How to Use fixer-upper in a Sentence

fixer-upper

noun

• The options have been too small, too remote or too much of a fixer-upper.
  — Conor Dougherty, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024
• How does a two-bedroom fixer-upper a block from the airport sound?
  — Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2023
• But profit is not the main driver for most buyers of fixer-uppers.
  — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 13 May 2024
• Her kids come back and suddenly the farmhouse fixer-upper has been fixed up.
  — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025
• The best way to deal with fixer-uppers and frenzied fans is to silence them early in the game.
  — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 12 Jan. 2024
• Of course, there are plenty of downsides to buying a fixer-upper as well.
  — Becca Stanek, theweek, 26 July 2024
• The home, paid in cash, proved to be another fixer-upper, and came slightly charred due to a past fire.
  — Rachel Ventresca, Fortune, 16 July 2023
• In this one, the gang ends up at Carol's fixer-upper of a house (Benton brings beer!
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 27 Nov. 2024
• The house is a one-bedroom, one-bath fixer-upper that once belonged to the parents of one of Lee’s high school friends.
  — Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2023
• With some time, money, and elbow grease, a fixer-upper can be a pocket-friendly way to make your dream house yourself.
  — Aksha Mittapalli, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Jan. 2025
• Joanna Gaines just pulled off a fashion fixer-upper by taking the simplest look in your closet up a notch.
  — Clint Davis, Peoplemag, 9 Sep. 2024
• And with their exit comes a great opportunity for people eager to buy a fixer-upper of their own.
  — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 13 May 2024
• Before gearing up to buy a fixer-upper, consider your skills, time, and most timely, your loan program.
  — Aksha Mittapalli, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Jan. 2025
• Image Many people trying to buy their starter homes are finding only fixer-uppers.
  — Rukmini Callimachi, New York Times, 2 June 2024
• In many cases, the sort of historical idea of a starter home is often something that requires work, a fixer-upper.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2024
• Not all of them work for transcendent fixer-uppers Chip and Joanna Gaines.
  — Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
• Tom had some arcade games for me, in various states of functionality, from mint to fixer-upper.
  — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 25 June 2023
• There are a couple of outbuildings including a fixer-upper cottage that in the right hands would one day make a fabulous pool house.
  — Mark David, Robb Report, 22 Mar. 2024
• Burke moved to the neighborhood in 2012, purchasing a fixer-upper that had been on the market for a year.
  — Jillian Atelsek, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2024
• The couple helps families choose a fixer-upper home, then fix it up in Joanna's signature farmhouse style.
  — Kaitlin Menza, House Beautiful, 29 Aug. 2023
• The renter is selling her home, a Victorian fixer-upper in Kansas.
  — Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2024
• That verdict can’t come until the fall, but with spring camp underway this week, Florida’s fixer-upper is at the survey stage.
  — Noah White, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
• But interest in relatively cheap, old fixer-uppers has boomed as the cost of newer houses has skyrocketed over the past few years.
  — Chris Moody, Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2023
• More than six in 10 are open to buying fixer-uppers and more than half are willing to move to another state or even country to afford a home, the survey found.
  — Rachel Barber, USA Today, 17 May 2025
• Still, compared with those slick fixer-upper shows on HGTV, that only makes success seem less assured.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 3 Sep. 2024
• First-time buyers are more likely to find discounts at the lower end of the market, such as among condominiums or fixer-upper homes, real estate agents say.
  — Christian Leonard, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Feb. 2026
• Homebuyers who are choosing move-in ready homes instead of outdated fixer-uppers are reporting big monthly savings.
  — Calesa Township, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
• The nearly 3,000-square-foot fixer-upper has four bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a noticeably more rustic feel.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 8 May 2026
• In 1993, Kathy Wurzer and her husband were looking for a fixer-upper – a house the couple could put their mark on.
  — La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2023
• And who was better equipped to tackle a fixer-upper than Property Brother Jonathan himself?
  — Catherine Hong, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2025