NO, it does not take 5 days for construction of a 1750 s.f. addition. Please stop telling people that.

Sure, 5 days, if you adhere the cabinet doors with double stick tape in lieu of hinges. Just so they hang in place long enough to get that blurry “after” shot.

Sure, it takes 5 days if you never show the addition from the outside. Just zoom into a closeup of the plant with a fuzzy door in the background. Focus on the furniture. Make sure you position it to cover that missing base trim and the missing HVAC vents.

Sure it takes 5 days if you hire 100 strangers to show up and work all at once for 5 days. The house will look like a clown car, but what could go wrong? It also helps to bribe, I mean pay, the inspectors to stay on site all day so they’re there when you need them, instead of the other way around. I wonder if getting paid effects their judgment at all, probably not.

Sure, 5 days if you pick up a job that’s already in process and claim the design as your own. You can probably hire an actor, I mean designer, to pitch that as their own idea. Just wave those arms around and come up with that design right on the spot with the homeowner. They make it look so easy!

Sure 5 days, it takes more than 5 days to acclimate the wood flooring to the new conditioned space, but you should be finished in 5 days. sure.

Screw door hardware.

Oh wait, you didn’t condition the space, did you? Is that why Jill is wearing that fur lined pea-coat? It’s an adorable coat. She’s great! I like her hair.

Sure it takes 5 days if you pay the homeowners and have them sign a release, twice.

Sure it takes 5 days when you can fix it in post.

In other words, it takes 5 days for you to complete the job enough to get photos for tv and it will take an additional 6 months to clean up the mess you left.

And the homeowners can take it or leave it, or not, then don’t love it and list it for sale “as seen on tv”.

HGTV can kiss my ass.