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Where are we off to today?
The waterfront.
Guess we kinda have the perfect weather for it.
I brought my swimsuit. - Oh, good.
I hope not the skimpy one. - [laughs]
Sandy; Phillip; and their dog, Sophie,
have lived in this park-filled neighborhood for years.
But now that their son, Wyatt, has arrived,
their one-room home is way too small.
We love the location of where we live right now.
We'd like to be able to stay in this neighborhood,
but find a home that suits our needs
because he's only getting bigger
and our current apartment's only getting smaller.
We met at a bar in New York
and we were both the sober DDs for the night.
He tried to impress me with supposed dance skills,
which, ah, weren't really dance skills.
- Oh, I had moves. - Did not have moves.
- I had moves. - You had a great sense of humor
and that's what led to the date the following night.
[laughs]
Our apartment is a loft-style apartment.
It has no walls.
It's very open.
We have our office, living room,
play area, dining area, kitchen, all in one space.
His crib is next to our bed,
which is open to the rest of the living area.
Definitely need a bigger space, bigger home.
I have allergies and she has asthma.
So keeping the house clean
and dust-free is really important for us.
I try to sweep.
But then she says I don't do it properly.
You know, there are times where I need him
to also pull out the air purifier.
Sandy has her inhalers,
always have these handy nearby.
A home that has no rugs, no drapes,
and a clean wood floor is incredibly important.
♪♪
We definitely need a kitchen that is
bigger, more space.
Phillip has an appliance problem.
He loves his gadgets,
some of which I -- - It's not a problem.
An issue, an addiction. It's --
- They're all pretty useful. - They're very useful.
But they also take up a lot of space.
Wyatt, you're gonna get a tattoo
No tattoos for the baby. - and a piercing, too.
My mom is a very fun person.
She's a bit of a character, very different from me.
She lives about 45 minutes from us.
Cheers.
So at dinnertime, when we have
a guest over, Wyatt takes a seat at the table
and so I have to end up sitting on the floor here.
I would like to be able to join
the adults if I could.
The only thing that we need in the house
is to be able to fit this ottoman
in the living area. The ottoman and the couch.
It's perfect. Look at this. - It's bigger than the baby's crib.
Look at this. I could lie out.
I could, you know, it's - Now, it's like a bed.
We can play with Wyatt on here.
People eat on here. - Right.
- It's perfect. - Sure. It's multifunctional.
I get that. However, it's huge.
We would like a bigger backyard if possible.
A place where I can put the grill.
Our budget is $700,000.
Anything that we buy, lease, consider,
think about, contemplate, he has a spreadsheet for.
So that we can make the right choice.
It's a little geeky. I think it would be great
if we could stay below $700,000.
Yes, I agree.
If only your dancing skills
were as good as your driving, you'd be set.
I'm a great driver and I'm an even better dancer.
You're the one who needs to take lessons from Phillip.
I will have you know that I can bust a move
and I can parallel park at the same time.
So you definitely like this area, don't you?
Yes. Close to the beach, close to the train.
This is exactly what we're looking for.
I mean, this house is $1.5 million,
but there's a lot to inspire you.
There you go.
- Wow. - Wow.
- This is nice. - This is nice.
Yes. Definitely like this house.
Hardwood floors is key for us,
only because we can't have
any kind of carpeting or drapes.
Yeah, the carpet probably is not a good idea.
- Asthma and allergies. - Who has the allergies?
- I have allergies. - And I have asthma.
So the most important thing, then is to make sure
you have really beautiful floors,
if that's all you're gonna be looking at.
So we'll wanna make sure that you get
exactly what you want in that.
I do love that the hardwood floors flow all the way through.
[Phillip] Yeah. That's really nice.
It's kinda just seamless throughout the house like that.
And the fireplace. That's a beautiful fireplace.
- So you like a gas fireplace? - Would love any fireplace.
Gas, natural, real wood, would love it, but --
[both] Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Real-wood fireplace?
Someone with allergies, seasonal allergies,
or even asthma, you want the dirty,
- Probably not. - dusty, smoky?
- Probably not. [laughs] - A wood-burning fireplace
is one of the worst things for asthma.
I would be okay if we had a house
with no fireplace at all.
It's not a must-have.
[Jonathan] This is your dining room.
[Sandy] This is huge. - [Phillip] Yeah, this is huge.
This is nice. - And it goes right into
the kitchen. It's fantastic. - Yeah.
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Uh, it's a cute backyard.
- Nice. - It's a little small.
Would like a little more space.
I like to barbecue. - We have a small dog.
So it's actually a good size for her.
- All right. - Come on back.
[Phillip] Now, I like the fact that the dining is room
is next to the kitchen. So it's very convenient.
Still has doors that we could use
to divide the space, if need be.
Pocket doors, I like a lot, definitely pocket doors.
- If I could figure out how to use it. - Drew doesn't know how to operate it.
[laughter]
- What?! - [Sandy] See you guys later.
What were you saying?
[Phillip] I love it. - Sliding doors are great.
This is a great property.
I think this kitchen is fantastic.
Yeah, it's a beautiful kitchen.
I like the countertop space.
This island is awesome.
This is definitely something we would like,
to have an island with some stool seating.
A nice big, you know, range, gas range is important.
Only thing that I'm not too crazy about
would be glass with the nonglass.
I would like to see it all one style,
so preferably all glass.
The counter space for us is key with,
not only against a wall, but also an island
because there are times when we're both prepping
and we get in each other's way for everything.
We understand. 'Cause you guys do it like this, right?
- What? What? What? - Well, yes, anyway, so.
- Ow! - What?
Those are my moves. That's how I got her.
- Those are your moves, but -- - That's how I got her.
- Yeah. - What was your move?
- Just like that. - Just like that.
- The little booty shaking? - Like this? - Yes. Yes.
[Drew] I mean, this house has so much to offer.
Upstairs, there are four spacious bedrooms
and there are bathrooms on both levels.
I know you guys don't need a house this size.
You don't need to be by the water.
But it's also completely renovated head to toe.
See? And that's what I like.
Y-yeah, but then we gotta pay that much for it.
- Exactly. - Sure, but we're also
not waiting for the renovations to be done.
We're not having to go take a look at old,
crusty, dirty houses.
The move-in option is appealing
because we don't have to deal
with the dust, the dirt, my asthma.
And we could just move in,
if we looked at a house that was like this.
That's right. That's right. Let me remind you again:
$1.5 million.
So we need to look at fixer-uppers.
I know it's a harder process.
But at least you have professionals here
that are trying to help you.
And you can wear a mask the entire time
when we're renovating,
so that you don't take in all the sawdust.
And the thing, too, is you don't have to move
into the house mid-reno. Wait until it's all done.
Then all the dust and everything will be settled
and then you move into a house just like this.
I mean, this house was renoed. This was renoed last year.
So if you were there while they were doing the reno,
you probably would've said, "No, thanks."
- Yeah, see? - I'll consider it.
We're gonna try to make this an easier process for you.
I don't wanna get you stressed out.
But it all starts with house hunting
and I've lined up some great properties.
Let's get to it. - [Phillip] Awesome. - [Sandy] All right.
♪♪
So this is it, the big corner lot.
[Sandy] This is fantastic. I love the cedar exterior.
Yeah, it's a beautiful home.
I like the rustic-barn- type feel to it.
- After you. - [Sandy] Thank you.
Oh. - Oh.
A little smaller than I expected.
It's a little small. I don't care for this.
♪♪
Coming from the outside with you loving that rustic charm,
I thought you'd actually like the inside a little bit.
So did I, but I don't.
From the outside,
the house looks bigger than it is on the inside.
It seems pretty small and tight on the inside.
First impression of the outside?
Great. First impression on the inside?
Not so great.
This detached home has 1,400 square feet,
three bedrooms, three bathrooms,
and this neighborhood is right where they wanna be.
This house could be a little bit bigger,
but like they say, "Good things come in small packages."
It's a fixer-upper. We've already discussed that.
We wanna look at houses that are within your budget
that we can put some work into. This could all transform.
Even the walls of the kitchen could open up.
Okay.
Oh, this is kinda small.
This is pretty tight. - [Sandy] This is not gonna work.
The cabinets look pret-ty gross.
Yeah. I'm not even touching it.
So first of all, code says
we have to have 36 inches' clearance
between any doorway and the countertop.
I don't think this is to code.
You'd have to shimmy just to get in.
You gotta turn, angle, angle, angle,
and then make your way down.
You wouldn't be able to fit through.
No, no, no, no. The problem with this is
Phillip can't back it up
to impress you with his dance moves.
And no, he can't get through that doorway.
- I bet you he still could. - Mm-hmm.
- I think he should not. - [laughs]
I don't like that the door leading out to the patio
is right in front of the refrigerator door
Yeah, what is that right there with the...?
That doesn't seem functional at all.
That's totally functional when you're having a barbecue
and you wanna quickly come in from outside for a beer.
Boom! You don't even have to come into the house.
So some things in this house were not done to code.
Take a look in the bathroom.
This is your main-floor bathroom.
Is this a full bathroom?
Well, that's what they're tryin' to call it
because you have a shower assembly right there.
It's terrible. Nothing in here would stay.
Once use of that shower,
and that cabinet would warp because of all the moisture.
Well, not even that. Look at this.
You sit in here.
What's the first thing you do? You plunk down in here...
Whack! Ow! - Ooh.
- [laughter] - That's awful.
Okay, let me paint the picture for you.
Come over here.
This would be your dining area.
You can tell how cramped it feels, as well.
- Little small. - It's because you have
that bathroom there, So if we do relocate
that bathroom over here, which is a much better location...
Look outside on that deck.
It is massive.
Yeah, that's actually really nice.
I can grill there. - That's a good-sized deck.
We can have the baby out there. That's fantastic.
[Jonathan] And off to the left, you can see the little bump out there
where the back door is from the kitchen.
[Phillip] Yeah. - Here's my thought.
Now, additions are not usually something that I do.
But in this situation, I think a little will go a long way.
And, of course, I'd rip out that awkward bathroom.
And then I'd bump the wall out
to give you extra square footage.
You'd have a huge island
and I'd make sure there's plenty of room for Phil to bust a move.
The dining room would be open to the kitchen,
with enough room for you all to eat together.
I'm excited about this. This could work.
You'd lose a little bit of the deck space,
but that's okay 'cause it's so big.
Yeah. It sounds pretty amazing. Sounds pretty awesome.
Wouldn't it be nice to just have a table to dine at?
Well, that's true. Right now we don't have a table.
"Friends, come over.
We're gonna have some fine dining at our ottoman."
Yes. [laughter]
You would have beautiful seamless hardwood
flowing all the way to the back.
This would be a nice space.
[Sandy] This is a fantastic space.
I like this room.
I like the window casings.
This is probably my favorite room, so far.
Lotta sun. This is cute. I like this.
[Drew] Hold on. I wanna test this.
You like it? Get up on there. - [laughs]
So I can reach this shelf.
Now you can. Hold on.
What about this shelf over here?
It's like a ride. You just keep going.
This is what you're not noticing.
Look. You're telling me
that Wyatt's not gonna have this door open at some point?
And then... - [Phillip] Yeah.
This is just an accident waiting to happen.
So my thought is...
We'd remove those doors.
With new flooring throughout the space,
it would look incredible.
I'd design for your oversized sofa,
but we would go with a smaller ottoman.
Sorry, Phillip. And then, I'd put in pocket doors.
I know you really like them and they're a great solution.
You've got the big, comfortable sofa.
This is where you'd wanna put it.
No, he bought the furniture before we even could conceive
of what kind of living room we would have.
- See? It was fate. - Yes.
I do like this room. I think it's a great room for you guys.
You have three bedrooms in this house.
That includes a converted loft upstairs.
[Phillip] Okay. - You have "three bathrooms,"
even though we know we would have to move
the powder room on the main floor.
The yard, as well, will be great for the family.
Come on out here.
I'm gonna ride the ladder one more time here.
[Phillip laughs]
Yes.
Good-sized deck. - [Sandy] Wow, this is huge.
This is nice. Yeah, this is huge.
This is the grillmaster's deck.
Right here. I can barbecue here.
You can make as much of a mess as you like
and I can't complain.
This house is listed at $535,000.
Okay. That's not bad. Yeah.
They do know the house needs a lotta work
and that's why they're not ridiculously priced.
But I think we could probably
get the house around $510,000 to $520,000.
- Or lower. - I'm gonna go out on a limb
and guess that a house that was built
over 110 years ago,
there's gonna be some issues.
So, renovations, pretty substantial,
would cost $180,000 to do what we need to do
and it would take 8 weeks. - I think we should still look
at some other houses, though. - Yeah, I agree.
- Okay. - All right. More houses to see.
♪♪
[Sandy] It's a beautiful house,
but the location, it's just too far out.
[Phillip] So we like stone,
but I don't know about this stone.
Seems a little small.
[Drew] This house is a little deceiving.
It looks massive from the outside.
[Sandy] It's okay. - [Phillip] Yeah, not bad.
How many more of these do we have to see?
Until you make a decision.
Yeah. No. The layout wasn't very good.
♪♪
This house does look small from the front,
but it does have a full basement area as well.
[Sandy] And lots of siding.
Oh, it's sticking on the carpet.
Wow. Okay.
[Phillip] Ugh. Not love it. - This is not good.
This is not good. - Little smelly, a little musty.
[Drew] Touch that carpet.
- Uhh! - Ah!
[laughter]
I just wanted to see if you'd go for it.
I'd be okay. She would've freaked out.
[laughter]
Yeah. - It's -- I can't.
I can't deal with it, with my asthma. This is not good.
You have to give it a chance.
This is actually a pretty good-sized living room
and with the carpet removed, it would be even better.
You wouldn't have any of this allergy trap in the house.
Dirty carpet never makes the best first impression,
so I don't blame Sandy
for already having one foot out the door.
This detached home has over 1,300 square feet,
with four bedrooms, two bathrooms,
and a lot of greenspace that's perfect for barbecuing.
This house is by no means move-in-ready,
but I know Sandy would love it
if she just gives it the old college try.
I'm a little half-empty on the glass right now.
I wanna be positive. Let's be glass-half-full.
Let's even see if this kitchen has a glass that's half-full.
[chuckling]
There's nothing full in this kitchen.
- No. - Wow.
Not even a drop.
It's ugly. It doesn't work.
The fluorescent lighting is bad. - And what's up with the patch
where they probably just did not do a...?
Come over here. Come over here. Watch.
Stand the other way. Come on over here.
Drew, grab that elbow on that side.
We're gonna lift you up.
I want you to see on top of this fridge here so you know --
- No. - Ready?
See that? Touch it. Touch it. - No. No, no, no, no, no, no.
- Touch it. - I don't need to touch it.
All of this nastiness would go away.
You would never have to deal with it
because every surface would be brand-new.
Where would the dining table go?
Good question. Because, right now,
as you see the kitchen
would no longer be the kitchen.
- Okay. - We would blast this wall out.
And check this out.
This is currently being used as a bedroom,
but it wouldn't be anymore.
Wait, this would be the kitchen?
This whole thing. That wall would be
completely gone.
Suddenly, you'd have a large,
clean, blank canvas to work with.
I'd put in free-standing stairs,
so that you'd have open sight lines to the living room.
There would be just enough space for your big, comfy couch.
And the flow would be great for entertaining
and hosting dinners with your family.
There'd be lots of storage for Phillip's gadgets
and an island with room for both of you to work.
That's actually not a bad idea, if they knock down this wall
and turn it into one, big space.
Yeah. That sounds more functional.
That's why I came up with it. [laughter]
[Drew] No big deal, Jonathan.
- I mean, it is a nice -- - You're starting to win me over.
You are. - Good. See?
I have a way with the ladies. [laughter]
This is your main-floor bathroom and guest bathroom.
[Phillip] It's peachy. [laughter]
This is your science-experiment room.
Just put whatever you want in the Petri dish.
Anybody? - [Sandy] No, thank you.
Is this supposed to be another bedroom?
This is another bedroom/laundry room.
All this would be gone.
The science experiment would be gone.
And this would just be -- Yeah, there. It's already gone.
- Okay. - Sure. Okay.
- Wow. - What is this?
Just a porch. But they're not really
utilizing it to its full potential.
[Phillip] The yard's nice. The yard's nice and big.
It's a corner lot. I like that.
I love that you guys are seeing the potential.
This house is listed for $475,000.
- $475,000 okay. - Wow.
And, even though it needs a lotta work,
it is priced really well.
I think we would actually make a target price of $485,000.
Renovation would be about 8 weeks.
It would cost $190,000.
So that's bringing us close to our max budget.
Do you guys think you might need some time to think
through your potentials?
- Yeah. I think so. - We do. Yeah.
Just don't talk yourself out of a good opportunity
with an old dirty house - Okay.
because it wouldn't be old and dirty when you get it.
Talk it through, spreadsheet it, whatever you need to do,
but let's try and make a decision fast.
This house is gonna sell fast. - [Phillip] Okay. - [Sandy] Okay.
[Jonathan] I know you just wanna have a bath right now
because it's filthy.
[Sandy] Yeah. I'm a little grossed out. [chuckle]
♪♪
Well, thanks for having me over.
Yeah, no problem.
Wyatt's here. Grandma's here.
- Hi! Drew. - Hey. How are ya?
- How are you? - Good.
Well, hey, baby Wyatt. Nice to see ya
And Grandma. Do I call you Grandma?
Call me anything you want.
Grandma's good. Mama's good. Yeah.
Number-one babysitter. We need to figure out
which house we're putting an offer in on.
I think we'll go with the Cedar Peter.
- Yes! - Wow. I-I-I'm shocked.
I actually thought you were gonna say Carpet Clunker.
Yeah, I'm surprised, too.
I do love the charm of the house
and I trust you and I trust Jonathan
and... - You trust me, too.
Yes, I trust him, too. I'm nervous, though.
I honestly think that that's the best house
for you guys, as well.
Great location, close to your work.
It gives you the outdoor space with that deck.
One Jonathan's finished, gets rid of the weird bathroom
and gives you that addition,
you are gonna have a beautiful home.
Okay. But just get it at $500,000 or below.
- Yes! - So that's what we have to discuss.
Our target price should be $500,000.
You think we could do under $500,000?
I think we should go in at a market value
to show that you're being serious.
- Okay. - I don't wanna chance offending them.
- Okay. I agree. - Okay.
All right. For $500,000. - $500,000?
- Yeah. - [Sandy] Yes. - Okay.
Okay, I'll get that offer in right away
and we will definitely have the home inspection set up
right away as well. - Yes.
Fingers crossed that they actually accept the offer.
- Yes. - Very crossed. - I'll talk to you guys later.
- All right. See you later. - Thanks so much. Bye, Drew.
The seller's come back, but is refusing to let the house go
for any less than $525,000.
And the results of the home inspection are in.
The siding repairs will be more extensive than we thought:
putting in the central air will be challenging,
the furnace and boiler need to be replaced,
and, as I suspected, the electrical is shot.
With all the issues that have been identified,
Jonathan's upping his renovation budget to $205,000,
so I think $495,000 for our offer is fair.
And if your client can't come down in price,
then we're not taking the home.
No, this is it. This is our top dollar.
This is as high as we go.
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Yo, Drew!
- Hey. - Come on up.
- Hangin' on the rooftop? - Yeah. Come on up.
- I'll be right up. - All right.
- Hey, guys. - Hey. - Hey. Welcome.
Are you gonna miss this view?
Yes. Nice view.
The seller's been a bit stubborn.
They wanted $522,500.
They said they wouldn't go below that.
He thinks that it doesn't need as much work as we think.
But what we did find with the home inspection are issues
with the roof, extra costs with the panel,
electrical, a few other things.
And even with the home inspection,
we can't open up the walls, so we know there will be
surprises, added costs down the road.
So that brings the value of this house down.
So I said to the seller,
I don't want him to fix the problems.
Jonathan'll fix the problems and make sure it's done right.
So if you're okay with that, that means you
can get this house for $495,000 and then you guys'll have
this beautiful home within your budget.
So the seller agreed to that reduction?
- He did. Yep. He agreed. - He did?
What do you think?
I think we've done it.
- You accept? - We accept. - [Sandy] Yes.
- Congratulations! - We got a house.
- Yes! - Yes!
- Thank you so much. - You're very welcome.
When negotiating the price of a home,
it's times like this that the home inspection
is your best friend.
After some tense back-and-forth, the seller understood
that even when you're in a popular neighborhood,
there's only so much that someone's willing
to pay to inherit another person's problems.
Now, Jonathan has to correct this house
and prove its true value to Sandy and Phillip.
I'm feeling confident that with a little demo therapy,
Sandy and Phillip are gonna see what I do:
potential.
With the addition, this home will be spacious and beautiful
and we're gonna prove to Sandy that
buying a fixer-upper was the right move.
Sandy's unique mom, Julie, has joined us for demo today.
and she looks like she's raring to go.
[Phillip] Wow-ow-ow-ow! - Nice.
Whoo! [laughs]
Aaah!
- How's that? - I'm impressed.
Is that 37 years of raising me?
That's exactly it.
Okay, hang on.
[laughter]
There you go. Oh, my goodness.
I'm a little scared.
[suspenseful music plays]
Oh, look at that. This is what happens
when you have a poorly made bathroom.
Yeah. You can see there's mold at the bottom down there
and moisture is what breeds mold.
Yeah. That's pretty scary right there.
And especially for you.
I mean, you're susceptible to mold, right?
Yes.
So we have to be very, very careful.
That's disgusting.
♪♪
[Phillip] Whoo-oo! - [Julie] Whoa!
Whoo-hoo!
Oh, yeah.
Easy, you know.
♪♪
Whoa. - Oof!
Something's been livin' up there, too.
Ugh! - [Sandy] Ahhhgh.
That is gross.
- Oh-ha-ha! - [Sandy] I'm done.
[laughter] I'm out.
I think maybe it's probably a good time
for you guys to step out,
so it doesn't flare up your allergies any more.
I don't think I could take that.
Yeah. Okay.
All this dust and debris may be
too much for Sandy and Phillip, but Julie is still goin' strong.
I don't think I've seen anybody this excited
about demolition, ever.
[clatter]
- I'm ready to go home. - [laughs]
You really, really stepped up.
- I love you, too, sweetheart. - So. But we're not
getting you a sledgehammer. I don't care what you say.
You can get another tattoo.
You can't get another sledgehammer.
[Jonathan] We've made a great start, but it's time
to get my crew in here and really gut this place.
We've got a long way to go,
but when we're done, it's gonna be worth it.
The new hardwood floors will be allergen-free
and with this chimney gone, the sight lines
from the kitchen will be amazing.
I always knew there would be some problems
requiring beamwork, but I had no idea how bad it would be.
Not only is this entire house completely slanted --
to the point where we can't even correct it,
or we'll damage the rest of the structure --
but also, somebody has chocked up
half the framing above the kitchen.
It's not supporting anything.
It's not just a hazard,
but it's also gonna be costly to repair.
♪♪
Luckily, I was able to order new beams
and have them delivered in record time.
So we're still okay schedule-wise,
but the budget, however, is taking a pummeling.
Up.
♪♪
- Nice job. - Hey.
- Wow. - Wow.
Yes. Open. - You've been busy.
"Wow" is right.
Chimney's gone! I like that.
That's awesome. - Did you bring Mom,
so she could help me do a little bit more demo?
Mom's home with the baby,
but she was so pumped after that day
that she actually wanted to go buy
a pair of pink work gloves - Oh, wow.
and a sledgehammer. - Maybe it's good
that we leave her with a positive impression
of the whole project because - [Sandy] Yes. - Okay.
I do not have good news
- No? - for you, at all. No.
There were surprises everywhere.
You can see. This is one of the new beams
we had to put in, wasn't planned on.
Look at the slant on it.
[Phillip] That sags a lot.
Once we started tearing everything back,
and we were seeing how bad everything is,
this beam that was across here was so bent in the middle,
I am amazed it did not snap.
It was just falling apart.
So we had to replace it with something brand-new
and that is as straight as I can get it.
I mean, it's still sloped a bit, though,
it seems like. - It's sloped 2 1/4 inches.
The whole house is sloped.
Aesthetically, we will fur this end down,
so that once it's finished, it will look level.
In here, the kitchen was a total mess.
They'd hacked apart half the structure.
I mean, you have all that weight upstairs in a bathroom
from all the water and a bathtub.
Why would somebody hack away the structure?
You could fall right through.
So we've put in a new beam,
carrying from the main one here across to the back of the house.
That's the one I'm putting in right now.
And then we'll jack that up
so that it's as high as it'll go.
We weren't expecting to do an extra $6,000 worth
of beamwork. - How much?
$6,000.
This is stuff that wouldn't
have been caught in inspection?
That was not part of the original budget?
No, a lot of this was unexpected.
You look at all the additional structural work we've had to do.
This makes me fearful of the rest of the house.
You wanted a fixer-upper. Here we are.
This is a house that's over 100 years old.
You knew that that would
always be a possibility. - Yeah.
You also knew.
I know, but I'm also the one who was not for a fixer-upper,
so this is -- this is where we are.
But this is how we're gonna get the house that we want.
So that's not the only bomb I'm gonna drop on you.
We have problems, as well, over here.
So behind this post --
This is the new post supporting this beam.
The engineer made us put it right here.
When we were tearing all this out --
What is that?
This is a leak that was coming down from the roof.
[Phillip] Gross. - So that's all mold and fungus.
That's gross.
Oh, wow.
That's not typically what wood's supposed to do.
Look at that.
So we'll fix all of the rotten wood.
We'll replace that and redo the insulation.
Once it's all said and done, it'll look beautiful,
it'll be pretty, and it'll be safe.
Are we still on target for
when this is gonna all be completed?
Right now, we're on target for the timeline.
We are so over the target for the budget.
I'm gonna go home and I'm gonna get a "I told you so."
- Yeah. - I know that. In the car,
I'm gonna get that. - You won't even make it home.
Exactly.
♪♪
And when he finally makes it home,
I'm sure Phillip is gonna be going over his spreadsheets.
But even with all the additional costs,
I still think buying a fixer-upper
was the better financial option in this pricy area.
And I think we're finally finished
addressing all of the surprises.
Now, we're moving full-speed ahead,
preparing the footing for the addition.
[thunder rumbles]
[suspenseful music plays]
I just cannot catch a break on this renovation.
Every imaginable issue inside,
and now the storm has given us a setback outside, too.
That tree? Literally,
could be another blow to our budget.
[rock music plays]
Luckily, the tree is on the neighbor's property,
so they're taking on the removal
and repair costs of the shared fence.
I just wanna get past dealing with surprises
and focus on the renovation.
But there are still more unexpected problems to solve
and I need to figure some way
to get our budget back under control.
All right. That is open-concept.
[Sandy] Wow. - Hey.
- Hi. - Wow.
- What do you think? - Is that our wall?
Hey. Yes. This is what's left of it.
[Phillip] Wow. - [Sandy] Hi. - It's getting there.
I mean, the next step will be to start building out
and framing in what's gonna be the addition.
Actually, now, seeing the whole width
of the addition, it's a lotta space.
It's a pretty good amount of square footage.
Yes. I am heading towards the direction
of being happy about this.
Right now, as it stands, the house has no central air.
Unfortunately, my HVAC guy was saying
because of how skinny
the wall cavities and ceiling cavities are,
we wouldn't be able to do just one big unit central air
and have it go all the way through the whole house.
We would have to split it into two units:
one for the very top level and one for the rest.
[Phillip] Okay. - To do that, and all the ducting
and the reframing and everything involved,
would be $32,000.
No. We don't have $32,000
for this. - No, we don't. No, we don't.
- We don't. - Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah. So the other option is we go with a ductless system
so we can have a wall mount here
and then in this room on the side here,
we can have it flush with the ceiling
and then we'll have a separate unit that runs upstairs.
That system would be about $10,000.
Um, I mean,
this is something we gotta decide now?
I need to know before I - [laughs]
close up the walls.
Yeah, there's a cost thing.
But there's also an effectiveness issue.
Do you have $32,000 lying around somewhere?
I think it's pretty obvious which way we have to go.
- Yeah. - And in reality, too,
there's another hit that we're gonna take.
- Another hit? - We'd originally budgeted
to replace the boiler and the hot-water tank
because we were removing the chimney.
So we're switching over to direct vent.
And when we budgeted, we sized it for what was already there.
But my plumber and my HVAC guy have now said
that they were actually undersized
and they wouldn't be effectively heating the water.
So you would be running outta hot water.
And your radiators, as well, wouldn't have
proper circulation. - [Phillip] Mm-hmm.
So he has recommended that we beef it up
to a slightly larger hot-water tank
and a slightly larger boiler - Mm-hmm.
and that's gonna be an extra $5,000.
- Wow. Okay. - There's no way we can do
$32,000 for air conditioning.
It's not happening.
$10,000 is what it's gonna have to be.
If we have to fix
the hot-water thing for $5,000, then fine.
But we don't have much more money.
So this really needs to be it.
We gotta stop the bleeding, now.
[Jonathan] Going with the more affordable heating and cooling option
definitely helps our budget,
but we're not outta the woods yet.
The upside is we're finally building the addition.
This is the part of the job I live for:
taking an older house with potential
and figuring out how to make it an amazing home.
It's what gives me that warm-and-fuzzy.
♪♪
- Hey. - Hey.
- Wow! - Good wow?
- Look at that. - Good wow this time.
- That's amazing. - We have a wall now.
[Jonathan] Well, look how much more square footage you guys have.
[Phillip] That's huge. That's awesome.
This used to be outside.
Yeah. Looks good.
So, you can see we've furred down the ceiling in here.
So we'll continue that all the way to the front,
all the way to the back. Everything will be level.
Nobody will ever know
that it was even higher in the first place.
Once these windows are in and all the glass over there,
you're gonna have tons of light pouring in.
Your island is gonna be very large, nice and big.
Breakfast-bar seating across the backside.
Wait, are you pointing in this direction,
meaning that it's going to be parallel to that wall?
Right, so that you can see; when you're sitting
at the breakfast bar, you can see outside.
- Outside. - But when you do the dishes,
you like to look like at Wyatt or, you know, at the family
while they're eating or cooking or whatever.
- Yes. - So what you're saying is,
if you're standing at the island over here
- Mm-hmm. - you can't see Wyatt over there?
[laughs]
I don't wanna be a naysayer.
But what happened to this?
Turning the neck.
I think in terms of having the island perpendicular
to that wall just makes more sense
because we often find ourselves at the stove
and the sink at the same time. - Okay.
The problem is, is that when he cooks,
he makes a mess, which means that --
- No, he dances. - No. He makes a mess.
He thinks he's entertaining, but he makes a mess,
so I have to wash while you cook.
I'm just making a nice dinner. I do a production.
Yeah, but you cook like this --
♪ This is how we cook ♪
And I can see how that would be difficult in behind.
So we're just gonna rotate, then, from here
- Yes. - [whistle] to here.
Please.
♪♪
Everything's going according to plan.
But even though we found a few places to cut costs,
like the air conditioning system,
I still need more savings
so Phillip's spreadsheet will balance.
Sandy and Phillip asked me to find some kind of
a new solution to close off the family room
and I don't think they're gonna like all the news I have.
You guys said that you did not wanna keep these original doors.
You wanted to go with something else, like a pocket door,
so that you don't have the swing into the room.
- Yeah. - I have looked at the options.
- Okay. - The pocket door's expensive.
We would have to pull out the whole wall,
put a header in all the way to support everything,
rebuild it with the assembly in there.
And then you're looking at about $4,200, $4,100.
- Wow, okay. - $4,200 for the pocket door?
- Right. - No. - That's, I mean, that's a lot.
That's more than I was expecting.
We've already spent so much money.
Well, we can do the sliding barn door,
which would be much less expensive.
[Phillip] Okay. - We're not ripping the wall out;
don't have to do a header or any of that stuff.
- Okay. - And it does still look good.
If you look at the style of them.
So it's surface matter from the other side.
And you can do it in any color you want.
Or, for the woman who loves glass,
could do something -- This is a little bit more modern.
- No. - Too modern?
- Too ugly. - That's not ugly!
It's just a different style.
- Ugly for our house. - It would not go
with your house. You could do what I did in college
and just have beads for...
Bedsheets and beads.
I actually think that's what you guys,
your parents have at their house.
- Oh, yeah? - My parents have --
you know those car-wash beads? - Yeah.
Yeah, they have something like that in the kitchen, too.
- Oh, wow. - It's a fun house.
We're not recreating that here. - You don't wanna have
that kinda fun here? - Yeah, no.
No. No, we're going exact opposite.
- Okay. Ooh, rubbed. - Thanks, Jonathan.
- Yeah. - Ooh, snap.
I think it's a great compromise. It's gonna look good,
it's not as expensive as doing pocket doors,
and it'll give them the privacy that they want in that room.
With Sandy's asthma and Phillip's allergies,
we need to be really conscious of air quality.
So I've been addressing that by putting in hardwood floors.
I'm also sourcing easy-to-clean blinds
and area rugs that actually reduce allergens.
And also, putting in a ductless system
for their heating and cooling will make a huge difference.
- Careful. I know it's heavy. - I am being careful.
But it's huge! - What is that
and why are you pulling it out of a truck?
Might need a hand here.
First of all: Hi, Julie and Wyatt.
- [laughs] - How are you? Hello!
Second of all, no!
What is -- what is this? This is a -- a bed?
This is the ottoman.
For where?!
For one of the -- the sunroom.
- To go with the 9-foot sofa. - Yeah.
- This is the sunroom. - I think you can make it work.
I don't wanna deal with it in the blazing-hot sun,
- Yes. - so let's take it inside.
But by putting it through that door,
I am not committing to actually keeping it there.
You don't have to take it back out.
- Trust me. It'll be okay. - Yeah.
- You got that side? - I got this side.
Let's go ahead and tip it up. It's got a cover on it.
Oh, my gosh! It's almost as tall as I am.
[laughter]
Wyatt wants to know where we're going with his bed.
- Swing it around. - Backwards here.
♪♪
Wow. Whew!
Hey, look. We've got a bathroom.
- Wow. - Well, almost.
I wouldn't go using it yet. - [Phillip laughs]
- This is the AC unit. - Oh, yeah.
I've got one on this floor, one going upstairs.
- Awesome. - Keep it nice and cool.
We've got a flush-mounted one for the family room.
And then, I have a little bonus for you.
[gasp]
We're gonna put in a whole-house
ventilation system as well
because what quite often happens is there's so much humidity,
- Yes. - especially with heat rising
on your upper levels, you can get mold;
you can get mold growth. That kinda musty smell?
We're gonna do a whole-house ventilation system
so it will constantly circulate the air
throughout the entire house
and that'll just prevent the allergens
from building up in here. - Well, this is fantastic,
but is this gonna get done in the next couple weeks?
Fingers crossed. Worst-case scenario,
you could bunk up with mom.
- Hmm. - Mm,
we're gonna get the house done on time.
[laughter]
It depends. If I have to rework the design
to fit in gigantic ottoman,
I don't know if I'm onboard with that.
So, come on in here, guys.
All right. So your sofa
- Okay. - is going from there,
which will basically be all the way to there.
A furniture piece to have the TV over on that side.
So you basically have 20 inches on one side
and no path on this side.
That's enough for him to roll around.
This is his play area. This is his bed.
See? He goes in this way.
He -- he bounces. He loves this. See?
[high-pitched] "Please, Jonathan?
Can you please make sure it works?"
- Let me see. - Okay.
- Oh, my goodness. - Okay.
- It is pretty comfortable. - See?
- [Sandy laughs] - You like?
- It's pretty comfortable. - It is very comfy.
Wyatt, if you say you want me to put this here,
then I'll put this here. - Say, "Yes." Say, "Yes."
"Yes, please." - Give me a giggle for a yes.
- "Yes, please! Yes, please!" - [Sandy laughs]
- Yeah! Yeah! That's a giggle. - Okay, okay.
How am I supposed to say no to Wyatt?
[laughing] It's definitely changing my design.
And now, Julie has something she wants to add.
Hi. - Hey, Jonathan.
- You brought me lunch? - Oh, well, actually,
I brought a housewarming gift
for my daughter - Oh, okay.
- and my son-in-law. - You know how they feel
about anything coming in that they didn't pick.
Yeah. Well, this, I think, she'll like very much.
May I show you? - Okay.
[laughs]
Oh, my gosh. That is hilarious.
She'll never let this in the house.
I love them and I hope
she'll appreciate that, too.
This is cool. I will make sure that I put it in.
- Thank you, Jonathan. Bye. - Thanks.
[adventure music plays]
After all the hidden problems and unexpected costs,
I really worked hard to save money
without sacrificing on a great design.
♪♪
I just hope I can bring together
all the elements and deliver on time.
There's so much left to do,
and I need to make sure this place is sparkling clean
and that the air quality is perfect.
And when the dust settles, I still need to figure out
how I'm gonna deal with the living room
I need to design around the ottoman.
And you can see, there's no room for anything else.
I want that detail work done inside and out.
After all they've been through, I don't Sandy or Phillip
to regret investing in this fixer-upper.
What's with the bed?
It's not a bed. It's an ottoman
and this is something they are in love with.
That's just an overly fancy footrest.
Well, it's a footrest that has to stay and this
is the only place I could figure out to put it.
Well, at least you now have somewhere to sleep
when you stay over. - [laughs]
- C'mere, Wyatt. - There you go.
- See ya soon. - [Sandy] Be good.
[Julie] We'll be good. We'll be good.
Have fun. - See you in a bit.
[Phillip] Honey, we're home! - [Drew laughs]
- Wow-ow. - [Sandy] This is amazing.
This is our home. This is our home. This is our home.
This is our home. - Look at this!
Wow-ow. This is amazing.
This doesn't look anything like what we had before.
I can't even believe the bathroom's not here anymore.
Wow! Look at this.
Now, this is a proper bathroom.
You have the toilet, sink. - Well, proper bathroom
in a proper location. And look.
- Sliding door. - Bye. Okay.
We can move on to the next room. [laughs]
[Jonathan] What do you think of this kitchen?
[Phillip] That's an awesome countertop. Look at that.
That's like a thick countertop.
That is awesome.
- You guys did a good job. - This is amazing.
- Well, thank you very much. - You did a good job. Oh!
- This is all for you guys. - [Phillip] This is amazing.
[Sandy] I have the sink that I wanted, the glass cabinets.
Yeah? Oh, it's beautiful.
Remember, I originally wanted to have the island going this way
so you could have a view out there.
You switched it. - Yes.
But I think it's actually fantastic.
I think it's amazing. Look at that.
See? I think I knew better.
Uh-huh.
Little bit of this and a little bit of this.
This is exactly how I envisioned it.
[Phillip] Look at the floors. - Floor.
Oh, wow. - Wow! Look at the floors.
- This is phenomenal. - Wow.
Everything in here is low- maintenance, easy to clean.
These floors, you're not gonna have allergens collecting.
That's why we had the hardwood.
The solar shades, not gonna collect dust.
Even the carpets, these carpets
were designed to prevent allergens from building up.
So this whole place and the ventilation system
[Phillip] Ah! - is gonna prevent you
from getting stuffed up. - I cannot believe this.
I'm actually overwhelmed right now.
This is like nothing -- Yeah.
I-I-I didn't imagine it turning out like this.
Sorry, I don't mean to be violent, but I'm so excited!
- Yeah, she's always -- - And you know what's great?
Is that all of your kitchen appliances?
- Yeah. - Hidden.
Put away, hidden. You're over there.
I'm over here because you make a mess when you cook.
And I'm over here and I open the fridge like this
and I'm still not hitting ya.
I do the Phillip while I'm opening the fridge.
- [laughs] - [Sandy] This is perfect.
[Jonathan] Look at the size of this kitchen.
Adding that few feet made a huge, huge difference.
[Drew] That's a dramatic impact.
You're actually standing on the original exterior wall.
- Yeah. - And all of that's extra space.
[Sandy] This is amazing.
[Jonathan] It's hard to even remember what this place looked like
to begin with, but with the bathroom gone
and the extension built, you've now got a beautiful kitchen.
This looks nothing like the house that we first saw.
Nothing. Nothing at all. - Nothing.
This is the kinda house that I would've been okay with.
If it looked like this when you walked in,
you would've paid a fortune for it.
Yeah, you would have paid hundreds of thousands more.
Okay. Okay, he's right about the fixer-upper.
I get it now. I get it now. [laughter]
But we have a proper dining table now.
And a beverage center. Look at that: beer, wine.
And juice and milk for me and the baby.
Look. Phillip, come sit.
We have a proper dining table now.
- Can we sit? - Yes, we can sit. Family.
Finally, we eat like real humans.
Like adults. - Proper humans.
I am ready for my dinner to be served.
All right. I will serve it. [laughter]
We had so many hidden problems
with this house, including the structure.
This place was seriously wonky.
But we put in new beams
and furred out the ceiling, and now it looks perfect.
Yeah, no. Can't tell at all.
It looks amazing. Looks like -- Yeah.
Looks almost like a new home. - It does.
- Just new home, yeah. - Everything is brand-new.
And I don't know about you,
but I wanna take a look at the deck.
Come on out.
[gasp]
[Phillip] This works. - [Sandy] Phillip.
This works.
I can definitely do this.
Oh, yeah. - Look at this.
And it's still so big. - Yeah, remember, this is --
remember what you said, outside's my space, right?
- Yeah, yeah. - So this is my space.
That's my barbecue, right?
This is gonna be party central here for the next bit.
Yes. Yeah. The chairs are amazing.
Barbecue's here. The table's set. Look at this.
I mean, you're as comfortable out here as you are inside.
But can we see the sunroom?
Yes.
Phillip, look at this door.
Look at the door.
- How amazing is that? - That's a great addition.
[gasp]
- [laughing] Wha-a-a-a-t? - Your ottoman fits.
The sofa fits! - See? It all fits.
You mean the bed fits? - Yes.
- The bed fits. - "Ottoman."
[Jonathan] Maybe it's not an ottoman I would've chosen,
but I know how much Wyatt loves it
and I think the design turned out beautifully.
And you never know how much your budget's
gonna go to basics.
But you have a brand-new furnace, brand-new boiler,
brand-new hot-water tank. Everything is brand-new.
So this is a very efficient home now.
I can actually take a deep breath.
No worries with my asthma.
It is exactly what I needed.
I can see you guys love the house.
I have never seen you grin so much.
This is perfect.
I wanna see two other faces smile as much as yours.
So we're gonna go get your mom and Wyatt.
Well be right back. - Great.
[triumphant music plays] [gasp]
Welcome to our home!
- Home! - Congratulations!
Oh, my gosh! This is beautiful.
- What do you think, Wyatt? - Oh, I love it.
- Are you mesmerized? - Oh! [laughs]
It's perfect.
I love this! Oh. - Mm-hmm.
- Boop boop boop! - [Sandy] We're always gonna have
Jonathan and Drew in our family room.
After a very stressful renovation,
Sandy and Phillip can settle into their new home
knowing it's the perfect place
for their son, Wyatt, to grow up in.
From the start, it was important for this family
to stay in their current neighborhood,
even though move-in-ready homes here aren't affordable.
But we found a home with great potential,
which Jonathan managed to transform
into a kid-friendly space with clean air.
Now that it's all complete, this family can breathe easy.
I think we successfully gave them
a fun, beautiful home.
Yeah, well, it's not just something that Sandy and Phillip
are gonna love. Julie's gonna love it, too.
And I bet she loves it so much, she's gonna get
a Jonathan tattoo here, a Drew tattoo with an anchor.
You know what? I think I'm gonna get a Julie tattoo.
Ooh, you should do it, on your lower back.
Like this. And he goes like that.
- Oh, the knees bend. - Shimmy on through.
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