EXCLUSIVE: ‘Bachelor Mansion Takeover’ Judges Tayshia Adams and Tyler Cameron Lift the Lid on ‘Incredible’ Transformation of the Iconic Abode

The iconic mansion where all of the singles from "The Bachelor" franchise have gone to find a soulmate is finally receiving some love of its own in the form of an "incredible" makeover carried out by some of the shows' most beloved former stars.

"Bachelor Mansion Takeover," an aptly named collaboration between ABC and HGTV, will see multiple members of "The Bachelor" universe going head to head in a renovation competition, while judges Tyler Cameron and Tayshia Adams rank their efforts to crown an overall winner.

Now, ahead of the show's March 2 premiere, Cameron and Adams have shared a sneak peek at what viewers can expect from the show and the makeover, telling Realtor.com® that future stars of the dating series will be thoroughly "spoiled" by the luxurious features that have been added during the course of filming.

For nearly 20 years, the 10,000-square-foot, seven-bedroom, eight-bathroom, Mediterranean Revival-style estate that sits on a 9-acre lot in Southern California’s Santa Monica Mountains has served as the primary filming location for the reality TV dating franchise.

Known to insiders as the Villa De La Vina, the home is more widely referred to by fans as the “Bachelor Mansion” because the show has consistently been shot there since Brad Womack’s Season 11 in 2007.

But the iconic mansion is now unrecognizable, according to Adams and Cameron, who watched carefully as a dozen former contestants from “The Bachelor,” “The Bachelorette,” “The Golden Bachelor,” and “The Golden Bachelorette” returned to the property to transform its outdated spaces.

Just like on the dating shows, “Bachelor” franchise host Jesse Palmer holds weekly elimination ceremonies. However, this time, contestants are evaluated on creativity and craftsmanship rather than a love connection with the show’s lead, and the winner will walk away with a $100,000 cash prize instead of a relationship.

By design, the competition’s judges are intimately aware of the 2005-built abode’s shortcomings, having lived there themselves. Adams was “The Bachelorette” in 2020 after appearing on “The Bachelor” and “Bachelor in Paradise,” and Cameron came in as the runner-up on Hannah Brown’s season of “The Bachelorette” in 2019.

Speaking to Realtor.com ahead of the competition show's premiere, both recall cramped sleeping quarters and a lack of storage.

“I lived in the main bunk room that has 10 of the girls," remembers Adams. "Storage was definitely a huge issue because us girls each brought two to three suitcases, so we were actually stepping on top of each other’s suitcases on the daily." 

“I lived in a tighter room with, like, six guys, so not as many people, but still felt tight," adds Cameron. "That room needed storage, it needed function. There’s none of that. We're literally walking over everyone's stuff in there.”

While Cameron was forced to endure the mansion’s imperfections during his pursuit of love, he says future contestants will have a far more comfortable experience now that the home has been transformed with so much tender loving care.

“They're spoiled now, this house is macked out,” teases Cameron, as he notes all the new amenities that weren’t available when he was living at the historic TV home.

“The backyard is incredible,” he says. “We kind of would just wander around the mansion, like, ‘What do we do now?’

“Now they can go to the gym. They can go to the sauna. It's a five-star resort outside. It's incredible. 

“And then inside, the living quarters are amazing. The living room, everything that they touched in that house got upgraded.”

Adams agrees that all the aesthetic and functional improvements will put cooped-up contestants at ease.

“It was a gorgeous mansion, but it wasn't very comfortable and now, you can kind of be in any space of the house and truly feel relaxed and just kind of immerse yourself in the experience and enjoy yourself,” she says, before sharing Cameron’s desire to test drive the newly-renovated space.

“Tyler said he was going to re-sign up for the show just so he could stay in the mansion again,” jokes Adams.

Though Cameron clarifies he has a girlfriend, he admits it would be “cool to see” the new changes inside the mansion as well as the old features fans have grown accustomed to seeing on TV that were intentionally preserved.

“There’s definitely pieces to the house that are very nice, old, expensive, like, all the woodwork in the house is insane,” he states. “It's true character, true art.

“There's these incredible fireplaces throughout—they may go, they may stay,” he notes. “The beauty of the house was always a debate on whether they should keep it or get rid of it.”

The competition, which plays out over six episodes, requires contestants to make some dramatic design decisions. Nevertheless, the mansion’s romantic ambiance is one element that is never placed on the chopping block.

“The lighting, moodiness, if you will,” explains Adams. “We wanted to keep that sexiness of the mansion because at the end of the day, rose ceremonies are filmed at night and bachelorettes want to try to get some time away with these guys and have intimate moments, so preserving that integrity of it was really important.”

“In ‘The Bachelor’ world, we're all about candlelight, kissing under the candles, and all the moodiness of that,” adds Cameron, who also shares the key to curating a romantic vibe in any home.

“For anything romantic, it's all about lighting,” he says. “Turn off the high hats, turn on the chandeliers, dim them down. Anything with lighting to make it a little bit more moody and candlelit, that's where it's at.”

The romantic vibes at the revamped Bachelor Mansion were in fact put to the test shortly after renovations were complete by Taylor Frankie Paul, the 31-year-old “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” star who is set to make her debut as the Season 22 “Bachelorette” on March 22. 

Yet, even as Adams confirms “a lot of successful love stories have come out of that mansion,” she reveals it remains to be seen whether Paul actually falls in love with the mansion’s new look.

“We have not asked her if she loves it yet, but I'm sure we'll see how she feels about the mansion the second she walks in it,” says Adams.

Meanwhile, Cameron is reflecting on the commitments he’s made outside of his “Bachelor Mansion Takeover” judging stint. The “Going Home With Tyler Cameron” star continues to work in his home state of Florida as a general contractor, and he expanded his career into real estate by joining Ryan Serhant’s eponymous firm in 2025.

“Adding that to my plate has been crazy, but it has opened up so many doors and made my real estate world so much bigger,” recounts Cameron.

“I’m doing a 24-townhome development in Hutchinson Island so there's just so many things that are happening because of the SERHANT. name that I'm so grateful for,” he adds.

“I’m leading a new development project in my first three months of being a part of SERHANT.—that doesn't happen, you know? SERHANT.’s name just creates so much fuel and so much fire to what you're doing, and now I got to go sell these townhomes and make a big splash.”

Even after the final rose, it’s clear Cameron and many Bachelor Nation alums have no shortage of passion projects.

“Bachelor Mansion Takeover” premieres Monday, March 2 at 8 p.m. on HGTV.