♪ Yeah, something in the air, I can feel it ♪
[Amanda] When are you guys coming to the beach?
Come visit me, hello?
We have the beach right over here.
I'm talking about the other beach,
where there's sharks and paddleboards and surfing.
When are y'all coming to the beach where the sharks are?
[laughs] I know, right? That doesn't sound inviting.
I like to be upfront and honest
so you know what you're getting into.
Alright, well, we definitely need to make a trip over there.
But we got this next house I'm about to show you first.
-Mm. -This is a house in Hudson...
-Hudson. -Oh.
-...Florida. -Okay.
I got this lead from my student.
And she got it from a wholesaler.
And so right now, the wholesaler is interested
in moving this property as quickly as possible
because there's also competition.
So we have to think fast and move quickly on this.
It's an easy rehab with a lot of profit potential.
So what are the numbers?
How much can you get this house for?
-[Amanda] Yeah. -The wholesaler is firm at $175,000.
I'm not surprised that there's competition.
This is a two-bedroom, two-bath house.
But I'm hoping we can add a bedroom,
which will bump this up to a three-bedroom house
for a better return.
This is the front of the house.
Concrete block, very easy renovation for us to do.
[Amanda] It looks like we just need a garage door.
There's landscaping already.
-Yeah. -Yep.
[Dolmar] I do have to so you one more thing.
-What is that? -There was a small fire
in that garage, right here.
[Keisha] That does not look like a small fire.
When can we go take a look at it?
You wanna go today, tomorrow?
Let's go tomorrow. I don't know, you think?
-Tomorrow. Yeah. Tomorrow. -Alright.
-Make an appointment. Let's go. -Okay.
-Okay. I'm on it. -Up in smoke. Let's go.
♪ If I was you, I'd be dying to be ♪
♪ A reflection of the person that you're seeing in me ♪
♪ Look, I was born on the move ♪
-Oh, [bleep] -[Amanda] Oh, yeah!
-[Keisha] Alright. -About time we used this Jeep
for what it's worth!
I mean, it's weird 'cause we've never done a house in Hudson.
-And it's like this hidden... -Yeah.
...gem, this hidden community.
I do love Hudson.
Located along the Gulf of Mexico
sits the charming coastal town of Hudson.
Known for it's relaxed lifestyle and natural surroundings,
Hudson is family-friendly with a close-knit community vibe.
Sporting excellent opportunities for boating,
fishing, and water-sports, Hudson is great spot
for those seeing a laid-back, coastal-living experience.
Based on preliminary numbers I was looking at,
I think we can sell this house for around $330,000.
So the ARV is $330,000. And if we can pick it up
for $175,000, that's a really big spread.
[Keisha] Well, that's if we can convert it to a 3/2.
Yeah, I mean, if we keep it as a two-bedroom,
we'll still make money, but we're not maximizing
the profit potential. [horn honks]
-Yeah. -[Dolmar] What's up? [laughs]
See, the neighbors are excited we're in town.
-Yeah. -The Zombie squad is here.
I know.
Well, this is the house right here.
[Keisha] Oh, my.
[Dolmar] This is...
♪
-[Dolmar] Oh! -[Keisha] Oh, man.
-[Amanda] Ugh! -[Keisha] We have no garage door.
-[Amanda] Y'all. -[Dolmar] Number one thing --
we're gonna need a new garage door.
$3,000, $4,000 right there before you even go in the house.
We're like, almost like $5,000, $10,000 in
'cause we already know we gotta drywall
and do all the things in there.
One of the big concerns I have with this fire is,
-did it affect the roof? -Ugh.
[Dolmar] So it looks like it's just on this side of the house,
but my concern is, how high up did it go?
Did if affect the trusses?
Because that's gonna be an even bigger expense,
depending on how bad it was.
Well, before we go there,
let's go inside and actually look at the rest of the house
that's not fire damaged and see what we're working with there.
-[Amanda] Yeah. -[Dolmar] Alright, let's do it.
[Keisha] Alright.
[Dolmar] This 1,400-square-foot home was built in 1984
and sits on a lot about 8,800 square feet.
It has two bedrooms and two baths
and has an attached garage that recently had a fire,
which hopefully did not spread to the rest of the house.
Ugh! That smell!
-[Amanda] Ugh! -[Keisha] Gosh.
[Amanda] You know dogs were in here, for sure.
[Dolmar] That smells like cat piss.
Y'all talking about the smell.
Do you see all this junk in here?
They left all their stuff.
You got poop over here on this rug.
Ugh!
[Dolmar] Yeah, this house stinks.
[Keisha] Can't get over this layout. It's just strange.
It's a "L"-shape.
You see this hole right here in the ceiling?
I wonder what's going on behind that?
What do you think about the rest of the house, though?
I mean, the tile looks good.
It's...brown,
-so it's kinda old-school. -[Amanda] Okay.
[Dolmar] But it's in good condition.
It's in good condition, but this is such an outdated floor.
Like, seriously.
[Dolmar] Stuff like that doesn't hurt a sale.
What do you think about the flooring?
Well, before we even talk about
whether we should keep it, replace it,
we haven't left the living room.
-[Dolmar] That's a good point. -We gotta look through
-the whole house. -[Amanda] You're right.
[Dolmar] Yeah, fair point.
But hopefully it's in good condition.
I was looking at this window here.
[laughs] can't even -- see?
The windows are -- The windows need to be replaced.
-[Keisha] Okay. -Well, at least that one.
We should check all the windows.
Alright. But this kitchen.
[Keisha] Mm.
It is just outdated.
[Keisha] Yeah, that backsplash --
that's gotta go.
I agree we should probably change the backsplash.
-I don't like it either. -[Amanda] Ugh.
[Dolmar] Yeah. I don't like popcorn ceilings.
-[Amanda] No. -So that's gotta go.
[Amanda] These are nice countertops, though.
Ultimately, I mean, these cabinets are in great condition.
-[Dolmar] Yeah. -If we're just going to
leave the bones, I would say paint the cabinets,
change out the hardware, change out lighting,
and definitely the backsplash and then we'll see
what condition the appliances are later on.
Keisha, this budget is gonna look easy for you.
So far. We haven't made it past the kitchen.
-[Amanda] Right. -Let's go to the bedroom.
[Dolmar] Alright, so this is the first bedroom.
-Ugh! -Oh, what?
-[Dolmar] The carpets. -[Amanda] What?
[Dolmar] Smell's stronger in here.
I don't know if it's the carpet or what,
but it's just, like, super, like, doom and gloom.
These blinds gotta go.
[Keisha] Yeah, the blinds definitely gotta go.
-And the windows. -Yeah.
[Keisha] It is a decent-size bedroom.
-[Amanda] Yeah. -Decent-size closet as well.
-[Amanda] Mm-hmm. -Let's go find the other ones.
[Keisha] Yeah.
-[Dolmar] It's very dated. -[Amanda] Yeah.
[Dolmar] Very dated bathroom,
I don't think we need to gut the whole bathroom,
but definitely take the soffit out, re-tile the shower,
new faucets, new toilet.
What about this vanity?
If we just keep this vanity and the countertop,
we make that the inspiration for this whole bathroom.
But let's switch out the faucet.
-Yep. Switch out the faucet. -I agree with that.
I mean, I'm looking at maybe $3,000,
I don't think anything more than that,
especially since we're saving this vanity and the countertop.
Cool. Alright, well, let's see the other bedroom.
[Amanda] Okay.
-Mnh-mnh. -Oh, no.
[Keisha] What is going on with this room?
It is disgusting.
We have a closet over there, closet over here.
Yeah, so what if we put a wall here?
-Right. -A door over there.
This now is a bedroom.
And this becomes the primary bedroom on this side.
What do you guys think?
[Keisha] I mean, it's makes sense because
we're gonna definitely need to turn this into a three-bedroom
because we want to hit that $330,000 ARV.
-Mm-hmm. -Yes.
And without it, I'm afraid we won't.
You know, we wont be able to hit that, so,
and now that we know that this is a big enough room over here
and this would be a big enough room for a primary...
-[Amanda] Mm-hmm. -Let's just do it.
I agree. Cool. Let's take a look at this bathroom, then.
Ugh!
[Amanda] It's so tiny for a primary.
So we have to make it luxurious.
I would definitely tile from floor to ceiling,
remove that soffit, and then that will elongate this space
and make it look like it's bigger.
-[Keisha] Yeah. -Cool. I like everything I heard so far.
Alright, well...
[Amanda] There's a sunroom back there.
[Dolmar] Alright, let's look.
♪♪
Whoo! We got new windows back here.
I wonder if this is heated square footage?
It's not. There's no vent.
[Dolmar] Yeah, but I would prefer
-to bring AC ducts back here. -[Amanda] I agree.
[Keisha] It's not gonna take a lot to get this room done.
Maybe just a couple thousand dollars
after we, you know, get the AC and heating in here.
-[Amanda] Mm-hmm. -[Keisha] And we already have good windows.
-[Amanda] Yeah. -[Keisha] So that's good.
Yeah, I agree. Not much at all.
-No. -Alright.
Well, you wanna see outside?
-Yes. -[Amanda] Yeah.
Okay.
There we go.
Ugh. Whoa.
This is overgrown.
It's so dry back here. Everything's dead.
[Dolmar] We're gonna have to trim a lot of these branches.
Yeah. But, I mean, on a plus, this is a big lot.
Yeah. And the fence looks decent, actually.
[Dolmar] The fence looks brand new.
-[Amanda] Mm-hmm. -It's just clean up, really.
I would say, you know, this little landing area
right outside of the door --
we just do need to clean that up.
[Dolmar] I mean, that's a good point,
especially with this grill here.
And maybe we could even put more pavers.
I mean, eh, let's calm down, cowboy.
Let's just look and see what else
we gotta do with the rest of the house.
-We're right here. -And also --
-the fire-damaged garage. -[Amanda] Yeah.
We need to see the extent of that damage
before we go talking about putting some pavers outside
that's not necessary.
Ugh! The smell.
-[Keisha] I know. -[Amanda] God!
[Amanda] Oh, sheesh!
-Wow. That's bad. -[Amanda] Oh, my God.
[Amanda] I can't even breathe in here.
Oh, my God!
[Dolmar] Oh, it's crispy in here.
[Keisha] Uh-oh.
Yeah, this place has been torched!
This garage door -- look at this. It's melted.
-[Amanda] Oh, my gosh. -[Dolmar] Been cut up.
This thing is mangled.
Burnt to a crisp. Look at it.
We just need to assume that we need to replace everything.
[Dolmar] The big concerns is the structure, right?
We need to call Leo, our engineer,
and have one of his inspectors come out here.
But from my non-expert eye,
I think the exteriors walls, at least, are okay.
[Amanda] Listen, there is a big difference
between thinking and knowing.
And we just -- we gotta get the experts out.
And it's just a big question mark, really.
But let's get outta here. It's really stuffy in here.
[Dolmar] Okay.
Whew!
So, I think this is a good deal.
-Yeah. -[Dolmar] Even with the money
we have tied up in other properties,
I think we can get this one done fast enough to turn a profit.
One of the things we were concerned about
when we walked into this house
was could we turn this into a three-bedroom house
and both the rooms still have enough space?
We checked that off. That's a win.
-I mean, I agree. -Yeah.
So buying it at $175,000,
best case staying on budget $50,000,
the ARV will be around $330,000.
That's a good spread.
So we got a deal?
-Yep. -[Dolmar] Should we buy it?
-I think so. -Yeah.
-Alright. -[Keisha] Okay.
Alright. I'll give my lender a call.
Fire damage aside, I'm confident that
we can get this zombie flipped without breaking the bank,
especially after only paying $175,000 for it.
I'm estimated $50,000 for the rehab,
which will mostly go into the garage and the bathrooms.
And with Realtor fees and closing costs
coming in at $14,850,
the loan to cover this 30-day rehab
will cost us around 2,250 bucks.
Our all-in cost for this flip is $242,100.
But after we're done with this reno,
I am confident that we'll be able to sell it for $330,000,
giving us potential profit of $87,900.
Let's go.
Aside from the fire-damaged garage,
this house has some good bones,
so we'll keep a lot of the layout intact.
First, we need to clean out the garage
and fix any fire and smoke damage.
Hopefully we can keep the electrical panel
and the water heater, because that would save
a ton of money on cost.
In the kitchen, we're keeping the cabinets as is.
But we'll give them a fresh coat of light-cream paint
to complement the tile flooring.
We'll also add a backsplash to modernize the space.
In order to turn this into a three-bedroom house,
we're throwing a wall up in the middle of the primary
to turn it into two separate bedrooms.
In both bedrooms, we'll replace the grungy carpets
with brand-new carpet.
And the primary bathroom will get a new upgrade
with a brand-new shower and toilet.
♪
♪ One
♪ Yeah
[ line ringing ]
[Alex] Hey, what's up, brother?
What's up, bro. How you doing?
[Alex] We're doing good. Doing good.
I wanted to follow up real quick on the deal I sent you,
see if you had a chance to review it yet.
[Alex] Yeah, I mean, I was looking at it.
Um, I hate to be the bearer of bad news,
but probably gonna have to take a pass on this one.
Oh, for real?
[Alex] Yeah, see, we just committed
quite a lot of capital to another oil field this week,
so I think, uh, gonna have to dip out on this one.
That just puts me in a bad position.
So I gotta find another lender.
I wanted to follow up real quick on the deal I sent you,
see if you had a chance to review it yet.
[Alex] Yeah, I mean, I was looking at it.
Um, I hate to be the bearer of bad news,
but probably gonna have to take a pass on this one.
I'll try my best of the next one for ya.
-Good luck. -Alright, thanks, bro.
[ line disconnects ]
Oh, that sucks.
This is terrible news,
I've been working with this lender for years,
and this never happens.
With my money tied up in other projects,
I don't know how we're gonna fund this flip.
[ line ringing ]
[Keisha] What's up, babe?
Hey, I just off the phone with Alex,
and he cannot fund the Roxboro for us.
So I gotta find another lender.
[Keisha] Yeah, we gotta find somebody ASAP.
Do you have anybody else in mind?
No, I'm just gonna go through my Rolodex,
but, I mean, we gotta close on this house in a couple days,
so I need to find someone that can move very quickly,
'cause title work is ready.
[Keisha] Let me see who I can
maybe reach out to as well on my end.
Let's see if we can both try to hit it from both ends
and see what we can come up with.
We'll come up with somebody.
-Alright. I'll see ya later. -[Keisha] Alright, bye.
Bye.
[ line disconnects ]
While the lender dropping out of this deal was a setback,
we were able to secure funding for this deal
after a few phone calls.
So now we're back on track with this zombie,
and today is not your average demo day.
The number-one thing we need to do is make sure
that the garage is clear of all debris
so that our engineer can properly access the damage.
Alright, so...
[Keisha] I forgot how bad this place looked.
[Dolmar blows raspberry]
[Keisha] Oh, ugh. This is a lot to clean out.
[Dolmar] We have to get to this today
so that the engineer can come here tomorrow
and do his assessments.
-Right. -So this has to get done today.
Yeah, but I'm seeing this garage door.
It's framed up, so we can even open that.
Yeah, I wouldn't have the guys take that down because,
for safety, we have to keep the house secured
until we're ready to replace the garage door,
so let's just go through this door.
-Sounds good. -Alright, let's get to work.
Let me let you get by. You got it?
-[Amanda] Yeah, she got it. -Need help?
-That's insulation, right there. -Mm-hmm.
There you go. What?!
Oh, man, that's all charred-up.
Oh, nice! Can we play?
No. [laughs]
[coughs]
Geez. They played tennis.
They play all kinds of sports.
-Oh, [bleep], oh! -Sorry. Oh, [bleep], my bad.
[Amanda] [bleep] So sorry. You okay?
[Keisha] Geez.
A lightbulb almost bashed my head, but I'm okay.
What is this? Ooh, a lawnmower.
Oh, gosh.
Guys, check this out.
-What is that? -What?
This is a lawnmower.
[gasps] Oh, my...
If I were to guess,
this might have started the fire somehow.
Look at how charred up and melted...
-[Amanda] Oh, my goodness. -[Dolmar] ...this thing is.
[Keisha] It's almost unrecognizable, so...
-[Dolmar] Yeah. -I mean, it definitely
needs to go in there but I'm just concerned
because, look at how heavy that Dumpster is.
-I mean, it is filled. -Yeah.
Yeah, let's not put anything else in the Dumpster.
I'm gonna leave this here until the other Dumpster comes.
So let's do this -- let's take a break,
and if we can get another Dumpster out here today,
then we can get back to it.
Alright.
[Dolmar] With then new Dumpster in place,
the crew is getting to work finishing what we started.
We're smashing that outdated tile off the shower walls,
ripping up some of the grossest carpets I've ever seen --
the amount of stains are staggering --
and we're getting rid of all the trash
the former homeowners left behind.
It's a lot of haul-away,
but we now we can finally get Beryl Engineering out here
to lay eyes on the fire-damaged garage.
♪
-[Keisha] Hey, hey. -Hey. Good afternoon.
[Keisha] How are you, Leo?
I heard we had a little fire here.
It looks pretty bad.
I mean, Dolmar's inside with the crew right now.
They're working on cleaning out everything for you
so you can get a good look.
Let's go see how far they've come.
Let's do it.
[Keisha sighs]
Oh, so this is our fire disaster.
What's up, Leo? How you doing?
Good to see you.
We got a mess on our hands here.
With all the smoke and soot, it looks really bad.
[Dolmar] Well, we're hopeful that
we don't have to do too much.
So I wanted to take a look at the air handler.
-[Leo] Toast. -[Dolmar] Water heater?
-[Leo] Can be cleaned. -[Dolmar] These trusses?
[Leo] The trusses look good.
I don't see any charring. I don't see any smoke there.
I'm not seeing structural fire damage.
-Yes! -[Leo] But I do need to see
inside the electrical panel,
I mean, outside of that box looks terrible.
And a whole-house electrical rewiring can be like $13,000.
That's what we're trying to avoid.
♪
What?
[Leo] A whole-house electrical rewiring can be like $13,000.
[Dolmar] That's what we're trying to avoid.
What?
-It's fine. -Really?
[Leo] I was expecting something in there.
Outside of that box looks terrible.
But smoke didn't get in the panel box.
I don't see any single-strand aluminum wiring.
-[Keisha] Yes! -[Leo] This is actually really good.
Overall, great news.
[Dolmar] Good news. Thank you, Leo.
[Leo] Thank you.
[Dolmar] After some fits and starts,
we're finally starting to hit our stride with this flip.
Up in the attic, we're running brand-new duct work.
And now that we have the okay from Beryl Engineering,
we're fastening a new drywall ceiling
to the ceiling joists in the garage.
In the primary, the crew is framing out the divider wall
to turn the primary into two bedrooms with 2x6 studs.
After that, they put up the drywall,
mud the seams and screw spots
with joint compound and texture,
and now we suddenly went from a two-bedroom zombie
to a three-bedroom house.
Outside, we're trimming the trees
and giving the old palm fronds a shave.
This place is starting to look better already.
♪ I'm a real star, baby, and I call my own digits ♪
♪ Got my own entourage and they be coming with it ♪
You guys are working today.
-After you, ladies. -Guys are working.
[Keisha] We've made a lot of progress on this flip so far,
which is great, but I wanna bring Amanda and Dolmar in
to discuss design options
so we don't have any delays on material.
We can't let being indecisive on our design delay our timeline.
Since we are using the existing floor,
I would keep the color palette light
and, you know, complement the architecture here.
We wanna keep it light and airy,
but then we add the little design details
-to make it look different. -Okay.
Like, for instance, we can do something
like an accent wall on this wall, right here.
-Yes. Like it. -'Cause when the buyer walks in,
that's the wall that they see,
and that's the wall that goes literally from the front
of the house to the back, so it's a huge wall.
-Okay. -And another thing -- we can put
a wooden beam right at the pitch all across there.
Now, before we get too expensive,
they actually have these beams that are made out of foam.
And it looks like real wood.
-I've seen those! -[Amanda] Ah, what do you think?
Well, when she said beam at first I was about to say --
You're, ching, ching, ching!
[Amanda] You were like, "Hey! No!"
I was about to nix it immediately,
but then you said there's an option for foam,
a foam version of it, so...
It's a foam version, and they literally imprint it
where it looks like actual wood.
I love it. I love it.
We're a little less than halfway through this flip,
and we're coming in right on budget.
We still have a few high-ticket items like the windows
and the water heater left to do,
but I think we're gonna end up right on track.
The only issue I'm worried about right now is
how long the windows will take to come in.
That's one thing that's out of our control,
and it could bring us over our 30-day timeline.
♪ I was meant to soar, made for so much more ♪
♪ They ain't wanna let me in, so I kick in the door ♪
We're gonna need new windows, especially to sell
this house for top dollar.
Buyers are gonna want that.
[Keisha] The windows in this house are ancient,
and they have to go.
But the problem with replacing windows is the timeline.
See, windows typically take a couple of months to come in.
But we don't have that much time to work with.
We've gotta get this house done in the next couple weeks.
So we're meeting with EcoView today to get the ball rolling.
-Hi. Keisha. -Is it hot enough out here for ya?
It is very hot. We were just talking about that.
-It is so hot. -Man.
I'm glad you guys came out.
We wanted to talk about these windows and upgrade this house.
This window is the biggest one in the front.
Curb appeal, I'm looking at this, and it's super janky.
Replacing that windows is gonna be the first step.
Yes. You got a couple of options here.
You could make that into a big picture window
with an end-vent slider on each end.
It's a nice upgrade and shouldn't be any more cost.
Well, I've got some photos of it, actually, here.
So these are some of our before-and-afters.
This picture here is very similar to what you have there.
And then it turns into that.
-[Dolmar] Oh, that's fancy. -[Frank] Yeah, absolutely.
[Dolmar] I like that. I agree.
Alright, well, show us the rest of the house.
Yeah, I knew you guys were the right ones to call.
Whew.
So this is our main living room.
And we're actually gonna be doing a feature wall
on this wall here,
so we'd wanna replace these two windows,
and we're also thinking about
doing this kitchen window as well.
-Okay. -Now, you know, this one,
we would recommend a slider there as well.
We can do either one, but the slider is so much easier.
You can just roll it with a couple of fingers.
Very popular above kitchen sinks,
so here's one that was a double version of that,
-and you can see -- -Uh-huh. That's pretty normal?
Yeah. And then that -- you see the slider.
-[Keisha] Man, it's just pops. -[Frank] It's a game-changer.
It is. It looks like a completely different area.
One thing that concerns me a little is the timeline, so...
[James] How soon do you need it?
-Yesterday. -Tomorrow. [laughs]
Even better! Yesterday.
Well, it's a few weeks to make the windows,
to custom-make them and have them delivered.
And then we can knock this job out in about a day.
So we could get ya inside of four weeks.
Okay, that's doable.
Well, if you could get me a quote.
-Yes, ma'am. -And send me an e-mail.
And then let's just go from there.
-We'll have it to you today. -Awesome.
-Very good. -So nice to meet you.
So great to meet you again. Thank you.
-Thank you so much again. -Yeah, absolutely.
Alright.
♪
Ooh, man. It is hot!
-[Amanda] Oh, look at this. -[Keisha] Ooh.
[Dolmar] They're making progress on the accent wall.
Uh, yeah, I said an accent wall,
but this is super, super busy.
Very, very busy. Who decided this?
-You don't like it? -That's not gonna work.
♪♪
[sighs] Okay.
I said an accent wall, but this is super, super busy.
-Who decided this? -[Dolmar] You don't like it?
Uh, it's busy.
I give the best design advice as much as I can.
But sometimes Dolmar goes rogue on me
because there's budget concerns.
And with the pace that we're going,
there's not always time to talk it out.
I get it, but that doesn't make me any less annoyed.
But what I'm more concerned about
is we talked about a beam going up,
up here in that ceiling.
-[Dolmar] Yes. -[Amanda] Yeah.
But now with this new design, that's not gonna work.
It would be too many lines going on.
So I would definitely say let's take out the beam.
What color are you guys going with for this busy accent wall?
This was just a test.
Initially when we were gonna go dark with the wall,
we talked about not going dark.
So it's gonna be, like, a lighter greige kinda color,
like, between a beige and lighter gray.
Okay, 'cause I picked a dark-charcoal backsplash
in the kitchen, and it's really, really busy,
and so this is busy, too, so whatever color
you guys figure out for this, make sure it just meshes.
I'm just a little concerned about that.
-Okay. -Makes sense.
Yeah. I mean, we're gonna paint this right away,
so we can get some samples of the tile,
see if it clashes or if it complements each other.
Okay.
[Keisha] While we wait a beat to figure out the color
of this accent wall, we're slapping on a fresh coat
of primer in the sunroom and the smoke-damaged garage,
immediately transforming the space from zombie to sexy.
And with the walls painted,
we can finally start replacing the melted garage door
with a brand-new sectional garage door.
Inside, we're painting the accent wall
a light grayish-beige.
This accent wall with the chevron wood planks
will add a lot of much-needed texture and visual interest
to an otherwise bland space.
Next, we're spraying primer on the reclaimed kitchen cabinets,
getting them prepped for transformation.
In the primary bath,
the crew is tiling the shower with a vertical ceramic tile.
The vertical tile will make the space feel much less
like a phone booth,
while the gold Art Deco accents give off that pop of elegance
that we like to exhibit in all of our designs.
And outside, EcoView came through
with the custom windows in record time.
They're chucking out all of the 40-year-old windows
in the main part of the house
and replacing them with modern sliding windows,
giving the home a contemporary look
that's also energy-efficient.
♪
We've made some great progress with the inside of the house,
but now we've gotta spruce up the outside.
Our daughter Kyra has been taking landscaping classes
at school, and she expressed interest in helping us out.
So now it's time to see
what Kyra learned in horticulture class.
Alright, this is everything from the truck, I think.
-You guys ready? -I was born ready.
Oh, you're born ready?
[Keisha] Oh, goodness. You're always ready.
Kyra, I really love these plants that you selected.
-[Kyra] Thank you. -It really gives a pop of color.
-I really love 'em. -[Keisha] Mm-hmm.
Alright, well, Kyra, this is your project,
so what do you want us to do?
Let's take these two pavers.
Move 'em over there.
And then take these border things and line them up.
And then this could be our garden.
-So where do we start? -I'll move these pavers.
Why don't you guys start picking up all these rocks?
♪
[Ethan whimpers]
[Ethan grunts]
-Whoo! -My back.
Your back? Boy, you are 10.
You complain about your back already?
[Kyra] He's actually 9.
Good job. Get all the weeds out.
Good job, buddy. Roll it all the way down for me.
♪
I'm tired. Whew!
It's heavy work but...
It's starting to come together.
And it's a vast improvement from what was there before.
And we're saving moving thanks to our team here.
-Yeah, doing a great job. -Alright.
All we gotta do now is just finish up outside,
get staging in,
and we'll do the finishing touches punch list on the house,
and we can list this thing.
Oh, I'm ready.
And I gotta catch my breath as well.
Add that to the list.
I can see. Catch your breath. Check.
Oh, man, I'm outta shape.
♪♪
Oh, nice! Look at this!
-Ooh. -No more smoke damage.
[Keisha] Look -- we got the garage door.
I know, I know. This looks really, really good.
Let's see.
Yes!
[Dolmar] Yeah, it goes up nice and smooth.
[Keisha] Cool.
[Dolmar] The guys are inside still working.
[Keisha] Yeah, and we got the AC guys that are coming
to fix that in the next couple days.
Alright, so brand-new air handler?
-Mm-hmm. -Alright, cool.
And then the hot water heater --
I had a question about this.
So, should we get a bigger one? Because, you know,
since we added a new bedroom, there's gonna be more people.
So do you think we should have a bigger hot-water heater?
Another bedroom would mean more people, more occupants.
Yeah, I mean, at least, what, two, maybe three,
so even though we have the same number of bathrooms...
-More water usage. -Exactly. More people.
-Because of the extra bedroom. -Mm-hmm.
Yeah, so we should definitely get a bigger tank.
-[Keisha] Yeah. -[Dolmar] We're gonna have to do
some measurements, though,
'cause the dryer and washer go right here.
Unless we maybe rearrange this to be a stackable?
Huh? No, not doing a stackable unit in this big house.
I don't like that idea at all.
I mean, it's not an apartment. It's not a condo.
'Cause where else would you put the water heater in this garage?
Unless you wanna change around plumbing
and put it somewhere else, which --
Yeah, but you're talking about moving these outlets and stuff,
-moving that over here... -Right, yes.
...to the stackable. How much is that gonna be?
No.
You're talking about moving these outlets and stuff,
-moving that over here... -Right, yes.
...to the stackable. How much is that gonna be?
Not much.
So we'll just move this stuff over here.
I think if we're gonna go for a bigger water heater,
maybe we can just look for a wider one
because the whole stackable washer-dryer thing ain't it.
Like, that's not cute in a house this size.
Alright, well, the garage is coming along nice.
It's definitely looking much different
than just a few weeks ago.
Yeah, we've got new garage door. Check.
We'll go and get new hot-water heater,
make sure that we keep this the same.
-Yep. -Stackable -- eh, no.
Guys are coming in couple days to replace the AC handler.
And then we just gotta clean up this floor,
paint it, and that'll be it.
Alright, cool. All right, well let's go get
this thick water heater you want.
Yes.
I'm glad it put my foot down because
we were able to get a tankless water heater for the garage.
Instead of having ready-made hot water in the tank,
tankless water heaters instantaneously heat the water
as it passes right through the unit.
Now, we don't do very many houses
with tankless water heaters but, honestly, I'm sold.
This saves on space, energy, and they typically last longer.
Inside the house, both bathrooms are getting brand-new toilets.
New hardware is added to the re-purposed cabinets.
And we're also adding new light fixtures inside
and outside the house.
And finally, the tile floors get a deep and thorough clean.
No put pet dookie and smoke smell in this house.
Now we're ready to stage this zombie.
♪
[Amanda] With all the finishing touches complete,
we're gonna having Taylor and Brandon
from The Staging Company come over and stage the zombie.
Taylor's got some great ideas
on how to showcase this house's potential.
So we're gonna go over the plan
while the stagers unload the truck.
[Taylor] Great space. I love this accent wall.
This is a great design feature.
What we'd like to do in this space is really,
since it is so open, really define the areas.
So here would be your family room.
We'll put a nice sofa with a piece of art
on this pretty wall, bring in some color,
and we'll add the console table with your TV set up over here,
showing the functionality of the room.
[Amanda] I love it.
I wanna see what we're planning to do in the primary.
We will bring in a king bed in here
and a couple of nightstands,
maybe a low-profile bed so we can put it against this wall.
I love that you're bringing a low-profile bed
so that this window is still highlighted.
-I love that. -Yeah.
-That is good staging. -And the fact that you're gonna
bring in a full king size in here,
it'll allow the buyer to see
that they can actually fit all their furniture in this room.
You know, that's why you stage a house, right?
Only one of out of every 10 buyers
that looks at this place is gonna be able to see
how to lay it out and see that their stuff will actually fit.
You called that out with the king, right?
Somebody's gonna walk into this room,
and they're not gonna see how a king bed fits.
Everybody wants a king bed, right?
So we're gonna show 'em.
We're gonna give them the vision for it,
and that's why you stage a house,
and that's why houses sell so much faster.
Oh, I'm excited.
In the main part of the house, they're defining the areas
to show the functionality of the room.
They're accenting the accent wall, throwing down rugs,
barrel chairs, and tables in the living area.
They're also delineating a separate dining space
with a separate table and its own rugs.
In the kitchen, they're putting in greenery and accessories
to liven up and enhance the space.
Showing the buyer a house's potential
is why staging is so crucial
if you really wanna sell the house fast.
♪
[Amanda] Wow. We made it!
-It looks good! -We're done!
[Dolmar] This was one of
the ugliest-looking houses in the area.
[Amanda] This grass was completely dead and brown.
[Dolmar] Yeah, the biggest issue was this garage door.
It was burnt down. There was no garage door at all.
[Amanda] And the windows were really, really bad.
[Dolmar] And outdated, old.
-[Dolmar] But now look at it. -[Amanda] It's all cleaned out!
And it looks like a real front yard.
It does. I love trimming of the hedges that were done.
The grass looks green.
[Amanda] And we have a new garage door.
[Keisha] Ah! Brand-new garage door.
One of the biggest things, I think, that really pops
on the front of this house, too, are these windows.
-[Dolmar] The slider windows. -This one feature here
really elevates the whole front of this house.
Yeah. And so now it looks much different,
much better, and complements the other houses in the area mow.
Yes, it actually belongs in the neighborhood.
-Exactly. -Sure does.
-I wanna see inside now, though. -Me too.
Alright, let's go.
-[Dolmar] Alright. -[Keisha] Oh, my goodness!
-[Dolmar] Wow. -[Keisha] Hey!
It actually belongs in the neighborhood.
-Exactly. -Sure does.
-I wanna see inside now, though. -Me too.
Alright, let's go.
-Wow! -Hey, now!
Man, what a difference!
[Dolmar] Remember what it looked like before, though.
[Keisha] Oh, there was all this furniture everywhere.
[Dolmar] It looked like a bachelor pad.
[Amanda] Yes. That fish tank -- that moldy fish tank.
[Keisha] Yeah, it was gross.
[Dolmar] I remember the popcorn ceilings
and the hole that was in the ceiling right here.
The windows also were very old, outdated.
I really love this accent wall that we did here.
Like, it's one of the first things that you see
when you walk into this room. It really pops off.
Mm-hmm, I agree.
What I love of what we did in this space
is we designated the areas,
so we could really clearly define the dining room
from the living room from the living room.
Yeah, and it all flows nicely into this kitchen as well.
Well, remember what this space looked like before?
[Amanda] We had that horrific fan, made no sense.
-[Keisha] None. -[Amanda] And then we had this,
-like, cherry-wood cabinets. -[Keisha] Mm-hmm.
[Amanda] It was just old-school. It was very outdated.
[Dolmar] It looks much better.
I love the decision to go with the two-tone cabinets --
cream on the top, green on the bottom.
[Keisha] We just updated the backsplash,
kept the original flooring, cleaned it up.
Now it looks like a completely different kitchen.
-It does. It really does. -I'd cook in here.
[Dolmar] I think we knocked it out of the park on this kitchen,
but our biggest headache in this house was that garage.
Oh!
[Dolmar] This was the worst section of this entire house.
[Amanda] This was a dungeon.
It was pitch-black everywhere, almost,
because of all the soot and the fire damage.
[Keisha] Yeah, and all the junk that was in here.
You know, everything was mangled.
[Dolmar] Yeah. And look at it now.
-[Keisha] Yeah. -[Dolmar] A brand-new, refreshed garage.
You can't even tell that there ever was a fire here.
[Keisha] We have a brand-new garage door.
[Dolmar] Brand-new air handler.
And I see a brand-new water heater?
[Dolmar] Yep, tankless!
[Keisha] I think this garage turned out fabulous.
Yeah, and everything in it is brand-new, everything.
[Amanda] You know what I wanna see brand-new?
Those bedrooms.
-Ah, let's go look at the rooms. -Uh-huh.
Where we're standing used to be the primary.
And then the king-size bed was right here.
[Keisha] Oh, yes, you're right!
[Dolmar] Look at this! This is a bonus room.
This space was not here before.
Remember, we put up this wall.
And look at how spacious it is.
You know, we can fit a queen-size bed in here.
Yeah. I mean, this was literally one of the smartest decisions
we could have made on this house,
creating a third bedroom,
because it automatically increases our equity.
It increases the value.
I mean, we can definitely demand more for this house
with a three-bedroom versus a two.
[Dolmar] It turned out really nice.
I mean, I need to see beyond the wall.
-Yes, let's go. -Oh, yes, let's go see.
Go beyond the wall.
[Dolmar] This wasn't like this before.
-[Amanda] No. -[Dolmar] It was a weird shape.
[Keisha] This was, like, the tail end of the room.
-[Amanda] Yeah. -[Keisha] It was very strange.
[Dolmar] It looks so much better now.
It has more function, has flow.
It has space to have a -- what is this? -- a king-size bed?
-Yes. -A king-size bed in this room,
even though we walled it off,
and we have brand-new slider windows.
[Dolmar] Yes, I love these slider windows.
It looks nice and refreshed.
Yes. And especially, this primary has
a primary bathroom attached to it.
It was a '90s retro era.
It had the old tile.
[Dolmar] Yeah, definitely outdated.
I love it a lot. It is gorgeous.
I think buyers are gonna love it.
We almost forgot about the sunroom.
-Ah! -Yeah, we gotta go take a look.
Oh, I love this room!
It doesn't smell anymore.
[Keisha] There was junk all in this room.
[Amanda] And the floor was sticky.
[Keisha] The smell in itself was horrid,
and we have all these windows back here, and it still smelled.
[Dolmar] I like what we did back here.
It looks nice, fresh, and clean.
Yeah, and I love the fact
that the stagers staged this place as an office.
-Mm-hmm. -It just shows so many
different options that a buyer has back here.
So I think this is gonna be one of the biggest selling points.
And I think buyers are gonna really enjoy this part
of the house the most, especially because
it's connected to the outside, which, by the way,
we gotta show you our family project.
-Oh! -[Keisha] Yes. Shall we see?
-Okay. -Let's go take a look at it.
Yeah.
[Keisha] We had grass, but we had these big trees.
I mean, there's not much to really do back here
that would be on a budget,
other just do a small, little flower bed.
And here's our project. Didn't Kyra do great?
I mean, we need to bring the kids in all the time.
Uh-huh. I know. We put in a little bit of sweat equity.
Kyra had her little organization in where she wanted things.
Yeah, I'm so proud of her.
[Amanda] It looks really good. I love all the colors.
And with all of this working out,
how do our numbers work out?
Yeah, I'm excited to hear about the numbers.
Oh, I'm excited to share our numbers
because we are under budget.
-[Dolmar] Come on, baby! -Yay!
-Come on! -Under budget.
When I first ran comps, we were at
between $320,000 to $340,000.
-Yeah. -But I think that we can
realistically list this house for about $340,000.
So I still see a really, really huge profit.
And we were not over budget.
[Dolmar] Win, win, win.
Alright, well, let's get this house listed.
-Let's get it. -And sold.
Yeah, let's get it listed ASAP.
-Yes. -Alright, let's get outta here.
[Dolmar] Based on Keisha's insight,
we decided the list this house at $340,000.
We bought it for $175,000
and are under our initial budget of $50,000,
thanks to Keisha's stellar budgeting.
Our closing costs and Realtor fees are $15,300.
And our loan interest came to around $2,200,
making our total cost to flip this zombie
just over $241,000.
That means we're set to secure a profit of $98,844.
Not bad for a quick flip.
Over here.
It doesn't have any windows yet.
-Hello, ladies. -What are you doing?
-Where did you come from? -I have a surprise for you.
We're going on a little field trip around the corner.
Come on!
Ta-da!
-[Amanda] What is that? -Come on, you don't like it?
[Dolmar] Listen, we got this beautiful terrace.
We can enjoy and relax right here.
You could, like, you know, dip your toe in and relax.
Listen, I'm bringing vacation to us.
We still got Wi-Fi.
We can still get some work done as well.
I guess use this water since it's here.
-Yeah. Right here. -Alright, here we go.
Aah! No!
Oh, what are you doing?!
-Yes! -Vacation!
[together] Vacation! Vacation!
Look, you get in the pool now. It's wet.
[women laugh]