How long were Selling The OC’s Alex and Ian together before they bought *that* house?
This is just insanely quick
Alex Hall’s love life on Selling The OC has always come with a little sparkle and a little chaos, but her romance with Ian Young was next-level fast. One minute they were giving each other flirty glances and joking about their ‘history’, and the next they were… buying a house in Temecula. Casual!
Folks were left blinking like, Wait, did we miss three episodes? The wild part is that the timeline really was that quick, just not quite as random as it looked on screen.
So let’s break down how long they were actually together before signing those mortgage papers.
How long Alex and Ian were together
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So, here’s what we know from actual records. Alex and Ian closed on their Temecula home on March 31, 2025, which is the one hard date in all of this, per Homes.com. Everything else comes from what we see on the show and what’s been reported by outlets covering the season.
According to those reports, plus what the cast hinted at during filming, Alex and Ian had reconnected a few months before buying the house.
They weren’t a long-term, slow-burn couple by any means. Their renewed relationship was still pretty fresh when cameras started rolling for Selling The OC season four, and they were officially dating during filming.
That puts the start of their ’round two’ romance somewhere in the early-to-mid 2025 window.
But here’s the twist. They actually dated briefly in the past, years before the show ever captured their chemistry, per Decider.
That old spark is what made the fast pace this time around make a little more sense, they weren’t total strangers diving into a mortgage. More like ex-something-somes reviving a vibe that never fully fizzled.
Still, from the moment things officially heated back up to the moment they became co-homeowners? We’re talking a matter of months, not years. It really was as quick as it looked.
How long was their entire romance?
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If you zoom out and look at the full picture, the first fling and the 2025 reboot, their story is more of a two-part mini series than one continuous love story, per Cosmopolitan.
The first chapter was potentially short, casual, and off-camera. They dated briefly, things fizzled, and life moved on.
The second chapter involved reconnecting in 2025, dating again, filming together, and then, in the most OC realtor energy move ever, buying a house. That whole chapter unfolded over just a few months before their March closing date.
And if you’ve kept up with the fallout after the season aired, you’ll know the romance didn’t exactly go the distance. Alex later confirmed they’d split, saying some things came to light after moving in that made her rethink the relationship. So yes, the whole arc was quick, a fast restart, a fast house purchase, and a fast heartbreak.
To sum it up bluntly, Alex spoke publicly about the messy split and described it as a “complete clusterf***.”
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