HGTV's masters a flip debuted in 2015
following nashville spouses courtney and
dave wilson as they transformed rundown
rex into jaw-dropping dream homes but
ever since their shocking separation in
2019 fans have been wondering about the
couple's real story here's the truth
about masters of flip show hosts Dave
and Courtney Wilson met while she was
living in Nashville and he was based in
London both pursuing their dreams of
becoming music stars Courtney told the
National Post Dave was living in London
England and was literally here for two
weeks on a writing vacation we met
through a mutual friend and I called my
parents a month later to tell them I'd
fallen in love Dave felt the same adding
I called my band and said I'm not coming
back to London and the rest is history
we became roommates and then we got
married and had three children shortly
thereafter music has always been a
passion for the Wilsons
even though it's no longer their primary
focus Courtney revealed to the
Tennessean we are so in love with this
town and passionate about the
opportunity we have to transform homes
here what initially drew us to Nashville
was the incredible and diverse music
scene since we are musicians too now we
are smitten with the homes and real
estate landscape here every house is
different it's like a song we've got a
we've got like 125 songs in 2001
Courtney released two singles under the
name Courtney Cale with her track
unbroken by you peaking at number 50 on
the Billboard Country Singles Chart then
after the two became a couple and before
they launched masters of flip Courtney
and Dave formed a musical duo together
in the midst of this they had also begun
flipping homes which eventually became
more lucrative than music Courtney told
the National Post while all this was
going on we were in and out of
publishing deals and we were still
making music we did eventually get
another record deal and we were on the
road the pair began performing
professionally as the Wilsons released
the single stick together in 2009 the
arrival of the couple's sons however
made pursuing music more complicated
courtney admitted to the windsor star
obviously when you have kids things
change dramatically everything becomes a
lot harder in 2001 then aspiring country
singer courtney began appearing
occasionally on the daytime drama One
Life to Live as MTV News reported at the
time the singer landed a recurring role
on the show throughout the summer the
outlet reported kale will portray
herself and have several musical
performances on the show that led oh my
gosh to so many years and music and TV
for Courtney who had performed in
musical productions as a teen acting was
both a creative endeavor and a financial
one she told the National Post I always
like to act it definitely didn't feed my
soul like music but it did feed the bank
account so I did a brief stint on One
Life to Live playing myself at the time
I went back and forth between New York
and Nashville and that was fun but music
was always where it was at for us even
though it didn't pay the bills like TV
did Courtney and Dave are longtime
residents of Nashville Tennessee but
they are actually Canadian while both
are now dual citizens of Canada and the
US
Dave hails from Canada's capital Ottawa
while Courtney is originally from the
Ontario city of Windsor in 2016 Courtney
took to Instagram to jokingly admit she
felt quote conflicted with Canadians
celebrating Canada Day on July 1st
while her neighbors to the south
celebrate Independence Day on July 4th
she told the Sudbury Star we're dual
citizens but you can't take the Canadian
out of us while the pair have
established deep roots in the city of
music Courtney offered a surprising
response when asked where she would live
if she had to move to another country
she told marketplace events I'm sort of
in love with Italy right now Dave and I
visited this year and felt like we could
live in Florence for a while not forever
but a year or two would be wonderful
before masters a flip Dave and Courtney
helmed an earlier TV show that had much
less to do with flipping houses in 2009
the pair starred in meet the Wilsons a/c
T Canada reality series described by the
Windsor star as a kind of Truman Show
about workaday Nashville folk trying to
juggle music careers with the demands of
raising a family
and according to the network's series
announcement the show was a family
affair the statement read with the help
of their family and friends one of whom
is crashing with them temporarily the
Wilsons are determined to make all of
their dreams come true
I never say hey you can have it all
everything comes with sacrifice
Courtney explained that they chose to do
the series after facing tough times
while trying to make it in the music
industry
she told the windsor star we needed to
come up with an angle that would work
for us and keep us together doing
something we both enjoyed one facet of
the Wilson's lives that was chronicled
in their series meet the Wilsons was the
couple's renovation of their Nashville
home
Courtney revealed that they got into
flipping after going through the process
themselves
she told the National Post an agent
friend of ours said to us you bought
this house a few years ago and
completely transformed it why don't you
buy another one and do it there too
so we started doing that lipstick
renovations and made $10,000 it looks
like it fits right into the neighborhood
I know as house flipping became
lucrative for the couple courtney and
dave eventually went all-in putting
their efforts toward renovating
nashville homes and selling them at a
profit they became experts at their
trade with courtney serving as realtor
and designer while dave oversaw
construction
she told the toronto star as an agent i
know where to spend the money and dave
is really good at what areas are going
to be the next big thing location as
they say is the key this looks amazing
but making money in real estate can be a
roll of the dice and the Wilsons are
well aware of the risky nature of their
business Dave told the outlet look we
own five to ten properties at any time
imagine if the market turns while dave
was proud to reveal that he and his wife
have never lost money on a deal he
recognizes that's always a possibility
adding you can lose your shirt in a
heartbeat in addition to masters of flip
the couple's brand also extends to their
own web
site with one section featuring
Courtney's blog in one post she shared a
revealing fact about herself
writing I cry a lot I'm tough as nails
when it comes to certain things
especially business but I can cry at the
drop of a head over a little more than a
good grocery store commercial don't even
get me started on Disney movies when
frozen's Elsa unfrozen o with her act of
love I was evolved full of bubbles and
Kleenex Kourtney believes becoming a mom
was what unleashed the waterworks she
added those damn hormones kicked in and
left me overthinking everything
but tears are nothing to be ashamed of
in my world in addition to their two
biological sons the Wilsons are also
parents of adopted daughter Lennox and
Kourtney explained it was something
she's wanted to do for a long time
she told the site this mom loves when I
met Dave one of the very first things I
said no joke was someday I want to adopt
a baby and if this is a deal-breaker for
you just let me know he was of course on
a first date saying oh no that sounds
great when their second child was just
two months old the couple decided it was
time to start the lengthy adoption
process Kourtney added I just felt like
that was something that I was always
supposed to do in addition to being TV
stars and musicians the Wilsons can also
add authors to their list of titles
thanks to the 2019 publication of their
book live happy the best ways to make
your house a home Courtney told the
Edmonton Journal it's a compilation of
tips
everything from decor life parenting
marriage it's a mishmash of stuff it's
very salty salty admitting that fans had
already gotten a glimpse into their
lives on TV the couple wanted to share
something people didn't readily know
Kourtney added that's when we came up
with the idea to do stories on how we
got here so we decided to take tips
things that we used over the last 21
years together and interject little
anecdotes into each tips so we each have
a voice in the book of all the Wilsons
numerous renovations the one that
remains nearest and dearest to them is
their own home and one of the most
distinctive aspects of the project was
the transformation of the master bed
into Kourtney's personal closet she told
pop sugar
I moved our bedroom to the sitting room
it was smaller than our bedroom
obviously and then I made the bedroom my
closet and I gave David the closet off
our master bathroom it's my favorite
room in the house you can actually find
me there drinking champagne on a
Saturday afternoon reading a book
Courtney's closet is so elaborate that
she even decorated it for a holiday
party as she told Toronto it's not one
of those necessities like say your
kitchen but I'm proud of the space after
sharing a 2x4 foot closet for most of my
life with my sister and graduating to
sharing a slightly larger walk-in closet
with Dave it has been a joy to start my
morning off in a space that reflects me
after the fifth season of Masters of
flip aired in 2019 HGTV Canada announced
the couple will be starring in a new
show on the network making it home with
Courtney and Dave the network noted that
the new series shifted the focus from
the Wilsons renovating and flipping by
having the couple's share their
expertise with homeowners yes the
network explained homeowners make
strategic moves with their money by
using their flipping expertise to turn a
fixer-upper into the home of their
dreams with the keys and budget in hand
they'll transform each unloved space
into a showstopper fans of masters of
flip were stunned and saddened when the
couple announced in December 2019 that
they were separating
Courtney revealed on Instagram it is
with a very heavy heart that we share
with all of you that after nearly 18
years of marriage we have decided to
separate we have the utmost love and
respect for one another we will always
be a connected family and together we
will build a strong new path I mean a
perfect spouse you're not gonna you're
actually not gonna find them
say that again let's say you can see
that twice again as for their future on
TV a rep for HGTV Canada issued a
statement to et Canada we wholeheartedly
support Courtney and Dave during this
time we respect their privacy and honor
any decision that works best for them
and their children Courtney and Dave
will continue to appear on HGTV Canada
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