Buyers who are in the market for a new home, but finding that options in their price range miss the mark on must-have features, can now see how the latest 3-D computer-generated graphics can reveal a bright future for any home in their consideration set.
HGTV's new weekly series, Hidden Potential, premieres on Sunday, October 1 at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT and features home buyers who access the technology most commonly used by professional architects to reveal a multitude of possibilities for homes with poor layout and design issues.

The new weekly series brings prospective buyers on a tour of three possible homes within their budgets. The buyers are joined by architect/designer Barry Wood who first meets with them and listens to their wish list of amenities and their vision of an ideal new home. Wood, armed with his imagination, a laptop and the 3-D computer graphics design program, highlights a range of realistically-attainable design concepts that require from $5,000 to $100,000 in additional investment. With the push of a button, obstacles are revealed, walls are knocked down, spaces opened up, rooms added on and poor layouts resolved.

"Buying a home is the single biggest investment most people will ever make and it can be an even more daunting process in the current real estate market," said Melissa Sykes, senior vice president, original programming, HGTV. "Hidden Potential shows viewers how a little financial investment can expand their possibilities and bring them closer to their vision of the perfect home."

Whether it's creating a formal dining room, adding on guest accommodations, or even installing a hot tub in the master bathroom, each week Hidden Potential tackles both common problems and specific issues that can make or break the deal when house hunters must decide whether or not to buy a house. Wood presents a range of virtual ideas to update rooms or completely revamp a space so that buyers can see the real potential of the house after a space redesign and renovation.