♪
-So -- -♪ What I'm all about
-[laughs] -Blowing up today.
Okay babe, so let's wind down some of all the projects
that we got going.
So we got the house in North Dallas.
We're just pretty much getting started.
We've got a couple changes there.
Did you talk to our project manager, Albert,
about all of the changes on that house?
I mean, he's doing a great job running that project.
He is, and actually, our conversation, though, got
kind of sidetracked
'cause one of the neighbors flagged him down,
asked for him to come check out their house
to see about getting it fixed up.
He said it's a total zombie, it's a total piece of [bleep]
Oh, nice.
[Derek] So he set it up. That's actually where I'm taking you now.
We're gonna meet him there and check this bad boy out.
We might be able to scoop it up
before anybody even gets a chance to look at it.
[Chauncey] Nice.
Love to get in off market,
nobody else has even had a chance to look at it.
-Those deals are the best. -Yeah.
Now you know there deals, though, right?
I mean, truthfully, before anybody else gets to see it,
we got to close these fast, so we don't have time.
I mean, we need to see it
and then we need to make a decision on
whether or not we want to buy it.
[Chauncey] Okay. Okay. Okay.
You're already rushing me and we're not even there yet.
Well, absolutely love this part of Dallas in this neighborhood
because it's so close to all of the major highways,
you've got access to all of the entertainment right here,
you've got lots of good schools,
a lot of private academies are kind of over this way.
It's just a super desirable neighborhood.
Just ten miles north of downtown Dallas
sits North Dallas.
With hiking trails
and outdoor activities at the nearby Harry Moss Park,
luxury shopping,
good schools, and a close proximity to downtown,
North Dallas has a little bit of something for everyone.
What are the specs on the house?
So house is three, two and a half,
and we're talking 1,800 square feet.
Now they're asking $350,000,
but I think there's some wriggle room.
ARV, at least $525,000.
I mean maybe even higher, you know?
By the time we're finished, could be $550,000.
Alright, I mean, par for the course is that neighborhood.
We've done so many in that neighborhood,
but never in the fancy part.
Correct. See, so now we get to max out our ARV.
I mean, and honestly, we've done that house,
like that type of house so many times, I don't really think
that this is gonna be too hard for us to do.
We'll see.
Is this the house?
This is "Zombie House Flipping: Dallas", y'all.
Derek,
it is legitimately the ugliest
damn house on the street.
And it always works out that way,
but I mean, on the bright side, look at it.
The roof looks good, brick looks nice.
Just pump the brakes, okay? There's the man of the hour
that brought us out to this lovely property.
-What up, bro? -[Albert] What's up, man?
I know Chauncey likes that brick at least.
Yo, this is wild. I do actually like the brick.
That is the one thing that I like about the house,
but are y'all not seeing all of these other,
like, zombie-ish signs about the house?
Look at the crack on the step.
That's definitely not good.
I don't see a lot of other cracks,
so hopefully that's just the step,
but I mean, yeah.
I see a window unit over there.
[Chauncey] Oh, yeah. HVAC.
So now we got potential foundation with this damn crack,
we need HVAC, has got a window unit.
Speaking of windows,
these windows look to be
like they're damn original to the house.
Yeah, yeah, windows are no good.
[Chauncey] They even left their friggin' cat statue.
And then this roof is sketchy as hell.
[Derek] Let's say maybe on the roof.
[Chauncey laughs]
Yeah, well, let's go inside.
This three bed, two bath single family zombie was built in 1964.
It's about 1,800 square feet, sits on a quarter acre lot,
and has an attached garage.
Oh. Good Lord.
Mm-hmm.
[Chauncey] I guess this is the dining situation
that the old houses had?
[Albert] Yep.
[Chauncey] Look at this carpet. And the drapes.
Yeah.
-[Chauncey] Oh, man. -[Albert] It's nasty.
[Chauncey] This is some sort of weird paneling on the wall
that's been covered up.
We've got a weird crack,
so we might have a little bit of foundation,
but the kitchen?
Oh, God.
-Yeah, this is nasty. -[Chauncey] Yo.
[Derek] It smells, it's nasty.
[Chauncey] All of this drywall has to come out.
This weird linoleum.
[Derek] Yeah, I mean, there's nothing we can save in this house.
[Chauncey] There's nothing that's salvageable.
-[Albert] No, no. -This is so bad.
Oh.
This is one of the worst -- Whoa.
Careful.
[Chauncey] What is happening there on the floor?
[Albert] It looks like they're covering up a hole
or something to fall through.
[Derek] Yeah, look. Like, sub-floor.
[Chauncey] What's going on with the floor?
It's like some flooring, some sub-floor.
There's, like, some rotted out.
[Albert] This carpet isn't in the kitchen for decoration.
-Yeah, look, you could feel -- -[Chauncey] Oh my God.
But does that mean it's pier and beam up underneath here?
Yeah, it's pier and beam, and the sub-flooring's
rotted out in some spots, so that's fun.
[Chauncey] But that means it's easy to get up underneath there
and make any repairs.
I mean, yeah, if it has the right clearance underneath,
if it's not full of dirt.
[Chauncey] Y'all, this is awful, but then what is this?
So his is like another...
[Albert] Breakfast nook?
[Derek] Yeah, something like that.
[Albert] Oh, wow. Look at that.
[Derek] Yeah that's rotted out, man.
Oh, why's that all rotted out? It's mildew.
So this is the laundry closet?
They just let the washer just sit on sub-flooring
and then moisture just got on it?
Yep.
[Chauncey] Not a good situation,
but wait a minute, peep that pipe.
Is that cast iron?
[Derek] Yeah, that's cast iron.
It's not PVC, and it's leaking?
[Albert] Yeah, it's leaking.
[Chauncey] Yeah, and it's got rust.
Alright.
[Albert] Major sub-flooring issues in this house.
[Derek] Plumbing hit maybe.
Yeah, all this flooring is gonna have to go,
so I mean, this is definitely gonna make it an expensive one.
Okay, well, can we move from this spot?
'Cause I'm feeling very closed in with all of the mildew
and the weird floors.
-So what's in here? -Go check it out.
Don't tell me to go. You go.
[Albert laughs]
Yeah, it's a little powder bath
with a linen closet for some reason.
[Derek] Man, that's a giant half bath.
You could easily turn this into a full bath.
That's something to consider with this space.
Okay.
[Derek] This house is definitely nasty.
[Chauncey] So this is the living room?
[Albert] Yeah.
There is an outlet in the fireplace.
That stone on the fireplace has got to go.
I just don't want to touch nothing, okay?
Yeah, I mean, I would be careful with that.
Albert, you lead the way.
You've been in this damn place, I haven't.
What's next?
You got the lovely bedrooms back here.
[Chauncey] Okay, so this hallway leads to all the bedrooms
and some more bathrooms?
-[Albert] Yep. -[Chauncey] Oh, another crack.
Yeah, so this is the bathroom that goes to the primary.
[Chauncey] Oh, okay. Wait a minute.
So this bathroom shares to the hallway.
[Albert] Yep. Right now, it does,
but it also is the ensuite for the primary.
And so then it wraps around.
Oh.
What is all of that on the door?
That's roach poo.
But this is a big room.
[Albert] Well, yeah, but that's a tiny bathroom,
so the closet is taking up all the space
and it makes that bathroom as tight as it is.
[Chauncey] True, but you've got two closets.
We could eliminate a closet and make a bigger bathroom
and that's an easy fix.
[Albert] Yeah.
[Chauncey] Alright, so then here's another bedroom.
Yeah, this is the --
I guess, this is the one that had the window unit.
What's that over there?
Is that another closet or is that a bathroom?
That's a bathroom. [screams] Oh, my God.
There's [bleep] all in that toilet.
[Derek] Yeah, that's a lot of [bleep]
[Chauncey] I've seen all I need to see.
So then that's another bathroom
and then that bathroom passes through to the other bedroom.
So this is a Jack and Jill situation.
[Albert] Yeah, yeah. You want to go through
so we can get to the bedroom?
-Y'all go first. -[Albert] Have fun with that.
You go first.
[Derek] Oh, man.
[gags] I can't. I don't like poop.
I really don't like poop.
So -- Lord has mercy -- this is bedroom number three.
-[Derek] Yep. -[Chauncey] More of the same.
Got some cracks, got a lot of spider webs.
[Albert] Don't get too close to that.
[Chauncey] It's dirty, nasty.
Can we go out of this room and out of this house,
so I don't have to look at that toilet anymore
and figure out if we're gonna buy this damn thing or not?
'Cause I'm done. I've seen all I need to see.
Ooh, child.
[Derek] It's nasty.
[Chauncey] Alright, this is a big backyard.
-Just needs to get cleaned up. -[Derek] Yeah.
Alright, so let's talk about this one.
What do you guys think?
I think it's a dump,
but it's got potential.
The location is great. Comps check out.
Yeah, so they were asking $350,000 for this.
I mean, obviously, after seeing it,
I mean, $320,000 probably is gonna have to be the number.
I mean, there's no way we want to make an offer at $350,000,
but if we put an offer at $320,000,
I mean, I think it could be a pretty good deal for us.
[Chauncey] I mean, this is definitely what we do.
It's a zombie. I mean, what do you think?
Hell, you liked it so much.
Yeah, I mean, the location is great.
I think this house as a lot of play.
It has a lot of potential.
The upside on it could be higher than what we first thought.
[Chauncey] Yeah, I mean, the comps are over $500,000.
-Can't pass that up. -It makes sense.
[Chauncey] If we can turn this place from a three bed
to a four bedroom house,
that should help bring up the ARV even further.
What about this -- how about we partner on this one?
I'd like to get involved and we can share that undertaking.
That's not a terrible idea. I mean,
just kind of talking through it, right?
If we split the acquisition costs, the holding costs, right,
and work some other stuff out --
I mean, hell, you're on the ground at the projects.
Hell, you're gonna be running it anyway.
Now you get to feel some of that stress too.
-Hell yeah. -More than I already do.
Yeah. Well, let's talk it through, let's figure it out.
-Let's figure it out. -Let's put in an offer.
Let's do it.
A lot of our money is tied up in other projects,
but the potential upside to flipping this zombie
is just too good to pass up,
so we're definitely moving forward with this thing.
Luckily, Albert's money isn't tied up anywhere,
so he'll be able to cover the cash to close
while Derek and I will handle the acquisition of the loan,
the construction costs, and the monthly payments.
The sellers were asking for $350,000,
but we were able to snag this house for $320,000.
Based on the red flags we saw in that house, like plumbing,
foundation, and flooring,
we think we can keep our renovation costs around $85,000.
We anticipate the Realtor fees and closing costs
to end up just under $24,000,
and we took out a hard money loan,
where we expect the loan interest to be around $4,150,
which means we're looking at an all in budget of $432,775.
We'll take on about 70% of those costs
and Albert will handle the rest.
And since this is such a great neighborhood,
we think we can sell this house for $525,000,
giving us a potential profit of about $92,000,
which we'll split with Albert, 70/30.
In order to get our desired ARV,
we need to turn this three bedroom house
into a four bedroom.
And the only space to do that is in the dilapidated dining room.
We're gong to put a wall up
where the entry into the kitchen used to be,
creating a pantry space
and giving privacy for a proper fourth bedroom.
In the primary bedroom, we'll get rid of the second closet
to make more space for the primary bath.
We're also opening up the kitchen,
getting rid of the closet next to the garage,
and making the laundry room more compact.
This will expand the size of the dining nook
and make the kitchen feel big.
Speaking of the kitchen,
we're gonna keep the layout pretty much intact,
but that's all that's staying the same.
We're scrapping all the cabinets and old countertops
and chucking that weird cabinet with the wall unit,
which will open up the kitchen to the living room.
We'll add a big peninsula with a nice overhang and bar
stools for casual dining.
Getting rid of the closet next to the garage
will give us more room for a more formal dining nook
right off the kitchen.
[Derek] You like to get a little dangerous with that thing.
[Chauncey] I am dangerous.
Where the hell is Albert?
Yeah, so he's trying to wrap up a couple of other projects,
so...
Look at him. He wanted in
and now he ain't even in. He's not here.
Oh, he'll be in, trust me.
Well, we can't wait around for him, so let's get to work.
I'm gonna take the kitchen.
I guess that means I'm bathroom.
[Chauncey] Alright, let's do it.
Oh, the plumbing isn't even connected.
It's so nasty. There's roach [bleep] everywhere.
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Oh! Oh! Whoo-hoo!
[Derek] You get some roaches on you?
[Chauncey] Oh, the roaches, they just came a-crawling.
[laughs] I knew it.
Oh. Roach [bleep]
[gagging]
♪
I'm not one for roach poop.
I'm not one for any type of poop.
This house has had enough poop, for that matter.
So when I found roach poop smeared all over my hands,
like, I'm kind of done for the day.
I'm done.
[Chauncey gagging]
[Derek] Hey, Chauncey, where are you?
[gagging] Oh, my God.
[Derek] Where you at, babe?
[Chauncey] Roach [bleep]
[Chauncey] Literally, I threw up.
[Derek] Oh, you actually threw up?
Yeah.
Mine wasn't that nasty.
It's roach [bleep] all over.
I grabbed a cabinet door.
[laughs] You should've got some gloves.
Roaches start scurrying everywhere,
and now I have roach [bleep] all over my hand.
My stomach can not handle...
My stomach can not handle this type of [bleep]
Oh, let me see.
I think I got some sanitizer in the truck.
Need a tetanus shot.
This place might be the nastiest zombie we've ever taken on,
but we've still got work to do.
There's no stopping for roach poop.
♪
[Derek] Ooh.
[Chauncey] Oh, man, this house so dirty.
-Alright, I'm done. -[Derek] Yeah, let's roll.
Yeah, let's get the hell out of here.
[Derek] Pretty sure I broke a bunch of things
that don't need to be broken.
[Chauncey] Costing yourself money.
Before I lose any more of my lunch,
we're gonna leave the rest of the demo to the crew.
With the dumpster in place,
the crew's ripping out the old wood paneled walls...
...chucking the roach infested kitchen sink,
and getting rid of the dusty old mismatched carpet.
We're quickly filling up that dumpster
with all sorts of stuff.
I don't even want to know what that poor thing used to be.
Is that a rat skeleton?
♪
Ooh, baby.
-What? -Oh, I'm so excited!
-Okay. -Why are you getting so excited?
-[laughs] -I'm not excited.
Let me tell you.
So I got a dresser for the Whittenburg house.
The primary bathroom in that house
needs, like, a 72 inch vanity.
The cheapest one I could find online was, like, $2,000.
Yeah, they're expensive.
So I'm like, "Why don't I just got on Marketplace
and find a dresser that's like the length that we need
and then we just have the guys convert it to a custom vanity?"
So, they delivered it over to Whittenburg.
Look, hold on. Pull over so you can look at this.
[Derek] Delivered it?
You know we're not even at, like, the bathroom phase yet.
What?
Yeah, because I had to jump on it.
It was too good of a deal for me not to get.
Just look. Isn't this thing pretty?
Do you see, like, the cane on the front of it?
This is a beautiful piece of, like, vintage furniture
that we're just gonna have to make a couple of tweaks to.
How did you already buy this for?
[Chauncey] $400.
All in, we'll be at, like, $600 for the freakin' vanity
once we add a countertop to it and a couple of vessel sinks.
Why are you not as excited as I am about this dresser?
I mean, 'cause, like, I would get excited about that,
maybe, like, three weeks from now, when it's time to do it,
but I mean, whatever.
Sometimes you got to jump on deals when they're available,
thank you very much.
Alright.
[Chauncey] Based on what we saw in the walk-through,
it's not a surprise,
but there is a whole lot of cast iron plumbing,
and it's all got to go.
And our plumbers are working through the night
getting rid of the cast iron and copper pipes,
so we can replace them with new PVC.
The living room floor is getting ripped up
and the rotten floor joists
are getting replaced with new lumber.
♪
[Albert] You guys seen the sub-flooring,
that everything has been ripped up?
[Chauncey] Yeah.
After seeing all the holes in the floor at Whittenburg,
I'm really, really nervous about the foundation,
so we've set up a meeting to chat with Albert
about what damage has been done
to this pier and beam foundation
and any other discoveries
that they've made to the house.
It's all opened up in here now.
[Albert] And now we're at this stage,
I actually want to talk to you guys about this.
I think it's a great idea to get the foundation company out here.
[Derek] Yeah, I mean, if they save on the labor, right,
everything's open, then yeah.
Yeah, like, that was my initial thought, is floor's already up.
Like, do you really think they'd cut us some sort of deal?
Yeah, I mean, I do because they would have had to do
at least half of this work to even get to the cross beam,
so we've done a lot of the work for them.
Holy [bleep] Saving time, saving money.
Both. That's a win. Yeah, let's get on that.
Yeah, let's definitely get them in here
and let's take of that ASAP.
[Albert] Okay. Cool. We'll get them.
Damn.
[Albert] So we've got the good news covered,
now let me show you the not-so-great news.
Let's go look at the electrical.
[Chauncey] What do you mean, electrical?
Like, when's the electrician even coming?
[Albert] The electrician's gonna be here at the end of this week,
but there's an issue with the panel
that I don't think you guys expected.
[Chauncey] Well, we knew we had to replace it.
Yeah, it might be more than just replacing, though.
[Chauncey] Ah [bleep]
[Albert] We thought some of the wiring was usable.
-[Chauncey] Right. -It's not.
With the changes that we're making
and when we got a look at everything,
all the wiring isn't the same.
At some point, they made some changes,
and we thought we could keep this in here
or put it somewhere inside the house,
but I was talking to the electrician
and he thinks that this panel might have to go outside.
-My brick. -[Albert] Yeah.
We're trying to preserve the brick.
[Albert] Yeah.
He'll know better when he gets out here,
but if he's right,
we're gonna have to move this panel
not just somewhere in the house,
but outside, which means that we're damaging the brick.
[Albert] We got to rewire the house.
That's about four grand that we're going up on that number,
and I was talking to the electrician
and he thinks that this panel might have to go outside.
Wait, what's on the other side of this wall?
Is this just, like, the backyard?
[Albert] I'll show you.
Yeah, like, it would have to go right here, right?
Yeah, right there,
next to where you see that meter,
so we'd be taking out, like, two by four of that brick.
It's a bigger panel, the one that we'd be putting in.
But that's gonna damage the brick,
which then means we're gonna have to repair
the brick and/or paint.
It's definitely gonna be either an added expense
or the look that you don't want.
It's gonna affect the look that you wanted, for sure.
Oh, so more money and it's gonna affect the design.
[Derek] Right.
[Chauncey] Well, alright, well let me figure out
how I can save $4,000 on the design
and figure out what we're gonna do with this.
Thankfully Albert's not an electrician
because that would have cost us a lot of money.
Our electrician is actually starting today
and said that there's no need to move the electrical panel.
It can stay where it is.
We were just over thinking everything.
The panel can stay where it is
and my brick wall will go untouched.
Aside from some power washing,
which is getting done outside
while the electrician gets started
on a whole house rewire,
replacing the Apollo moon landing era electric panel
with a newer model.
In the old dining room,
we're framing out the walk-in pantry
and adding a wall to give that new bedroom some privacy.
♪♪
Should we get rid of these, like, prickly ass hedges?
I've wanted to save this
because, I mean, we wouldn't have to spend a lot of money
in landscaping,
but I've been stabbed by this thing like 15 times already.
Well, we got the window guy here.
Let's see what type of damage I can do.
-[Derek] Yeah, no crazy ideas. -Good afternoon.
How are y'all doing?
[Chauncey] Hi. Doing pretty good.
-How are you? -Doing well. Heath Manual.
[Derek] Heath. Derek. Nice to meet you.
-Hi. Chauncey. -Nice to meet you.
[Chauncey] Nice to meet you. Well let's get down to it, man.
We need some windows for this project,
but I want to do it pretty.
I want to do it for cheap, so...
Absolutely. I come across that all the time, actually.
What would be your recommendation
for something like this?
This is a big ass window.
From an aesthetic point of view, we can remove this window,
so you'll have a picture window right here.
Okay.
Now, due to the sheer size of the window itself,
we'll be two picture windows
that are joined together in the middle.
And then therefore, you'll be able to have it all nice
and open for you to see out.
[Chauncey] Ooh. I like that.
But I have an idea
that I haven't talked to Derek about yet.
-Oh, I like hearing that. -You see how this goes?
She's always running it up.
In the backyard, we've got a sliding door situation.
It's super basic.
I'm thinking I want a French door here
instead of sliding door.
-Do you guys do those? -I can actually do either or.
[Chauncey] Okay.
[Heath] So I'd be more than happy to give you both options
when I e-mail the proposal over to you later this afternoon.
What's the damage gonna be?
Right now, we're currently running about four to six weeks
as far as actual delivery time
'cause each door, sliding glass door,
each window is specifically measured for your home,
so it will be specially made to fit that individual opening.
Four to six weeks. Man,
that might be kind of tough.
I'll tell you what, Heath, our plan here,
we were hoping to be in and out of this house in 45 days,
so we're definitely gonna be asking
and hoping for really more that four week mark.
We might have to shift some things around,
but anything that you can do to kind of help us out,
that would be freakin' amazing.
We would definitely appreciate it.
[Heath] Absolutely. I'll do everything I can for you.
[Chauncey] Awesome.
Get those numbers back to us,
so we can make this decision quick,
so we can get in and out of this house.
[Heath] Absolutely, You'll have that by end of day.
[Chauncey] Cool.
Well, we're halfway through on this 45 day flip
and there's still a lot of work to be done on this house.
We've got a lot of our high ticket items like electrical
and plumbing out of the way already,
but we still have to do the windows,
resurface the fireplace surround, floors, cabinets.
So there's a lot of work left to do
and not a lot of time to do it.
I'm not so worried about slightly going over budget,
but I am worried about going over that 45 day timeline.
We're starting to really hit our stride at Whittenburg.
Outside, the crew is adding a cleanout to the drain line.
Cleanouts make a plumber's job a lot easier
when they have to drain the lines and fix clogs.
Small updates like this really help modernize an old home.
Inside, we're tucking the HVAC up into the attic.
It's a tight fit, but with the unit out of the way,
it'll open up some much needed space down below
where we're turning that half bath into a full bath.
And we've even started slapping on drywall
and mudding the joints and screw spots.
♪♪
♪
Where is everybody? There's one freakin' car here.
Hello?
Nobody's freakin' here working.
I'm over at Whittenburg,
checking in to see how the flooring is coming along
and to see if the cabinets have arrived,
but this place is a friggin' ghost town.
How in the hell are we gonna get this done in 45 days?
I'll tell you how. We're not.
There's no way possible.
Real, real fun.
-[Derek] Hey. -Derek Pham.
Derek Dwayne Pham.
I'm using your middle name this time.
-[Derek] Oh man. You're looking so happy.
Yeah. I'm at Whittenburg, and ain't nothing happening.
Look. It's empty. Ain't nobody here.
See? It's just me.
This house was supposed to get done in 45 days.
We've now owned it a solid almost 30 days,
and ain't nothing happening.
Like, it's not gonna happen.
[Derek] Yeah, I mean, we can get it done.
We should be able to get it done hopefully in 45 days.
I mean, we've got a lot of project,
we've got a lot of stuff going on right now.
[Chauncey] We've had this house for almost a month
and it ain't anywhere close to being done.
[Derek] We'll get it done.
Do you see what's happening around me?
We don't have floors,
we don't have any trim in, we don't have any doors in,
cabinets aren't here, paint.
I mean, the drywall is mostly done.
Like, I'm really starting to freak out.
[Derek] Grab a paint brush.
[Derek] We'll get it done.
You know, little by little, some things will get done.
The market is heating up, babe.
We still got to get landscaping, roofing,
these windows got to get done, and what's gonna happen,
sure as [bleep]
'cause it happens every time with y'all,
is you're gonna be putting me under the gun
and putting me under a lot of pressure to try
to get stuff done to get the house sold and work a miracle
and ain't nobody here.
I can't work a miracle when ain't nothing happening.
[Derek] All of those things are true.
[laughs]
[Derek] You're panicking a lot.
I'm panicking.
[Derek] You're pretty good at laying in some tiles.
Hush. Goodbye. Get the guys here.
We worked with Albert
to shuffle around our crews working on other houses,
so they could come to Whittenburg
and crank out this flip.
We have to make up for some lost time,
so we've got a lot going on.
The AC units are getting dropped off
while we continue mudding the drywall inside,
then sanding the excess off and mudding again.
It's time consuming,
but it's worth it if you want smooth walls.
Speaking of time consuming,
we're adding corner bead to the new archway
and smoothing that over with a coat of drywall mud.
Corner bead is also going in throughout the house,
giving the drywall a perfect 90 corner.
It also protects the corners from getting damaged,
which often happens with drywall.
And outside, we're opening up the kitchen window,
so that it can really open up the space in the kitchen
and serve as the perfect backsplash.
♪
-Hey, what's up, guys? -Hi, Chauncey, how are you?
[Chauncey] I'm doing good.
When it comes to landscaping,
the front of this house is actually okay,
but with this being a corner lot,
the side of the house affects the curb appeal too,
and this side needs a lot of love,
so I'm meeting with Mike and Warren
from Texas Lawns to see if they can help me out on a budget.
Any thoughts in mind?
[Chauncey] I don't have any thoughts at all.
I just know it's on the freakin' corner,
so I would assume we need to do something kind of wow,
give it some pizazz.
So I mean, what do we do here?
[Mike] I think we need to add a bed,
and I think if we use a different color palette
than what we've got in the front, not too much contrast,
but brighten this side a little bit,
so it has a little bit more curb appeal.
Can't do much for the front
because it's already got that bone started,
but I think if we do it on the side to kind of compliment it,
I think we can really pull it out.
Well, I like that idea because you know I'm extra
and I have an idea in the backyard
that I haven't talked to guys yet about.
Come check it out.
I plan on wrapping up this house in about 30 days.
[Warren] Okay.
[Chauncey] Which means we have just a couple of weeks
left to get the landscaping done.
So, I mean, this backyard is a really good size,
so I want to kind of make the outdoor space
an extension of the inside.
What do you guys think we can do out here?
What if we make this an outdoor sitting area
and have an outdoor firepit as well
and make it a living room outside?
You guys are talking my language,
but what's scaring me is gonna be the cost.
So I need to know what's a range of what I would spend
on doing the front yard and adding this section out here?
Between the two, you're probably looking between
$8,500 and $8,900.
And I would probably say a couple days worth of work.
That price actually isn't bad. It's a decent starting point.
If we need to scale some stuff back,
I think we can and make that number work.
So, I would say just write up the plans
and then I'll present it to the guys
and we'll get something executed.
[Warren] We can do that for you. No problem. Cool.
Well, yeah, thanks, guys, for coming out.
I now got to figure out how to finish up this damn house.
While we wait to hear back from Texas Lawns
on an estimate outside,
we're full speed ahead on the inside of this house.
Window World is installing brand new windows in the kitchen
and bedrooms,
as well as that picture window
in the front of the house.
They're also adding really nice sliding doors
to give us access to the outdoor space.
And in the living room,
we're covering the dated brick on the fireplace with concrete,
which will smoothed out, making the fireplace surround
look sleek and contemporary,
and the price of concrete is not gonna break the bank either.
We're also painting the ceilings throughout the house,
first spraying down primer
and then going back over everything with the roller
and a flat matte paint.
♪
When was the last time you were even over here?
It's been a while.
I mean, the windows definitely weren't in last time.
They look good.
Yeah, the windows look really, really good,
especially how this one kind of is more of
like a picture window. You don't have a lot of obstruction.
-[Derek] Yeah. Yeah. -So they've painted the trim.
[Derek] Yeah, that looks a lot better.
Yeah. We've still got to add kind of a post here.
We'll have, like, some wire railing.
[Derek] Okay. Yeah, that'll be cool.
[Chauncey] So I think it'll look really good.
[Derek] Modernize it a little bit.
Yeah, we got to clean up the yard and all of that.
But that ain't what I'm excited about.
What?
I'm excited about my dresser.
-[Derek sighs] -[Chauncey laughs]
You need to get excited. This dresser's cool as hell.
The build up for this thing.
[Chauncey] Where is it?
Where's my dresser?
Where the [bleep] the dresser?
There's, what, extra flooring. There's no dresser.
Where's my dresser?
Hey, don't ask me. This was your move.
Babe. This is not good. Come on.
Why are you looking at me?
Can you call Albert and see if the guys moved it?
Here, I'm gonna let you call Albert.
[cellphone ringing]
[Albert] Hey, what up, man?
Hey, it's me actually using Derek's phone.
Quick question --
where did you guys move the dresser that was in the garage?
[Albert] We moved it into the garage.
It's covered in plastic.
There's no dresser covered in plastic in the garage.
[Albert] Say that again.
There's no dresser covered in plastic in the garage.
[Albert] Okay. Well, that doesn't make any sense.
That's where it's been this entire time.
That's where it should be.
We haven't installed the dresser yet
and we haven't put in the house.
Oh, God, Albert, do you think somebody tossed it?
[Albert] No, but if it's gone, the ony explanation is, it was stolen.
[Chauncey] This missing dresser is gonna affect everything.
Money wise, the dresser only cost $400,
and a standard dresser for a 72 inch vanity starts at $2,000.
Not only that,
but we already had the plumbing pre-roughed into the wall,
set for this particular dresser.
Now, unless I find something that's the exact same size,
I'm still gonna have to pay additional costs for plumbing,
not to mention the fact
that we can't even drywall in the wall
until the plumbing is taken care of,
which then that's gonna delay a lot of time.
So I've really got to get on finding us a new dresser.
We can't...
Yeah, just go in through the back.
We can't go in here. We got to go in through the back.
Maybe you'll find your missing piece of furniture
-just laying in the back. -Shut up, Derek.
[Chauncey] While I look for a new bathroom vanity,
work's moving right along on the outside,
where we're fixing up that ugly crack in the front steps
and repairing brick along the side of the house.
In the kitchen,
we're laying down large format tile
in a checkerboard pattern in muted grays and whites,
which will compliment the countertops.
Speaking of counters,
the cabinets are getting built and roughed in
and the crew is laying down luxury vinyl plank flooring
throughout the rest of the house.
This LVP flooring can take a beating,
and it looks a hell of a lot better than the holes
in the floor this place used to have.
♪
Once, you know, it warms up a little bit more,
all of this is gonna fill in with greenery.
[Derek] Yep. -[Chauncey] Look.
Floors are in.
[Chauncey] Oh, they look good.
[Chauncey] Don't they look good?
Yeah, they look good here. Oh, wow.
Look at the floor in the kitchen.
[Derek] Yeah, that looks nice.
Is this not some banging ass floor?
So I did, like, a matte with a polished.
They're really large, so 24 by 24 of the smaller tiles.
And I think it turned out really good.
Alright, let's check out that tile in the bathroom.
It looks good in here except it don't have a damn vanity.
Should have waited.
[sighs] Damn it. I'll find one today.
I have to.
Since we're slightly over our 45 day timeline,
we're doing a whole lot of stuff in a little bit of time.
Texas Lawns is outside adding some much needed color
to the side of the house
and transforming the backyard into a nice living area.
Inside, our crew is putting in quartz countertops
from QDI Surfaces.
In the bathrooms, we're tiling...
...installing the bathtub, and tiling some more.
Speaking of the bathroom,
I lucked out
and was able to find the same size vintage dresser
from the same seller I bought the other one from,
and no one's stealing this thing.
To turn this from a dresser into a bathroom vanity,
we're adding countertops
and installing these beautiful vessel sinks.
Finally, now that we've got the bathroom and kitchen
squared away, we're ready to stage this thing.
Nikki's Design Quad is here. Staging a house is so important
to help a buyer visualize a house's potential,
and you only get one shot at a first impression,
so I'm happy to have someone I trust like Nikki
to take the reins on staging this house.
♪
What up? Oh, she hadn't seen it.
I love this transformation.
What's up, man?
What you guys dapping each up about?
Like, this was all my work.
Oh, what did you do? What?
Do you guys not remember when we first came,
we had crappy windows.
[Albert] Right. I'm just glad we don't have a window unit on there.
[Chauncey] There was a window unit here.
There was all those weird, like, tchotchkes
and trinkets in the window.
-Remember the weird cat? -[Albert] Yeah. Fake cat.
[Chauncey] Yeah, the fake cat. That was interesting.
Now we have these beautiful windows.
Window World came in and they hooked us up.
I'm really feeling the picture window
'cause when you pull up, I mean,
it adds a lot of wow factor to the house.
Do you guys not remember the crack on the step?
[Derek] They were bad.
[Chauncey] We had the old ratty door before.
Now this door is a lot more modern as well as
this railing here.
[Derek] Yeah, I like that look.
[Chauncey] Yeah, I love what Texas Lawns did the side of the house too.
[Chauncey] The outside's banging.
[Albert] It's got the curb appeal.
[Chauncey] Thanks to me!
Let's see if the inside's matching.
-[Albert laughs] -Oh.
Ooh!
Do you not remember how this was, like, formal dining?
[Albert] I remember the throw-up green carpet, the roaches.
[Chauncey] Oh, yeah. It was terrible.
[Derek] I mean, it was nasty. Now look at it.
[Chauncey] I think it was so smart for us to close in this space
and actually create what is an office,
but can be marketed as a fourth bedroom
for the just the cost of framing a couple of hundred dollars.
It increases our ARV. It was really helpful.
I'm loving it. Let's see what else we got.
Yeah, let's check it out.
[Chauncey] Remember when we first came,
this wall had that weird raggedy ass bookshelf situation.
[Derek] Oh, right.
[Chauncey] Getting rid of the shelves,
adding a little bit of molding over there
to make it look like it's actually wainscoting.
We just painted it the accent color, and boom.
Y'all have made a lot of good design choices on this.
So, so far, I'm happy.
And speaking of design choices,
when we first came in here, this fireplace,
it was the actual brick from the outside of the house,
but they had painted it this stone looking paint,
and now we have this nice modern fireplace, this giant mantel.
It's beautiful.
We have the tile work and the built-in.
Yeah, no, this thing -- I mean, the giant mantel,
the two tone tile, run below the gallery light,
the little bar furniture, making it look built in.
You hear that, Derek?
Someone that actually appreciates my vision and my work.
Oh, it's still a pain in the ass, but yeah.
[Chauncey laughs]
[Chauncey] And then this kitchen.
[Albert] This kitchen was nasty.
[Chauncey] It was so nasty.
It was so nasty in fact, in made me upchuck my lunch.
[Derek] Most of the floor too was pretty much rotted out.
[Chauncey] There was a little wall right here that had the wall oven.
Now look at it. It's all opened up.
We have these beautiful cabinets from Skyline Cabinetry.
[Derek] Love the waterfall on the countertops too.
The countertops are looking great.
[Chauncey] Yeah, no, absolutely.
QDI came through with these countertops
and they just bring the right element
of elegance to the space.
It adds so much character to this kitchen.
[Albert] Yeah.
[Chauncey] Let's go check out this bathroom.
[Albert] The half bath that's now a full bath.
[Derek] We took a little bit of space from the laundry, right?
[Albert] Yeah and then there was a bit useless closet here
for the garage that we knocked in, made this wall flush.
[Chauncey] Yeah.
Now we have three full bathrooms to this house,
so it's added value, guys.
ARV is definitely gonna be a step up.
That's exactly what I was thinking.
And I mean, this really is a big space.
[Chauncey] Yeah, it's a cool third bath.
-[Albert] Yeah. -[Chauncey] Yeah. Yeah-yes.
Yo, let's go check out these bedrooms.
I still can't get over this arch, y'all.
-It's so freakin' pretty. -[Derek] I love it.
[Albert] It turned out perfect.
Ooh, this is a primary.
When we first came into this house, this room was nasty.
Remember it had that weird recliner over in the corner?
But it did have two closets.
Now it's just all opened up, it's clean, it's spacious.
[Albert] The primary feels big, doesn't it?
Like, it's a king sized bed.
[Chauncey] It's big.
And the primary bedroom is impressive,
but this primary bathroom, when we first came,
do you guys not remember there was a freakin' door.
[Albert] There was no room to go in there.
[Chauncey] Yeah, and the you had your toilet
and a little shower over in the corner,
and now, just by taking out the useless closet,
we have this expansive primary suite that is beautiful.
Yeah, I mean, this is a proper primary bathroom.
But let's just talk about my dresser vanity situation.
So we have the perfect sized vanity in here.
This is a custom piece.
The window, the tub, the vanity, everything,
I mean, it screams luxury.
It all comes together, and I mean, it feels very high end.
Hmm.
[Albert] Let's check out this last bedroom -- bathroom.
[Chauncey] This jack and jill situation.
When we first came in here,
do you guys not remember that [bleep] toilet?
[Derek] The toilet was right there, yeah.
[Albert] Disgusting.
[Chauncey] This whole house had me gagging and throwing up.
But now I am loving it so much.
It is so spacious now. It's more room in here, guys,
because remember, we took from the closet.
[Albert] Yeah, yeah,
so that's how we were able to push that back
and move this toilet next to the tub over here.
It's great. Yay.
Alright, let's go head to the backyard.
Are you ready?
-Let's see. -Look at this backyard.
-Oh, snap. Okay.
[Chauncey] I really wanted to capitalize on this space.
[Albert] This backyard was always huge, right?
[Chauncey] This is a huge backyard,
but nothing was going on back here, so ta-da!
Look at how pretty it is.
Nice.
I got with Texas Lawns.
We came up with a plan that was economical,
did not bust the budget,
but it made a huge impact, and we even have a firepit.
[Albert] You know we like to grill, so this is nice.
[Chauncey] Let's talk money.
Yeah, I mean, well, we bought this bad boy for $320,000,
and we dumped what?
$87,000 into it.
[Chauncey] But the ARV has gone up significantly.
[Derek] I like to hear that.
Guys, you got to consider,
we now have four bedrooms because of the office
and we have three full bathrooms.
We've had two houses on this street go up for sale
I'm thinking, guys,
we can list, especially with this finish out,
$540,000.
-Easy. -[Derek] Nice.
That definitely increases our profits,
especially since we're splitting it,
and I think that we can get it done.
[Albert] Yeah.
Alright, well, then you guys get the hell out of here...
It's done. Let's get it sold.
...so we can get it sold.
It took us a little longer than expected,
but I'm extremely happy with how this house turned out.
It was totally worth the wait.
Thanks to the great neighborhood and the fact
that we were able to add a bedroom and a bathroom
to this house, we plan to list at $540,000.
We were able to buy this house for $30,000
under the asking price at $320,000,
but due to plumbing, foundation, and a myriad of other issues,
we slightly went over our $85,000 reno budget
by a little over $2,000.
We anticipate Realtor's fees and closing costs
to come in at $24,300,
and because we went a few weeks
over our 45 day time line,
the loan interest has crept up
a bit to $4,200,
bringing our total investment
to $435,730,
which means if we're able to sell this house
at our asking price, we stand to make a $104,270 profit,
which we'll share with Albert, 70/30.
-What you out here doing? -I'm looking for stuff.
You're spending money.
I'm absolutely looking for stuff and spending money.
-Look what I got. -Ooh.
-S'more stuff. -S'more stuff.
I like it,
but babe, I just found another freakin' dresser for the project
that we have in Allan.
Bro, how about we focus on one project at a time
before you start hoping onto other things.
Let me live, okay?
Can you sell this house first, please?
Look at this. Look. Look at how pretty that is.
-Oh, that is nice. -That is really pretty.
$1,470?
Just eat your s'mores. Hush.
-Eat your s'mores. -Yeah, I burnt mine up.
[laughs]
[Derek] Ooh, look at that.
-Cheers. Cheers.