Eddie Lucas, a veteran of the "Beneath Deck" sequence, is able to quiet down on land, buying his first dwelling earlier this 12 months.
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“Beneath Deck” star Eddie Lucas is hanging up his stripes and leaving the excessive seas to quiet down in his hometown of Baltimore, Maryland.
Lucas, 37, bought his first home in the beginning of the 12 months within the hip neighborhood of Hampden. To snag it, he needed to pay over the $330,000 asking worth.
However for the veteran of the hit Bravo sequence — presently in its ninth season — his journey to search out that excellent dwelling was not all sunshine and roses.
“The objective has all the time been to quiet down, put some roots down, purchase a home,” Lucas instructed The Submit. “Nevertheless it’s been troublesome to have the ability to attempt to do this and for lots of people my age and my technology, with housing costs the way in which they're, pupil mortgage debt at an all-time excessive, it's troublesome.”
Life on the water did assist a bit of, although.
“The yachting trade that I did gave me extra of a basis to have the ability to attain these targets, however I nonetheless have pupil loans to repay,” Lucas stated with fun.
Nevertheless, regardless of being a actuality star on Bravo’s top-rated sequence — with rankings that may surpass even the “Actual Housewives” franchise — Lucas defined they don’t precisely receives a commission the identical as the opposite actuality stars. He additionally weighed in on why, for thus many within the yachting trade, shopping for a home on this market has been burdensome.
“There may be any individual monetizing off of the present, but it surely’s undoubtedly not us,” Lucas claimed. “‘Beneath Deck’ — no matter it being the most well-liked present on Bravo — we're the lowest-paid solid members.”
Lucas defined that although they put in labor and have to get hold of specialised licenses for what they do, it has been “irritating” watching different actuality stars earn hundreds of thousands.
“Whereas we do receives a commission higher than a traditional yachtie, in fact, we're nonetheless not getting paid what folks just like the ‘Housewives’ are making, which is a bit of irritating, as a result of they’re probably not working — they’re simply going out to dinner and preventing,” Lucas stated.
So as to add to the frustration, Lucas — who has appeared on six seasons of “Beneath Deck” and earned his first officer function on the newest season — was shocked he didn’t get a name to signal on for an additional season.
“I used to be not invited again to do one other season,” Lucas revealed. “I really didn’t even get a telephone name from them saying they employed another person — which type of goes to indicate what the manufacturing entails. Everybody on ‘Beneath Deck’ is expendable.”
The Submit has reached out to Bravo for remark.
Nonetheless, Lucas stated there's all the time a chance for a future return. Within the meantime, he's excited to settle into his new dwelling and design it to his liking.
“I used to be fairly aggressive in my supply in shopping for the home as a result of the market is simply wild. It’s so loopy,” he stated. “We took some critical losses in making an attempt to accumulate property and so after I lastly discovered this home, I didn’t waste any time.”
Lucas stated his supply on the house expired by midnight — and the house owners accepted.
Made up of three bedrooms and one toilet, the row dwelling spans 1,400 sq. ft.
Lucas, who's now a full-time tugboat operator, stated he fell in love with the home as a result of it got here with a variety of character. His girlfriend, Natalie Inada, was the primary to identify the house inside hours of it hitting the market.
“It actually ticked the packing containers of being giant sufficient. It’s a really outdated home. It has unique hardwood flooring. It has unique stained glass home windows,” the proud, new home-owner stated. “It has a variety of character to it. Quite a lot of character.”
Options embrace an up to date kitchen with a pantry, a screened-in rear porch that overlooks a completely fenced yard with a fig tree, a bed room with a walk-in closet, and a big basement — a rarity for the Baltimore space.
“It’s in a extremely cool spot and it’s been various enjoyable making it a house and making it mine. It’s a sluggish course of but it surely’s actually rewarding,” he added. “I feel I received actually fortunate additionally. Luck was undoubtedly on my aspect for this home.”
Lucas additionally likes that he will get to stay someplace that's near his household, who stay in Ruxton.
“I grew up in an important home. My father is an architect. I actually received a love for the realm and the structure that's right here, and it was very very particular.”
As for his profession in yachting, Lucas stated due to a two-weeks-on, two-weeks-off schedule, there are many alternatives for brand new adventures.
“There may be all the time that drive, that draw to have the ability to get again out to open waters, in comparison with what I'm doing now, which may be very localized harbor work,” he stated. “There may be that need to get out of the harbor and get these sea breezes.”
“The yachting trade was actually only a means to an finish for me,” he defined. “And I feel that's the identical for lots of people who spend an excellent a variety of time in that trade. Lots of people get into that trade at first due to the draw of it — the exoticness, the glitz and glamour of it, with the ability to journey, with the ability to see components of the world and receives a commission for it. It's incredible.
“However individuals who actually keep there for 5, six, 10 or extra years notice the advantages of what that trade can provide you,” Lucas stated. “Proper now I’m simply making an attempt to be right here with my household and settle right here.”
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