Couple sue after paying HGTV's Property Brothers $200k to make over their home ... trends now
A Las Vegas couple is suing the company behind HGTV's Property Brothers after a televised renovation allegedly left their home riddled with serious faults and disgusting health hazards.
Paul and Mindy King were newly married in 2018 when they paid the show hosted by Canadian reality TV personalities Jonathan and Drew Scott $200K to remodel their dream home.
But the Kings said the 'makeover' left them with a moldy dishwasher deemed a biohazard by inspectors, sewage leaking into their cupboards, and a collapsed sink.
They said the Property Brothers have ignored their pleas for help ever since, leading them to resort to a 'David v Goliath' style legal battle against their production company, Cineflix.
'They're making their millions of dollars. Their fame. They're living their lifestyle based off of people like us, that put our trust into them,' Mindy King told KLAS.
'They put the fear of God in you, and I'm not going to let that happen to us or anybody else.'
A Las Vegas couple is suing the production company for HGTV's Property Brothers after paying them $200K to makeover their home - only to leave it filled with serious faults and disgusting health hazards
Paul and Mindy King purchased a property when they were newlywed to start the next chapter of their lives and they were initially excited to have Canadian reality TV personalities Jonathan and Drew Scott (pictured) on board for renovations
But the Kings said the 2018 'makeover' left them with a moldy dishwasher deemed a biohazard by inspectors, sewage leaking into their cupboards, and a collapsed sink. (Pictured: safety inspectors investigating the dishwasher unit)
In the Clark County District Court lawsuit, the Kings accuse production company Cineflix along with several contractors involved in their home renovation of leaving it in a worse state than it was before.
Filed January 2021, the lawsuit claims that Cineflix was not licensed in Nevada to carry out the renovations, and that they hired inexperienced contractors. It does not name the Property Brothers as defendants, but they may yet be added to the
