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Island Life
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Making one's home on a tropical island sounds like an expensive proposition, but this house-hunting series shows it can be done within almost any budget as families seek to find their own corner of paradise. The featured properties run the gamut from ultra-affordable to totally outrageous, located in places like Key West, Fla., Kodiak Island, Alaska, Mount Desert Island in Maine, and Washington State's San Juan Islands. Everyday families ready to start a new adventure, escape hectic lifestyles in cookie-cutter subdivisions, or simply get away from cold and snow, prove that island fantasies can be reality.
Lannon Killea
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A successful business owner is ready to plant roots in sunny Key West, Fla.; with the help of her daughter, she hopes to find a spacious house for entertaining that's also near the Old Town district so she can walk to work.
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A college admissions counselor living in Geneva, Switzerland, falls in love with the low-country charm of Hilton Head Island, S.C., during a vacation; she seeks a home close to the beach with rental potential.
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After years of spending summer vacations in Ocean City, a Maryland couple is ready to fulfill a dream of living by the ocean; they love the calmer, bay side of the island and hope to find a waterfront home with gorgeous views.
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An active family is tired of driving over the bridge to Merritt Island, Fla., and wants to make a permanent move; they want to spend more time together enjoying outdoor activities and hope to find a home with an open floor plan and a pool.
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An engaged couple searches for a home in beautiful Gulf Shores, Ala., to be closer to the water and spend more time on a boat; they are open to fixing up a home or building one, but being waterfront is a must.
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After growing up on Washington Island, Wis., an entrepreneur is ready to make the quaint island home again; in addition to opening a restaurant, she has plans to find a beachfront house with rental potential.
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Young newlyweds are ready to buy their first home together in Long Beach, N.Y.; they hope to find a condo near the beach that has views of the water.
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A couple of empty nesters are saying goodbye to the hustle and bustle of Chicago and hello to the laid-back lifestyle on Washington Island, Wis.; they want to live on a waterfront property they can customize with plenty of room for visiting family.
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A young couple looks for a first home in Gulf Shores, Ala.; they both grew up vacationing in the area and love the family-friendly community and close proximity to several beaches; they hunt for a home with a fenced-in yard for their dogs.
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A couple that first met on the beach in Newport, R.I., wants to buy their first home on Aquidneck Island; with a toddler and another baby on the way, they hope to find a property with a big yard, an open floor plan and something they can fix up.
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A couple looking to expand the family seeks a spacious house near the Atlantic Ocean in Long Beach, N.Y.; their dream home must include a new kitchen with white cabinets, a luxurious master bathroom, a yard for their dog and room for a pool.
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A couple is ready to leave the isolated island of Nantucket, Mass., for tropical Merritt Island, Fla., so they can escape long winters and stay active by spending more time outdoors; they seek a home with an open concept and a room for his man cave.
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A couple follows a job opportunity to Long Beach, N.Y.; they want their twins to grow up by the ocean and spend as much time outdoors as possible, so they hunt for a home near the water with a backyard.
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A Cincinnati couple loves the outdoor lifestyle of Nantucket, Mass., and gets ready to fulfill a dream of living near the beach; they seek a home with easy access to the water and town center, a backyard for their dogs and a separate rental space.
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A Newport, R.I., native is ready to leave her South Carolina life and head back home; with a job secured on the island, she wants a house with space for her and her dogs that's close to the town center.
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After receiving a postcard about a job offer on Washington Island, Wis., a couple visited and fell in love with the friendly community; now they're searching for a home with plenty of room for visitors and extra room to open up a vacation rental.
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A couple from Powell, Ohio, wants to slow down and enjoy life on the water by finding a dream home on Indian Lake; they hope to find a house with open views of the water, a dock for their future boat and space for their dogs to play.
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A couple from Forest Hills, N.Y., is ready to fulfill a lifelong dream of moving to beautiful East Hampton; with three grown daughters, they're hoping to find a property close to the beach that has at least three bedrooms and a pool to entertain.
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Young newlyweds from Connecticut want to settle down by the water and buy their first home in the seaside city of Newport; they're hoping to find a new-construction home that has enough space to raise a family.
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With their six kids almost grown up, a Dayton couple is hoping to find a large lake house with views of the water to bring the whole family together; they are also looking for yard space for the ninth member of the family, their rescue dog Charlie.
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A couple with a baby is ready for a lifestyle change with a move from Jersey City, N.J., to Long Beach, N.Y.; they want an oasis outside of Manhattan that's close to the beach, has plenty of space and has easy access to trains for their commute.
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HGTV's series "Caribbean Life" follows families as they pack up and head to the Caribbean. In each episode, a couple search for an affordable slice of heaven as they tour homes on white, sandy beaches. The real estate advisers chosen to help must find locations for growing families, couples just starting out, and families looking for a fresh start, while sticking to their respective budgets. Leaving their lives in the states behind, these couples and families hope to start over in paradise, but for a price each can afford.
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Purchasing a beachfront property doesn't always mean buyers have to break the bank. This series documents the journeys of families who are dreaming of living in a sandy locale with palm trees and warm ocean breezes, but those dreams are accompanied by a firm budget. And by budget we mean substantially short of a million dollars. The house hunters tour three to four waterfront properties -- each with surprisingly affordable price tags -- before choosing the one that turns the beach lifestyle dreams into reality.
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Fixer-uppers are on the wish lists of house hunters in this addition to HGTV's long-running franchise. In each episode, the featured home buyers tour three for-sale homes and choose the one that is the perfect fixer-upper. The added bonus? Cameras also capture what happens after the home is purchased and the renovation project begins. The progress is charted as the new homeowners turn their property into home sweet home, then they finally reveal their new space.
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Dreams of escaping cookie-cutter subdivisions for cozy log cabin retreats are becoming reality for many Americans. HGTV follows the adventures of families who ditch the hustle and bustle to find the quintessential log home. The structures come in all styles and sizes, from modest unheated weekend cabins to sprawling state-of-the-art estates. Although the maintenance requirements can be more extensive than those for conventional constructions, the lure of living out wildest fantasies in secluded areas of North Carolina, Montana, Minnesota, Oregon and Colorado, among other states, is too strong for the buyers to ignore.
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House-hunting programs on HGTV cover all the options, from buyers honing in on fixer-uppers and off-the-grid options to cabin cribs and container homes. On "Lakefront Bargain Hunt," the spotlight is on water lovers who dream of weekends or summers living by the dock of the bay. In each episode, a family on the hunt for an escape from the hustle and bustle of their busy lives tours multiple waterfront properties. With the help of a real estate agent, the hope is to find the perfect lakeside home without breaking the bank.
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The series brings potential home buyers a better understanding of the process, each episode following a prospective buyer and an agent from start to finish.
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