Orlando, florida.
It's an international vacation destination
And one of the hottest real estate markets
In the united states.
I'm keith ori and I've been flipping zombies
In this city for years.
This is a $10,000 bet that you can repurpose these cabinets
Basically today.
I recently reunited with my friend, investor peter duke.
I can see a duct right there, dude.
That's money, dude.
This guy is all gas, no brakes.
There's a jack and jill bathroom in this house.
And along with design specialist alynne cordray.
This room is great. I see an opportunity here.
Is somebody living here?
[keith] holy [bleep].
We're hunting down dilapidated homes in the orlando area
And restoring them to their old glory.
It's a dirty business.
-Whoa. -But we make it look good.
That's gonna add like, $25,000 to the value of this house.
Surprise.
This is zombie house flipping orlando.
Y'all have a good weekend?
Yeah, man. I was very productive.
I got to play with some baby goats.
You played with goats?
Yeah. Have you not heard about goat yoga?
That's like, the newest thing these days.
You're making shit up.
I am not making shit up. Goat yoga.
Let's not go visit the goat yoga farm just yet because I think
We're a lot close to a neighborhood
That actually has some deals in it.
-Yeah. -We're headed to wadeview park.
Wadeview park is a neighborhood
Located in the heart of orlando, florida.
While being conveniently located near
Great restaurants and major attractions,
The neighborhood maintains a safe
And family-friendly atmosphere.
It's a 1,600 sq ft house.
The house is concrete block, it has sort of an adu in the back.
Additional dwelling unit.
And it's a four-bedroom, two-and-a-half bath.
I spotted it while looking at another house in the area,
The neighbor was like, "you think that one's bad,
"you should see this one." I said, "really?"
And I've had it under contract for almost two years.
What happened with that?
Well, okay. So, the owner passed like three years ago.
And the house went into probate, right?
Probate wound up taking some extraordinary amount of time.
So, then the probate got sold and the bank foreclosed on it.
-It was this nonstop drag out. -[duke] wow.
The reason I'm doing this is the property is worth it.
It's a good, solid, old-school neighborhood.
It wasn't the greatest neighborhood about ten years ago
But it's really transitioning up.
With all the renovations that are happening.
Yeah. We're getting it for $220,000?
-220? -Wow.
For a 2,000 sq ft house?
[chuckles] yeah.
-Yeah. -Is the house still standing?
Well, it needs everything.
It's true, true zombie. It's bad.
The roof, the plumbing,
The electric and the air conditioning.
For 220 though.
I mean, that leaves plenty of room for some profit.
This could be a 500 or maybe even a 550 sale.
Wow.
And here we are.
[alynne] oh.
[keith] yeah.
[duke] this is the house you've been chasing?
Two years.
The neighborhood is mostly fixed up, so I can see.
Like, this is the ugly duckling here.
Check out the horse over here.
[laughter] yeehaw!
Yeehaw!
You think there's any way we can utilize this?
No. I'm not feeling it.
-Show us the house. -Alright, here's the front.
What can we do for curb appeal here, you guys?
[alynne] start over.
This material right here, barely satisfactory for a backyard.
-Never mind a front yard. -It's a carport cover.
[keith] okay, so that goes away.
That roof looks terrible.
We know that's getting replaced.
I don't really love this much flagstone
All over the front of the house either,
But I tell you, if this was all chipped off
Of the front and it was given a clean front look,
This in my mind could probably stay.
I'd take out the tree and the volcano rock,
Put something fresh inside here
And just leave it as an accent.
Wait till you see the rest of this place.
We didn't have a key lock box
But I do have a master key to this door.
Oh, good.
Oh. His master key.
This 1959 block home has four bedrooms
And two-and-a-half bathrooms.
It comes in around 1,693 sq ft.
It's got a possible adu in the backyard that could provide
An additional 275 sq ft,
If it were air conditioned and renovated.
And that's something that would cost around ten to $15,000.
There's also a cement pool and koi pond in the backyard.
-Guys, this is crazy town. -[duke] look at this place.
This is like, the 1970s time capsule.
[keith] this house has been vacant for like, three years.
It smells like it for sure.
There's a lot of dog poo and stuff.
We're gonna need to rip up this carpet
And get rid of all this junk.
[duke] I see a wall unit for the ac too,
So I think you're right about the hvac needing to be replaced.
[keith] let's head into this dining room,
If that's what you can call this mess.
If we keep the layout in here
We're gonna have to update it cosmetically.
Check this out. This is gold. That's terrazzo.
We can chip up all this tile and refinish the terrazzo,
And have bright, old-school terrazzo in the house.
-Show me the next disaster. -[keith] alright.
Let's go check out the kitchen.
[duke] oh, checkerboard. It's crazy. Look at this.
-[alynne] yeah. -It's a lot of octagon and dot,
-And it's all gotta go away. -[alynne] yes.
We need new cabinets and countertops in here, too.
Is it safe to assume that this wall is gonna go to open up the
Kitchen to the rest of the house?
This is one of the few things you can open up easily.
[keith] let me show you the living room.
You can tell we got more junk to clear out,
But also this entire house is gonna need new windows.
I don't really know what this is
But I have to assume it's some kind of animal stuff.
[alynne] I'm throwing the boots out after this walkthrough.
So guys, that's the front door.
How is this for a first impression?
Do we have to go in that closet or can we just?
No, that's not a closet.
That's a full bedroom with a full bath.
[duke] stop.
[alynne] what the heck?
[duke] there's no room to move in here.
Who lives like this?
No, this is so over the top crazy.
[duke] and there's a big hole in the ceiling, too.
You weren't kidding about that roof.
Now, check out the bathroom.
Jeez.
I mean, this is so crazy.
Look, the roof is coming down so they shoved a light
Up in the hole in the roof.
I can't. There's a full toilet, shower
And another vanity in this like, 3x4 space.
That things needs to be condemned,
The whole space is so bad.
Dude, you haven't seen the other half of the house.
We have bedroom number two.
[duke] this is a disaster. We need to clean this space up.
[alynne] well, this is way better than the room up front.
Alright, well.
There is so much stuff here.
[duke] man, look at all this clothing.
[keith] this is like a thrift store all by itself.
So, we've seen three bedrooms already.
[keith] this is the primary over here.
[duke] more mess.
[keith] I don't even know where to start.
So, we got the bathroom here but it's one of these jack and jill.
It goes all the way through to the hallway.
This is connected?
Yeah, so that's a half bath.
There's a whole bath here. This is a shower.
You got one, two, three, four doors
Involved in this situation.
[keith] this is the nastiest
Tub shower combo I've seen in a long time.
[alynne] there's enough room to put a shower here.
That's the end of the tour? Thank goodness.
Can we get out of this house?
Yeah, but the backyard.
It's crazy town. You haven't seen it yet.
-Well, if it's outdoors. -Yeah, let's go.
Race you?
-Let's get outside. -I can't get out quick enough.
Oh, sweet air.
[keith] so, koi pond.
This is a maintenance thing because it's a whole pool.
So, you need a filtration thing.
You need a pump, this and that.
Hand-painted mural?
It's got a seahorse.
Hello swimming pool.
[duke] look at this thing.
I've never seen an above ground block pool before.
Nobody's ever seen this because they don't exist.
This is a unicorn.
[alynne] it's gotta go. It's gotta go.
[keith] over here is the adu I was talking about.
Use your universal key.
Yeah, universal key, go!
Oh, wow.
This thing is 200 sq ft roughly,
So if we can make this thing whole again
That's about $50,000, in appraisable equity.
This could be a mother-in-law suite and not even necessary
For a mother you don't like.
[keith] the house is obviously a disaster.
[duke] we need all new windows, roof. A new roof.
New repipe, new ac, possibly a bunch of electrical changes
Just to sort everything out with the new layout.
At least 150,00.
You have to reconfigure that whole front room because
It's just all zigzagging and then the bathrooms
Have to be reconfigured. Whole new kitchen.
Okay, so we're looking at maybe around 150.
Well, even if we put 150 into it
And we get it for 220, that's 370.
If we're looking at putting this into the upper fives
That's still gonna be a good win.
I'm glad duke and alynne are on board for this house because
Even though there's a huge amount of profit here
There's also a huge amount of work that has to be done.
Now that the two years of probate issues are done,
I can actually buy the house.
I use a hard money loan to buy the home for $220,000.
It's a great price, but it needs to be
Because we're planning on $150,000 renovation budget
Which duke is putting up.
Our agent and closing fees will be around $27,500.
The loan interest over the 60-day flip
Will come to around $7,400,
Which will make our total investment around $404,900.
We're planning on selling this home for $550,000
Which gives us the potential for a big profit of $145,100.
Montcalm is personal to me.
I've had this house under contract for almost two years
And in that interval I've had plenty of time to think about
What I was gonna do once I got my hands on it.
My imagination's run wild.
There's a lot of work here, but in addition to the roof,
Plumbing, electric and air conditioning,
We're gonna make some major moves on the inside too.
First up, the confusing jack and jill bathrooms which currently
Feature a full and half bath
Are gonna be turned into two full separate bathrooms.
We're walling up the door between them to ensure that
They're fully separate bathrooms.
In our former half bath we're tearing out some shelving
And borrowing a little bit from the closet behind it.
We'll use that space to add in a tub,
Making this a full bathroom in its own right.
We're also putting in a brand new vanity, tile and fixtures.
In the primary bathroom we're updating the shower,
Tile and vanity to make it a true en suite bathroom.
Our next big move is in the bedroom off the living room.
Currently it's an odd and impractical shape
With an awkward entrance through living area.
To give it a more livable configuration we're gonna
Wall up the window, then move the wall out
Into the living room by a few feet.
We're then gonna lose a few feet at the top of the room to make
Space for a new, more private entrance,
And a small laundry room.
Finally, the kitchen, where we're gonna swap the locations
Of the sink and the stove for better functionality.
Before we can start knocking down any of these walls
We gotta clear out all this junk
That the previous owners left behind.
Our friends at been there, dump that
Are helping us to rid this space of trash.
We're removing all the clothes, personal items,
Furniture and pet-stained carpets.
It's gonna cost us at least two grand.
Dude, your truck is so small.
I can't even see it.
We got all the junk cleared out,
And now it's time to get in there
And reveal this home's full potential.
Are you guys confident that this thing needs to come down?
This makes the house look ugly from the front.
Not an asset.
Let me see what I can do.
So, should we get inside before he?
No, let him drop this thing on his head.
That's fine.
[alynne] they say boys will be boys.
Ready? One, two, three.
They screwed it on correctly.
You'll have to get up there and beat it off.
Three!
What'd you do?
There we go.
Alynne, watch out.
That was a good warm up.
Alright, guys, let's go take a look
At this kitchen and living room.
That's gonna be the next point of destruction.
-Alright. -Whoa.
This is way better.
-That's what I'm talking about. -Yeah.
We got plain vanilla shell. Carlos' guys have been working.
-This is alright. -Alright, let's get to it.
Before we get to that kitchen,
I really want to find out what is behind this up here, though.
I just need to know what is happening behind that.
We think this room in the house is an addition,
And not a very well executed one at that.
The most concerning part is the beam holding the whole room up.
It looks like it has a little sag in the middle of it.
The problem is if we have to get
Into that structural element, replacing that beam,
That's gonna be a major hit to our budget
That we didn't plan for.
You got an I-beam over 20ft, it's not gonna dip like that.
If it's two I-beams it's gonna.
It's not an I-beam.
It's a wooden beam with a piece of metal holding it together.
That's wood.
Okay, this is just getting stupid.
A header is a structural member
In a house that distributes a load over a wide span.
They can make them from steel which would be an I-beam,
Or make them from wood like a laminated beam.
Either way, it's essential to have a proper,
Strong one in place.
This house definitely does not.
I think what we need to do is take this thing out,
Brace the ceiling first on both sides.
And then put in a new, proper structural header
That spans all the way across.
-Yeah. -Now, it'd be ideal
If it's flushed up in the rafters.
-Yeah. -I don't think so.
I think that the roof
-Is just sitting right on it. -Yeah.
[keith] that's gonna take some money to fix.
We're gonna have to get a new like, lvl or lam beam
Or something up here.
So, next is the kitchen.
We gotta open that wall up
And see what we're talking about.
Because the kitchen, we know for sure
The kitchen has gotta be bigger than it is now.
You've only got a foot or so to spare
And you'll be into the window,
So if you want to push it out, you know?
-Yeah. -Is it really worth the trouble?
It is. We have the budget for this one. Let's do it right.
The budget is still [whistles]. It looks very big, but
You'll be at the end soon.
-Yes. -Duke's right.
$150,00, doesn't go very far when you have a roof,
Plumbing, electric and air conditioning to do.
And, we only have 60 days to do it,
So we need to hurry up and get the demo crew in here
As fast as possible to start on the interior.
With the inside demoed, the team now turns their attention
To the structure on the side of the house.
The city designates this as a ucp.
An unfinished covered porch.
And removing it is gonna let in so much more light, and give
Such a better first impression to potential buyers
That we have to do it.
Then, it's time to cart away the old air conditioning unit.
Because we're replacing the entire system, these old units
Just aren't needed anymore.
Now that that covered structure is gone,
We can remove the unsightly
Wrought iron burglar bars from the windows.
This will allow us to get in there and replace those
Windows with more attractive and energy efficient designs.
What in the hell are you doing?
Oh, something real stupid.
This is some kind of old-school, super dense concrete.
I feel like I'm hitting the side of a battleship.
I'm not doing anything to it.
I'm just wearing myself out.
You need a machine for this.
I don't think we can afford to take the time
For you to do this by hand.
I'm gonna hurt myself.
Somebody is gonna hurt themselves. This is nuts.
Hey, I got a question about the adu.
We really gotta figure out how far to take this.
I'm honestly leaning towards leaving it
Kind of wide open and letting the buyer decide
What they want to do with it,
But providing electric and air conditioning.
Definitely. If we want to get the money
For doing anything to this structure at all.
-We have to put ac in it. -So, ac for sure, right?
-Yeah, for sure. -And we have electric here.
We have to make sure it's up to code,
And I'm not convinced it is at the moment.
But yeah, if we do that, floors, walls.
You know, roof. And just make it nice on the inside,
Probably a couple of windows.
-For sure, some windows. -Yeah, alright. That's cool.
I'll have them peel the walls back, peel the ceiling down,
Remove the lofts. We'll get to see what we're dealing with.
I think this is gonna be great space for the new buyers.
I'm feeling good about it. Okay.
In the backyard, the crew's using heavy-duty jackhammers
To demolish the thick concrete walls on the dated,
Above ground pool in order to open up the space.
The entire process takes a full day
And two clean concrete dumpsters.
In the living room, we added wooden braces
To support the structure as we removed the sagging header.
We're replacing it with laminated vinyl lumber beams
Which we call lvls
And they're gonna run us around $2,500.
With the roof, plumbing,
Electric and air conditioning still to go,
It's a hit to our budget, but hopefully a manageable one.
Alright, today at long last.
This horse's day has come.
Well, you know how it is.
Like, a horse breaks a leg and you gotta put it down.
Alright, well here's the deal. That's a clean concrete dumpster
So we can't put the rebar in it.
We just have to put concrete,
See if we can break this thing down.
What's the worst that can happen?
-That didn't even do anything. -It barely budged.
Okay.
Break his back! Damn.
Catch a breather.
We'll pull the truck up here and maybe a strap.
At least if it's down low we can beat it to death.
Yes. Way better.
-You got it? -Yeah, I think so, man.
Alright.
Go fire this thing up.
I'm about to.
Hold your horses.
[duke] alright, full pull.
-Whoa. -Okay, duke. Wow.
You see where the horse is right now?
- To jump in the dumpster. -That's where I was.
Good you're quick on your feet.
Alright. Here, let's see if we can knock this over.
See if you can whack it.
Oh, come on horsey.
Go, go, go, go.
Send it, get out of the way.
So, the horse is down but not defeated.
We can either sit out here for two hours more
-Beating the snot out of this. -Yeah?
We can go get a beer and talk about my near death experience.
-Your near horse experience? -Yeah...
Alright, well. Alright?
You look like you need to relax, so.
-Yeah. -Let's take a breather.
Next time, horsey.
In the bedroom off the living room we're removing the window
And then boarding it up.
This is gonna allow us to move the bedroom wall further out,
Reframing it to a more
Conventional and practical space.
With our framing done and our home's layout set,
We now replace the old windows with new energy efficient units
Throughout the entire house.
Over in the former jack and jill bathrooms,
We've begun reframing them to be their own separate rooms.
As we're reframing we're also updating our electrical panel
And replacing the main underground run
To the rear unit.
And on the exterior of the house,
We've started to remove the unsightly flagstone
To increase our curb appeal.
-Hey guys. -Hey. What's happening?
How we doing?
[duke] the more you open it up the worse it looks.
Everything you open up is rotten.
-Wow. -Look at this.
What?
Is that the roof?
Hey, alright now.
-Oh, come on. -Alright.
-You are replacing this roof? -Yeah.
I'm sorry. Excuse me.
-Oh boy. -I broke the roof.
You broke it. Yeah, yeah.
So. Are we agreed? Are we tearing that thing off?
Yeah, yeah.
It is. You got stuff all over you.
-You got particles all over you? -Yeah, it's called working.
This board and this board are coming up.
-Okay. -Right?
And then over here the plan is to build a little wall.
Like, a parapet wall right here.
So, because this is all flat in the front.
There's like, no character whatsoever.
-Right. -So, 6ft wall.
Build it out of concrete and then wrap it with stone to give
-It some dimension. -I was trying to figure out
Where you were going with this. So we're gonna make a parapet.
Stacked stone parapet wall in front of the house.
That's gotta do amazing things for the curb appeal.
I mean, this sounds like a good idea
So why don't we get out of their way?
We'll get back to work and go inside,
-Check out what's happening. -Sounds like a plan.
That's a nice beefy lam beam we got there now.
Oh, that's an improvement over the metal plate.
Yeah. The beam goes here
And then it also goes all the way
Through to the other side.
So it transcends this wall and dies in the bathroom
On the other side, so it really supports the whole house nicely.
And then this wall that alynne designed here
Goes the whole way down.
So now we have the window for egress for the bedroom.
The bedroom doesn't jag in like it did before.
This was the original wall, but then it came, you see it.
It came here, went straight through here.
We moved the window so that we could straighten the wall.
Let me show the bathroom.
[duke] stripped.
Okay, so this is really, really cool
Because I don't know if you remember this,
But this wall was actually over here.
And the way alynne drew it.
We pushed the wall back to accommodate a bathtub here.
Because this was a skinny bathroom.
You walked through and then you went through a door to go.
-Yeah. -That one, right?
But the framers actually picked up
This whole wall and just slide it over like, six inches.
Now we can put a tub here, make a whole bath,
And all it did was shorten the closet a little bit.
And you get to recycle a whole wall, too.
Recycle the wall.
There's plumbing issues we need to tackle here.
We need to put a drain for the shower or tub going there.
-Yeah. There's that. -We'll be cutting the floor up.
And then over here, the only thing we have to do is further
This wall out a little bit more to accommodate that stack.
That stack is pretty big.
I'll tell you what, you might as well just cut it off.
If we cut it off we can tie it in with a rubber adapter
At the bottom and just go pvc all the way through the roof.
Oh, yeah. That way we don't have to accommodate
The giant flanges or whatever. -No flanges.
And plus you can then have a normal pvc waste arm
That comes over and comes out for the vanity.
That's a fantastic idea, man. That's really cool.
We're halfway through our renovation here at montcalm.
This place has been a piece of work.
Our total renovation budget is 150,000
Which is actually tight
For the amount of work we have to get done.
While we're on track so far, we still have the roof, plumbing
And air conditioning system to do,
So we can't afford any more surprises.
In the backyard we're tearing down the old drywall
And insulation in our adu.
In the main house we've begun the big task of replacing
The plumbing in every single room that has plumbing.
Starting by added new drains and pvc pipe.
It's a big and costly job, and before we finish
We also need to talk over a few final decisions in the kitchen.
[keith] alynne.
-Hey. -[alynne] hey.
Alright.
-What have we got? - Will it fit?
-Everything measured out nice? -Yeah, I've got it all laid out.
Okay, tell us about it.
So, on this wall right here there's enough room to put
The fridge, the stove right here
With the microwave. It self ventilates.
We've got 24 inches on each side which is ample for cooking,
To be able to put something down.
All we have to do is trench this over here
And put the sink right here.
Now you can be doing your dishes...
-No! -You got gas right there.
No, no! No, we can't do that.
When we first walked through the house
I told alynne that I was planning
On restoring these terrazzo floors,
But now I find out she's looking at tearing them up
To run new plumbing for the kitchen?
[keith] no, we can't do that.
We're saving the terrazzo floor. We can't have a trench
-Going through the kitchen. -Oh yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Dude, that's the floor right here.
We throw the floor away if we trench it.
Yeah. If we cut that and patch it back with concrete,
It's gonna be like a huge wound.
And when they restore the rest of the terrazzo
It's gonna be a concrete strip.
It'll be a trench.
What other alternatives do we have?
Can't we just leave things back the way they were?
-The sink plumbing is here. -We have the fridge.
And then there'll be 18 inches on this side, and then the sink.
And then you have your dishwasher.
That's it. That's all there's room for.
And then it would go to right here.
-The range is going over here. -Yeah, okay.
We'll keep the sink here and the terrazzo gets refinished.
Oh, thank god. I am really in touch with this terrazzo.
This is gonna be beautiful.
This'll be a signature part of the house.
We're looking around like, really?
Oh, I know you're the designers with all the ideas
But I got my arms wrapped around this terrazzo.
You got a handful alright.
I'll tell you what.
With that settled we're turning our attention
To the front of the house.
In addition to alynne's amazing stone design wall,
The exterior is also getting stuccoed.
To prepare for that we need to pressure wash the house.
Once that's done, stucco is added to the front elevation,
Giving it a modern, rejuvenated look.
We also need to address the roof
Which is one of our biggest expenses.
We need to pull off the old tar and gravel roof,
Repair the rotten section in front,
And cover the whole thing with peel and stick,
Low slope roofing roll.
Then, it's finally time to swap out the old hvac system.
New units have arrived and the new ducts are going in.
So they got the pavers down out here.
What?
No more swimming pool, hello base for what, a fire pit?
-Yeah. -So, the other thing we did
While we were at it, is we pressure washed.
And you can see the brick paths
All the way around here. They're all clean.
Like, I had no idea how cool looking this was.
So, the koi pond.
We'll get that going.
And I don't even think we have to paint any it, right?
There's something pleasing
And natural about that stone.
That pond is gonna need a new pump, too.
The team gets to work freshening up the koi pond
And the mural wall.
Our next big job is repainting
The entire exterior of the home.
For the trim, we're going with a charcoal gray color
Called caviar, which will nicely contrast
The white paint we're using for the rest of the home.
This will give the exterior
A brighter and revitalized look.
We've also started building alynne's parapet wall
In black slate stone.
In the adu, we're installing a mini split ac unit.
It's only $900, but it packs a punch.
It's exactly the right size for this application
And it's super efficient.
Then, we insulate the space
And add gray medium format porcelain tile flooring
To match the main house and finish it with t1-11 paneling.
Not a cloud in the sky.
Smooth sailing with all the projects.
-[phone rings] -autopilot. Oh.
-Maybe that's a deal. -Yeah, it's carlos.
-Oh. -Hey, buddy. What's up?
What's up?
[carlos] hey, hi keith.
[keith] no!
-Okay. Okay. -We like, jinxed ourselves.
Are you on your way there?
Okay. No, no, I'm with you. Duke and I are on our way.
We'll see you there. We'll see you there.
-Thank you. -[carlos] bye.
Are you kidding me?
As soon as we open our mouths and it's like, oh yeah.
We got a chill day, nothing to worry about. This.
He said the drains are all backing up.
That's really bad.
Dude, that could be septic tank, drain field,
Or that could just be clogged.
That house has been sitting vacant for like, three years.
Who knows what happened.
[keith] can you kind of go over like, what the issue is?
The issue is that drain.
Yeah.
The water back up from that pipe.
So what we're gonna do, we're going to put the camera up
And see what's the problem, you know?
[keith] we got lots of brown water backing up the drains.
We just re-piped this house so you'd think,
"well, why is that happening?"
It's because when you repipe a house
You replace the supply lines.
That's the water coming to the toilets and sinks,
Not the lines going away.
Those are drain lines. Separate system.
So, what we're doing now is we're putting a drain camera in
The drain lines to see if we can find an obstruction.
If we can find an obstruction and clear it, that's awesome.
[man] very small drain.
[carlos] the camera no passing there.
-What? -The camera no pass.
-We can't go any further? -No.
-But keith, right now. -Yeah?
-We find out where the septic. -Yeah.
-I can fix it probably. -Okay.
I can chip the floor and put the new clean pipe to the new...
And that will solve the issue?
-Si. -We should be good to go.
We don't know where the septic right now.
Let's go find the septic.
A clean out is basically a lid
On the drain line that is between
The house and the septic tank, and if we can find that,
Which is not a given,
It means we can come in from the other side
And attack the clog from a shorter reach.
In order to find the clean out
We first have to find the septic tank.
It's really hard to find a little clean out.
It's a lot easier to find a big old concrete septic tank
Right under the ground.
So, we take a metal rod and just start poking into the ground
Until we hit something that goes thunk.
-There where is it? -Aqui.
You looking for the pipe?
Somewhere in the front is a pipe, like maybe 2ft.
-Yeah. -There's a pipe.
-From the inside. -Yeah, yeah.
So, all the water going from there.
So then what?
You want to cut that pipe and put a clean out?
-Si. -Yeah.
The tank is found!
And it only took us poking about 150 holes in the yard
And digging up all kinds of stuff.
I'm surprised we didn't find some lost spanish gold somewhere
Or something.
So now carlos can put in a new clean out.
We may have wasted half a day
But now at least the crew can move forward.
Alright, duke and I gotta go look at a house.
Come up with a plan and figure out
-What the best way to go is? -Si, si, si.
Okay. Alright brother.
-I don't need you. -You don't?
-[laughter] -no problema!
With our plumbing and septic issues fixed, our remaining
Drywall can be installed, mudded and textured.
And we can begin tiling our bathrooms with the amazing
Design that alynne picked out.
We're using large porcelain subway tiles with a dark gray
Chevron flooring in the shower.
Then, it's time to refinish
The house's original terrazzo flooring
In the kitchen and dining room
And install our new tile flooring
In the living room and bathroom.
Next, our kitchen cabinets have arrived
To be assembled and installed.
No checkerboards here anymore.
We've gone with gray cabinets to really emphasize
The new expanded space.
Turning our attention back to the exterior of the house,
We're updating the landscaping in front of the house
To complement alynne's new black slate stone wall.
We're also laying down sod for the full front yard.
Back inside, the entire house is getting a fresh coat
Of white paint to really highlight how much
We've cleaned and opened up the space.
In our newly created en suite bathroom we're installing
A state-of-the-art alfi shower wall.
We think this high-end feature will attract more buyers,
Helping us get the best price for this home.
Then, it's time for our granite countertops
To go into the bathrooms.
And, of course, the kitchen.
Then, we're adding a gray-blue subway tile
With some blue glass tile
For the backsplash to add a classy pop of color.
Now it's time for the professionals
At madison staging to come in
And complete the home's transformation.
Because the space was so dark and cluttered
When we first got in here,
We're going with bright and light colors
With an almost minimalist approach
To the furniture to really highlight
The brand new and restored flooring,
And the more practical layout we've given this house.
[duke whistles] man. Shining like a mint penny.
-Nicely done. -Wow.
I'm struggling to remember what this looked like
-When we got here. -Let me help you out with that.
The front of this thing used to be so nondescript
And so junky.
[alynne] that whole metal awning.
[duke] big jungle over there with a concrete horse.
[keith] yeah, I got the horse part seared into my memory.
Yeah, almost seared into your back.
Think about everything we did. We have new windows
All the way around, new roof.
Anything you point to, it's like this.
New paint, new windows, new roof, new plants.
[alynne] it's art.
[duke] new cedar, new door, new facade.
Everything's new here. Wanna look inside at new stuff?
[both] yeah.
Ooh.
Whoa, look at this.
Remember what we had when we started?
It was like, groady and ick.
[duke] ooh, welcome to this cool, clean house.
[keith] look at these floors. This tile really works.
This was carpet. It was ugly carpet.
It was filthy, feces covered.
Alright, alright. Alright, enough.
-[alynne] it was nasty. -It was so dingy.
Nasty doesn't begin to cover it.
I mean, we had a doorway there.
That's right. It's how you got into that room.
Down here and cut in, and into that house of horrors.
[alynne] I mean, none of it made any sense.
You know what that is?
-Straight beam. -A straight line.
It looks like a new house in here.
-[keith] the new windows. -[duke] yeah.
[keith] let's check out the guest room
That used to be open to the living room.
This whole stanky, I don't know what to even call this place.
[keith] it was the worst. -[duke] it was the worst.
Because remember the wall did that jog,
So it like, tapered in.
There was just stuff everywhere. It was all dark.
[alynne] the biggest thing, it had those stained glass windows
Which make it even darker inside of the room.
Yeah.
We had to reframe it anyway so we put the two windows here.
This room is gonna make a great guest suite.
It's actually away from all
-The other bedrooms over there. =oh, yeah.
It has its own private bathroom. This is amazing.
[keith] remember the hole in the ceiling?
[duke] yeah. There was a vinyl shower enclosure here.
It's unrecognizable.
[alynne] you know, I chose the smaller tiles
To go inside of the space.
It looks really nice.
[keith] let's go look at that former jack and jill bathroom.
Think about what this was when we got here.
There was a door here going to the other half of the bathroom.
Alynne saw this and realized if we just moved this wall here
Back six inches or something that we had enough space
For a tub, and that was it.
-Onto the next, the primary. -Okay.
And this one here. You like the main bedroom?
Oh, yes. I like it much better than before.
Oh. Now, this is a great, great room.
I mean, you have the new view out the front of the house.
It's very green, lush, verdant.
Pretty, pretty view out there.
[duke] you want to see how this bathroom turned out here?
Woo!
Look at this bathroom.
This is my favorite.
[keith] we actually had to move the plumbing down here
To accommodate the larger vanity.
And if you'll notice, the floors aren't the same
As the rest of the house
Because we did chew up all these floors, didn't we?
Yeah, so the terrazzo was ruined in that spot,
-So we had to put tile. - No, the terrazzo was ruined.
The terrazzo was awesome.
Let's go check out the rest.
The kitchen is calling me.
Let's think about though, really, the original kitchen.
It was so bad.
Unbelievably small and awful.
Dirty, filthy.
[duke] are we awesome or what? Look at this.
You know what, I'm happy with this kitchen.
-It's open. -[duke] got a nice range hood
That's vented to the exterior like it should be now.
Got a deep sink here, there's space for what you gotta do.
And don't forget this too right here look.
-This waterfall edge. -Oh, the edge over, yeah.
When the terrazzo guys came in they had to grind all the mortar
Off, so these floors have been hidden for,
God, it could be 30, 40 years.
And then there's another room over there.
[keith] before it was like, all dark and scary.
[alynne] everything was super dark.
[keith] and we had the covered porch thing outside.
[duke] that kept even more light out of the space.
That's why it was so dark, it was all enclosed by that.
[alynne] yeah. [keith] well what we got now?
We have all new windows, we have the tile floor, which we haven't
Got talking enough about.
But this tile floor really compliments
The terrazzo floor nicely.
[duke] this thing shows off what I think is
The best feature of the house, which is the stunning backyard.
Yeah, why don't we see?
Let's like, talk about that [].
This is the gateway to the best part of this home.
[keith] it was really, really bad.
Really bad, but now we got a koi pond.
[duke] I didn't think it'd clean up like this,
-That's for sure. -[alynne] yeah.
When we pressure washed this.
Everything brightened up.
Look at that tropical mural.
That's florida on a wall.
And then over here, remember this entire perimeter
That we're standing on is brand new pavers because.
[duke] that big concrete pool.
[keith] that big concrete pool.
But now I think it's time to talk about the other house.
-The other house? -The other house.
-There were lofts up here. -[duke] like raw insulation
-Hanging out the wall. -[keith] the electric was scabby
And the walls had like, peg board on them.
This is 276 sq ft and it's air conditioned,
And it's totally finished to the same standard as the house.
I think this might also add more value than a similar size,
Say, bedroom in the house because
This has got so much more potential.
I mean, this could be an outside, like,
You know, kids playroom, or it can be the guy's man cave.
-Yeah. -Well, anyways.
Enough patting ourselves on the back. Let's go talk turnkey.
I could pat myself on the back for a while yet.
Yes, I'm sure you deserve it, too.
This is the hard part because what are we gonna list this for?
Usually it's a lot easier than this.
This is such an odd property because there's all this value
-Added stuff. -Yeah.
Like the koi pond. And the adu.
And all this other stuff.
I had been thinking 575, but then I'm like,
We're doing other houses in the 600 range.
And this is at least on par.
I'm gonna bring julie into the conversation
Because she's our realtor
And we'll have her run comps also,
And see where we land.
So, we know we're looking between 600 and 679.
I talked it over with julie and we decided to list the house
For $619,000.
Our original purchase price was $220,000,
And we stuck to our renovation budget of $150,000.
Our agent fees and closing costs
Will come in around £30,950.
The interest on my hard money loan
Will end up being around 7,400.
That brings out our total cost to $408,350.
If we sell the house for our asking price of 619,000
We'll stand to make a potential profit of 210,650.
Hey, homie.
Well, look at this.
-Lemonade in shade. -You brought drinks?
Well, thank you. Very nice of you.
Two months ago we would have been sitting inside of a pool.
You got the brillo grill. It's our centerpiece.
I got some wood over there
-If you wanna grab a few pieces. -Yeah.
I'm interested to see how it works because there's only
A couple nights a year in florida that we'll use this.
[keith] hey! The horse is back.
That's not even funny, dude.
[duke] it's better than having it in your bed, isn't it?