♪ Tell me where you wanna go
♪ I'll take you there, take you high, take you low ♪
[Amanda] Hello, flipping friends.
-[Sam] Hello. -[Dolmar] What's up?
How are you?
[Dolmar] Nice of you to join us.
[Amanda] Sorry I was late.
It's all good. You're here now.
-Okay. -You're just on time, actually.
I have a lead on our next possible zombie flip.
An investor friend tipped me off.
-Okay. -[Dolmar] I wanna show it to you
and see what you think about it.
It's the Palm River area.
I know that area very well.
Properties do move fast there.
This is the house right now. 1,300 square feet.
[Amanda] Three-bedroom, two-bath?
[Dolmar] One bath. They didn't take good care of it.
Hold on. Wait. That's the front door?
[Dolmar] Yeah. You're literally walking right into the cabinet.
-That's gonna be your challenge. -Okay, I see.
There's additional space here in the back.
It looks like a workshop.
What I would like to do is turn that into a bathroom.
Just so you two know, the area is so popular
that there are already bids on this place.
So we got to move fast on it.
Alright, well, let's talk numbers.
What are we looking at?
-The $160,000-ish range. -Okay.
If we want to pick this up, we have to make sure
that our offer beats out any of the competition.
Exactly. You shot that address over,
so I just looked it up real quick,
but it looks like we could be, like,
in the $300,000 to $330,000 range.
So we can increase our purchase price,
beat out the other investors, and get the deal.
Okay, when are we getting into this house?
Tomorrow. Because there's a bidding war,
we have to think fast, move quick.
I'm not gonna be able to go.
Like, did you totally forget?
I have two speaking gigs out of town.
I can't just go walk this house.
[Dolmar] I completely forgot about that.
Of course. Look at you.
[Amanda] We'll take video.
[Dolmar] Amanda and I can handle it.
-[Amanda] Yeah, we'll be fine. -[Sam] Okay.
I think you're gonna love this neighborhood.
I'm liking these bright houses I see.
And there's a lot of interest to buy in this area.
The casino is right around the corner.
[Amanda] Oh, yes, the casino.
[Dolmar] The fairgrounds are right around the corner.
[Amanda] The port is round the corner.
So, yeah, I think it's a great area.
I can see why there are already bids for this place.
[Dolmar] The Palm River- Clair Mel neighborhood
is a up-and-coming Florida community.
And it's located just 15 minutes south of Tampa.
It's home to an impressive selection of attractions
and experiences, making it a great place to live.
Here's the house right here.
-Oh, boy! -Check it out.
This is "Zombie House Flipping Tampa."
Oh!
[Amanda] You know Sam is all about curb appeal.
-Oh, I know. -[Amanda] We got to elevate.
There's something weird going on already with the plumbing.
This is an eyesore, I don't like it.
[Amanda] That looks like a hack.
Why is there plumbing in the front?
[Dolmar] Oh, look.
See, it goes up and comes down around here.
[Amanda] Uh-oh.
Definitely want to replace this, make it look better.
There's probably a lot of things in this house
that are not to code that we're gonna have to fix.
-[Amanda] Yeah. -[Dolmar] This roof, by the way,
seeing the rust, is gonna need some repairs.
That could be another big expense.
The windows already look new, so that's great.
-Are you ready to go inside? -No!
-Why you cov-- -'Cause I smell it already.
Ladies first.
This three-bedroom, one-bathroom ranch-style home
is 1,296 square feet.
It has an office addition in the front
and a bonus workshop space on the back of the house,
which we hope to convert into a second bathroom
and maybe even another bedroom.
Ew! What the [bleep]
-Ugh! -[Dolmar] Oh, my gosh.
-[Amanda] Oh, my God! -[Dolmar] Look at it!
[Amanda] What is that smell, Dolmar?
-No. Oh, my God. -[Dolmar] Look at this.
[Amanda] This is not sexy, at all.
Like, you're really walking in
from the front door into the kitchen.
[Dolmar] Yeah, it definitely has to change.
So countertops, cabinets, appliances.
We're looking at $11,000 to $12,000 already
just in the kitchen.
[Amanda] And that's before we even figure out a new layout.
[Dolmar] Let's go over here.
[Amanda] This was the living room before.
[Dolmar] This is definitely the living room.
-This is all nasty. -[Amanda] Oof.
[Dolmar] We got roaches here.
-[Amanda] Ew! -[Dolmar] Look at that.
[Amanda] This plan is so weird.
I mean, we can move the kitchen over here.
[Dolmar] I like that.
[Amanda] I think the living room
would make a much better location for the kitchen.
Let's come back to that after we figure out what the budget is
and if the budget allows, 'cause that's not gonna be cheap.
Look at the ceiling.
That's like commercial ceiling.
[Dolmar] Drop ceilings, that's what they call 'em.
-You got to get rid of that. -[Amanda] Yeah.
If we can raise these ceilings at all.
We need to raise the roof.
-[Dolmar] Is it the ducts? -[Amanda] What?
-Oh, it is the ductwork. -Yeah, see. It is.
-Yep. -Yep.
[Amanda] You know what they did?
They did ductwork to put AC in those rooms on the side.
This does not look like it was done up to code.
Alright, this right here is the exterior wall.
So they busted through this to create this addition.
[Amanda] Another room?
[Dolmar] Looks like it was some type of office, yeah.
There's no natural light coming in.
So it feels like a dungeon.
Alright, let's walk through the rest of the house.
-So, closet. -Closet.
Air handler is in here. I can hear it.
Ghosts are here.
Yeah. No. No!
-Alright, so basic bedroom. -What's going on?
Look, there's a [bleep] stain on the carpet.
[Dolmar] You're standing in something.
-Ew! -[both laugh]
We'll repaint this room and put in new flooring.
So small.
Yeah, this is a tiny room.
Alright.
This is the second bedroom.
-Oh, man. -[Dolmar] Oh, great.
I'm looking at some black growth.
[Amanda] Oh, my God!
[Dolmar] That is what smells.
-Whoa. -We'll address it.
We'll remediate it. We'll take the bad pieces out
so new buyers won't have to deal with this.
-[Amanda] Okay. -Let's get out of here.
I just counted three bedrooms.
So all the bedrooms are over here.
[Amanda] Is this the primary bedroom
that we're standing in right here?
-It's the biggest one. -It is the biggest one.
But no bathroom connected. Look at this.
This window is looking out to what looks like a utility room.
[Amanda] We're going to have to close that off.
People can't look into the primary bedroom like that.
Don't look what I'm doing in the primary bedroom.
Alright, so definitely block this off.
Let's see the rest of the house,
'cause we still haven't even seen the bathroom.
Oh, boy. Oh!
[Dolmar] Alright.
-[Amanda] Wow. -[Dolmar sighs]
Look at this wallpaper.
What is this?
Look at the ceiling.
Look at the window.
-Where does this thing go to? -I don't know.
-That's ventilation that's -- -[Dolmar] It's boarded up.
-Look at this tub surround. -[Amanda] Oof.
[Dolmar] Everything's got to go.
[Amanda] It's got to go. It's got to go.
Alright, let's go on the other side of the house,
and that will help us to figure out what we do
with the rest of this house.
-Let's go back here. -[Amanda] Okay.
[Dolmar] This house is just so weird.
The layout is just funky here.
[Amanda] This is funky, funky, funky.
Laundry wash.
Potential second bathroom area.
[Dolmar] Yeah. There's plumbing over here.
We can tie into all of this.
We'll have to remove the electrical panel somewhere else.
We don't want an electrical panel in the bathroom.
-So second bathroom goes here. -Right.
[Dolmar] But we'll have to figure out --
Where are we gonna put the laundry room now?
Exactly.
-Look at this. -[Amanda] Wow.
Dang it, man. We got termites.
Okay, we are gonna have to tent this house.
Between $1,000 and $1,500 is what we're looking at
to now tent this house.
[Amanda] Okay, let's see what's going on back here.
Alright.
[Amanda] Oh.
-Look at this! -[Dolmar] Dude.
Holy moly!
We struck gold.
This is a 8-track.
Are you into country?
-[Dolmar] "You're in My Heart." -[Amanda] "Sunday South."
[laughs]
Oh. These are great. You should take these with you.
I totally am.
So this looks like a shop room before.
So we have three tiny, small bedrooms.
We can make this one a primary with the nice bathroom.
[Dolmar] It can be -- I actually like this idea a lot.
The only thing, though, is we're gonna have to
-move this water heater. -[Amanda] Water heater.
I just had an idea.
Where to put the utility room.
Remember when we walked into that office?
-There's a extra room. -Oh, in the front.
[Dolmar] We can move the water heater over there.
We can move the washer, dryer, the connections all over there.
It's small, but it's big enough for a utility room.
To turn it into a utility room.
[Dolmar] And now this can feel like a true bedroom.
This is a great plan for the primary.
Let's see what's goin' on in the backyard.
Oh, boy.
♪
I would definitely clean up the backyard.
But I'm worried that's gonna put us over budget.
I think we're gonna blow the budget
on the inside of this house alone.
It's gonna be pretty expensive.
[Amanda] Yeah.
[Dolmar] But let's place a bid.
♪
This house had a lot of bids from multiple investors.
But because of how bad the house is,
it scared other investors from bidding too high.
So I was able to pick it up for $157,000.
Now, I offered the seller cash because I was able
to get financing from a hard money lender,
making this a quick close so that my team and I
can get in there and start work right away.
With a renovation budget of $75,000,
I believe we can get in and out of this house in 90 days.
Our projected agent fees and closing costs will be $16,500,
and our loan interest on this 90-day flip will be $6,960,
making our total investment $255,460.
We plan to sell this house for $330,000,
giving us a potential profit of $74,540.
Now we've got to figure out how to make this house sexy.
Selling this house for the best price
depends on converting that back rundown workshop space
and utility room into a primary suite.
To do this, we're gonna relocate the water heater, laundry,
extend the HVAC system into the space,
properly insulate the rooms,
and then create a brand-new bedroom
and full bathroom for our buyers.
Next up, we're putting that dark, random office space
to better use by relocating our water heater
and laundry room there.
We're going to reroute our plumbing and electrical panels
so it's away from our new primary suite
and closer to our new kitchen.
In the front of our house, the awkward kitchen has to go.
We're gonna move the entire kitchen away from the front door
and over into what used to be the living room.
Then we'll add an L-shaped layout
with new cabinets and an island.
♪
[Amanda] Hey.
♪♪
[laughs]
Are you ready to work, or are you modeling?
It is demo day, my favorite day,
and Julio, my subcontractor, is here with his entire team,
and they're already getting to work.
While Sam is out of town working,
Amanda and I are here to get this flip started right.
So what do you want us to help with?
-[Julio] The kitchen. -Alright, let's do this.
While we are working in the kitchen,
the crew is continuing to clear everything out
from the other rooms in the house
so that we'll be able to demo those areas next.
♪
We shouldn't do this so close.
-Probably not. -Right.
-You stay over there. -Alright.
-Stay over there. -I'll supervise over here.
[gasps] [bleep]
Nail in my foot.
[Dolmar] Did it go through?
-Yeah. -Aw, damn.
Let me go get the first-aid kit.
[Amanda] Okay.
[Dolmar] And this is exactly why we get tetanus shots.
Alright, grab a seat.
It's okay. I would like alcohol.
Hand cleansing wipes. Can you use this?
[Amanda] Dr. Dolmar. Beep!
Your meeting in the emergency room.
-How does it smell? -Really?
You got to make it awkward and weird, don't you?
-Are you okay? -[Amanda] Yeah, I'm good.
[Dolmar] Seriously, are you okay?
-Does it hurt? -[Amanda] No.
If you see blood coming out of my boot,
you'll know what happened.
[laughs]
Okay.
You want to sit it out? It's totally fine if you do.
[Amanda] No. Let's go. Come on.
There you go. Now kick it.
No, look at all those nails.
[Dolmar] Oh, damn. Don't kick it.
With the kitchen demo'd and cleared out
to make way for our new layout,
we head to the bathroom, where we rip down the old cabinets
and tear out the old tub
so we can completely update the space.
And then it's onto the office,
which is where we plan to relocate the laundry room
and the hot-water heater.
♪♪
The black-growth drywall in the back bedroom
is carefully removed,
while out front the plumbing hack by the front door
is buried underground where it belongs.
The commercial drop ceiling is being upgraded
to wood-frame ceiling joists throughout the house.
Moving the kitchen means we have to dig around in the front yard
until we can find the existing main drain line to the street.
With our new drains tied directly into that,
we can minimize the need for floor repairs inside the house.
For the next three days, all work has to shut down
while the exterminators put a giant tent over the house
to fumigate and get rid of all the termites,
along with any other bugs that are still living inside.
Once that's complete, we give the wood frame part of the house
a smooth coat of stucco, which is then etched with lines.
This trick gives our house
a uniform cement block look from the curb
at a fraction of the cost,
while in the backyard, we are just clearing out all the debris
to give the buyer a clean slate.
♪♪
♪
Alright.
There's a lot that has happened here
since you girls have been here the last time.
[Amanda] Yes.
Sam missed demo because she was at her speaking engagement.
And I told Amanda to rest her foot for a few days.
Now that they're both present and recovered,
I need to get them up to speed on exactly what's going on.
I'm sure you've been wondering what the heck is this hole here.
I'm hoping what I think I'm thinking.
Because you twisted my arm,
I'm moving the kitchen from the middle of the house
to the part that you wanted us to move it to.
So in order to do that,
we had to dig to find the drain and connect all the pipes.
But we're also moving the utility room
all the way to the left side of the house where this stucco is.
-In fact, if you remember... -Yes, I do.
...this left side of the house was all frame.
It was wood, right?
So to make it look uniform,
like the entire house is block,
we did this part with stucco.
It looks really good. It looks very uniform.
And it looks like it was supposed to be like that.
It looks block and it matches the rest of the house,
even down to the lines all match up perfectly.
So when you pull up with the curb appeal,
it doesn't look nasty and ugly like it did before.
-Right. -Well, speaking of curb appeal,
I can see nothing's been done back here.
Can we talk about this?
-[sighs] Here we go. -Here we go, landscape,
your favorite part.
Dolmar, there were beautiful plants here.
[Dolmar] I left two plants for you.
-We're good. -[Amanda] Dang.
We're good, and back here, we're gonna just rake it
and make it look nice and presentable,
put down some grass seed, and hopefully by the time
we're done with this house, it'll look clean and open
and presentable where people will love it.
I mean, I'm not opposed to cutting budget in the backyard
because of this neighborhood
and what all the resales look like.
Like, there's not a ton done.
But we do need to do, like, a little bit more.
This house will sell just fine.
Look at this.
Things are coming along.
Yeah, getting pretty cleaned up fast, right?
Yeah.
[Dolmar] Next we have the electrical wires,
so the electrician is coming.
He's gonna put together the electrical plan
to start running wires throughout the house,
move the electrical panel that's in this room right now
-to the left side of the house. -Okay.
So all of that will be under way here pretty soon.
Close up everything with drywall,
texture, paint, and things will start moving a lot faster.
The major thing that we have to do in this house
is the bathroom that we're adding here,
moving the kitchen from the middle
to that side of the house, and adding the utility room.
So those are the major things,
but everything else is pretty simple
and they're knocking it out pretty quickly.
Okay.
I can see you're talking about this bathroom.
But can we talk about that bathroom?
We have left that one very untouched,
and it looks like they're doing stuff in there.
After you.
[Sam] Okay. Well, this is interesting.
We still have a Peeping Tom window.
This is where the window used to be.
-Yeah. -Very good.
It's framed in because we're gonna close it up.
-[Amanda] Okay. -[Dolmar] Yeah.
Are we gonna do double sinks or just one sink?
[Dolmar] The goal is to do the double sinks in here.
In the bathroom that's going to this room on the other side,
we're gonna do a shower there, though.
So, yeah, it's a simple remodel in here.
It's only gonna cost like $5,000 to get this entire room done.
-[Amanda] Okay. -[Sam] Great.
I love when we don't have to reconfigure things
and we can save money on the bathrooms.
-[Amanda] Okay. -Definitely a plus.
Double sinks for sure.
Yes? 'Cause I only see one.
-They haven't started yet. -I know.
I'm just checking.
[laughs]
♪
[Dolmar] Our HVAC contractor is reworking the maze
of existing ducts and junction boxes
to make sure that we can get even airflow
throughout the house,
including the new primary bedroom space.
Now all of the work on the house takes a pause
while we focus on removing the tar-and-gravel roof.
Whoo!
-[Sam] Dolmar! -What's up?
What are you doin'?
Getting dirty, putting in some work.
[Sam] I see that.
[Dolmar] I can't let these guys have all the fun.
Hi. Look at you. You're filthy.
So what are you doin' here?
Well, I came to check in on the roof
and talk to you about a couple things inside
and get caught up.
Well, we got the roof going today,
taking all the gravel off, the tar off.
-Okay. -And depending on the weather,
we may be able to -- I can't even breathe.
See, I'm doing all this work.
We might even be able to put the new roof back on today.
Oh, wow. That's really fast.
We're doing a different type of roof,
like a peel-and-stick type of roof,
similar to that house and that house and that house,
basically almost all the houses in this neighborhood.
How many years do you think we get on that?
[Dolmar] That's a good question. Javier!
How many years will we get on this roof?
How long will it last?
-16 years. -16 years?
-[Sam] 16. Okay, yeah. -That's good.
I was telling her that it's still great quality.
-Oh, yeah. -Sounds good to me.
I'm getting another discount today.
-[Javier] I saw you work. -I was working.
All that labor up there.
-Look at this. -Yeah.
You're very proud of yourself today.
[Javier] Alright, guys.
I'm gettin' some brownie points when I go home.
You know, just because you go and help them
doesn't mean they're actually gonna give you a discount.
You do know that, right?
Maybe not today, but for the future.
[Sam] Okay, well, work at it and let me know how that goes.
[Dolmar] I'm trying, man.
I kind of want to go check out that conversion.
[Dolmar] Okay. After you.
[Sam] Thank you.
Okay, I just wanted to come in
and kind of visualize everything with you,
'cause I ran comps again.
You know, originally we were looking at like 3/2.
So I just want to make sure we were gonna get our value
out of really taking the extra budget to convert this.
-Okay. -[Sam] The challenge is,
the comps don't support any higher of a sale price
on a three-bedroom versus a four-bedroom.
[Dolmar] So are you saying that we won't get the $330,000 ARV
that we have in mind here?
[Sam] No, that should definitely clear fine.
I'm just being mindful that since I can't find comps, like,
it's all gonna come down to what the appraiser
comes and appraises the house at.
So 4/2s, right, 4/2s are not comping any higher than 3/2s.
I'm okay with that, 'cause based on our numbers right now,
with converting this into a fourth bedroom or in-law suite,
I was looking at a resale of $330,000,
-which gives us a nice profit. -Okay.
What I think is, by adding it,
it makes this house way more desirable
than any other house in this area.
And I think people looking to buy in this area
have large families, I think they're gonna look
at this house and favor this house,
over and above all the other houses in the area.
1,000% agree that buyers are going to love it.
And I hope that that makes us
go off the market faster than any other house.
-I got more work to do. -Okay.
-See ya. -No, I'm not.
-No, no, no. -You're just gonna --
-Yeah. Bye. -You're gonna leave me hangin'.
[Sam] You're all dirty, D. Bye.
[Dolmar] We make quick work of the remaining roof demo,
thanks to my help, of course.
♪♪
And the Degante Roofing team
gets the new peel-and-stick rolled roof in,
installed the same day as promised.
♪
The strange indoor window
between the third bedroom and the new primary suite
is getting filled in with drywall,
along with the other indoor window in the bathroom.
The plumbers are also installing a new bathtub in there,
which should appeal to buyers with young children.
Even though we're halfway through the renovation
on this house and we have all these unexpected issues
and challenges, we're still somehow on budget.
We're not currently in danger
of going over our $75,000 renovation budget,
and we're still going to meet our 90-day renovation goal.
♪
[Ricky] What's goin' on, Dolmar?
How you doin', man?
What you got me into today?
Thanks for meeting me. Let me show you real quick.
With the new framing and ductwork already in place,
Ricky is here to run the new electrical wires
and also move the electrical panel
from the utility room into the laundry room.
I budgeted $5,000 to update it all.
What I want to do is move the panel to over here.
[Ricky] What's all this?
We're gonna close all of this up.
The kitchen was right here, but we're moving the kitchen --
Close it up? We got to redo these wires.
You got all these open joints here, cut wires, cloth cabling.
-Is that what this is? -Yeah, that's illegal now.
Since the 1960s.
This cloth cabling is basically just cloth
over top of the conductors.
And what happens is it'll get brittle, it'll start to crack,
it'll flake, and it'll create little sections in the wire
where it can cause arcs and, you know, catch things on fire,
like the wood studs and things like that.
You won't pass inspection
if you have cloth cabling in your walls.
[Dolmar] I just wanted to move the panel.
Are you trying to tell me that I have to replace all this?
It'll probably have to be a complete rewire now.
Bro, are you serious?
Unfortunately, yeah.
Not all of it is cloth wiring. It's just this.
Let's check out the panel and see what you got over there.
Ricky, please don't tell me --
Like, I don't want to hear bad news today, man.
So I want to move this panel to the other side of the house.
I've got more bad news for you, Dolmar.
Even the feeders coming in are cloth cabling.
See, look, you've already got damage here to the wire.
Most of these conductors in here are cloth.
Are you planning on reusing this panel, too?
I was hoping to. Can I?
I mean, if you're getting an inspection,
we got to change the panel out, we got to change the breakers
to the new AFCI, GFCI breakers.
Those run at least 50 bucks apiece.
And how many we need?
For a panel this size, I would say 20.
So what I'm hearing is, I need a new panel, new breakers,
and you have to rewire the entire house
because the cloth wiring feeds in right there.
Right.
How much are we talking about, Ricky?
For the homey discount, I'll do everything, labor,
materials, we'll call it 7 grand.
Okay. I like that.
And that still includes everything,
even with all this crap that has to be replaced?
That'll take care of that, as well.
That's a great deal.
I got you.
That's actually way better than I thought.
Even though Ricky is giving me a deal,
rewiring the entire house
is still an expense I did not expect.
I'm gonna need to find savings somewhere else,
or else I'll find myself going over
the $75,000 renovation budget.
They had the light on this wall right here,
but because the roof is, like, low slope and there's no attic,
I don't know how you're gonna run wires.
If I ran the cables through here,
they'd end up bein' exposed.
Yeah, we're not doin' that.
And what's with this wall?
It looks like it's just four pieces of Sheetrock together.
I'm not a framer, but I don't know if that's exactly right.
As many times as I've been here, I did not notice that.
This is funky.
I have literally never seen anything like this ever.
[Ricky] Yeah, me neither.
I got to get with the engineers
and see what they think about this.
How do you run wires through this?
Normally, the walls open or you have four-inch wall
where we can actually get wires down in.
But I don't see any space
between these pieces of Sheetrock.
So we'd probably have to channel the wall or, I mean, replace it.
In all my years, I have never seen anything like this before.
I cannot seem to ever make any progress with this thing.
I'm gonna have to reframe these entire walls.
Looks like it.
Oh, my gosh, reframing all the walls in this house
can delay our flip by several days.
It's also gonna put our relatively tight budget at risk.
We still got cabinets that need to go in, countertops,
bathroom tile, fixtures, landscaping, you name it,
a ton of stuff that still needs to happen and all costs money.
It adds up really fast, and I'm gonna need to do
everything I can to keep us in our $75,000 range.
♪
We really need to kick things into overdrive
to get all this work done anywhere within our goal.
The team starts by removing all the rotten and eaten wood
caused by the termite damage.
With that done, it's time to reframe
all of the out-of-code walls
we found in the rest of the house.
Now that the framing is done, Ricky, the electrician,
can come in and bring all of the electrical up to code.
Up next, we update the plumbing
in what will be our new primary bathroom.
And out front, our team works
to bury our new plumbing lines and cover them in concrete.
Back inside, with the walls reframed,
it's time to put up new drywall all throughout the house
and then tape and mud them.
Inside, From The Forest
is adding flooring throughout the house.
Back outside, we've decided to give the exterior of the house
a much needed makeover,
starting with a fresh coat of sunny yellow paint
to match the colorful Caribbean-inspired vibe
of the neighborhood.
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[sighs]
Hey, it's all painted now.
Yeah. Bright yellow.
Is that how you wanted it?
Look on the street.
Where are we?
-You see peach across the way. -[Dolmar] I know.
[Amanda] We have orange on this side.
We even have the blue on the trim over there
as our door over here.
Remember, when you choose exterior paint colors,
you have to match the street,
you have to match the neighborhood.
And this neighborhood is very tropical.
-It just has to grow on me. -Let's look inside.
-Yes. -It just has to grow on me.
Grow on you? Okay.
-Hey. -Ooh, the floors look good.
Yeah, they do.
Let's talk about this kitchen
and how we moved it from the front door over here.
That was a good call, yes?
I hate saying it, but it was a good idea.
We're a team. You shouldn't hate it.
We're winning, right?
I see that we have the electrical ready to go
for the island and, you know --
-Fridge goes there. -Fridge goes there.
-Sink here. -Mm-hmm.
[Dolmar] Walking in the front door,
not walking into cabinets like we did before,
it was definitely the right move,
just like the right move I made
by moving the utility room from over there to over here.
Especially because we wanted to use the utility space
that was on that side and turn it into a bathroom.
-Right. -This was the most logical space
to convert into the utility room.
And this room was an office before.
I think it can still be used as an office,
a bonus room, a playroom, maybe even storage.
We did a lot of moving in this house.
-We did. -A lot of reconfiguration.
Alright, so what else we got to do?
-Juan, what's up, my friend? -[Juan] Yes, sir. How are you?
-Hey. -How you doin', man?
Good. How are you?
[Dolmar] Juan, I really love the work that you did here.
But we wanted to talk about the next steps,
which is the bathrooms.
And I know you want to get started on the bathrooms, too.
Okay, did the tile come in for the bathrooms?
Yeah, the tile here.
Oh, okay. Oh, they came in.
-Yep, yep. -Alright.
Alright, nice, nice, nice.
-Yep. -Okay.
-Okay. Oh, yeah. -Nice, nice.
So we have a whole design going on in the bathroom.
Alright, I know this is somewhat a complicated design.
But we'll figure this out.
So here's the pattern.
I have it on a digital format,
so we just have to follow it here.
And I know there's like six different of these tiles,
so we just have to, you know, make it match.
[Dolmar] This makes way more sense than that.
No, look, you have circles now going all over the floor.
And this is supposed to be like --
-What the hell is that? -[Amanda] Organized chaos.
-[Dolmar] Exactly. -[Amanda] Right.
So you don't want to see circle. You want to see --
No! I don't know why you're doing this, Dolmar.
You already mixed 'em up.
Doesn't this look crazy to you?
[laughs] Exactly!
[Amanda] Right. No, we're not doing no circles.
How about this?
'Cause I don't want this to be wrong at all.
We'll take this picture, we'll blow it up, put it on the wall
so your guys know how to lay everything out.
-Yes? -Good idea.
-Yeah. Okay. -[Dolmar] I did the puzzle.
I solved it. It was a circle.
I just see circles all around.
-It was fine. -You saw circles in there?
No. Okay. Again.
We'll make sure the design is up on the wall
before the end of the day so they are ready to go tomorrow.
Yes? Okay. Let's go. Come on.
[Dolmar] It's time to install our brand-new cabinets
from Panda Kitchen and Bath.
We've even added an extra row against the far wall
for more storage space.
Then it's time for the white quartz countertops.
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It's all coming along.
-[laughs] -What?
-What is that? -[Amanda] What do you mean?
[Dolmar] What the heck is that?
That is art.
You don't like it?
Look.
This kind of vibe.
Hey!
It looks like a sombrero hat.
Exactly.
No, really, it's just art.
Just trust your designer.
I could have sworn this was supposed to be this way, though.
We were supposed to have an island.
We were supposed to have an island,
but after we took, like, the measurements,
there wasn't gonna be enough clearance
for the refrigerator to open with the island here.
So we turned around and basically moved it on this side.
This is a problem, though,
'cause this wiring was done for the range
based on the old plan with the island going this way.
This should be back over here,
and that should be a little bit more over here.
'Cause that looks like that was for the original island.
This is gonna cost more money.
I don't know how soon I can get Ricky
or even Jordan to come out here and fix this,
because they're already working on other houses right now.
We've already had so many delays with this house,
from having to reframe the entire house
and the electrical issues back here, as well.
We're already past our timeline,
and now I have to worry about
additional loan interest payments every month,
holding costs.
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Oh, my God.
Let's just get them on the phone and just get them out here.
I mean, we're in a situation, there's nothing that we can do.
I'm just as frustrated right now.
These are the things that keep delaying a process
and costing us money,
but, you know, before we go down that rabbit hole,
let's just focus on the good things
that are happening in the space.
Look, we totally moved a kitchen
from walking in from the front door
to this side of the house.
The buyers are going to love it,
and Sam is going to be able to sell this house quicker.
Yeah. I agree.
So I do like it a lot better.
I just got to figure out what this is gonna cost.
Okay. We have a better kitchen.
And the kitchen is gonna sell the house.
Yes?
Sam better make it up on the back end.
Alright.
♪
We lucked out, and I was able
to get an electrician out right away
to move our electrical over to accommodate our changed plans.
In our primary bathroom, Amanda's non-circular
organized-chaos tile is going in.
And in the other bathroom,
Amanda is getting her wish for a double vanity
with a quartz countertop that matches the kitchen.
In the bedrooms, we've added new bifolding closet doors
to update the space
and then installing brand-new trim throughout the house.
In the new bathroom shower, we've added pebble tile
to add contrast to the space.
And in the kitchen, we've added a gray chevron tile backsplash
to complement our white quartz countertops.
With our electrical moved,
we can now install a brand-new stove into our peninsula...
...and then add a high-end stainless steel range hood
to really draw attention to the updated space.
Out back, we're giving our old fence a fresh look
with a quick blast of black paint.
Out front, we're adding in brand-new plants
to give the front yard a pop of color.
Then it's time for our last-minute touch-ups --
grout cleanup, new high-end door hardware, mulch,
new exhaust vents for the bathrooms,
paint touch-ups for a perfectly clean look,
and new stately house numbers to make our home stand out.
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Now it's time for our friends at Staged Right to come in
and help our potential buyers see this place as their home.
They're using neutral tones with a few pops of color
to emphasize our new layout.
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Wow. Wow. Wow.
Remember how ugly and nasty
the color was here when we first got it?
-[Sam] Oh, yeah. -[Dolmar] It was very sad.
[Sam] There was so much just mess out here
with pipes and everything going on.
The roof was really shabby.
It needed a major overhaul.
[Dolmar] We had to get rid of all of that, redo it,
and look at this curb appeal now.
-This house stands out. -[Amanda] It's so happy!
It's very, very easy to catch.
Oh, my goodness.
[Dolmar] From the paint color on the house
to the colors of the plants.
Amanda, you did a great job picking this out.
Yes, the paint on this house, it was so flat.
So going with this bright yellow
and this pop of blue on this door
matched the rest of the houses on the street.
Even yellow you weren't too excited about.
But I love yellow houses.
I was never excited about any of this.
They're bright. Buyers like bright colors.
It has grown on me, and I actually love it a lot now.
And as we were driving up,
I was like, "Man, we chose this color --
you chose this color to match the other houses in the area.
But it pops even more than those houses."
-Yes. -So I want to see inside.
-I'm ready to go in. -Alright, let's do it.
-Long awaited. -Alright.
-Here we go. -You ready?
-Hey! -Yes.
[Amanda] I remember walking through the front door,
the countertop just literally punched me in the stomach.
You couldn't go anywhere.
Two steps in and why am I in the kitchen?
[Dolmar] It wasn't even two steps.
[Sam] Wow. This looks great.
This just flows so much better now.
Just really good for our resale.
[Amanda] Let's go see the kitchen.
[Dolmar] I remember how nasty and disgusting the kitchen was.
I mean, even under the cabinets you could see
that there was some organic growth going on.
This definitely is a much improved entrance
when you walk into this house.
This is a much better vibe and flow than what we had before.
The kitchen definitely had to be moved
to the other side of the house.
[Sam] It's really beautiful.
This is probably my favorite part.
[Amanda] I just remember this kitchen
used to be like a U-shape,
and it had a countertop facing the living room
and then there was another countertop
facing the other seating room,
and it just didn't make any sense.
[Dolmar] Like, the kitchen definitely looks much better
and it's way better than what was there before.
[Amanda] 100%.
It's open, it's functional,
and it makes everybody want to come in here.
Like, the kitchen is the thing that sells the house.
You know what else I remember was these nasty drop ceilings.
-Oh, yes. -Oh, yeah, that's right.
-[Dolmar] You remember that? -[Amanda] Right.
[Dolmar] Every time we pushed them,
nasty stuff would fall from --
I had no idea what was on the other side of that.
We had to get rid of all those drop ceilings
and redo the ceilings throughout the entire house.
We textured it, painted it. It looks way better now.
Buyers are gonna love this kitchen.
[Sam] Yeah, it looks beautiful.
Alright, so you want to see the rest of the house?
-Yes. -I do.
-You have to come around here. -I know.
I'll just go over this way.
-[Dolmar] Oh, my God. -[Sam] Oh, my gosh. Of course.
[Dolmar] Alright, remember this room?
[Amanda] Yes. [Dolmar] Shelving,
wires everywhere.
And this was just a room full of just storage and junk.
And so we had to figure out something to do.
You had a great idea to turn this into a bonus room
and put the utility room here.
Yes, 'cause since we were moving all the plumbing
with the kitchen, it just only made sense
to keep the plumbing next to each other
and not have to spend so much more money
to put the laundry room somewhere else.
Let's go see the rest of the house.
-That's an idea. -That is a really good idea.
[Dolmar] Remember the dirty bathtub?
[Amanda] I just remember the hideous wallpaper.
It was just ugly.
[Dolmar] It looks like a complete bathroom now.
It looks really good. I like it a lot.
[Sam] And I really like that we kept the tiles
lighter in the shower.
[Dolmar] Yeah, it's from the Cement Tile Shop.
Alright, you want to see the other rooms now?
-Yes. -I do.
I want to see it, too. Let's go.
Oh, my goodness.
I remember the disgusting carpet that was in here.
[Dolmar] This looks nice.
We had to reframe all of this and got everything up to code.
And it does look a lot better now.
I cannot wait to see the primary suite.
Can we go check that out right now?
[Amanda] I remember this used to be the utility room.
The water heater was in here,
and the washer and dryer was in here, as well.
[Dolmar] The electrical panel was also in here.
[Amanda] So nasty.
[Dolmar] Now we have this beautiful, beautiful bathroom.
[Sam] And I am very excited now
to see the rest of the primary suite.
[Dolmar] Yeah, I want to see the primary bedroom, too.
Let's go check it out.
Remember, this was a nasty, disgusting workshop before.
We converted this space into a functional bedroom,
which, again, key word for this house
is options for the buyers.
With this exterior door, it could also be
a separate mother-in-law suite.
It can be the primary bedroom.
Options, options, options
has been our theme on this whole house.
[Dolmar] By adding this fourth bedroom,
it gives way more options, again, for buyers,
and our house is gonna stand out
amongst all the other houses on the marketplace
because of this fourth bedroom.
What I want to see is the outside.
-Yeah, should we head out back? -Yes. Let's go back there.
[Sam] Alright, let's do this.
I just love this side door. It's everything.
Yes, it really is.
Oh, it's so cute back here.
What do you think?
[Amanda] I just remember all the junk
that was all over this backyard.
[Sam] Look at how cleaned up and open this space looks now.
[Dolmar] It looks a lot better now, for sure.
What I also remember was the rusted-out chain-link fence.
So what I did is I painted it black,
which made it look a lot better than it did before.
But what I really want to talk about are the numbers.
We bought the house for $157,000.
Our initial renovation budget was $75,000.
Of course, you guys know, we had a lot of unexpected surprises
and Amanda's expensive moving-the-kitchen idea.
It looks really good now,
and we were able to stay on budget.
-What? -You don't look surprised.
-We stayed on budget? -I stayed on budget.
We were able to stay on budget
with all of these unexpected issues and surprises.
Because of our additional heated square footage,
we're listing this house higher than we initially planned
at $370,000.
We bought it for $157,000,
and our renovation budget ended up being very close
to our initial goal of $77,220.
Our agent fees and closing costs will be about $18,500.
And our loan interest for 90 days will be $7,027.
This puts our total cost at $259,747.
This gives us a potential profit of $110,253.
Well, I'm really happy we were able to stay on budget,
because I've been keeping a close eye on the market.
The market's just been really funky lately.
It's really shifting.
The value's been holding pretty strong,
but I have seen it start to decrease.
So it's just gonna be really important for us
to get this listed ASAP,
and thankfully we have things
like the primary suite in our favor
so that we have that extra bedroom
so that we are in good competition
with the rest of the houses on the market right now.
Yeah, this house is way more desirable now
than every other house in this whole community.
Well, look, I know we have other projects
that we have to hurry up and get through,
because we are against the market right now.
So are we ready? Let's go do more.
-Let's get this house listed. -I'm down.
-[Amanda] I'm down. -Let's do it.
-Alright. -Alright.
Let's get this sold. Let's do more deals.
-One done, 20,000 to go. -Many more to go.
[laughter]