Desert Flippers
Where to watch: HGTV and Discovery+
In Palm Springs, California, the sun-drenched milieu of Desert Flippers, we meet Eric and Lindsey Bennet, Wisconsin. By degrees they bring their Midwestern charm into this desert oasis for 21st Century living.
They have an eye for the unpromising, a couple that only takes on properties that look fit to be transformed.
From gutting to renovation, they approach all projects frontally and head-on – not only hvaping to navigate around the obstacles of 40-degree heat but also those pesky scorpions lurking in strange corners or the present danger of rattlesnakes.
Despite the fact that they have worked with some of the most geographically challenging landscapes on earth and high construction just to get in there at all (by which point you could be baked alive or bitten by something lurking within), Eric and Lindsey bring an unusual ability to turn neglected properties into dream homes. Desert Flippers provides viewers a fascinating window onto the world of so-called ‘property flipping’, where dogged determination, real engineering and not a little wit are essential ingredients if you expect to succeed in dealing with natural hurdles as well as market demands.