[Mina] We got a nice little tiny nugget.
Oh, I love a nugget!
You're assaulted by a smell.
Let's take a look around.
There's a rug up here!
[crashing]
[Cory] They didn't wait for me?
Why, dude? That was my ceiling!
[MJ] My bad!
We don't have one ounce of flashing on this entire house.
I don't understand what's going on.
[Karen] Do you boys see how much I love you?
[Cory] The best days on landscaping
are when we have things like this.
[chuckling] Oh, my God!
[Mina] Yeah!
Mom and I take on some of the nastiest houses you've ever seen.
Our team isn't afraid to tackle the worst of the worst.
That is so gross!
[Karen] Holy cow!
[Mina] Then we turn those rundown houses
into some of the nicest homes in the neighborhood.
-[man] Wow! -[woman] I love it!
This way! Here we go!
Too slow, you guys go first
All right!
Hi!
How are you?
-[Finley] Good, how are you? -[worker] You've got a fun crew here today!
We're gonna learn a little bit about chocolate,
we're gonna taste some chocolate from different places around the world,
and we're gonna play with some chocolate.
-[Mina gasps] You wanna make some chocolate? -[Harrison] Okay.
This morning, Finley and I are taking our kids
to just this cool little place on Mass Ave.
Finley has Harrison and Kennedy,
and we're both working moms which can make it tough
to find time with our kids, so, if we can kinda double-up
so the kids will entertain each other,
Finley and I can talk a little bit of business...
[Finley] What are you making, Ken?
...and everyone gets what they need.
[Finley] Well, when you head to Talbott,
do we have different plans in what we did
'cause of the loss we took on Michigan was...
I mean, in all fairness, the plan was the same,
which is always to make money.
But I think this one's a more manageable beast,
-like, it's just smaller. -[Finley] Yeah.
We definitely have not had much profit.
The last house was not good.
-Are we over budget right now? -Yes. This is a joke!
But I really think this house on Talbott that I'm gonna go see today
is in a way better position to renovate and sell,
and actually have room for, not a huge,
but I think at least a profit.
Well, the other thing to think about
is the kind of need to have a profit
if we're gonna make the HQ thing happen.
-[Mina] Yes, no more whoopsies, right? -No more whoopsies.
I'll get a better assessment of it today when...
I'm gonna go home and change and pick up Mom,
but I'll touch base with you afterwards.
Okay. Come track me down.
[Mina] Perfect.
It was fun. Say, "thank you!"
-[worker] Thank you, everyone, take care. -Say, "thank you!"
Who she waving at? All right.
I'm gonna drop you guys off at home before I go to work, okay?
Are we going to Talbott Street?
-We're going to Talbott. -Yeah!
Are there any houses left on there that we haven't done?
I remember the biker bar and I remember the Pearce.
[Mina] The blue duplex town home.
-[Karen] That counts as two -[Mina] Yeah, mmm-hmm.
Counts as two, now I've lost count.
I feel like it's at least eight and this would be nine.
[Mina] Right, so, clearly this is an area we know well
It's close to Downtown, right next to Bates-Hendricks,
and is turning into a very cute neighborhood
with good resale values,
which is exactly what we need right now
to make up for the big hit we took on our last project
This one right now is small,
it's got, like, two bedroom and then the kitchen
is kind of, like, adjacent to the one bathroom, that's kinda weird.
So, it's super small, especially considering how much it costs.
What did you pay for it?
[Mina] I got this one for $55,000,
and right now it's only about 900 square feet.
It's got two small bedrooms and one bath,
so, we'll definitely need to expand this house someho
to make a profit on it, but I think I have a plan for that.
The nice thing is the city just rolled out new building rules.
I think they're really gonna help us make this tiny house a little more sellable.
[Karen] Nice. Very nice.
[Mina] So, just wait until you see the house and I'll fill you in.
[Karen] It's very exciting.
[Mina] We got a nice little tiny nugget,
but all the code is finally changing
to reflect the city's desire for urban density.
-What? -Yeah!
So, the city of Indianapolis's goal is urban density,
which really just means mor people in the city center.
[Karen] Because more people means more support for local business.
And they've actually changed the building codes
to reflect the city' goal, which gives us what?
Urban density!
So, usually on a compact lot,
-you can only have 40% house... -Right.
-...60% green space... -Right.
-...five foot side setbacks. -Right.
The new plan is 80% house...
[Karen gasps]
-...three foot side setbacks. -What?
[Mina] So, with the new rule now we have room to build
a two-story addition on the back and make this place a little bit bigger
in a charming addition to the neighborhood.
Sweet!
It's very exciting!
-Yeah. -We definitely need something here.
-[Karen] Well, we need more windows. -[Mina] Yeah.
It's like a one-eyed monster.
[Karen] Yeah, it's like a cyclops.
-His eye is not in the middle. -Crooked cyclops.
-[Karen] And she's gotta be a very unhappy cyclops. -[Mina] Yeah.
That can't work.
[Mina] So, we need to add a window on the front,
and with brand new siding it's gonna add a lot of char
But, you know what this also, because it's a corner lot,
it kinda screams for a grass fence or a shrub fence
-or something other than a fence fence. -Yeah.
-You know what I mean? -Yeah.
-Okay, let's go in. -Yeah, okay.
All right, what have we got?
[Mina] See how clear?
-[Karen] It has an interesting aroma. -[Mina] Well, yeah.
You're assaulted by a smell,
and it's mostly a smoker lived here,
but there's some underlying smell...
It's like cleaner and smoke.
Yeah, it's like, but it's mmm,
I don't know, I don't know, it's not good.
[Mina] But look at the ceiling height!
-[Karen] Yeah! -[Mina] Right?
[Karen] So, there's no dropp ceiling, which is nice.
Which walls are coming down?
-[Mina] Um... -[Karen] Because the rest of 'em have to be scraped.
-Well, I think the whole thing will be gutted to the studs. -Okay, good.
[Mina] And this is main bedroom.
Oh, textured ceiling, too.
And a boob light.
What it looks like up here
is maybe they put a ceiling in the closet,
and so that's how you get to your attic scuttle hole.
I know you're dying to get up there.
I know, you brought me to a boring house
with no junk in it, I'm gonna get a little squirrely.
[Mina] Like, literally, a little squirrel
crawling around to try to find a nut.
[Karen] This looks pretty sturdy.
[Mina] Just the framing on the top of that, don't, er...
[Karen] No, it's plywood. Let's take a look around.
[grunting] There's a rug up here!
Like, a pee-ridden rug?
[Karen] It's a, like a Persian-style rug.
I'm gonna wait till demo day to get the rug.
I could probably do something with it.
First, put a little bleach on it, see what that does.
-Ohl. -Yeah!
That's good.
We could make it look really distressed and old.
Mm, yeah!
-Probably is really old and distressed. -[laughing]
So, your thought is...
...fit a bathroom in here?
Yeah, so take this space and a little bit more.
-[Karen] So, you have your main floor ensuite. -[Mina] Mm-hmm.
And then we could drop in another bathroom in here,
so this adjacent bed would be split between
the ensuite bath and the public powder room.
[Karen] This room's pretty itty bitty, if we take some of this...
Well, no, so this is bathroom, this is bathroom.
[Karen] Ohl!
[Mina] And then we do our kitchen back here.
[Karen] So, this was not a very useful kitchen
'cause that's the only counter space.
[Mina] No. What is this?
Oh, there's more over here.
[laughing]
Forgot that was there!
You got your cat paws out for that!
[Mina] That's a really big bathroom.
[Karen] Yeah, this is gonna make a great kitchen.
[Mina] Yeah, it's so big, it's actually wasting
a lot of space we desperatel need in the kitchen,
so, I think this bathroom's gotta go.
-We could take this whole wall down... -Yeah.
...and have an L-shaped kitchen.
You'd have so much room for a table, that'd be really nice.
Yeah, then where the kitchen is now,
we can do a laundry, mud roo
-[Karen] And then basement? -Yep.
Don't step on that middle one.
[Karen] "Don't step on that middle one,"
-oh, the one that's all falling over? -[Mina] There you go.
-Well, we've got a problem here. -Ta-da!
[Karen] Oh, my gosh!
Oh, my gosh.
[Mina] Don't step on that middle one.
[Karen] "Don't step on that middle one."
-Well, we've got a problem here. -Ta-da!
[Mina] Yeah, I know, it's the whole basement.
They dug it out, the house is actually floating, look.
[Karen] Oh, my gosh!
Oh, my gosh!
-[Mina] Great! -[Karen] Just a miracle!
-Great! -Just a miracle,
I love it when houses are held up by magic.
But I think really the best option
would be to come in through this window
or, like, break a hole, and just fill it with concrete.
Oh.
[Mina] Not the whole thing, but, like, up to where
-nothing's gonna fall in anymore. -Yeah.
[Mina] All right, so, just a little nugget deck.
[Karen] I mean, it's not bad
[Mina] It just should come off.
-Privacy fence this. -Yeah.
It's a little postage stamp backyard.
-[Mina] I mean it's... -[Karen] It's adorable!
[Mina] ...it's a tiny lot, but with the new rules with urban density,
there's a lot we can do here
First, we gotta give the front of it some love.
Give the cyclops window a second eye and pretty her up.
We need to fix the foundatio
then we can reconfigure the whole first floor,
and with the new two-story addition,
we can add new bedrooms and a bathroom upstairs.
[Karen] What do you think you can make on it?
I mean, the market is hot,
like, if I could get the floorplans,
I could probably list it with the plans and have it under contract.
[Karen] Yeah.
[Mina] I mean, I got it for $55,000,
and I think if we can keep the reno on budget
around $130,000,
with those added bedrooms and bathrooms, I can sell
a four-bedroom, two-and-a-half bath
in this neighborhood for $250,000 all day long.
[Karen] Seriously. [Mina] I know, it's wild.
-It's a seller's market right now. -It is.
-All right, we got things to do. -I gotta do some research.
[Karen] I gotta have some more coffee is what I need to do.
-Good morning! -[Tad] What's up!
-[MJ] Hello! -Wait, how did Cory get the day off?
I don't think he has the day off, I think he's just late.
-Are you kidding me? -[Tad] No.
I know, if anybody's was gonna be late, it woulda bee me, but...
[Karen laughing]
-[Cory on phone] Hello? -Uh, where are you?
[Cory] My plane did not get in till 10:30.
[Mina] Last night?
-[Cory] No, today. -Oh, okay.
[Cory] And everyone knew.
Cory had all kinds of sass when I called him 'cause he wasn't there,
he was like, "I told everybody," I was like,
"you didn't tell me!"
See you in a little bit.
[Cory] Yeah, I'm in a restroom to change
-Okay. -[laughing]
-[Cory] Bye. -Bye.
-Cory will join at his leisure. -[Tad] I mean, we got this.
We'll get started, but, like, the floors are coming up,
the carpet's coming up, bathroom gutted, kitchen gutted.
Eventually, some of the roof's gonna be coming off
'cause we're going up, but we're not gonna be managing that today.
[Karen] In addition to demo, there are a few things I wanna save.
Okay.
There is a piece of carpet, rug,
and I don't know if it's salvageable,
but I would like you and I to look at it.
-A rug or carpeting? -[Karen] It's a rug.
-Okay. -[Karen] It's a rug.
-Okay. -So, that's it.
[crashing]
There we go.
[banging]
Very satisfying.
[Mina] This house is much cleaner than we're used to.
There's no poop in the toilet, there's no rotten food,
but there's still definitel some walls to take down,
the textured drywall, so, we're gonna get dirty.
[Karen] Well, you know what, in my opinion,
today's really not about the demo,
it's all about the treasure hunting.
[MJ] Coming to see that rug.
[Karen] And if you can reach it, just pull it down.
I managed to get MJ up there,
and I don't have to go up there.
Look at him! He's, like, on a mission.
This is fantastic!
Yeah, real gross up there.
Did the attic eat you, MJ?
So, I climb through the hole in the ceiling,
and then the rug is at the farthest point at the edge of the house,
so, then I have to in the pitch black darkness
crawl over some rafters to get to the rug.
[Karen] Oh, look, I see a rug! [gasps]
I'm so happy about this.
-[MJ] I think I am, too. -Yeah.
I think this is fantastic.
[MJ] For sure sparks joy.
And then we pull the rug out,
and it's actually really cool, so, I'm into it.
Worth it. Almost died.
[Cory] Good morning.
[Karen] I hear your voice, Cory.
[Mina] That was dramatic!
[Cory] Guess what time it is?
[Karen laughing]
[Cory shouting] Demo day, baby, yeah!
[banging]
[Cory shouting] Yeah!
Yeah!
Whoo!
-[Mina] Wild. -[Cory] Morning!
-You! You came in hot, baby! -[Cory] I'm hot!
I'm came with the heat, all right?
I got very little sleep last night,
woke up at 3:00 a.m., two flights to get here,
and I brought it and I'm dirty and who's gonna say I'm not?
[laughing]
[Austin] Oh, my God!
-[Tad] This is Tad's wall. -[Austin] Okay, that's cool.
[Tad] All right, guys.
[Cory] Ooh, an accident waiting to happen.
[Tad] I know.
-Is this stable? -[Cory] No.
-[Tad] Will this hold me? -[Cory] Oh, God. Okay.
[banging]
The three of us, Tad, myself and Austin
were all feverishly working at this old bathroom ceiling in the back.
[banging]
[Cory] Oh, yeah, oh, God, this is exciting.
Like, I wanted to see what was going to happen when the ceiling came down,
like, was the whole lean two gonna come off the back of the crib? Who knows.
This is exciting!
Okay, here we go.
It looks like it wants to.
[Tad] Yes!
[Cory] Shall we cut this wire?
Tad, we're gonna wait on that ceiling for a second, all right?
And he went to just grab a water really quick to...
-Just hydrate. Wet my whistle. -...hydrate, exactly,
before he came back and pulled this thing down.
And Austin and I were patiently waiting on the patio.
And then someone told MJ,
"MJ, this ceiling's gotta come down."
[Karen] Ooh, MJ!
[loud crashing]
[Cory] They didn't wait for me? Why, dude!
-[Tad] Not cool, MJ! -[Cory] That was my ceiling
[MJ] My bad!
[loud crashing]
[Karen] Wow!
[Cory] They didn't wait for me? That was my ceiling
[MJ] My bad!
-[Tad] We didn't do that. -[Cory] Why, dude?
[Tad] MJ just did it.
-[Cory] I wanted that-- -[Tad] Not cool, MJ!
-[MJ] I was told to! -[Tad] That was shame!
I just walked in on a half torn down ceiling,
didn't really know what was going on and decided to just take care of it.
-I didn't know it was gonna be that intense. -[Austin] So sort of precious?
Yeah, I didn't expect the cloud of black smoke.
It was kinda scary, I had regrets immediately.
Cory, do you want the rest?
[Cory] Let's go and see what you guys did.
I need to get a mask on because that is intense.
Wow! Pure devastation!
MJ probably did do the most exciting part today,
which was pull that down.
[Cory] Okay.
[Mina] So, once the boys finished playing that's mine not your
they finally got all the ceiling down in the bac half of the house
leaving me to pretty much do everything else myself.
Next up, we got a big chunk of the inside done,
still gotta finish the outside,
but it's figuring out the floorplans.
I'm hoping four bedroom, two-and-a-half bath
will get us to the selling point we want,
but I gotta figure out where the sweet spot is.
The sweet spot's right here.
[laughing]
Right here! [laughing]
Oh, I got dirtier from touching you.
Very, very likely.
What? Where do you think you're going, Miss?
I was leaving 'cause I've been waiting for you.
I told you I was on the way!
Yeah, but your, "on my way"
is, like, is different than most people's, "on my way."
You're getting really comfortable
showing up to work late these days.
I had some very important things happening this morning...
[mock talking]
...I had to sell some sidewalks, water some sod,
make some stuff happen today.
[mock talking]
All right.
-I got Talbott here. -I love the elevation!
Look how cute she is!
-So, right now, it's just the first floor? -Yes.
[Mina] The little nugget.
Um, we've got this really generous two-story addition
now that we're allowed to have 80% coverage,
which is huge 'cause this is a very small corner lot.
Right now it's got one window in the front
so then we're gonna split it out to two.
-Yeah, the cyclops window's gotta go. -Mm, I dare ya.
[Mina] So, you come in the front door, you've go the bedroom in the front,
you've got a bedroom kind of in the middle of the space,
and what we're gonna do is take that middle bedroom
and give it to the front bedroom to create an ensuite
Part of the middle bedroom is gonna lend itself
to our staircase going up to our nice little second story.
Correct, yep, exactly.
And we're gonna be able to open up our living,
dining, kitchen area, that portion of the floorplan.
The floorplans actually call for a peninsula island
and I don't want that, it's too limiting for a layout.
So, I wanna adjust the floorplan slightly
and just do an L kitchen so the buyer could have a dining table,
they could have a movable island,
they could install a permane island if they want.
And now upstairs, so, we're gonna get
all the natural light from this window,
so, the end, it does not look this big,
but there's a really good size lot,
which I think for four bedrooms you need a second living space.
And then three bedrooms, a full bath
with a double vanity and a tub,
-and the bedrooms are all, like, 11 by 11. -[Cory] I love that.
All right, now that we've got the floorplans decided on,
-um, I want to get it listed with just that right away. -Mm-hmm.
Get it sold, so, no hiccups.
-Thanks for being on time. -We need to get to stepping.
[Mina] Get to stepping.
Our foundation guys came in and did the work
for us to be able to provide the support we need to build up two stories
We've begun framing that out, and thanks to the new rules of the city
allowing us to build a bigger house on a small lo
we should really get some bang for our buck here.
[Cory] So, if you wanna do floating shelving here,
we'll have to put in some hefty blocking.
-Hi! -Hello!
[Mina] We've got some decisions to make starting in the kitchen.
Uh, you guys know that the layout shifted, right?
-'Cause we don't have that peninsula island. -Oh.
-[Tad] We're just going L shape? -Yeah, it's just an L shape.
And then open shelving everywhere?
[Mina] It is a lot of open shelving.
I think what I'm most excited about for this house,
especially for this kitchen is all the open shelving
that we're gonna be able to put in there
because we got rid of the peninsula
now we have even more freedom in the space.
It's gonna be amazing.
-[Mina] Watch your nogging. -[Cory] This is so spacious!
-[Mina] We've got three... -[Cory] Watch this step it's a doozy.
[Mina] ...good size bedrooms a full bath and double vanit
and the fuller loft space.
[MJ] Okay, so, what we should do is
-make this multifunctional. -Yeah.
Lots of different options, maybe a game room.
[Cory] I kinda like it.
I mean, packing a whole lotta punch into this.
Windows are supposed to be here on Monday,
so, as soon as the windows get in,
the siding is just waiting to be picked up.
[MJ] What color's the siding?
It's the brick color you wanted.
-Yes! -[Cory] Great color.
-We're doing a red house! -Ooh.
-[MJ] Listen... -[laughing]
MJ's been begging to do this color, it's like a red brick,
a little bit more like a barn red maybe.
[MJ] We've done a lot of neutral houses,
this block needs a little bit of red to spice it up.
We have this urban barn bungalow theme, it's gonna be amazing.
We're going red.
[Cory] This is crazy from what it actually started out as...
I know.
[Cory] ...and where we're at now.
[Mina] Crazy awesome!
The windows for our Talbott house came in,
and that means we're getting this home closed up
and now we can get the barn-red siding installe
-Morning! -Morning!
This place is actually starting to look like a house now.
How are you?
[Mina] I've been better.
[Cory] Yeah, you're gonna be terrible after this.
We don't have one ounce of flashing on this entire house
as you can see walking up.
Yeah.
[Mina] Urgh!
[Cory] This is bad!
The right way to do this would have been
to install the flashing between the trim
up behind the siding to keep water from seeping i
but we have trim and siding and no flashing.
Not to mention all of this needs to be done properly
to pass the home owner inspection,
but also to finish the house.
We need to get all of this taken off...
-Oh, my God. -...that's the summary of it.
And then re-put back on with a new board coming--
I can't afford to take all the trim off.
[Cory] We have to.
Urgh!
I don't understand what's going on.
[Cory] We don't have
one ounce of flashing on this entire house.
We need to get all this taken off
with a new board coming...
I can't afford to take all the trim off.
We have to.
I don't understand what's going on.
Urgh!
-This is so frustrating. -I know.
The trim has to come off so that we can install
the flashing underneath it, but that's trickier than it sounds.
Trim is very particular in h you need to install it
to ensure the manufacturer's warranty
It's very easy to void a warranty by missing one step.
And not only have we...
they not we, they missed one step...
It's we. The fish stinks from the head done, Cory. It's we.
[chuckling] What?
It's a saying.
We. The fish stinks from the head down.
It means, "yeah, it's their fault, but we let it be their fault."
Because we hired the people that did it wrong,
and we didn't oversee the people who did it wrong doing it wrong
until it was already done wrong.
I've never heard that saying before.
So, we need to get some demo person out here with some finesse.
A demon person with finesse?
-No. -Yeah.
-Okay. Get this off and then we'll go from there. -All right.
The short of it is Talbott is screwed up.
Screwed up.
We need to get this puppy back on track ASAP.
[Mina] The outside of Talbot has really taken a step bac
as the guys carefully take down the siding and tri
install the flashing and then reinstall the sidin
to a T so everything can pass inspection.
It's a mistake that's setting us back on time
and a few grand to get it right.
Luckily, inside things are going smoother.
The insulation is in and the drywall is up.
-Good morning. Ope, ope. Oh, wow. -A little behind this morning.
Which means it's time to figure out the design pla
for our urban barn.
-We're talking Talbott? -Yes.
All right, so, big, red, urban barn.
Yes. I want to get the, like, the spec sheet all pulled
together in one document so I can get it up with the listing.
I think that'll help get it under contract.
I've got a guy that's looking,
but I need to give him finishes.
-Okay, well, sounds like we need to wrap this up soon. -Mm-hmm.
I'm not messing around with this house.
I listed it a couple weeks ago and I think I might already have an interested buyer.
Do they like big red barns?
The red is a bold color and I just want to make sure
as we're finishing it out inside that we are, like, nice and neutral.
And just, kind of like, a throw to the barn vibe.
Cannot afford to scare off this buyer or any other ones
Particularly after that las project where we took a hit
So, we need to get back in the green and fast.
The backyard is quaint but I think doing the fence
maybe like the horizontal deck boards like that.
-Like this? -Squeezed closer together
and, obviously, not quite as distressed.
-Very into that. -But, I think kind goes with the urban farm vibe.
-I love it. -So, now we just need to get the inside finalized.
Let's start with flooring.
This flooring sample is blond.
-Love it. -Blond, beautiful, amazing.
-What about wall color? -Simple.
-Oh. Okay. There we go. Super neutral. Love that. -Simple, clean. Right? Like...
And, where we have the "L" kitchen I want to do
a beadboard backsplash and floating shelves.
I'm so happy.
I think the beadboard would be super cool.
And I think if we paint it just the wall color,
then the shelves will really pop more.
And, obviously, you know, floating shelves.
Nothing, you know, revolutionary about that.
But I like... Right? There's not.
-I like that these go in front of the window. -I mean, for us it is. Yeah.
[Mina] 'Cause we've never done that before. We always stop them.
Perfect for a little herb garden or flowers
or whatever you want to do there.
Yeah. I think as far as countertops,
this is probably the closest color that we want to do.
They do have a really fun one, though,
-that's a herringbone pattern. -[MJ] Perfect.
The kitchen is very white right now.
We've got the white cabinets, we've got the white beadboard backsplash.
-The beadboard is very farm-chic, by the way. -It is. I love it.
The white could be a little cool,
so I want to warm it up wit a butcher block countertop.
Maybe do it in the herringbone pattern
'cause that'll be a little bit fun.
-Gives the kitchen a little something-something. -Mm-hmm.
-Bathrooms. -Mm. Bathrooms, yeah.
This house probably doesn't merit real marble.
-No. -But, I think as far as ceramic goes,
this is a good one.
[MJ] And it, again, because of the high ceilings,
because of the high ceilings it's gonna go way up.
-[Mina] Okay. -[MJ] So, this'll be way more affordable.
The upstairs loft I just want to set up as a game room.
-And you can go wild with that. -Amazing.
I also heard a little rumor from someone...
-Is that so, eh? Oh, okay. -Yeah.
That we might be, uh, finding our forever home.
Or building something?
Well, Cory needs to keep his mouth shut.
He talks way too much. I don't know.
I'm working on it. It's up in the air.
-I haven't had caffeine yet, so I can't even... -Wow.
-I can't address this. -All right, well, let's get you some caffeine.
♪ And, and I ♪
♪ With you standing by my side ♪
♪ Makes me want to pull you high ♪
[Mina] Our new flashing at Talbott has passed inspectio
and we're running a tight sh over there lately to get back on track.
Inside, our wide-plank barn flooring is getting installe
and outside, the chimney's been painted a bold black
and Austin is prepping the yard for sod.
Mom has big landscaping ideas out here.
So we found this rug in the attic of the Talbott house.
[Mina] But first, she and M are giving that old rug,
they found in the attic a little TLC.
[man] So, this is actually a Persian rug from Iran.
-[Karen] Really? -Um, yeah.
How do you know? Just...
[man] You see a lot of them.
And this rug dates, probably to the 1930s, 1940s
from a region called Hamadan in north-west Iran.
-What? -[man] Yeah.
It's a great piece. Something like this
-would probably retail in the $800 or $900 range. -[Karen] Wow.
Real treasure! Whoo-hoo!
I will never doubt you again. Who'd have thought.
What we could do for you is, obviously, get it cleaned.
-And get it looking super sharp. -Okay.
-Morning. I heard we were scrubbing a rug today. -[MJ] What is happening?
Yeah, I've got a small, hand-knotted Pakistan rug.
-Yeah. -Okay. And then I've got a sisal.
Uh, but, are we scrubbing rug today?
-[Karen laughing] -[man] Yeah, we are.
All right. I have had this rug for quite some tim
and it is in dire need of a cleaning.
And when I found out we were going to be here today,
I said, "What a perfect opportunity to slide this in for the free 99."
And, uh, the good Lord knows that that's what I did today.
-Oh, okay. -Just place it right on in.
-Oh, yeah. -We're going to leave this flap out just a bit.
The process, as I understand it,
is first we put it in this tumbler.
[worker] Close it up.
That knocks a bunch of the dirt out of it.
And then we put it on the wash floor.
You can see it already.
There is rinsing.
Oh! Look at all that.
And squeegeeing.
Some power washing.
This looks fantastic. Can I get mine out here?
-Yeah. -Yeah!
And then it goes into the centrifuge.
That is a jet plane taking off right now.
It gets rinsed again and most of the water comes out.
And then it goes in the drying room.
Look at this rug, guys.
-So beautiful. -Oh, my goodness. It looks so much better.
[man] Most rugs are going to be hung to dry.
This room will get turned on with the heat, the airflow, all of that
and it'll dry in about 7 or 8 hours.
-Just shut the door and turn it on? -Yeah, we'll fire it up,
-and we're good to go. -All right.
-Let's get this rug ready. -Bye, rug.
♪ I got that magic ♪
♪ Work hard, play hard than we do it all again ♪
[Mina] The side is in at Talbott
and we're working on installing our chic horizont pasture-style fencing
to really tie-in our urban barn exterior.
Inside trim is installed.
Our white shaker cabinets are in
and the herringbone butcher block came out gorgeous.
This looks nice outside.
-[laughing] Oh. -This looks like crap.
But Cory got the heads up that we have
a pretty ugly situation wit our beadboard backsplash.
-What kind of board is this? -That's MDF.
I think the main problem is the seams on the MDF board are crap.
Well, also, that's just a small portion of it.
This one's supposed to go vertical, too.
That is my fault. I said "horizontal."
[Cory] No, you didn't. You said "vertical."
-Let me check my... -It doesn't matter at this point
-because it's a moot point. -Well, no, I just want to make sure
because I just want to take responsibility if it was my fault.
What? Hold on, I got to put my hearing aid in real quick.
-Look. -Let me turn this thing up.
What'd you just say?
"I'd need to do what in case it was my fault"?
Yeah, I don't know, but I'm pretty sure I said "horizontal"
and that was not the right answer.
[Cory laughs]
This is actually twice on one house
that you've admitted that it's your fault.
You know that, right?
It was only may fault because I trusted you to manage the situation.
Mm. Touche, but it's still your fault.
If that's the case, then it's strike one for me
and strike, like, one million for you.
There was a way to do this...
Well, we need to run a vertical
and then all of it sanded
-and then I want a solid beadboard back up. -Well, the...
Hmm.
'Cause it's a backsplash.
This house is like the gift that just keeps on giving.
-And it's not a gift. -Do you, do you remember?
This house is under contract.
So, the buyer that was interested a couple weeks ago,
after I showed him the spec sheet, he is all in.
So, yay. We have a buyer for this one.
Yay for you, boo for me.
What's the projected closing date?
Like, four weeks.
We all simply know that that's not happening at this point, right?
What's the projected out-date for here?
Like, four weeks.
We all simply know that that's not happening at this point, right?
We'll talk about this later.
-Do you want this to go away? -Please fix all this.
We're gonna make this go away.
-And we're gonna do it the right way. -Okay, okay.
Now that we're in a contract, we gotta move.
There's no more time for mistakes.
♪ Can't be tamed, I'm a hurricane ♪
This is so bad. Looks like a two-year-old put this up.
[Mina] Just a few weeks left to get this house ready for closing.
Cory is jumping on the backsplash fix
by tearing out the old, flimsy MDF board,
and getting new, real wood beadboard put up vertically this time
With some glossy white paint it'll really tie our urban barn kitchen together.
In the bathroom, we have our gray subway tile going i
-Hello. -What's up?
-How's it going? -This place is really coming together.
It really is, isn't it?
[Mina] And today, MJ and the boys are working on
a finishing touch for the upstairs loft area.
This is our game space.
-Game space? -Yeah.
-Okay. -We're going to sand this table down
and we're going to make it into a chess board.
This is gonna take a while.
[laughing] Yeah.
Oh, look at that's so satisfying.
So my vision for this is we remove all the veneer
so we have a nice, clean workspace
to put in our chess board.
[Cory] You're really good at this.
[MJ] We're going to tape down some lines,
get it stained, and it's gonna be amazing.
Sounds easier said than done.
-[Tad] Oh, my gosh. -[Cory] We're only getting the black squares.
What we're gonna want to do is very light coats of stain
because we don't want it to bleed under the masking tape.
And it will.
You got this.
-I'm so nervous. -What are you nervous about?
Everything.
Don't want to leave these little bubbles from your sloppiness.
[Cory] I know. I wanted to get them darker.
[MJ] You put the fear in me and now you're in here being wild.
[Tad] This is gonna look so cool.
This $10 table just became a really cool table.
Now, we stain the outside of it.
I want this to be mine. Yes.
Oh, that's nice, yeah.
All right, last one.
This table looks incredible, though.
So now we just got to set this on that cool rug that we had cleaned.
Family game night.
-Test it out. -Let's go.
[Mina] Our urban barn is coming down to the final push.
Inside, all of our kitchen appliances are going in.
Oh, this thing is not some small potato.
[Mina] And our custom floating shelves are ready to be installed.
[Cory] That's an interesting detail.
They go across the face of the window.
Okay, I'm on.
Oh, yeah, that one went in real nice like.
[Mina] And, so, while the inside comes together..
Yee-haw!
[Mina] ...today, mom and the boys
are getting the outside under control.
[cackling]
[Karen] What are we doing today, boys?
-[Cory] We're doing some hardcore landscaping. -Landscaping, yeah.
-Yeah. And what did I bring for you? -Karen brought the power.
Don't hit the dog. Whew!
[Karen] Do you boys see how much I love you?
The best days on landscaping are when we have things like this.
I know, right? The plan is...
-Okay, here we go. -...there's gonna be one of these big boys
-on that corner. -Okay.
There's gonna be another one on the north side by that outside post.
-Okay. -And then we have 30
of these non-invasive improved buckthorns.
And we are going to do a shrub hedge.
-Okay. -[Cory] This is gonna be fun today.
That's probably good.
Oh, there we go.
-Aw, that looks fabulous. -Yeah, that's perfect.
[Karen] Thirty Rhamnus, then two Juniperus,
then there were three azalea so we're at five,
and there were 13 ferns.
We're at 48 plants.
[Cory] Probably a full day process without that auger.
I had gloves on. I promise I worked.
[laughs]
[Cory] This is looking pretty dapper.
-This looks amazing. -Doesn't it?
We have achieved our goal. Nice work, guys.
One more time, one more time.
[MJ] This is the perfect rug for this space.
The colors are so vibrant.
-Like that. -Wow.
So because we have a buyer for this house
and the house is under contract,
this is kind of a turn-and-burn.
So we have to get in there, get it staged ASAP
and this rug is almost the final touch,
but we still have a lot of work to do.
[Mina] I was super worried about this going through the window,
-and I love it. -[MJ] I do, too.
Because the urban barn exterior is so bold,
we just wanted to stay a little more neutral inside
with throws to the whole vibe.
So, we've got the beadboard backsplash,
we've got the black hardware with lots of plants,
a lot of, like, Earth-toned decor.
And the open shelving makes it feel really unique and fresh.
I like that little shimmer with the pot pulling out the hood range.
Me too. And I like mixing the light wood
with the stainless steel, with the white farm sink, with the black.
How are you feeling about the beadboard backsplash now that it's up?
I love it.
We took some risks on this house but I think it's, really, all gonna pay off.
[MJ] Even with all the setbacks,
we really knocked this one out of the park.
So cute.
Like, you're not even in the city.
You don't even know.
-[MJ] So cute. -[Mina] Don't leave me hanging.
-Good morning. -Hey.
-I feel like I already know you, so nice to meet you. -I know.
It's great to meet you guys in person, finally.
We are revealing this house to Dakota
who is actually under contract to buy the home,
but, there is nothing written in stone.
No money has changed hands.
So hopefully he likes it today.
So we're in the old south side.
And particularly this street and this chunk of street
-in the old south side, we've done nine properties so far. -Wow.
I've put offers on probably six other houses
and when Mina listed this, I called my realtor,
I was like, "I want to go see this one right now."
I don't know if you saw the outside completely done, but...
Oh, wow.
It looks amazing. I love the color.
We went a little bit bolder and mixed it up with some vertical board and batten.
-Very dramatic black gutters. -Can you handle it?
Yeah, I love it.
The exterior of the house before, it was just like a gray-ish
mainly because it was dirty
-It was a cyclops window in the front. -Oh.
-It was just awkward. Just awkward. -Just why? Yeah.
You're like, "Oh, should we put an eyepatch?"
So, you know...
So that there's two windows in the front
and the porch has been upgraded.
-Also, there was no landscaping either. -Right.
The border here? That's awesome.
[Karen] They get about four or five feet tall
they'll get about three feet wide, so it shoul
-fill in and make a nice hedge. -It'll be awesome.
-I'm so excited to show you the inside. -Now, I'm super excited.
Your jaw is going to fall for the floor.
-[Dakota] Oh, I'm sure it will. -[Karen] It's going to.
Ta-da!
Oh, my God.
Ta-da!
Oh, my God.
This is so great. I love the chandelier.
You guys find the best fixtures.
Yeah. Mina's lighting game is on point.
Yeah, like, have you considered, like,
professionally renovating houses?
'Cause, I think... I mean,
I think it would be a good thing for you.
Right now it's just a hobby. I just wanna keep it that way for a little while,
-I don't know. -That's fair.
-[Karen] So you like it. -I love it.
Yeah. This is so awesome.
Before, the layout was...
It was all one story,
kinda walked into the living room, no staircase.
And pretty much where the carpet ends
was a wall, and it was a kitchen in the back
and a bathroom over here.
So living room is still
-where the living room was. -Right.
-But we obviously opened it up significantly. -Yeah.
Put down brand-new flooring
It did originally have very high ceilings.
It's always really nice to have,
particularly when you have a little bit smaller footprint.
That was one of the first things I noticed and loved,
-was how high the ceilings were. -Perfect.
It made it feel so spacious.
Okay, let's go check out the kitchen.
[laughing] Wow. This is beautiful.
-The herringbone counters. -[Mina] Mm-hmm.
The butcher block. That is so cool.
I'm not a big fan of quartz,
-so I was super-excited to see that... -Oh! Good!
...you guys did not go with quartz, that's awesome.
Perfect. I mean, I love the herringbone.
I love it. The wood really lightens it up in here.
I found this really cool inspiration picture,
and it showed the floating shelves
going across the window,
and I really, really loved the way that this turned out
Yeah, I love the length and that it goes across the window.
And I really like this kinda corner with the bar.
[Karen] Are you a plant person?
Yes. I have what can only be described as
-an insane amount of plants. -Yes!
-Like, it's a problem. -It's a perfect spot.
-It's not a problem! -It's not a problem anymore.
-It's a solution. -Yes.
You're gonna put some drippy plants up there and it's gonna be amazing.
[man] Yeah, I'm super-excite I already have four plants picked out
-that will go perfect right there, so... -Yes!
-...this is awesome. -Very excited.
The other bigger risk, not because it was risky,
but haven't done it before, was the beadboard backsplash.
[Dakota] Yes. I love that it all the way up to the ceilin
-[Karen] Call that a wallsplash. -Wallsplash, okay.
-[Karen] Trademarked. -I love that.
I think we should peek outside and show you what's going on
-in the backyard. You ready? -Okay, all right, let's do it.
Oh, my gosh!
Et voila!
[Dakota] This is gonna be perfect.
I love the horizontal fence
Pre-renovation, you just walked out on to
-a very rickety deck... -Yeah.
...with a very rickety handrail.
So we really kinda tidied it up,
we poured a nice concrete pa
Gave you this little privacy area,
and then you also have your parking right outside the gate.
-Yup, that's super-awesome. -[Karen] There you go.
I could see myself sitting out here
with a bunch of people. It's nice and quiet,
but, like, you're still in the downtown area.
[both] Mm-hmm.
-It's peaceful. -Birds chirping.
All right, now inside for your main en-suite.
All-righty.
This is your new main en-suite.
Wow.
You and your lighting.
I cannot handle it. That's awesome.
-It's one of my favorites. -Yeah.
-This was a bedroom. -Mm-hmm.
So still a bedroom but it does not have
-an en-suite bathroom. -Okay.
So we ate some of the middle bedroom out there
to make an en-suite here and then
make, you know, your new basement access.
And now that we have fixed the cyclops
that was the front of the house,
you have two nice windows flanking it.
Nice, light, bright, high ceilings.
-Amazing chandelier. -Amazing chandelier.
So, what plants are going in here?
Um, so, I definitely am going to put
a Bird of Paradise in here.
[gasps]
And then I have a really big Pearls and Jade pothos
that I think I wanna, like, hang somewhere.
I'm just like, in my head,
-"I want, want, want, want." -[laughs]
-I have all fake plants. -Yeah. Not a plant person.
But you guys are living the dream over here.
Oh, I'm super-excited.
Go ahead, there we go.
Whoo! Another pocket door for you, baby.
Another pocket door. Oh, my God, I love this.
[Mina] Hopefully you like marble.
-Gold marble. -Yeah. Yes.
-White oak... -This is so awe
...are all my faves.
I love those mirrors, too.
-[softly] Look at that shower. -Oh, my God.
[Mina] So it's a little beveled, like, subway.
Bigger scale, it's making i feel a little bit more moder
Yeah. That's super-pretty. All right, take my money.
[Karen laughs]
-Take all my money! -Take my money!
-Wanna go upstairs? -Yeah. Let's go upstairs.
-Let's do it. -Follow her.
[Karen] The second floor was attic
-but no useable space. -Right.
-So we made a little game room for you. -Yeah!
This rug is rad. I love that.
Well, this is what MJ crawled all the way back here
-in the attic... -This was here?
...to retrieve. Yes.
-It wasn't this pretty. -Oh, okay.
The boys actually made this for you.
-Seriously? -Yes.
So they found the table, and they turned it into...
Do you... I don't know how to play chess.
Uh, I used to.
[Mina] You can play checkers on it, too.
Okay. I'll figure it out.
So, the second story obviously didn't exist,
but we were able to actuall
extend back on the lot a little bit
because the new zoning rule
that allowed us to have
a little bit more lot coverage.
Plenty of room to either grow, get roommates.
Speaking of grow,
-you know what I'm gonna ask you. -Yes.
Is this just a plant room now?
Um, yeah, so I've got a palm,
I've got a couple pileas that will go up here.
-I've got all the plants. -[Karen laughs]
I have nothing helpful to add!
This sounds... this sounds great.
All right, well, let's roll back down to the kitchen
and we'll talk our final numbers
-and make sure you're still on the hook. -Yeah.
-All right. -[Karen laughs]
Our last project was bumpy.
We definitely lost a little bit of money.
But I think this one was a good decision,
and it's really gonna help move towards
being able to financially afford building headquarters
This neighborhood we know better,
and with the city's adjusted rules for building
we were really able to squee the most out of this propert
and I think it's paying off
We bought this house for 55,000,
and I was hoping to keep the renovation budget
to around 130.
But after the siding issues
and other small snafus along the way,
we ended up spending around $150,000.
But the good news is, when we bought this house,
we thought it might sell for about 250,000.
But the market has taken a hot turn,
so we have this under contra for 294,000,
which will really help offse the added costs
and still yields a nice profit.
We went from probably around 900 square feet
to now you're just under 1,500.
-Yeah. -And there are four bedrooms,
two-and-a-half bath and two living spaces.
You've got a nice backyard, you've got parking.
All for the bargain price of 294,000.
Yeah. I'm telling you, take my money.
-So you're still in? -Where do I sign?
-All right. All right. -Where do I sign?
Yeah, I'm definitely gonna take it.
I've been trying to get them to take my money all day, so.
Give me the paper! Pull out the check book!
There's no more to say then, I guess.
We are signing documents tomorrow
and he's moving in.
On to the next one.