A production crew from the HGTV hit show “What You Get for the Money” will be in Lawrence on Sunday, ringing the doorbell at the home of Lance and Jennifer Johnson and asking to come inside.

They’ll have lights, cameras and plenty of rooms, window treatments and other features to catch as part of the action.

“How somebody ever came up with our home – out of all the beautiful and unique homes in Lawrence – I just have no idea,” said Lance Johnson, whose home in The Reserve at Alvamar had been nominated by a Realtor and an associate in Lawrence. “But we watch the show, and we figured, ‘What the heck? They’ll never pick us.'”

Turns out producers had other ideas. Officials from High Noon Entertainment called two weeks ago and said they were coming to town.

“It’s crazy,” Johnson said.

The Johnsons’ residence and four other area homes – three in Topeka and one in Tecumseh – are being filmed this week and next, for future episodes of the High Noon program that rates among the top 10 shows on HGTV and also appears on the Fine Living network.

The show’s premise: Six different homes. Six different communities. One price point.

Lance and Jennifer Johnson's home in the The Reserve at Alvamar will be featured on HGTV's hit show What

In Lawrence, the Johnsons’ five-bedroom, 5,700-square-foot place falls into the show’s $800,000 category. The one-minute segment will be shown during a 30-minute episode sometime next year.

“You can see what you can get for $800,000 in Kansas as opposed to Pennsylvania or New York or Austin, Texas, or wherever,” said Joni Busby, the show’s supervising producer. “Each episode is a price point, so you can see what you can get.”

The Topeka homes to be featured fall into $200,000, $300,000 and $600,000 ranges, Busby said. The place in Tecumseh is set at $400,000.

All their owners have stories to tell, whether it’s a single mother or a family of five.

“People are passionate about the places they live,” Busby said. “The people on our show try to put a personal signature – either in the architecture, the interior design or a combination of both – on their homes. There’s something distinctive about the homes we pick.”

While Lance Johnson acknowledges being flattered by the show’s valuation of his place, he isn’t so sure it would hold up on the open market: “I think they’ve got a lot of leeway in their pricing,” he said.

And as for a story to tell, it might just be fatigue. The Johnsons have two children and have plenty of work to do to get the place ready for prime time, from mowing the lawn to clearing the floors and seemingly everything else in between.

“We’ve got everything: toys, socks, clothes,” Lance Johnson said, with a laugh. “With kids, you get cleaned up and in two hours it looks like it had a tornado hit it.”

And for a show that normally features homes in places like San Diego, Philadelphia and other metro areas, he’s looking forward to seeing middle America in the spotlight.

“I hope we represent Lawrence well,” he said.