♪ I'm rolling out to do it big ♪
♪ Live the life they wish they did ♪
[Duke] So, check this out.
I was perusing the classifieds, right,
and I saw an estate sale in our zip code.
And it kinda caught my eye 'cause I was thinking, like,
if there's an estate sale,
it's not just the bric-a-brac that we're after,
but usually there's a house at the end of that,
that has to be gotten rid of. Right?
[Alynne] It's a great idea in this market.
[Keith] Whatever it takes.
[Duke] It's not the conventional way to acquire a house,
but I figured I'd give it a shot.
So, I spoke with a lady named Carrie.
She'd had a passing in the family,
and she's in charge of liquidating the estate,
which includes selling the house.
So, the previous owners had started work on the house,
but they never got around to finishing it.
So, Carrie said the place is totally not presentable.
But I'm sure we've seen worse.
Look, we're in the business of fixing zombie houses
and I think we can handle it.
So, I called them up, okay, and I spoke to a lady.
[Keith] How old is it? Like, wood frame?
[Duke] No, it was built in the '50s, so it's a block house.
It's a two-one with another structure in the back.
So it's over here in Delaney Park,
you know, which we love, it's got great resale values
in that area and also good schools.
The picturesque community of Delaney Park
is situated just south of Downtown Orlando,
and it has beautiful traditional homes
built from the 1920s through the 1960s.
The neighborhood's namesake, Delaney Park,
boasts over seven acres of oak-shaded community space
and ball fields.
It is in the area, though, that they're doing
a lot of new construction.
[Duke] That's the great thing,
is if we do manage to get this house
and do a great renovation,
the price per square foot that we can get will be nearly
what new construction goes for in the area.
-[Alynne] That's it, right? -Here?
[Duke] This is the zombie we are seeking here.
[Keith] This is Zombie House Flipping, Orlando.
[Keith] Wow, that's got zombie written all over it.
- [Duke] Okay. - [Keith] Okay?
[Keith] Look at the roof.
Is it 3-tab? That looks like it's architectural
and just really, like, dirty and mildewy.
3-tabs, they're variated.
These just look almost like fins or something like that.
And you can see that beyond all that vegetation, there?
[Duke] Yeah, the house could use a haircut.
You know, what it could use is some curb appeal.
That front door situation really leaves a lot to be desired.
[Duke] There's no awning, there's no canopy.
No. There's not even a gutter.
This is the kind of house we like though, right?
It's super ugly, you hope they got a price to match.
-[cat screeches] -[lightning cracks]
-Hey, are you Carrie? -I am Carrie.
Oh, I'm sorry, we didn't realize you were here already.
-I'm Duke, how are you doing? -Oh, yeah.
-It was nice talking to you. -Spoke on the phone.
-Keith. -Hey, Keith, nice to see you.
-And this is Alynne. -Hi, Alynne.
Well, I'm swamped, trying to get ready for the estate sale.
-We talked about that. -Right, yes.
Do you mind letting us look through the inside?
-Come on in. -Okay, we're ready.
[upbeat rock music]
[Duke] This two bedroom, one bath,
1,100 sq ft block home was built in the 1950s.
It sits on a good-sized lot of over a quarter acre,
with room for another potential living space in the back.
[Keith] Wow, this is knick-knack heaven.
[Carrie] If you see anything you like,
-let me know, I'm negotiable. -Okay, great.
Duke, we've been looking for your Bond villain chair forever.
-That would be... I mean... -Yes.
It's got two bedrooms, bath that way,
and then there's a surprise in the backyard.
-I'm gonna get busy. -Okay, we'll do the same.
[Carrie] You're welcome.
[Duke] I'm trying to separate all the bric-a-brac
from the house.
Look at all this gunk.
There's not a lot of space for living
-in this living room. -[Duke] This is a weird space.
Let's look at the rest of the house.
Not much room for furniture, anyways.
The rooms are so chopped up in this place.
We need to knock down a bunch of these walls.
[Keith] Oh, guys. Samurai sword.
Oh, my goodness, really?
Hey, hey! Don't cut me, bro.
-[Keith] Whoa! -[Alynne] No!
Sheathe your sword, samurai.
If you keep finding more stuff you like in this place,
we're gonna have to make a deal for everything as is,
where it is.
Did you guys notice when we walked in here,
I think these walls might all be concrete.
That'd be a heck of a no.
You know how hard it is to work on concrete-wall houses?
Wait, the interior walls?
Wait, is that an 8 inch wall?
-Yeah. -Oh!
Oh, my God.
Guys, there is no moving walls around this house.
[Duke] Oh, there's moving 'em. Need a concrete saw for that.
And everything in here can be bearing,
'cause it's strong enough to be.
-They could have... -How do you even tell?
[Keith] Well, we'd have to look in the attic and see.
Let's go check out the rest of the house.
Hey, y'all, they fixed the bathroom up.
[Keith] I-- I don't think that's what that means.
[Duke] They took out the tub.
They put, like, a nice walk-in shower.
And they didn't take out the old tile, so...
They left the old tile, took out the bathtub...
-And just... More tile. -...and just added more tile.
This whole bathroom is still maybe 6x6 ft,
so there's not much you can do in this space
besides a basic vanity, toilet and a shower.
Let's keep moving.
[Alynne chuckles softly]
Okay, world's tiniest...
-Wait, like, look at this. -...kitchen.
This was the stove with the mini...
-Yeah. -You know, here,
and a mini microwave.
Guys, this is tiny and you can't make it bigger,
'cause that's concrete block,
that wall's concrete block.
Like, there's no place to go with it.
You can't even, like, take this place down to studs,
-because there aren't any studs. -[Duke] Mm.
But, you know what there is in this room?
There's a doorway to the backyard.
-These old houses, it's like... -I know.
They're so congested.
There's a whole jungle here.
There should be another unit back here.
Wait, the surprise is a lot of overgrowth?
[Duke] [whistles] Man!
[Keith] This feels like Planet of the Apes.
[Duke] This is authentic Florida, right here.
Hey, wait, there's a-- there's a shed or something.
[Alynne] Oh, my gosh.
Oh, that's man-made.
Dude, this is bigger than a shed.
How do you even get into this thing?
-Get across the moat first. -Giant hole in the side of it.
Someone's been working on it, though.
[Keith] Well, okay, so this isn't really even, like...
Well, wait a minute.
They're trying to make something out of it.
Here's an electric panel and a bunch of stuff.
Maybe this is what they started
and never got around to finishing.
[Alynne] Well, this is new wire.
But who knows if this was done right or not.
There's so much here, it's like they started everything at once.
This has gotta be 500 sq ft,
-if it's anything. -At least.
You know how much that's worth in this part of town?
You short term rent this,
probably pay the mortgage for the whole thing.
-Hm. -The first thing we need to do
is find out if the zoning laws in this area
permit short-term rentals.
If they do, that ADU in the back
can add a ton of value to this property.
Guys, all around the perimeter,
you can see the outside from the inside.
You know what they did? They used interior paneling.
-For what? The outside? -For the outside.
[Alynne] All of this needs to come out.
-[Keith] All the sheathing? -All the sheathing.
Aw, man.
On this mess right here,
given the fact that it needs so much,
and you have to go in reverse to, like,
undo some of the mess that's here already.
We're gonna figure this thing is basically gonna cost
the same as new construction to renovate.
New construction?
I mean... [sighs] We've got roof deck--
There's some stuff that we could save.
-There's some offsets. -There's nothing that I trust
in this building right now to be done correctly.
[Keith] Through the jungle we go.
I mean, I think this whole backyard,
it just needs to be scraped, when it's done,
it should be a blank slate.
We should have just a nice sod yard,
maybe the palm tree, here, and an open area,
where they could put a pool or a gazebo, or whatever.
Alright, well, um...
-[Carrie] What d'you think? -[laughs] That was...
It-- it didn't disappoint.
-It was definitely... -[laughter]
I warned you.
So, we'll call our friend, Tarzan,
in case he wants to swing by and take a look at things.
Um, no, but thanks for showing us everything,
and we'll be in touch, alright?
-Thanks. -[Keith] Absolutely. Wow.
Two hou-- two houses? And the jungle?
Now, the guest house makes a great way to get extra money.
Lots of people will rent that out
to get a passive income from the unit in the backyard.
Now, this changes the buyers pool a bit,
because not everybody wants to rent out
a portion of their property to someone else.
But if we can get this dilapidated shack
back into shape, we'll make a good profit on our work.
[Duke] Carrie was really eager for us
to get this house off her hands,
so we offered a price of $300,000 and she accepted.
We're giving ourselves 90 days for our renovation timeline.
Because of all the work that has to be done
on both structures,
we're arranging a budget of $100,000
for our renovations.
We calculated our closing costs and agent fees
to be around $35,000,
and we figure our loan interest to run around $12,000.
That'll put our total investment on this flip
at $447,750.
Current comps in the area for single family homes
suggest an after repair value of $550,000.
That would make our potential profit just over $100,000,
split three ways.
We gave Carrie a few days to finish the estate sale
and get that house cleared out,
while we finalized our design plans.
And that's gonna involve moving some walls around,
so the house doesn't feel so compartmentalized.
The first thing to go is that weird sunken entryway
and garage conversion.
We're gonna knock down those walls
and open it up to the rest of the house.
Then, we'll raise the floor,
so we have continuous bamboo flooring throughout.
In the primary bedroom,
we're turning the closet into a full bath
to make it a proper primary suite.
Because of that compact kitchen,
we gotta get creative with the layout.
That's why we're adding a peninsula
which will house the kitchen sink and dishwasher
and also add much needed storage.
The wall on the opposite side of the sink
will house an oven and a microwave,
as well as the refrigerator.
The cooktop will go on the wall in between.
Our custom ISO cabinets
will be topped with quartz countertops,
which will give the room a clean look.
Unlike the main house,
we're going with the ADU's existing footprint.
So we're keeping most of the framing,
plumbing and electric and only changing out the rotten wood.
[upbeat rock music]
Great news! We checked the zoning laws,
and luckily, the ADU can be used as a short-term rental.
So now, we can start demo on this little beast of a house.
Carlos!
Did you bring a sledgehammer?
I predict we're gonna have a smashing good time.
We're actually gonna have to do this in two phases of demo.
He's gonna have to take everything down,
including all the ceiling, 'cause we're gonna be moving
the structural point.
We know this wall's a concrete block,
but taking off the cladding is the only way
we can see exactly what we're dealing with structurally.
Carlos, can you take around that corner?
Yeah, I wanna see the headers.
A header is a structural element that carries loads
over things like windows and doors.
We need to make sure that we have the proper headers,
so that we can support our new open-design floor plan.
Wow, there's no header.
Not having a header over top of the doorways
is incredibly dangerous.
First, we have all these unsupported cinder blocks
just dangling in the doorway.
We're liable to have somebody just get bonked in the head
by a cinder block at any moment.
Second, we have the issue where the trusses
that support the roof are not supported by a header,
because there's no header.
That's a [beep] up situation.
-I know, I know. -What the [beep]?
I know.
Wow, there's no header.
I know, trust me.
-It couldn't. -It could.
In order to fix this issue,
we need to shore up both sides of that opening,
so that the roof is fully supported.
Then, we need to knock out all that loose cinder block,
which will be replaced by a solid beam.
On each side of the opening, the new header
will be perched four inches into the wall
to support the load above the opening.
We're gonna have to do all of that four times,
because none of the existing headers in this house
are up to code.
And speaking of building codes,
we have to re-submit all of our design plans to the city,
to account for this extensive restructuring.
I don't know what's goin' on there.
I don't know why there's no header there
or why that's still standing.
I don't know what's goin' on there.
Let's let these guys peel the onion back a little further
and we'll come back, check it out.
[upbeat rock music]
While we figure out a fix for the header issue,
we're continuing other work in the main house,
where we're adding furring strips to the block walls.
These thin strips of wood
are fastened directly onto the cinder block,
and help us even out the interior surfaces.
Then, it's onto framing the new walls with 2x4s.
[cutter whirring]
Because this house sits on a slab of concrete,
we need to cut trenches into the cement
so we can lay down the new plumbing below it.
Red and blue PEX pipes are fed through the framing
and equipped with fasteners to connect them
throughout the house.
PVC pipes are then cut and glued together
and then carefully placed in the trenches.
It's time to kick things off on the exterior.
We'll first replace the old roof.
Our crew from Bruzz Roofing, Inc.
starts by ripping the brittle, weathered 3-tab shingles
to get right down to the base decking.
Next, they install a synthetic underlayment,
a very important step for protecting the roof
from the elements.
Then, the new shingles are hammered on.
Now onto the ADU, where we first need to demo
those rotten exterior wood panels.
This interior paneling is weak,
and it's really beat up and just needs to be torn down.
I mean, it's intended for the interior.
Then, new plywood boards are installed
to create a stronger, more insulated base layer
for the exterior.
Cementacious boards are then measured and cut.
This fiber cement siding is a durable,
low-maintenance material that lends a sleek
contemporary look to any home.
It also lasts a lot longer than wood or vinyl siding.
[upbeat pop music]
We've got a game plan for those non-existent headers
in the main house.
Now unfortunately, those headers,
they're gonna take up a lot more time,
a lot more work and a lot more money
than we anticipated.
But, at least we'll be able to keep
the same design we had planned,
and we'll have the added benefit of the roof not falling on us.
-Morning! -How you doing?
[Alynne] So, looks like they got the roof on.
[Keith] Bruzz Roofing did a really great job on this.
Let's go see what the inside looks like.
Well, there's some big changes in here.
Yeah. Look, they got all the saw cutting done
in the concrete.
And those are nice straight cuts, too.
'Cause sometimes, when they do this,
it looks like they use a chisel.
But that looks like they used a laser.
I think I'd hire them to paint.
[laughter]
So, we have the plumbing and the electrical in.
We got the sink there for the-- for the kitchen,
and really, what we're waiting for now,
is just some inspections and we can go right to drywall.
Alright.
Let's go take a look at the back house.
Hey, alright!
It finally looks like a house.
It looks like something that somebody
would reside in now, right?
Before, it looked like something that should be demoed
or somethin' that was getting ready to be bulldozed.
And now, it really looks like something.
We got the cementacious board siding.
That should last forever.
And, you know, once it's painted,
it'll have its own sort of appeal.
Let's take a look inside.
We're almost ready for drywall in here, too.
There's a little bit more electrical work to do.
The plumbing's in.
Um, we're in pretty good shape.
The other house, obviously, you know, straightforward rehab.
This is a little bit more turning something
that maybe wasn't always a residential structure
into a residential structure.
So there's a few more things we have to do here,
but it's coming together really well.
So, this is a big plus.
And it's gonna get us a lot more money
-when we sell it, too. -Most importantly.
Well, I think we're coming along pretty well.
-You wanna get a bite to eat? -Yeah, let's do it.
[drill whirring]
In the main house,
now that the interior framing has been taken care of,
it's time to update the electric.
-Take it all? -[Keith] We're running new wire
throughout the house, and that's not an easy feat
when the existing interior walls are mostly cinder block.
Speaking of cinder block walls,
we're adding a silver vapor barrier
along all exterior walls,
to keep moisture away from our insulation
and the drywall on the inside.
[drill whirring]
In the main house's weird old
second living room entryway area,
we're changing the location of the front door
and opening up the space.
Annexing the main house
will add some much-needed square footage,
and the new windows will create a light and airy dining room.
In the ADU, we're working with the existing floor plan,
insulating between the framing,
slapping on drywall and mudding
to even out the seams between the sheet rock.
Outside, we're already spraying a new coat of white paint
over the cement siding on the ADU.
[Duke] It's like a battlefield back here.
[Keith] [laughing] I know!
[Duke] Every battlefield needs some trenches, watch out!
Seriously, be careful.
We're here to check out and finalize
the plans for the landscaping
while the floors are being installed in the ADU.
The guy inside's doing the floor and he's almost done.
That's good. The windows are up. The roof is on.
[Alynne] At least one of them's moving along.
They can rent that out on a short-term rental program
and make money from that,
and maybe enough off of this
to pay the mortgage on the whole thing.
[Keith] So guys, we have the ADU,
what are we thinking for the landscaping plan here?
What would be ideal is if both the house and this
have their own separate private spaces,
like yard spaces.
So maybe this, we put some nice landscaping
and a section of fence or some hedges.
But for the side here, it's a lot of space.
I really think just cleaning it up,
grading it and sodding it is the way to go.
Yeah. Alright, well, we've got a plan.
I'm excited about the possibilities.
[upbeat music]
-Hey, how's it going? -Hey, hi.
The inspector stopped by for his scheduled inspection,
and I was really worried about what we were gonna find out.
-Yeah, nice to meet you guys. -I'm Duke. Everything good?
This is way more than you guys permitted for.
We're having to make some structural changes
to reinforce the property,
because it was a little bit compromised before.
See, guys, I've got policy that I've gotta follow.
I don't have any leeway on this.
I can't make adjustments.
If I don't do this to code, I won't have a job.
I don't think we're gonna be able to go forward
unless the entire property is brought up to building code.
-That's the only option I have. -Um...
Do you think it'd be better if you came back in a week
and we'll kinda clean this stuff up and get it, you know...
I have no option other than to issue a Stop Work Order,
at this point.
My hands are tied.
-Okay. -That's a red tag.
-Yeah, I get that. -That means...
-Wow. -I can't give you guys
any more time, that's where we're at with it, okay?
That's where we're at, you guys have a great day.
-Yeah, thanks. -The inspector stopped by
for one of our building inspections.
Unfortunately he came in, saw all the work on the headers
and he made us stop work entirely.
We need to make some phone calls.
We've got material on the way. We've got workers on the way.
That's a red tag. That means game over,
-can't do anything. -We need to update our drawings?
Yeah. Drafting plans is gonna take, what...
Even Alynne working fast is gonna be a week or two.
And then we have to submit 'em,
and that's, like, two to three weeks
in the submittal process, if they approve them, right?
So we're down for at least a month, maybe two.
That's thousands of dollars,
maybe tens of thousands of dollars.
Alright, enough good news from you.
Look, let's make some phone calls, okay?
[Keith] While we're waiting on the new design plans
to get approved by the city, it's full speed ahead
in the ADU,
ABC Air and Heat is adding quiet,
energy efficient ductless air conditioning units.
In the primary bathroom,
we're adding sleek subway tile to the shower.
And on the bathroom floor,
we're laying down silver hexagon tile.
Once we're done with the tiling,
it's on to installing the bathroom vanity,
the toilet and the ceramic bowl sink.
The contemporary sink is accentuated
with a beautiful bronze faucet,
making the ADU's primary bath
look like it belongs in a five-star hotel.
In the living room and kitchen area,
we're finishing up on the electrical work
and running wires for the Infibrite canned lights.
[upbeat rock music]
I can't believe it.
Seriously, I thought we were good to go.
I thought we had everything under control.
Seriously, like, I'm just... It's exasperating.
We've been sitting on our hands for three weeks,
waiting for the new design plans to get approved by the city.
We gave ourselves 90 days to finish this flip,
and we're already on track to smash way past that.
But, while we're stalled in the main house,
the work in the ADU is at least moving along.
Hey, alright, we've got the floor down.
I really like this. This is LVT?
You know how laminate used to feel,
like you're tap dancing all the time, you know.
But, no, this actually, you look at it,
you're like, "That's wood."
There's gotta be a word for that,
like how a floor feels?
-Solid. -Solid, yeah, I knew that one.
We got the air conditioner up.
Laundry room's starting to come together.
The electrician's almost done.
Yeah. We got the bathroom here.
This is really interesting tile.
That's a cool choice for the floor.
It's a small area, so we can spend a little bit more.
Yeah, yeah.
Then, we have the primary bedroom here.
And we have our primary bath.
[Alynne] See, and look at the tile.
I got a great deal on another close-out.
-I really like that one, though. -No, I do, too.
I mean who doesn't like hex and this is, like, blue,
so it's very... has, like, sort of an aquatic feel to it.
It's very calming. No, I feel really good about it.
I do. I think we're doing alright.
And what do we have?
Just a couple more weeks to go, probably.
-Yeah, on this one. -On this one.
The front one, it's a whole different story,
but we'll get there.
So, we're about halfway through the work on our zombie flip.
But still, there is a lot of stuff ahead of us.
I am not confident we're gonna make our 90 day deadline
on this one.
But at least the budget's in good shape.
We have just under 40K left to work with.
However, because of the permit delays,
we have a lot of work left to do in the main house.
Thankfully, we just got approved
for our design plans on the main house,
and we can get started right away.
[Keith] It's been over a month,
but we can finally get started in the main house.
We're starting by stapling the insulation
to the furring strips on the block walls.
Next, it's onto the drywall. A huge turning point for us
after all the delays we've experienced.
We're drilling drywall sheets onto the framing,
and mudding the seams for a nice even finish.
Once we're done with the drywall,
the home starts to feel a lot more like a home,
and less like a hard hat zone.
In the primary bathroom,
we're putting silver hexagon tiles on the floor.
[upbeat hip hop music]
Ooh, man, what a difference!
I tell you, the house looks like a war zone for so long.
Everything is torn up, wires hanging out,
pipes everywhere, and finally,
it all comes together with the drywall.
[Alynne] We're far enough along that you can actually
-see the finish line. -No more holes in the floor.
I mean, just need to clean it up a little bit
and it'll be ready for tile, but this is coming together.
As soon as he's done painting,
we're gonna get the flooring guy in here
-and we can go. -Get the flooring installed,
-then onto the cabinets. -[Keith] Guys?
[Duke] Keith, you back there?
Uh, well, I'm kinda under here.
Dude, what is this?
Oh, my God, the floor's all [beep] up.
-It's, uh... -Did you know about this?
This is a [beep].
What happened here?
After all of the delays and BS we've had to deal with
on this house, I walk in the bathroom
and Keith is standing by a huge hole in the floor.
I mean, we should be tiling now,
not ripping the house back apart.
You know, just when you think your problems are behind you,
something like this lands in front of you.
Why are we digging this up? Was there a problem?
Um, evidently, the drain's clogged,
the four inch, somehow.
[Duke] That's a problem.
A lot of these old houses have cast iron drain pipes,
and the bottoms of them get rusted out.
So, once they went and found the clog,
the pipe might have been rusted out for, you know,
a few more feet or further, you know?
Yeah, but that doesn't explain this whole thing in front of it.
Usually they just make a small hole and, you know...
Well, maybe they had to get a big piece of pipe down here.
But, either way, I don't care about the details.
Just clarify with the guy if it's done.
If the repair is ready,
throw dirt back in the hole and get this thing covered.
Is the rest of the house in order?
I don't want any more surprises like this.
I actually didn't get past this. I kinda stopped.
You just step over it. That's how you get past it.
-No, I know, but... -Come on.
-Man... -Alright, let's go see.
That better be the only hole in this house, right here.
-It's... Oh. -Okay.
-There's a hole. -Oh, well.
-Where the toilet goes. -Good, yeah.
[laughter]
So there's nothing between us and a finished job
other than the tile guy getting time, right?
-[Keith] Yep, exactly. -Alright, good.
'Cause we should talk about the money.
Let's do that, because...
I don't know where we're gonna wind up.
We're really lucky that the market is trending upwards,
because it sucks when your prices are going up,
and then this is coming down.
At least they're both going up together.
The market will tell us in the end. First,
we gotta get a beautiful house on the market
for the market to speak with us, yeah?
Let's hope we get something with a six in front of it.
[Keith] While we wait on the hole in the bathroom
to get patched up, we're knocking out
the flooring in the main house.
First, we're laying down a roll of subflooring,
which is a plastic membrane that serves as a vapor barrier
to protect the flooring from any moisture
coming from the concrete slab below.
Then, we're laying down our gorgeous
and durable bamboo flooring.
In the bathroom, we need to take out
all the old four inch pipes and replace 'em with PVC.
It's a costly fix, but luckily, the cast iron pipes
didn't damage the house's foundation,
which sometimes happens when they rust out.
Now that the pipe SNAFU is all straightened out,
we can start filling in that unsightly hole in the floor.
And once that's done, we can lay down the tile
and prep everything for the toilets and vanities.
And in the ADU, the kitchen countertops
and backsplash are going in.
[heavy rock music]
You know, to have something that big
and that mature is actually kind of nice
to find in a yard.
-You know how... -Mm-hm.
I wanna create that barrier in between those two units...
-Yeah! -...so that way, you have,
you know, it'll flow better with the landscape.
And you get the privacy.
-What's going on? Howdy. -Hey!
I like the shades, looking good, baby.
Nice to meet you, Keith.
Remember I thought maybe we should put up a fence
-in the back? -Yeah, to kind of separate it.
She convinced me not to put up a fence.
We're gonna do it with natural landscaping,
and use that as a barrier between the two units
to create two unique spaces.
That'll kinda soften it up, I think, too.
[Alynne] I'm impressed with the plan they came up with.
You guys are ready to get to work.
What's the timetable like for the install?
So, today's gonna be demo, getting all the grounds prepped.
and then from there, we'll have our irrigation team come in.
They'll come in and pre-plumb everything.
Then, from there, we'll have the paver guys come in
and install the driveway here.
So, that way they're not trampling over
all the new plant material and grass.
And sod's your very last thing.
Sounds good. We'll get out the way and let you get to it.
No problem, thanks. You guys have a good one.
[Keith] We're gonna get out of the way
and let Prestigious Landscaping get to work
raking up all the various weeds and occasional grass,
so they can aerate the yard for new grass seed.
Then, we're trenching the irrigation lines
throughout the yard.
So, automatic sprinklers will keep the yard
lush and green all year long.
And we're pulling up all the old paving stones
to make room for the new circular driveway.
All told, landscaping's gonna cost us double
what we usually spend and take up twice the time.
But it's worth it if we wanna sell this as a two-unit lot.
The main house is also getting new siding
on the top section of the house,
and for the bottom brick section,
we're spraying a layer of white paint,
which will contrast nicely
with the new architectural shingles.
And, Orlando Seamless Gutters is attaching gutters
to all the fascia boards on the roofline.
So unfortunately, the plumbing issue was not a quick fix.
They had cast iron pipes underneath a concrete slab,
which, over time, rust out.
We've since fixed the plumbing,
but it's eaten up even more time,
and some money that we didn't plan on spending.
Our budget has ballooned a bit,
and I'm afraid we're gonna go over on our timeline
and reno budget.
I need to call Duke,
we have to stop the bleeding on these costs.
[dial tone]
[Duke] Yes, sir. What's happening?
Hey, buddy. I've been looking at the numbers
on this Harding house.
-I'm getting scared, man. -Yeah.
We've had this thing for way longer
than the 90 days we anticipated,
so we're talking extra months of payment.
And on top of that, opportunity costs
for houses that we're not doing now that we could have.
I think we're going in the red on this,
and we're not coming back out of it.
Boy, it's like death of a thousand cuts.
I did--
Yeah, no.
What? I don't know if I should find that reassuring,
'cause it's a big number, or alarming
because you're delusional, dude.
Yeah, I'm full of stress I don't need on this house.
[laughs]
[sighs] Alright. Alright, if you say so.
Alright, you got it, buddy.
You got it. I'll see-- Over and out.
Duke may be optimistic that we'll finish this flip
coming up roses, but I wanna finish this house.
So we're jammin' in the kitchen,
putting in our custom ISO cabinets, appliances,
-and quartz countertops. -[loud squeaking]
And in the bathroom, the vanities and countertops
are also going in.
All we gotta do now is stage this thing,
and get it off our hands.
Finally!
[upbeat rock music]
I never thought this day would come,
but Madison Furniture Interiors
is here to stage the Harding House.
I should say the Harding houses,
because they're staging the main house
as well as the ADU.
Both houses will be furnished with contemporary furniture
in soft grays and whites,
for a crisp, clean design feature.
Staging for small spaces like this is really important,
so a buyer can visualize how functional
the space can really be.
Now, all we gotta do is list this house
so those buyers can start visualizing.
[Duke] Man!
Woo-hoo!
Please stay seated until the ride is over.
[Keith laughs]
Any other estate sales around this neighborhood?
'Cause I'll tell you what, one man's trash
is definitely another one's treasure.
Weren't there, like, weeds in the gutters,
-like, all coming out? -[Alynne] Yeah.
You couldn't even see that side of the house,
It had so much vegetation growing over it.
[Duke] It was just a nasty zombie house.
It was forgotten and forlorn.
[Alynne] Remember, it was that dingy yellow color?
[Duke] Look at this place now.
[Alynne] The white windows, the white background.
[Keith] It's a dramatic, dramatic improvement.
And Prestigious Landscape, like, look at...
They even edged-- The edge and everything looks immaculate.
This place deserves Yard of the Month, right now.
Hands down. Even the tops of the bushes,
-they're all the same level. -[Keith] Yeah.
No. like, if there's, you know,
-top shelf grass... -[Duke] It just feels good.
And these large format pavers we chose.
They don't make it look too busy.
You know, a lotta times you get a large paver area
and those small ones, it looks like... ch-ch-ch-ch.
You know what's interesting 'cause the roof,
as I remember it, was the ugliest roof
I've ever seen.
And then Bruzz Roofing did architectural shingles,
but they're, like, that charcoal color.
-[Duke] Yeah. -And that actually gives it
a much more, sort of, upscale feel.
And that blends really well with the door,
the light, and even the little bit of trim.
There's just a couple of details on here that make this,
you know, very simple facade look really nice and classy.
Remembering where the door was before...
Yeah, it was kinda bullseyed right in the middle.
[Duke] Yeah, for some reason, like, symmetry
and front doors, they don't always get along well.
[Alynne] And now, just look at it.
It's black, it's classy.
it goes well against the white,
and then even that little pop of gold in the front,
-that looks really neat.
Everything we touch turns amazing.
Come on, let's go look at the inside of this place.
-[Alynne] Whoa! -[chuckles] Wow!
[Duke] Oh, yeah!
[Alynne] It was closed off. There was, like,
only a little doorway there, it just didn't make sense.
[Duke] The front door was there. This dropped down four inches.
There was a step there and a step here.
[Alynne] It doesn't even look like the same house.
[Duke] Dining room for the new homeowner.
You have a nice eat-in breakfast,
so you have more space to entertain
and, like, let light pass through.
[Keith] It's not just that. I mean, for sure,
it's a dining room, but it's actual usable
living square footage, where before, it was a foyer.
It was just a walk-in room.
Yeah, just a little porch.
Not only did we get this to be air conditioned space,
but now it actually feels like it's part of the house.
And now, it leads us to our new beautiful kitchen.
Remember, it wasn't wide enough
to even put full-size appliances in.
[Duke] Yeah, like a tight little galley kitchen.
[Keith] You couldn't even turn around without
bumping into cabinets and stuff.
That was awkward.
Now, it's a nice walk-in. It's so bright, too.
We have a 24 inch cooktop.
It's appropriate for this kitchen.
We have the farm sink.
We have a really, really nice faucet.
Like, the whole thing came together.
It's such a good use of space. It's everything you need
-and nothing you don't. -So, now the kitchen's perfect,
but what about that hole in that bathroom?
-It's wholly fixed. -[laughter]
-Let's go take a look at that. -Yeah, right?
[Keith] That was a point where I was just like,
"This house just needs to go away, for real."
So, the fact that this is all done,
it's complete and we have a beautiful bathroom.
[Duke] What do you know, a solid floor.
[chuckles]
Let's go look at their owner suite.
-Yeah, for sure. -This is the main event.
[Alynne] Remember, it was just a bedroom right here,
and the closet was right here.
[Duke] It had, like, yellow dingy paint on the walls.
I think one of the things I'm really impressed with
is the use of the built-ins for a closet.
Because if we had to build a closet,
it would've taken an awful lot more space out,
-with the thickness of walls. -No room for the framing
and drywall and stuff, every square inch is used.
-Yeah. -I know it's kind of a trade,
but this was really the only way
to have the space to add a bathroom in.
[Keith] I mean, for a primary bathroom,
it's on the small side.
But it's got everything we need, you know?
[Alynne] Yeah, considering that used to be a closet,
I'd say we've maximized this space
as best we could.
We got a really nice bathroom out of this.
Everything fits, it's economical use of space
and it's finished really nicely, I like it.
-I agree. -So... [sighs]
We haven't seen the back house.
See, look at this back porch, man.
This is perfect little patio space.
-[Alynne] This is breathtaking. -[Keith] This is a great space.
But, the yard? Holy smokes, guys.
-[Alynne] Remember before? -[Duke] Yeah,
there was overgrown stuff all the way
and the grass was all knee-high.
[Keith] When's the last time you saw a yard like this?
This looks like a golf course, almost.
[Duke] It's like a Florida paradise,
[Keith] This was such a jungle, I thought that was a shed.
Like, I thought it was just, like,
for storing old lawnmowers and stuff.
-It's a whole house. -It is now.
It was a tear down before. Remember the walls?
They didn't even touch the ground.
It was open at the bottom.
-[Keith] Check this out. -[Duke] This guest house
is the main event over here, look at this.
[Keith] A little awning over the top of the door,
and I love the color that Alynne chose for the door.
-[Alynne] Yeah. -[Duke] Let's see.
[Keith] Hey-hey!
You remember what this looked like
when we first got here?
We had a slab and it was a mess.
[Alynne] And we could see outside from the inside,
because they had used interior panels on the outside.
So, it had all rotted away.
[Keith] God, what a dramatic improvement.
[Duke] This is a little studio I could call home.
I wouldn't mind this place at all.
[Alynne] I'm really happy about this entryway,
-all this light that comes in. -[Duke] For sure.
This is really impressive when you walk in the door.
[Keith] No, it is. For the size of the unit,
it feels bigger than it actually is,
because it's not a huge unit.
[Alynne] Remember, we were starting with a footprint
that already existed, right?
We already had the structure in place.
[Duke] This place really is a compact studio apartment.
So, the choice of white paint everywhere
really enhances the light in the space
and makes it feel more volumous.
On the efficient use of space, look at this bathroom.
This wasn't really much of a bathroom at all
when we started.
These tile floors, the tile you picked out is timeless,
but it's not bland.
We got the kitchen right here.
And I gotta say,
to be able to put all this in this space,
that's unbelievable, really.
I mean we have a dishwasher, microwave,
convection cooktop and a full-size fridge.
This entire portion of the kitchen
-is recessed into the wall. -Yeah, yeah.
So it doesn't make it feel like you have all this extra space,
except for you have all this additional functionality.
[Duke] 100%, yeah.
It's got everything you need, right?
And then we got the primary, over here.
[Alynne] I was a little worried about this.
[Keith] It was a shambles.
Now, I mean, this is something else.
This space, for the size of the house,
this is a very well appointed primary bedroom.
A full closet over there, a big closet in fact.
And then, the bathroom, I mean... [chuckles]
God, I love the floor tile.
[Duke] That tile is like the same shades
as the other bathroom, but a different style,
-of course, I like that. -[Alynne] Just a pop of color.
That pop of color on the cabinet.
[Keith] And the gold hardware,
again, I'm not always the world's biggest fan of gold,
but it works really well here,
you have the navy and gold, it's such a strong look.
PI don't think that's gonna go out of style any time soon.
[Duke] That sure looks great in there.
It's everything you need for a short-term rental.
It's well appointed, the right size,
and it's in the right location.
This is a hot market for short-term rentals.
We've got the hospital right there.
I've heard people that would get, like,
a long-term travel nurse.
They pay like three or four thousand a month
-if it's furnished. -Yeah, alright.
-Well, let's get to it. -Let's see what happens.
[Duke] So, thanks to the market making a turn for the better,
we plan to list this house for $650,000.
Now, we purchased it for $300,000,
but the renovation costs ran up to $123,160.
Agent commissions and closing costs
should come in at $42,000 and change.
And because of our extended timeline,
our loan interest ballooned to $25,000.
That brings our all-in total cost of $490,800.
After we sell this diamond in the rough,
we should net a profit of just under 160 grand,
which we'll split three ways.
[Keith sighs] Well, you know,
it occurs to me that we don't actually
have anything else on the books after this.
What do you guys think you wanna do next?
Well, I got plenty of work for you guys on the farm.
Oh, that's right, she's got that farm.
You hiring? I could be blue rancher.
Yeah, we need to build a milk shed.
One of the cows is about to have a baby.
I can work, I can build things.
Oh, you guys have fun with that.
We'll just have to take some time
to figure out what we wanna do next.
I'm sure there's another project on the horizon.
Always.
Be kind of interesting to see what happens.