--- title: "Chip and Joanna Gaines list their Waco mansion for $7.39 million before its Fixer Upper series airs" url: https://badiyaa.com/chip-joanna-gaines-waco-mansion-for-sale-fixer-upper/ published: 2026-10-27T15:14:00+00:00 modified: 2026-10-27T15:14:00+00:00 section: Entertainment publisher: Badiyaa --- # Chip and Joanna Gaines list their Waco mansion for $7.39 million before its Fixer Upper series airs The six-bedroom lakeside estate is the subject of Fixer Upper: Chip Bought a Mansion, which premieres December 27, and the listing still shows the rooms before the renovation. The 15,000-square-foot Waco, Texas, mansion at the center of Chip and Joanna Gaines’ next television project is already for sale, with an asking price of $7,390,000, two months before the first episode reaches viewers. The six-bedroom house sits on 5.7 acres above [Lake Waco](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Waco), the reservoir on the city’s west side. Chip bought it three years ago as what the show’s official description calls “an exciting investment,” and the renovation that followed is the subject of *Fixer Upper: Chip Bought a Mansion*, a six-episode series that begins on Magnolia Network and HGTV with a double bill at 9 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, December 27. Joanna, in a statement released with the announcement, called her husband’s purchase a “bold move” and said the house “challenged us creatively and stretched our comfort zones.” In the trailer she puts it more simply: “This will be the biggest fixer we’ve ever done.” Later in the same clip she tells Chip, “This one just feels heavier.” ## A listing that runs ahead of the broadcast The sale paperwork reads like a preview. The photos on the listing, held by Amanda Nesbitt of Magnolia Realty, show the rooms in their old state, with gilded fittings and heavy drapes, while the description is written in the future tense: the home “will be thoughtfully reimagined to reveal a timeless, more neutral-leaning palette for a future owner.” Nesbitt said in an interview published this week that the couple “have done a spectacular job reimagining each space in the finest way.” The listing also promises that the original trim, moldings and millwork will be kept, and that the kitchen will be rebuilt as the center of the house. Its main selling points: - a two-story foyer with a floating staircase and ornate iron balusters - a billiard room, wine cellar, media room and a gym with a steam shower - a ground-floor primary suite with two bathrooms and its own door to the courtyard - a separate guest suite with a private entrance, sitting area and kitchenette - an infinity-edge pool facing the water, an outdoor kitchen, covered porches, a pond and four garage bays ## What $7.39 million buys in Waco At roughly 15,000 square feet, the asking price works out to about $493 a square foot ($7,390,000 divided by 15,000), a little more if the house is slightly under that round figure. That is a long way from the market that made the couple famous. On the original [*Fixer Upper*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixer_Upper_(TV_series)), which ran on HGTV from 2013 to 2018, the buyers usually had an overall budget below $200,000. The Bicycle House from season one went on sale in 2016 for $350,000, so the mansion is priced at about 21 times that. The show’s Barndominium, offered in April 2017 for $1.2 million, would cover roughly one-sixth of it. ## A franchise built on single houses The mansion is the latest in a string of one-property spinoffs. After the first run ended, the couple revived the format as *Fixer Upper: Welcome Home* in January 2021, one of the launch shows for Magnolia Network, the channel they oversee, which took the place of DIY Network. *The Castle* followed in 2022, *The Hotel* in 2023, *The Lakehouse* in June 2024 and *Colorado Mountain Home* in December 2025, the first of the series set outside Texas. The castle project, Waco’s Cottonland Castle, appeared to have found a buyer in September. According to Magnolia Network’s episode description, the premiere starts with an open house held before any work began, where realtors and neighbors gave feedback, and follows Chip as he sells salvaged materials from the property to offset costs. Allison Page, the network’s president, said the project “begins with a big idea that only Chip could dream up.” After the December 27 double bill, each new episode streams on HBO Max the following day, starting Monday, December 28. ## Further reading - [Wikipedia: Fixer Upper (TV series)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixer_Upper_(TV_series)) - [Wikipedia: Lake Waco](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Waco) *Image: HuecoBear, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons* *This article was produced with AI assistance and reviewed by our Editorial Desk. [How we work](https://badiyaa.com/editorial-policy/).*