Income Property

Income Property
Income Property logo
Genre	Home improvement / reality
Developed by	RTR Media
Presented by	Scott McGillivray
Country of origin	Canada
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	11
No. of episodes	155 + 2 specials
Production
Executive producer(s)	Seasons 1–2: Kit Redmond, Debbie Travis and Hans Rosenstein Season 3: Kit Redmond and Grazyna Krupa Seasons 4–7: Kit Redmond, Scott McGillivray and Jenna Keane
Running time	Seasons 1–6: 21–22 minutes Seasons 7–9: 42–43 minutes Seasons 10–11: 21–22 minutes
Release
Original network	HGTV Canada
Original release	September 29, 2008 – present
External links
Website

Seasons 1–2: Kit Redmond, Debbie Travis and Hans Rosenstein
Season 3: Kit Redmond and Grazyna Krupa
Seasons 4–7: Kit Redmond, Scott McGillivray and Jenna Keane

Income Property is a Canadian home-improvement program hosted by Scott McGillivray. The series premiered on HGTV Canada on September 29, 2008, and on January 1, 2009, on HGTV in the U.S. The program was a half-hour long for the first six seasons, and then expanded to an hour-long format starting with season 7. The show reverted to its half-hour format with the start of season 10.

On March 8, 2016, it was named Best Lifestyle Program or Series at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards.

Real estate investor and contractor Scott McGillivray leads homeowners through the renovation of their first income property, to help offset mortgage payments, as well as increase the overall value of the home. In each episode, McGillivray offers design options, prepares plans for a conversion and manages the construction of a rental suite. McGillivray, who owns over 20 income-generating homes that he has converted and renovated himself, communicates confidence and skill to help lead homeowners through the ups and downs of renovating their income suite.

Several episodes of the series have featured celebrity homeowners, including actress Helene Joy, musician Justin Rutledge, broadcaster Roz Weston and documentary filmmaker Jamie Kastner.

For the first six seasons, the show was a half-hour. In this format, McGillivray meets with the homeowners to see the space in its current form. McGillivray shows two options to the homeowners for a possible redevelopment, utilizing design software. Each potential option has an estimated return on investment by way of monthly rent received. McGillivray shares the homeowners' mortgage payment and subtracts the estimated market rents to provide a "lower" mortgage payment. One option is generally grander in scope, usually affording the homeowner the opportunity to make more in rent than the other option, but at a higher renovation cost.

Once the homeowners decide on which option they prefer, the Income Property team goes to work to demolish and rebuild. The homeowners are usually involved in the renovation but then are kept out of the space during the final stages of completion to provide some element of surprise.