House Hunters Season 17, Episode 3: First Home Search

Kid-Friendly Home Search

When Oakland, California, residents Lisa and Clay Siemsen bought their home three years ago, they were carefree newlyweds. But now they have two small children and are looking for a more kid-friendly environment.

22 min

Seeking Spacious Condo

When longtime Chicago resident Barbara Correll isn't busy with graduate school or her full-time job, she's dreaming of owning her own condo. After turning 30, she decided the time was right to leave her tiny 600-square-foot apartment behind.

22 min

Bursting at the Seams

New Yorkers Alexis Romer and Kevin Verronneau need more room in their tiny Upper East Side apartment. Her pack-rat habits and burgeoning jewelry business have taken over every inch of the one-bedroom place.

22 min

Larger Wilmington Digs Wanted

Stephanie and Bryan Bolick have been married for a year and now have a baby on the way, so they want to plant their feet in a new home--and soon. They currently share a 1,200-square-foot Cape Cod-style house with two rambunctious Labrador retrievers in Wilmington, NC.

22 min

Plunging Into Homeownership

Nico and David Lecon are natives of Madrid, Spain, that have recently moved to Miami Beach with their young son Alex. They love living across the street from the beach and within walking distance of everything, but their one-bedroom furnished apartment is just too small.

22 min

More Space Needed

After Helen and Rich Green got married eight months ago, they moved into her two-bedroom, one-bath cottage-style home that was built in the 1920s. That's when they discovered that her 900-square-foot Seattle beach cottage was too small for the two of them.

22 min

Wanted: Larger Space for Baby

Elizabeth and Brian met 18 years ago while stationed at an Air Force Base in New Mexico. Since then they have lived and traveled all over the world. Four months ago they moved to Colorado Springs with hopes of staying put for a while, but then Brian was offered an irresistible job in Phoenix.

22 min

Moving to the City

The Logar family has had enough of rural life. Having outgrown their three-bedroom, one-bath home, they now want to find a larger place in the nearby town of Washington, Pennsylvania. Can they do it without spending more than $200,000? Real estate agents Mary Jane and Tom Sertik intend to help them do just that.

22 min

Hawaiian Home Hopes

Alicia Ulrich has spent the last 25 years traveling the globe for work, and now, she's ready to play, by finding a vacation home in her favorite corner of the world: Oahu, Hawaii. Can she catch a break in a pricey market, or will she wipe out? Real estate agent Robin Stephens Rohr signs on to assure that doesn't happen.

22 min

Duty Calls for a Quick Find

Carrie Morgan is moving to Nashville to start her residency in pediatrics, and she needs to find a place to live. She only has six weeks to find a house, move all of her things from her parents' house in Kentucky and get settled before reporting for duty as a doctor. Real estate agent Scott Evans sets out to show her as many places as he can in the short time frame.

22 min

Wanted: Place With More Space

Barbara Meyer and Nelson Cysneros are a young, fun-loving couple with lots of spunk. Along with their 13-year-old daughter Katie, they have been living in a 1,000-square-foot San Diego condo for two years now.

22 min

Trading the 'Burbs for the City

For the past five years, IT specialist Nick Marulli and his partner firefighter/paramedic Tim Bennett have shared a three-bedroom, one-and-a-half bath home in Crofton, Maryland, a suburb 20 miles outside of Baltimore.

22 min

More Space in Manhattan

Professional book editor Brenda Copeland has been living in her pint-size, 300-square-foot apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan for eight years. Sharing the space with her two roommates, cats, Chester and Spanky has not been easy, and using her sofa bed as a guest room leaves her virtually no room.

22 min

Couple Seeks City Co-Op

Gerarda Shields and Bill Taylor are a young New York couple who are ready to take the next step in their relationship and buy their first place together. Though the couple loves spending time with each other, the three hours of commuting between their two places has just become too much.

22 min

Parting With the Party Pad

After living in New York for several years, voice-over artist Yvette Lowenthal moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. Now she's back in Manhattan and renting a studio loft in the Financial District for $3,000 a month.

22 min

Migrating to Midtown

22 min