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We are back in our old hood.
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Fountain Square?
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[Karen] He's taken his life
in his hands right now.
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Oh!
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This is fantastic!
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It's how far your eyes
can go, not your feet.
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[Cory] Oh, God.
The gas isn't off?
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Why isn't the gas off?
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-You're trying to kill me.
-[Mina] No.
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I have concerns
about this wing wall.
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It's probably not salvageable
by the time we get it off.
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Like, this is a disaster.
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So basically, when you walk
into this house,
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it'd be like robot eyes,
like, whoa...
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Oh, my God!
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Gorgeous!
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[theme music playing]
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[Mina] Mom and I take on
some of the nastiest houses
you've ever seen.
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Our team isn't afraid
to tackle
the worst of the worst.
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That is so gross.
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Holy cow.
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[Mina] Then we turn those
rundown houses
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into some of the nicest home
in the neighborhood.
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-[Cory] Wow.
-[Karen] I love it!
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Oh. Hey, handsome.
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Oh, he needs a good scratch.
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I started riding
when I was like ten, 11, 12
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and I actually like rode
pretty regularly,
but around like high school
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when I started working,
I didn't ride quite as much.
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So now I just get to every
once in a while,
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and it's probably been
six months to a year
since I rode in.
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But that's like riding a bike.
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There we go!
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Good boy!
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That was a good circle.
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Hey, buddy.
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Hey, Mom.
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-How are you?
-Good.
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Mommy's tush hurts.
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Hey, we were just having
breakfast down the street,
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so we figured
we'd come, say hi.
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You wanna say hi to Axle?
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Tap the top of his nose.
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-Say hi, Axle.
-I like baby horse.
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-What do you got going
under there?
-You like baby horse?
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Well, I'm finishing riding.
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I'm going to put him up,
and then I got to head
to a house.
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I'm excited about this
next project because
it's in Fountain Square,
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which kind of, you know,
is getting back to our roots.
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This is where Mom
and I started,
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so I'm going to get this
horse smell off me.
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Go pick up Mom,
and we're going to go
check out the house.
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Jack, they have some little
baby horses inside
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if you want to see
one of those.
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Yeah, yeah.
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Okay, let's go touch
the baby horse.
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-[Steve] Sounds good.
-[Jack] Baby horsey.
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-[Steve] Baby horsey?
-[Jack] Yeah.
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So where are you
taking me today?
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We are back in our old hood.
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-And--
-Fountain Square?
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-[Mina] Mmm-hmm.
-Woo-hoo, how'd you afford
a house in Fountain Square?
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I sold Cory
for a couple of weeks
to make part of the money.
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This house is on Hoyt Street
which is a nice, quiet spot
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But we haven't worked
in Fountain Square
for a hot minute
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because its proximity
to downtown has made it
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one of the most popular
and most expensive areas
in the city.
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It's a cute house, but I think
I can get four bedrooms in.
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I think for the sales price,
I want to get at least
400,000,
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we need four bedrooms.
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When you walk in,
there's a living room
to your right.
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Keep going and you reach
the dining room
with an adjoining den.
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Behind that is
a tragic kitchen
with a bathroom
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and an enclosed porch
off of it, and in the back
is a bedroom.
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Upstairs, there's two bedroo
and a large landing
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that's just wasted space,
so definitely room
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for an additional bedroom
up there.
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And it's all like
old roof lines.
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So lots of charm,
but some quirkiness
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-as far as where we can
stick things.
-[Karen] Okay.
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I purchased the house
for 130,000,
which is a lot for us,
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so we have to be careful
where we spend our money
on this one.
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It has 1,925 square feet
and is currently
a three bedroom, one bath.
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But if we want a chance
at making a profit here,
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I think we need to find roo
to make it at least
a four bedroom,
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two and a half bath.
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I think to get the price point
we want,
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we're going to need
to put a two-car garage.
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-People love a garage.
-They do.
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So Cory should be
meeting us here.
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-Oh, how delightful.
-[Mina] Yeah.
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Any activity with Cory
is better.
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He just makes
every activity better.
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I love that.
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[Karen] Cory!
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Hey, Cory.
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Oh, look, he has umbrellas
for us, which is super sweet.
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Boy, he's taking his life
in his hands right now.
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[Karen laughs]
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[Mina] Hi!
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And you wonder
why the neighbors hate us.
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They hate you.
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-[Cory] No, they hate you.
-Thanks for bringing us
umbrellas.
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-[Cory] Yes.
-Nice.
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[Cory] All right.
Let's go take a look at
what we got here.
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So Cory and I actually
walked through this house
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probably easily
six months ago.
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[Karen] Okay.
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So when we walked through,
there was a family
living here,
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and he had actually
reached out to us
to sell to us.
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[Karen] The shape of the house
is adorable.
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[Mina] Shape is adorable.
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-I definitely want to open
the front porch back up.
-[Karen] Yeah.
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We need to strip off
the old siding
and give it some fresh paint.
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But otherwise,
I think it's a cute one.
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All right, I don't want
to stand in the rain anymore.
I want to go inside.
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-Okay.
-Come, let's go inside.
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Oh, look what they left.
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Probably 'cause
they couldn't move it.
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-It's too big.
-[Cory] Yikes.
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Hotel furniture.
You guys like that?
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So if it weren't dark.
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-[Cory] What is this?
-Plastic.
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-[Cory] These are plastic?
-Yeah.
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The big cabinet right
when you walk in, it's kind of
terrible as it is.
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It's right up Mom's alley
so she can have it.
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It's not going back
in this house.
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You could fill these
cross hatches in really
easy with putty.
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-No?
-I... I don't know.
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All right. Well...
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-We kind of have
full square...
-This is fantastic.
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[Karen] I love that.
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How would you feel about it
just being sanded down
and beautiful?
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[Mina] If it could be like
natural, I would love that.
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The wing walls,
like if we could
get them back to natural wood,
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they painted with
oil-based paints
over the varnish.
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And when you do that,
the paint doesn't stick
very well.
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So you hit it with heat,
come...
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Joke's on them.
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Yeah, it comes right off,
it's amazing.
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[Karen] Wait.
They left a beating stick.
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No, that's a door sweep.
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[Karen]
No, it's a beating stick.
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-[Mina] Okay.
-I've got one, too, Karen.
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[Mina] All right.
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Cory, in addition to Mom,
it's instead of like
hurting a cat,
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it's hurting two cats
that are like be
bobbing off each other,
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and it's putting clothes
on a cat
while you're hurting them
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and then you have two of them.
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[Mina]
All right, come on, children!
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-Put the toys away.
-She started it.
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[Mina] Okay.
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So we've got these
four spaces.
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[Karen] You're saying four,
but there's only three.
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-There's the entryway.
-Oh, the entryway.
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Yeah, that are kind of
four spaces.
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[Karen] You're counting
as four, okay.
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And then there's
the living room,
this big dining room
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and what looks like
a small den next to it.
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So living room, open this up,
kitchen dining,
is what I'm thinking.
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I think if we open these
four up and do the kitchen
kind of here,
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so there's a big island
that floats
background of kitchen.
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-And dining over there.
-Outstanding.
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-Yeah.
-Let's keep going.
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[Karen]
And you know what?
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The orange cabinets
with the purple walls
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and the green and the black.
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I mean, we've got
everything in here.
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[Mina] And since we're moving
the kitchen up towards
the front of the house,
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I think this can turn into
a half bath and a big pantry.
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Kind of butler's pantry-ish.
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Oh, that'd be nice.
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'Cause this is going to be
a high-priced house.
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So I feel like making it
a little boujier pantry-wise
than we usually do.
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-Yeah.
-Yeah.
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And I think this opening
kind of creates a hallway.
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That corner...
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-[Karen] ...is a main.
-[Mina] Oh.
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...is a main.
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Wait. Why did you just say oh?
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I just said oh because
you're going to get
super distracted
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when you see the paneling
on the porch,
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so we should just do that
and get it over with.
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-Okay, all right.
-She's right.
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-I can, I can totally
see this happening.
-[Karen] Wait.
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[Mina] You can just
look at it and be excited.
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-Oh! This is fantastic.
-[Mina] Deer and birds.
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[Karen] We have dear,
we have Canada geese.
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We have little barn, you know,
like farm scenes,
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so what we do is we cut that
little square out.
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-Yes. And then this
little square out.
-[Karen] Yeah.
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And then that
little square out.
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-Yeah, exactly.
-And then it tells a story.
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Yeah, exactly.
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We're going to save it.
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And this is a little bit
of nostalgia for me
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'cause I've done this
once before
at the very, very start.
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I saved the wood paneling,
I cut out the little scenes
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I cleaned them up
and I framed them,
and they were so cute.
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[Mina] They look awesome her
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They look like a piece of ar
that you would buy.
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That's what we should do
on demo day.
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-We better get there early.
-That's all I can do.
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-This is--
-Should we get there early?
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-Yes, we should.
-Yeah.
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I think when we look at it
from the outside
and go underneath,
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-like it shouldn't be on,
like this is an enclosed.
-Oh, it should go away.
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[Mina] This goes off.
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And does it come back on?
And maybe
this is our deck area.
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-[Karen] Okay.
-[Mina] So let's go down
to the basement.
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[Karen] Well, we got
a little bit of seepage.
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-[Cory] It's not terrible.
-[Karen] That's not terrible.
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-[Cory] No.
-What's all this stuff?
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-[Mina] What's in there?
-Hang on.
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Let's see what's in here.
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[Cory] What is happening
over here in this pile?
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Oh, there's Christmas lights.
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We have dishes,
it's mostly dishes,
mostly trash.
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But that one's okay.
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Ooh, look, a whisk.
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What, did something
creep up on you?
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Something just crossed
my peripheral,
and I'm freaked out right now.
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We are getting out of here.
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Let's see what's
behind the door.
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[Karen screams]
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[Cory] I'm freaked out
right now, we are
getting out of here.
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[Karen] Let's see
what's behind the door.
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[Karen screams]
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-Nothing.
Nothing behind the door.
-[Cory] Stop it.
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-Stop playing.
-[Mina] Cory is such a baby.
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-[Cory] All right, now we're
getting out of the basement.
-[Mina] All right.
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Can we go back upstairs?
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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.