[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'm the dealmaker with style.
-We got a deal? -We have a deal.
[dolmar] 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.
[dolmar] 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.
Wow. It looks really good.
[dolmar] it's messy work, but somebody's gotta do it.
Let's do this. I need you amped up and excited.
[dolmar] the badder the zombie.
-Look at this thing. -[dolmar] wow.
[dolmar] the bigger the reward.
-Ahh. -Oh, god.
-I'm not walking in there. -I'm not going in there.
[dolmar] this is zombie house flipping tampa.
[upbeat music playing]
What up?
-Hello. -[sam] hey, hey.
-How y'all doing? -What's going?
-Good, how was your weekend? -Good. How was yours?
It was, I'm not telling everything.
Oh, my god, you know amanda, she likes to have a good time.
-Hey. -That's nasty.
So anyway, I wanted to talk about west jean street.
So, check this out.
Sam, pull up this address.
I don't know what's going on here,
Based on these pictures I see online
-It looks like a, you see. -Oh, that's a cute--
That smells like motivation. These pictures, by the way.
Yeah.
But it's a cute 1920s bungalow. A design dream for me.
And it's in seminole heights, hot, hot, hot, hot area.
-Very hot neighborhood. -Yes, yeah.
This property was listed 30 days ago at 375
And within 30 days they dropped it from 375 to 350,
They just did a price drop again to 300.
Okay.
This is definitely signs of potential motivation.
To do a $75,000 price drop in a 30 day time frame.
-Okay. -What's going on?
It's a two bedroom, two bath, 912sq ft. House.
I do see some recent sales in the area
Around the 350, 360.
Yeah, it looks like they're going higher as well.
I'd just be careful with the market.
The way that it's been slowing down a little bit around here,
I wouldn't necessarily count on them,
But there are some over 400 as well.
However, the notes say that there's termites,
So definitely make sure you find out about that.
It also says the shed could possibly be a tear down.
Let me call this agent and see what's up.
Okay.
[line rings]
Hello, is this natalie?
[natalie] it is.
So, my name's dolmar,
I saw a listing that you have right now
In the seminole heights area, this property on jean street.
Good news for you too, by they way,
I'm very interested in buying a property this week.
Time is of the essence for me.
I'm looking for the ugliest, nastiest,
Most disgusting house I can find in the best area possible.
[natalie speaking]
We're just running out of time.
What's the time frame on the foreclosure?
[natalie] October.
Oh, my god. That's right around the corner.
-Whoa. -Okay.
[natalie speaking]
[dolmar] all right, perfect. We'll see you then.
[upbeat music playing]
[dolmar] I appreciate you guys coming with me,
So the area, the location of this house.
-[sam] yes. -It's in seminole heights,
Which is where I started my real estate career.
[sam] was it? Oh, I didn't realize that.
I did my very first deal right in this area.
Man, these houses in this area are so beautiful.
[dolmar] vibrant and centrally located, seminole heights
Is a proper neighborhood
That's on the up and up in tampa
With tons of great restaurants,
Art galleries, trendy bars and lots of recent renovations.
This bustling community
Is the place to be for young professionals
And their families.
[dolmar] we're pulling up to the house now.
[sam] sweet.
[dolmar] this is so creepy.
We got the roof, we got termites.
At this point, what else am I gonna see?
Oh, my god.
[dolmar] this 1920s craftsman style bungalow
In a prime neighborhood
Could be the perfect zombie for us to take on.
It's 912sq ft. And has two bedrooms and two baths.
[dolmar] let's see what we got.
All right, here we go.
Come on, look at the mess in here.
[sam] I'm actually a little scared to be in here.
[amanda] what is this?
Look at these floors, man. They're like rotting over here.
[amanda] yeah, these can't get saved.
We got the man-made floors and wooden floors.
[sam] no. So we'll redo them.
All right, let's check out the bathroom real quick.
-All right. -All right. So, wow.
This is really small.
[amanda] the 1980s glass block tile
It was appreciated back then, but not here.
The florida flamingo. That is so classic.
[sam] I'm concerned because we don't know what we're gonna see
-Until we pull this tile out. -[dolmar] yeah.
[sam] what it looks like back there.
This window right here, it goes halfway into the shower,
So this is definitely problem
'cause even if we convert this tub to a shower,
That window's gonna be halfway in the shower.
-All right. -Let's check out the rooms.
-[sam] okay, right. -[amanda] basic.
[sam] okay, this looks as expected.
Yeah, nothing much in here though.
-[amanda] see the bathroom. -[dolmar] yes, I did see that.
I spoke too soon.
-All right. -It's pretty basic.
So, looks like he left this for us.
Hey.
So, we get to dump this.
[sam] weird that there's no closet in here.
Look at all this stuff and work that we gotta do in here.
This bedroom is an absolute mess,
But one of the things I noticed right away is that
This room does not have a closet,
So we're gonna have to spend some money to add a closet,
So that when we do sell the house,
We can market as a true bedroom with a closet.
Because not having a closet
Is just leaving money on the table.
That's one of the things with rehabs, right?
We don't really know what we're getting into.
[dolmar] we're gonna have to repair the walls,
There's junk everywhere.
That's gonna cost us. Let's see.
[sam] yeah.
[dolmar] bathroom.
Seems to be a bit of a slope happening here. Do you see it?
[sam] this must be an addition, this floor isn't level.
Yeah, that could be an issue
Because we may have to rebuild the whole thing.
[dolmar] all right, so this is the kitchen. Well...
[sam] yeah, this layout doesn't make any sense at all.
I'd love to open this kitchen space up,
But we may need an engineer to green light those changes.
[dramatic music playing]
[sam] this kitchen layout makes no sense.
The fridge and the stove are in a completely separate room
Next to the washing machine, and that room, by the way,
Is an addition to the house that doesn't look up to code.
[sam] we'd have to pour concrete to raise up the floor.
[dolmar] but that might cause an issue with the back door.
[sam] you know, if we open up this wall in the kitchen,
That water heater's gotta go somewhere else.
-Hey. They left everything. -Oh, this is great.
I smell the mold. It makes me vomit.
[laughs] I don't wanna go in.
[dolmar] these stairs, don't come over here,
These stairs are messed up, rotten, falling apart.
[sam] look at the siding, that could be a lot of wood rot.
[dolmar] anyway, so what are you thinking?
Let's talk budget for a minute
Because this is going to be a huge project.
When we saw this in the pictures,
We thought it was salvageable,
But if we have to knock it down
Before they'll even come and tent the property,
That's bad, d.
We know from the mls listing
That there's termite issues in this house,
So on top of all the other things going on,
Like the crappy additions,
Termite tenting will have to be added to the reno budget.
One of the major expenses in this house is that kitchen.
[amanda] the kitchen.
[dolmar] we're gonna need engineer designs
To redo that whole room.
I'm still trying to think in my head,
Where do you reposition the water heater.
[amanda] we gotta figure all the of the structure.
Are we dealing with that little tiny portion kitchen
Or are we dealing with the kitchen and the patio
And now we have all that room, like, what's going on?
[dolmar] there's the pre-foreclosure pending
As well on this house, so that is high motivation.
As long as the numbers work,
I can buy this house in like three days.
-I can close on it. -[sam] let's do it
Before somebody else sees the potential and locks in
'cause it's all about speed,
And if we're not quick, it's gonna be a problem.
Let's go discuss this over some spicy chili.
[dolmar] after seeing this house,
Our team knew we had to add this zombie to our roster,
So after a few price reductions
The seller now has this house listed
For a purchase price of $300,000.
We made an offer of $245,000 for this house,
That waives all inspections and contingencies and, if accepted,
We will do the flip in 60 days
With a rehab budget of $65,000.
Estimated closing costs
And the buyer's agent commission
Add around 18,000
And our loan insurance for a 60 day flip
Will come in around, $6,200.
Bringing our total expenses to $334,200.
If we sell this zombie for 380,000,
Then we would walk away with a projected profit of 45,800.
[upbeat music playing]
[phone rings]
-Hello. -[natalie] hey, dolmar,
It's natalie. How are you?
[dolmar] hey, good morning, how are you?
[natalie] I have a small update.
We have an issue with title.
There is a loan from '05
That they just cannot locate the satisfaction being recorded
Through the clerk.
-It's a mess. -This is not good.
Without satisfaction of title we cannot close on this house.
And right now the situation is there's a cloud on title,
Which means somebody out there
Might have a claim to this house,
So I cannot buy the house with that going on.
I mean, this is really, really, really bad news.
[natalie] sorry about all this.
[bleep]
Ah, this is not good.
-[amanda] give us the bad news. -[sam] yes.
Natalie just called me
And said that there is major title issues.
There's a cloud on title because of a mortgage
That was not satisfied, or it was satisfied but not recorded.
They can't seem to figure out a workaround right now
That is quick.
The only workaround is a possible acquired title
And that'll take two, three months.
Acquired title is a legal process
Where you are able to clear any clouds or issues with the title,
Specifically anyone that might have claims
Or interest in a property.
That could be from a former contractor
Or maybe even a previous owner that has deceased.
I'm gonna call the title company that has the file right now
And see what they can work out
'cause every option I have right now
Is a two to three month option.
We'll figure something out.
Hey, it will always come together.
Hey, brittany, so I was calling to see
What type of resolution you can come up with,
If there's anything at all to resolve this.
I saw your email and it looks like you have an idea,
But I have no clue what that's about.
Can you explain that to me real quick?
[dolmar] the title agent
Was able to come up with a quick resolution,
Which was presenting a mortgage affidavit
With a statue of limitation, where everyone can sign off
Releasing any claims to the property and get this deal done,
But a mortgage affidavit is a legal process
That can take time and when we add lawyers into the mix,
It could take even longer.
Okay, how long does it take?
Two to three weeks?
Oh, wow.
I like that.
All right, so.
Hey.
I just got off the phone with the title agent
-That's handling this file. -Okay.
[dolmar] she actually gave me some really good news.
The solution is gonna take about two to three weeks.
-Yay. -That's good though.
[dolmar] it is good. Right. So...
[sam] this is it, we're gonna go to closing,
We're just at two to three weeks instead of two to three months?
-Way better. -[sam] way better to work with.
-I'm at ease now. -[amanda] okay.
[laughing]
It's stressful, but we'll keep grinding on.
-Thanks for your help. -[sam] all right.
Guys, have a good day.
-Team work makes the dream work. -Okay, bye.
See yuh. Bye.
-[dolman] take care. -Okay, all right.
[upbeat music playing]
[dolmar] to help give this house a more open layout,
We're going to need to remove the wall
Between the living room and the kitchen,
As well as the wall that separates the kitchen
And the add on.
We'll also take up the flooring
And the ceiling tile in the living room
And replace it with a more modern look.
Lastly, we'll add modern fixtures like lighting
And design pieces to bring this house from the 20s
To the 21st century.
It's time to get inside this house.
-All right. -Mess some stuff up.
-All right, are you ready? -[both] yeah.
-Hey. -Fashion.
-This fashion 101, right here. -I'll be back.
[laughs]
All right, time to throw some weight around.
I like that.
All right, let's go knock some stuff down.
All right.
-What else can we find? -Construction 101.
[laughs]
What is that called?
-Tile. -Tile.
Even though we can't demo everything
Because we have to wait till the engineer comes out
To inspect the addition that was done to the house,
There's still quite a bit of work
That we have to get done today.
[upbeat music playing]
Hurry up.
-The florida iconic bird. -[dolmar] bye, bye.
-Bye, bye. -[sam] bye.
[dolmar] bye.
-[amanda] hey. -[sam] hey.
Save it. We gotta save that.
Hey, what do I have to get the heaviest [bleep]?
[laughs]
-Oh, [bleep]. -[dolmar] are you okay?
-Oh, no, are you all right? -I got ya. I got ya.
That's okay.
[dolmar] next we have to get rid of that termite infested shed.
I mean that thing is unsalvageable.
And tearing it down will also help us to open up
And create more space in the backyard.
-Whooo. -Go.
-[sam] let's do this. -[dolmar] all right, ladies.
-Yeah. -I'm so excited.
Al right, it is time to turn this zombie...
Into a beautiful sexy thing. It's sexy day.
It's sexy day. Let's do it.
Let's turn this into something sexy.
Oh.
[cheering]
-[amanda] oh, my god. -[sam] oh.
-[amanda] oh, wow. -[sam] wow.
[dolmar] wow.
Keep your mouth closed.
[producer] [indistinct]. Let's get a reaction.
♪ take it down, take it down ♪
[laughs]
[dolmar] oh, my god.
Man, that thing is going down.
Already the yard is opening up.
-Wow. -Already you can see...
-The big yard. It's a huge yard. -Yeah.
-[both] yeah. -[dolmar] hell yes.
-Yeah. -Let's go.
-I wanna go on the ride. -Oh, shot gun.
-I wanna go on the ride. -Let's go.
Om, yeah.
Al right, so what I do?
Don't cost us any money with any mistakes,
Going crazy on that thing.
Oh.
-[amanda] good job. -[sam] good job.
[laughs]
[amanda] [indistinct] over there.
Get in there, d.
[sam] oh, my god, how cool.
[upbeat music playing]
[dolmar] that's how you do it.
[amanda] they might hit that tree.
All right, I got something good.
[laughing]
[serene music playing]
[dolmar] the addition to this house is located in the back
Where the weird wall is in the middle of the kitchen
And in the primary bathroom.
Both of these spaces don't look up to code or safe,
So we need an expect to give our design plans approval.
[upbeat music playing]
[dolmar] fixing the issues in the primary bedroom
And the primary bathroom is at the top of our agenda.
The primary bathroom that was put in was not done properly
And needs to be renovated to be brought up to code.
So today, we'll be leveling the area
Where the addition's wonky floors used to slope.
And we're adding dry wall to replace the old damaged walls.
Our team is framing out
The new closet layout for the bedroom...
Which will ensure that we can actually list it as a bedroom.
That came about by opening up the kitchen porch addition,
Creating more space for storage.
This small fix
Will add thousands of dollars to the arv.
Before we can do any work on the back end of this house,
We're calling in an expert
To make sure that the addition is structurally sound.
[upbeat music playing]
[amanda] because we want to do an open design concept,
We wanna make sure that the renovations that we do
To this kitchen are structurally sound.
Hey.
Hi, leo, I'm amanda.
Hi, I'm leo with beryl engineering and inspection.
How you doing? Anthony manzel with manzella services,
I'm the building contractor.
So, I understand we have a home here
That you guys are getting ready to flip.
Yes.
Seen this a hundred times before,
I'd love to get in there and take a closer dive.
-Let's take a look. -Check it out.
Come on.
I'm seeing the sub-flooring with damage,
So pretty much I need to know more about
What you're envisioning to do the house
Because I have to approach this from two angles.
Our first angle is gonna be what's damaged
That needs to be repaired.
The sub-flooring issue by the plumbing,
Over by the window we have a lot of termite damage.
That powdery stuff is actually termite poop.
Then we need to figure out
What we're gonna do as far as rebuilding it,
So knocking this wall out, for instance.
Yes, we're gonna knock this wall out for the kitchen.
I'm hoping that we can get around this,
But sometimes we have to put a column right there in this wall.
Okay, right 'cause we plan on putting an island
Facing that way going long ways, so we need to get that wall out.
I mean, hopefully.
If we can have a header coming along the ceiling,
An exposed beam, and not a support column,
That would really help.
I'm getting the distinct impression from leo
That we're gonna have to do a lot of work to this house
In order to get it up to code.
All right, the infamous back patio.
[leo] that's really bad.
Okay, so flooring, not so good.
Not, no, no, not at all.
And then we have the backyard.
We have so much termite damage in this house,
We could really use an expert opinion
To see how it affects the deck,
The siding and the rafters outside as well.
Okay, here's the beautiful backyard.
Beautiful deck.
So, dolmar is wanting to keep this deck, yes, no?
-No. -Is that a no?
You only looked at it for like one second.
We wanna save what we can.
We understand it's gonna have to be rebuilt.
Most likely what we're gonna have,
Is you're gonna have to take all the deck top boards off.
We'll have to look at the joists
And the boards underneath it,
But, yeah, there's not a single savable board here.
Ooh.
And that's all rotted.
So, this is a good example of wood that can't be saved,
So I'm not sure what you're planning to do
-With the roof line here. -[amanda] okay.
This is all rotted from years of leaks.
So, what's gonna happen is
Your roof leak's gonna happen further back
And then it's gonna show up here at the edge.
Okay.
[leo] and that's all rotted.
Yeah, that's all rotted.
We were anticipating replacing roof lines.
Yeah.
[amanda] what do you have to do next?
[leo] we can talk about the gazebo.
Just be careful, this is a tripping hazard right here.
I'm just gonna jump.
You probably be safer if you jumped.
Right.
[leo] I like what I see here.
This is what I wanna see, I wanna see dry plywood.
[amanda] all right, so what's next after this?
Next is what I commonly refer to as the boring part,
I need to take measurements of the whole house.
We're gonna then draw a proposed structure,
So then that can go to the city for permitting.
Okay. All right, leo,
We're gonna let you do your thing.
-All right. Let's do it. -Nice.
For now, leo's going to complete his engineering plan
Using my design concepts
To guarantee the structural integrity of this flip.
And I feel like this is gonna cost us
More than we anticipated, a lot more than we anticipated.
[upbeat music playing]
[banging]
[dolmar] after the engineer
Was finished taking his measurements,
He was able to determine
That the rest of the house is structurally sound
And we can finish the demolition.
The first order of business is to open up the living room
By removing the old piece of wall,
Improving the addition to this house.
The floors under the old kitchen needed a lot of love...
So we fixed a huge hole in the center of the room.
We also put support beams under the existing flooring
And patched it with new wood.
[machine whirring]
Now that the foundation work
And sub-floor are complete in the kitchen,
We have solved the structural issues
That plagued this zombie.
After finishing the demolition on the old shed,
We noticed that there's a concrete slab
Left in its place.
We had the idea to move the existing gazebo
To this concrete slab
To maximize the space in the backyard
And give it a solid foundation to be built on top of.
The hard part was getting it there,
But with the right supports we managed to move the gazebo
Without damaging it.
This awful green house needed a pain job,
So we chose an appealing light blue
To make this house stand out.
The deck on this house was crumbling under our feet,
So we've replaced all the wood.
We spray painted the deck white,
Creating a new and improved outdoor patio.
[upbeat music playing]
-Whoo. -Yeah.
-Look at this house. -[amanda] it's so cute.
I love it.
See, I would have never picked this color.
Yeah.
If it was sitting in front of me and I had to make a choice,
But seeing it on the house, it looks nice.
It's super cute. Very seminole heights.
I picked this light blue to bring brightness to the space
Because, you know, there's so many trees and it's kinda dark,
So I wanted it to pop out in the neighborhood.
The house will be tented in two weeks.
-Okay. -And by the time that's done,
You can go right in with your staging,
-Take pictures and list it. -Yeah.
I want you guys to see what progress we've made so far.
I'm confident we'll get it done in two weeks.
-Okay, are you sure? -[amanda] let's do it.
We'll see.
Oh, he says, "we'll see" and I get all nervous.
[dolmar] wow, look at this.
-That's nice. -Wow. I love this.
[amanda] in the 1920s,
Crystal was an element for that design period.
This is a nice little touch to add crystal,
But keep it still modern and up to date to this 1920s bungalow.
[sam] it's beautiful.
-I like it. -[dolmar] it's nice.
What I love most is this open space.
Remember it was separated by two walls,
One wall separated the living room and the kitchen,
The second wall separated the kitchen and the laundry room.
-[amanda] yep. -[sam] yeah.
-Now it's all open and so... -[sam] this looks so good.
This is the main area when they walk through that front door.
Houses that are in this area
That have more open floor plans like this,
Have more value, they don't stay on the market as much.
Like, good job guys.
Wait till you see the closet in here.
-Come check out this closet. -Yeah.
-What's up, anthony? -[anthony] what's up?
[amanda] hey, hey. You know why...
-Wow. -'cause you have...
Check this out.
Since you have a designer on your team,
-We were able to figure this out. -This is fantastic.
-A walk-in closet. -I love this. Yes.
All right, so we took space from the laundry room
And now, walk-in closet.
I love it and this is actually a big closet for these homes.
-For these homes, yep. -For sure.
Seminole heights, the closets can be really small.
Like this.
Somebody'll be excited to have this in their primary bedroom.
Now, over here, right here, you remember?
-Oh, this was the shower. -Totally different now.
-Wow. -Different layout.
So now we have a bigger space for a sink here.
Okay.
The toilet is still going to remain in the same space,
But we're doing shelving above the toilet to add more storage.
Oh, I love that. Okay.
And then this beautiful new setup.
-[amanda] yes. -[sam] I love this.
New shower ready to go, so it's great for a primary.
One of the major issues with this house was the old kitchen.
So, you have the kitchen on this front part
And then we're gonna have an island right here.
This way, right?
-Yeah, this way. -Can you picture this now?
I can now that it's open and walking through the front door,
I can picture the island here now.
Yeah, so while people are sitting at this island,
It's still open to the people that are in the living room.
This is phenomenal.
So, togetherness on high.
Yep. We're not shutting out people
Because you're facing this way at the bar stools.
Yeah.
And then I love what you guys did here,
Taking out this whole, I thought we had to leave that wall up.
Oh.
So, to see it completely out is amazing.
And then we're doing washer and dryer
-And water heater over here. -Okay.
And closing that in, so you don't see that as a eyesore.
I didn't know how you guys were gonna get this part done.
-I'm impressed. -This looks great.
[dolmar] that's all amanda.
So, I keep hearing that you love it.
You love it, you love it. I heard that since we walked in.
You love everything,
So personally I'm glad that you've said that,
I'm glad that you love it.
He needs to talk about numbers now.
-What does that mean? -[laughs]
Why are you looking at the ceiling?
He's avoiding something.
So, when we first walked in the house the first time,
You remember we only check the floors in the front?
Yes.
We didn't check the floors in the back
And we had an unexpected surprise, as you know,
Where the sub-floor was pretty messed up.
What does that mean, though?
Are you just saying it cost a [bleep] ton more money?
Like 20 grand more.
20 grand over budget?
Yeah, it's a combination of the sub-floors,
The kitchen cabinets, the flooring.
We under-budgeted, which is okay,
We can kinda work with those things,
But 20 grand is quite a bit,
So now we're at, we said, what 65 originally?
So now we're at 85 grand on the rehab.
Luckily we comped it at a two-one.
We comped originally at 360 to 380 as a two-two.
Luckily we added a little bit there,
So I think our bottom line is probably closer to 380.
400.
-So, it works in our favor. -I'll just have to get to work.
Awesome, so I'm glad that you love it.
I do love it. I don't love that.
-Except for the numbers. -You love it.
I love everything except being over budget
And not having a profit right now.
Yeah, right, so let's go back and see what they did back here.
Okay.
[dolmar] brand new deck.
[amanda] brand new.
[sam] the deck looks good.
All right, so one of the things
I wanted to leave for last was the termite tenting,
Because it was so bad here and we're bringing new materials
And like kitchen cabinets and stuff here.
Termites can hitch a ride.
-Yeah, exactly. -With material
And then now that you brought new stuff into the house,
You've kind of infected the house.
So, you save it for last and disinfect the whole thing
-At the very end. -All at the end.
So the cabinets are coming next week,
Right before the tenting happens
And so we'll just make sure we kill everything.
I mean, this is like really getting tight on the timeline.
I already have staging, pictures, cleaning,
I have everything scheduled.
I thought about that already in advance,
So I coordinated with the termite company to come in
And do the tenting on a Friday
And they'll take the tent down on Saturday
And on Sunday they'll make sure
The chemicals, everything are gone, so that by Monday.
-It's ready to go again. -Exactly,
So it's a three day process
And that we're doing it on a weekend,
It doesn't interfere with what you gotta do during the week,
The crew if there's any last minute things
That they gotta do.
Like, they're out of the way of everybody.
Let me double check he's truly gonna be done in two weeks.
So little faith.
It's not that I don't have faith,
I just like extra confirmation.
Trust but verify, dolmar, okay?
So, I'll check you guys later.
I'm gonna go do all my stuff on my end.
Bye, guys.
[dolmar] we're about halfway through our renovation
And while the house is looking better, much, much better,
Our renovation budget isn't looking so great.
We've spent $55,000 so far
And we're still approximately $30,000 in renovation
Left to go.
The sub-floor of this house
As well as some of the design elements
Needed to turn this zombie into something livable,
Have proven to be more work than we anticipated.
All of the compounding complications in this house
Are a bigger pain than we imagined.
[upbeat music playing]
[dolmar] we've already demoed and completed
The main bathroom.
Now, we're gonna do the same to the guest bathroom
To help open it up and create a more modern look.
We're swapping the position of the toilet
And the shower to add space.
We're also making room for a new tiled floors,
Walls and shower using both porcelain and ceramic tiles.
When we're done with this bathroom,
It will be transformed
From something that could have been overlooked
To now making it a feature of this home.
Okay, so we have a big problem.
I don't know how it happened,
But let's move forward and just get a solution.
[anthony] okay.
Anthony called me over to drop some news about the design plan.
The engineer plans that you had done called for water heater,
-Washer dryer, refrigerator. -Correct.
But apparently
When it was designed with the cabinet company,
They changed the design.
So, it was me, dolmar and david from cigar city cabinets
That designed the whole kitchen.
Okay, did anyone reference the original drawings
From the architect?
-Nope, sure didn't. -All right.
It happens.
Okay, anthony, this is the original plan for the kitchen
And you see this right here,
We don't have the plumbing aligned for the refrigerator,
So we're gonna have to switch the pantry over.
But, at least it's somewhat close to the plan
That we can still fix it.
We measured.
Your water heater will still fit and not obstruct the window.
Right, okay.
What's up, guys?
-Hey. -What's up?
How are you?
-How's everybody doing? -[sam] hey.
We're doing good. I'm making breakfast.
-Hi. -I see the cabinets arrived.
When does the installation start?
-[anthony] today. -Okay.
Cool.
So, the place looks amazing.
-It's coming together. -You're very quiet today.
Yeah, there's a bit but.
We had a little hiccup
Because the engineer plans
Didn't meet with the kitchen design plans,
Where things were put on the wall.
It's kind of a little bit off.
I have no idea how long this is gonna take.
David from cigar city cabinets is gonna come in here
And try to tweak things based on the material that we have.
Wait, wait, so the final design from the engineers
Was not used when we designed the kitchen,
-Is what you're saying? -Correct.
There you go.
So we have to move outlets or buy cabinets?
Well, we can move an outlet, but we're not moving plumbing.
Yeah, the electrical and plumbing is already done.
Yeah, so it's all done so before we spend any more money,
David is gonna come here,
Work with our existing material and change up the layout,
But I have no idea how long this is gonna take.
[sam] we don't have the time anymore.
We were already on a tight deadline.
Yeah, and they're supposed to do the countertop measurements,
Which adds, you know, time to it, so.
We're so over budget already,
Like, I don't like having conversations
About potential price going up.
I mean, my issue right now is
That every time we come here there is an issue.
So, I just wanna make sure we really hit these timelines.
We truly only have two days before the tenting happens,
So it's like we're on the race for the clock for all times,
You know, three weeks ordering a new cabinet or something
Could like seriously hurt us.
Let's not drive ourselves crazy for the next eight hours
And let's just see what he comes up with.
Okay, yeah.
[dolmar] the kitchen will be the beauty of this house
And I really want it to shine.
Cigar city cabinets sent out a few of their installers
Who started by assembling the cabinets.
After that, they're drilled into the wall
According to their finalized design plan
And placed into the designated position.
This kitchen is nearly designed,
So all the new appliances are brought in
And place in their new homes.
We lost a few panels
And re-purposed others to get this design right,
But ultimately
We got this kitchen looking like a masterpiece
That will boost the resale value
Of this home on the market.
Termites have been a problem in this house
Since we initially saw the listing
And today we're gonna deal with them once and for all.
Now that all the cabinets and new wood are here,
Everything can be treated at once.
We have a termite company coming to tent the entire house
And the yard and that should get rid of our bug problem.
The process will take three days
And then our contractors and design team
Can get back in there and tighten things up.
Now that he termite tenting is completed,
We need to make sure
This house is beautiful inside and outside,
So today we're gonna work on the landscaping of the yard
By adding some new plans, fresh mulch and sleek edging,
We hope to boost this home's curb appeal.
Inside the house, we have a few finishing touches to tend to,
Like, fixtures in the bathroom
And wiping down things in the kitchen.
After this, the construction of this house is complete
And we're ready for staging.
[upbeat music playing]
Yo, it is cold outside today.
It is freezing.
-The first florida snap. -Man, look at these cabinets.
-I know, isn't it so pretty? -This is so nice.
It came out so good.
Solving the cabinet dilemma was not easy.
We lost a few panels and re-purposed others,
But ultimately we got this kitchen right
And I'm really happy with how it came out.
So the dining room's gonna be over here?
No, I was suggesting a little bistro table
With two chairs would be a perfect fit.
-Okay. -Yeah.
I got this picture
-From a local artist. -[sam] hello guys.
-Hi. -What's up?
-Hi. -How are you?
[sam] what's this? This looks great.
-[amanda] cool. -I think it's a cool way to add,
Like, the local flair,
And especially in seminole heights, that's so cool.
'cause it's so artistic and vibey down here.
[dolmar] so, I got some work I gotta do in the back.
Get out your way, let you guys do your staging thing.
All right, I'll get started on staging,
I'll see you in a little bit.
Bye.
[upbeat music playing]
[hammering]
[sam] with best staging we choose the right furniture
And accents for every house.
[sam] in this refreshed version of a historic home,
We hit the sweet spot between classic and comfortable.
All that's left now is to put this gem on the market.
[upbeat music playing]
[dolmar] all right, let's do this.
Wow.
-Here she is. -[amanda] yay.
Man.
Look at this.
-Oh, it's so pretty. -Wow.
[amanda] it was so dark in this house, it was so dark.
[dolmar] that ugly dark nasty green.
[amanda] green.
[sam] I think it looks awesome.
[dolmar] yeah, I love the color.
I mean, now if you're driving down the street
It grabs your attention.
Right from the time you pull up,
Like, a buyer's really gonna love it.
They're inevitably gonna notice that pop of blue too
-And it looks beautiful. -Yeah.
You guys wanna go in? You wanna go in?
-Let's go, let's go. -All right, let's go.
♪ dun, dun, dun ♪
[all] wow.
[dolmar] remember when we first walked in here?
The walls were just cracked.
Now the minute I walk in here, it's so different.
It's so open, it's so bright.
-Yeah, it was weird. -Somewhat creepy.
It was not cool.
[sam] it was literally like death,
I felt like I was really walking into like a dead zombie house.
[amanda] what is this?
[sam] look at these floors, man, they're like rotting over here.
[amanda] yeah, these can't get saved.
[amanda] we got bamboo flooring.
[dolmar] yeah.
[amanda] when you put it on your listing,
You can say wood floors.
[dolmar] this is the first thing that you see when you walk in,
This beautiful kitchen,
But remember there were actually two walls here.
There was one wall here that separated the living room
From the kitchen and then there was another wall...
[amanda] right here.
[sam] so now that it's all open this is like a dream for a buyer
To come in the front door
And just see all the way down to the end of the house.
[dolmar] this entire space makes the house feel bigger
Than it really is.
-[amanda] I know. -[dolmar] it's only 912sq ft.
It feels bigger than that.
[sam] it definitely feels bigger.
And what I love for the size of the home.
You wanna make it feel bigger.
Right, like the end buyer can come in
And they can actually picture, like, I can,
So I know they'll be able to picture like entertaining.
The gold accents are really nice too.
Like, I like that pop.
It adds a little more color to the space.
It looks great. It's gorgeous.
[amanda] it looks really good.
-I wanna see the... -[amanda] primary.
-Yeah. -Let's go see it.
[amanda] it didn't have a closet before, remember?
-[dolmar] that's right. -[sam] yes.
[dolmar] and water damage all over the ceiling.
[amanda] and it had that huge wardrobe piece right here.
[sam] that's right.
[dolmar] now this looks very, very, very inviting.
I love this a lot.
[sam] it really is pretty.
[dolmar] we were able to get a closet here
Because we took space from the back of the house
Because that kitchen connected all the way over here
In the back.
And for the bungalow style houses in seminole heights,
This is a big closet.
-[dolmar] it really is. -[sam] it's a big closet.
-This is a lot of space. -[dolmar] this is rare.
[sam] very rare. Big plus.
You don't even feel like there's an addition here.
It feels like it's all part of the house.
Hang on.
[sam] I hated this botched frankenstein bathroom.
[dolmar] all right, so.
[amanda] the idea for this bathroom,
Because it's so tiny, was to go all white.
[dolmar] it does look bigger than what was there before.
All right, so this other bathroom
Is almost just like the primary,
But it's even smaller.
[dolmar] remember when this window right here
-Was halfway in the shower too. -[sam] that's right.
[dolmar] and now we did a complete overhaul
And closed off that window to give this bathroom
The sexy shower we know it needed to have.
[sam] as far as the market goes,
That is really in our favor that we have two full bathrooms,
Which will help raise the value a bit
For all that overspending you guys did.
-Right. Right. -[laughing]
All right, we gonna get that price on the back end though.
[amanda] all right, you wanna make our way to the back?
-[sam] I would love to see it. -[amanda] let's go see.
This is what buyer's love.
Oh, look at this.
Do you remember this backyard was such a mess.
[dolmar] wood rot and other things going on with the roof.
[amanda] and the amount of termites.
Remember, we had to tent this house.
So now you can see how big the backyard is
And it does look inviting.
[dolmar] and I think it turned out well.
-[sam] I love it. -[amanda] I like it.
And this is a very important part in these neighborhoods
-To have a really nice backyard. -[sam] yeah.
[dolmar] so, let's talk numbers real quick.
-Okay. -All right, are you ready?
-[amanda] oh, great. -No.
I just wanna recap where we are
And kind of see where we will be numbers wise
With profit potential.
All right, so we bought the house for 245.
Yeah.
The renovation budget was supposed to be 65,000.
-We are $30,000 over budget. -[amanda] yeah.
We are at 95,000 right now.
So what are you listing it for?
I think we should go for 399,900.
Can you just add an extra $99 to it?
-No. That make a whole four. -Just make it a hundred dollars.
Just make it an even $400,000.
It's just the way you play the game on the market.
But you also think about your threshold for pain here.
Like, we're way over budget
And we need to sell this thing and move on.
All right, fine. Fine.
-I'll let you do your magic. -Okay, thank you.
No less than 400,000.
-399,900. -[laughs]
Oh, my god. Let's get out of here.
All right.
[dolmar] this house looks great and even with a few hiccups,
We were able to finish it
Within the 60 days we projected.
Because a new sold comp recently sold for $419,000
And we ended up going severely over budget,
We ended up listing this house for $400,000.
We originally purchased it at $245,000
It racked up $95,000 in renovations.
Our closing costs and agent
Fees will be about $20,000.
And the loan interest
Will come in at $6,800.
Putting our total costs at $366,300.
If we manage to sell this house at $400,000,
We could walk away with a profit of just under $34,000.
[sam] the one thing I wanna make sure we're really doing is
Focusing on our communication on these next properties.
If we keep doing this like way over budget stuff,
It's not gonna work out long-term.
We need better systems for the future houses.
Yeah, we just need a better system, better communication,
Better processes, because we can't keep cutting off
Like half of our budgets every time.
[amanda] don't take my sexy back.
Oh, so I think when we talk about sexy on a budget here,
Here's what I'm thinking, like, let's not go to the stores
And buy the most expensive lights, like, the chain stores.
Like let's go to consignment places and find nice things,
Maybe antique places.
[sam] now you're talking dirty to me.
[amanda] well, you know.
[dolmar] I think, we can pick out something
And really like refurbish it
Or, you know, redo some things and still make the house pop.