Alright. Heading to Spring Hill,
where we're gonna check out a zombie to potentially flip.
Alright! I love Spring Hill, just because the price points.
It's a great market.
Great houses to buy.
And the houses out here are great for families.
They're not on top of each other.
Everybody has, like, a front yard and a backyard.
-I mean, the yards are so big. -[Keisha] Yeah.
And people that live in Spring Hill
oftentimes commute for work in Tampa.
So houses sell very quickly out here.
Oh, yeah.
[Narrator] An hour's drive north of Tampa is Spring Hill,
a gorgeous community here in southern Florida,
known for its beautiful parks, natural springs,
riding trails, as well as a ton of quaint shops and restaurants.
Being just a few miles from the water,
Spring Hill is also a terrific destination for fishing,
boating, and even manatee-viewing.
And with its low crime rates and affordable homes,
Spring Hill is a very sought-after community
for prospective homebuyers.
I really love the area.
I'm excited.
So what are the facts of the house?
I got a call from an investor
because we've done business before.
He had this house rented out,
just got the tenants out, and he wants to sell this house.
Okay.
The cool thing, though, is he's giving us first dibs on it.
-So it's not listed. -[Dolmar] It's not listed.
It's off-market.
It's a two-bedroom, two-bath block house.
just over 1,000 square feet,
and it has an in-ground pool.
-Oh, good. -Sounds like my kind of house.
-[Dolmar] Exactly. -How much is the house?
-We're talking $130,000 for it. -[Man] Like that!
That's a great price point.
I mean, especially out in Spring Hill,
a lot of two-bedrooms, two-baths out there
are $200,000 to $250,000.
So $130,000 price point for a two-bedroom out there
sounds like a good deal.
Exactly. Depending on how much work the house needs.
The investor told me
that there was a ground settlement claim paid out
-a couple of years ago, -Ew.
And so that is a concern that we need to look into.
What do you mean?
Well, there were some foundational issues
apparently there,
and the previous owners got paid out some money to fix it.
Hopefully, the situation is resolved
and the previous homeowner took care of the settlement issue.
We need to pay attention for that today
-when we go look at the house. -Oof.
Do you know anything about the inside of the house?
Have you seen pictures? Have you heard about it?
I haven't seen pictures, but he did say the house is nasty.
-Nasty. -Like -- Yeah.
But that's what we do. We buy houses that are nasty.
We buy houses that are falling apart.
We're gonna go in and clean it up.
[Keisha] Oh, goodness.
Based on the GPS, the house is right here.
This house with the bars on the windows?
-Yeah. That's it. -[Keisha] Oh, my God.
Dolmar!
[Dolmar] This is...
[Keisha] What is this?
[Dolmar] Let's see what we're dealing with.
The outside of the house already looks sketch.
Yeah. This is definitely outdated.
Look at these awnings. They got to go.
[Dolmar] Yep. The roof actually looks good.
And I don't see any cracks on the exterior walls either,
which you'd expect if there were
some unresolved foundational issues.
[Keisha] Hopefully that means they used the insurance money
to fix it properly.
You guys see the camera?
[Amanda] Yeah. Why is there a camera on the garage door?
That's not even a garage door.
[Keisha] It's got to be a garage conversion,
since the door is walled off.
And do you see this gate?
Like, we've got gates and bars.
[Dolmar] Between the bars on the windows,
the gate, the camera,
what's up with all this security?
Yeah. I don't know about this.
I'm kind of curious. I want to see.
I want to see inside. But you go first.
[Dolmar] Alright.
[Narrator] Built in 1986,
this 1,088-square-foot, single-story,
two bedroom, two-bath home
has a kitchen, living room, garage conversion,
and in the back an in-ground pool.
[Keisha] Ooh. Alright. Let's see this.
-[Dolmar and Amanda] Oh! -Ooh!
What the hell is that?!
[Amanda] It smells bad.
[Keisha] Dolmar!
[Dolmar] Aah!
[Amanda] Oh!
What is that? Is that pee or poop?
[Amanda] I don't know what it is.
Oh, my goodness. I can't even breathe.
[Dolmar] Ugh!
[Keisha] Look at all this trash everywhere.
[Amanda] It's like they left in a hurry.
[Dolmar] Yep.
Okay, let's make it quick.
So, coming in from the front door,
we are obviously in the living room.
Yeah. You can see the floors are badly damaged.
We would definitely have to redo the floors
-in this area at least. -Yes.
[Dolmar] But, again, I don't see any cracks in the walls
or any signs of ongoing foundational problems.
Alright. So take the bars off the windows,
possibly replace the windows.
Look at the popcorn ceiling. That's got to go.
I agree. I totally agree. What else?
[Amanda] This looks like it's the dining room,
next to the kitchen over here.
And that kitchen looks like it's from the '80s,
it came with the house.
-Definitely needs to be redone. -[Dolmar] Yeah.
You guys notice how nasty the floors are?
-[Amanda] Yeah. -[Dolmar] It's disgusting.
I don't even know what we're stepping on.
-You guys see the grout? -[Amanda] Don't touch it!
-[Dolmar] So dirty, right? -I'm like this.
[Dolmar] So nasty.
What are you thinking kitchen wise for budget?
I think we can get this done
-for $10,000 to $12,000. -[Amanda] Alright.
I want to see the other rooms, though.
Yeah. Let's see what's over this way.
[Amanda] Okay.
Alright. It's your typical small bathroom with a vanity,
toilet, and tub. It's a whole bath.
[Dolmar] I think we can probably save that tub, though.
That tub actually looks pretty decent.
[Amanda] I do agree with you on that.
-That can save us some money. -Okay.
[Dolmar] But the vanity, the toilet has to go.
You guys see this doorframe here?
[dramatic music plays]
They definitely had large dogs.
And I say dogs plural.
[Dolmar] Yeah. I mean, we got to gut this bathroom
-except the tub. -[Amanda] Okay.
We're talking about what,
like $5,000, $6,000 on this bathroom?
-[Dolmar] Yeah. I would say so. -Okay.
[Dolmar] Let's look at bedroom number one.
[Amanda] Okay. The horrendous paint color in this room --
that's got to go.
Windows definitely have to be replaced.
[Amanda] Yeah. That's broken.
[Dolmar] Definitely take the windows out.
We'll have to redo this entire room.
Alright. So let's go to the other room.
[Amanda] Okay.
This is the garage conversion that we saw from the outside.
-Oh, it smells horrendous. -[Dolmar] Oh, man!
The smell gets worse in here.
Look at all the poop.
Looks like these people had a lot of animals.
Two-car garage. They walled it off.
This is the utility room.
You got the water heater over here,
washer/dryer hookups. You have a door to go outside.
-Alright. What's back here? -[Amanda] Okay.
[Dolmar] Oh, man!
-Oh! It keeps getting worse. -[Amanda] Oh! Oh!
[Amanda] Looks like they use this side for a dog kennel or something.
-Gross. -[Dolmar] This is nasty.
I mean, he wasn't kidding when he said nasty.
Like, this is nasty nasty.
This room needs a complete redo.
[Amanda] Yeah.
[Dolmar] It's very potent in here.
I got to get out of here.
There's other rooms we got to look at.
-[Keisha] Yeah. -[Amanda] Okay.
We're clearing across the living room.
This is clearly the primary bedroom,
as it has a bathroom attached.
-[Amanda] Mm-hmm. -Gotta replace windows in here.
[Amanda] Popcorn ceiling, fan -- that has to go.
On a positive note,
this is a pretty good-sized primary suite.
[Amanda] Yeah.
[Dolmar] It is a big-size closet, which is a plus.
Mm-hmm. But that bathroom, though.
[laughing] Why did they put the vanity like that?
The medicine cabinet is here, and then the vanity is here.
-Alright. -[Dolmar] That makes no sense.
[Amanda] That's a complete gut job.
So what, like $5,000 for a bathroom?
-[Dolmar] Yeah. -[Amanda] Okay.
Let's see this backyard to see what we're dealing with.
Yeah. We haven't seen the pool yet.
Oh, yeah. I forgot about that.
Well, the pool looks good.
[Amanda] Oh, yeah. I'm surprised it's clear.
At least we have screens back here.
-They look pretty good. -[Dolmar] Yeah.
So that's a couple thousand dollars of savings.
Okay.
It's a big porch back here, too.
-That's good. -[Amanda] Mm-hmm.
[Dolmar] And I'm not seeing any huge cracks
or signs of foundation issues out here either.
[Keisha] Well, I still want to get a structural engineer
out here ASAP to make sure
that these foundation repairs were done correctly.
-[Amanda] Mm-hmm. -[Dolmar] Yeah.
If we buy the house, this is a plus for us.
A pool is gonna help us sell the house a lot faster.
[Keisha] 100%.
Why is there chicken fence all around here?
[Dolmar] That is interesting. I didn't even see that.
-Let's go out that way. -[Amanda] See what's outside.
This is a really nice-sized backyard.
[Dolmar] Alright. So let's run through the numbers real quick.
We have $12,000 for the kitchen.
-Two bathrooms, $5,000 each. -Yeah.
-So where are we at -- $22,000? -Mm-hmm.
How much you think we spend on flooring?
1,000 square foot house, maybe 5 grand.
$27,000.
We need probably all new windows here.
-Yes. -Another $5,000 for windows.
Okay. $32,000.
What else are we missing now?
The cleanup.
We've got to get this thing deodorized.
$1,000 for that.
Okay. We got paint for interior and exterior.
Yeah. So I would say $3,000 for the inside, $3,000 for outside.
So that's $6,000 in just paint.
So now we are at $39,000.
Let's just round up. We're at $40k.
But we haven't even cleaned up the front yard, the backyard.
We have no idea what's going on in the walls.
There could be things behind the walls
that we don't know.
So we always have to have a big buffer --
at least $10,000 --
because we don't know what we don't know.
Alright. So $50,000 budget.
I'm comfortable with that.
$50,000 sounds good for now.
But I still got to go back
and get accurate comps on this house.
When you're running the comps,
can you also run comps on the three-two, as well?
'Cause I think we can get a third bedroom
out of this failed garage conversion.
-[Keisha] Yeah, of course. -[Dolmar] Alright.
So with a $50,000 budget and a $130,000 purchase price
for the ARV, upwards of $250,000.
I like it. What do you guys think?
-I'm with it. -[Keisha] Yeah.
-I'm all for it. Let's go. -Okay. Cool.
Alright. So let's get out of here.
-Alright. -I'm gonna call the investor and make an offer.
[Amanda] Yes.
[Narrator] So, after a quick chat with the seller,
we were, in fact,
able to keep this house off the market,
quickly closing for that agreed upon low, low price of $130,000.
Hopefully we can stick to the $50,000 renovation budget,
because we have a few other up-front expenses,
like $12,500 in realtor and closing costs,
and then there's another $2,700 for interest on the loan
for the renovation money.
Suddenly, our cheap, little zombie
is costing us a small fortune at $195,200.
But if we convert this two-bedroom, two-bath
to a three-bedroom, two-bath,
Keisha is confident we can get $265,000 for it.
That gives us a potential profit of just about $70,000,
And it's only gonna take us 45 days
to bring this zombie back to life...
I hope.
[Narrator] To start, we remove the wall
that separates the living room and the kitchen,
creating an open floor plan and better flow.
upon entering the home.
Adding new, custom cabinets, countertops,
and new appliances, as well as a small dining area,
will add function and form to this space.
We will remove these awful floors
throughout the entire home,
installing a durable and beautiful vinyl-plank flooring,
except in the bathrooms, which will get all new tile,
as well as new custom vanities, countertops, and new lighting.
Both bedrooms will get updated
with a simple application of fresh paint,
as well as new lighting, new windows,
and a couple of modern ceiling fans.
The old garage conversion will be converted once again
by making a new hallway through the utility room
that allows us to create a third bedroom
in the rest of the space,
with the addition of a new closet and large window.
We'll add some new paint, lighting,
and a ceiling fan, as well,
just like we did in the existing bedrooms.
♪
Alright. Here are your tools.
Let's go.
[Dolmar] It's time to work.
Let's go.
We scheduled a foundation inspection,
but they're already booked a few weeks out.
So while we wait, we're gonna start demo.
Alright. Divide and conquer.
-Mm-hmm. -You're taking which bathroom?
The primary bathroom over here.
I got this one over here. And you have the nasty kitchen.
That's alright. I got it.
Keisha, Amanda, and yours truly
are pitching in to help keep our rehab budget
at their agreed upon 50 grand.
♪
Ooh!
Hey, Dolmar, you turn the water off?
No. I don't got the tools to turn off the water.
[bleep]
Whoo! It's so slippery.
-How's it going? -It's going.
I stopped on this side
because I'm not about to bust a pipe in here.
It's gonna be all, "Well,
your design budget is all gone now
'cause you busted a pipe." [chuckles]
♪
Whoa! Slipping!
♪
Oh [bleep]
Hey! Keisha, Dolmar!
-Huh? -I'm bleeding.
What'd you do? Oh!
What'd you do?!
[Amanda] I'm bleeding.
[Dolmar] Aw [bleep]
[Amanda] Aah!
Hey! Keisha, Dolmar!
[Dolmar] Huh?
[Amanda] I'm bleeding.
What'd you do?!
It's one of the tile. It must have got me.
That's what I get for coming in tank tops.
Do you have any, like, first-aid kit in that truck?
-[Dolmar] Are you okay? -Yeah, I'm okay. Man!
-[Dolmar] You gonna be okay? -I could keep going.
I mean, she's, like, screaming bloody murder.
-[Keisha laughs] -Like she's gonna die.
[Amanda] I'm accident prone.
-Uh... -Are we good now?
-Yes, we are good. -Be careful.
-Alright. -[Dolmar] Alright.
[Man] ♪ Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! ♪
Whoa!
Whoo!
Hey, Keisha, I'm done in the bathroom.
You killed it. Let's go.
I'm done.
Wow. Look at this pile.
We did a lot of work today.
[Dolmar] Yo. I got dinner for tonight.
[laughing] You could cook this rice.
Maggot-infested.
Actually, yeah. It has stuff in it.
-Never mind. -Listen. We're done.
We finished the bathrooms, the kitchen.
[Keisha] What do we have left?
We got to take the floors up.
We got to scrape the ceilings, take all the fixtures off.
So when the Dumpster gets here first thing tomorrow,
we will join the rest of the guys and finish up.
I'm with that. I think I bled enough today.
Yeah. You can milk that for a few weeks, though.
[Amanda] Months. [laughs]
♪
Oh, great. Our dumpsters are here.
-Yeah. -It's perfect timing,
because Jesus will be here in a little bit to demo.
Alright. He has a lot to do.
Hopefully he gets it all done in one day.
Oh, he will. You know Jesus.
Even though Keisha, Amanda and I
did a great deal of demo yesterday,
this zombie is such a zombie
that it requires a second demo day.
We're gonna leave that work to the crew,
but we're swinging by to give them some marching orders.
I don't even want to touch these doorknobs.
They're so nasty.
Why is it so wet in here?
[Keisha] Oh, my God, that's bad.
Um...I'm stepping in water.
Dude, the house is flooding.
[Keisha] Yeah, there's a leak. I see it down here.
Jesus is here. I hear his truck pulling up.
Oh, my God.
[bleep] my life.
You have a leak, and I don't have any tools to turn it off.
Okay, so let me check first the box.
Uh...
Can you check inside?
Okay, now it's worse.
[Dolmar] It's still running.
I'm just gonna turn this off.
[Dolmar] Yeah. Now it's fully off. Alright.
-Let's see. He got it. -[Jesus] Okay.
[Dolmar] Is it off?
[Keisha] I turned it off. Inside.
What you should have done before you started this kitchen.
Remember? I was saying, "Dolmar, turn off the water."
And you were, "No." And look.
Yeah. It's off.
Yes, I turned it off.
Okay. Yeah.
I love Dolmar, but sometimes the man tests me.
I mean, yesterday we told him the water was on,
but he said he didn't have any tools to turn it off,
but I'm pretty sure he brought his hands with him.
I mean, that's all I needed to get the water turned off.
Alright, well, now that the water leaks done,
what do you want to have done with the demo?
Well, we want to gut everything.
All the tile, all the floor over here.
Take down this entire wall, the bedrooms, bathrooms, everything.
I demoed the one bathroom there for you.
I -- I have to say, you'll be very, very proud of me
with that bathroom back there.
[Dolmar] Unless she's scratched the tub
that we're trying to save.
-We'll see. -Anyway, that's it.
Anything else, just, like, let us know.
-Okay. -Thank you, Jesus.
[Jesus] Thank you.
[Narrator] Even though Keisha, Amanda, and I
put in a solid day of demo of the kitchen and bathrooms
here on Linden Drive,
I'm relieved to know that our crew is taking care of the rest.
That includes, but is not limited to,
removing that wall separating the kitchen
from the living room, which creates that open floor plan
that we're after, instantly making this space more inviting.
And with the removal of all of the home's various flooring,
dated popcorn ceilings, and any remaining damaged drywall,
we can finally begin the real renovations to this zombie,
which is great because there's no time like the present
as the clock is ticking on this 45-day flip.
And we can use all the time we can get.
♪
I really hope we don't have any new discoveries today
with foundational issues.
Let's just hope that the seller actually used the payout
that they got to actually fix the house.
[Dolmar] Yep.
-Alright, guy's here. -[Keisha] Alright.
Even though we think the foundation is in good shape,
it's still smart to get a professional assessment
by a structural engineer.
I just hope it's good news
because with a $50,000 rehab budget,
we just simply cannot afford any bad.
-Morning, Inspector Paul. -How you guys doing? Yes, sir.
-I'm Dolmar. -Dolmar. Nice to meet you.
-This is my wife, Keisha. -Very nice to meet you.
Hi. Very nice to meet you.
Thanks for coming out to see the property.
Absolutely. So, what's going on?
We bought this house,
and there was a settlement claim made on the house before.
I didn't see any signs of settlement issues.
-Right. -But I still wanted to have
you come out and do your professional assessment.
Most of the time when they do a settlement like that,
I would say 9 times out of 10 the repairs are gonna be done.
But, you know, that one time
someone takes the money and runs,
so until I get eyes on the inside,
it's hard for me to really kind of tell.
So let's go take a look in.
♪
Based off the rooms I'm seeing now, even in the closet here,
I don't see any cracks in the slab anywhere,
so it's looking good.
But the last thing I want to do is check outside
and see if I see any cracks back there.
Okay.
♪
[Paul] Whoa. This does not look good.
♪♪
This is an absolute mess.
The last thing I wanna do is check outside
in the back porch area
and see if I see any cracks back there.
Okay.
[Paul] Whoa. This does not look good.
This is an absolute mess.
You got some landmines out here, huh?
[Dolmar] Yes. We do.
[Keisha] The previous owners had 22 dogs.
That's what the neighbors said.
-Okay. -It's still bad.
[Paul] It sure is.
What I'm looking at here is mainly the patio wall.
I want to see if there's any separation.
Do you see anything?
♪
I see a lot of crap, but I don't see any cracks.
-Crap without cracks. -[Paul] Yeah.
I would say, based off of what I'm finding here,
you guys can breathe easy, feel good.
-Oh. Yay. -Looks good.
Okay. Awesome.
-Thanks, man. -[Keisha] Thank you.
That's excellent news.
Yeah. Alright. I want to get out of here.
Yeah.
[Narrator] With the knowledge that our foundation is
structurally sound,
we can really start to transform this home.
So the crew got to work removing those iron security bars
from all the windows,
as well as those outdated aluminum awnings above them.
In hopes of transforming this
failed garage conversion into a success,
the crew is renovating the space
by first rebuilding the garage door panel with better wood.
Then, installing a layer of lace wire,
which is a metal mesh that provides additional support,
helping to keep cracks from forming.
Next, stucco, a thin cement used to cover exterior walls,
is coated over the wiring.
Stucco is easy to apply, and once it dries,
some new double pane windows are installed.
Buyers will love this detail, as these windows are
much sturdier than the normal float glass
and can withstand some of the more serious weather Spring Hill
gets during the rainy season.
With the windows installed, it's time to paint.
And I'm always amazed at
how a fresh coat of paint to the exterior
can really help to brighten and update a home so easily.
And so with the house taking shape,
it's time to start getting this yard under control.
With the use of some good old-fashioned elbow grease,
the weeds and canine-destroyed fake turf
are finally cleared out.
♪
Oh. What do you think?
It's nice and bright.
Before it was so gloomy.
Like, that blue had to go.
[Dolmar] Yeah, made a lot of progress, right?
Yeah. Landscaping. It's coming along.
Yeah. We cut the grass.
[Dolmar] With Keisha back at the office
and Amanda's so busy the last few days
shopping for this flip on Linden.
I wanted to swing by today to show her the amazing progress
we've made on this flip so far.
♪
-Wow. -They put up the new wall here.
[Amanda] In the laundry room. Okay.
There was this wall that was here.
-Right. -Remember? We took that out,
and it really opened up the space a lot.
Mm-hmm. This is a very large laundry room/mudroom.
This is gonna be a bedroom...
-[Dolmar] Correct. -[Amanda] ...over, right?
Yep. [sighs] Alright.
So, they started framing up in here.
As you can see, they've also ran the electric.
I know you wanted the closet
-on this wall. -Yes.
What we've already started doing is building out
and framing up this wall so it's flush with the electrical panel.
-Okay. -The question I had about
the closet, do I have it span the entire width of the room
and put the electrical panel inside the closet?
Or do I stop the closet like right here?
What I would like is if you stop the closet right here
'cause the closet is gonna be about two feet deep right here.
-Okay. -[Amanda] So then this is like
a little vanity.
That way we could put a mirror or a picture over it
and people can, you know, get dressed.
Or it could even be a little tiny workspace.
So, like, a little niche.
-Yes. -Got it.
[Dolmar] As we continue to renovate this zombie,
especially where the garage is now
becoming a proper third bedroom,
our budget is beginning to strain.
Budgeted at $50,000,
this rehab has already eaten through just about half of it.
But I'm confident that
once we get this house fully flipped and sold,
we'll see that $50,000 come back to us.
Plus, a whole lot more.
Let's go!
♪
-There's no smell! Ah! -No more poop. [laughs]
Yeah, those nasty crates and that nasty turf is gone.
-It's Florida fresh. -[Dolmar laughs]
Now that we have this backyard/dog kennel cleared out,
it's time to figure out what we're gonna do with the space.
We need to put some kind of love back here.
[Keisha] Yeah.
[Amanda] Now that the turf is up.
Look at all of this space.
I mean, we can put -- gosh, we could do a fire pit.
-We could do a putting green. -Yeah.
This is the area where everybody hangs out,
right next to the pool.
-Did you guys not see this? -Oh.
[Dolmar] You see all these screens blowing in the wind?
Oh, no.
The lattice was covering up all of the damage
that the dogs made.
Look how tore up this is.
-Oh, my gosh. -This is not salvageable. Look.
Is it like that all the way round though
-or is it just this one piece? -[Dolmar] No, it's all.
We can't salvage any of this.
How much is this gonna be?
[Dolmar] It's gonna be thousands of dollars to fix this.
Oh.
-[sighs] -Aye, aye, aye.
Clearly the lattice that was here before was covering up
all of the damage that the dogs made.
Do you see all these screens
-blowing in the wind? -Oh.
[Dolmar] The dogs completely ripped this up.
It's gonna be thousands of dollars to fix this.
Oh.
Is this gonna affect our landscaping budget?
[chuckles] Yeah.
But then what are we gonna do here?
[Dolmar] Look, we have to make decisions based on the budget.
And the budget right now is about to get blown
because of this.
I can't even wrap my mind around doing any landscaping right now
because this right here is a priority.
Are we gonna at least have landscaping in the front though?
Absolutely. I -- I -- Yeah, we need curb appeal.
Okay, but, yeah. Shoot.
My design heart is kinda breaking over here.
I need backyard appeal, too.
Yeah, it's a big yard
and I would love to do something with it.
Let's over the next couple of days
brainstorm some ideas to do back here that are budget friendly.
Okay.
Time to get creative juices flowing.
-There you go. -'Cause right, like, alright,
I'm gonna make sandcastles back here.
Not a bad idea.
We got plenty of that.
[laughter]
[Narrator] While we wait on those new pool screens,
there's still plenty to do inside as the crew goes to work
righting a previous construction wrong
by rebuilding this primary suite's awkward angles.
The new framework for the primary closet,
as well as the entrance to the primary bath,
is now in line with the rest of the suite,
creating a much cleaner look,
especially when prospective buyers
first walk into the space.
Next, a new coat of paint called Simple White
covers all the walls and the popcorn-free ceilings,
freshening and illuminating this transforming zombie.
With the interior paint dry,
our new uniform flooring begins to go in.
Amanda loves to use luxury vinyl plank,
also called LVP, in our renovations,
and I'm 100% on board.
This flooring is not only less expensive than wood,
but it's more durable, it's waterproof
and these planks install real fast,
keeping our labor costs at a minimum.
At least for this part of the flip.
And now with these floors set,
it's time for Panda Kitchen and Bath to do their thing,
installing these beautiful and timeless kitchen cabinets
and bathroom vanities, creating a beautiful framework
for the incoming custom quartz countertops.
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-Hey, guys. -[Both] Hi.
-Hey, I'm Brandon. -Hi, I'm Amanda.
-Amanda, nice to meet you. -I'm Keisha.
-Keisha, nice to meet you. -Very nice to meet you.
-Great place. -[Keisha] Thanks.
You wanna take a look at our house
-to see what you can do with it? -Lead the way.
With this rehab nearing the end, Amanda and I
are meeting with Brandon from The Staging Company,
in hopes of getting them to furnish our house
once we're ready to list it.
-So, here is the house. -Nice, guys.
On this side is two bedrooms and one bath, so...
Okay.
This is the first guest bathroom.
[Brandon] Awesome. Love the tub.
And then this is bedroom number one.
[Brandon] Great.
[Amanda] That's the laundry room
right there that you just peeked in,
and then this is the second bedroom.
[Brandon] Okay.
Now, with these two bedrooms on this side of the house,
if we could stage one of them
as an office, that would be great.
And then the other one is the second bedroom.
-[Brandon] Great. -And then we'll have
the primary on the other side of the house.
[Brandon] Okay.
And then obviously this is our living, kitchen,
dining over here, and primary right here,
-with a primary bathroom. -[Brandon] Awesome.
So, we just have one more space to show you outside.
Here's the backyard with the pool.
Does your staging company normally do patios
-or outdoor spaces? -Absolutely.
We can include that in one of our packages.
Cool. Just so you know, we are going to be painting
this maybe more of, like, a medium or dark gray.
-Perfect. Yeah. -[Amanda] Okay.
-Easy. -Yay!
[Amanda] And that's the house.
[Brandon] Love it. It's a great flip.
Okay, so what are next steps?
Typically, I would recommend our express package.
It's living, dining, primary, kitchen and bathrooms.
But having seen this house, I would recommend
that we upgrade to the signature package.
It includes a lot of extra seating areas
and obviously we can customize it
to include that patio and the office,
and just make this thing really look like a home.
Yeah. Glad you have an inventory for this.
-Do that. -180 homes staged right now.
Wow! 180?
Yeah. I'd like to get you a proposal.
Let's get it signed and let's get a tentative date
-on the calendar. -Okay.
Once we have a tentative date on the calendar,
just give us a couple days notice
if we need to push it back or if we need to push it up.
Like, either way, we're totally flexible,
we do this all the time.
Love that. I rarely hear that.
Flexibility with a stager, yes! I think this is gonna be great.
Awesome.
♪♪
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[cellphone ringing]
Hey, girl.
[Amanda] Hey. We got an issue over here.
The appliances haven't arrived and the installers
have been waiting for hours.
What? Wait a minute, the appliances
were supposed to be there between 8:00 and 12:00.
What happened? It's way past 12:00.
-[Amanda] Yeah, and nothing. -Oh, my --
[Amanda] And these installers are, like,
one foot in their trucks ready to leave.
Oh, my goodness!
[Amanda] Appliances haven't arrived and the installers
have been waiting for hours and they are, like,
one foot in their trucks, ready to leave.
[Keisha] What? Oh!
[Amanda] Yeah, they're getting antsy. They're ready to go.
So, we gotta make a decision, if we're gonna let them leave
or just tell them to hold back for a little bit.
Oh, no, we definitely can't have them leave.
-[Amanda] Yeah. -[Keisha] And we can't afford
to have them come back
because we're gonna have to pay them
to come back out to install.
So, these appliances need to come today.
[Amanda] We need to figure this out.
-Bye. -[Amanda] Alright, bye.
Aye, aye, aye.
All we need.
Keisha called the appliance truck,
and they will be here in a few hours.
Luckily, the installers agreed to take a late lunch
and will come back later today
to finish the job at no extra cost.
So, in the meantime, the three of us decided
to try to get this backyard in better shape.
How many plants can we hold?
[Dolmar] Alright, so where do you wanna put these?
Alright, I'm thinking if we put the plants on this wall
because this is, like, right here would be a focal point.
-[Keisha] Yeah. Right. -At least when a buyer
walks through that patio.
-So, we'll plant over here. -[Keisha] I agree.
With the grass seed,
hopefully we'll have some grass versus dirt.
Mm-hmm. These are the taller ones,
so we wanna put these in the back.
We'll just set them up right here.
Realistically, this is what it would look like.
Scoot that over and it would be a bed of flowers, like that.
-Yep. -Step back.
[Keisha] It's cute.
[Amanda] I like it. It brings color.
Yes. It's definitely a nice focal point.
Yeah. Dolmar, what do you think of this?
I like it.
If we could have two more groups of these,
it will fill in this whole corner right here.
-[Dolmar] Cool. -Yeah?
-I love it. -[Amanda] Nice. Backyard --
Alright, I'm gonna go back to spreading my seeds.
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[Keisha] Let's actually go get some more.
Yeah. Let's let him keep doing his fun time with his new toy.
Just keep on seeding. You got this.
♪♪
[Amanda chuckles]
[Narrator] With those kitchen appliances
arriving by the end of the day,
we're focusing on the backyard as we get this back patio
professionally pressure washed
so that Dolmar, Amanda and I can pitch in
and paint it ourselves,
helping alleviate some of our labor costs.
[Amanda] We still gotta make sure
we have a walkway to get to the places we paint.
-So, we can't paint Dolmar in. -[Keisha chuckles]
[Narrator] We got those dog-destroyed pool screens
repaired and they look great, but they cost a pretty penny.
And so with the front yard curb appeal completed,
as well as some other odds
and ends taken care of on the inside,
it's finally time to stage this place.
And of course, we went with The Staging Company
as they've got such a huge inventory,
furnishing this house to make it look like a real home.
Now, this flip isn't complete without those countertops,
as well as kitchen appliances.
Luckily, those beautiful countertops
got installed right after.
And once those essential kitchen items were set in place,
I was able to talk to the right person,
and even though they were a couple hours late,
the appliances finally arrived...
...completing this makeover
and making me feel very confident
that we're gonna get top dollar for this transformed zombie
now that we're ready to list it.
♪♪
-Wow. -Whoo!
Look at this house, y'all.
[Amanda] I remember this house looked like a jail.
[Keisha] Epic fail.
I mean, there were bars and gates everywhere.
I was like, what's going on in this house?
[Amanda] We also had these awnings over the windows.
That was terrible.
[Keisha] We removed the gates and the bars,
so now it actually looks approachable.
[Amanda] Mm-hmm.
And we have these nice shutters and new windows.
And the windows actually look like windows.
Yeah. And we fixed up this garage conversion.
[Amanda] It was just plywood on the front of the house.
[Keisha] Plywood and then there were cameras on there.
It just looked very suspect.
[Dolmar] Yeah, the elevation looks a lot better now.
[Amanda] We have a window there.
It's nice and clean and nobody thinks,
like, "What is going on behind that wall?"
Yeah, and we actually added these lights as well
on this garage conversion, so it looks really nice.
It's completely transformed,
revived and looking beautiful now.
[Amanda] And it had the old-fashioned
paint color palette.
[Keisha] It was not a good look.
Not anymore. I mean, look at it now.
[Amanda] We have brightened it up.
[Keisha] Sharp, crisp and brand new.
[Dolmar] Beautiful.
I remember the overgrown grass, and there was junk everywhere.
[Amanda] Yes.
[Dolmar] But it looks very different now.
[Amanda] We also brought all these plants in the front,
and it's no longer a zombie.
[Keisha] Now, it looks like a real home.
[Dolmar] Yes.
We did really good on the outside,
but I really wanna see inside
'cause I know a lot has happened in there.
-[Amanda] Yes. -Oh, yeah.
♪
-Man! Whoo! -Whee!
We did really good on the outside,
but I really wanna see inside
'cause I know a lot has happened in there.
-[Amanda] Yes. -Oh, yeah.
♪
Wow!
When we first walked in here,
that smell hit you like a ton of bricks.
[all groaning]
[Dolmar] It was not sanitary in this house.
[Amanda] Right. The living room was legit a landfill.
[Dolmar] All on the floors.
The floors were nasty, disgusting, grotesque.
-They were also warped. -[Keisha] Terrible.
[Dolmar] And now, it smells clean and revived.
These floors have been replaced,
giving the house a new sense of modern elegance.
I really do like this color.
-[Keisha] Mm-hmm. -[Amanda] Yeah.
It was a nice upgrade for this house.
In addition to that, we also re-textured the entire house,
painted it and added beautiful new fixtures.
[Keisha] Complete transformation.
Yeah. But the biggest transformation
was knocking out this wall.
-[Keisha] Yes. -[Dolmar] Yeah.
[Keisha] It made the living room so tiny
and the kitchen even tinier.
It just didn't make sense, and it wasn't a great layout.
[Dolmar] Taking down the wall opens up the entire space
and makes it more inviting,
connecting all of the spaces from the living room,
the kitchen and the dining room.
-[Keisha] Mm-hmm. -[Amanda] And now we have
a beautiful white, bright kitchen.
-It looks much bigger. -[Dolmar] Yeah.
We have beautiful gold hardware and shaker cabinets
and this nice countertop.
-Yeah. -I love this island.
[Dolmar] It's really nicely done.
Yeah. I really love how this kitchen turned out.
But I wanna see the other side of this house
to see how that turned out.
Yeah.
♪♪
[Amanda] I remember this bathroom was so hideous.
[Keisha] The vanity was destroyed and needed to go.
And that toilet was filthy.
[Dolmar] This bathroom looked very outdated and old.
[Amanda] We refreshed the whole, entire space.
We added new tile.
We got a new vanity in with this beautiful countertop.
And we even saved some money by holding onto the old tub.
[Dolmar] Yeah.
And we replaced the old fixtures,
and we have a beautiful new light, brushed gold fixtures
-and a new LED mirror. -[Dolmar] I love it.
[Keisha] But what I really wanna see
is the award-winning garage conversion
-that we have over there. -[Dolmar] Yeah.
This was the most disgusting,
nastiest part of the entire house.
[Keisha] It was land mines of just poop and urine.
I mean, this whole room was used as, like, a dog kennel.
-Then we had that water heater. -[Amanda] Yes.
[Keisha] Just, like, at the top in the corner.
It was really disgusting back here.
-[Dolmar] Yeah. -[Amanda] Right.
[Dolmar] We built this closet, and behind these doors
are now the new water heater and a space for a washer/dryer.
I really love what we did with this space.
Yeah. I mean, it can be very, very versatile.
It can be a mudroom 'cause this door leads to outside.
-Yeah. -So, the kids coming home,
they can put their dirty shoes.
You can put laundry stuff all right here.
Aesthetically, this room looks really good
and also gives the buyer lots of options.
You can do so much with it.
You know what other option we gave the buyer?
-An extra bedroom. -Yes!
-Oh. -On the other side.
That's what I wanna see.
It was cold and dark and dingy in this space.
[Amanda] There was no windows.
[Dolmar] It was nasty.
But now, look at what we did with this space.
We completely converted it,
adding egress windows and a built-in closet.
[Keisha] Which is great 'cause it creates a formal bedroom.
[Amanda] Yeah.
But I love how the staging company
staged this room as an office
because we all know everybody's working from home,
so it allows the buyers
just to see the house in different lights.
I think we're gonna really do well on the resell
because most homes in Spring Hill,
if they're the age of this house,
are two-bedroom, two-bath houses.
By converting and adding this third bedroom,
it makes the house much more marketable
-and desirable for buyers now. -I agree.
With all this bedroom talk, I wanna see the primary.
-[Keisha] Yes! -[Dolmar] Yes.
Here she is.
[Amanda] Before, starting with
this whole closet bathroom thing,
it did not make any kind of sense.
[Keisha] Hmm, very confusing.
[Dolmar] I remember the broken window.
[Keisha] Yeah. Flooring as well.
-It was not a pretty sight. -[Dolmar] Yeah.
[Amanda] Yeah. Right.
[Dolmar] What do you think?
[Keisha] It looks great.
[Dolmar] We had to replace this window
and a couple of others throughout the house.
We also redid the floors, painted it a nice, bright color
and added the fixtures.
-[Keisha] What a change. -[Amanda] Yeah.
But the biggest thing was the reconfiguration.
We have a door to the bathroom and a door to the closet,
and there's no confusion as to who is coming and going.
Definitely easy access,
and the primary bathroom looks amazing.
-[Dolmar] But before -- -[Amanda] You had to go around
to get into the bathroom.
[Keisha] It needed to be completely reconfigured.
[Amanda] We replaced everything in here,
got a new vanity, countertops, hardware.
Buyers are gonna love this bathroom.
[Dolmar] I agree.
Buyers are gonna love this entire house.
But I really wanna see that backyard.
Oh, me, too.
Alright.
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[Keisha] Man! We couldn't walk out here before.
It was just filled with dried-up poop all over the floors.
-Trash, junk. -[Dolmar] And furniture.
[Keisha] It was horrific.
[Amanda] The pool deck had two different colors.
[Dolmar] And remember the screens were all ripped up?
It was pretty nasty out here.
[Amanda] Yeah, it was a hot mess.
And now, we can have a pool party!
-[Dolmar] Oh. -[Keisha] Yes!
[Dolmar] It's a nice, beautiful screened-in pool now.
[Keisha] The pool looks clear.
The floor was nicely painted.
-Thanks to us. -Oh, yeah.
We put in a little sweat equity, and it looks beautiful.
[Dolmar] It really looks more inviting.
But I wanna see out here now.
Yeah.
[Amanda] Unfortunately, we didn't have time
-for the grass to grow. -[Keisha] Clearly.
[Amanda] But we did pop in some color
so that this backyard was looked after in some kind of capacity.
-[Keisha] Yeah. -[Dolmar] With the limited
budget we had, we made the best decisions we could.
And, you guys, look at this. My seeds are taking sprout!
In a couple weeks, we'll have some nice,
plush grass back here.
Keisha: Any buyer would love this backyard.
[Dolmar] I think this backyard really sells
the Florida lifestyle.
[Amanda] You can cook, you can play in the pool.
-You could just chill and relax. -[Keisha] Oh, yeah.
[Amanda] The whole entire house turned out really good.
I think so, too. Alright.
Well, let's get this house listed so we can find
one of those buyers you're talking about.
Oh, yeah, let's get it done today.
Yes, let's get it done.
I am sop happy with this flip,
especially when we look at the final numbers.
This transformed zombie cost us
$130,000 to purchase
and $54,660 to rehab.
Our closing costs totaled $13,250
and our loan ended up costing us $2,770,
giving us a total investment of $200,680.
Having converted this home from a two-bedroom, two-bath
into a three-bedroom, two-bath,
we should have no trouble finding a buyer
for the resale price of $265,000.
If we are able to sell for that number,
we look to clear $64,320.
Profit of almost $65,000 for just 45 days of work?
Yeah, I would take that any day.
So, let me see if you can jump on that and then stay on it.
You can't fall off.
Alright, you ready? Go.
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Hang on! [laughs]
What is going on?
Oh, the only way I could get the kids out of the house
was to bribe them with a pool day.
Hey, I gotta show this house in 15 minutes.
-That's today? -Like in a couple minutes.
Y'all cannot be in this pool.
Y'all are gonna ruin my open house.
Dolmar, get them out, please.
-Please, please. -Alright.
Jeez! [sighs]
Ethan, out!
Ethan, we're supposed to go. [laughs]