[dolmar] this is tampa, florida.
A destination city with gorgeous weather.
And a hot real estate market.
I'm dolmar cross.
And when it comes to flipping zombie houses here,
I am the dealmaker, with style.
- We got a deal? - We have a deal.
[laughs]
I buy ugly, nasty, disgusting zombie houses
At rock bottom prices,
And transform them into sexy masterpieces.
My friend and agent sam middleton,
Is known as the hammer,
Because she doesn't put up with any bs.
If things go wrong, she's gonna come down on you,
Like a hammer.
We can't list the house like this. It looks bad.
In order to make a flip stand out in tampa,
Well, you gotta make it sexy.
Designer, amanda areopagita brings her vision
And helps us turn these houses from trashy zombies
To sexy and stylish homes.
Look at it!
[dolmar] it looks really good.
It's messy work, but somebody's gotta do it.
Let's do this. I need you amped up and excited.
The badder the zombie
- Look at this thing. - Wow.
The bigger the reward.
- Ugh! - Oh god!
- I'm not going in there. - I'm not walking in there.
This is zombie house flipping, tampa.
I wanna know when we're done designing
And flipping this house,
You guys gonna go on hover boards with me?
- I'll go. - I'm down for a good time.
Tampa is a very hot area and people come to tampa
- For our beaches. - Yes.
But they come for our a rated,
You know, sporting events that we got.
Yes.
We are the city of champions,
They call us champ-a bay for a reason.
Tampa was voted one of the hottest cities for real estate.
Even with the slight market shifts we've seen
And some of the increases in the interest rates,
It has slowed things down a little bit
But when you're going in and fully rehabbing a property,
You still have all the advantage out there.
Ever since I started my real estate career here in tampa,
I've turned ugly zombies into beautiful homes.
I became one of the biggest buyers
In my primary area in the first six months.
In the last 18 years, I've done over 1,000 transactions already.
Zombie houses are essentially
Vacant dilapidated, distressed houses
That are a drain on the neighborhood.
I really enjoy taking these houses
And turning them from something ugly into something people love.
It's become a passion of mine.
I wanna take you guys to look at this house.
I heard about this property from another investor.
This property is a two bedroom, one bath, block home
With an in-ground pool in the backyard.
And the seller's asking 280.
It is amazing, based on location,
Price point, proximity to the beach.
Indian rocks beach, very hot beach, sexy beach.
Four or five miles from clearwater beach.
I think it's a sexy deal, but I wanna see if you guys
Think it's sexy deal as well.
Located near clearwater, one of the biggest cities in tampa,
And the famed indian rocks beach,
This house in the whispering pines neighborhood
Of largo, florida, has a lot of potential.
With the tampa tech industry booming
There are lots of new jobs
And therefore new buyers are piling into the city.
[dolmar] there it is baby.
- Got its own grounds. - There it is.
[sam] you can't see the front of the house with all the trees.
It's had some time out in zombie.
[dolmar] it looks like the entrance of jumanji.
So, there's definitely gonna need to be
A budget for landscaping.
There are a lot of trees that overshadow the house
Hides the charm of the house.
We gotta cut the trees down,
And do something completely different here.
If we're gonna clear it out, start with the tree branches
Cos they could be affecting the roof.
But that could be wood rot up there.
This could get very expensive.
[dolmar] this 1956 mid-century 1,000 square foot zombie house,
Has two bedrooms, one bath and a pool.
[dolmar] see what we're dealing with here.
Let's take a look.
Ugh. It smells in here.
- [amanda] ew! - [sam] can you smell that?
Look at this.
[amanda] eee! Okay, okay, okay.
We got a vintage kitchen.
[dolmar] a small ass kitchen.
[sam] this is not gonna work. Because this is not exciting.
[laughs]
I don't wanna be in this kitchen. I don't wanna cook.
[sam] think resale.
This is a very small little galley kitchen.
Where the heck are we gonna put the fridge?
Let's see what's behind this,
I don't know if you're able to borrow some space from here.
[sam] yeah. It would be nice if we can expand it back.
What's on the other side of it?
[amanda] what's on the other side?
[knocks]
Well, hellooo! Anybody home?
- [sam] a surprise. - I see a string here.
- Are you ready to pull it? - No!
What if something's back there?
Any time I open things, I'm like
- Ready? - Do it.
Some surprise. Alright.
- [they laugh] - great!
That was the grand.
I wonder if it goes in. Oh, there you go!
It's supposed to go the other way.
[sam] this is very interesting.
Okay, so we got concrete right here.
[sam] it's like a little mudroom, right?
Yeah, that's brick. Dang! So we can't extend this more.
Okay, there's wasps' nests in here.
[dolmar] and you got another secret door here.
[sam] spiders. This is fun. What is this?
[dolmar] it's a little shed.
With lots of wasps, around your head. So, be careful.
Yeah. That's great. We're gonna go back in.
We have to take a look at this kitchen
And we'll have to figure out a game plan here.
There's not much space we can borrow from here.
I really don't know what else to do with this space.
[amanda] we'll do something fancy.
White cabinets, make it feel airy and open.
Adding little pull-out drawers in the cabinets.
This little kitchen is gonna be so functioning
You wouldn't even know that it's this small.
So, let's talk money.
What's it gonna cost to redo this kitchen here?
I would try to stay in the $10,000 range.
[sam] yeah. Challenge accepted.
- Listen, this is on you. - Oh no!
Wanna see what you can do.
Let's go see what's going on over here, in the living room.
This makes me nervous.
[dolmar] wow! This is not good!
The whole ceiling is sagging.
[dolmar] wonder where this leak's from,
We need to get this roof inspected.
It could really, really, really, really, really,
Really, put us upside down on this deal.
What I like about this, though, is the open space.
As soon as you walk in. However, what I see right away,
You walk through that front door and you're looking at this wall.
What do you think about taking down this wall
And maybe putting in sliders, right here?
[amanda] yeah. Totally. Knock down this wall.
And then bust down the backyard patio.
If we could afford it, put as many sliders across,
If we could do it across.
The sight line from the front door,
Can go all the way out to the pool.
[dolmar] yeah. Alright. Onto the bathroom. Yikes!
[amanda] I'm loving the shower seat.
What can we pull from here?
[dolmar] we're gonna have a complete bathroom remodel.
Amanda, what are your ideas for what you do with this room?
The blueprint is gonna stay the same.
We could do double sinks
And definitely change this into a shower.
[dolmar] I like the idea. Let's see what else.
Bedroom number one.
[amanda] I don't love that window unit.
One thing we gotta do, these windows
Have to probably be impact windows
Because of the closeness to the beach.
So that alone is like $400, maybe 450 per window.
Bedroom number two here.
I'm seeing water stains again on the ceiling.
These two bedrooms need some cosmetic upgrades.
Man, it is so hot in here.
- I know, when is it hotter? - It's florida.
Oh! Look at this!
Wow!
[sam] ew. Look at this nasty pool.
We gotta make note that there's a crack on the deck too.
I was excited about a pool home, until you brought me out here
And now I just see a big old money pit.
What makes me really nervous about this
Is it can literally eat up our whole profit.
It doesn't look like it's been used in a really long time.
[dolmar] which brings into question if the pump even works.
It's a big expense.
But there's a lot of potential here because of this pool.
There's not a lot of properties in the area with a pool.
It's a very nice size.
[sam] we gotta do some work to this,
Cos nobody's gonna want a green pool.
Speaking of budget, what are we looking at?
So far, we got roof, the pool, brand new kitchen.
That's your challenge.
Brand new bathroom, flooring, painting.
We're gonna need brand new windows all around.
Right now, we're looking at around 280 on the asking price
From the seller.
Two months, in and out, on the market.
Based on what I've seen so far,
Probably gonna be around 50,000.
[sam] 50? I think we're going over that.
There's a huge hole in the ceiling.
The pool, that could be a major issue.
So I think we need to go run those numbers really well,
And go back and renegotiate a little with the seller
To get it to a place where there's a win/win for them.
But that way, there's actually some profit,
If we run into some of these really expensive issues.
- Let's put in an offer. - Yeah, let's write a contract.
[dolmar] due to the pool and the hole in the ceiling,
I was able to get this house down to $245,000.
Now, I know sam has her doubts,
But I believe we can stay within our $50,000 renovation budget.
When we sell the property our realtor commission
And closing costs will come to around $19,000.
We plan to do this in 60 days,
So our loan interest will come to around $5,900,
Which makes our total investment just under $320,000.
Comps in the area are around 380,000
And we plan to sell this house for at least that,
Which gives us a potential profit of about $60,000.
We need to do some major work to this bungalow.
First, we need to find a way to maximize
This 1000 square foot house and make the space feel bigger.
We're gonna knock down the wall to the back sunroom
And add a glass sliding door so you can see towards the pool.
We can't extend the kitchen,
So we're gonna update the cabinets and the appliances
To give it more of a sparkle and a better functionality.
Our biggest plans are for the outside.
Besides repairing the roof,
We're gonna tear down this ugly, nasty,
Dilapidated and outdated patio space
To open it up and turn this backyard
Into the real oasis that all centers around the pool.
Construction day. Let's make this house sexy again.
- Let's make it sexy. - Alright, let's do.
Let's do it.
It's sexy time.
Anthony's here. You got some tools for me?
You said you wanna save money.
Time to start demoing yourself.
I gotta get to work. Thank you, sir.
I love working with anthony.
He's my contractor and my project manager.
Let's do this. I am excited.
So, I'm thinking we start right here, in this kitchen.
Is the water shut off?
Yep. We got that taken care of.
So, who's gonna take the first swing?
- You! Let's see you in action. - Yeah!
I actually thought amanda should do it.
- Ah, really? - You ready?
Let's do it.
I'm gonna actually back up.
Show me what you got, little momma.
- [sam] hold on. That's it? - There you go.
[cheering]
Ah!
[dolmar] we got a problem. Look at this.
We got brick here.
I did not expect the wall to have a brick frame around it.
Let's get it all out, see what we got, decide from there.
[dolmar] and now we're getting structural issues,
And it's gonna be expensive to tear it down.
[sam] we have a solution, not doing a door
- And having a window. - Yes.
We have to do it.
I think if we were keeping this all enclosed,
That was the way to go, open it all up.
But now that you're knocking down the whole back porch,
It still gives a little bit of,
"this is the house and that's the outside" feel.
It'll still be fantastic.
[amanda] so, we're gonna do a picture window here.
- [dolmar] not tearing it out? - [amanda] not tearing it down.
It's gonna save thousands of dollars.
I wanted it, like, nice and open.
The picture window could make sense.
It could give that nice view back there, but I liked it open.
[sam] it'll still be fantastic. And save thousands of dollars.
- Thousands. - Those doors are not cheap.
- [sam] thousands - [amanda] thousaaands.
I'm not sure that you would get the value on the resale,
With that extra money. You'll still get the same effect.
Woo, good point!
I like it. You speak my language. That's a good point.
So, anthony, I'm actually glad you're here.
How much they're talking about putting a glass here,
Make a picture window. How much would it cost to do it?
Are you talking about one solid, picture window?
[sam and amanda] yes.
[anthony] I'm gonna have to get a price.
Is it way cheaper than a door is though?
Definitely cheaper than the doors. Yes.
I was hoping for this nice open space with a glass door
So you could see right into the backyard.
So, I was honestly disappointed.
I like the idea.
- Yes. - We'll run with it.
- We agree. - Another one I win.
My ass is sweatin' and I'm breathing in all these fumes,
And I need water.
She's ready to quit already. We've still got the bathroom.
I'm gonna stay outta d's way.
[anthony] probably a good idea.
Don't forget the water's on.
The water's on?
Yeah. You need it.
[laughs] now you tell me! Alright.
Whatever you do, don't hit the pipe.
Yeah!
Keep going! Keep going!
Hit it!
Good!
Let's go! Let's go!
Whoa!
Hey, you wanna get onto doing something else?
How about we let them figure out the rest of this.
Let's head to the backyard.
What you got for us, amanda?
Alright, so
Because we are going to have a seating area back here,
I thought we could add something to really make it stand out.
And I just collaborated with an artist who could do a mural.
- What's the costs? - He's really talented.
What's he gonna cost?
Um I got the connection. Don't worry.
We're clear, free?
- Free 99. - Free 99.
- Sold! - We'll see what we can do here.
So, real quick. We have a budget of 50,000.
I'm hoping that we can still stay here.
- [they laugh] - especially with you.
Why, who's that over there?
- No, right here. - Oh, that one.
Right, so $50,000 budget.
We were thinking comps around 380, conservatively 360.
But 380, but with the pool
And some of the designs you're gonna do here
Yes.
I'm hoping we can cross that 400 mark.
I would love that, yeah.
Push it to that 400 mark. Let's see what we can do.
[dolmar] it's time to cut back this overgrown foliage,
To increase our curb appeal.
In the second bedroom,
We're losing the smaller of the two closets
To open up the space.
This will offer more function to the room.
In the living room, we're starting to fix
That gaping hole in the ceiling.
And we've begun to work tearing down the back patio.
We're removing all the rotted wood and all the windows.
Morning, morning!
Morning.
- How you doing? - Good.
[dolmar] so, what's this stuff?
Okay, so, this is
- This looks nice. - Yeah.
This is all the materials for the kitchen and bath.
Where is this going?
This one's going in the bath.
And it's gonna be on the wall where the shower faucet is.
- This looks so sexy. - This is beautiful.
So, it's important to bring the outdoors in,
So that we have that spa-like experience
- In the bathroom. - Colors are amazing.
The whole bath is this?
[amanda] no. This is going to be the side walls
And this is going to be the shower faucet wall.
I'm really impressed with it.
Let's go sexier. This is gonna be
The upper cabinets of the kitchen.
And this is the color of the lower.
And I got you your kitchen, under budget.
[dolmar] okay.
It is under budget because the cabinets were under budget,
I was able to go a little bit more on the back splash here.
Alright, so this will be against this?
Yeah. So, it's gonna look like that.
And then there's the butcher block, countertop.
- Butcher block? - Butcher block.
- I love a butcher block. - Why not quartz or something?
Cos we're bringing that mid-century modern
- All that earthy back in. - The earth tones back again.
All this is gonna get all tied in.
You like the butcher block?
I love butcher block. It looks so good.
I'm not gonna question it.
[amanda] and then this is the flooring throughout
- That's gonna look great. - Alright.
- The entire house. - What color's the grout?
That one's gonna be like a gray.
This looks so nice, I gotta ask, like, how much is this costing?
It is within budget.
We are, like, at $3 a square foot for this one.
- Well, lookit there. - For that one wall.
I'm impressed. But it's all irrelevant
If we're gonna start going and bumping over
The 50k that we have. Are we still there? Look at his face.
See, that's what I mean. That's when I get concerned.
My concern was that those numbers
Weren't right in the first place, cos we had a big hole
And you were saying we could still get it all done.
- So, you know - I know.
The challenge is on. We can do it.
- Alright, guys. - Done.
- [dolmar] what's up? - Hey.
-Did you see this leak inside? - No.
I just saw this leak. Come check this out.
- Look at this. - Uh, what in the hell?
[anthony] oh, hey.
[dolmar] where's this coming from?
[anthony] the bathroom. We can fix it.
[amanda] okay. Nothing big?
[dolmar] what caused the leak then?
You have a bad shut-off, that's all.
Probably have to replace it.
Sometimes they just get so old that they start to go
Then when you turn them on, turn them back off,
The pressure builds up, and, so
- Alright. - Okay.
Haven't been turned off in a long time.
- Light work. You got it. - No problem.
- Appreciate you, man. - Alright.
- Bye, anthony. - Bye.
[amanda] woo! Crisis averted.
Let me show you what I have in mind for the zombie pool.
[dolmar] there's stuff jumping in the water.
This pool is nasty and green.
All this bacteria is just getting worse.
We gotta get rid of this.
I'm excited about this pool.
I can't wait to pick out the tiles,
So that we can tie in, you know, the style with the mural,
With the pool, with the rest of the house,
Make a nice little flashy edge around the pool.
Are you gonna keep the same blue color,
Or put a nice little pattern design to it?
Geometric design.
I would love to pull that kind of style around the pool.
It's gonna be cool and it's gonna be updated.
I think that's gonna look great here.
Yeah. It's gonna be super, super cool.
[dolmar] with the leak under control in the bathroom,
We're ripping out this old tile to make way for the new one.
We've pulled that dated bathtub to make way for the shower.
Now it's time to figure out
What's at the bottom of that pool.
Our pool contractors have to drain it
To get rid of that green algae.
Thankfully there doesn't seem to be any obvious cracks.
However, we're gonna need a new pool pump.
To give the home exterior a chic update, we're using behr paints,
Shade of cracked pepper
And contrasting it with their ultra white on the trim.
Today we're gonna go pick out tiles
And finishing for the pool.
So, with our budget being $50,000 overall
- On the entire house - mm-hmm.
The budget I'm giving you for the pool is $10,000.
Is that $10,000 all to design or $10,000 with repairs?
It's all inclusive.
I want nice sexy tile that matches the rest of the house.
I want lights in the pool that change colors.
I want the deck painted and looking good
- Okay. - Caulk in any cracks.
- Okay. - A new pool pump.
- Okay. - On $10,000.
You think you can work with that?
A pool is such a big hitter, especially in florida.
So it narrows down what I get to select from.
$10,000, amanda.
- Okay, okay. - Ten grand.
- [steve] hello! - Hello.
Welcome to pool perfection. I'm steve.
- Amanda. - Nice to meet you.
- Dolmar. - I'm steve.
- Thanks for having us. - Yes.
So, we have, a pool, that needs restoration.
We're looking to turn that ugly zombie looking pool
Into something beautiful and sexy on a budget.
I wanna feel like I'm in the maldives.
So how do you make it like that?
How do you make the water that blue?
The pebble colors are gonna dictate your water color.
This blue and white is gonna give you that
Light, bright blue that you're looking for.
But what you can also do is put a little bling in there for you.
- Mm. - We can put some glass.
So it really reflects the sun like diamonds.
At night, when you put the led color changing light,
You can light with different colors.
How much does this cost?
So, we're about 11 bucks a square foot.
The bling adds about another $1.50 a square foot.
A lot cheaper than diamonds.
What we'll do is we'll try to find a tile that you like.
This is the kind of the accent that's gonna go around the pool.
Let's see. This one's really, really pretty,
Because this actually brings in the kitchen.
The pool design for this house is critical
Because it's one of the most important features.
I'm actually really impressed
With the materials that amanda picked out.
This is gonna look really sexy.
I like it. I love it. I want it.
[laughs] alright. Let's do it.
[dolmar] today, we're putting up new drywall
And patching our ceilings.
We're also putting in our picture window.
The pool contractors begin to chip away at the pool,
To delaminate the shell
And after they repaint the edges,
It's time for the new tile to go on,
To give it that sexy feel that we're looking for.
Bayside roofing professionals are out here,
Replacing some of the old rotten wood
And getting new shingles down.
- What up? - Yay!
- [dolmar] you like the roof? -[sam] the roof is beautiful.
- [dolmar] I like the color. - [amanda] yeah.
[dolmar] looks good.
Are we going to be making it on time?
Yes, we are gonna get it done on time.
We got the roof done, the pool's being worked on right now
- Yeah. - They made a lot of progress.
What are the comps looking like?
I just pulled comps a couple of days ago,
But we're still, like, right at the 380 mark.
You don't think it can hit the 400?
I think that we can and I wanna list it.
I'd rather under-promise on mls
With things slowing down a little bit.
I do think that, when we finally list it,
We should get a lot of eyeballs,
With it looking so good inside when it's done.
The market is shifting fast, I wanna accelerate everything.
The mural artist is here, so, let's go check out the team.
Yeah. Let's go do it.
[amanda] there is the pool.
Wow.
- Looks good. - Yeah.
This looks so good, guys.
- Wow, look at that tile. - It's glistening.
It's glistening. I love how the sun hits it
And its different colors and there's rainbow and translucent.
It looks so good. I love it, guys.
Yeah.
The mural should be going up
- Where's your? - This week.
- Where is he? - Where's your guy?
- I'm looking - there he is! Hi!
- Hi, everyone. I'm siege. - Nice to meet you.
- Dolmar. Please. - Dolmar, siege.
- What's up, man? - How are you?
- I'm good. - What do you think
About your canvas?
I think it's a perfect set up.
He normally does commercials.
Haven't done residential before?
Not much. A lot of it is commercial.
How long will this take do you think?
Maybe about 25, 30 hours.
So, can I join you on this, huh?
Of course. I would love for you guys to.
It's a paint by numbers thing.
- [they laugh] - we can all paint by numbers.
A lot happening this week.
- It's a lot? - A lot.
- You're on cabinets today. - Yes.
- You're starting on the mural. - Starting today.
The tiling is going in. There's a lot happening.
- Yeah. - I've gotta figure out a fence.
I wanna add a fence back here
Because it will really enhance the backyard.
This oasis is gonna look so good.
It's definitely coming together.
While you're working on that fence, I need to help you.
I'm outta here.
Show me. I've never built a cabinet.
Ok, let's go.
I offered to help build the cabinets
Because we wanna make sure we stay on track
And get this job done.
I think this is a perfect opportunity
For amanda and I to start talking staging.
My hope is that we're going to be able to collaborate
And bring it all together
To have a beautiful house for our listing.
You said you don't normally do this,
But you're doing this because of our timeline.
Because of our timeline, I'm trying be a key player.
I'm super excited to bring in, straight line, european cabinets
And make this place look on another level.
Let's do it. I wanna wow the buyers
And then I definitely want to wow dolmar.
So, what I'm thinking is let's build some cabinets.
Oh, look at all the pieces we have!
Oh my gosh! This looks awful.
Hey, while we're doing this, can I bend your ear about something?
Okay.
I'm thinking about how when I go and do staging on properties
It's normally cookie cutter investment properties,
So we bring in pretty standard furniture.
Okay.
But with the level we wanna do the flips in these homes,
I wanted to see if you would do me a favor and help by staging?
Sounds like a banging idea. [laughs]
I have like, 26 houses staged, at all times
Wow.
What I'm thinking of doing is if we go into the back
And look at all my inventory,
You can basically, go shopping
Okay.
- Since you know the design. - Yeah.
I'm a stager but I'm not a designer.
So, I think it would help hugely for us.
We're gonna make our houses look so sexy.
There's tons of competition but we're all here to collaborate.
- Yeah. - I just wanna make sure
That we're, like, standing out, you know.
Girl power.
[dolmar] once sam and amanda move on to plan the staging,
They bring in help for the rest of the cabinets.
And our kitchen begins to come together.
Outside, work continues on our backyard oasis.
I have decided to add a fence,
Which wasn't in our original budget,
But I believe it will highlight our large yard,
Which will appeal to buyers.
[dolmar] wow! A lot of progress being made here.
Yeah!
Hey!
- Hi! - What's up?
Oh, look at us! Look at us!
You're getting to see this backyard!
[sam] look at how nice the fence looks.
I think it looks great. But how much did that run at?
[dolmar] it ran a little over budget.
Was it a ton over a little?
All I wanna do is just show you the pool.
Distract! That's what you're both doing.
We bought more stuff. Distract!
We'll make it up on the sale. Don't worry about it.
Oh my gosh!
- Oh my gosh! - It's really good.
I'm really happy with the house.
I have to make magic happen in the magic market.
Magically puts us over budget.
Listen, I have all faith and trust in you.
Let's take a look at this pool.
It looks so great. The tile. You know, the translucent colors.
You're gonna have landscapers here, right?
- What's the plan with that? - We're gonna put, you know,
Revive this area with a new sod
And then put some plants along the fence.
- Just to give - yeah.
A tropical oasis feeling.
- This looks so, so good. - Siege!
This is nice. What's goin' on?
- Yo, this looks great. - This is amazing.
[dolmar] the colors are popping too.
[siege] yeah, man.
[dolmar] the leaves, the birds, the party going on.
- [amanda] I love. Love. Love. - [dolmar] I love the vibe.
The retreat before the beach.
That's right.
So, what are the letters that you put, like, g, r, d?
These are gonna be your moments where you're gonna be coloring.
Oh!
Those letters are with the particular colors.
You sure you want us touching your masterpiece?
- Messing with it? - No mistakes in my world.
Let me express myself through it.
I wanna hit up this flamingo.
I'm gonna take the rose over here.
Alright.
Dude, I used to be a great painter in school.
[sam] used to, is the key word.
Oh, it's dripping.
[amanda] oh no! Look at you, you're messing it up!
[they laugh]
[dolmar] back in the kitchen it's time to install
Our butcher block countertops
Which will pair nicely with our european-style cabinets.
In the bathroom we're installing a new led light mirror
And upgrading our storage by adding a new white cabinet
And updating the shelving in the existing storage area.
And in the backyard, work is happening on our mural,
As solution associates works on our pool deck.
They are leveling the deck for safety, and aesthetic reasons.
And then, they're painting the entire deck white.
While the front of the house is getting decorative shutters,
And landscaping installed.
We're a little over halfway through our flip
But we're also way over halfway through our budget.
We were anticipating spending $50,000 total
For this renovation.
And we have spent about $38,375.
That means we've only got $11,625 left to finish up.
So, at this stage, that means nothing,
Absolutely nothing, can go wrong.
- Look at this place! - Yeah, look at this!
This looks so good.
[dolmar] yeah. This looks amazing, right?
- Yes! - I cannot wait. Oh!
These windows make all the difference.
- So much better now. - Yeah.
So much better.
Definitely a face lift. Definitely.
That's more than a face lift.
That's like a complete makeover. Looks good.
- A complete new baby, right. - Botox, face lift.
You've got the whole nine going on here.
- All the things. - We got rid of all the trees.
You can see the front of the house now.
There's just a lot more curb appeal than when we started.
I agree.
It's so much nicer to pull up to. This is exciting.
It's so exciting. Let's go inside and check it out, guys.
- Yeah. Let's do that. - I can't wait to see.
- Look at it! - [all] wow!
[dolmar] wow! Look at this!
- [sam] this looks so good. - [dolmar] it's silky smooth.
[amanda] I love the different colors.
I love this contrast. This looks great.
[amanda] the butcher block!
[dolmar] it does look good.
So, just fyi, butcher block, don't sleep on it,
Though put them in the houses
Yeah.
They're much cheaper, especially for flippers.
And it's in style now.
It's in style and you can get it in stock
And not have to worry about waiting on measurements
And countertop and all that stuff.
And it's super affordable too.
[dolmar] what else?
- Yo! Oh my god! - Yeah!
- Look at this! - Look at this!
This is what I'm talking about.
- It's so pretty. - Let's go!
- Looks good - yeah.
All the way out to the pool like that.
Yeah. And the window turned out perfect.
[dolmar] this is beautiful.
And you can see the tropical oasis outside.
That's what I wanted to like when you walk in
You get excited when you walk through that front door.
You feel like you're outside, even when you're inside.
You got to check out this dining light.
Oh, my god! I didn't even see this. This is beautiful.
Don't touch it!
- I knew you were gonna do that. - [they laugh]
- It's like aagh! - Stop it!
[amanda] let's check out the patio.
Oh, what the [beep] is this?
- [sam] what's the matter? - [amanda] what is this?
This is not what I asked for
What is this? This is so wrong.
It's supposed to be a monochromatic gray!
[dolmar] what?
[amanda] monochromatic is like, one color, different shades.
It's supposed to be three different shades of gray.
Why is there black in here?
My eight-year-old coulda done better than this.
I don't know what that word is you said
But they could have at least colored, like you said there.
Like, within the lines. I mean
I mean and along the edge. Look at all this.
It's dripping. Look. Look down there.
It's [beep] dripping down the concrete.
I mean, you painted better in the lines with the mural.
How we gonna get this fixed?
- This is terrible. - Can't list like this.
It looks bad.
- [amanda] how much did you pay? - Six grand.
I'm gonna call and make them fix it.
I mean, in the worst-case solution
But what if they don't, like
Cos, you know, they're probably scheduled, busy.
What if they can't make it out here in time?
Worst-case scenario, we'll just paint it one color.
And then call it a day, keep it moving.
Can we paint it, worst-case scenario?
If we have to, I'll be ready to.
Come in and get it done. It's so bad.
I don't even know how a coat of paint is gonna fix.
It's just disappointing.
- Damn, this blew my bubble. - [dolmar] yeah.
I will stall on exciting.
Well, now I just see the budget, like [beeping]
- It keeps going up. - I'm gonna get on the phone.
No. It's not gonna go up. They need to fix this.
- They need to fix it. - Not paying more.
We have to fix it if they're not gonna do it fast enough
Which will cost us more money in that scenario. You know that.
[dolmar sighs]
[dolmar] unfortunately, there isn't time to redo the tile,
So our team repaints it in amanda's monochromatic grades.
Inside, we lay gray hexagon tile throughout the entire house
To make our 1,000 square foot house feel and look bigger.
And outside, we're putting the finishing touches
On our landscaping. But we're not done yet.
Eat, sleep, stage, repeat! Woo-hoo!
- Yeah. Let's do it. Let's go. - Let's do it.
We've got a lot of stuff. I hope you're ready.
[amanda] there's still a few more things to finish,
But we need to think about staging this little gem.
- Do you know which bedroom? - The front room.
[amanda] I've worked with sam to pick out the best pieces
To showcase this house.
Perfect. Perfect.
Your craftsmanship, I respect it very much
And I'm very appreciative of it. Thank you.
Your designs are pretty nice too. Just as well!
Hey! Yeah, you.
[amanda] when we're done, buyers will imagine themselves
Living in it and buying it.
So we need to grab that table for the living room,
But just be careful cos it's already on the leg.
[sam] what are you doing?
[amanda] check out this monochromatic floor.
This looks much better.
Yeah. So, just sweeping it up and just gonna hose it down.
The floor looks great. The pool looks great.
- The landscaping looks amazing. - Yeah.
[sam] we have the mural done. Like, it looks so, so good.
Oh!
- This is it! - This is it!
- Yeah! - This is it!
[dolmar] alright. Love the colors, by the way.
[sam] it looks really good when you're pulling up.
It contrasts against the mulch and the landscaping.
Don't forget we did that brand new roof.
[amanda] yeah.
- So pretty from the street. - Black on black.
The buyer is going to love all the curb appeal.
It looks so good.
[dolmar] the best house in the whole neighborhood now.
- Yeah. - [sam] wait till we see inside.
- [dolmar] I wanna see inside. - Let's do it.
[they laugh]
Thank you.
Wow!
We had an enclosed patio and that was all a wall.
What do you think?
It looks really good.
[sam] yeah. And right when you walk in,
You can see the appeal. Like, what the buyer will see,
The big picture window.
The natural light that comes into this space is just, oh!
[sam] remember that hole that was in the ceiling?
- [amanda] there's no hole. - [sam] you can't even tell.
It's like, really, really good.
[dolmar] I love it.
[amanda] we collaborated it. We got it done.
[dolmar] looks really nice.
Let's take a look at the kitchen. This kitchen is
[sam] the kitchen was a problem, such a small space.
[amanda] remember the old appliances?
You gave me a $10,000 budget. I got it done in 9.
I like that.
[amanda] check out the dual colors.
You got blue on the top, white on the bottom,
European cabinets, butcher block,
Charcoal appliances and black hardware. So sexy.
Is it sexy?
- [dolmar] this looks so sexy. - [sam] it's sexy.
I love it so much.
And the reality is when you can't expand the kitchen
You kinda have to keep the budget,
And challenge you to make a really beautiful space
For a lesser budget, just because we had to make sure
Other features in this home really stood out.
I think on sam's point,
I wanna check out the other parts of the house now.
Okay. Yeah, let's go.
So, man, I'm loving I'm just loving this space.
Yeah, isn't it? Oh, man, you see it.
I love it a lot. Let's go.
[amanda] let's go in the primary bedroom.
Remember how many cosmetic upgrades these bedrooms needed.
[sam] it looks so good.
[dolmar] I love the black doors.
[amanda] it's better than the basic white.
Everybody does white base boards, white doors,
And that is such an inexpensive thing to do,
From a flipping side, but it's such a big difference.
[dolmar] it makes it modern and contemporary.
- [amanda] yeah. - [dolmar] I like that.
Alright, so, the bathroom, I see you got rid of the blue toilet.
[amanda] the blue tile.
[sam] the blue toilet had to go.
Brought in the butcher block again, on the counter tops.
Little vanities, really all pulls together with the wood.
It makes me think of a boardwalk,
It really brings the beach feel in. I really like it.
- [amanda] and the led mirror. - [dolmar] I didn't see that.
Ladies are gonna love the led mirror. You can make up.
The mirror's super.
I like that you spent a lot of effort here,
Because it's one bathroom.
You've got to make it pop and look good
And feel good and this is nice. You did a really good job here.
[amanda] this is the second bedroom,
So we just added a nice lighting piece bringing in the wood.
Again, pulling in from the butcher block
And pieces of wood all over the house.
[sam] but we wanted to set this up
To showcase that they can use this as a bedroom,
Cos there is a closet, so we can market it as bedroom.
However, this can be also a home office.
[dolmar] great idea to stage it that way.
- It gives them that vision. - Different options.
[dolmar] I love the choices and finishes
And everything that you did here.
It's definitely sexy and it's definitely making this house,
Not just pop and stand out from the outside
But also on the inside as well.
Thank you. And that means more money.
- [laughs] yeah. I hope so! - Yeah.
[sam] check out that backyard oasis.
[dolmar] I want to see.
This is where you're gonna be really excited. Best part.
Check this out!
Remember this was that dark, enclosed patio? It was wood.
[amanda] with the wood panel?
Wow!
[sam] this is the money spot, right here.
[amanda] yeah.
What do you call this, monochri?
- [they laugh] - [sam] monochromatic.
[dolmar] I can never say that.
- Monochromatic. - Yeah.
It looks good.
[sam] it really pulled together. It looks fantastic.
[dolmar] I love the openness.
Remember this space was all enclosed and dark.
[amanda] that's right.
[dolmar] look at it now.
It's spacious and nice and inviting to the backyard.
Look at this pool.
[sam] heck, yeah. It looks so beautiful.
[dolmar] remember the pool was so green and nasty.
It looked like a swamp.
[sam] you couldn't see the bottom at all.
[sam] the pool came out great.
Pool perfection slam-dunked this.
- They sure did. - Looks so pretty.
Does it look like the maldives?
That's what I wanted, definitely.
You wanted the maldives.
There are not a lot of listings around here that have pools.
So, especially for the buyer that wants to come in
And do a short-term rental, this is gonna be a huge draw.
[he grunts]
[amanda laughs]
- Don't fall in! - Don't you dare!
[dolmar] remember what was here before?
[amanda] yeah.
[dolmar] it was an overgrown jungle. It looks great.
[amanda] you've painted here for days.
This is truly a private, outdoor oasis.
[sam] even though it hasn't officially listed yet,
We actually have buyers interested.
And we are negotiating as far up as 449.9.
- Come on, baby! - Yeah!
[dolmar] this house turned out amazing.
We were able to finish within our projected 60 days.
Because of all of the off-market interest that we've gotten,
We ended up listing this house for $449,000.
We originally bought this property for 245,000.
And our renovation budget came in at 49,255.
Our closing costs and agent fees will come in around 22,500.
And our loan interest will come in at $6,800.
Putting our total cost around $323,500.
If we manage to sell this house for 449,000,
We could walk away with a potential profit
Of about $125,500.
What's really great about all this
Is these buyers are off market buyers,
So, we didn't even have to hit the market
To get a really good price on this.
[dolmar] and we saved money on commission.
Instead of waiting and prolonging
Putting it on the mls and stuff,
We should totally do this.
So, I'm still working on those buyers.
I'll have to let you guys know how it pans out, but
We really exceeded expectations for our first flip together.
- We're a good team! - Another one?
Two more? Three more?
Let's do it. Alright.
- We gotta celebrate. - Celebrate!