1 00:00:01,793 --> 00:00:03,753 It is a... It's a lot of house. 2 00:00:03,837 --> 00:00:05,088 Yeah. It needs a lot of work. 3 00:00:05,171 --> 00:00:07,924 [Alison] There is so much potential in this beautiful, 4 00:00:08,007 --> 00:00:09,509 dilapidated building. 5 00:00:09,592 --> 00:00:10,969 And we're gonna have a lot of people looking at it 6 00:00:11,011 --> 00:00:12,262 because we're renting it. 7 00:00:12,345 --> 00:00:14,347 -You called the right person. -We called the right person. 8 00:00:14,431 --> 00:00:16,099 [Alison] Back in April 2022, 9 00:00:16,181 --> 00:00:19,769 I started one of the most ambitious projects in my career, Monroe. 10 00:00:19,853 --> 00:00:21,521 It was built in 1885, 11 00:00:21,604 --> 00:00:25,608 and it's one of the oldest, most run-down houses I've ever worked on. 12 00:00:25,692 --> 00:00:28,278 Mike and Jim wanted to turn it into a short-term rental. 13 00:00:28,361 --> 00:00:30,321 They're best friends and developers 14 00:00:30,363 --> 00:00:32,365 who looked past the leaks and the rot, 15 00:00:32,448 --> 00:00:36,077 and saw the potential of this classic old Chicago house. 16 00:00:36,161 --> 00:00:39,205 We want to preserve what is old and beautiful 17 00:00:39,289 --> 00:00:41,583 and hold on to all that Chicago charm. 18 00:00:41,666 --> 00:00:45,211 But we ran into problems from the very beginning. 19 00:00:45,295 --> 00:00:46,463 What do you mean, "permit"? 20 00:00:46,546 --> 00:00:47,964 Like, as in "they don't have a permit"? 21 00:00:48,048 --> 00:00:50,383 [man] Well, we haven't started because of that. 22 00:00:51,885 --> 00:00:53,720 [Alison] Weeks turned into five months. 23 00:00:53,803 --> 00:00:57,349 Monroe sat there and I just couldn't get straight answers out of these guys. 24 00:00:57,390 --> 00:00:59,059 When do you think you're getting a permit? 25 00:00:59,142 --> 00:01:01,811 -That's... that's what it's all dependent on. -[Mike] That's... that's our-- 26 00:01:01,895 --> 00:01:03,688 -[Alison] Have you submitted for a permit? -[Mike] No. 27 00:01:03,730 --> 00:01:05,065 No! 28 00:01:05,147 --> 00:01:07,442 What's been happening over the last three months, though, Mike? 29 00:01:07,525 --> 00:01:08,943 I'm super confused. 30 00:01:09,027 --> 00:01:10,362 This is the time to let them know, 31 00:01:10,403 --> 00:01:12,489 "I'm so sorry. We're not gonna be able to help you." 32 00:01:12,572 --> 00:01:14,282 It's bad for business. 33 00:01:14,366 --> 00:01:15,492 Time to cut ties. 34 00:01:15,575 --> 00:01:17,952 It is so hard to walk away from a project like this, 35 00:01:18,036 --> 00:01:20,246 but I have to move on. 36 00:01:33,218 --> 00:01:34,469 Hello! 37 00:01:34,551 --> 00:01:35,637 [Mike and Jim] Hey, Alison. 38 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:37,639 -Long time, no see. -[Jim] Long time so see. 39 00:01:37,722 --> 00:01:39,098 -How's it going? -Good, good, good. 40 00:01:39,182 --> 00:01:40,308 -Good to see you. -Thank you. 41 00:01:40,392 --> 00:01:42,102 -[Mike] We're all excited. -I'm excited. 42 00:01:42,185 --> 00:01:43,937 -Nice to see you. -Hey. Nice to meet you. 43 00:01:44,020 --> 00:01:45,104 [Mike] This is Tommy. Tommy is our GC. 44 00:01:45,146 --> 00:01:47,691 [Alison] Six months later, I get a call from Mike. 45 00:01:47,774 --> 00:01:49,275 He's like, "we got our permits. 46 00:01:49,943 --> 00:01:50,819 Would you come back?" 47 00:01:50,902 --> 00:01:53,655 I am a glutton for punishment. 48 00:01:53,738 --> 00:01:55,281 I am back at Monroe. 49 00:01:55,365 --> 00:01:58,033 Well, talk to me. I mean, obviously, I noticed the windows. 50 00:01:58,118 --> 00:01:59,911 -This is all new. You poured all this. -[men] Yeah. 51 00:01:59,953 --> 00:02:01,871 -[Alison] Awesome. -We completely demolished and replaced everything. 52 00:02:01,955 --> 00:02:04,290 [Mike] We got tuck-pointing off, and new roof is on, 53 00:02:04,374 --> 00:02:07,293 took up the slab, so we're ready to start demoing the rest of it. 54 00:02:07,377 --> 00:02:09,713 Ultimately, waiting for approval 55 00:02:09,795 --> 00:02:10,922 from the building department 56 00:02:10,964 --> 00:02:12,590 because of the landmark status 57 00:02:12,632 --> 00:02:13,758 is what took a long time. 58 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:15,218 And then by the time we got our permit, 59 00:02:15,301 --> 00:02:16,386 it's coming on in winter. 60 00:02:16,469 --> 00:02:18,096 So, you know, we got going on the interior, 61 00:02:18,138 --> 00:02:20,140 but now we're able to get on the exterior. 62 00:02:20,223 --> 00:02:22,892 We're close to downtown, we're close to the United Center. 63 00:02:22,976 --> 00:02:24,853 You can walk to the West Loop restaurants. 64 00:02:24,936 --> 00:02:26,730 You can get to a lot of things, so we're looking to get 65 00:02:26,813 --> 00:02:29,315 a lot of people coming, and we want them to tell their friends 66 00:02:29,399 --> 00:02:32,444 if we're gonna get top dollar for our vacation rental. 67 00:02:32,485 --> 00:02:35,155 -Awesome. Time to bring the beauty back, right? -[both] Yeah. 68 00:02:35,238 --> 00:02:36,281 -[Alison] Right? -That's right. 69 00:02:36,322 --> 00:02:37,574 It's been a long time coming. 70 00:02:37,656 --> 00:02:39,576 -Enter Alison. [chuckles] -[Alison] Ah, I know. 71 00:02:39,659 --> 00:02:41,995 -[chuckles] -If you want me to do this, 72 00:02:42,078 --> 00:02:44,539 you have to let me have complete design control, 73 00:02:44,622 --> 00:02:46,750 obviously, within budget and all that. 74 00:02:46,833 --> 00:02:49,127 -Yeah. -But you're hiring me 'cause you trust me. 75 00:02:49,168 --> 00:02:50,962 So, trust my vision. 76 00:02:51,004 --> 00:02:51,963 Don't push back. 77 00:02:52,005 --> 00:02:53,548 -Let's move forward. -[Jim] Okay. 78 00:02:53,631 --> 00:02:55,716 -I promise. -And we're looking to work with all your people? 79 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:57,761 -Yeah. Kristy, Christine. -[Jim] Kristy? Yeah. 80 00:02:57,844 --> 00:02:59,262 It's gonna be great. We're hiring someone else, 81 00:02:59,346 --> 00:03:00,680 bringing someone else on the team. 82 00:03:00,764 --> 00:03:02,891 And we're gonna have some fun, special stuff, too. 83 00:03:02,974 --> 00:03:04,809 -[Mike] Especially with the fireplaces. -I know. 84 00:03:04,851 --> 00:03:06,353 I can't wait to see those. 85 00:03:06,436 --> 00:03:08,938 -We can move fairly quickly, so... -I wanna move fairly quickly. 86 00:03:09,022 --> 00:03:11,232 What are you looking at from today, timewise? 87 00:03:11,316 --> 00:03:14,194 I think we are ready to be done... 88 00:03:15,362 --> 00:03:16,863 by August 1st. 89 00:03:16,946 --> 00:03:18,323 -Does that sound good, Tom? -[Tommy] Yep. 90 00:03:18,365 --> 00:03:19,532 So, October? 91 00:03:20,617 --> 00:03:22,160 -August 1st! -[all laughing] 92 00:03:22,202 --> 00:03:23,620 [chuckling] Okay, sure. 93 00:03:23,703 --> 00:03:25,454 Sure you are. Cool. 94 00:03:25,538 --> 00:03:27,665 And I am six-feet tall. 95 00:03:27,707 --> 00:03:29,542 Listen, I'm not gonna hold anything up. 96 00:03:29,626 --> 00:03:31,878 We could order cabinets, like, in next week. 97 00:03:31,961 --> 00:03:33,588 Tile could be ordered next week. 98 00:03:33,672 --> 00:03:36,049 Everything could be moving. We're just gonna do it all. 99 00:03:36,132 --> 00:03:37,050 It's gonna be great. 100 00:03:37,091 --> 00:03:38,677 -Okay. -Yeah? All right, show me inside. 101 00:03:38,718 --> 00:03:41,346 -I wanna see where everything's at. -All right. Let's take a look. 102 00:03:41,388 --> 00:03:42,930 [Alison] Yeah. We're keeping these, right? 103 00:03:43,014 --> 00:03:43,848 -[Mike] Yeah. -[Alison] Good, good. 104 00:03:43,890 --> 00:03:45,350 It's gonna be so beautiful. 105 00:03:46,726 --> 00:03:47,852 First, I wanna ask this, 106 00:03:47,894 --> 00:03:50,146 where did the old stairs and stuff go? 107 00:03:50,230 --> 00:03:52,065 And this was one of my favorite moments right here. 108 00:03:52,148 --> 00:03:53,274 The sun was coming in, 109 00:03:53,358 --> 00:03:55,317 the old newel post, the old railing. 110 00:03:56,069 --> 00:03:57,362 We're keeping this. 111 00:03:57,404 --> 00:03:59,197 I go shopping for these things. 112 00:03:59,239 --> 00:04:01,199 -You know, I take something like this... -[Jim] It's yours. 113 00:04:01,241 --> 00:04:03,076 -No, it's yours. It's yours. -[laughs] 114 00:04:03,159 --> 00:04:05,370 This staircase is just beautiful. 115 00:04:06,413 --> 00:04:07,414 So what happened with this? 116 00:04:07,497 --> 00:04:08,998 Is there anything that we could salvage? 117 00:04:09,082 --> 00:04:11,167 We saved the newels, the spindles, railings. 118 00:04:11,251 --> 00:04:12,335 -We saved all that. Yeah. -[Alison] We did? 119 00:04:12,419 --> 00:04:13,753 Are you cool with bringing that back? 120 00:04:13,837 --> 00:04:16,130 -Yeah, we'd like it to look like it should. -Good. 121 00:04:16,214 --> 00:04:18,216 Normally, I would never, ever, ever 122 00:04:18,257 --> 00:04:19,634 go back to something. 123 00:04:19,718 --> 00:04:21,511 I'm a move-forward kind of girl. 124 00:04:21,594 --> 00:04:23,013 I mean, this is my dream. 125 00:04:23,096 --> 00:04:26,016 Right now, I'm looking at three beautiful fireplaces that I can design. 126 00:04:26,099 --> 00:04:27,434 -[Mike] All right. -[Alison] Yeah. Check, check, check. Yes. 127 00:04:27,517 --> 00:04:29,227 -[Mike] And then we have the one upstairs. -[Alison] The one upstairs. 128 00:04:29,269 --> 00:04:30,228 The pink one. 129 00:04:30,270 --> 00:04:31,938 But this house is special. 130 00:04:32,022 --> 00:04:33,314 It's really special. 131 00:04:33,398 --> 00:04:35,483 To be able to get my hands on history like this, 132 00:04:35,567 --> 00:04:36,776 I don't get to do that a lot. 133 00:04:36,860 --> 00:04:39,112 And this house is a real gem. 134 00:04:39,195 --> 00:04:41,614 And I just... I couldn't help it. 135 00:04:41,698 --> 00:04:43,616 -Layout-wise, we're not changing anything. -Not changing much. No. 136 00:04:43,700 --> 00:04:45,034 -You've got our floor plans. -Yep. 137 00:04:45,118 --> 00:04:46,244 -Framing is up. -Yep. 138 00:04:46,286 --> 00:04:48,038 -A lot of the rough is up. -[Alison] Yeah. 139 00:04:48,121 --> 00:04:50,915 It needs to be connected to the basement... 140 00:04:50,957 --> 00:04:52,459 -Okay. -...because we're waiting for the water line... 141 00:04:52,542 --> 00:04:55,462 -so they can't really seal anything up yet. -Yeah. Yeah. 142 00:04:55,545 --> 00:04:56,963 [Alison] Yeah, I've already designed the house once, 143 00:04:57,047 --> 00:04:59,382 so we're just gonna pick up where we left off. 144 00:04:59,466 --> 00:05:00,967 You walk into a formal entry 145 00:05:01,051 --> 00:05:02,969 with a grand staircase, 146 00:05:03,053 --> 00:05:05,430 and just off of it is the sitting room 147 00:05:05,472 --> 00:05:08,725 that leads back to the kitchen and the powder room. 148 00:05:08,808 --> 00:05:11,227 The kitchen layout, nothing's changed. 149 00:05:11,311 --> 00:05:13,646 Everything's centered on this arched window. 150 00:05:13,730 --> 00:05:15,899 So I'm gonna put sconces on the left and right, 151 00:05:15,982 --> 00:05:18,193 and completely clad the wall 152 00:05:18,276 --> 00:05:20,945 with my emerald green backsplash. 153 00:05:20,987 --> 00:05:22,822 The cabinets are gonna be in a darker stain 154 00:05:22,906 --> 00:05:24,074 with gold hardware. 155 00:05:24,157 --> 00:05:27,410 And we'll do white countertops with the waterfall edge. 156 00:05:27,494 --> 00:05:30,288 You want the moments where people wanna take a photo of it... 157 00:05:30,330 --> 00:05:31,748 -[Mike] Yeah. -[Alison] ...take a picture in front of it. 158 00:05:31,831 --> 00:05:34,292 -This is gonna really be a destination. -[Mike] Yeah. 159 00:05:34,334 --> 00:05:35,460 Let's go upstairs. 160 00:05:35,502 --> 00:05:37,379 -All right. -We'll see it 161 00:05:37,462 --> 00:05:40,256 -I'm really beyond excited about this one. -[Mike] So are we. 162 00:05:40,340 --> 00:05:41,966 [Alison] This is one of my favorite ones to design. 163 00:05:42,008 --> 00:05:44,386 -I'm not leaving it to you guys. -[Mike chuckles] 164 00:05:44,469 --> 00:05:47,889 Each room is going to feel really cool with pieces and parts that get brought in. 165 00:05:47,972 --> 00:05:51,393 I want there to be several moments in this house, 166 00:05:51,476 --> 00:05:53,269 places people wanna take pictures of. 167 00:05:53,353 --> 00:05:55,313 I think people are gonna, you know, hashtag it. 168 00:05:55,355 --> 00:05:57,524 Okay. Oh... 169 00:05:57,607 --> 00:05:59,359 I remember this... 170 00:06:00,026 --> 00:06:01,736 arches. 171 00:06:01,820 --> 00:06:04,072 -This beauty. -[Mike chuckling] Yeah. 172 00:06:04,155 --> 00:06:07,283 [Alison] There's something really, really gorgeous about this as it is. 173 00:06:07,367 --> 00:06:09,035 Not that I would keep it that way, 174 00:06:09,119 --> 00:06:10,453 -but there's just something beautiful... -Yeah. 175 00:06:10,537 --> 00:06:13,331 [Alison] ...about the old brick, and the crackling paint. 176 00:06:13,373 --> 00:06:14,958 It's crazy cool. 177 00:06:15,041 --> 00:06:16,209 -It's yours. -[Alison] I know. 178 00:06:16,292 --> 00:06:17,794 -[chuckles] -I know. 179 00:06:17,877 --> 00:06:20,797 This is gonna be the beautiful little retreat area. 180 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:22,924 We're gonna open up that ceiling in the main suite 181 00:06:23,008 --> 00:06:24,801 all the way to the skylight 182 00:06:24,884 --> 00:06:26,386 and add stained-glass windows. 183 00:06:26,469 --> 00:06:28,221 We're gonna pull off the old mantle. 184 00:06:28,304 --> 00:06:29,931 It's just way too beat up to save, 185 00:06:30,015 --> 00:06:32,142 and then add some really beautiful crown molding 186 00:06:32,225 --> 00:06:33,810 to bring your eye out. 187 00:06:33,893 --> 00:06:36,730 They're rentals, so we wanna make sure each room has something special going on. 188 00:06:36,813 --> 00:06:38,857 -Yeah. Cool. -[Alison] A piece that's the focal point, 189 00:06:38,898 --> 00:06:40,650 -and also a conversation piece. -[Mike] Yeah. 190 00:06:40,734 --> 00:06:42,652 -That's why this one's my favorite. -It's much fun. 191 00:06:42,736 --> 00:06:44,654 -[Mike] 'Cause you can do five, six different things. -[Alison] Yeah. 192 00:06:44,738 --> 00:06:46,990 The layout on the second floor hasn't changed, 193 00:06:47,073 --> 00:06:48,908 so there's still two bedrooms in the back 194 00:06:48,992 --> 00:06:50,243 that share a bathroom, 195 00:06:50,326 --> 00:06:52,120 and a big main suite 196 00:06:52,203 --> 00:06:54,789 with an en suite looking out over the street. 197 00:06:54,873 --> 00:06:57,542 I want all of us to go over this budget, lock it in. 198 00:06:57,584 --> 00:07:00,045 That way, we can just pull the trigger on all the orders. 199 00:07:00,086 --> 00:07:01,212 -[both] Sure. -[Alison] Cool. 200 00:07:01,254 --> 00:07:03,715 -How much money you got? -[laughs] 201 00:07:03,757 --> 00:07:05,258 -I'm trying to get more money. -Yeah? 202 00:07:05,342 --> 00:07:06,468 [Mike] Yeah, we're... we're doing the loan. 203 00:07:06,551 --> 00:07:10,680 We were probably in the $700,000 range at the beginning. 204 00:07:10,764 --> 00:07:13,308 We knew it probably wasn't gonna be big enough. 205 00:07:13,391 --> 00:07:16,686 But we're looking to add about another $250,000 to the-- 206 00:07:16,770 --> 00:07:18,063 -[Alison] So, about a million all in? -Yeah. 207 00:07:18,104 --> 00:07:19,230 Yeah. Still not enough. 208 00:07:19,272 --> 00:07:20,482 -[Mike] That's right, but-- -[all laughing] 209 00:07:20,565 --> 00:07:21,608 I told you. 210 00:07:21,649 --> 00:07:24,027 The guys have to get this budget locked and loaded. 211 00:07:24,110 --> 00:07:25,362 I need to know the exact numbers. 212 00:07:25,445 --> 00:07:27,614 We need to start going through it line item by line item 213 00:07:27,697 --> 00:07:30,492 to see what is left for me. 214 00:07:30,575 --> 00:07:31,868 I'm ready to pull the trigger. 215 00:07:31,951 --> 00:07:32,786 [mimicking gunshots] 216 00:07:42,879 --> 00:07:47,008 It feels like Mike and Jim are super motivated this time around. 217 00:07:47,092 --> 00:07:49,177 Their guys have already started backfilling the basement 218 00:07:49,260 --> 00:07:51,096 with mud and gravel, 219 00:07:51,137 --> 00:07:53,807 and pouring an entirely new slab. 220 00:08:03,733 --> 00:08:05,151 -Hi, boys. -[both] Hi, Alison. 221 00:08:05,235 --> 00:08:06,695 -How's it going? -Good to see you. 222 00:08:06,778 --> 00:08:08,321 [Alison] Look at you guys. You look like you got your little homework out. 223 00:08:08,405 --> 00:08:09,447 [chuckles] 224 00:08:09,489 --> 00:08:11,783 Did you end up getting the increase with the loan? 225 00:08:11,825 --> 00:08:12,909 -[both] Yes. -[Alison] Okay, good. 226 00:08:12,992 --> 00:08:14,953 -Yeah. -This is really huge news. Congratulations. 227 00:08:14,994 --> 00:08:16,037 -Thank you. -That's awesome. 228 00:08:16,121 --> 00:08:17,664 So how much did you end up getting the increase for? 229 00:08:17,747 --> 00:08:19,374 An additional $261,000. 230 00:08:19,457 --> 00:08:20,625 $261,000. 231 00:08:20,667 --> 00:08:23,086 You have one spreadsheet of the actual budget breakdown. 232 00:08:23,169 --> 00:08:25,463 Light fixtures, $4,000. 233 00:08:25,505 --> 00:08:26,423 That's low. 234 00:08:26,506 --> 00:08:29,801 Front entry doors, $6,500. 235 00:08:29,843 --> 00:08:32,053 -The front doors are the most important. -Most important. 236 00:08:32,136 --> 00:08:34,264 But we also want to make sure that we're factoring in 237 00:08:34,347 --> 00:08:36,683 -the cost of the door, and then to retrofit it... -[both] Yeah. 238 00:08:36,765 --> 00:08:38,018 ...and all the work that will go into it. 239 00:08:38,101 --> 00:08:39,519 And when you put carpentry in here, 240 00:08:39,602 --> 00:08:41,895 is that carpentry for the specialty items? 241 00:08:41,980 --> 00:08:44,399 -The newel posts, and the balusters... -Right. Yeah. 242 00:08:44,482 --> 00:08:46,276 -[Alison] ...and-- -Some of the possible doors 243 00:08:46,359 --> 00:08:47,986 that you were looking to maybe re-use? 244 00:08:48,028 --> 00:08:49,946 Yeah, yeah, yeah. This is good. This is good. 245 00:08:50,030 --> 00:08:51,614 You're thinking. You're getting ahead of it. 246 00:08:51,698 --> 00:08:53,950 Okay. These are not bad numbers. 247 00:08:54,034 --> 00:08:54,868 These are great. 248 00:08:54,951 --> 00:08:56,202 -This is really helpful. -[Jim] Right. 249 00:08:56,286 --> 00:08:57,787 -You guys can keep all this. -All yours. 250 00:08:57,871 --> 00:08:58,747 -Oh, me? -Sure. 251 00:08:58,830 --> 00:08:59,998 I get to keep 'em? 252 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:02,167 -Yay. -[Mike] I already memorized it. I don't need it. 253 00:09:02,208 --> 00:09:03,710 -[Alison] You memorized this? -[Mike] Sure. 254 00:09:03,793 --> 00:09:05,754 -You want me to test you? -[Mike] I do. Yes. 255 00:09:05,837 --> 00:09:07,130 -[Jim chuckles] She called him on it. -Okay. 256 00:09:07,213 --> 00:09:08,048 [chuckles] 257 00:09:08,131 --> 00:09:11,176 How much did you put in for tile? 258 00:09:11,718 --> 00:09:12,927 -$1,500. -[Jim] $1,500. 259 00:09:13,011 --> 00:09:14,429 [Alison] Nope! 260 00:09:14,512 --> 00:09:15,722 Two grand. 261 00:09:15,805 --> 00:09:17,640 How much did you put in... 262 00:09:18,475 --> 00:09:22,187 for hardware/cabinet poles? 263 00:09:23,980 --> 00:09:25,023 $1,000. 264 00:09:25,732 --> 00:09:27,025 -[Alison] $300. -[chuckles] 265 00:09:27,067 --> 00:09:30,487 How much did you put in for light fixtures? 266 00:09:33,406 --> 00:09:34,783 $800. 267 00:09:34,866 --> 00:09:36,493 [Alison] You put $1,000. 268 00:09:36,576 --> 00:09:39,245 Okay, well, listen, it was a big win today. 269 00:09:39,329 --> 00:09:40,872 A lot of losing for you. 270 00:09:40,914 --> 00:09:43,375 -But we're winning 'cause we're back together. -Yeah. 271 00:09:43,415 --> 00:09:44,584 The house is moving. 272 00:09:44,668 --> 00:09:46,294 -Yes. -[Alison] The permits are in. 273 00:09:46,378 --> 00:09:47,337 We're off to a good start. 274 00:09:47,420 --> 00:09:49,673 You are not, but we... 275 00:09:49,756 --> 00:09:52,217 -collectively, are off to a really good start. -[both chuckle] 276 00:09:57,764 --> 00:09:59,933 [Alison] Work's continuing over at Monroe. 277 00:10:00,016 --> 00:10:01,518 The broken tiles have been pulled off 278 00:10:01,601 --> 00:10:03,895 that pink fireplace in the main bedroom. 279 00:10:03,937 --> 00:10:05,605 And some rough-ins have started, 280 00:10:05,689 --> 00:10:09,025 which is a lot further than the house progressed the last time. 281 00:10:17,033 --> 00:10:18,785 This is the little old-lady room. 282 00:10:19,619 --> 00:10:20,787 Big shopping day today. 283 00:10:20,870 --> 00:10:23,039 If I could just go with Kristy and knock things out. 284 00:10:23,123 --> 00:10:24,958 It's really pretty and old. 285 00:10:25,041 --> 00:10:27,335 Hey, you know what? This could be... 286 00:10:27,419 --> 00:10:29,170 the one at the entry 287 00:10:29,254 --> 00:10:30,755 to do candles in 288 00:10:30,797 --> 00:10:32,674 because that's not gonna be a functioning fireplace. 289 00:10:32,757 --> 00:10:35,427 [Kristy] Yeah, I think, the color, 'cause they have the mahogany floor. 290 00:10:35,468 --> 00:10:37,303 I think that'll tie nicely in with it. 291 00:10:37,387 --> 00:10:39,389 -[Alison] I like that. -We don't usually do mahogany, so... 292 00:10:39,472 --> 00:10:41,099 [Alison] I know. At least, we got one mantle. 293 00:10:41,141 --> 00:10:42,225 That's good. 294 00:10:42,308 --> 00:10:45,270 Then I see these amazing doors. 295 00:10:45,311 --> 00:10:47,480 They're just beautiful. They're not super old, 296 00:10:47,564 --> 00:10:49,649 but they are perfect for the space. 297 00:10:53,069 --> 00:10:54,612 Monroe's very formal, 298 00:10:54,654 --> 00:10:57,115 and I like the idea of separating the spaces. 299 00:10:57,157 --> 00:10:59,034 That does close things off, though, 300 00:10:59,117 --> 00:11:00,952 quite a bit if they went here. 301 00:11:00,994 --> 00:11:02,579 [Alison] Yeah, but it would be cool. 302 00:11:02,662 --> 00:11:05,498 -Into the kitchen! -[Kristy] We have that arch window here. 303 00:11:05,582 --> 00:11:07,792 And then if they hinge it, that these can flip all the way-- 304 00:11:07,834 --> 00:11:09,794 [Alison] 'Cause then people are in the kitchen, and they're hanging out, 305 00:11:09,836 --> 00:11:11,588 and then people are hanging out here, talking, 306 00:11:11,671 --> 00:11:13,882 then this closes off and you could have people in the kitchen. 307 00:11:13,965 --> 00:11:16,551 -I like it. -Yeah, I like it. They're gorgeous doors. 308 00:11:16,634 --> 00:11:17,719 [Alison] Yes. 309 00:11:17,802 --> 00:11:18,887 Okay. 310 00:11:18,970 --> 00:11:20,847 -Monroe's gonna be cool. -[Kristy] Yeah. 311 00:11:30,482 --> 00:11:31,941 [cell phone ringing] 312 00:11:33,193 --> 00:11:34,736 -Hey, Tommy. -[Tommy] Hey, how are you? 313 00:11:34,819 --> 00:11:36,613 -Good. How are you? -[Tommy] Can't complain. 314 00:11:36,696 --> 00:11:38,490 -[Alison] How's it going over there? -[Tommy speaking] 315 00:11:43,828 --> 00:11:45,872 -[Tommy] Uh-- -Wait. What? Hold on. Hold on. 316 00:11:51,044 --> 00:11:53,046 [Tommy] The lender froze the fund. 317 00:11:53,129 --> 00:11:55,131 -Uh-- -Wait. What? Hold on. Hold on. 318 00:11:55,215 --> 00:11:57,676 They said that they got a loan increase. 319 00:11:57,759 --> 00:11:58,718 Already done, 320 00:11:58,802 --> 00:12:00,345 and through underwriting. 321 00:12:00,428 --> 00:12:01,930 So, it doesn't make any sense. 322 00:12:01,971 --> 00:12:06,476 [Tommy] No, that makes no sense because this fund is still under review. 323 00:12:06,559 --> 00:12:08,353 What are you talking about? 324 00:12:08,436 --> 00:12:10,563 Three months ago, I met at a cafe with the boys, 325 00:12:10,647 --> 00:12:12,232 and they're telling me that the bank approved it. 326 00:12:12,315 --> 00:12:13,358 -[both] Yes. -[Alison] Okay, good. 327 00:12:13,441 --> 00:12:15,527 -Yeah. -This is really huge news. Congratulations. 328 00:12:15,610 --> 00:12:17,237 When the bank approves it, that means... 329 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:19,572 that draw should be funded within seven days. 330 00:12:19,656 --> 00:12:22,951 They definitely needed more than they had in the actual budget to finish the house. 331 00:12:22,992 --> 00:12:26,579 I don't know if they're having cash flow issues or what's going on. 332 00:12:26,663 --> 00:12:28,873 All right. Okay, so what does that do for you, then, 333 00:12:28,957 --> 00:12:31,084 while the bank is looking to increase the loan? 334 00:12:31,167 --> 00:12:32,627 [Tommy] Um, when it comes to the MEPs, 335 00:12:32,669 --> 00:12:34,504 there's not been anybody. 336 00:12:34,587 --> 00:12:36,047 [Alison] And why has nobody been there 337 00:12:36,131 --> 00:12:38,883 to do any mechanical, electrical or plumbing? Why? 338 00:12:38,967 --> 00:12:41,177 [Tommy] Because of the fact that there's no money. 339 00:12:42,178 --> 00:12:44,180 Because they can't get deposits. 340 00:12:45,015 --> 00:12:46,099 [Tommy] Correct. 341 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:49,561 [Alison] All right. I gotta call Mike. 342 00:12:49,644 --> 00:12:51,604 I'll get back to you right away. 343 00:12:51,688 --> 00:12:52,939 -[Tommy] All right. -[Alison] All right. Bye. 344 00:12:54,190 --> 00:12:55,400 Come on. 345 00:12:55,483 --> 00:12:57,861 These guys aren't gonna shoot themselves in the foot again. 346 00:12:59,029 --> 00:13:01,281 Mike. Mike. Mike. 347 00:13:01,364 --> 00:13:03,783 -Mike. Mike. Mike. -[line ringing] 348 00:13:03,867 --> 00:13:06,703 No, no, no. I want to give him the benefit of the doubt. 349 00:13:07,620 --> 00:13:09,914 It's a big thing to do. 350 00:13:09,998 --> 00:13:12,167 -Hello. This is Mike. -Mike, it's Alison. 351 00:13:13,001 --> 00:13:14,169 Hi, Alison. How are you? 352 00:13:14,210 --> 00:13:16,087 Hey, we met at the cafe 353 00:13:16,171 --> 00:13:17,756 two-and-a-half months ago. 354 00:13:17,839 --> 00:13:20,592 And you guys got the loan increased by then, right? 355 00:13:20,675 --> 00:13:23,678 You already had it? It was approved? 356 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:26,431 [Mike] Well, it was approved. They hadn't yet officially funded, 357 00:13:26,514 --> 00:13:29,184 and they were the doing cross-collateralization liens 358 00:13:29,225 --> 00:13:32,103 for other properties and things, so that's where it left, 359 00:13:32,187 --> 00:13:35,148 but, uh, it's approved and, basically, ready to go. 360 00:13:35,857 --> 00:13:36,816 [chuckles softly] 361 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:38,693 [chuckling] Mike... 362 00:13:38,777 --> 00:13:42,197 I didn't know you meant they actually haven't gone to underwriting. 363 00:13:42,238 --> 00:13:43,656 So, okay. 364 00:13:43,740 --> 00:13:47,494 I mean that... in my opinion, that is losing some months right there. 365 00:13:47,577 --> 00:13:50,538 Tommy just called me and said nobody will show up to the job site 366 00:13:50,580 --> 00:13:52,540 because they can't get paid on the draw. 367 00:13:52,582 --> 00:13:53,750 [Mike] We've got people coming. 368 00:13:53,833 --> 00:13:55,418 They know they're waiting for the draw. 369 00:13:55,502 --> 00:13:57,045 [Alison] Monroe is at a standstill. 370 00:13:57,087 --> 00:13:59,381 Last time I was like, 'Ugh, I'm concerned." 371 00:13:59,422 --> 00:14:00,757 This time, I'm just like, "Okay." 372 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:02,133 Not my problem, 373 00:14:02,217 --> 00:14:03,677 but it is my problem. 374 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:07,180 Because, once again, I'm already paying my team to design the project. 375 00:14:07,263 --> 00:14:09,265 When is the loan being funded? 376 00:14:09,933 --> 00:14:11,142 [Mike] Next week. 377 00:14:11,226 --> 00:14:12,602 I think we'll be all ready. 378 00:14:12,686 --> 00:14:15,772 I think the carpenters are planning to start as well. 379 00:14:15,855 --> 00:14:17,941 So, we're gonna hit the ground running. 380 00:14:18,024 --> 00:14:19,025 All right. 381 00:14:20,110 --> 00:14:21,611 Good talk. 382 00:14:21,695 --> 00:14:23,446 -[Mike] All right. Thank you, Alison. -Let's hit the ground running. 383 00:14:24,239 --> 00:14:25,532 -[Mike] Yep. -All right. 384 00:14:26,449 --> 00:14:28,118 [chuckling] 385 00:14:28,201 --> 00:14:29,911 Let's hit the ground running, 386 00:14:29,953 --> 00:14:31,162 two years later. 387 00:14:31,246 --> 00:14:32,455 [laughs] 388 00:14:41,798 --> 00:14:43,591 It's so funny. It looks exactly the same. 389 00:14:43,633 --> 00:14:45,927 [Kristy] Maybe there's more progress on the inside. 390 00:14:45,969 --> 00:14:48,054 -Or any progress. -No, not from the call. 391 00:14:48,138 --> 00:14:49,931 It has to move. This is strike two, 392 00:14:50,473 --> 00:14:52,142 if there's a strike two. 393 00:14:52,225 --> 00:14:53,810 And also, I don't know about a three. 394 00:14:53,893 --> 00:14:55,395 [Kristy] No, it's not fair to you. 395 00:14:55,478 --> 00:14:57,188 -No. -[Kristy] So, no. You need answers. 396 00:14:57,272 --> 00:14:59,399 And just say, "Guys, what is happening?" 397 00:14:59,482 --> 00:15:00,567 "What's going on?" Okay. 398 00:15:00,650 --> 00:15:01,985 All right. Wish me luck. 399 00:15:02,068 --> 00:15:04,362 Nothing's moving. So three months, bye-bye. 400 00:15:04,446 --> 00:15:06,156 The only reason I'm here 401 00:15:06,239 --> 00:15:09,117 is because I'm in love with this house. 402 00:15:09,159 --> 00:15:10,577 -Hi, guys. -[Tommy] Hey, what's up, Alison? 403 00:15:10,660 --> 00:15:11,703 -[Mike] Hey, Alison. -[Tommy] How are you? 404 00:15:11,786 --> 00:15:12,787 [Alison and Tommy] Good to see you. 405 00:15:12,829 --> 00:15:13,997 -[Alison] How are you? -Good to see you as well. 406 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:15,331 How are you? What's with the-- 407 00:15:15,415 --> 00:15:17,667 -We've known each other for ten years. -[Mike] That's right. 408 00:15:17,751 --> 00:15:19,502 That's how long this project's been going on. 409 00:15:19,586 --> 00:15:21,421 What's going on with the loan extension? 410 00:15:21,504 --> 00:15:22,422 That's the big thing. 411 00:15:22,505 --> 00:15:26,092 -Friday is funding day. -Signature Day. 412 00:15:26,176 --> 00:15:28,428 -[Alison] It is. -And then the draws start coming next week. 413 00:15:28,511 --> 00:15:31,514 -So probably we might be talking about it in a month? -No. 414 00:15:31,598 --> 00:15:33,141 -You really think so? -Yeah. Yeah. 415 00:15:33,183 --> 00:15:34,434 -Okay. -Yeah. 416 00:15:34,517 --> 00:15:36,436 But nobody's starting until then. 417 00:15:36,519 --> 00:15:38,188 -Right? -Until middle of next week, probably, right? 418 00:15:38,271 --> 00:15:39,814 'Cause of the overnight trucks. 419 00:15:39,856 --> 00:15:41,316 Yeah. We'll get the trucks by Wednesday. 420 00:15:41,358 --> 00:15:42,400 Yeah, exactly. 421 00:15:42,484 --> 00:15:43,777 [Mike] We've got the lumber waiting for 'em. 422 00:15:43,860 --> 00:15:45,195 -So as soon as they start-- -Okay. 423 00:15:45,278 --> 00:15:46,196 [Mike] It's downstairs already. 424 00:15:46,279 --> 00:15:47,364 [Tommy] Yeah, we have the material waiting. 425 00:15:47,405 --> 00:15:49,574 -We'll be done end of October. -End of October? Yeah. 426 00:15:49,657 --> 00:15:53,161 [mumbling] Probably... November. Early November. 427 00:15:53,203 --> 00:15:55,914 [chuckles] I bet. What did I say? 428 00:15:55,997 --> 00:15:57,915 -You said December? -December. 429 00:15:57,999 --> 00:15:59,626 I'll pull the trigger on the cabinets 430 00:15:59,709 --> 00:16:01,586 as soon as the draw funds. 431 00:16:01,670 --> 00:16:03,254 -Okay? -Okay. Sounds good. 432 00:16:03,338 --> 00:16:05,048 I found one mantle here. 433 00:16:05,131 --> 00:16:07,092 Because this one's not gonna be a working one, 434 00:16:07,175 --> 00:16:08,635 we're gonna put candles in it. 435 00:16:08,718 --> 00:16:11,388 -Are you ready to see your new doors? -Yep. 436 00:16:11,471 --> 00:16:13,014 [Alison] This is a framing change, 437 00:16:13,056 --> 00:16:15,600 but this is gonna be a real cool moment here. 438 00:16:15,684 --> 00:16:16,726 [Tommy] Where are they going? 439 00:16:17,394 --> 00:16:18,311 I'll tell you. 440 00:16:19,187 --> 00:16:20,271 Right here. 441 00:16:20,355 --> 00:16:23,400 These teardrop doors that I got... 442 00:16:23,483 --> 00:16:25,276 They're gonna be beautiful. 443 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:27,070 And we do the iron glass... 444 00:16:27,153 --> 00:16:28,613 -The whole wall? -...with these doors. 445 00:16:28,697 --> 00:16:30,323 Yep. It would be all here. 446 00:16:30,407 --> 00:16:32,409 -I'll show it to you on the plan view. -[Tommy] Okay. 447 00:16:32,492 --> 00:16:34,577 [softly] This is a really good idea. 448 00:16:34,661 --> 00:16:36,287 [in normal voice] It's here, but now it creates 449 00:16:36,371 --> 00:16:38,164 -layers to the house. -Okay. 450 00:16:38,248 --> 00:16:39,457 What is the answer always? 451 00:16:39,540 --> 00:16:40,625 I love it. 452 00:16:40,709 --> 00:16:42,627 Good. That's A-plus for you. 453 00:16:42,711 --> 00:16:44,921 What's the answer always when I go, "This is what we're doing"? 454 00:16:45,005 --> 00:16:46,673 -I'm in. -Yes! 455 00:16:46,756 --> 00:16:49,009 -Mine is -That seemed real staged. 456 00:16:49,092 --> 00:16:50,260 [both chuckles] 457 00:16:50,343 --> 00:16:51,761 Mike is always so even keel. 458 00:16:51,845 --> 00:16:54,347 I don't know if that's how this guy is, but bravo, 459 00:16:54,431 --> 00:16:56,391 because I am a stress case. 460 00:16:56,433 --> 00:16:58,226 As far as the stairs, 461 00:16:58,268 --> 00:17:01,271 we're hoping that whatever design it's going to be, 462 00:17:01,354 --> 00:17:03,773 it's gonna probably come through your carpenters. 463 00:17:03,857 --> 00:17:05,733 [Alison] But you have the original newel post? 464 00:17:06,401 --> 00:17:08,069 I don't think we have them. 465 00:17:08,111 --> 00:17:09,904 I think when they tore the stairs out, 466 00:17:09,945 --> 00:17:12,406 -they tossed 'em. -[Alison] But that was the first thing we talked about. 467 00:17:12,449 --> 00:17:13,992 The first thing we talked about was 468 00:17:14,075 --> 00:17:15,952 -"Don't throw these out." -Right. 469 00:17:16,036 --> 00:17:18,121 You threw this out? 470 00:17:18,204 --> 00:17:19,122 Well, I didn't throw it out. 471 00:17:19,204 --> 00:17:21,833 Look how beautiful this was! 472 00:17:21,915 --> 00:17:23,792 You said you were saving those for me. 473 00:17:28,757 --> 00:17:29,924 Look how beautiful this was. 474 00:17:29,966 --> 00:17:32,218 You said you were saving those for me. 475 00:17:33,762 --> 00:17:35,305 All right, well, that's a real bummer. 476 00:17:35,388 --> 00:17:37,057 I'm not gonna lie. That's a real bummer. 477 00:17:37,140 --> 00:17:39,559 Now I have to try to recreate that look 478 00:17:39,642 --> 00:17:42,187 with the budget that they have. 479 00:17:42,270 --> 00:17:45,190 You want that look? Okay. Well, it's gonna cost you money. 480 00:17:45,273 --> 00:17:46,816 That's not me going over budget. 481 00:17:46,900 --> 00:17:49,861 -Let's just, so I've got this understanding. -[Mike] Mmm-hmm. 482 00:17:49,944 --> 00:17:51,654 -[Alison] What's next? -Rough framing. 483 00:17:51,738 --> 00:17:53,323 When does that start? 484 00:17:53,406 --> 00:17:55,450 -When you get money. -Yeah, hopefully next week. 485 00:17:55,492 --> 00:17:57,243 So, it's all about the money. It's all about the draw. 486 00:17:57,327 --> 00:17:58,661 Yeah, laborers wanna get paid. Yeah. 487 00:17:58,745 --> 00:18:00,163 So we're looking at another month 488 00:18:00,246 --> 00:18:01,623 -for rough-ins? -Yeah. 489 00:18:01,664 --> 00:18:04,501 There's a lot to do, hoping to finish by January. 490 00:18:04,584 --> 00:18:06,961 -I know you're being optimistic, right? November. -Yeah. 491 00:18:07,003 --> 00:18:09,005 [Alison] I know you're being even more optimistic, 492 00:18:09,089 --> 00:18:12,384 but I'm gonna just be realistic. 493 00:18:12,467 --> 00:18:14,886 What can be happening? What can you pay out of pocket 494 00:18:14,969 --> 00:18:17,013 that you can reimburse yourself for on the draw? 495 00:18:17,097 --> 00:18:20,350 You have an entire fascia that's falling apart, and that's rotted out. 496 00:18:20,433 --> 00:18:21,601 What's the plan with that metal work? 497 00:18:21,685 --> 00:18:25,188 I have a subcontractor to come out and quote it up. 498 00:18:25,271 --> 00:18:27,482 -Can you get him to quote? -[Tommy] I could. Yeah. 499 00:18:27,524 --> 00:18:28,525 But, like, now. 500 00:18:29,025 --> 00:18:30,110 The plan is this, 501 00:18:30,193 --> 00:18:32,278 I'm gonna say what the plan is. 502 00:18:32,362 --> 00:18:34,364 I'm not listening to these two anymore. 503 00:18:42,831 --> 00:18:44,874 While we wait for that bank draw, 504 00:18:44,958 --> 00:18:46,209 Mike and Jim are gonna try 505 00:18:46,292 --> 00:18:48,211 to keep Monroe moving as much as they can. 506 00:18:53,466 --> 00:18:55,343 Hey, look at this transom. 507 00:18:55,385 --> 00:18:57,429 Does this compete with the detailing of the windows 508 00:18:57,512 --> 00:18:58,680 that are already on the three seasons room? 509 00:18:58,722 --> 00:18:59,848 [Alison] No, I don't think so. 510 00:18:59,889 --> 00:19:03,685 Monroe is one of 15 projects that I have going. 511 00:19:03,727 --> 00:19:05,270 I need more people on my team 512 00:19:05,353 --> 00:19:08,523 because it has just been me and Kristy for ten years. 513 00:19:08,565 --> 00:19:10,608 That's my design team. 514 00:19:10,692 --> 00:19:11,985 -Those are awesome. -That's cool. 515 00:19:12,068 --> 00:19:14,696 -It's kind of cool. -I think it's cool. 516 00:19:14,738 --> 00:19:17,741 [Alison] Kristy and I cannot do this by ourselves anymore, 517 00:19:17,824 --> 00:19:20,368 so I'm looking for design assistance. 518 00:19:20,410 --> 00:19:23,288 How I met Brett is one of those random stories 519 00:19:23,371 --> 00:19:24,789 that was just meant to be. 520 00:19:24,873 --> 00:19:25,832 Do you wanna do bathrooms? 521 00:19:25,915 --> 00:19:27,751 -Kitchen main space. -Kitchen! 522 00:19:27,834 --> 00:19:29,336 [Alison] He's new to the design world, 523 00:19:29,419 --> 00:19:31,921 and he happened to be following my work for years. 524 00:19:32,005 --> 00:19:35,008 And then I happened to move down the street from him. 525 00:19:35,091 --> 00:19:36,259 So, when I moved into my house, 526 00:19:36,343 --> 00:19:39,971 Brett brought me some cake pops as a housewarming. 527 00:19:40,055 --> 00:19:42,599 After that, he came up with his resume. 528 00:19:42,682 --> 00:19:46,102 When my team told me that Brett is the best-qualified, 529 00:19:46,186 --> 00:19:48,104 that they met him and loved him, 530 00:19:48,188 --> 00:19:49,439 I said, "Okay, 531 00:19:49,481 --> 00:19:52,150 Brett is gonna come in, and he's gonna be able to help." 532 00:19:52,233 --> 00:19:54,819 This could definitely be an option 533 00:19:54,903 --> 00:19:58,365 for one of the million bathrooms. 534 00:19:58,448 --> 00:20:00,825 I've been working with Alison now for a couple of weeks. 535 00:20:00,909 --> 00:20:02,577 It's definitely been a whirlwind. 536 00:20:02,619 --> 00:20:03,870 What are you? 537 00:20:03,953 --> 00:20:06,164 Monroe is a really exciting project for us. 538 00:20:06,247 --> 00:20:07,624 Kristy is the lead designer. 539 00:20:07,707 --> 00:20:09,626 There are a few design elements 540 00:20:09,709 --> 00:20:11,628 that she asked me to help out with. 541 00:20:11,711 --> 00:20:15,256 We need to find tile for each one of the bathrooms. 542 00:20:15,298 --> 00:20:16,925 But we also really wanna make 543 00:20:16,966 --> 00:20:18,551 each one different, and its own space. 544 00:20:18,635 --> 00:20:21,096 I feel like a lot of people would walk right past this. 545 00:20:21,137 --> 00:20:23,932 It would be a dream to be a lead designer 546 00:20:23,973 --> 00:20:25,642 on one of Alison Victoria's properties. 547 00:20:25,725 --> 00:20:27,936 Mike and Jim need all the help they can get. 548 00:20:28,645 --> 00:20:29,938 Hmm. 549 00:20:29,979 --> 00:20:31,314 Let's see what Alison says. 550 00:20:37,821 --> 00:20:41,032 [Alison] Not much has happened in almost four months. 551 00:20:41,116 --> 00:20:43,868 Their money is still tied up, so materials aren't coming in, 552 00:20:43,952 --> 00:20:46,329 and no one's installing them 'cause they're not getting paid. 553 00:20:46,413 --> 00:20:49,165 So even though work is slow, I'm still pushing ahead. 554 00:20:49,833 --> 00:20:51,167 Okay, the staircase. 555 00:20:51,793 --> 00:20:54,421 This is not grand anymore. 556 00:20:54,504 --> 00:20:57,132 It was grand. In fact, it was the coolest thing. 557 00:20:57,173 --> 00:20:59,175 I'm meeting with Sergey. Sergey and I worked together 558 00:20:59,259 --> 00:21:01,886 on an unbelievable custom cornice 559 00:21:01,970 --> 00:21:03,680 for my Winchester job. 560 00:21:03,763 --> 00:21:06,808 [Sergey] This is the actual finish, the color, the sheen. 561 00:21:06,850 --> 00:21:08,476 -[Alison] Wow! -[Sergey] That's exactly what it's gonna look like. 562 00:21:08,518 --> 00:21:10,645 -[Alison] Wow, wow. Wow! -[Sergey] We cleaned the edges off, 563 00:21:10,687 --> 00:21:12,022 -and then it's nice and straight. -And it's matte. 564 00:21:12,105 --> 00:21:14,190 -[Sergey] Yes. -That's what I wanted. I want it to be matte black. 565 00:21:14,274 --> 00:21:16,276 This looks so good. 566 00:21:16,359 --> 00:21:18,820 So I thought, if anybody can recreate 567 00:21:19,279 --> 00:21:20,697 what once was... 568 00:21:21,197 --> 00:21:22,407 it's him. 569 00:21:22,490 --> 00:21:25,744 'Cause I want this go back to being a grand historic entryway. 570 00:21:25,827 --> 00:21:28,038 -Okay. -[Alison] And staircase. It has to be. 571 00:21:28,121 --> 00:21:30,665 -Look at those newel posts. -[Sergey] Yeah. Hand carved. 572 00:21:30,707 --> 00:21:32,500 -[Alison] All hand carved, right? -[Sergey] Correct. 573 00:21:32,542 --> 00:21:34,252 This was the newel post here. 574 00:21:34,336 --> 00:21:36,880 I mean, just stunning, stunning woodwork. 575 00:21:36,963 --> 00:21:39,716 Could you possibly recreate this? 576 00:21:39,799 --> 00:21:41,509 I don't have anything for you to mold. 577 00:21:41,551 --> 00:21:43,261 -We would use the pictures... -[Alison] Okay? 578 00:21:43,345 --> 00:21:45,764 ...and basically, guess on the sizes, 579 00:21:45,847 --> 00:21:47,223 which is what we do every day. 580 00:21:47,307 --> 00:21:49,517 -We call it historic replications. -[Alison] Yeah. 581 00:21:49,559 --> 00:21:53,855 -We can get, I'd say within 90% of the original. -Really? 582 00:21:53,897 --> 00:21:54,856 So, the question is, 583 00:21:54,898 --> 00:21:57,400 do you guys want this replicated in fiberglass 584 00:21:57,484 --> 00:21:59,069 or stick with that wood? 585 00:21:59,152 --> 00:22:00,820 -Fiberglass. -Fiberglass? Okay. 586 00:22:00,904 --> 00:22:02,572 [Alison] Yeah, I'm gonna have wood treads. 587 00:22:02,655 --> 00:22:04,074 Actually, that might look cool. 588 00:22:04,115 --> 00:22:07,035 -If the treads and the risers are all wood stained... -[Sergey] Right? 589 00:22:07,077 --> 00:22:11,748 ...and then I paint the handrail, spindles, and newel posts, 590 00:22:11,831 --> 00:22:14,668 then it would look like, "Hey, this was the old one. 591 00:22:14,751 --> 00:22:17,087 -[Sergey] Yep. -We painted it to modernize it a bit, 592 00:22:17,170 --> 00:22:19,172 -and at least we have that charm." -Okay. 593 00:22:19,255 --> 00:22:20,423 Get a little contrast. 594 00:22:20,465 --> 00:22:22,467 -That could be a really cool contrast. -[Sergey] Yeah. 595 00:22:22,550 --> 00:22:23,760 -Actually like that. -[Sergey] I like it. 596 00:22:23,843 --> 00:22:27,305 [Alison] Both of us love to do that historical restoration. 597 00:22:27,389 --> 00:22:28,264 We share that love. 598 00:22:28,348 --> 00:22:29,766 So, we're gonna make sure it looks perfect. 599 00:22:30,392 --> 00:22:31,601 Hello, boys. 600 00:22:31,685 --> 00:22:32,644 [Mike] Hey. 601 00:22:32,727 --> 00:22:33,895 -[Alison] Hi, hi, hi. -[Mike] Good to see ya. 602 00:22:33,937 --> 00:22:34,896 Oh, stairs. 603 00:22:34,938 --> 00:22:35,897 So, I met with the guy 604 00:22:35,939 --> 00:22:37,691 who does all the replicas and everything. 605 00:22:37,774 --> 00:22:39,067 He's gonna make it look 606 00:22:39,150 --> 00:22:40,985 -exactly like the stuff that got thrown out. -Sounds interesting. 607 00:22:41,069 --> 00:22:41,945 [Alison] Exactly. 608 00:22:42,445 --> 00:22:44,155 Okay. All right. 609 00:22:44,239 --> 00:22:45,115 Where are we at now? What's going on? 610 00:22:45,198 --> 00:22:46,282 [Mike] We're just waiting on the rough for-- 611 00:22:46,366 --> 00:22:47,659 -'Cause the basement's framed. -[Mike] Yep. 612 00:22:47,742 --> 00:22:48,576 -[Jim] We gotta get the inspection. -... 613 00:22:48,618 --> 00:22:49,619 We're waiting for them, like-- 614 00:22:49,703 --> 00:22:50,995 We don't have an inspection yet on the framing? 615 00:22:51,079 --> 00:22:52,080 -No. -[Alison] Why? 616 00:22:52,122 --> 00:22:53,164 [Mike] Tommy would know why, I don't... 617 00:22:53,248 --> 00:22:55,333 -Well, where's Tommy? -He's sick. 618 00:22:55,417 --> 00:22:56,876 [Mike] You can get him on the phone. [chuckles] 619 00:22:57,877 --> 00:22:59,045 Come on, Tommy. 620 00:22:59,129 --> 00:23:00,296 Nothing's done. 621 00:23:00,380 --> 00:23:02,007 Last time I was here, I was in the basement. 622 00:23:02,090 --> 00:23:03,633 They said that they were gonna frame. 623 00:23:03,717 --> 00:23:05,385 Once they were done framing, boom! 624 00:23:05,468 --> 00:23:07,429 Rough-ins and we're moving. 625 00:23:07,929 --> 00:23:09,597 [line ringing] 626 00:23:09,639 --> 00:23:11,725 -[Tommy over phone] Hello? -Hey, it's Alison. 627 00:23:11,808 --> 00:23:12,642 [Tommy] Hey, Alison, how's it going? 628 00:23:12,726 --> 00:23:13,935 Hi, real quick. 629 00:23:13,977 --> 00:23:16,521 I'm here with the boys, just going over design stuff. 630 00:23:16,604 --> 00:23:19,190 But my question is, what is happening? Why? 631 00:23:19,274 --> 00:23:20,442 I thought we were doing the framing, 632 00:23:20,483 --> 00:23:22,652 and then we were going right to roughs. 633 00:23:23,570 --> 00:23:24,654 [Tommy] Yeah, yeah. 634 00:23:24,738 --> 00:23:26,823 So, we have the HVAC guy I believe is coming this week. 635 00:23:26,906 --> 00:23:27,991 And then next week, 636 00:23:28,074 --> 00:23:29,868 the plumber's running back and forth a little bit. 637 00:23:29,951 --> 00:23:31,953 [Alison] The guys said you were waiting on inspection. 638 00:23:31,995 --> 00:23:33,788 -So, which one is it? -[Tommy] Framing. 639 00:23:33,830 --> 00:23:35,248 So, when is your framing inspection? 640 00:23:35,331 --> 00:23:38,209 [Tommy] I would hope within the next 14 days. 641 00:23:38,293 --> 00:23:40,628 It's like, "Do you like me?" 642 00:23:40,670 --> 00:23:41,796 That's what I wanted to really know. 643 00:23:41,838 --> 00:23:43,381 Like, do you like me, guys? 644 00:23:43,465 --> 00:23:44,299 Are you mad at me? 645 00:23:44,341 --> 00:23:45,592 Is there some sort of resentment? 646 00:23:45,675 --> 00:23:48,219 What am I doing to not gain 647 00:23:48,303 --> 00:23:50,555 and get the respect that I deserve 648 00:23:50,638 --> 00:23:52,557 with the communication that I need? 649 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:53,683 Let's play a fun game. 650 00:23:53,767 --> 00:23:54,809 -All right. -Okay. Ready? 651 00:23:54,851 --> 00:23:57,187 At the same time, when I say "three, two, one," 652 00:23:58,104 --> 00:23:59,439 we're all gonna yell out a month 653 00:24:00,690 --> 00:24:02,359 of when we think it's gonna be done. 654 00:24:03,026 --> 00:24:03,902 -You ready? -Yep. 655 00:24:03,985 --> 00:24:05,278 -Tommy, are you ready? -[Tommy] Yep. 656 00:24:05,362 --> 00:24:07,322 Three, two, one, go. 657 00:24:11,034 --> 00:24:13,411 Three, two, one, go. 658 00:24:13,453 --> 00:24:14,621 -March. -[Mike and Tommy] December. 659 00:24:17,916 --> 00:24:19,793 -[laughs] -[Jim] December. 660 00:24:19,876 --> 00:24:21,211 [Alison] I said March, he said December. 661 00:24:21,294 --> 00:24:22,170 We all said December. 662 00:24:22,253 --> 00:24:23,546 You three said December. 663 00:24:23,630 --> 00:24:25,757 -I keep coming to the house, it's the same. -Yep. 664 00:24:25,799 --> 00:24:27,801 I never get an opportunity to do a house like this. 665 00:24:27,884 --> 00:24:31,054 So, when I do, I am not turning my back on it. 666 00:24:31,137 --> 00:24:32,806 All right, guys, well, that was a fun game. 667 00:24:33,723 --> 00:24:35,100 Tommy, feel better. 668 00:24:35,141 --> 00:24:38,603 -Everybody communicate without me more. -[Tommy] Thank you. 669 00:24:38,645 --> 00:24:39,813 -Please. -[Mike] Will do. 670 00:24:39,854 --> 00:24:42,190 -Oh, I'm begging you guys to talk to me. -[Mike chuckles] 671 00:24:42,273 --> 00:24:44,567 Never had to do this. Okay. 672 00:24:44,651 --> 00:24:46,027 If they don't start communicating with me, 673 00:24:46,111 --> 00:24:47,278 I swear to God, 674 00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:49,322 I'm gonna have to start reprimanding them like children. 675 00:24:50,073 --> 00:24:51,825 Isn't that what parents do? 676 00:24:52,409 --> 00:24:53,576 I don't know. 677 00:25:02,502 --> 00:25:04,504 It's been 11 months 678 00:25:04,587 --> 00:25:06,506 since I picked this project back up. 679 00:25:06,589 --> 00:25:09,467 From what I've been told, the bank loan went through. 680 00:25:09,509 --> 00:25:12,512 The subs are paid, they're all back on the job. 681 00:25:12,595 --> 00:25:14,514 Drywall's finally going up. 682 00:25:15,974 --> 00:25:19,227 They also acid washed the brick on the fireplaces 683 00:25:19,310 --> 00:25:20,311 and the mahogany flooring 684 00:25:20,353 --> 00:25:22,772 that Mike and Jim salvaged is going in. 685 00:25:25,025 --> 00:25:26,860 The exterior is such a mess, 686 00:25:26,943 --> 00:25:28,862 especially that rotting cornice. 687 00:25:28,945 --> 00:25:32,073 I want the guys to have Sergey and his team fix it. 688 00:25:32,157 --> 00:25:35,243 They're gonna use a 3D scanner to scan the original cornice 689 00:25:35,326 --> 00:25:36,995 to create a digital model, 690 00:25:38,371 --> 00:25:39,622 and they're gonna remove the old one. 691 00:25:45,211 --> 00:25:47,380 -[Brett] Let's do it. -[Alison] Stained glass day. 692 00:25:47,464 --> 00:25:48,506 I'm excited. 693 00:25:48,548 --> 00:25:49,424 I would love to know 694 00:25:49,507 --> 00:25:50,633 how to make a stained glass window. 695 00:25:50,717 --> 00:25:53,053 So, now I'm checking this off my list. 696 00:25:53,136 --> 00:25:54,804 I decided to bring Brett and Kristy. 697 00:25:54,888 --> 00:25:56,473 I wanna do a little team building, 698 00:25:56,556 --> 00:25:58,183 and I think it's really important. 699 00:25:58,224 --> 00:25:59,601 This house is, I think, 700 00:25:59,684 --> 00:26:01,561 maybe the oldest house we've done. 701 00:26:01,644 --> 00:26:03,063 It's asking for stained glass. 702 00:26:03,146 --> 00:26:05,899 These are gonna be these four little windows in the main bedroom. 703 00:26:06,566 --> 00:26:07,817 [woman] Excellent. 704 00:26:07,901 --> 00:26:10,612 So, the first step, I'm gonna show how to make a template. 705 00:26:10,695 --> 00:26:11,529 [Alison] Okay. 706 00:26:13,239 --> 00:26:14,449 [woman] Those exterior lines. 707 00:26:14,532 --> 00:26:16,701 So, we're gonna stay on the line, okay? 708 00:26:16,743 --> 00:26:17,786 You guys struggling? 709 00:26:17,869 --> 00:26:19,454 I'm flying through this. 710 00:26:19,537 --> 00:26:20,914 [Alison] Okay, I'm trying to-- Now I'm gonna compete. 711 00:26:20,997 --> 00:26:22,332 Mr. Young Eyes. 712 00:26:22,415 --> 00:26:24,501 Yeah, that's what it is. Your eyes are younger. 713 00:26:24,584 --> 00:26:25,710 Okay, pick your color. 714 00:26:26,753 --> 00:26:27,587 Let's do it. 715 00:26:27,671 --> 00:26:28,797 [Brett] Kristy, go ahead. 716 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:30,215 -Oh, please-- -Oh. 717 00:26:30,924 --> 00:26:32,092 I'm going blue. 718 00:26:32,175 --> 00:26:33,259 [Alison] I'm gonna do... 719 00:26:33,343 --> 00:26:34,636 [Kristy] Yeah, I'm gonna do blue too. 720 00:26:34,719 --> 00:26:36,262 Do little cut here. 721 00:26:36,346 --> 00:26:37,889 -Keep going. -[scraping] 722 00:26:37,931 --> 00:26:40,392 I love that sound again. That's a good sound. 723 00:26:40,433 --> 00:26:41,935 Okay, 724 00:26:42,018 --> 00:26:43,436 -[clangs] -Yep. Looking good. 725 00:26:44,104 --> 00:26:45,271 -Oppa! -Mother f... 726 00:26:49,109 --> 00:26:50,568 God! Okay. 727 00:26:51,444 --> 00:26:54,739 -This is very exciting. -[both laughing] 728 00:26:55,115 --> 00:26:57,784 [humming] 729 00:26:59,202 --> 00:27:00,078 -[glass shatters] -[woman laughs] 730 00:27:00,120 --> 00:27:01,037 [gasps] 731 00:27:01,121 --> 00:27:02,205 [softly] It's gonna look so good. 732 00:27:02,288 --> 00:27:03,832 [Brett] I love this. 733 00:27:03,915 --> 00:27:05,208 This is so cool. 734 00:27:05,291 --> 00:27:07,961 The fact that something that I created personally 735 00:27:08,044 --> 00:27:11,297 is gonna be immortalized in a historic Chicago home, 736 00:27:11,381 --> 00:27:12,841 it's a dream come true. 737 00:27:12,924 --> 00:27:14,801 [Kristy] Hopefully we can come back in a decade and drive by, 738 00:27:14,884 --> 00:27:15,844 and it'll still be there. 739 00:27:15,927 --> 00:27:16,761 It's huge. 740 00:27:16,803 --> 00:27:18,221 This is the most fun part. 741 00:27:18,304 --> 00:27:21,099 [woman] Let's take a look. [chuckles] 742 00:27:21,141 --> 00:27:22,267 There you go. 743 00:27:22,308 --> 00:27:23,643 Look at that one now. 744 00:27:23,935 --> 00:27:25,145 Nice. 745 00:27:26,646 --> 00:27:27,564 Okay, looks good. 746 00:27:27,647 --> 00:27:29,482 It does look like a mustache. 747 00:27:29,566 --> 00:27:30,400 [woman] It does. 748 00:27:32,986 --> 00:27:33,987 [Alison] Doesn't it? 749 00:27:34,070 --> 00:27:35,488 Am I in the right spot? 750 00:27:35,572 --> 00:27:36,656 -[Brett] Yes. -[woman laughs] 751 00:27:44,664 --> 00:27:46,458 [Alison] I never thought I was gonna say this, 752 00:27:46,499 --> 00:27:48,585 but Monroe is actually getting closer. 753 00:27:50,837 --> 00:27:52,255 They're building the new stairs, 754 00:27:53,256 --> 00:27:55,258 the mantles are all starting to go in, 755 00:27:55,342 --> 00:27:58,762 and work has started on the glass and iron kitchen doorway. 756 00:28:01,514 --> 00:28:02,724 Hi, Sergey. 757 00:28:02,807 --> 00:28:03,767 [Sergey chuckles] Hey. 758 00:28:04,517 --> 00:28:05,810 [Alison] Looking good. 759 00:28:05,852 --> 00:28:07,312 -[Sergey] Good to see you. -[Alison] Thanks, good to see you. 760 00:28:07,354 --> 00:28:08,355 [Sergey] You too. 761 00:28:08,438 --> 00:28:10,815 It's nice to roll up to Monroe and see the crane. 762 00:28:10,857 --> 00:28:12,150 That's a big difference. 763 00:28:12,192 --> 00:28:14,235 -Oh, you got the corners. -We did. 764 00:28:14,319 --> 00:28:17,030 [Alison] Oh, those are so pretty. 765 00:28:17,113 --> 00:28:18,365 [Sergey] Got the corners 766 00:28:18,448 --> 00:28:21,242 and hopefully we'll get that whole entire front elevation done 767 00:28:21,326 --> 00:28:23,370 with the cornice as well today. 768 00:28:23,453 --> 00:28:25,205 We went up there with the machine, 769 00:28:25,288 --> 00:28:26,373 3D scanned the whole thing, 770 00:28:26,456 --> 00:28:29,459 -so that it's 100% to what it is before. -Accurate. 771 00:28:29,542 --> 00:28:30,752 [Sergey] Yeah. 772 00:28:30,835 --> 00:28:32,462 -[Alison] Not a difference. -[Sergey] No. 773 00:28:32,545 --> 00:28:35,382 -[Alison] Just new and sturdy. -[Sergey] That's right. And fiberglass. 774 00:28:36,216 --> 00:28:37,759 Wow. 775 00:28:37,842 --> 00:28:39,427 But it is a huge step for Mike and Jim 776 00:28:39,511 --> 00:28:42,347 to actually bite the bullet and make a huge investment 777 00:28:42,389 --> 00:28:44,307 with the new cornice and the exterior 778 00:28:44,391 --> 00:28:46,059 because that is not cheap. 779 00:28:46,851 --> 00:28:49,229 Ooh. 780 00:28:49,312 --> 00:28:50,605 What's up, Mike? 781 00:28:50,689 --> 00:28:52,315 Hey, Alison. Welcome. 782 00:28:52,399 --> 00:28:54,442 -We're moving. It's going. -It's going. 783 00:28:54,526 --> 00:28:55,944 -[Alison] Finally. -[Mike] Yeah, we got a lot of people here today. 784 00:28:56,027 --> 00:28:57,195 -It's just, it's great to see. -[Alison] Yes. 785 00:28:57,237 --> 00:28:58,613 -Today needs to happen. -Yep. 786 00:28:58,697 --> 00:29:00,490 -[Alison] It's so pretty. -[Mike] Definitely a lot nicer. 787 00:29:00,573 --> 00:29:01,741 This is gonna be great. 788 00:29:01,825 --> 00:29:04,411 And then we're bringing it into this beautiful modern state 789 00:29:04,494 --> 00:29:06,788 with these doors. Alazar. 790 00:29:06,871 --> 00:29:08,581 -[Alazar] Alison. -[Alison] Unbelievable. 791 00:29:08,665 --> 00:29:09,874 [Alazar] Looks good, right? 792 00:29:09,916 --> 00:29:10,875 [Alison] It's so beautiful. 793 00:29:10,917 --> 00:29:12,252 [Alazar] Wait till you see the arch up there. 794 00:29:12,335 --> 00:29:14,045 [Alison] I can't wait to see the arch. 795 00:29:14,087 --> 00:29:15,255 Alazar is putting in 796 00:29:15,338 --> 00:29:18,675 the beautiful glass and iron partition and door 797 00:29:18,758 --> 00:29:20,885 between the hallway and the kitchen. 798 00:29:20,927 --> 00:29:23,221 Alazar is somebody who I worked with years ago 799 00:29:23,263 --> 00:29:25,974 to do this beautiful separation of space 800 00:29:26,057 --> 00:29:27,767 at my evergreen house. 801 00:29:27,851 --> 00:29:29,811 And everything's just stark white, 802 00:29:29,894 --> 00:29:31,896 and then you have this black iron and this glass. 803 00:29:31,938 --> 00:29:33,690 Very contemporary vibe. 804 00:29:33,773 --> 00:29:36,276 With the arch door, It's perfect. 805 00:29:36,359 --> 00:29:37,652 Kristy's coming with the paint deck. 806 00:29:37,736 --> 00:29:40,363 -We'll do everything today. -Okay. 807 00:29:40,447 --> 00:29:41,823 [Mike] These floors are so red. 808 00:29:41,906 --> 00:29:44,242 Mike, I've never done red like this before in my life. 809 00:29:45,618 --> 00:29:46,619 If you'd checked with me, 810 00:29:46,703 --> 00:29:49,289 I would've told you absolutely no on that. 811 00:29:49,372 --> 00:29:51,750 That's blood red stain. 812 00:29:51,791 --> 00:29:54,794 Looks like somebody's blood was used to stain the stairs. 813 00:29:54,878 --> 00:29:55,879 So, we're gonna go ahead and make sure 814 00:29:55,962 --> 00:29:58,048 everybody knows it's clear that you picked it. 815 00:30:02,427 --> 00:30:03,553 [Alison] These floors are so red. 816 00:30:03,595 --> 00:30:06,264 Mike, I've never done red like this before in my life. 817 00:30:06,348 --> 00:30:07,349 If you'd checked with me, 818 00:30:07,432 --> 00:30:09,351 I would've told you absolutely no on that. 819 00:30:10,268 --> 00:30:11,644 So, we're gonna go ahead and make sure 820 00:30:11,728 --> 00:30:13,688 everybody knows it's clear that you picked it. 821 00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:16,399 [Mike laughs] 822 00:30:16,441 --> 00:30:18,902 Our mahogany floors have lots of reds, 823 00:30:18,943 --> 00:30:20,153 - oranges and browns. -[Alison] It's, it's very red. 824 00:30:20,236 --> 00:30:21,446 I saw all of it. 825 00:30:21,529 --> 00:30:23,990 The whole point is there's a deep, deep contrast now 826 00:30:24,074 --> 00:30:27,869 - between the old new floor and the new truss. -[Mike] Yeah. 827 00:30:27,952 --> 00:30:30,205 -All right, let's go see upstairs. -All right. 828 00:30:30,288 --> 00:30:31,998 -[Alison] You wanna do the stained glass? -[Mike] Yeah. 829 00:30:32,082 --> 00:30:34,459 -I got 'em right here. -[Alison] Ooh. 830 00:30:34,542 --> 00:30:36,920 -Yes, hello. [chuckles] -[Kristy] Hi. 831 00:30:38,463 --> 00:30:39,673 -How cool are these? -[Kristy] They're here. 832 00:30:39,756 --> 00:30:41,216 [Alison] Hey, not bad for amateurs. 833 00:30:41,299 --> 00:30:42,300 -Right? -[Mike] Yeah. 834 00:30:42,384 --> 00:30:43,677 Okay, let's figure out placement. 835 00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:45,303 I wanna see... 836 00:30:45,387 --> 00:30:46,805 -color wise. Here. Here, Mike. -[Kristy] Like, which order? 837 00:30:46,888 --> 00:30:49,307 You can give me and then stand over there. 838 00:30:50,558 --> 00:30:51,559 Ooh. 839 00:30:51,643 --> 00:30:53,019 Maybe those switch. 840 00:30:53,103 --> 00:30:55,230 [Kristy] Yes, those switch, 'cause it's... 841 00:30:55,313 --> 00:30:56,815 [Alison] Color, color, color, color. 842 00:30:57,315 --> 00:30:59,109 Love this. 843 00:30:59,651 --> 00:31:00,485 Like that. 844 00:31:01,403 --> 00:31:02,529 Yes. 845 00:31:02,612 --> 00:31:04,447 Oh, 'cause now you get a little hint of the blue. 846 00:31:04,489 --> 00:31:06,533 -Yeah, I think they're perfect. -So pretty. 847 00:31:06,616 --> 00:31:07,909 -Let's put 'em up. -[Kristy] Yeah. 848 00:31:07,992 --> 00:31:10,787 -Here, why don't we go up and you guys pass 'em up? -Sounds good. 849 00:31:10,829 --> 00:31:15,583 Cool moment to know that I made one of those with my very own hands 850 00:31:15,667 --> 00:31:17,210 and that it's gonna be installed for, 851 00:31:17,293 --> 00:31:19,671 I hope, 100 plus years in this house. 852 00:31:19,963 --> 00:31:21,715 Ooh. 853 00:31:21,798 --> 00:31:24,843 And then 100 years from now, somebody's salvaging it, 854 00:31:24,926 --> 00:31:27,971 finding it in an antique store, full circle. 855 00:31:28,013 --> 00:31:29,097 That would be awesome. 856 00:31:29,180 --> 00:31:31,433 Now there's so much visual appeal in a room 857 00:31:31,516 --> 00:31:34,602 that once probably had it and then was stripped of it. 858 00:31:34,686 --> 00:31:36,062 -[Mike] Yeah. -[Alison] God, it's gonna look good. 859 00:31:36,146 --> 00:31:38,273 -Let's go downstairs. Let's make a list. -All right. 860 00:31:38,356 --> 00:31:39,399 -[Alison] Okay. -We'll do it. 861 00:31:39,482 --> 00:31:40,900 [Alison] If I'm renting this house, 862 00:31:40,984 --> 00:31:43,653 I am living my best Chicago life. 863 00:31:43,695 --> 00:31:47,532 You have all of it in this beautiful old building. 864 00:31:47,615 --> 00:31:51,870 -Okay, so list wise, hearth material. -[Kristy] Nothing green. 865 00:31:51,953 --> 00:31:52,912 No green. 866 00:31:52,996 --> 00:31:54,122 That'll make the red pop. 867 00:31:54,205 --> 00:31:55,623 You're gonna need a slab. 868 00:31:55,707 --> 00:31:57,292 [Kristy] What if they have, like, half a slab? 869 00:31:57,375 --> 00:31:58,293 But it depends on the size. 870 00:31:58,376 --> 00:31:59,878 You said your fabricator is close. 871 00:31:59,961 --> 00:32:01,338 -[Mike] Yeah. -Okay. 872 00:32:01,379 --> 00:32:02,672 -[Mike] Yeah. -They've gotta have something in they're slab yard. 873 00:32:02,714 --> 00:32:04,174 Ooh. [chuckles] 874 00:32:04,966 --> 00:32:05,967 Look at that. 875 00:32:06,843 --> 00:32:08,470 When you listen to us, 876 00:32:08,553 --> 00:32:10,930 -this is what happens. -[both laugh] 877 00:32:11,014 --> 00:32:14,768 When you don't listen to us, that happens. 878 00:32:14,851 --> 00:32:17,562 Monroe is a labor of love for a very good reason. 879 00:32:17,645 --> 00:32:20,357 This old house is not like anything 880 00:32:20,398 --> 00:32:23,443 I get to do these days with clients. 881 00:32:23,526 --> 00:32:25,445 And that makes me miss flipping, 882 00:32:25,528 --> 00:32:27,697 that makes me miss what I used to do. 883 00:32:38,166 --> 00:32:40,377 At this point, it's all hands on deck. 884 00:32:40,418 --> 00:32:42,545 We've gotta finish Monroe. 885 00:32:42,587 --> 00:32:44,714 Mike listened to me, thank God, 886 00:32:44,756 --> 00:32:47,175 and painted those blood red stairs black. 887 00:32:47,258 --> 00:32:50,637 And now, Sergey's guys are installing that beautiful new railing, 888 00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:53,181 spindles and the newel posts. 889 00:32:53,264 --> 00:32:56,267 Tile and vanities are going into the bathrooms. 890 00:32:56,351 --> 00:32:57,936 In the kitchen, cabinets are going in 891 00:32:58,019 --> 00:33:01,398 and they're installing that beautiful waterfall edge countertop 892 00:33:01,439 --> 00:33:02,899 behind the island. 893 00:33:02,941 --> 00:33:04,609 So, it's finally coming together. 894 00:33:06,444 --> 00:33:08,029 Yes. 895 00:33:08,113 --> 00:33:10,115 Black on black. 896 00:33:10,198 --> 00:33:13,076 Monroe is actually almost done. 897 00:33:13,910 --> 00:33:15,954 Who would've thought? Ten years later. 898 00:33:16,037 --> 00:33:17,455 The stairs are night and day. 899 00:33:17,539 --> 00:33:18,498 They were blood red, 900 00:33:18,581 --> 00:33:21,167 and now they are black, stately and gorgeous, 901 00:33:21,251 --> 00:33:22,627 and with the black, 902 00:33:22,669 --> 00:33:25,296 it doesn't even allow you to think, oh, they made that new. 903 00:33:25,380 --> 00:33:26,548 [Kristy] No, not at all. 904 00:33:26,631 --> 00:33:29,426 Especially when you look back at historic photos of this, 905 00:33:29,467 --> 00:33:31,052 you'd be like, "That's the same one." 906 00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:32,887 [Kristy] It looks so good. 907 00:33:32,971 --> 00:33:35,974 [Alison] The sun is shining, the house is almost done. 908 00:33:36,599 --> 00:33:38,810 There's no more Monroe. 909 00:33:38,893 --> 00:33:42,647 And I'm gonna be not just excited to be finished, 910 00:33:42,731 --> 00:33:44,899 but so proud of what we've done. 911 00:33:44,983 --> 00:33:47,652 -I love it. I love it. -Yeah. 912 00:33:47,736 --> 00:33:49,988 -So, this is the hood problem, right? -[Mike] Yeah. 913 00:33:50,071 --> 00:33:53,158 But I think we keep the stainless exposed and just let it be what it is. 914 00:33:53,241 --> 00:33:54,117 A 100%. 915 00:33:54,159 --> 00:33:55,535 Stainless exposed, 916 00:33:55,618 --> 00:33:56,745 you have panels going on the fridge. 917 00:33:56,828 --> 00:33:57,787 [Mike] The panels going on the fridge. 918 00:33:57,829 --> 00:33:58,830 -[Alison] So, those will match. -Yep. 919 00:33:58,913 --> 00:34:00,290 But if we have extra panels... 920 00:34:00,331 --> 00:34:02,042 -We do have extra panels. Yeah. -[Alison] You do? 921 00:34:02,125 --> 00:34:02,959 -Awesome. -[Mike] Yep. 922 00:34:03,001 --> 00:34:04,794 So, then we do panels right above it, 923 00:34:04,836 --> 00:34:06,212 and I think it'll look really pretty. 924 00:34:06,296 --> 00:34:08,340 So, do we wanna cap the panel same 925 00:34:08,422 --> 00:34:10,592 - so the crown goes across all of it? -[Alison] Yes. 926 00:34:10,675 --> 00:34:12,594 -So it just disappears. -[Mike] All right. 927 00:34:12,677 --> 00:34:14,846 [sighs] I can't believe we're even close. 928 00:34:14,929 --> 00:34:16,348 How long has it really been? 929 00:34:16,431 --> 00:34:18,933 -Four years. -When did we first meet? 930 00:34:19,016 --> 00:34:20,518 Was it really or are you just making that up? 931 00:34:20,601 --> 00:34:21,436 Three years? 932 00:34:21,518 --> 00:34:23,646 When did we get your first plan? 933 00:34:23,688 --> 00:34:25,565 -Probably it was 2022. -[Alison] When did we get here first? 934 00:34:25,648 --> 00:34:26,815 Let's see what day. 935 00:34:26,858 --> 00:34:28,525 -February 2022 was the first... -[Mike] See that? 936 00:34:28,610 --> 00:34:30,152 February 2022. 937 00:34:30,195 --> 00:34:31,612 -What's today? -[Mike] I got a whole year to go. 938 00:34:31,696 --> 00:34:32,947 -First proposed plan. -February... 939 00:34:33,031 --> 00:34:34,949 February 2022. 940 00:34:35,033 --> 00:34:39,496 -We are in June of 2024. -[Mike] That's right. 941 00:34:39,536 --> 00:34:40,830 Yeah, we're ahead of schedule. 942 00:34:40,871 --> 00:34:42,415 [all laugh] 943 00:34:42,498 --> 00:34:43,750 [Alison] From day one, I've said it. 944 00:34:43,833 --> 00:34:46,960 This house is quintessential Chicago architecture and history. 945 00:34:47,045 --> 00:34:49,505 And it has been brought to life by me and my team. 946 00:34:49,547 --> 00:34:52,634 I'm so glad that Mike and Jim got their act together, 947 00:34:52,717 --> 00:34:55,094 and that we could finally finish the house. 948 00:34:55,178 --> 00:34:57,222 Even though my brain the whole time was telling me, 949 00:34:57,305 --> 00:34:58,640 "let it go, let it go, 950 00:34:58,723 --> 00:35:00,600 move away, walk away, walk away," 951 00:35:00,684 --> 00:35:03,895 my body was like, "stay, make it beautiful, fix it, 952 00:35:03,978 --> 00:35:05,939 it needs you, it needs you." 953 00:35:06,022 --> 00:35:07,232 And I'm glad I did. 954 00:35:08,900 --> 00:35:10,568 That's exceeding my expectations. 955 00:35:10,652 --> 00:35:11,569 [Alison] Look at it. 956 00:35:11,653 --> 00:35:13,363 It's what you do, and you're very good at it. 957 00:35:13,405 --> 00:35:14,739 And I'm so happy to have you as part of this. 958 00:35:26,376 --> 00:35:30,922 [Alison] A project that has taken years is down to the last few days. 959 00:35:31,006 --> 00:35:33,883 The new cornice is in. It looks perfect. 960 00:35:33,967 --> 00:35:36,886 Inside, they're installing all the crown molding throughout the house. 961 00:35:38,805 --> 00:35:41,433 And the sconces are going up in the bathrooms, 962 00:35:41,516 --> 00:35:44,060 Then it's onto the finishing touches. 963 00:35:45,311 --> 00:35:48,982 Things like cabinet hardware, backsplash tile. 964 00:35:49,065 --> 00:35:51,276 [Brett] Yeah, those are okay. The pompous grass, no. 965 00:35:51,359 --> 00:35:52,736 [Alison] And staging. 966 00:35:52,819 --> 00:35:55,447 [Brett] This is going to actually be a rental property. 967 00:35:55,530 --> 00:35:58,116 So, we are staging this one from top to bottom 968 00:35:58,199 --> 00:36:01,745 just so that everybody can really get the idea of 969 00:36:01,828 --> 00:36:03,788 the magnitude of this property. 970 00:36:03,872 --> 00:36:07,375 So, I'm making sure that we have specific trees. 971 00:36:07,417 --> 00:36:08,793 Oh, she's gonna love that. 972 00:36:08,877 --> 00:36:09,961 Lots of greens, 973 00:36:10,045 --> 00:36:13,006 really modern, sexy furniture that's coming in. 974 00:36:13,089 --> 00:36:15,300 Let's see it because that might be a better contrast. 975 00:36:15,383 --> 00:36:16,509 So, this is gonna be the first time 976 00:36:16,593 --> 00:36:19,888 that I'm actually staging a property with Alison. 977 00:36:19,929 --> 00:36:20,930 There's a lot going on. 978 00:36:21,014 --> 00:36:23,099 Lot of moving parts with this one. 979 00:36:34,736 --> 00:36:37,072 Seventeen years later. [chuckles] 980 00:36:37,113 --> 00:36:38,406 Monroe is done. 981 00:36:38,948 --> 00:36:39,949 Okay. 982 00:36:41,201 --> 00:36:42,619 What we were working with before 983 00:36:42,702 --> 00:36:45,330 is what made me fall in love with this house. 984 00:36:45,413 --> 00:36:47,248 - You don't see these anymore. -[Mike] Yep. 985 00:36:51,127 --> 00:36:52,295 [Jim] You know, it's 140 years old. 986 00:36:52,379 --> 00:36:53,588 - Mike and I were just talking. -[Alison] I know. 987 00:36:53,630 --> 00:36:54,923 [Jim] I mean, it's just amazing it's still there. 988 00:36:54,964 --> 00:36:56,132 It's unbelievable. 989 00:36:56,216 --> 00:36:57,342 It's been such an odyssey. 990 00:36:57,425 --> 00:36:59,260 - It's been so long. -[Mike] We saved it. 991 00:36:59,302 --> 00:37:01,680 We saved everything that we could. 992 00:37:01,763 --> 00:37:05,475 - I love the original corbels that are so massive. -[Mike] Yep. 993 00:37:05,558 --> 00:37:08,228 [Alison] The cornice was absolutely not gonna make it. 994 00:37:08,311 --> 00:37:09,562 [Jim] But look how beautiful it looks. 995 00:37:09,646 --> 00:37:10,855 [Alison] Sergey killed it. 996 00:37:10,939 --> 00:37:13,108 [Jim] Great way to keep the history, but yet modernize it. 997 00:37:13,149 --> 00:37:14,109 Yeah. 998 00:37:14,150 --> 00:37:15,652 God, this looks good. 999 00:37:15,735 --> 00:37:19,447 Good on Jim and Mike for taking a project like this on 1000 00:37:19,489 --> 00:37:20,990 and never giving up on it. 1001 00:37:21,908 --> 00:37:23,827 Finally. 1002 00:37:23,910 --> 00:37:25,120 Oh. 1003 00:37:25,161 --> 00:37:27,247 -Man, it's so good to see it like this. -[Mike] I know. 1004 00:37:27,330 --> 00:37:29,499 I can picture what this looked like before. 1005 00:37:29,582 --> 00:37:31,292 And even though it was a disaster, 1006 00:37:31,334 --> 00:37:32,919 it was a beautiful disaster. 1007 00:37:42,095 --> 00:37:45,181 It was screaming for help and screaming for love. 1008 00:37:45,265 --> 00:37:47,642 It's the reason I didn't walk away from it. 1009 00:37:47,684 --> 00:37:51,104 [Jim] I was a little worried about the black and white, too much of it, 1010 00:37:51,187 --> 00:37:53,231 -but it looks phenomenal. Looks phenomenal. -[Alison] Yeah? 1011 00:37:53,314 --> 00:37:56,693 -First of all, this one house that has a real entrance. -[Mike] Yeah. 1012 00:37:56,776 --> 00:37:57,944 [Alison] That has its own moment, 1013 00:37:58,028 --> 00:37:59,195 where you wanna stay here forever, 1014 00:37:59,279 --> 00:38:01,072 'cause you've got a sightline to everything. 1015 00:38:01,156 --> 00:38:02,449 [Mike and Jim] Yeah. 1016 00:38:02,532 --> 00:38:04,284 [Alison] And then this mantel. I mean, look at it. 1017 00:38:04,367 --> 00:38:05,452 It was, like, meant to be here. 1018 00:38:05,535 --> 00:38:07,037 [Mike] It's perfect. 1019 00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:08,705 [Alison] The stairs had a chunk left in it. 1020 00:38:08,788 --> 00:38:10,707 -[Mike] We didn't have much. -[Jim] It was only a small piece. 1021 00:38:10,790 --> 00:38:12,250 -[Alison] Yeah. We lost that. -[Jim] Yeah. 1022 00:38:12,334 --> 00:38:14,711 [Alison] So, thank God we had the photos. 1023 00:38:18,798 --> 00:38:21,968 And Sergey was able to match this almost completely. 1024 00:38:22,052 --> 00:38:25,347 -I mean, nobody would walk in and be like, "This is new." -[Jim] Yeah. 1025 00:38:25,388 --> 00:38:26,848 -[Alison] Right? -[Jim] They don't make 'em like this anymore. 1026 00:38:26,890 --> 00:38:29,726 [Alison] They don't make any of this like this anymore. 1027 00:38:29,809 --> 00:38:31,895 It's what you do, and you're very good at it. 1028 00:38:31,978 --> 00:38:33,646 And I'm so happy to have you as part of this. 1029 00:38:33,730 --> 00:38:34,564 We love doing it. 1030 00:38:34,647 --> 00:38:37,359 Kristy, she loves this house like I do. 1031 00:38:37,400 --> 00:38:39,110 So, we shared that interest. 1032 00:38:39,194 --> 00:38:40,028 Look at this. 1033 00:38:40,070 --> 00:38:42,906 That fireplace is perfect there. 1034 00:38:49,204 --> 00:38:52,040 [Mike] It's open on the first floor so people can congregate. 1035 00:38:52,082 --> 00:38:53,667 - Pick a fireplace and sit around it. -[Alison] Yeah. 1036 00:38:53,750 --> 00:38:55,835 It still encompasses and embodies 1037 00:38:55,919 --> 00:38:58,963 - the old school way of compartmentalizing rooms. -[Jim] Yeah. 1038 00:38:59,047 --> 00:39:00,131 [Alison] I love that. 1039 00:39:00,215 --> 00:39:03,134 Open enough, but still feels really cozy and homey. 1040 00:39:03,218 --> 00:39:06,262 And it gives me a very European vibe too, 1041 00:39:06,346 --> 00:39:08,682 with the crown molding and the white on white. 1042 00:39:08,765 --> 00:39:09,724 It's so perfect. 1043 00:39:09,766 --> 00:39:11,726 A lot of color on this floor. 1044 00:39:11,768 --> 00:39:13,311 - I know you're adamant on it. -[Jim chuckles] 1045 00:39:13,395 --> 00:39:14,437 I'm just not a red fan. 1046 00:39:14,521 --> 00:39:15,522 And then you come in here, 1047 00:39:15,605 --> 00:39:17,440 you've got a formal dining room. 1048 00:39:24,698 --> 00:39:26,658 If you're having a big group of people here, 1049 00:39:26,741 --> 00:39:28,952 spatially, you could do even a bigger table here. 1050 00:39:29,035 --> 00:39:30,829 -[Jim] Mmm-hmm. -[Alison] Massive table here. 1051 00:39:30,912 --> 00:39:33,164 And this fireplace, it's beautiful. 1052 00:39:33,248 --> 00:39:34,374 It was like, okay, let's paint it black. 1053 00:39:34,457 --> 00:39:35,542 It's gotta tie back in. 1054 00:39:35,625 --> 00:39:37,419 It does look so good. 1055 00:39:37,460 --> 00:39:40,755 And then this is, 1056 00:39:40,797 --> 00:39:42,048 -this is the kitchen. -Wow. 1057 00:39:53,727 --> 00:39:56,021 -That's exceeding my expectations. -Look at it. 1058 00:39:56,104 --> 00:39:58,231 [Jim] You look through the archway, 1059 00:39:58,314 --> 00:40:00,316 and the tiling looks so good. 1060 00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:01,901 The cabinets look phenomenal. 1061 00:40:01,985 --> 00:40:04,696 - And the countertop, I mean, it all plays so nicely. -[Alison] Yeah. 1062 00:40:04,779 --> 00:40:06,322 It just looks so rich in there. 1063 00:40:06,406 --> 00:40:08,324 [Mike] It's nice to have the arch theme carried throughout. 1064 00:40:08,408 --> 00:40:09,659 -[Alison] Yeah. -[Mike] That's very nice. 1065 00:40:09,743 --> 00:40:11,578 [Alison] We've got 'em in a lot of the fireplaces, right? 1066 00:40:11,661 --> 00:40:13,079 -[Jim] Windows, everywhere. -[Alison] Yeah. 1067 00:40:13,163 --> 00:40:14,998 Anybody that's walking in here is gonna go, 1068 00:40:15,081 --> 00:40:17,167 "Those doors are new. Those aren't from here." 1069 00:40:17,250 --> 00:40:18,293 But it's that really great mix 1070 00:40:18,335 --> 00:40:20,795 of old and new and modern and traditional 1071 00:40:20,837 --> 00:40:21,755 that works here. 1072 00:40:21,838 --> 00:40:23,340 That industrial take on it 1073 00:40:23,423 --> 00:40:24,507 is very cool, we're in Chicago. 1074 00:40:24,549 --> 00:40:26,051 It's part of the architecture of Chicago, and... 1075 00:40:26,134 --> 00:40:27,677 -[Jim] It is a mix. -[Alison] Yeah. 1076 00:40:27,761 --> 00:40:30,638 It's nice to see it the way she saw it. 1077 00:40:30,680 --> 00:40:32,807 We've got the old and new fused together. 1078 00:40:32,849 --> 00:40:35,143 We've kept really the aura of the house. 1079 00:40:35,185 --> 00:40:36,936 Couldn't be happier. 1080 00:40:37,020 --> 00:40:38,271 -[Alison] Wanna see upstairs? -[Jim] Yeah. 1081 00:40:41,358 --> 00:40:42,400 Look at this. 1082 00:40:42,484 --> 00:40:44,527 -[Jim] Oh, man, it's so open. -I mean... 1083 00:40:53,787 --> 00:40:56,456 [Alison] People who are renting this are gonna fight over this. 1084 00:40:56,539 --> 00:40:57,624 You can't help it. 1085 00:40:57,707 --> 00:40:59,876 You walk in, you see the stained glass that we made. 1086 00:40:59,959 --> 00:41:00,877 We got to learn how to do it. 1087 00:41:00,960 --> 00:41:02,295 It was such a cool team thing too, 1088 00:41:02,379 --> 00:41:03,713 for me and my team. 1089 00:41:03,797 --> 00:41:06,091 And now, we get to be part of the history of this house. 1090 00:41:06,174 --> 00:41:07,801 -[Mike] You're forever linked to it. -[Jim] Yeah. 1091 00:41:07,884 --> 00:41:10,178 [Alison] And this is mantle heaven for me. 1092 00:41:10,220 --> 00:41:12,138 -[Jim] It really is. -[Alison] They all came together. 1093 00:41:12,222 --> 00:41:14,724 -[Mike] Yep. -[Alison] All of them, and that is beautiful. 1094 00:41:14,808 --> 00:41:16,559 -It plays. -It fully plays. 1095 00:41:16,643 --> 00:41:18,895 -[Mike] Yeah. -And then, come into the bathroom. 1096 00:41:29,406 --> 00:41:31,116 - Look at that tile. -[Jim] Yeah. 1097 00:41:31,199 --> 00:41:33,243 -It brings the arches back out. -Yeah. 1098 00:41:33,326 --> 00:41:36,079 -[Alison] And in a very cool art deco way. -[Jim] Yeah. 1099 00:41:36,162 --> 00:41:37,080 -[Jim] It all works. -Looks great. 1100 00:41:37,163 --> 00:41:38,248 -Yep. -As usual. 1101 00:41:38,289 --> 00:41:40,375 [Alison] And we've the richness in the cabinets, 1102 00:41:40,417 --> 00:41:42,002 we've got a beautiful simple tile. 1103 00:41:42,085 --> 00:41:43,753 And then the penny round throwback. 1104 00:41:43,837 --> 00:41:45,338 [Jim] I love those, yeah. 1105 00:41:45,422 --> 00:41:46,631 - I knew that was gonna work really well there. -[Alison] Yeah. Yeah. 1106 00:41:46,715 --> 00:41:49,300 So, it took us almost three years to get this building done. 1107 00:41:49,384 --> 00:41:50,969 We want people to come see it, stay here, 1108 00:41:51,052 --> 00:41:52,345 show it off a little bit, 1109 00:41:52,429 --> 00:41:54,556 have some good memories with their own families and friends. 1110 00:41:54,597 --> 00:41:56,641 So, that's where we're headed next. 1111 00:41:56,725 --> 00:41:57,726 It came together. 1112 00:41:57,767 --> 00:41:59,394 -And I'm... -[Jim] Yeah, we're happy with it. 1113 00:41:59,436 --> 00:42:00,770 ...so happy with this house. 1114 00:42:00,854 --> 00:42:02,731 It was a pain in my ass. [laughs] 1115 00:42:02,772 --> 00:42:05,942 But it's worth it because of how this turned out. 1116 00:42:06,026 --> 00:42:08,528 This is such a great house for anybody to rent. 1117 00:42:08,611 --> 00:42:11,448 And I hope now you're gonna get even more of a premium. 1118 00:42:11,531 --> 00:42:13,116 -Yeah. Yeah. -I think. 1119 00:42:13,199 --> 00:42:14,492 We will, definitely. 1120 00:42:14,576 --> 00:42:15,535 [Alison] Me and my team 1121 00:42:15,618 --> 00:42:18,496 put so much time and effort into this house. 1122 00:42:18,580 --> 00:42:21,166 It's very hard for me to walk away from this the first time. 1123 00:42:21,249 --> 00:42:24,419 Really hard, because I do love this city 1124 00:42:24,461 --> 00:42:25,628 and what it's known for. 1125 00:42:25,712 --> 00:42:27,922 I grew up driving these streets with my dad, 1126 00:42:27,964 --> 00:42:29,632 admiring homes like this one. 1127 00:42:29,716 --> 00:42:33,636 And I'm now fully ingrained in the fabric of this house 1128 00:42:33,720 --> 00:42:35,638 for the rest of time, I hope. 1129 00:42:41,603 --> 00:42:43,438 Coming up on Windy City Rehab... 1130 00:42:43,480 --> 00:42:44,939 [man over phone] I saw two properties recently, 1131 00:42:44,981 --> 00:42:47,650 had your name written all over them. 1132 00:42:47,734 --> 00:42:50,362 I'm still hungry to renovate on my own and do this on my own. 1133 00:42:50,445 --> 00:42:53,907 -No banks, no loans, nobody else. -Yep. Faster. 1134 00:42:53,990 --> 00:42:55,408 We can make a couple hundred grand. 1135 00:42:55,492 --> 00:42:56,618 On a flip. 1136 00:42:56,659 --> 00:42:59,079 And the only way I get to do that is with Lana. 1137 00:42:59,162 --> 00:43:00,121 [woman 2 over phone] They're backing out. 1138 00:43:00,163 --> 00:43:01,331 That's the only information I have on-- 1139 00:43:01,414 --> 00:43:03,041 How can they back out of the deal? 1140 00:43:03,124 --> 00:43:04,584 I know, but how can they back out of the deal?