Most renovation shows end with a reveal. This one starts with a price tag. Before a single episode has aired, the house at the center of the latest project from television’s best-known renovation couple has already hit the market, with a seven-figure asking price.
In short
- The Lake Waco estate featured in Fixer Upper: Chip Bought a Mansion is listed for $7,390,000.
- It spans 15,000 square feet on 5.71 acres, with six bedrooms and an infinity-edge pool.
- The series premieres Sunday, December 27, on Magnolia Network and HGTV.
The biggest fixer yet
Chip and Joanna Gaines became household names with Fixer Upper, which first aired on HGTV in 2013. Their new series, Fixer Upper: Chip Bought a Mansion, follows the renovation of a lakeside estate Chip bought about three years before work began, what Chip has described as an exciting investment, which turned out to need far more work than expected. The couple then had three months to finish it before putting it back on the market. “This will be the biggest fixer we’ve ever done,” Joanna says in the trailer.
It is not their first oversized project. Over the years, the couple have turned landmark renovations into special series of their own, from Fixer Upper: The Castle to Fixer Upper: The Hotel, built around their Waco boutique hotel, Hotel 1928. This time, the project is a private lakeside estate.
Inside the $7.39 million estate
The house, at 5305 Hillcrest Drive in Waco, Texas, sits on the shores of Lake Waco, according to Entertainment Now, which reported the listing at $7,390,000.
- 15,000 square feet on 5.71 acres.
- Six bedrooms and 8.5 bathrooms.
- An infinity-edge pool and a pond.
- An outdoor kitchen for lakeside entertaining.
- A wine cellar and a four-car garage.
Why do celebrity homes for sale fascinate us so much?
Because they let us step inside a life we usually only see on screen. It is the same pull that made Taylor Swift’s former Beverly Hills bungalow and George Clooney’s Lake Como villa so irresistible. In the Gaines’ case, there is an extra twist: viewers will watch the transformation on TV knowing the finished house is already for sale.
For fans, the appeal also lies in the before and after. The show promises to document the full transformation, while the listing already shows the finished result, so the usual suspense of the final reveal has, for once, been reversed.
When to watch
Fixer Upper: Chip Bought a Mansion premieres Sunday, December 27, at 9 p.m., with back-to-back episodes on Magnolia Network and HGTV. Magnolia Network, the channel the couple co-owns, relaunched under that name in January 2022.
The limit
The listing details come from the property listing as reported by entertainment outlets, and the asking price could change before the series airs. The Gaines have not publicly explained why they chose to sell the house so quickly after the renovation.
For more celebrity interiors, take a look inside Nicola Peltz and Brooklyn Beckham’s minimalist home.
The bottom line
Chip and Joanna Gaines built their name on turning tired houses into homes. With a 15,000-square-foot lakeside estate listed at $7.39 million before the show even airs, their biggest fixer yet is also their boldest reveal.
