1 00:00:01,702 --> 00:00:04,303 We are back in our old hood. 2 00:00:04,305 --> 00:00:05,537 Fountain Square? 3 00:00:05,539 --> 00:00:08,007 [Karen] He's taken his life in his hands right now. 4 00:00:08,009 --> 00:00:09,308 Oh! 5 00:00:09,310 --> 00:00:11,510 This is fantastic! 6 00:00:11,512 --> 00:00:14,113 It's how far your eyes can go, not your feet. 7 00:00:14,115 --> 00:00:16,115 [Cory] Oh, God. The gas isn't off? 8 00:00:16,117 --> 00:00:17,349 Why isn't the gas off? 9 00:00:17,451 --> 00:00:18,650 -You're trying to kill me. -[Mina] No. 10 00:00:18,719 --> 00:00:20,085 I have concerns about this wing wall. 11 00:00:20,087 --> 00:00:22,154 It's probably not salvageable by the time we get it off. 12 00:00:22,256 --> 00:00:23,522 Like, this is a disaster. 13 00:00:23,524 --> 00:00:25,057 So basically, when you walk into this house, 14 00:00:25,059 --> 00:00:27,359 it'd be like robot eyes, like, whoa... 15 00:00:29,030 --> 00:00:30,729 Oh, my God! 16 00:00:30,731 --> 00:00:32,331 Gorgeous! 17 00:00:32,933 --> 00:00:35,000 [theme music playing] 18 00:00:37,304 --> 00:00:40,706 [Mina] Mom and I take on some of the nastiest houses you've ever seen. 19 00:00:44,712 --> 00:00:47,613 Our team isn't afraid to tackle the worst of the worst. 20 00:00:47,615 --> 00:00:49,515 That is so gross. 21 00:00:49,517 --> 00:00:51,016 Holy cow. 22 00:00:51,018 --> 00:00:53,085 [Mina] Then we turn those rundown houses 23 00:00:53,087 --> 00:00:55,120 into some of the nicest home in the neighborhood. 24 00:00:55,122 --> 00:00:57,356 -[Cory] Wow. -[Karen] I love it! 25 00:01:09,503 --> 00:01:11,937 Oh. Hey, handsome. 26 00:01:11,939 --> 00:01:14,106 Oh, he needs a good scratch. 27 00:01:14,108 --> 00:01:17,042 I started riding when I was like ten, 11, 12 28 00:01:17,144 --> 00:01:20,712 and I actually like rode pretty regularly, but around like high school 29 00:01:20,714 --> 00:01:23,315 when I started working, I didn't ride quite as much. 30 00:01:23,317 --> 00:01:25,284 So now I just get to every once in a while, 31 00:01:25,286 --> 00:01:29,321 and it's probably been six months to a year since I rode in. 32 00:01:33,627 --> 00:01:35,127 But that's like riding a bike. 33 00:01:39,900 --> 00:01:41,100 There we go! 34 00:01:41,802 --> 00:01:43,235 Good boy! 35 00:01:43,304 --> 00:01:44,436 That was a good circle. 36 00:01:45,005 --> 00:01:46,472 Hey, buddy. 37 00:01:46,507 --> 00:01:47,806 Hey, Mom. 38 00:01:47,808 --> 00:01:49,708 -How are you? -Good. 39 00:01:49,710 --> 00:01:51,110 Mommy's tush hurts. 40 00:01:51,112 --> 00:01:53,312 Hey, we were just having breakfast down the street, 41 00:01:53,314 --> 00:01:54,513 so we figured we'd come, say hi. 42 00:01:54,515 --> 00:01:55,814 You wanna say hi to Axle? 43 00:01:55,816 --> 00:01:57,049 Tap the top of his nose. 44 00:01:57,151 --> 00:01:59,218 -Say hi, Axle. -I like baby horse. 45 00:01:59,220 --> 00:02:01,253 -What do you got going under there? -You like baby horse? 46 00:02:01,322 --> 00:02:02,654 Well, I'm finishing riding. 47 00:02:02,723 --> 00:02:04,723 I'm going to put him up, and then I got to head to a house. 48 00:02:04,725 --> 00:02:07,659 I'm excited about this next project because it's in Fountain Square, 49 00:02:07,728 --> 00:02:10,095 which kind of, you know, is getting back to our roots. 50 00:02:10,097 --> 00:02:11,530 This is where Mom and I started, 51 00:02:11,532 --> 00:02:13,532 so I'm going to get this horse smell off me. 52 00:02:13,601 --> 00:02:15,501 Go pick up Mom, and we're going to go check out the house. 53 00:02:15,503 --> 00:02:17,703 Jack, they have some little baby horses inside 54 00:02:17,705 --> 00:02:19,037 if you want to see one of those. 55 00:02:19,106 --> 00:02:20,139 Yeah, yeah. 56 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:21,607 Okay, let's go touch the baby horse. 57 00:02:21,609 --> 00:02:23,909 -[Steve] Sounds good. -[Jack] Baby horsey. 58 00:02:23,911 --> 00:02:25,544 -[Steve] Baby horsey? -[Jack] Yeah. 59 00:02:32,920 --> 00:02:34,553 So where are you taking me today? 60 00:02:34,655 --> 00:02:37,890 We are back in our old hood. 61 00:02:37,892 --> 00:02:39,424 -And-- -Fountain Square? 62 00:02:39,426 --> 00:02:41,527 -[Mina] Mmm-hmm. -Woo-hoo, how'd you afford a house in Fountain Square? 63 00:02:41,529 --> 00:02:45,164 I sold Cory for a couple of weeks to make part of the money. 64 00:02:45,232 --> 00:02:47,933 This house is on Hoyt Street which is a nice, quiet spot 65 00:02:47,935 --> 00:02:50,102 But we haven't worked in Fountain Square for a hot minute 66 00:02:50,104 --> 00:02:52,104 because its proximity to downtown has made it 67 00:02:52,106 --> 00:02:55,507 one of the most popular and most expensive areas in the city. 68 00:02:55,509 --> 00:02:58,043 It's a cute house, but I think I can get four bedrooms in. 69 00:02:58,045 --> 00:03:01,613 I think for the sales price, I want to get at least 400,000, 70 00:03:01,615 --> 00:03:03,114 we need four bedrooms. 71 00:03:03,116 --> 00:03:04,917 When you walk in, there's a living room to your right. 72 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:08,086 Keep going and you reach the dining room with an adjoining den. 73 00:03:08,088 --> 00:03:10,756 Behind that is a tragic kitchen with a bathroom 74 00:03:10,857 --> 00:03:14,126 and an enclosed porch off of it, and in the back is a bedroom. 75 00:03:14,128 --> 00:03:17,062 Upstairs, there's two bedroo and a large landing 76 00:03:17,131 --> 00:03:19,131 that's just wasted space, so definitely room 77 00:03:19,133 --> 00:03:20,632 for an additional bedroom up there. 78 00:03:20,734 --> 00:03:23,502 And it's all like old roof lines. 79 00:03:23,504 --> 00:03:26,205 So lots of charm, but some quirkiness 80 00:03:26,207 --> 00:03:28,607 -as far as where we can stick things. -[Karen] Okay. 81 00:03:28,609 --> 00:03:32,244 I purchased the house for 130,000, which is a lot for us, 82 00:03:32,346 --> 00:03:35,113 so we have to be careful where we spend our money on this one. 83 00:03:35,115 --> 00:03:39,585 It has 1,925 square feet and is currently a three bedroom, one bath. 84 00:03:39,587 --> 00:03:41,620 But if we want a chance at making a profit here, 85 00:03:41,622 --> 00:03:44,323 I think we need to find roo to make it at least a four bedroom, 86 00:03:44,325 --> 00:03:45,624 two and a half bath. 87 00:03:45,626 --> 00:03:47,226 I think to get the price point we want, 88 00:03:47,228 --> 00:03:48,894 we're going to need to put a two-car garage. 89 00:03:48,896 --> 00:03:51,129 -People love a garage. -They do. 90 00:03:51,131 --> 00:03:53,098 So Cory should be meeting us here. 91 00:03:53,100 --> 00:03:55,300 -Oh, how delightful. -[Mina] Yeah. 92 00:03:55,302 --> 00:03:57,836 Any activity with Cory is better. 93 00:03:57,938 --> 00:03:59,605 He just makes every activity better. 94 00:03:59,607 --> 00:04:00,806 I love that. 95 00:04:03,043 --> 00:04:04,309 [Karen] Cory! 96 00:04:04,311 --> 00:04:05,543 Hey, Cory. 97 00:04:05,545 --> 00:04:07,946 Oh, look, he has umbrellas for us, which is super sweet. 98 00:04:07,948 --> 00:04:10,048 Boy, he's taking his life in his hands right now. 99 00:04:10,050 --> 00:04:11,250 [Karen laughs] 100 00:04:11,318 --> 00:04:12,351 [Mina] Hi! 101 00:04:12,419 --> 00:04:14,253 And you wonder why the neighbors hate us. 102 00:04:14,354 --> 00:04:15,654 They hate you. 103 00:04:15,656 --> 00:04:17,389 -[Cory] No, they hate you. -Thanks for bringing us umbrellas. 104 00:04:17,391 --> 00:04:19,258 -[Cory] Yes. -Nice. 105 00:04:19,326 --> 00:04:21,226 [Cory] All right. Let's go take a look at what we got here. 106 00:04:21,228 --> 00:04:24,429 So Cory and I actually walked through this house 107 00:04:24,431 --> 00:04:26,398 probably easily six months ago. 108 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:27,666 [Karen] Okay. 109 00:04:27,767 --> 00:04:29,735 So when we walked through, there was a family living here, 110 00:04:29,803 --> 00:04:32,304 and he had actually reached out to us to sell to us. 111 00:04:32,306 --> 00:04:33,805 [Karen] The shape of the house is adorable. 112 00:04:33,807 --> 00:04:35,207 [Mina] Shape is adorable. 113 00:04:35,209 --> 00:04:37,109 -I definitely want to open the front porch back up. -[Karen] Yeah. 114 00:04:37,111 --> 00:04:40,045 We need to strip off the old siding and give it some fresh paint. 115 00:04:40,147 --> 00:04:41,947 But otherwise, I think it's a cute one. 116 00:04:41,949 --> 00:04:44,416 All right, I don't want to stand in the rain anymore. I want to go inside. 117 00:04:44,418 --> 00:04:45,951 -Okay. -Come, let's go inside. 118 00:04:52,059 --> 00:04:53,825 Oh, look what they left. 119 00:04:53,827 --> 00:04:55,127 Probably 'cause they couldn't move it. 120 00:04:55,129 --> 00:04:56,728 -It's too big. -[Cory] Yikes. 121 00:04:56,730 --> 00:04:58,697 Hotel furniture. You guys like that? 122 00:04:58,699 --> 00:05:00,198 So if it weren't dark. 123 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:02,301 -[Cory] What is this? -Plastic. 124 00:05:02,303 --> 00:05:03,835 -[Cory] These are plastic? -Yeah. 125 00:05:03,837 --> 00:05:07,606 The big cabinet right when you walk in, it's kind of terrible as it is. 126 00:05:07,608 --> 00:05:10,008 It's right up Mom's alley so she can have it. 127 00:05:10,010 --> 00:05:11,543 It's not going back in this house. 128 00:05:11,645 --> 00:05:14,346 You could fill these cross hatches in really easy with putty. 129 00:05:14,448 --> 00:05:16,248 -No? -I... I don't know. 130 00:05:16,317 --> 00:05:17,616 All right. Well... 131 00:05:17,618 --> 00:05:19,418 -We kind of have full square... -This is fantastic. 132 00:05:19,420 --> 00:05:20,852 [Karen] I love that. 133 00:05:20,854 --> 00:05:23,655 How would you feel about it just being sanded down and beautiful? 134 00:05:23,757 --> 00:05:25,957 [Mina] If it could be like natural, I would love that. 135 00:05:26,059 --> 00:05:28,527 The wing walls, like if we could get them back to natural wood, 136 00:05:28,529 --> 00:05:31,596 they painted with oil-based paints over the varnish. 137 00:05:31,598 --> 00:05:33,799 And when you do that, the paint doesn't stick very well. 138 00:05:33,801 --> 00:05:35,033 So you hit it with heat, come... 139 00:05:35,135 --> 00:05:36,101 Joke's on them. 140 00:05:36,103 --> 00:05:37,836 Yeah, it comes right off, it's amazing. 141 00:05:37,938 --> 00:05:40,205 [Karen] Wait. They left a beating stick. 142 00:05:40,207 --> 00:05:41,306 No, that's a door sweep. 143 00:05:41,308 --> 00:05:42,741 [Karen] No, it's a beating stick. 144 00:05:42,843 --> 00:05:44,443 -[Mina] Okay. -I've got one, too, Karen. 145 00:05:44,511 --> 00:05:46,745 [Mina] All right. 146 00:05:46,847 --> 00:05:51,516 Cory, in addition to Mom, it's instead of like hurting a cat, 147 00:05:51,518 --> 00:05:54,152 it's hurting two cats that are like be bobbing off each other, 148 00:05:54,221 --> 00:05:56,822 and it's putting clothes on a cat while you're hurting them 149 00:05:56,824 --> 00:05:58,056 and then you have two of them. 150 00:05:58,125 --> 00:06:00,459 [Mina] All right, come on, children! 151 00:06:00,527 --> 00:06:02,527 -Put the toys away. -She started it. 152 00:06:02,529 --> 00:06:03,829 [Mina] Okay. 153 00:06:07,134 --> 00:06:09,301 So we've got these four spaces. 154 00:06:09,303 --> 00:06:11,036 [Karen] You're saying four, but there's only three. 155 00:06:11,138 --> 00:06:13,138 -There's the entryway. -Oh, the entryway. 156 00:06:13,207 --> 00:06:14,406 Yeah, that are kind of four spaces. 157 00:06:14,408 --> 00:06:15,841 [Karen] You're counting as four, okay. 158 00:06:15,843 --> 00:06:18,410 And then there's the living room, this big dining room 159 00:06:18,412 --> 00:06:20,612 and what looks like a small den next to it. 160 00:06:20,614 --> 00:06:25,350 So living room, open this up, kitchen dining, is what I'm thinking. 161 00:06:25,452 --> 00:06:29,121 I think if we open these four up and do the kitchen kind of here, 162 00:06:29,123 --> 00:06:32,057 so there's a big island that floats background of kitchen. 163 00:06:32,126 --> 00:06:33,759 -And dining over there. -Outstanding. 164 00:06:33,860 --> 00:06:35,227 -Yeah. -Let's keep going. 165 00:06:39,900 --> 00:06:40,932 [Karen] And you know what? 166 00:06:41,034 --> 00:06:42,601 The orange cabinets with the purple walls 167 00:06:42,603 --> 00:06:44,035 and the green and the black. 168 00:06:44,104 --> 00:06:45,737 I mean, we've got everything in here. 169 00:06:45,739 --> 00:06:48,106 [Mina] And since we're moving the kitchen up towards the front of the house, 170 00:06:48,108 --> 00:06:50,842 I think this can turn into a half bath and a big pantry. 171 00:06:50,944 --> 00:06:52,310 Kind of butler's pantry-ish. 172 00:06:52,312 --> 00:06:53,412 Oh, that'd be nice. 173 00:06:53,414 --> 00:06:55,013 'Cause this is going to be a high-priced house. 174 00:06:55,015 --> 00:06:58,817 So I feel like making it a little boujier pantry-wise than we usually do. 175 00:06:58,819 --> 00:06:59,918 -Yeah. -Yeah. 176 00:06:59,920 --> 00:07:03,054 And I think this opening kind of creates a hallway. 177 00:07:03,123 --> 00:07:04,423 That corner... 178 00:07:04,425 --> 00:07:06,224 -[Karen] ...is a main. -[Mina] Oh. 179 00:07:06,226 --> 00:07:07,426 ...is a main. 180 00:07:07,428 --> 00:07:08,827 Wait. Why did you just say oh? 181 00:07:08,829 --> 00:07:10,862 I just said oh because you're going to get super distracted 182 00:07:10,964 --> 00:07:12,330 when you see the paneling on the porch, 183 00:07:12,332 --> 00:07:14,232 so we should just do that and get it over with. 184 00:07:14,301 --> 00:07:16,101 -Okay, all right. -She's right. 185 00:07:16,103 --> 00:07:18,403 -I can, I can totally see this happening. -[Karen] Wait. 186 00:07:18,405 --> 00:07:20,605 [Mina] You can just look at it and be excited. 187 00:07:20,607 --> 00:07:24,443 -Oh! This is fantastic. -[Mina] Deer and birds. 188 00:07:24,544 --> 00:07:26,545 [Karen] We have dear, we have Canada geese. 189 00:07:26,613 --> 00:07:29,614 We have little barn, you know, like farm scenes, 190 00:07:29,616 --> 00:07:32,250 so what we do is we cut that little square out. 191 00:07:32,319 --> 00:07:34,419 -Yes. And then this little square out. -[Karen] Yeah. 192 00:07:34,421 --> 00:07:35,821 And then that little square out. 193 00:07:35,823 --> 00:07:37,456 -Yeah, exactly. -And then it tells a story. 194 00:07:37,524 --> 00:07:38,490 Yeah, exactly. 195 00:07:38,492 --> 00:07:39,658 We're going to save it. 196 00:07:39,759 --> 00:07:41,593 And this is a little bit of nostalgia for me 197 00:07:41,595 --> 00:07:45,430 'cause I've done this once before at the very, very start. 198 00:07:45,432 --> 00:07:48,233 I saved the wood paneling, I cut out the little scenes 199 00:07:48,335 --> 00:07:51,036 I cleaned them up and I framed them, and they were so cute. 200 00:07:51,038 --> 00:07:52,336 [Mina] They look awesome her 201 00:07:52,338 --> 00:07:54,072 They look like a piece of ar that you would buy. 202 00:07:54,074 --> 00:07:55,507 That's what we should do on demo day. 203 00:07:55,509 --> 00:07:57,342 -We better get there early. -That's all I can do. 204 00:07:57,411 --> 00:07:59,010 -This is-- -Should we get there early? 205 00:07:59,012 --> 00:08:00,412 -Yes, we should. -Yeah. 206 00:08:00,414 --> 00:08:02,247 I think when we look at it from the outside and go underneath, 207 00:08:02,349 --> 00:08:05,350 -like it shouldn't be on, like this is an enclosed. -Oh, it should go away. 208 00:08:05,419 --> 00:08:06,751 [Mina] This goes off. 209 00:08:06,753 --> 00:08:09,054 And does it come back on? And maybe this is our deck area. 210 00:08:09,155 --> 00:08:11,957 -[Karen] Okay. -[Mina] So let's go down to the basement. 211 00:08:15,496 --> 00:08:17,128 [Karen] Well, we got a little bit of seepage. 212 00:08:17,130 --> 00:08:19,030 -[Cory] It's not terrible. -[Karen] That's not terrible. 213 00:08:19,032 --> 00:08:20,732 -[Cory] No. -What's all this stuff? 214 00:08:20,801 --> 00:08:22,133 -[Mina] What's in there? -Hang on. 215 00:08:22,235 --> 00:08:23,401 Let's see what's in here. 216 00:08:23,403 --> 00:08:25,203 [Cory] What is happening over here in this pile? 217 00:08:25,205 --> 00:08:26,605 Oh, there's Christmas lights. 218 00:08:27,908 --> 00:08:32,244 We have dishes, it's mostly dishes, mostly trash. 219 00:08:32,813 --> 00:08:33,945 But that one's okay. 220 00:08:33,947 --> 00:08:36,014 Ooh, look, a whisk. 221 00:08:36,950 --> 00:08:39,317 What, did something creep up on you? 222 00:08:39,319 --> 00:08:42,954 Something just crossed my peripheral, and I'm freaked out right now. 223 00:08:42,956 --> 00:08:44,322 We are getting out of here. 224 00:08:44,324 --> 00:08:46,057 Let's see what's behind the door. 225 00:08:46,126 --> 00:08:47,826 [Karen screams] 226 00:08:52,966 --> 00:08:55,400 [Cory] I'm freaked out right now, we are getting out of here. 227 00:08:55,402 --> 00:08:57,002 [Karen] Let's see what's behind the door. 228 00:08:57,004 --> 00:08:58,202 [Karen screams] 229 00:08:58,204 --> 00:08:59,437 -Nothing. Nothing behind the door. -[Cory] Stop it. 230 00:08:59,506 --> 00:09:01,072 -Stop playing. -[Mina] Cory is such a baby. 231 00:09:01,074 --> 00:09:03,041 -[Cory] All right, now we're getting out of the basement. -[Mina] All right. 232 00:09:03,110 --> 00:09:04,543 Can we go back upstairs? 233 00:09:04,644 --> 00:09:07,245 So this stair is going to have to be rebuilt. 234 00:09:09,650 --> 00:09:11,416 [Cory] What's happening up here? 235 00:09:11,418 --> 00:09:13,251 -This space is massive. -[Cory] Mmm-hmm. 236 00:09:13,353 --> 00:09:14,920 [Mina] So we have two bedrooms up here already 237 00:09:14,922 --> 00:09:17,222 and we have enough space up here to add another. 238 00:09:17,224 --> 00:09:19,958 -This can be a bedroom. -[Karen] Yeah. 239 00:09:20,027 --> 00:09:21,259 And then the bathroom over here. 240 00:09:21,361 --> 00:09:22,493 [Karen] Yeah. 241 00:09:22,495 --> 00:09:24,763 Okay, you can see bathroom, bedroom, bedroom, bedroom. 242 00:09:24,831 --> 00:09:25,964 [Mina] Yeah. 243 00:09:25,966 --> 00:09:28,300 Having three bedrooms and a new bathroom upstairs, 244 00:09:28,302 --> 00:09:31,369 plus a first floor en suite is going to be really, really appealing 245 00:09:31,371 --> 00:09:32,604 to Fountain Square buyers. 246 00:09:32,606 --> 00:09:34,406 But they don't just want a good layout. 247 00:09:34,408 --> 00:09:36,041 They want all the bells and whistles. 248 00:09:36,043 --> 00:09:38,243 So we're going to have to get really creative on this one. 249 00:09:38,312 --> 00:09:40,845 I think at the price point with the location here, 250 00:09:40,947 --> 00:09:42,447 garage is going to be expected, 251 00:09:42,549 --> 00:09:44,049 so we're going to look at the backyard. 252 00:09:50,324 --> 00:09:51,957 [Cory] Ooh, this is decent size. 253 00:09:52,025 --> 00:09:54,225 -[Karen] Yeah, this is a nice little yard. -[Mina] Yeah. 254 00:09:54,227 --> 00:09:57,262 So if they make us come ten feet out the alley, 255 00:09:57,364 --> 00:09:59,197 this is where the garage would end. 256 00:09:59,199 --> 00:10:02,701 Wouldn't be end of the world, but it would, it would take a good chunk out of our yard. 257 00:10:02,703 --> 00:10:05,503 But it's worth it for how much it'll increase the resale. 258 00:10:05,505 --> 00:10:07,205 [Cory] Mmm-hmm. 259 00:10:07,207 --> 00:10:08,573 [Mina] The whole house is going to need a lot of work, though. 260 00:10:08,575 --> 00:10:10,942 Outside, we need to open up the front porch. 261 00:10:11,011 --> 00:10:13,211 Inside, we need to open up a lot of the main floor 262 00:10:13,213 --> 00:10:17,816 to create the kitchen and living space and create a main suite on the back. 263 00:10:17,818 --> 00:10:20,118 Upstairs, we need to add a bedroom and a bathroom, 264 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:22,821 not to mention, add the garage. 265 00:10:22,823 --> 00:10:24,756 So with the garage, two-car, right? 266 00:10:24,824 --> 00:10:26,224 How much did we sell this plot before? 267 00:10:26,226 --> 00:10:33,031 1,925 square feet at $214 a square foot would put us at 413,875. 268 00:10:33,033 --> 00:10:34,432 All right. 269 00:10:34,434 --> 00:10:36,935 And we've got 130,000 in it already without even touching it. 270 00:10:37,037 --> 00:10:38,703 -Yes. -Ooh. 271 00:10:38,705 --> 00:10:43,008 But we could put 200,000 in and still have a $75,000 profit margin. 272 00:10:43,010 --> 00:10:44,843 Well, I guess we're going to find out once we gut her. 273 00:10:44,911 --> 00:10:46,244 -Yeah. Yeah. -Right? 274 00:10:46,346 --> 00:10:49,648 Maybe we can save some paneling and really make it cheaper. 275 00:10:49,716 --> 00:10:50,848 You're so dumb. 276 00:10:50,850 --> 00:10:52,917 You're going to get all the bad jobs on demo days. 277 00:10:52,919 --> 00:10:54,419 Get the toilet. You just earned the toilet. 278 00:10:54,421 --> 00:10:56,855 -The toilet's clean. -I am not keeping this. 279 00:10:56,923 --> 00:11:00,025 [upbeat music playing] 280 00:11:10,303 --> 00:11:12,537 Where's Cory? I need him. 281 00:11:12,639 --> 00:11:16,808 He's supposed to be here early to help me with this. 282 00:11:16,810 --> 00:11:20,045 During the walkthrough, Cory and I decided that we would get here early 283 00:11:20,047 --> 00:11:24,049 on demo day to remove the woodland paneling so it wouldn't get damaged. 284 00:11:24,051 --> 00:11:26,251 Well, I'm here early to do my job. 285 00:11:26,319 --> 00:11:28,219 Cory, nowhere to be found. 286 00:11:28,221 --> 00:11:30,522 But when he does get here, he's in trouble. 287 00:11:33,627 --> 00:11:34,693 Nice. 288 00:11:34,695 --> 00:11:36,061 I see tools. 289 00:11:36,063 --> 00:11:37,896 Did you get some fresh jorts Tad? 290 00:11:37,898 --> 00:11:39,364 -They're super... -[Mina] Stretchy? 291 00:11:39,366 --> 00:11:41,499 -They're not gonna rip? -Yeah, I can do anything. I can do anything. 292 00:11:41,501 --> 00:11:46,337 Just a few things of note are like full permits are still in process. 293 00:11:46,406 --> 00:11:49,407 So we have a strip permit, which means just inside for now. 294 00:11:49,409 --> 00:11:51,710 Outside, will be coming off, but not today. 295 00:11:51,712 --> 00:11:53,545 Inside, pretty much go ham. 296 00:11:53,646 --> 00:11:54,612 Is it full gut? 297 00:11:54,614 --> 00:11:56,247 -[Mina] Full gut. -Full gut. 298 00:11:56,316 --> 00:11:58,550 Not keeping any doors or any doorjambs, right? 299 00:11:58,618 --> 00:12:01,820 Cory, as we arranged, I got here early, 300 00:12:01,822 --> 00:12:03,722 started taking the paneling down. 301 00:12:03,724 --> 00:12:06,057 -Oh, nice. -[Karen] I don't know where you were. 302 00:12:06,159 --> 00:12:08,126 -Not awake yet. -I know, me neither. 303 00:12:08,128 --> 00:12:12,163 I missed the part where she wanted me to show up before demo. 304 00:12:12,232 --> 00:12:14,132 -I missed it. -It's not a thing. 305 00:12:14,201 --> 00:12:15,934 And yeah, I didn't get that call. 306 00:12:15,936 --> 00:12:17,836 -We better get there early. -That's all I can do. 307 00:12:17,937 --> 00:12:19,304 Should we get there early? 308 00:12:19,306 --> 00:12:20,705 -Yes, we should. -Yeah. 309 00:12:20,707 --> 00:12:22,240 I think she made that last part up. 310 00:12:22,342 --> 00:12:24,409 Oh, and there's wing walls right inside the house. 311 00:12:24,411 --> 00:12:26,544 -Don't break, though. -[Mina] Oh, yeah, don't break the wing wall. 312 00:12:26,613 --> 00:12:28,046 -Okay, go inside. -[Karen] All right, go inside. 313 00:12:28,048 --> 00:12:29,714 [Mina] Come on, go see it. 314 00:12:37,724 --> 00:12:39,691 [Karen] Oh, my. 315 00:12:39,693 --> 00:12:41,826 -Where's MJ? -[MJ] Right here. 316 00:12:41,828 --> 00:12:44,028 Okay, so we're going to strip these down to the natural wood. 317 00:12:44,030 --> 00:12:45,463 That makes me really, really happy. 318 00:12:45,565 --> 00:12:46,698 [Karen] Yeah, it's going to be really nice. 319 00:12:46,700 --> 00:12:48,166 We're taking the paint off. 320 00:12:48,168 --> 00:12:50,802 So I've had this experience before where people have painted 321 00:12:50,804 --> 00:12:54,439 over varnished wood and the paint just... just comes off. 322 00:12:54,508 --> 00:12:56,274 [Karen] MJ, how easy is it coming off? 323 00:12:56,276 --> 00:12:57,842 It's butter. 324 00:13:00,514 --> 00:13:02,147 [Mina] Tad, be careful. 325 00:13:05,118 --> 00:13:06,518 [Cory] Get it, Austin. 326 00:13:09,256 --> 00:13:10,622 Uh-oh. 327 00:13:11,558 --> 00:13:13,324 Oh, God. 328 00:13:13,326 --> 00:13:14,826 [Mina] What was that? 329 00:13:14,828 --> 00:13:15,960 The gas isn't off? 330 00:13:16,029 --> 00:13:17,529 Why isn't the gas off? 331 00:13:17,531 --> 00:13:19,130 [Mina] Whoa. 332 00:13:22,702 --> 00:13:23,735 [Cory] Uh-oh. 333 00:13:23,837 --> 00:13:24,836 Oh, God. 334 00:13:24,938 --> 00:13:26,204 The gas isn't off? 335 00:13:26,206 --> 00:13:27,806 Why isn't the gas off? 336 00:13:28,909 --> 00:13:31,209 -I'm like, "That's the gas." -That's the gas. 337 00:13:31,211 --> 00:13:33,244 We always have the gas off. 338 00:13:33,346 --> 00:13:34,412 No excuses. 339 00:13:34,414 --> 00:13:36,447 Oh, God. You're trying to kill me. 340 00:13:36,549 --> 00:13:38,683 [Mina] Well, don't hit it with the sledge. 341 00:13:38,685 --> 00:13:39,918 Ay-ay-ay. 342 00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:41,419 I always love a good blame storm. 343 00:13:41,421 --> 00:13:43,955 "Should have been off already." Blah, blah, blah. 344 00:13:44,024 --> 00:13:45,290 This and that. 345 00:13:45,292 --> 00:13:47,325 Luckily he didn't actually break it, so he could just... 346 00:13:47,327 --> 00:13:48,960 he just turned it off. 347 00:13:49,062 --> 00:13:51,329 All right, now the gas is off. Now we can do demo. 348 00:13:52,365 --> 00:13:53,631 Herding cats. 349 00:13:54,401 --> 00:13:55,633 [Cory] Demo day! 350 00:13:55,735 --> 00:13:57,035 Whoo! 351 00:14:00,340 --> 00:14:02,106 [Tad] Argh! 352 00:14:02,108 --> 00:14:04,442 I think once we can get that upstairs all opened up, 353 00:14:04,544 --> 00:14:07,011 I'm really going to start getting excited about this house. 354 00:14:07,013 --> 00:14:10,215 And I think we're going to b able to do three bedrooms and one bath up there, 355 00:14:10,217 --> 00:14:11,583 which is really what we're going to need 356 00:14:11,585 --> 00:14:14,719 and I think what Fountain Square buyers are going to want. 357 00:14:14,721 --> 00:14:16,521 [upbeat music playing] 358 00:14:20,727 --> 00:14:21,826 [Mina] Okay. 359 00:14:21,828 --> 00:14:24,462 There's your skinned apple, is it good? 360 00:14:24,564 --> 00:14:26,564 How are you doing over here, little lady? 361 00:14:27,334 --> 00:14:28,733 Can I have a bite? 362 00:14:28,835 --> 00:14:29,801 There you go. 363 00:14:29,803 --> 00:14:31,636 -Good morning. -[Mina] Good morning. 364 00:14:31,705 --> 00:14:33,404 She didn't cut that up for you? 365 00:14:33,406 --> 00:14:35,106 She just gum it to death or what? 366 00:14:35,108 --> 00:14:36,207 [Mina] She's got four teeth. 367 00:14:36,209 --> 00:14:37,809 You have four teeth? Let me see. 368 00:14:39,012 --> 00:14:40,411 Oh, there they are. 369 00:14:40,413 --> 00:14:41,512 That's pretty cute. 370 00:14:41,514 --> 00:14:43,314 -Hoyt. -Hoyt. 371 00:14:43,316 --> 00:14:44,716 -All right. -All right. 372 00:14:44,718 --> 00:14:46,117 So got the garage. 373 00:14:46,119 --> 00:14:48,386 That's probably going to start construction a little like 374 00:14:48,388 --> 00:14:51,756 midway towards the project because we do have to get the variance to get that on. 375 00:14:51,824 --> 00:14:53,558 Hmm. 376 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:55,593 'Cause we really need to do as much as we can to get over that 400,000 price point. 377 00:14:55,595 --> 00:14:56,961 Yeah. 378 00:14:57,029 --> 00:15:00,098 For this house to be able to be priced upward of 400,000, 379 00:15:00,100 --> 00:15:03,034 we do need to build a garag and then make a little bit 380 00:15:03,036 --> 00:15:06,604 higher end selections on everything else to get it to that price. 381 00:15:06,606 --> 00:15:08,339 Yeah, I think the outside is going to be super cute, 382 00:15:08,408 --> 00:15:10,008 but we need to get the whole porch opened up 383 00:15:10,010 --> 00:15:11,409 and make it much more inviting. 384 00:15:11,411 --> 00:15:12,710 -All right. -So we walk in. 385 00:15:12,712 --> 00:15:15,113 We've got our really cute little foyer, got a bench. 386 00:15:15,115 --> 00:15:17,448 We've got some closets, so we're keeping the wing wall. 387 00:15:17,550 --> 00:15:19,651 -[Cory] Yeah, we're taking out this wall. -[Mina] Yep. 388 00:15:19,719 --> 00:15:22,720 So open up, living, dining, then pull the kitchen up to the front. 389 00:15:22,722 --> 00:15:26,124 And we also usually don't have like a walkthrough or walk-in pantry. 390 00:15:26,126 --> 00:15:28,192 We'll have a mud sink in there. There's a window. 391 00:15:28,194 --> 00:15:30,461 [Cory] And then the main bedroom is going to be back here. 392 00:15:30,530 --> 00:15:32,764 -[Mina] Yeah. -We're going to vault the ceilings back there, right? 393 00:15:32,799 --> 00:15:35,233 [Mina] Yep. Where the staircase goes up and down, it's too steep. 394 00:15:35,335 --> 00:15:37,201 So we're going to have to mo that anyways 395 00:15:37,203 --> 00:15:39,037 to make room for the bathroom over here. 396 00:15:39,105 --> 00:15:41,105 So when you come upstairs, you got the bedroom on the back, 397 00:15:41,107 --> 00:15:43,408 bedroom on the east and then on the north. 398 00:15:43,410 --> 00:15:46,711 I think getting the four bedrooms in the house 399 00:15:46,713 --> 00:15:49,113 is what we need to be over that 400,000 price point. 400 00:15:49,115 --> 00:15:50,848 -All right. -I'm going to put them down. 401 00:15:50,950 --> 00:15:52,317 Bye. Say bye. 402 00:15:52,319 --> 00:15:54,953 [Cory] Bye. Thank you for your assistance. 403 00:15:55,054 --> 00:15:56,387 God, you're cute. All right. 404 00:15:56,389 --> 00:15:58,255 Bye, Jack. You're cute, too. 405 00:16:04,130 --> 00:16:07,098 [Mina] We finally got the permit to begin demo on the outside of the house 406 00:16:07,100 --> 00:16:09,400 So to give this house a more inviting feel, 407 00:16:09,402 --> 00:16:11,035 the boys are opening up the front porch. 408 00:16:11,037 --> 00:16:12,704 All right, let's rip this porch out. 409 00:16:16,242 --> 00:16:17,342 Right. 410 00:16:19,312 --> 00:16:20,545 Oh, my gosh! 411 00:16:20,613 --> 00:16:22,947 I've never seen this side of you, MJ. 412 00:16:23,016 --> 00:16:24,248 Yep. 413 00:16:24,317 --> 00:16:25,783 We got some pent up anger here. 414 00:16:25,785 --> 00:16:27,184 Oop-uh! 415 00:16:30,790 --> 00:16:32,824 [Mina] Along with the front porch, all the siding 416 00:16:32,826 --> 00:16:35,159 and that back porch additio are coming off. 417 00:16:36,363 --> 00:16:38,196 Inside, we've moved the stairwell to make room 418 00:16:38,198 --> 00:16:42,200 for our new three bedrooms upstairs, and downstairs, the vaulted ceiling 419 00:16:42,202 --> 00:16:46,938 and the main bedroom is just the kind of extra this house needs. 420 00:16:47,007 --> 00:16:49,540 So framing is wrapping up and of course, the guys 421 00:16:49,642 --> 00:16:51,542 think they've already found a problem. 422 00:16:52,512 --> 00:16:54,345 So what are our issues? 423 00:16:54,447 --> 00:16:56,948 Okay, well, first off, let's just mention that, you know, 424 00:16:56,950 --> 00:16:58,449 we're keeping this, we're leaving this open, 425 00:16:58,485 --> 00:17:00,918 so definitely need to get it refinished. 426 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:02,887 This wing wall is my favorite thing about the house, 427 00:17:02,889 --> 00:17:05,656 and I don't want to just paint it white and make it look brand-new. 428 00:17:05,725 --> 00:17:08,659 I really want to strip it down so you can see that it's original 429 00:17:08,761 --> 00:17:10,928 and it's character from the original house. 430 00:17:10,930 --> 00:17:13,297 So when buyers walk in, they see it and they know 431 00:17:13,299 --> 00:17:15,199 that this house is something special. 432 00:17:15,201 --> 00:17:18,936 This is like a whole week's worth of work on this little feature alone. 433 00:17:18,938 --> 00:17:20,571 -Yeah. -It's our baby. 434 00:17:20,573 --> 00:17:22,707 [Cory] But this is where Tad and I have concerns about this wing wall. 435 00:17:22,709 --> 00:17:24,742 This does need a lot of love, like sanding. 436 00:17:24,811 --> 00:17:27,712 They gouged a little bit of it during the scraping process. 437 00:17:27,714 --> 00:17:29,814 It's probably not salvageable by the time we get it off. 438 00:17:29,816 --> 00:17:31,215 Yeah. 439 00:17:33,019 --> 00:17:34,519 [Mina] Ay-ay-ay. 440 00:17:41,194 --> 00:17:43,828 [Cory] This is where Tad and I have concerns about this wing wall. 441 00:17:43,830 --> 00:17:46,130 It's probably not salvageable by the time we get it off. 442 00:17:46,132 --> 00:17:47,231 [Tad] Yeah. 443 00:17:49,402 --> 00:17:51,536 It's not that the wood isn't salvageable, 444 00:17:51,604 --> 00:17:53,404 it's that it's going to take a lot of work to sand it 445 00:17:53,406 --> 00:17:54,605 and you don't want to do the work. 446 00:17:54,607 --> 00:17:56,441 Yeah, this is Karen's, this is Karen's mission. 447 00:17:56,542 --> 00:17:59,710 No, Mom started it, but this is... you were going to finish it. 448 00:17:59,712 --> 00:18:02,413 You are officially in charge of Operation Wing Wall. 449 00:18:02,415 --> 00:18:04,515 No, I think we're just going to paint it and call it good. 450 00:18:04,517 --> 00:18:06,951 -It's what we're going to do. -Nope. I want, I want natural wood. 451 00:18:06,953 --> 00:18:08,820 Well, it sounds like a kamikaze mission to me. 452 00:18:08,822 --> 00:18:10,354 Well, get it done. 453 00:18:10,356 --> 00:18:13,257 [Cory] All right. And here, I love this little open staircase detail. 454 00:18:13,359 --> 00:18:14,759 [Tad] Yeah. This is quite nice. 455 00:18:14,828 --> 00:18:16,160 [Mina] So that it makes it feel bigger, 456 00:18:16,229 --> 00:18:18,196 -even though that's not functional space. -[Tad] Right. 457 00:18:18,198 --> 00:18:20,898 It's how far your eyes can go, not your feet. 458 00:18:20,900 --> 00:18:22,700 We need to figure out how we're going to trim this out. 459 00:18:22,702 --> 00:18:25,103 I wonder if you'll see the railing detail through this opening. 460 00:18:25,105 --> 00:18:27,405 -You see what I'm saying? -Yeah, that could be cool. 461 00:18:27,407 --> 00:18:30,174 [Mina] We had to rebuild the staircase because it was so steep, 462 00:18:30,176 --> 00:18:33,544 it wasn't up to code, and this was a big problem area. 463 00:18:33,646 --> 00:18:36,514 But now that we have it rebuilt and we have this cute little cutout, 464 00:18:36,516 --> 00:18:39,817 uh, it's really charming and, you know, eye-catching. 465 00:18:39,819 --> 00:18:42,120 [Tad] All right. And we have this huge butler pantry, 466 00:18:42,122 --> 00:18:44,222 which I don't think we've ever really had in any of our houses. 467 00:18:44,224 --> 00:18:45,723 [Mina] No, I love the pantry. 468 00:18:45,725 --> 00:18:49,427 We actually have like a walk-in, walkthrough pantry in this house, 469 00:18:49,429 --> 00:18:53,030 and we're going to have ton of really amazing, like, closed storage. 470 00:18:53,032 --> 00:18:54,832 So the pantry is still going to be pretty 471 00:18:54,901 --> 00:18:56,434 'cause you can see it from the house. 472 00:18:56,503 --> 00:19:00,238 So we'll probably do, um, uppers as lowers. 473 00:19:00,339 --> 00:19:02,540 -Eighteens. -Or... 474 00:19:02,609 --> 00:19:05,510 No, uppers are 12 inches deep. 475 00:19:05,512 --> 00:19:07,211 -Uppers are... -[Mina] Uppers are 12 inches deep. 476 00:19:07,213 --> 00:19:09,046 -I thought they were 18. -[Tad] I thought they were 18. 477 00:19:09,148 --> 00:19:10,348 [Mina] You guys are wild! 478 00:19:10,449 --> 00:19:12,350 -[Tad] Whoa. -My uppers have been 18s. 479 00:19:12,451 --> 00:19:13,718 -[Tad] Yeah. -No. 480 00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:15,653 None of your uppers are 18s. 481 00:19:15,722 --> 00:19:17,722 I don't know how you guys are employed still. 482 00:19:17,724 --> 00:19:18,823 All right. 483 00:19:18,825 --> 00:19:20,357 [Tad] I don't know, either. 484 00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:21,726 -Every day is a mystery, isn't it, Tad? -Oh, I think it looks good. 485 00:19:21,728 --> 00:19:22,927 -[Tad] It is. -I'm excited. 486 00:19:22,929 --> 00:19:25,429 [upbeat music playing] 487 00:19:32,906 --> 00:19:35,039 [Mina] Over at Hoyt, to give the house some curb appeal, 488 00:19:35,141 --> 00:19:37,742 we're putting in these quain cottage-like windows. 489 00:19:37,843 --> 00:19:40,244 Siding's going up, we're building our back dec 490 00:19:40,313 --> 00:19:42,113 and the new garage is really coming together. 491 00:19:42,115 --> 00:19:44,382 [Mina] Oh, hey, we got a garage. 492 00:19:44,384 --> 00:19:47,718 [Mina] Inside, we have drywall going up and Operation Wing Wall 493 00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:51,622 has commenced with Cory and Tad sanding away any gouges in the wood. 494 00:19:51,624 --> 00:19:55,026 With everything taking shape it's time to turn our focus to design. 495 00:19:55,662 --> 00:19:57,528 We have so much crap. 496 00:19:59,265 --> 00:20:00,665 This bag is heavy. 497 00:20:00,733 --> 00:20:02,099 It is super cute on you, though. 498 00:20:02,101 --> 00:20:05,303 Yeah, it's a little more inspiring than the office. 499 00:20:06,606 --> 00:20:09,340 Sometimes, MJ and I like to work out of District Co, 500 00:20:09,342 --> 00:20:12,210 because let's face it, our current office is a mess. 501 00:20:12,212 --> 00:20:14,645 It's cluttered. We have no space for anything. 502 00:20:14,714 --> 00:20:16,380 There's really nowhere to sit anymore. 503 00:20:16,382 --> 00:20:18,616 No, it's definitely much calmer here, 504 00:20:18,618 --> 00:20:22,019 but I really, really hate lugging all of this stuff around. 505 00:20:23,223 --> 00:20:24,455 We need a new office. 506 00:20:24,557 --> 00:20:25,623 Like right now. 507 00:20:25,625 --> 00:20:27,625 -Okay. -Tell me about Hoyt. 508 00:20:27,627 --> 00:20:28,893 I mean, kind of cottagey. 509 00:20:28,895 --> 00:20:30,127 We've got some board and batten. 510 00:20:30,129 --> 00:20:32,997 It's got like those old, like traditional peaks. 511 00:20:32,999 --> 00:20:34,932 It's not overly modern-looking. 512 00:20:35,001 --> 00:20:38,035 So I think like an updated cottagey, vintage-y vibe, 513 00:20:38,037 --> 00:20:39,303 -like the lived-In vibe... -Yeah. 514 00:20:39,305 --> 00:20:41,205 -...like it's not a new construction. -Which it isn't. 515 00:20:41,207 --> 00:20:42,306 -No. -But... 516 00:20:42,308 --> 00:20:44,342 But it's pretty much new construction. 517 00:20:44,443 --> 00:20:48,346 Some great news is that we already have some potential buyers for this house. 518 00:20:48,447 --> 00:20:50,348 Katie and Brice are moving from Chicago, 519 00:20:50,449 --> 00:20:53,951 and they've been looking for homes for a little while, and they really like the charm 520 00:20:54,053 --> 00:20:57,221 and the character of the mor original looking Fountain Square houses. 521 00:20:57,223 --> 00:21:00,358 So we are going to jam pack this sucker full of charm for them. 522 00:21:00,459 --> 00:21:01,926 -Okay. Exterior. -Yes. 523 00:21:01,928 --> 00:21:03,961 -Are these your propositions? -Yes. 524 00:21:03,963 --> 00:21:05,963 -Okay. This is too dark. -[MJ] Okay. 525 00:21:05,965 --> 00:21:07,898 [Mina] But we can keep that for maybe inside. 526 00:21:07,900 --> 00:21:09,800 I like these three. 527 00:21:09,802 --> 00:21:11,902 This one, I think I like better, 528 00:21:11,904 --> 00:21:14,405 but it could come off color magenta, green 529 00:21:14,407 --> 00:21:16,707 and this looks muddy, but it could be perfect. 530 00:21:16,709 --> 00:21:18,476 So we'll do a sage exterior. 531 00:21:18,478 --> 00:21:20,611 -[Mina] Clean white trim? -[MJ] Yep, beautiful. 532 00:21:20,613 --> 00:21:23,214 And then interior, alpaca with the white... 533 00:21:23,216 --> 00:21:24,615 -[MJ] Pure white trim. -[Mina] ...trim. 534 00:21:24,617 --> 00:21:27,718 If we go with this floor, alpaca will work. 535 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:29,220 A little bit lighter, a little bit brighter. 536 00:21:29,222 --> 00:21:30,721 -[Mina] And this is a little too blonde. -Yeah. 537 00:21:30,723 --> 00:21:33,057 -So that guy. -[MJ] Yep, love it. 538 00:21:33,059 --> 00:21:35,559 And then because we have this kind of like vintage-y vibe, 539 00:21:35,661 --> 00:21:38,462 I want to try to sprinkle it in lightly in a couple of 540 00:21:38,498 --> 00:21:41,399 other places using some wood somewhere. 541 00:21:41,401 --> 00:21:43,634 We should definitely have iron and timbers build, 542 00:21:43,703 --> 00:21:46,203 some kind of built-in situation. 543 00:21:46,205 --> 00:21:47,638 Yeah, I love it. 544 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:50,541 And then do the railing for the stair rail, matte black metal. 545 00:21:50,643 --> 00:21:54,545 We have this little cutout that you can peek into the stairwell from, 546 00:21:54,613 --> 00:21:56,246 like the main body of the house, 547 00:21:56,248 --> 00:22:00,618 and I think it's an opportunity to do something very charming and cool. 548 00:22:00,620 --> 00:22:03,521 And we did this metal staircase a while bac with our friends, 549 00:22:03,523 --> 00:22:05,222 Mel and Curtis, when we did their house. 550 00:22:05,224 --> 00:22:07,625 So I'm thinking maybe we'd d something kind of like that 551 00:22:07,627 --> 00:22:10,428 Something kind of similar, less modern, a little more dainty, 552 00:22:10,430 --> 00:22:13,431 a little more cottagey and just kind of cute. 553 00:22:13,433 --> 00:22:16,600 [Mina] Kitchen cabinets, honestly kind of living in that range, too. 554 00:22:16,602 --> 00:22:18,336 -[MJ] More of a cream. -[Mina] Slightly more cream. 555 00:22:18,404 --> 00:22:20,738 Yep. I want to do this bold petal backsplash. 556 00:22:20,807 --> 00:22:22,306 You'd love it. Promise you'd love it. 557 00:22:22,308 --> 00:22:25,309 [Mina] I do love it. And it's a little vintage-y feeling. 558 00:22:25,311 --> 00:22:31,749 And then maybe some kind of really bold accent wall in the main en suite. 559 00:22:31,817 --> 00:22:33,718 -Like Rocky River? -Yeah. 560 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:35,720 Because that actually looks pretty with those. 561 00:22:35,722 --> 00:22:37,355 Just as long as it's not the whole thing, 562 00:22:37,456 --> 00:22:39,056 -I think it could look a little dark. -[MJ] Yep. 563 00:22:39,058 --> 00:22:41,158 Okay. This is going to be super cute. 564 00:22:41,227 --> 00:22:42,526 Basically, when you walk into this house, 565 00:22:42,528 --> 00:22:46,831 it'll be like robot eyes, like whoa... 566 00:22:50,636 --> 00:22:53,037 [Mina] Over our house on Hoyt, our sage green paint is apt, 567 00:22:53,039 --> 00:22:57,341 and we're working on installing the railing on the newly opened up porch 568 00:22:57,410 --> 00:23:00,378 On the inside, our quaint little entryway is coming together. 569 00:23:00,380 --> 00:23:02,313 And to play up the vintage cottagey look, 570 00:23:02,315 --> 00:23:04,348 we're adding lots of natural wood accents. 571 00:23:04,417 --> 00:23:07,051 So the entry bench will be stained to match the wind wall, 572 00:23:07,053 --> 00:23:11,422 with Tad and Cory are still scraping and sanding like crazy. 573 00:23:11,424 --> 00:23:14,725 And today, to bring an added touch of natural wood to the kitchen area, 574 00:23:14,727 --> 00:23:17,962 Cory and I are installing the saloon-style door for the walk-in pantry, 575 00:23:17,964 --> 00:23:21,065 if we can figure out the tricky double swing hinges. 576 00:23:23,403 --> 00:23:24,935 -[Mina] Like that? -I think. 577 00:23:25,004 --> 00:23:26,137 [Mina] Okay. 578 00:23:26,205 --> 00:23:27,638 This does not feel right. 579 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:29,607 I think the most difficult thing about installing the hinges 580 00:23:29,609 --> 00:23:30,808 is we just haven't done it before, 581 00:23:30,810 --> 00:23:32,009 so there's a slight learning curve. 582 00:23:32,011 --> 00:23:35,780 How to install a double hinge acting spring hinges. 583 00:23:35,782 --> 00:23:37,281 This panel... 584 00:23:37,283 --> 00:23:40,117 Oh, he has it cheated all the way out till the edge of the doorjamb. 585 00:23:40,119 --> 00:23:42,653 We had it centered within the jamb itself. 586 00:23:42,755 --> 00:23:44,955 Okay, let's try that. 587 00:23:45,024 --> 00:23:46,624 -Like that, right? -[Mina] Yeah. 588 00:23:51,731 --> 00:23:53,030 [Cory] You love it, don't you? 589 00:23:53,032 --> 00:23:55,833 This house has almost all new construction. 590 00:23:55,935 --> 00:23:58,702 It needed something that made it feel like it was a little more 591 00:23:58,704 --> 00:24:02,406 like lived-in and collected, which I think we accomplished with the door. 592 00:24:02,408 --> 00:24:05,109 And then when MJ brings in the furnishings... 593 00:24:05,111 --> 00:24:06,610 It's gonna be like a one-two punch. 594 00:24:06,612 --> 00:24:07,778 Phow-phow. 595 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:09,814 You got the wing wall we're repurposing and making-- 596 00:24:09,816 --> 00:24:11,715 No, I do one punch and now you do the other punch. 597 00:24:11,717 --> 00:24:13,017 Oh, okay. 598 00:24:14,020 --> 00:24:15,152 -No, just do one. -Wait. 599 00:24:15,221 --> 00:24:16,253 Phow-phow. 600 00:24:16,355 --> 00:24:17,755 -Wait. Am I-- -It's going to go. Phow-phow. 601 00:24:17,857 --> 00:24:19,757 -Am I on the same time? -No, you're the second. You're the-- 602 00:24:19,859 --> 00:24:21,859 -Okay. Okay. -I'm the phew, you're phew, okay? 603 00:24:21,961 --> 00:24:22,960 -Phew! -Phew! 604 00:24:23,062 --> 00:24:24,662 -No! Put this arm down. -Okay. 605 00:24:24,763 --> 00:24:25,863 That one's going down. 606 00:24:25,965 --> 00:24:27,064 -Phew! -Phew! 607 00:24:27,132 --> 00:24:28,399 -Wait. -Try again. 608 00:24:28,401 --> 00:24:30,301 -Phew! -Phew! There you go. 609 00:24:31,337 --> 00:24:32,903 -[Cory] That's so sick. -[Mina] Whoo! 610 00:24:32,905 --> 00:24:34,071 [Cory] I'm obsessed. 611 00:24:34,172 --> 00:24:36,907 With our powers combined, we can install pantry doors. 612 00:24:36,909 --> 00:24:38,609 -Phew! -Phew! 613 00:24:44,116 --> 00:24:46,650 [Mina] Since we have a young couple interested in our Hoyt House, 614 00:24:46,686 --> 00:24:49,520 we're adding fun details to really set this place apart, 615 00:24:49,522 --> 00:24:51,956 like herringbone floors all throughout the first floor. 616 00:24:52,024 --> 00:24:53,357 Ahh! 617 00:24:53,459 --> 00:24:55,226 It's going to be so pretty. 618 00:24:56,162 --> 00:24:57,828 I'm so excited. 619 00:24:59,398 --> 00:25:02,032 And today, I've asked MJ and Cory to check in on the built-ins 620 00:25:02,134 --> 00:25:03,501 that we want to do in the living room. 621 00:25:03,503 --> 00:25:04,602 Morning! 622 00:25:04,604 --> 00:25:07,404 How aggressive of an arch are we going for here? 623 00:25:07,406 --> 00:25:08,806 These look pretty aggressive. 624 00:25:08,808 --> 00:25:10,407 -They're pretty aggressive. -Yeah. 625 00:25:10,409 --> 00:25:13,511 It's going to be steel, mixed of wood for the doors. 626 00:25:13,513 --> 00:25:15,212 Essentially what we're building are 627 00:25:15,214 --> 00:25:18,616 arched built-in that has a TV stand 628 00:25:18,618 --> 00:25:20,384 or a media consoles in the middle 629 00:25:20,386 --> 00:25:23,521 and then wooden doors that open and close. 630 00:25:23,523 --> 00:25:24,722 I love that. 631 00:25:24,724 --> 00:25:26,323 I'm ready to see these arches. 632 00:25:29,862 --> 00:25:33,664 This metal bender that they have is super high speed. 633 00:25:40,039 --> 00:25:41,739 That's eight inches tall. 634 00:25:41,807 --> 00:25:44,208 Eight inches, we're little more seven and three quarters. 635 00:25:44,210 --> 00:25:45,843 All right, send it. 636 00:25:48,481 --> 00:25:50,314 So typically, when I'm bending metal, 637 00:25:50,316 --> 00:25:54,518 which is most mornings, you have to be really careful to get the... 638 00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:58,322 the end of it right before it leaves the machine or it's going to go crazy. 639 00:26:00,126 --> 00:26:02,560 He wakes up and fabricates metal every morning. 640 00:26:02,628 --> 00:26:04,295 -Every morning. Yep. -For breakfast. 641 00:26:04,297 --> 00:26:05,963 I love that. 642 00:26:06,065 --> 00:26:08,198 So this is what you're shelving unit's going to look like. 643 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:09,700 I love that. 644 00:26:13,139 --> 00:26:15,339 [Mina] Back at the house, our kitchen cabinets are going in 645 00:26:15,441 --> 00:26:18,642 and our tile for the backsplash is installed. 646 00:26:18,744 --> 00:26:22,212 In the main suite, MJ is painting a budget-friendly accent wall, 647 00:26:23,215 --> 00:26:25,382 and Tad and Cory are still sanding, 648 00:26:25,384 --> 00:26:30,521 sanding and more sanding to bring this wing wall bac to its original glory. 649 00:26:30,523 --> 00:26:33,557 This wing wall has come quite far... 650 00:26:33,593 --> 00:26:34,858 [Tad] It really has. 651 00:26:34,860 --> 00:26:36,660 [Cory] ...in all reality, and it's still not done. 652 00:26:37,430 --> 00:26:38,796 [Tad] We're almost there. 653 00:26:38,798 --> 00:26:42,399 We just have like, you know, another 60 hours and we'll be done. 654 00:26:48,708 --> 00:26:51,408 What about all this stuff where we have gaps and stuff? 655 00:26:51,410 --> 00:26:54,244 -[Cory] Oh, no. -[Tad] I think we just trimmed it up. 656 00:26:54,313 --> 00:26:55,913 It's drywall mud. 657 00:26:55,915 --> 00:26:57,948 That's exactly what it is. Pushing it out. 658 00:26:58,017 --> 00:27:01,318 Operation Wing Wall has officially become the bane of my existence. 659 00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:03,721 Yeah, a few weeks back, some trim work happened 660 00:27:03,723 --> 00:27:05,589 and it didn't get done very well. 661 00:27:05,591 --> 00:27:07,190 And there's some huge gaps. 662 00:27:07,192 --> 00:27:11,829 It's just frustrating, hours upon hours upon hours polishing this turd, 663 00:27:11,831 --> 00:27:13,831 only for someone to come with some shoddy work. 664 00:27:13,833 --> 00:27:15,299 [Tad] Yeah, we got to cock. 665 00:27:16,502 --> 00:27:18,202 It's getting stained. 666 00:27:18,204 --> 00:27:19,903 We can't caulk it. 667 00:27:19,905 --> 00:27:21,405 We can't caulk it at all? 668 00:27:21,407 --> 00:27:22,706 [Cory] It won't, except stain. 669 00:27:23,743 --> 00:27:24,942 [indistinct] 670 00:27:24,944 --> 00:27:27,111 We got to fill it somehow. 671 00:27:27,113 --> 00:27:29,513 I mean, I can appreciate the wing wall, but this... 672 00:27:29,515 --> 00:27:34,051 this should have just been demoed out, seriously, like this is a disaster. 673 00:27:41,927 --> 00:27:44,728 I mean, I can appreciate the wing wall, but this is a disaster. 674 00:27:44,730 --> 00:27:46,563 This should have been pushed up, too, 675 00:27:46,599 --> 00:27:49,199 so that it didn't have this reveal here. 676 00:27:49,201 --> 00:27:50,334 Character. 677 00:27:50,436 --> 00:27:51,802 No, it's wrong. 678 00:27:51,804 --> 00:27:53,103 It's not character. 679 00:27:53,105 --> 00:27:55,606 So the gaps in the top wall just aren't up to snuff. 680 00:27:55,608 --> 00:27:58,742 So the fix is we need to remove it, we need to cut it down. 681 00:27:58,811 --> 00:28:00,044 We need to sand it down. 682 00:28:00,112 --> 00:28:01,645 And then we're going to reinstall the top board 683 00:28:01,714 --> 00:28:03,514 so it sits flush against the wall. 684 00:28:04,316 --> 00:28:05,616 Sitting on up there. 685 00:28:05,618 --> 00:28:06,684 Oh, yeah. 686 00:28:06,686 --> 00:28:08,952 I think we've done what we came here to do 687 00:28:08,954 --> 00:28:10,621 in terms of cleaning up this edge, 688 00:28:10,623 --> 00:28:13,023 getting the header board sucked to the wall more. 689 00:28:13,025 --> 00:28:15,259 -Pretty happy. -This is 100% better. 690 00:28:15,327 --> 00:28:17,327 Next up, we're going to add a little bit of wood filler 691 00:28:17,329 --> 00:28:19,096 to those small gaps we have remaining 692 00:28:19,098 --> 00:28:21,298 and then we're going to stain it and away we go. 693 00:28:21,300 --> 00:28:24,101 So Operation Wing Wall was a success. 694 00:28:24,103 --> 00:28:26,804 -Yeah? -I would call it a success at this point. 695 00:28:26,806 --> 00:28:29,606 I walked away with a couple of scars, a couple of tears, 696 00:28:29,608 --> 00:28:30,708 a few drops of blood. 697 00:28:30,710 --> 00:28:32,209 But other than that, I'm all right. 698 00:28:32,211 --> 00:28:34,044 So a success it was. 699 00:28:41,554 --> 00:28:44,321 [Mina] At Hoyt, we're pourin all kinds of accents into this house 700 00:28:44,323 --> 00:28:46,523 in hopes of winning over our potential buyers. 701 00:28:47,126 --> 00:28:49,460 Ooh, I love it! 702 00:28:49,561 --> 00:28:53,230 [Mina] MJ and I are adding some quaint wallpaper to the half bath downstairs 703 00:28:53,232 --> 00:28:55,599 which plays well with the vintage cottage loo 704 00:28:55,601 --> 00:28:56,834 It does look good, though. 705 00:28:56,935 --> 00:28:58,702 [MJ] It does. It's very cute. 706 00:28:58,704 --> 00:29:01,705 [Mina] And Mom has a special project in mind to bring some new life 707 00:29:01,707 --> 00:29:03,240 to an old idea. 708 00:29:03,342 --> 00:29:04,641 -Here's the thing. -[Cory] Uh-oh. 709 00:29:04,710 --> 00:29:06,810 I don't like to do the same thing anybody's done, 710 00:29:06,812 --> 00:29:08,912 and I don't like to do the same thing twice. 711 00:29:08,914 --> 00:29:10,647 -All right. -Thank you. 712 00:29:10,649 --> 00:29:13,951 And we have an opportunity with these woodland panels to do something fresh and new. 713 00:29:13,953 --> 00:29:17,121 And we've already done the whole woodland wall paneling, 714 00:29:17,123 --> 00:29:18,956 cut it out, hanging on the wall. 715 00:29:18,958 --> 00:29:22,626 And that was nice in its day, but I felt like we needed to elevate this. 716 00:29:22,628 --> 00:29:24,762 We're going to make a folding room screen. 717 00:29:24,830 --> 00:29:26,463 -Okay, like a room divider. -Right. 718 00:29:26,565 --> 00:29:28,165 So we're going to hinge the shutters together. 719 00:29:28,233 --> 00:29:32,703 We're going to cut these panels to the size that fits in this hole. 720 00:29:32,705 --> 00:29:35,405 So these wall panels are in terrible shape. 721 00:29:35,407 --> 00:29:37,407 I don't think there's a single one that's in good shape. 722 00:29:37,409 --> 00:29:38,842 [Cory] Mmm-hmm. 723 00:29:38,844 --> 00:29:40,744 [Karen] So maybe we try tracing over the pictures with the marker 724 00:29:40,813 --> 00:29:42,212 and then whitewash it. 725 00:29:42,214 --> 00:29:43,647 -It could be cool, right? -Perfect. 726 00:29:43,749 --> 00:29:46,049 Okay. 727 00:29:46,051 --> 00:29:50,654 I traced some of the woodland scenes, made it a little more modern, 728 00:29:50,723 --> 00:29:53,457 and then we did like a whitewashing on top of the 729 00:29:53,526 --> 00:29:57,227 and then we were able to retrofit them into the framing. 730 00:29:59,231 --> 00:30:00,831 And now we have a room divider. 731 00:30:00,833 --> 00:30:02,132 [Cory] We're going to reveal it to you. 732 00:30:02,201 --> 00:30:03,400 -[Karen] Okay. -[Cory] MJ, go ahead. 733 00:30:03,402 --> 00:30:05,602 -Here, one... -[MJ] One, two, three! 734 00:30:05,604 --> 00:30:07,638 Oh, it looks fantastic. 735 00:30:07,706 --> 00:30:08,739 Looks really good. 736 00:30:08,841 --> 00:30:10,107 High fives, all around. 737 00:30:14,613 --> 00:30:16,446 With an interested buyer on the hook for Hoyt, 738 00:30:16,482 --> 00:30:18,615 we're pushing to get it don to show it to them. 739 00:30:18,617 --> 00:30:22,052 We've got sod going down and MJ is taking over the wing wall project 740 00:30:22,087 --> 00:30:23,921 along with our artist friend Justin, 741 00:30:23,923 --> 00:30:25,856 in hopes of giving this newly sanded wood 742 00:30:25,958 --> 00:30:27,758 just the right amount of distress. 743 00:30:27,827 --> 00:30:31,929 I think that the best thing we can do for this whole situation 744 00:30:31,931 --> 00:30:35,199 -is go in with the charcoal, which is why you're here... -Yeah. 745 00:30:35,201 --> 00:30:36,800 ...to kind of get some of the variation. 746 00:30:36,802 --> 00:30:39,503 [MJ] I mean, this wing wall has really been through it. 747 00:30:39,505 --> 00:30:42,506 So hopefully, today, with Justin's help, we can get it to 748 00:30:42,508 --> 00:30:45,442 where it needs to be for it to just be finally done, 749 00:30:45,544 --> 00:30:48,345 and the wing wall saga can come to a happy ending. 750 00:30:48,414 --> 00:30:51,215 [MJ] Because we don't want this historic piece to look like new wood, 751 00:30:51,217 --> 00:30:53,784 we want to bring out some of the darker tones of the grain 752 00:30:53,786 --> 00:30:55,719 by tracing over them with charcoal. 753 00:30:55,721 --> 00:30:58,121 The charcoal really adds a different level of strength in there. 754 00:30:58,123 --> 00:30:59,223 [MJ] Totally. 755 00:30:59,225 --> 00:31:02,226 And the wax will protect the charcoal, right? 756 00:31:02,228 --> 00:31:03,527 -[Justin] Yeah. -[MJ] Okay. 757 00:31:03,529 --> 00:31:06,430 And then we're using a wax stain over that charcoal 758 00:31:06,432 --> 00:31:08,498 to give it some subtle natural color. 759 00:31:08,500 --> 00:31:10,200 [Justin] Oh, okay. 760 00:31:10,202 --> 00:31:11,802 I think that's going to work, MJ. 761 00:31:12,438 --> 00:31:13,837 [MJ] So much better. 762 00:31:13,906 --> 00:31:16,406 So because this is one of our high-dollar houses, 763 00:31:16,408 --> 00:31:19,309 we want as much detail and flow as possible. 764 00:31:19,311 --> 00:31:21,612 Now that means that the wing wall 765 00:31:21,614 --> 00:31:25,215 and the bench and the pantry shelves and the pantry door, 766 00:31:25,217 --> 00:31:27,784 that wood tone has to flow throughout the entire house, 767 00:31:27,786 --> 00:31:29,353 so it feels really cohesive 768 00:31:29,454 --> 00:31:31,722 And I think that detail is really going to pay off. 769 00:31:37,630 --> 00:31:39,463 [Mina] We've reached the fin push over at Hoyt, 770 00:31:39,498 --> 00:31:42,299 and we're installing the metal railing on the stairs. 771 00:31:42,301 --> 00:31:44,234 The curves give it a quaint cottagey vibe, 772 00:31:44,236 --> 00:31:47,938 which is echoed in the littl accent piece the guys lifted up for our cut out. 773 00:31:47,940 --> 00:31:51,642 The curves continue in the living room with thei amazing built-in, too. 774 00:31:51,743 --> 00:31:53,509 It's so pretty. 775 00:31:53,511 --> 00:31:57,714 [Mina] I mean, it's definite an improvement on what was here before. 776 00:31:57,716 --> 00:31:59,983 [Karen] Karen's feeling strong today. 777 00:31:59,985 --> 00:32:01,651 Oh, yeah, she is. 778 00:32:01,653 --> 00:32:04,154 [Mina] And Mom and Cory are adding some colorful landscaping 779 00:32:04,189 --> 00:32:06,623 to bring this adorable cottage to life. 780 00:32:06,625 --> 00:32:08,458 What's the rundown here? What are we planting? 781 00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:11,695 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. 782 00:32:11,697 --> 00:32:14,064 -Herbert azaleas. -[Cory] Purple flowers. 783 00:32:14,066 --> 00:32:17,100 [Karen] Yeah. Green and purple on opposite sides of the color wheel, 784 00:32:17,102 --> 00:32:19,002 so they contrast really well. 785 00:32:19,004 --> 00:32:20,304 What's this little guy? 786 00:32:20,306 --> 00:32:22,839 [Karen] This is a wisteria and it will twine up. 787 00:32:22,908 --> 00:32:24,708 And if we put little hooks, it'll twine over. 788 00:32:24,710 --> 00:32:26,610 [Cory] So it'll be wisteria hysteria. 789 00:32:26,612 --> 00:32:28,345 [Karen] Yeah. Well said. 790 00:32:30,015 --> 00:32:32,349 Good dad joke to warm you up this morning. 791 00:32:32,451 --> 00:32:34,518 Uh! Yeah! 792 00:32:34,520 --> 00:32:35,852 [Cory] But this looks great. 793 00:32:44,596 --> 00:32:46,229 Lovely. 794 00:32:46,231 --> 00:32:50,300 We're at Hoyt, and, um, it's kind of like all the last little touches. 795 00:32:50,302 --> 00:32:54,604 The original wing wall reall inspired the entire vintage cottage style of this house 796 00:32:54,606 --> 00:32:56,440 so we're adding lots of natural wood, 797 00:32:56,508 --> 00:32:59,109 neutral colors and texture to make it look lived-in 798 00:32:59,111 --> 00:33:01,311 and inviting and not like a brand-new house. 799 00:33:01,313 --> 00:33:05,182 [Mina] So with this wall gone, it makes it so much more open. 800 00:33:05,184 --> 00:33:08,352 [MJ] And it's open, but it's also kind of still... 801 00:33:08,420 --> 00:33:10,187 -[Mina] There's still separate areas. -Totally. 802 00:33:10,189 --> 00:33:13,590 At this price point, I think having that is important. 803 00:33:13,592 --> 00:33:15,325 I have some first-time homebuyers that are 804 00:33:15,327 --> 00:33:17,427 very interested in the property. 805 00:33:17,429 --> 00:33:20,530 They're moving from Chicago, so this is going to be really good for them, 806 00:33:20,532 --> 00:33:23,400 like it's spacious, there's room to grow if they want to, 807 00:33:23,402 --> 00:33:25,702 and it doesn't feel like, you know, 808 00:33:25,704 --> 00:33:27,504 cookie-cutter new construction, which I feel like... 809 00:33:27,506 --> 00:33:29,639 -Totally. -...first-time homebuyers 810 00:33:29,741 --> 00:33:31,641 will settle for but don't necessarily want. 811 00:33:31,743 --> 00:33:33,610 So I'm hoping when they see it tomorrow, 812 00:33:33,612 --> 00:33:35,946 it'll feel like home right away when they walk in. 813 00:33:35,948 --> 00:33:37,214 -Cute. -Lovely. 814 00:33:37,216 --> 00:33:38,281 There's so much space. 815 00:33:38,283 --> 00:33:39,649 [Mina] So good. 816 00:33:44,523 --> 00:33:47,157 -[Karen] Hey! -Hello. How's it going? 817 00:33:47,226 --> 00:33:49,059 -[Mina] Hi! Are you excited? -[Karen] It's going great. 818 00:33:49,128 --> 00:33:50,160 -Super excited. -Yes. 819 00:33:50,262 --> 00:33:51,694 Yes, we're so excited. 820 00:33:51,696 --> 00:33:55,732 Today, we are revealing Hoyt to a lovely couple, Katie and Brice. 821 00:33:55,801 --> 00:33:58,802 Katie is actually from here so she knows the area well 822 00:33:58,804 --> 00:34:00,604 and really loves Fountain Square, 823 00:34:00,606 --> 00:34:02,706 and they've actually been looking for a while. 824 00:34:02,708 --> 00:34:05,509 So I'm giving them first look at our little Hoyt House 825 00:34:05,511 --> 00:34:07,210 because they are definitely motivated. 826 00:34:07,212 --> 00:34:09,546 I heard a story that you're living with your mother. 827 00:34:09,648 --> 00:34:11,381 -Yes. -How is that going? 828 00:34:11,383 --> 00:34:13,316 In my parents' basement. 829 00:34:13,318 --> 00:34:16,119 -Loving it. -I'm so ready to get out. 830 00:34:16,121 --> 00:34:18,955 Well, hopefully this house is going to be one for you guys. 831 00:34:18,957 --> 00:34:21,525 -Yes. -Oh, my God. 832 00:34:27,332 --> 00:34:29,299 -Curb appeal looks amazing. -Yeah. 833 00:34:29,301 --> 00:34:31,435 -It looks awesome. -[Brice] Love the front porch. 834 00:34:31,536 --> 00:34:34,337 [Karen] So you have lovely azalea, it blooms purple in the spring, 835 00:34:34,439 --> 00:34:36,306 and they do really well in Indiana. 836 00:34:36,308 --> 00:34:39,309 And then you have two wisteria and they smell divine. 837 00:34:39,311 --> 00:34:41,211 And while the house has a lot of the character, 838 00:34:41,213 --> 00:34:43,046 because it's not new construction, 839 00:34:43,148 --> 00:34:45,115 everything in it is practically brand new. 840 00:34:45,117 --> 00:34:47,784 So new siding windows, all that good stuff. 841 00:34:47,786 --> 00:34:49,953 And the windows have this fun grid that plays 842 00:34:49,955 --> 00:34:52,255 into the quaint cottage look of the entire house. 843 00:34:52,324 --> 00:34:53,757 It's just unique. I don't know. 844 00:34:53,826 --> 00:34:55,358 Yeah, definitely. 845 00:34:55,360 --> 00:34:57,327 [Mina] And the front porch used to be enclosed, so we opened that up 846 00:34:57,329 --> 00:34:59,262 and it just has so much charm now. 847 00:34:59,331 --> 00:35:00,497 I feel like we should get inside 848 00:35:00,499 --> 00:35:02,032 -and we'll show you the rest of the house. -Yes. 849 00:35:02,034 --> 00:35:03,400 Thank you. 850 00:35:09,041 --> 00:35:11,208 -Oh, my God! -[Brice] Wow. 851 00:35:11,210 --> 00:35:12,409 Gorgeous! 852 00:35:12,411 --> 00:35:14,945 [Brice] It looks so good! 853 00:35:20,819 --> 00:35:22,786 Okay. 854 00:35:22,788 --> 00:35:24,287 -Oh, my God! -Wow. 855 00:35:24,289 --> 00:35:26,990 -It looks so good. -Awesome. 856 00:35:35,167 --> 00:35:36,900 -Wow. -Immediate wow factor with this. 857 00:35:36,902 --> 00:35:38,067 Yeah. 858 00:35:38,069 --> 00:35:39,903 [Mina] We loved the original wing wall so much 859 00:35:39,905 --> 00:35:41,671 that it took a lot to restore it. 860 00:35:41,673 --> 00:35:45,075 MJ, along with Justin Vining, he's an artist, he's incredible. 861 00:35:45,077 --> 00:35:49,513 He came in and artist'ed the stain 862 00:35:49,515 --> 00:35:51,815 -because it was so difficult to get to-- -[Katie] Wow. 863 00:35:51,883 --> 00:35:54,317 It looks like a part of the original house. 864 00:35:54,319 --> 00:35:56,219 -It's awesome. -Yeah, good character. 865 00:35:56,221 --> 00:35:57,988 -[Karen] And the bench. -[Katie] Yes, love the bench. 866 00:35:57,990 --> 00:35:59,923 [Karen] So when you come in, you can take your shoes off. 867 00:35:59,925 --> 00:36:02,792 [Mina] When you came in before, you could comes into this room, 868 00:36:02,794 --> 00:36:06,129 but there was a wall that separated off those spaces. 869 00:36:06,198 --> 00:36:09,399 So we have this very, like, much more clean, modern look now. 870 00:36:09,401 --> 00:36:10,767 I love how the woods match. 871 00:36:10,769 --> 00:36:12,802 I mean, the black accents, too. 872 00:36:12,804 --> 00:36:15,972 It just modernizes it, but still gives it like a super homey feel. 873 00:36:15,974 --> 00:36:17,807 And herringbone is beautiful. 874 00:36:17,809 --> 00:36:18,942 [Mina] And these are vinyl. 875 00:36:18,944 --> 00:36:20,043 [Katie] Okay. 876 00:36:20,045 --> 00:36:22,512 So if you do end up convincing him that 877 00:36:22,514 --> 00:36:24,481 a puppy is the right next step. 878 00:36:24,483 --> 00:36:25,815 I don't know. 879 00:36:25,917 --> 00:36:28,685 Did you just read our minds because that's what I want. 880 00:36:30,822 --> 00:36:35,292 Another very exciting thing, to us, probably not to most people, 881 00:36:35,294 --> 00:36:38,028 but we have a kitchen and the dining room. 882 00:36:47,206 --> 00:36:49,306 We definitely don't have that space, I feel like, 883 00:36:49,407 --> 00:36:51,942 in the Chicago apartment, and so this is pretty cool. 884 00:36:55,414 --> 00:36:59,416 Something we did a little bit differently in this house is we have that opening. 885 00:36:59,418 --> 00:37:00,817 I think it makes it feel a lot bigger. 886 00:37:00,885 --> 00:37:02,018 -[Brice] Definitely. -Yeah. 887 00:37:02,020 --> 00:37:03,720 You're so right, it does really open up the space. 888 00:37:03,722 --> 00:37:06,423 It's not just a closed wall, which is awesome. 889 00:37:06,425 --> 00:37:08,825 Either of you guys cook a lot. 890 00:37:08,827 --> 00:37:10,126 -She dabbles. -Yeah. 891 00:37:10,195 --> 00:37:12,429 Well, then let's check out this kitchen a little closer. 892 00:37:18,937 --> 00:37:20,303 [Katie] It's gorgeous. 893 00:37:20,305 --> 00:37:22,105 [Mina] The kitchen used to be on the back of the house, 894 00:37:22,207 --> 00:37:24,307 so we pulled it up closer to the front to make it more inviting. 895 00:37:24,376 --> 00:37:28,111 We did our, you know, counter-to-ceiling wall splash, 896 00:37:28,113 --> 00:37:32,082 quartzite counters, which are just beautiful, kind of like a different, 897 00:37:32,084 --> 00:37:34,851 more modern play on like the veining of a, of a marble. 898 00:37:34,853 --> 00:37:36,052 Okay. 899 00:37:36,054 --> 00:37:37,721 And this is what we call a baby washing sink. 900 00:37:37,723 --> 00:37:39,422 You do not have to wash babies in it. 901 00:37:39,424 --> 00:37:41,891 But you can wash a baby puppy in it. 902 00:37:41,893 --> 00:37:43,193 -Yes! -Yeah, you can. 903 00:37:43,195 --> 00:37:44,628 -Yeah, absolutely. -Oh, no. 904 00:37:44,696 --> 00:37:46,229 -Coming together too quick. -[Katie] Yeah. 905 00:37:46,231 --> 00:37:48,632 [Mina] If you don't want to wash the puppy in the main sink, 906 00:37:48,667 --> 00:37:50,700 you can wash it in the pantry sink, 907 00:37:50,802 --> 00:37:52,202 which can be like the messier one. 908 00:37:52,204 --> 00:37:53,603 So if you guys want to go in there, 909 00:37:53,605 --> 00:37:55,438 you can check that out a little closer. 910 00:37:59,011 --> 00:38:01,378 -[Katie] Oh, my God. -Wow. 911 00:38:01,380 --> 00:38:02,512 This is awesome. 912 00:38:02,514 --> 00:38:04,180 [Katie] Gorgeous. 913 00:38:11,123 --> 00:38:13,723 I love the wood accents. 914 00:38:13,725 --> 00:38:14,791 Definitely. 915 00:38:14,793 --> 00:38:16,226 It matches that wood out there as well. 916 00:38:16,295 --> 00:38:17,694 [Karen] That was the hope. 917 00:38:17,696 --> 00:38:19,763 [Mina] This used to be the old kitchen, but now you have this 918 00:38:19,765 --> 00:38:22,632 great pantry mud room, which makes so much more sense 919 00:38:22,701 --> 00:38:23,700 for the back of the house. 920 00:38:23,769 --> 00:38:24,968 I mean, this is gorgeous. 921 00:38:24,970 --> 00:38:26,603 And I want you to take a peek outside. 922 00:38:26,705 --> 00:38:28,338 You have some more wisteria back there 923 00:38:28,406 --> 00:38:29,772 and you have some lilacs back there, 924 00:38:29,774 --> 00:38:31,808 -so you're gonna have all the lovely smells. -Oh, my gosh. 925 00:38:31,910 --> 00:38:33,209 Awesome. 926 00:38:38,016 --> 00:38:39,549 -Wow. -Wow, look at this. 927 00:38:39,651 --> 00:38:41,217 -[Katie] This looks awesome. -[Brice] Awesome. 928 00:38:41,219 --> 00:38:42,619 -Tons of space. -Yeah. 929 00:38:42,621 --> 00:38:44,154 Look at all the landscaping over there. 930 00:38:44,156 --> 00:38:45,422 [Brice] Landscaping looks great. 931 00:38:45,424 --> 00:38:46,790 [Katie] And the garage, too. Super nice. 932 00:38:46,792 --> 00:38:47,957 [Brice] Definitely. 933 00:38:51,697 --> 00:38:53,196 -Awesome. -Cool. Perfect. 934 00:38:58,303 --> 00:39:02,105 Not usually wild and exciting, but we wallpapered the half bath, 935 00:39:02,107 --> 00:39:04,274 so I want you guys to hop in and check that out. 936 00:39:04,276 --> 00:39:05,508 [Karen] There you go. 937 00:39:05,510 --> 00:39:07,076 -Oh, my God. -Wow, look at that. 938 00:39:07,078 --> 00:39:09,779 It's kind of the same color as the outside of the house a little bit. 939 00:39:09,781 --> 00:39:11,715 -Yeah. The green. -Yeah. 940 00:39:11,717 --> 00:39:13,316 And there wasn't a half bath before. 941 00:39:13,418 --> 00:39:15,752 So now you have a powder room, which is, you know, for guests. 942 00:39:15,754 --> 00:39:17,086 [Katie] It looks amazing. 943 00:39:17,088 --> 00:39:19,422 Well, we're going to head behind you guys to your en suite. 944 00:39:19,424 --> 00:39:20,824 [Katie] Okay. 945 00:39:22,127 --> 00:39:24,094 So your main en suite over here. 946 00:39:24,096 --> 00:39:25,729 -Wow. -Wow. 947 00:39:32,604 --> 00:39:34,404 Your eyes, just like immediately go up. 948 00:39:34,406 --> 00:39:36,673 Yeah, 'cause the ceilings are high anyways and vaulting them 949 00:39:36,675 --> 00:39:38,174 -makes it feel so much bigger. -Yeah. 950 00:39:41,613 --> 00:39:43,680 [Karen] One of the things we found during demolition 951 00:39:43,682 --> 00:39:46,716 is this woodland seamed wall paneling, so we saved it 952 00:39:46,718 --> 00:39:48,618 and we made this lovely room divider. 953 00:39:48,620 --> 00:39:50,420 -[Katie] Wow! -[Brice] Wow, look at that. 954 00:39:50,422 --> 00:39:55,024 And it kind of emphasizes how high your ceiling is because they're tall. 955 00:39:55,026 --> 00:39:57,427 That is awesome. I love that. 956 00:39:57,429 --> 00:40:01,564 They also did kind of an updated chair rail wall design, 957 00:40:01,633 --> 00:40:02,899 but I think it turned out kind of cool. 958 00:40:02,901 --> 00:40:04,000 [Brice] I think it's perfect. 959 00:40:04,002 --> 00:40:05,502 [Mina] You'll notice the flooring is all the way 960 00:40:05,504 --> 00:40:06,936 -through here as well. -Yeah. 961 00:40:06,938 --> 00:40:09,005 It's going to go into your en suite bathroom. 962 00:40:12,611 --> 00:40:15,178 [Mina] Here is your main en suite. 963 00:40:15,180 --> 00:40:19,516 Double vanity, walk-in closet, nice, big size shower. 964 00:40:19,518 --> 00:40:20,950 [Brice] Great size vanity. 965 00:40:22,020 --> 00:40:24,187 [Katie] I love the mirrors. 966 00:40:24,189 --> 00:40:25,422 -The leather. -The leather. 967 00:40:25,424 --> 00:40:26,556 Oh, my God. 968 00:40:26,624 --> 00:40:28,558 And this is gorgeous, too, the wood. 969 00:40:28,660 --> 00:40:30,894 [Mina] There used to be stairs down to the basement here, 970 00:40:30,896 --> 00:40:33,129 but we moved those back to make this bathroom bigger. 971 00:40:33,231 --> 00:40:35,498 That is awesome. It looks beautiful. 972 00:40:35,500 --> 00:40:38,067 All right, uh, let's head upstairs. 973 00:40:38,069 --> 00:40:39,402 -Okay. -All right. 974 00:40:39,404 --> 00:40:42,405 So upstairs, we have three bedrooms and another full bath. 975 00:40:42,407 --> 00:40:43,772 Okay. 976 00:40:43,774 --> 00:40:47,444 Did rebuild the staircase, so it's much wider, less steep. 977 00:40:47,512 --> 00:40:49,379 And then we had this custom piece built, 978 00:40:49,381 --> 00:40:50,947 so we didn't have to have a wall there. 979 00:40:50,949 --> 00:40:53,016 -[Katie] Yeah. -I think it just makes it feel way more open. 980 00:40:53,018 --> 00:40:54,417 [Katie] Definitely. 981 00:40:57,956 --> 00:41:00,690 So this is one of three bedrooms upstairs, 982 00:41:00,692 --> 00:41:02,892 and you kind of can set up this little office. 983 00:41:02,894 --> 00:41:04,127 Yes. 984 00:41:11,069 --> 00:41:13,770 We do have a lot of, like, really unique rooflines 985 00:41:13,772 --> 00:41:15,438 that I think add some charm to it. 986 00:41:15,540 --> 00:41:16,806 No, I love the ceilings. 987 00:41:16,808 --> 00:41:20,076 I think it feels brand new, but it still has that charm. 988 00:41:20,078 --> 00:41:21,277 All right. 989 00:41:21,279 --> 00:41:23,179 Well, let's go back downstairs and we'll kind of talk 990 00:41:23,181 --> 00:41:24,380 through the numbers and everything. 991 00:41:24,382 --> 00:41:25,715 -Okay. -All right. 992 00:41:25,817 --> 00:41:26,950 Go ahead. 993 00:41:26,952 --> 00:41:28,218 [Katie] Thank you. 994 00:41:33,525 --> 00:41:37,126 Come sit around your lovely quartzite bar top here. 995 00:41:37,128 --> 00:41:39,796 Talk about how much you love this house and how much you want it. 996 00:41:39,798 --> 00:41:41,164 Yes. 997 00:41:41,166 --> 00:41:44,701 It's listed for 425,000, four bedroom, two and a half bath, 998 00:41:44,703 --> 00:41:48,304 and we did add the garage because I think at that price point, 999 00:41:48,373 --> 00:41:50,306 that's kind of what... what people are looking for. 1000 00:41:50,375 --> 00:41:53,076 -Right, definitely. -So it's yours if you guys want it. 1001 00:41:53,078 --> 00:41:55,311 -Yeah. Yeah. -I think it could be the one. 1002 00:41:55,413 --> 00:41:58,214 -We're pretty sold. I'm sold. Are you sold? -I'm sold. 1003 00:41:58,283 --> 00:41:59,916 I think it's exactly what we're looking for. 1004 00:41:59,918 --> 00:42:01,317 We've been looking around for a while. 1005 00:42:01,319 --> 00:42:03,786 And, you know, I think immediately we felt like, 1006 00:42:03,788 --> 00:42:05,255 -you know, it was the one, so. -Yeah. 1007 00:42:05,257 --> 00:42:06,523 If that's what you're thinking, 1008 00:42:06,525 --> 00:42:08,024 I can get everything drafted up 1009 00:42:08,026 --> 00:42:09,526 -and sent over to you this evening. -Awesome. 1010 00:42:09,528 --> 00:42:10,727 -That sounds great. Good. -Okay. 1011 00:42:10,729 --> 00:42:12,295 -Let's do it. -[Mina] Yeah. Whoo! 1012 00:42:12,297 --> 00:42:14,464 [Mina] We purchased this house for 130,000 1013 00:42:14,533 --> 00:42:16,866 and put around 200,000 into it. 1014 00:42:16,868 --> 00:42:19,168 We made it more functional with the extra bathrooms 1015 00:42:19,170 --> 00:42:22,372 and garage and gave it lots of unique vintage charm 1016 00:42:22,374 --> 00:42:24,707 With all those bells and whistles, we were able to list this 1017 00:42:24,709 --> 00:42:29,812 higher than we planned and put it under contract for the list price of 425,00 1018 00:42:29,814 --> 00:42:32,115 It looks like you nailed all the details 1019 00:42:32,183 --> 00:42:33,917 and you nailed the sale! 1020 00:42:33,919 --> 00:42:35,385 -High five. -Not so aggressive. 1021 00:42:35,387 --> 00:42:37,554 Yes, I did. Yes. It's very exciting. 1022 00:42:37,622 --> 00:42:38,788 What do you want to look at again? 1023 00:42:38,790 --> 00:42:40,223 Let's go look at something again. 1024 00:42:40,225 --> 00:42:41,157 The butler's pantry. 1025 00:42:41,258 --> 00:42:42,425 -[Karen] All right, yeah! -The backyard. 1026 00:42:42,427 --> 00:42:44,027 [Karen] Let's do it. 1027 00:42:44,029 --> 00:42:47,397 I really loved coming back to our old stomping grounds in Fountain Square, 1028 00:42:47,399 --> 00:42:49,332 it's been a while, and it makes me 1029 00:42:49,367 --> 00:42:51,868 a little bit nostalgic to see how far the neighborhood's come. 1030 00:42:51,870 --> 00:42:54,771 And I like to think we had a little something to do with that. 1031 00:42:54,773 --> 00:42:56,406 -Maybe a little bit. -Just a teeny bit. 1032 00:42:56,408 --> 00:42:58,074 Just a tiny, tiny bit.