[Mina] We're going to see a new house.
Where is it?
[Mina] We got this guy next door, finally.
[Cory] Get out of town!
-No, don't get out of town yet. Finish the house! -[laughs]
[Mina] Do you think Cory's gonna be cranky
during the noise of the construction?
[chuckling] Oh, Cory's gonna be the worst!
What the heck is this?
[Mina] Very dangerous.
Probably the worst house we've ever done.
Oh no, Austin!
[Mina] Are you trying to design your own house?
-Or are you trying to be my project manager? -I just... Listen...
-[Karen] Oh, this is our piece, guys! -[Tad] I think it is.
-[Gary] Yeah. -[Karen] I still don't know
how they're gonna make it into a table.
[vocalizes fanfare]
-Oh, wow. -It's so beautiful! [chuckles]
Ha!
Mom and I take on some of the nastiest houses
you've ever seen.
[Karen] Our team isn't afrai
to tackle the worst of the worst...
[Mina] That is so gross!
[Karen] Holy cow!
[Mina] ...then we turn those run-down houses
-into some of the nicest hom in the neighborhood. -[man] Wow!
[woman] I love it!
[Cory] Oh, good morning!
-[Karen] Good morning! -[Mina] Look what you're wearing!
Flip-flops!
How is everyone?
-[laughs] -[claps]
[Mina] You are so cute.
Thank you.
Mom and I are stopping by Toey's,
uh, just to kind of bug him.
You know, check in.
And I've got some croissants, too.
Those are fresh out the oven.
They're not out of the oven!
-[Karen laughs] -Yeah, they're out of the oven.
Nuh-uh. They're not.
I mean, I woke up at 5:00, just for you, to bake those.
[Mina] Last year, we renovat this adorable little house
in the Old Southside that Cory fell in love with
and decided to buy, and I have to say,
home ownership really suits him.
[Karen] And how cute does he look in his apron?
[Mina] He's adorable in his apron.
-He's such a happy little homemaker. -He is.
-Yeah, I think he is. -What are you guys doing?
-We're going to see a new house. -Okay.
Talk to me about it.
The house is in the Old Southside,
-which is nice, so it's your 'hood. -Ooh!
[Mina] As you know,
the market's really warming around here,
since it's close to downtown
We've only done one house this deep south in the area
and used it as our loss leader,
which also happens to be your home.
Other houses around here have started
to get updated too, so hopefully that will help us
yield a good profit on our next one.
This house is on Adler Stree
and it's a small, little nugget.
When you walk in, there's a living room,
a small bathroom off of that
and a dining room and kitche in the back of the house.
and upstairs, there are two bedrooms
and some attic space,
but it is in rough shape,
maybe one of the roughest we've done.
Where is it?
We got this guy next door, finally.
-Get out of town! -[laughs]
No, don't get out of town yet. Finish the house!
[slaps hands]
-Yes! -I know, even, it's been a long, long time coming.
So, I'm really excited Mina bought the house behind me.
It's been quite the eyesore
It's time for it to see new life,
and that new life will be brought to you
by Good Bones.
[Mina] We're gonna go check out the house.
[Cory] Yeah, let me know how it is.
Your shoes are not appropriate,
so you're gonna have to wait.
Typically, you're wearing flip-flops.
[Mina] Not for this house, bubba.
-[Cory] All right, okay. -[Karen chuckles]
-[Cory] See you. -Bye.
-Thank you. -[Cory] You're welcome.
[Mina] I wanted to take this house on
for a couple reasons.
First off, to hopefully make up for
the big loss we took on our last project,
on Michigan Street...
[man] Are we over budget right now?
Yeah. This is a joke!
...and also, hopefully, having Cory close by
helps keep it on track,
and the sooner we can get this one done and sold,
the sooner we'll have money in the bank
that can go toward headquarters,
and we really need that to happen.
So, let's get it done, let's get it sold.
This one we actually got a fire while we were
working on Cory's house.
But I think it's cute.
-It was a steal. It was $7,000. -[Karen] Good.
[Mina] It's two-bedroom, with a bathroom.
It only has, like,
the first floor square foota listed, which is, like, 800
[Karen] Okay.
[Mina] I have not assessed it fully.
I've only walked in the first floor.
[chuckling] I couldn't find the stairs
-to the second floor... -[Karen laughs]
[Mina] ...and I don't know where the basement access is
so I don't know how bad it i
If it's got a good, strong foundation...
[Mina] Yeah, maybe just dorm
to get some room on the second floor.
You think Cory's gonna be cranky
during the noise of the construction?
[chuckling] Oh, Cory's gonna be the worst!
He's gonna be out here, [grumbling] "Ah, you kids!"
-[Mina] All right, let's go. -So, we'll take a look.
[Mina] All right. You got it?
-Okay. -[Karen] I got it.
What the heck is this?
[Mina] So, he had a pulley system
that pulled his bed up during the day,
so he had room here.
Very dangerous...
[Karen] I have so many questions.
...but it was quite impressively rigged.
[Karen] Yeah!
-[Mina] See all these little guys right here? -[Karen] Yeah!
[Karen] All right, we got a nice living room.
This is actually a nice-sized living room.
-The cutest thing... -[retches]
[Karen laughs]
-What happened in there? -There are turds. Not pretty.
[Karen] Oh, my goodness.
There are burnt turds on top.
This is the worst hole that I've ever seen.
The fire did not eliminate the poop.
It just made it worse.
So, the kitchen is through here.
[Karen] Oh, my gosh! This is our epicenter.
[Mina] I'm standing on top of a very bad smell.
There is a very bad smell.
Is there a way to get down from over there,
or do we need to go around?
[Karen] We need to go back the other way,
'cause there's a pile of debris over here.
-[Mina] Okay. -[Karen] Let's go back the way we were,
and go up, and see what we can figure out.
Wait, I'm stuck. Okay.
[Mina] All right, let's go-
[Karen] Let's go upstairs.
All right, your roof decking looks good.
[chuckling] Yeah, it does.
[Karen] You got a little soo
you got some holes to let the heat out,
but I think that this is just a standard gut and rebuild.
I'm gonna go this way,
and see what else I can see
[Mina] Okay. All right.
[Karen] Oh, look at this!
I gotta take a peek.
All right. [grunting] Oh!
This is not easy.
[grunts]
I'm in.
So, we got golf clubs...
-Ooh, look! -[Mina] Aye yai yai.
A dreamcatcher.
-Wait. -[Mina] Bye-bye.
[whining] Oh!
All right, I'm getting out. [groaning] Oh!
Should we go see if we can go outside
and see if we can find a cellar access?
Nice work.
That was not terribly well adhered.
Wasn't on there very good.
Argh!
I hate it!
[Karen] Oh, my God!
[Karen] Should we go outsid
and see if we can find a cellar access?
Argh!
[Karen] Oh, my God!
Knotweed!
-[Mina] So much knotweed! -Ahhh!
I hate it!
-[Mina growls] -Ugh.
-So, Mina and I know about Japanese knotweed. -It's my nemesis.
Yeah, because it is an invasive.
It was brought in for erosion control,
and nobody checked before they brought it in,
to see what it would do, and basically,
it will take over the planet
[Mina] I know. I don't think this is...
[snorts]
I don't think this is supposed to be a hole.
[Karen] Uh, no. I don't think so either.
So, not there.
So, somewhere in the house, there is access.
[Mina] It's probably under a ton of stuff.
Well, let's just take one more look.
It makes sense that it's under these stairs
I mean, I found a hole.
[Mina] You could get in right here.
[Karen] That's definitely your current access.
So, we finally found the opening to the crawl.
It was hidden away in a little corner,
and there's about this much space
between the bottom of the floor system
and the ground.
This looks like a claustrophobe's nightmare.
Good grief! [groans softly]
You know, the whole floor system is new.
What I can see looks good.
The floor system's in great shape.
It's all-new OSB down there.
[Mina] So, between the fire damage
and all the trash inside,
I thought we'd be in troubl with this one,
but some big-ticket items,
like the roof holes and floor system,
are in pretty good shape,
so since the foundation is solid,
it can support adding dormer on the second floor.
So, we can add a couple more bedrooms
and a couple more bathrooms
but first, we'll have to clear out
all the trash, and the weird pulley system
and strip this place down to the studs.
It'll take some work
to get rid of all the knotwe in the yard,
but with some elbow grease,
we can get this place looking good again.
We got it for $7,000,
and if we put in around $150,000,
and are able to make this into
a three-bedroom, three-bath,
I'd feel pretty good about putting this one
on the market for around $240,000,
which should give us a solid profit margin.
-Let's get out of the hole... -[Karen chuckles]
[Mina] ...and out of the house.
Okay, are we leaving?
-[Mina] Yeah. -[Karen] All right.
♪ Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Keep coming in blocking and swerving ♪
♪ Sweat dripping down feeling the burning, whoa-oh
-Yo, dude. What are you doing? -[chuckles]
I'm enjoying a morning out here on my porch.
I heard you guys are gonna do demo today.
You're doing demo, too.
[yells] I'm ready!
Let's do this!
-[chuckles] -Come on, baby! Whoo!
Today, we are off Adler, and we are demoing
-one nasty, nasty, nasty house. -Mmm-hmm.
-What's up? -[Mina] Now that you boys are done playing...
-[all laughing] -...this is a very small house,
hence our slightly smaller team,
and there are a lot of weird things going on.
The bed needs to come down first, 'cause it's above
-all of our heads. -The bed?
-The bed is raised up. -[Austin] There's a bed?
He would lower it when he went to bed at night,
and then, when he entertained people,
he would raise it up in the air.
-Ooh! -So, just to circle back,
we're walking into a death trap.
-[MJ] I just gotta figure out... -Go.
-[Tad] Go. -[MJ] ...how to use the lat buster.
You, down. You, down.
You, up. You, up.
[Tad] Oh, my goodness! This is... Ugh!
[Cory] Oh, no!
[Tad] This place is foul!
This is really bad.
-This smells... -[Mina] All right.
-[Tad] ...so bad! -[Cory] Oh!
[Mina] So, the pulley system for the bed is right there, I believe.
So, the guy that lived here?
Really impressive.
[Mina] So, let the weight down.
[Karen] Oh, my gosh.
That's amazing.
Crazy stuff, all homemade.
We are absolutely not putting any pulley systems
into the design of this home.
Okay. All right.
[Tad] Uno, dos, tres.
All right, dude. Whew!
[Mina] All yours, buddy!
♪ Line it up, line it up ♪
[MJ] Look out below!
-[crashing] -[Mina] Son of a gun!
[MJ] Mina, look out.
♪ I get all super freaky, whoa ♪
[Austin] All right, kids.
[Mina] Chuck it!
[Tad] Right here, Mina!
Whoo!
-You can't move your body... -No.
[Mina] ...anywhere. Everything's so tight.
-And there's challenging... -And there's just so much stuff in this house.
There is a tempered glass round table top...
[Austin] Ooh!
We found a thing we're keeping!
...we found a bunch of coffee cups,
glasses, plates,
found a wok.
I can't remember anything else.
There may be more, and I just don't remember.
You are jacked up!
-[Cory] Yeah, I'm ready to get it! -Yeah!
Oh, no!
What is that smell?
There's not a lot I didn't tell you.
It smells really bad.
Uh, probably the worst house we've ever done...
-[Austin] Pretty bad. -...as far as, like, level of grossness.
[MJ] Don't be a dead body, don't be a dead body.
[Mina] Jeez, what is this?
[MJ shrieks]
[MJ] What is touching me? [retches]
[Mina] It's very hot.
It's very humid.
[Karen] And there was a fire
and somewhere buried underneath all of that,
is something that does not smell very good at all.
[Austin] I've heard good things
about the fridge up here.
[Mina] You wanna go check it out?
[Austin] Sure.
[Mina] I had no idea there was a fridge up here.
I decided to put
some positive energy into the world,
and I decide, "I'm gonna grab
the really gross mini fridge up top."
[MJ] You're so brave, and so strong.
[Austin] Yeah, I'm gonna try to throw it
directly in the dumpster.
[Mina shouting] All right! Everyone clear out!
[Tad] Clear!
[Austin] One,
two,
three. [grunts]
[crashing]
[Tad] Oh, my goodness!
[Austin] It didn't slide on the wood
as well as I thought it would, turns out.
So, it gets on my shirt. That smells bad.
[crashing]
The smell is intense.
The second I took my mask off, I realized it.
Not feeling so hot.
-[vomiting] -[Cory] Oh, no!
[Austin keeps vomiting]
[Tad] Ew! Is someone barfing down there?
[Cory] What're you doing, Austin?
What is that smell?
Why?
[Austin] I think it's on me.
Today was a very, very sad day for Austin.
-[chuckling] He put in his two weeks. -Uh, my heart goes out to him,
'cause he had to throw out the mini fridge.
The gagger started going,
and he's probably rethinking what life is.
[Cory chuckles]
Did you ever change your shirt?
Yes. It was on my shirt.
-[Cory] Was it fridge juice? -Yeah.
[Tad] As much as I love you, and care about you,
I know you just had to do something rough, but I've seen
the toilet.
We had a very disgusting toilet today, okay folks?
[MJ] Oh, it's worse than you think!
Oh, it's worse than you think.
Nope, not... Not me.
We're talking "bad."
It was probably a level 10.
[Tad] All right, I think
we gotta do our classic Rochambeau,
and I'm not losing today!
I will not move that toilet!
MJ, you're in on this, too.
Rock, paper, scissors, shoot!
No. All right. Cory, you're next.
Rock, paper, scissors, shoot!
[Cory] Yes!
-Yes! -[Tad] Go get Austin.
Austin!
So, I've lost to MJ and Cory in Rochambeau,
so it's down to us, so are you ready?
Austin probably just removed
one of the foulest fridges we've ever had...
-Yeah. -...saturated himself in fridge juice,
and then,
you pull him in to do Rochambeau for a toilet.
Yeah, man. I mean, all is fair in love and demos,
so no man, [shouting] no man...
-[chuckles] -[in normal voice] ...is exempt.
All right, guys, last thing,
best out of three. Rock, paper, scissors, shoot!
Whew!
[Cory] Your last one, Tad.
[Tad exhales]
Rock, paper, scissors, shoot!
Oh, my God!
[Cory laughing]
[Cory] Austin probably just
removed one of the foulest fridges we've ever had...
Whew!
Rock, paper, scissors, shoot!
[Cory] ...and then,
you pull him in to do Rochambeau for a toilet...
Rock, paper, scissors, shoot!
[Cory] ...and then, poor Austin lost to that, too.
[Cory laughing]
Quick tip.
Tad always does scissors.
Rock, paper, scissors, shoot!
-[man in mask] Uh-uh. -Rock, paper, scissors, shoot!
[both] Rock, paper, scissors, shoot!
I don't know how no one's never saw it.
He does scissors every time
I appreciate it. I lost.
I have to take my...
My beating like a champ.
[Tad] Oh, let's go, Bobcat!
Get that toilet, Austin!
[Austin grunts] All right.
[Tad] Get that!
[MJ] Oh, he's got it.
He's got it.
Oh, yeah. Go, Austin.
Yep. Oh, my God!
[Tad] Yeah, Austin! Throw it over your shoulder!
[Austin grunts] Whew!
[grunts]
I need a shower, man.
Look out!
Whoo!
[Cory] You get a pulley!
Oh, yeah!
Oops! [chuckles]
There's definitely still a lot of demo to happen.
I thought we, you know, were gonna want
a small team, because it's a small house,
-but I think I might have misjudged the situation... -[Karen] Mmm.
[Mina] ...so we need to get some more bodies in here,
and we definitely need a fresh dumpster.
-[Karen] Yeah. -[Mina] I would like one
on each side of the house, actually.
Your neighbor's gonna be angry about that, though.
-I don't care. I don't like my neighbor. -[chuckles]
[Karen laughs]
-[Karen] Poor Cory! -[Mina] Yeah.
He's troublesome.
-Okay. -[chuckling] He's so picky.
I like to bag him.
♪ Focus, focus, yeah ♪
♪ Headed to the top ♪
♪ You should already know this, know this ♪
♪ Calling all the shots That's right ♪
[Mina] After bringing in a lot of additional dumpster
and guys,
we can finally see the floo over at Adler.
Unfortunately, what we foun was a lot of rotten joists,
and some foundational repair that needed to happen,
so we're shoring that up, so we have a strong foundati
to support our dormers on the second story.
Now, we just need to figure out our way out.
Hey-yo!
[chuckling] That was dramatic!
Hey, look! My bicycle.
[chuckling] Well, at least one of you will ride it.
That is not...
What are we doing?
-This is our nugget next to your nugget. -Yeah.
This house has gotta be sweet, okay?
It's gonna affect my property value.
It's also possibly gonna affect my portfolio. Okay?
You want to buy this?
I might. I might just buy this house,
and I could also buy the house around the corner from it,
and be the don of Adler Street.
"Don."
"Don Miller...
-[Italian music plays] -...of Adler Street."
I'm in with the Italians.
It's kind of nice when you do that.
So, this is our as-is plan.
So, we've got our original front door
-off that kind of weird little porch... -[Cory] Yeah.
[Mina] ...and we're gonna pop up the dormer in the front,
we're gonna pop up the dormer in the back.
The new floor plan, instead of like, walking in
and you're in, like, the "living room/bedroom,"
now, you walk in the front door to the living room,
the dining room will be to the right,
and it flows into the kitche
then there's a little utility room
off the kitchen,
and on the other side of the kitchen
is the main en suite, with a full bath,
and a double vanity,
and where the staircase used to come up
towards this window,
now it's gonna go
-from the front door pretty much to the back. -[Cory] Yeah.
[Mina] When you go up the stairs,
there's a small hallway
with a bedroom and a bath to the right,
and a bedroom and a bath to the left.
The only difference is the one on the left has a tu
while the right bedroom just has a shower,
-so... -This thing packs a punch.
Yeah.
Each bedroom has its own bathroom,
and, like, a lot of people, when having roommates,
fight for that.
What if they're not roommates, though?
What if they're just, like...
No, this would...
I would turn this into a rental.
-You want to buy every house we do. -[Cory] I know.
Well, keep building cute houses,
-and I'll buy 'em all. -[Mina] Okay.
-Thank you. -[Cory] We'll see what happens.
Wish us luck.
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, yeah ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ♪
[Mina] With the top popped over at Adler,
we have a lot more room for our upstairs bedrooms,
so those are getting framed out,
along with the main floor..
Look at this beast!
[Mina] ...which feels so much bigger
than the junk-filled house we originally bought.
If I go to rent this puppy out,
-it's going to-- -Cory's already purchased this.
-Oh, yeah? -[Cory] Yeah.
[Mina] I mean, he hasn't actually already purchased it.
Well, right now, what I'm doing is
working on getting a price out of her.
[Tad] Just do what Mina does when she goes
to the big box stores, and just
-flush your eyelashes, like that. -Yeah! [chuckles]
I mean, living room and dining room,
really, the sizing's kind of the same.
It's just however you want to set it up.
First floor, main.
-Are we gonna reincorporate the character of the house... -[Cory] No!
...and so, put another hanging bed down?
Your shorts are really tight!
-[both chuckle] -[Tad] I know.
[Mina] I was just looking at your quads, like,
your shorts are very snug.
I can't help it.
[chuckling] Whatever.
They probably don't have any blood going
to their brain, because their pants are too tight.
[producer laughs]
[laughs]
[all laughing]
[producer chuckling] Sorry!
And then, we've got our L-kitchen,
refrigerator,
it comes around to the stove,
and then, there's a window kind of centered over here,
where the sink goes under.
I want to walk through a hidden pantry
into this room.
[Mina] Walk through?
-Walk through a hidden pantry? -[Cory] Yes.
So, this all looks like
standard cabinets in front of you.
You don't even know that this room exists behind it.
Cabinets right here...
-Yes! -...fridge right here.
[Mina] Are you trying to design your own house?
Or are you trying to be my project manager?
[Cory] Listen, it's a Narnia door, of sorts,
that leads to a hidden room.
And then, we gotta get quartz in here, too,
'cause I don't want to do butcher block.
This is not a buyer walk!
-[laughs] -[Mina] This is a property check!
[laughs]
[Mina] How about awhile?
[Mina] Are you trying to design your own house?
-Or are you trying to be my project manager? -I just... Listen.
We gotta get quartz in here, too,
'cause I don't want to do butcher block.
This is not a buyer walk!
-[laughs] -[Mina] This is a property check!
The customizing he's doing to this home
that he has not yet bought, is really what
this whole conversation is about,
so we're gonna put all that on the back burner,
and just work on managing the property
to get it through framing correctly,
and then we can touch base
with all of his other brilliant ideas.
Our little nugget on Adler is no longer a nugget,
with our expanded second sto closed in and framed out.
We've got siding going up on the outside,
and inside, we're finishing the insulati
and starting drywall.
Good morning!
[Mina] As it turns out, Cory is all talk, no action
and ended up pulling back his offer to buy this house
after he thought about it a bit more,
so now MJ and I have to figure out
how we'd like to design this place
for an actual buyer.
Well, I don't have a lot for you,
-because I wanted this to be super, super buyer-friendly. -[Mina] Yeah.
So, it's listed, and I have some interested buyers,
obviously nothing, you know, in writing,
but the couple that is interested
does have a little girl,
and they have a pretty unique style.
"Boho Nordic."
"Boho Nordic?"
-[Mina] Yeah. Is that a thing? -"Bordic."
Bordic.
It's buyer-friendly,
and no one can hate anything about it...
-Yeah. -...because it's going to be super neutral,
but we will still have really cool design details.
Should we start outside?
Yes.
Since Cory's house is a little bit darker,
I say we go lighter.
-Black windows. -[MJ] Got it.
And then, inside colors, probably just, like, kind of,
stick in that neutral range, right?
[MJ] Yes, yes.
We're keeping it pretty simple,
because it's small. You don't want it to be overwhelming.
Flooring?
Super light, I think,
-'cause this is our cabinet color, right? -[MJ] Yes.
-I love this. -[Mina] Okay.
It could be okay with this,
but I like the lightest one the best.
[MJ] I like the lightest, too.
-Okay. -So, this will kind of be, like,
the boldest tone in the house...
-Yes. -...outside of furniture.
Mmm-hmm. And this doesn't have quite as much grain,
-or it's dark, I think it's gonna match perfect. -[MJ] It looks good.
Beautiful.
Okay, and then, tile,
I really like...
-[MJ] White subway. -[Mina] Mmm-hmm.
Do that on the backsplash,
do that on the shower upstairs,
and do that in the bathtub
on the other upstairs bath,
-so it's all... -Okay.
...super cohesive.
And then, to super warm it up,
we could do the butcher's block counters.
[Mina] I mean, I know we already used it,
but I love the one at Talbot, that's...
[both] ...the herringbone.
In our most recent house on Talbot,
where we did the butcher block,
but in a herringbone pattern
I think it was a bit of a risk,
but turned out really, really cool.
And I feel like we could do it again
and it would give this kitchen a little extra punch.
-I feel pretty good about this, -[MJ] Me too.
So I'm gonna probably end up leaving this stuff here with you,
because Steve and the kids are gonna be here any minute,
but I have a very fun surprise to share with them
that I'll fill you in on later.
-[child] Mom! -[Steve] Hi, Mom.
-Hi! Perfect timing. -Hey, guys.
-[Mina] Hi, I have a surprise for you guys. -A surprise?
-[Mina] Wanna go see it? -We love surprises.
All right, say, "Rock and roll, MJ."
-[child] Rock and roll. -All right.
[Mina] Let's go.
-[child] Let's go! -[Mina] Let's go!
[Steve] Let's check out the surprise.
You guys don't even know how it used to be.
Mommy used to work at Mom's house in Bates-Hendricks
that we used as our office that we grew out of really, really quickly.
Then we had our office in the little house that we did on East Street.
Then we had our office at this warehouse on the south side.
Okay.
And then our current place is an actual office buildin and we outgrew that.
-It's just crazy to see the growth and... -How much it's changed, yeah.
...the trajectory that you've taken on and...
So this year I've tried to take a little bit from every project,
a little bit of profit, to put towards so we can build a headquarters.
-Nice. -And first step is getting the lot.
I just need to get the rest of the money to build on it. Surprise, Mommy bought a lot!
Oh, nice.
It's just down the street from the store.
[Steve] Right near you.
Steve, he doesn't have any need to get out
of this headquarters being built,
but it's just this big step for me and for the business
and therefore, like, us as a family.
So he's just a really good support structure,
so it's nice to have him be kind of, like, the first one
to officially see, like, this is the lot,
this is where it's gonna be and this is the next big step.
-I'm proud of you. -It's commercial, so I can build
-pretty much lot line to lot line that I want. -Nice.
-We'll go up two stories. -[Steve] It's a big lot.
-[Mina] Yeah, it is, it's a good size. -[Steve] It's nice.
[Mina] So, a good first step
Me and the children are obviously incredibly proud
of Mina and the trajectory that she's taking the company to
and with this empty lot and HQ, I know it's gonna be fantastic.
I mean, this is huge, baby. We're proud of you.
-It's not too exciting yet, but it will be, okay? -Love you.
Give me a high five first.
Yeah, give me a high five, Charlie.
Yeah, okay.
-Let's rock and roll. -You're looking alive, boo.
Rock.
[Steve] Rock and roll.
[Mina] The light gray floor are going in
at our boho Nordic house on Adler.
Trim is finishing up and now our dark wood cabine are being installed.
[exclaiming]
-[Malcolm] Almost made it. -[Mina] Hello, ma'am.
-Hey. -Hi.
Today, I am showing it to a really, really cute family,
Malcolm, Jasmine and Payson,
who apparently had a really hard time buying a house.
We put in over 40 offers. We started looking again, what, like a month ago.
And this one, I mean, it just... We just put it on.
It's a diamond in the rough, especially for this area.
-Yeah. -[Malcolm] You know, we like to entertain.
The kitchen is a little bit smaller
and the living room is a little bit smaller as well,
so we thought about having a deck.
Oh, yeah.
-Kind of, like, a double deck. -For fireworks.
-Yeah, a double deck with a top too. -Where you can come out...
They already have plans of building a two-story deck,
so I'm, like, "Yeah, you guys are making plans, this is your house."
We have some options with how we landscape out the living room,
'cause that's where we're gonna pour our concrete pad.
That is what I saw as, like, the more private outdoor space.
You're right next door to Cory,
who is very tidy and a lovely neighbor.
Well, let's go over. So our nice little living room area...
Like I said, out here is where we'll have a couple steps down,
a nice little patio,
-knowing that you like to entertain. -[Malcolm] Okay.
Come over here, this'll be your en suite.
[Jasmine] Yeah, and we're gonna use this more as, like an entertainment space.
-That's where we're gonna have, like, our toy room. -[Mina] That's a good idea.
That seems to be the through thread is they like entertaining.
They are gonna use the downstairs room
kind of, I think, as a spillover for the living room,
but, like, a den, office, playroom for Payson.
And then the bedrooms upstai is what they'll use as their main en suite.
So is this the size that you guys would use as your main en suite
or as her room?
I think this would be our room.
-Because the other one has the tub for her. -Exactly, yeah.
So, yeah, I mean, what do we put in your room
to get you hyped when you walk through at the end?
-[Jasmine] We like climbing. -[Mina] Okay.
What do you think, baby?
-Yeah? -[Malcolm] Yeah?
-Oh, there it is. -Okay.
[Mina] Yeah, we got it.
-It's a little chilly, but... -It is a little chilly.
-Gentlemen, gentlemen. -[Tad] Long time, how are you doing?
So, today Tad and I are in Madison, Indiana,
alongside the beautiful Ohio River,
because this is where you can get driftwood.
And since the family interested in the house on Adler
loves to entertain, I'd like to find a cool piece of driftwood
that we can make into a table to put on their outdoor patio.
So we have a 36-inch round piece of tempered glass...
-Yeah. -...that I found upstairs in Adler.
[Austin gasps] We found a thing we're keeping!
This piece of glass on its own is worthless.
So the thing is not the top. The thing is what we find today.
-Yeah. -[Karen] I'd like to find an interesting piece
of driftwood to use as our table base.
-That's the thing. -Okay.
I wanna find really interesting shapes with some branches coming off.
That's what's in my mind.
The river's down and it looks like there's plenty of pickings.
-So... -Tons.
[Karen] This is kind of interesting looking.
-Wish we brought a chainsaw. -This one is really awesome.
[Karen] Yeah, this is cool looking.
You could cut it off, like, here and here.
-I don't know what we're gonna find. -Yeah.
I don't know how we're gonna make it into a table.
-Uh, but I feel like that's the process. -Yeah.
You look at all the options and something is going to speak to us.
This one looks really interesting to me.
-[Tad] Wow. -[Karen] I mean...
-I'm thinking that's what's character looking -Yeah.
Look at that.
I mean, this is cool.
[Gary] Let's roll it over, I wanna see--
-[Karen] Oh, this is our piece, guys. -[Gary] I think it is.
[Karen] Any guesses what kind of wood this is?
[Gary] Could be sycamore.
-You know, a tree that grows along the river. -[Karen] Uh-huh.
-All right, I say we put this in the truck. -[Tad] Okay.
-[Karen] Okay. -[Tad] Let's do it.
Here, let's put Karen right in the middle and carry her up along the back.
[Karen] Okay, let me jump on.
[Mina] Our Adler house is coming together
as our herringbone counterto are getting installed.
The light wood color gives this place some real boho charm.
Our white subway tile backsplash is being installed,
which really pops against the darker cabinets.
After they saw the house a couple of weeks ago,
Malcolm and Jasmine decided that they loved it
and they're now officially under contract.
Hey, hey, hey.
-How's it going? -Hey, hey, hey.
[Mina] And today, the guys are working
on a special project for Payson to get her pumpe up about her new room.
What is going on in here?
[Tad] What is that?
[Cory] Those look like little rock-climbing grips.
[MJ] They are.
-For what? -Surprise.
So when Mina did a walkthrough with the clients,
we found out that the little girl is really into rock-climbing,
so we're gonna give her a really great place to start her journey.
Let's get finding some studs.
-Uh, yeah. -Yeah.
I'm not too certain about that one.
If this family is going to be my neighbor,
I have to make it my personal mission
to make sure that each one of these rock-climbing grips
is into a stud that's reinforced.
Otherwise, this dog is not going to hunt.
Uh, nope, that's drywall.
What's wrong?
I don't think that's a stud.
-A little wide. -I'm gonna go over a little bit.
[Cory] We won't be able to grab into that with the threads.
Like a lot of my ideas, I thought this was gonna be a lot simpler.
What's happening over here?
There's no stud there or there.
We were having trouble finding any studs
that were actually going to act strongly enough.
Well, where else are we gonna go?
I don't have faith in what we're about to do here.
What's happening over here?
There's no stud there or there.
I don't have faith in what we're about to do here.
-Yup, uh, no, that's drywall. -Okay.
We're not gonna be drilling climbing grips into the wall willy-nilly.
Each one of these grips has to be reinforced into the stud.
We should clad this wall with the plywood
and then we have free reign to attach these wherever we want.
He wants to double-enforce the wall,
he wants to really make sure we hit every single stud.
So, we're gonna mount some big plywood to the stud that are already there,
paint it the same color as the wall
and bring it all together in our rock-climbing rack.
So to go with the natural bo vibe of this house,
we did a few blush and then we did some, like, natural stone colors.
There we go.
-[Cory] Rock-climbing wall. -[MJ] Yay.
-All right, I'm kind of digging it so far. -[Tad] All right.
I'll climb sideways.
[MJ] And if it can hold Tad and Cory?
I think it's as safe as possible.
You want one, don't you?
I think the little girl's gonna love it.
[Tad] Yeah, it's awesome.
[Mina] Over at Adler, now that the appliances are in,
the inside is basically done
So we're focusing on the outside.
Pouring a concrete slab in the side yard
to create that entertaining space that was at the top
of Malcolm and Jasmine's wish list.
Yeah, look at that.
Cory, we gotta make this look good, man, it's right against your house.
-[Cory] I know. -You're gonna see this all the time.
You got a hot tub in the back.
I do have a hot tub now, which is overlooking
the new concrete stoop we got poured.
-Yeah. -Uh, so that'll be interesting.
[Mina] We're also finishing up the front porch railing,
putting new sod down and our new privacy fence
on the front of the house is done.
[Karen] This is a locust.
Is this a good shade plant for, like, a deck?
[Karen] Oh, this makes the best shade.
[Mina] And today, while the boys are planting some shrubs in the front,
Mom and MJ are working on getting the outdoor
entertaining space looking good.
Let me get this out of your way.
-[Austin] Yup, boom. -[Karen] There we go. All right.
So, these guys are next.
And to suppress any weed growth,
we're gonna put cardboard down first.
Thank you. There will be no weeds growing, none. No weeds.
Wet this down.
We'll put down the cardboard, we'll get it wet, we'll really smoosh it down
and then we'll put the rocks on top of it.
So I learned this tip from my mom,
you use a thick layer of either newspaper or cardboard
as a weed barrier and no weeds get through and that girl never had a weed.
Mulch goes right on top.
Now let's all step back and take a look at what we've done.
It looks so good.
[Karen] It looks really good I'm really happy with it.
This tree's gonna be fabulous.
-I like, the, like, sloping up. -Yeah.
-The mother's you love, eh? -Oh!
-[Karen exclaiming] -Hello.
-[Karen] Look who's here. -Hi.
After we found our driftwood, by the Ohio River,
we took it back to the boys' shop
and we cut off certain piece so that we were left with th amazing root ball burly thin
[Gary] Beautiful piece of wood.
And it looks fabulous.
It's gonna hold up great outside
and Jasmine and Malcolm can have all their outdoor parties now.
That makes me so happy.
[Karen] And it looks fabulous.
[Mina] Since Malcolm and Jasmine are under contract,
we wanna customize some of the details to meet their needs.
Malcolm and Jasmine said that they like
to entertain and host family dinners.
You found the chairs!
Oh, I found them, ma'am.
So even though this house has a small footprint,
it needs a real dining room space.
Those go on the long side.
Where did you have to go?
Oh, I went to three storage units.
-Hello. -Why are you coming in with an ugly tree?
[exclaims] I had to go all the way to the north side for a tree.
-We still have that storage unit? -Yes.
We're storing furniture and decor all over the city,
so having our headquarters where we have one space where everything's stored
will help us run so much more efficiently.
We've got the lot now, but we really need
to sell this house and probably one more
to have enough of a profit to start breaking ground,
so fingers crossed that Jasmine and Malcolm really like this house.
We have all the things, I will see you all later, best of luck.
-I will sell this house. -Sell this house.
[Mina] This is the cutest little chair.
Of course I wanna sell this house,
but there's nothing written in stone, no money has changed hands.
-[MJ] You got a dinosaur. -[Mina] Good pop of color.
But also, I hope this is the right fit for Malcolm and Jasmine,
because they've been house hunting for years.
I love the little detail on this.
[MJ] You know I love a jute.
[Mina] So I want them to feel relieved
that they found the one right when they walk in.
-It's all fine. [grunting] Lift with your legs. -[MJ] You're so good.
[Mina] Love it, love it, love it.
-This looks amazing. -Okay.
Cool.
-Good morning. -Good morning.
[Mina] I like the energy you're bringing. Come on.
Are you excited to see your house?
-So excited. -We're so excited.
Dressed up a little bit more than last time you guys were here.
Look, Payson. Look.
Do you love it?
[Payson] Yay.
I am so excited for it.
Had a little bit of a fire before we started it.
Pretty standard for us, not a big deal.
-So beautiful. -[Malcolm] Yeah.
[Mina] We popped out two dormers, so the roofline's very different.
So for a small amount of square feet, it packs a lot of punch.
[Malcolm] This looks really really great.
Would you like to go inside?
-I take that as a yes. -[all laughing]
[mimics fanfare]
Oh, wow.
Oh, my good...
This is completely different, this is really cool.
[Jasmine] It's so beautiful
[Mina] Come on in.
[mimics fanfare]
Oh, wow.
Oh, my good...
This is completely different, This is really cool.
It's so beautiful.
[Mina] Having the furniture really makes a big differenc right?
[Malcolm] Huge difference.
[Karen] Before when you came in
he had his platform bed hung over the door on a motorized pulley system
[Mina] So obviously, we got rid of the floating bed
and moved some of the walls around
to give you a true living room space.
I love what you did with the curtains over there, how high they are.
[Mina] It's a good trick, it always makes the space feel bigger,
makes the ceilings feel higher.
Also-- Oh, my goodness.
Oh, hi. Bye, guys.
[all laughing]
[Malcolm] See you later.
Let's go see the kitchen, ready, set, go!
[Mina] All right.
I know dining space is important to you, so come on over here.
[gasps] I love it.
So beautiful.
[Mina] Before the dining roo was filled with junk and felt very closed in.
And now that we've opened up some of the walls,
the dining room sits right between the kitchen and living room
in a really nice open floor plan.
Right now where the table is, you can fit more
than your family sitting at it.
-[Malcolm] Yeah. -[Jasmine] Love it.
[Mina] But the real star of the show is the kitchen.
[gasps] I love it. I love everything about it.
This looks really, really great. I like the backsplash as well.
[Mina] So, hopefully, you appreciate, you know, the cabinets
that we just went with 42-inch uppers.
You get a good amount of storage.
You've kind of got your utility area back there.
She went.
[Mina] Before, the kitchen, if you could call it that, was quite a mess.
It was very cramped, galley style kitchen.
So we've opened it up, so there's a nice flow
from the dining area to the kitchen.
-[Jasmine] Beautiful. -[Payson] Whoa, whoa.
Whoa, whoa.
Do you guys want to check out outside before we go upstairs?
-Yeah. -Yes.
-I'm definitely cool with that. -[Mina] Let's go this way.
Here you go!
Oh, wow.
Oh, we got new neighbors?
-Oh, my God. -[all laughing]
-How we doing? -What is happening right now?
Yeah, I got new neighbors now.
I might have to go visit him over there.
Right?
[Cory] We'll just actually have to put a gate here, so we can hang out.
Yeah, put a little open... Swing it open a little bit.
-We can call out, "Hey." -For sure.
Uh, I think Malcolm and Cory actually will probably be buds.
-Oh, absolutely, yeah. -I can see that.
I see you looking at your situation here.
We went down to the Ohio River and we found a giant sycamore tree
and we cut judiciously to give you the most
beautiful piece of wood I could ever imagine.
The whole reason it happened is 'cause I found this glass table top in the house.
-[Malcolm] Yeah. -[Jasmine] It's gorgeous.
That's really cool.
-You said it's from the Ohio River? -[Karen] Yeah.
I grew up on the Ohio River, so that is--
[Karen] So you know.
It just really touched me that it came from my home, really.
Oh, my gosh, that is so perfect.
[Mina] When we bought this house,
the yard was super overgrow with terrible knotweed.
There was a rickety fence and an old, cracked concrete slab.
Now you have this really nice, urban, very manageable,
great place for a couple of kids and a dog.
Mom did some more landscaping back there,
but your yard goes all the way around.
This is locust tree and it'll get about 35 feet tall.
When the leaves fall, they just disintegrate into the ground,
you don't have to rake them you don't have to do anythin
So you'll have this lovely shade
over your backyard to keep things a little cooler.
[Mina] All right, would you guys like to go see your bedroom?
[Malcolm and Jasmine] Yeah.
We can go this way.
Wow.
[Mina] It's very essential and clean, I feel like it's very your guys vibe.
[Malcolm and Jasmine] Yes.
It's nice, it's like you said, we like to keep things simple,
-plus it keeps things a little bit easier to clean -[Jasmine] Yes.
[Mina] You got the two closets, your en suite and then...
I know we briefly talked about it when you guys were here last,
but, you know, kind of long-term plan is building a two-story deck.
And where this window is, because there's already a header,
you could pop that out, uh, and put a door for the second floor of it.
Now, it's time to see your room. Do you wanna go?
You guys, this is the most fun in a child's room ever.
[Mina mimics fanfare]
This is the kid's room.
[all exclaiming]
And look at this amazing climbing wall.
[Jasmine] Yeah.
-[Malcolm] Right there. -[Mina] There we go.
[Malcolm] You climb at home all day, so you...
[Mina] I feel like I have too much responsibility with this child's welfare now.
[all laughing]
[Mina] Pretty cool, huh?
Uh, bunkbeds, I know you guys are...
Are you expecting a second or trying for a second?
-We are expecting baby number two. -Oh, yeah.
You weren't last time I saw you, right?
-[gasps] Oh, look at him carrying the picture around. -Oh, my God.
-[Malcolm] We're having our second one. -[Mina] I'm so excited!
-You gonna be a big sister? -That's gonna rock your world, little girl.
You could fit a crib here if you wanted them to be in the same room.
So she got it.
[Mina] And then you have your en suite bathroom.
[Jasmine] It's gorgeous.
[Mina] All right, let's go back downstairs
and we'll talk through numbers now that you got to see everything.
Come on.
[Malcolm] Now we gotta go downstairs, come on.
We're under contract, we're set to close in a couple of days,
-but nothing is final until it's final, so... -Right.
...are you happy with everything?
This is a dream come true, for sure.
-Oh, we will -Oh, we're definitely taking it. [laughs]
We definitely love it, it's just too perfect.
My friends are, like, "Well what all do you have to do to that house?"
I'm, like, "Absolutely nothing." That's the best way.
That's the way I see it, yes.
I bought the house for $7,00 and was hoping to be able
to do the renovations for around $150,000,
but we really had some expensive framing issues, a lot of foundation work.
So we actually ended up being closer to around $220,000, all in.
And Malcolm and Jasmine are under contract for $240,000.
So not a huge profit, but we've got some awesome homeowners
and a little job in the piggy bank for our new headquarters plans.
We should go outside and chill.
-Do you wanna go play outside? -Oh, yeah.
Let's do it.
Come on, little lady, watch your noggin.
They've put in offers on 40 homes, which is...
Insane.
I would have been, like, "All right, I quit."
This is a really big deal for them.
It's a big move, they wanted to be back downtown.
They're living the dream.