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HGTV’s Renovation Resort Showdown: Unveiling the Breathtaking Filming Locations

A real estate expert named Scott McGillivray enlists the aid of his friendly adversary and home renovation specialist Bryan Baeumler to assist him renovate his recently acquired lakeside resort in the reality TV show “Renovation Resort Showdown” on HGTV. Together, they assign the task to four expert build and design teams, who compete with one another to turn a dilapidated property into a usable and beautiful one just before the busy season.

With only seven weeks and a $100,000 budget to work with, the four teams of experts from various regions must outperform their competitors by including some of their own distinctive styles. After that, Scott, Bryan, and a different guest judge are brought in to judge the four properties on their quality, originality, and functionality. They choose the winning group and cottage, earning them $100,000 in cash as well as the prestige. The viewers are sure to be interested in where the series was filmed given the remote location and the lake as a backdrop. We have answers for you if you’ve been pondering the same thing!

Renovation Resort Showdown Filming Locations

Ontario, more specifically the Greater Toronto Area, serves as the backdrop for “Renovation Resort Showdown.” Principal photography for the reality show’s first season reportedly started in early March 2023 and ended in April of the same year. Here are all the precise places where the HGTV show is filmed, without further ado.

 

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Greater Toronto Area, Ontario

The Greater Toronto Area, generally known as the GTA, is where most of the critical scenes for “Renovation Resort Showdown” were shot. The metropolitan area, which has Toronto at its centre, is made up of 25 urban, suburban, and rural communities, one of which is where the majority of the series’ production is done. As the teams of renovators fight against one another at a run-down lakeside resort for the first season, the production crew set up camp a few hours northeast of the city of Toronto.

 

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As the production crew captured several crucial shots for season 1 of the home repair show, four similar, abandoned cottages with a lake as a backdrop were turned into opulent, contemporary cabins. The Greater Toronto Area may appear in a couple aerial and other exterior shots in the series. Several well-known structures and landmarks, such as the CN Tower, the Humber Bay Arch Bridge, the Royal Ontario Museum, Casa Loma, and the Ontario Legislative Building, might be visible in the background.

 

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