format midway through the third season due to popular demand. It has won the Gemini viewers' choice award, a testament to the popularity of the show in Canada. It was once the highest-rated show on the Canadian HGTV (HGTV having once claimed that an episode had received its highest-ever ratings), with shows airing upwards of 20 times a week at the peak of its popularity. It had previously aired in the US on Discovery Home until that channel was rebranded Planet Green on June 4, 2008. The series originally aired on Home & Garden Television in Canada, and also on several other Alliance Atlantis networks in Canada (including BBC Canada and Slice), as well as in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and on HGTV in the United States. ![]() 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. Canadian TV series or program Holmes on Homes ![]()
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