All for Nothing?

- Season 1

(2010)

Two large families by today's standards, the Hermans and the Awadas adopt completely different strategies to completing their home renos. The Awadas take a slow and steady approach to realizing their design plans, resisting some of Paul and Penny's advice along the way. The Herman's start strong with lots of help, strictly following the design plans - and then some! As the two weeks quickly come to a close, the Awadas manage to finally recruit some much needed help and the Herman's receive a tough blow - their deal for free staging furniture falls through. In the end,...

Darlene starts strong by scoring a barter deal for new siding. She and Chris jump right in helping to remove the old siding to speed up the job.They quickly start to question the rest of Penny's design plan and how much can be accomplished in just two weeks. Resistant to any more constructive criticism, Darlene refuses to let Paul and Penny into her home during their check-in. Al and Jen manage to sell a big ticket item to bank roll their projects. With Al still recovering from a serious illness, they work hard to recruit family and friends to help with the heavy ...

Empty nesters Chris and Henry let their money do the heavy lifting when it comes to the renos while Aaren and Brianne invest sweat equity into their young family's cramped and cluttered home.

Cory and Jen Besharah juggle work and two young sons with reno projects at their family home in a subdivision outside the city while housemates Terri and Heidi upgrade their urban singles' townhome after three years of neglect.

Dayna puts her bartering skills to the test to keep her reno costs low while Chris and Kitty bargain their way through the competition. Who will prevail in the bartering versus bargaining rivalry?

The Kangs and the Muis both have small starter homes that can no longer accommodate their growing families. They will battle to save big dollars in this competition to finance larger homes. Who will come out on top?

Mat and Sonja make improvements to their modern chic city home while Vicki works to increase the value of her unique small-town home that used to be a church. It's a fight to the finish between Modern and Unique.

Paula and Rob focus their efforts on fundraising while Jacob and Shoba sink a lot of time and energy into a Penny design feature that Paul doesn't support. It's a mad scramble to the finish in this Starter Home vs. Semi-Detached battle.

Chantal and Phil's small city home is overwhelmed with stuff and needs to show much larger. Martina attempts to elevate the value of her outdated rural home. Who will prevail in the clutter versus construction competition?

Roxy and Jeff Gregoire update their cluttered suburban home while Kathleen McGovern takes her city home to the next level. It all comes down to a battle of wills to finish on time.

Denise and Melanie Reid recruit an army of family and friends to help with their renos while Jeff and Jill Alexander barter for assistance with their home improvements. Which will make for the winning strategy?

Homeowners Jonathan and Emilie take on Dan and Stacey in a small town rivalry. Both teams are struck by illness causing much delay; will either team finish their renos on time?

Suzanne and Costa's 'go big or go home' approach results in a chaotic two weeks, while Robin and Steve's methodical reno is very calm and orderly. With these radically different approaches, which method is the one to get the win?