Mike Holmes
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Mike Holmes (b. 1963) is a Canadian professional contractor best known for his television show Holmes on Homes where he rescues homeowners from renovations gone wrong.
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[edit] Background
Holmes apprenticed under his father. Holmes first started doing construction work (e.g.: electrical, plumbing) with his father when he was 6. By the time he was 19, Holmes started running his first contracting company with a crew of 13 employees. At 21, Holmes founded his own renovation company. Holmes has run two companies during his 20-year contracting career.
[edit] Holmes on Homes
Broadcast on HGTV Canada, Holmes on Homes first started in 2003. Holmes on Homes was first conceived when Holmes approached the producers of the Just ask Jon Eakes home improvement show on HGTV with the idea for a new kind of home improvement show. Although submissions to the show were initially few, the number of submissions quickly ballooned by the show's fourth season. In one fourth season episode of Holmes on Homes, Holmes states that he received hundreds of e-mails a week of people asking him for his help.
In Canada, Holmes on Homes airs on HGTV Canada and BBC Canada. It airs in the US on Discovery Home, in New Zealand on The Living Channel, in Australia on The How To Channel, and in the United Kingdom on Discovery Home and Leisure.
[edit] Other media appearances
- Holmes was a guest on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on October 4, 2006, during which host Ellen DeGeneres made a mock marriage proposal[1]. Holmes returned on the October 6, 2006 episode to introduce a young couple whose home renovation project had gone poorly. He appeared for a third time on the December 7, 2006 episode and delivered an update, complete with photos, on progress with the renovation.
- Holmes appeared as a guest expert on CBC Television's Marketplace January 10, 2007 episode called "How Not to Get Nailed" in which the television show used hidden cameras to show unethical and illegal practices by home renovators.
- Holmes guest starred on an episode of Corner Gas.
