[pop music plays]
Can I also get a little olive juice on the side?
-Cheers. -Cheers.
-Where's-well... -Oh.
Should we wait for Shane?
-[Megan] That's Tyler. -[Andrew] I mean, Tyler.
It's been so long, you forget who's who.
That's Shane. That's Tyler. I'm gonna have a sip of mine.
Look who's here.
-Hey, guys. -[Megan] Oh, hey, Jeff. How are you?
Good. Cheers.
[all] Cheers.
What did you think about that elevator?
-Terrible. I didn't have any water. -So hot, I couldn't breathe.
I became dehydrated in the 30 seconds I was in that elevator.
[Andrew] And it was slow.
All I kept thinking was, I didn't bring a bottle of water in with me.
Because if you get trapped, you need water.
You don't wanna get trapped.
You would have ran out of air in 45 minutes.
I had shortness of breath by the time the door opened.
[all laugh]
[Jeff] We're very busy right now, which is great.
I'm excited to be back, but more so working with new clients.
I love the challenge of a new project. And I have a really good team in place.
I'm working with the same people I worked with last year and the year before that
and the year before that.
These are people that worked for me for years, were trained by me.
I know their work ethic. I know their design aesthetic.
I'm very happy. There's a lot of opportunity that's come my way.
Radio is doing really well.
[woman] All right. Here we go, guys.
-[theme music plays] -[woman] This is Jeff Lewis Live.
We are back with Jeff Lewis Live in Los Angeles.
I'm here with Megan Weaver and Shane Douglas.
When I first started doing it one or two days a week,
it was like a hobby to me.
And then when it expanded to five days a week,
it became like a real-- real job.
We only have two minutes, so wrap it up.
[all laugh]
As much as I love the radio career,
I'm very passionate with construction and design,
and I will always have my hands in that in some way.
Okay, the gang's back together. That's all we need.
[Jeff] There's a number of projects going on.
First and foremost, Josh Duhamel.
-He's very attractive. -Oh, my God, I love Josh Duhamel.
-He is a very good looking man. -Yes.
I don't know if I can contain myself. All right, let's be professional.
Okay. Gina Rodriguez.
-[Megan] I love her. -Queen.
-She's funny. -She seems cool.
-[Tyler] She's very pretty. -[Shane] There's a theme here.
We don't work with unattractive people.
It sounds like everyone's good looking,
and that's what makes you decide who to work with.
[laughs]
-Anthony Anderson is back. -[Shane] We did the whole front.
Now we're gonna start the back.
[Jeff] Can I tell you something I was thinking about?
There's people that are creative and there's people that are talented,
but they don't understand the business end of things.
They don't know how to project manage or work with contractors.
They just pick out pretty things. You all have more than that.
And you know who we learned it from. You taught us, these three,
and you're learning how to do exactly what you just said.
[Jeff] I do try to invest in the right people. I do.
We all expect a certain level of quality.
And now we have new clients, new ideas. Mm, I'm excited.
Shane, we're gonna figure out, you know, what he's good at.
-He's a hard worker. He's smart. -[Megan] He is.
You know, we haven't discovered what his talents are, but we're going to.
He's also a lot younger than all of us.
-Tyler and I are the same age. -[Tyler] Yeah.
-[Megan] Oh, you are? -[Jeff] Oh.
-Oh, really? -[Andrew] Wait, are you guys really?
[all laugh]
[pop music plays]
Oh, my God, I'm so excited to meet Gina Rodriguez.
I loved her in Jane the Virgin.
Is her husband an actor?
He did 51 episodes of Bold and the Beautiful
-from 2019 to 2021. -Wow.
-They just had a baby. -Oh.
How old's the baby?
He's new. He's a little baby.
[Tyler] He's new.
And what prestigious award did she win for Jane the Virgin?
-Oh, um, um... -There's no way you're gonna get this.
The Nickelodeon Slime Award.
Golden Globe, honey.
-No. -A real award.
-She won a Golden Globe? -She's a Golden Globe winner.
What the... is she doing on this show?
-[Tyler chuckles] -Oh.
[pop music plays]
[doorbell rings]
-[Gina gasps] Coming! Marty, shh! -[dog barks]
[Shane] "Home sweet home."
-[Jeff] I wanna get this. -[Shane] You need that.
-Hi. How are you? -Hi! Welcome!
-Hi. -[Jeff] This is so pretty.
-Hi, I'm Jeff. -[Gina] Come on in. Gina.
-Your first baby? -[Gina] It's my first baby.
-Congrats. -Thank you.
My name is Gina Rodriguez. I am an actor, director, producer.
[pop music plays]
I have a new TV show out right now on ABC called Not Dead Yet,
but I worked on a TV show for five years called Jane the Virgin.
No longer a virgin, though. Ow.
[pop music plays]
I'm Joe Locicero.
I was an actor and a martial artist and a fighter.
I'm a dad now, and it's the greatest thing I've ever done.
This is my hubby.
-We're very excited for you to be here. -Yes, we are.
-[Jeff] Thank you. -[Gina] Welcome to our house.
-[Jeff] How long have you lived here? -[Joe] Two years.
-[Gina] Yeah. Two years. -Okay.
We've been following Jeff's career, fiercely.
He just elevates places like nobody's business.
-[Jeff] Your style is very cute. -[Gina] Thank you.
You're planning on being here for a while?
Yes.
We saw this house and it was definitely, like, um, falling apart,
and I had always really wanted to build a house from the ground up.
Gina designed the whole house.
It was all her vision, from top to bottom. She did a spectacular job.
Huge back yard.
[Joe] Pool was initially right out the back door.
[Gina] We have a playground coming in where that, like, little sit thing is.
To block the two.
I was gonna ask you, 'cause they can see right into the back yard.
So, it really makes for, you know, skinny dipping,
just, like, allowing it to be. Just allowing it to be.
You go out in the dark? Or you leave the lights on?
No, I'm definitely not a voyeur.
-[Jeff] Oh, okay. -[laughs]
It's big. I like Gina and Joe's house.
It feels very comfortable, very warm.
I like their aesthetic. It's a beautiful yard.
So, is this the area you wanna focus on?
No, we actually wanted to show you our balcony.
-[Jeff] Oh, sorry. Okay. -[Joe] Yeah.
I would love Jeff to give me input on, like, everything,
but he's got a lot of houses to tend to.
So, um, we're gonna have him work on the balcony up there.
[Tyler] Big room.
[Gina] Yeah, a lot of space, right?
So, what is this for?
Everybody's gonna think that we're just, like, the horniest people on television.
-[Jeff] What does it do? -[Gina] You hang from it.
Do we still use it, or no?
-[Gina] Oh, yeah. -Okay.
It's used.
Are you using it every day?
[Joe] At least once a day.
Okay. They use the sex swing once a day?
-[Tyler] Wow. -It's really hot.
-Well, thank you. -Yeah, you're welcome.
-Wow. Okay. -[laugh]
[both laugh]
So, they're having sex every day, just in the swing alone. Wow, okay.
[Gina] I haven't gone back here ever, basically.
And it's sad because it's, like, a really big space.
And when we lived in Venice, we used to listen to records,
smoke cigarettes, and, like, make love on the balcony.
It was super sexy. And then this happened.
So, you haven't made love out here yet?
No, there's nothing sexy about this balcony.
So they're... so much that they just, like, need new places.
They're like, "Oh, yeah, we did it there, there, there, there.
How about here? Let's do something here on this balcony."
They're... everywhere in that house.
The last thing they need is another place to have sex.
[Gina] A big part of both of us wanted to, like, enclose it,
make it, like, a super dope sunroom.
Like, if you see all the furniture, it's, like, it just dies.
I wonder if there's a way where you could do an open trellis
and then we kind of created some sort of...
-Shaded it like Tulum style? -[Jeff] Perhaps.
We wanna feel like it's somewhere for him and I to escape to.
[Joe] Yeah, there's a lot of space up there.
We walk out there, it's dirty and it doesn't get a lot of sunshine.
-We kind of go... -It's trash.
-"All right, let's go back in." -Yeah.
[Jeff] What about some sort of fire feature?
So if he's asleep and you're out here, you know, I guess, making love,
-you could have the fire on then. -I want a second baby.
[Jeff] Mm.
So, this, this has prevented you from having a second baby.
-Yeah, but we're working on it. -[Jeff] Mm.
But it would be dope if there was some kind of, like, meditation/yoga spot.
He does meditation and yoga, right, like, every day.
[Jeff] He's always so calm and relaxed.
-Am I? -[Jeff] You both are.
You guys seem really happy.
It's kind of unusual to see such a happy couple.
Are you guys okay?
-We're okay. We have couples therapy. -Oh, nice.
The last session, what'd you talk about?
She said not to call her until we had something to talk about.
[all laugh]
It'd be nice to, like, close the door on baby,
but be able to see baby through the glass,
and then maybe, like, drink some wine and do yoga or play Twister.
[both laugh]
I'm ready to play Twister.
Your hips are recovered?
-My hips are recovered. [laughs] -Okay, great.
-Water feature, fire pit. -Yes.
[Jeff] That would all be nice to create, you know,
a couple different environments or experiences. It would be very nice.
Could that trellis be open?
Kind of like what's over the outdoor kitchen, right?
Yeah, but maybe the slots are closer together.
I was gonna ask you about this.
This is a really cute idea, but is it practical?
-[Gina] That doesn't get used. -Really? Why?
-'Cause we don't barbeque. -[Joe] We want a sit-down table.
We are, like, a massive family. Literally 17 people just for, like, lunch.
So, you need a huge table. You don't wanna create another space?
-Like another destination? -Or that.
Even if you created a little sitting area here with the bar stools,
and then another area with a huge farm table,
that could be nice. I mean, this really needs to be...
It needs to be elevated, like, next... You're almost there.
It needs to be elevated.
You're 90% there. You're 80% there. You're 75% there.
-[laughs] -You've started.
We started, yeah. We got a foot in.
When I walk in that house, I just gravitate towards that yard.
It's just automatically.
That back yard, it's what makes that house special.
I don't wanna go upstairs off some tiny balcony off their bedroom.
I don't wanna do that. I wanna be in the back yard.
Can I ask you something? Is this more important than that?
[Gina] Right, we started the back yard
-before we got the opportunity. -[Joe] That is the case.
You spent a lot here. You're doing all this,
but you're not really utilizing it the way it should be utilized.
[Gina] I died that we started the back yard without you.
No, this is a perfect start. But I'm wondering, do we...
-[Tyler] Like, finish it off. -[Jeff] Yeah.
Yes, I agree. This is definitely more important than the balcony.
With their list of everything they want from this balcony,
I believe I can get you everything you want in the back yard.
They'll have privacy, have this outdoor kitchen,
your outdoor dining room, your outdoor living room,
gorgeous pool, a fireplace or fire pit, endless lawn.
-If this works the way you want... -We would use it.
[Jeff] These doors open. This is where you'll live, right?
Yeah, definitely with our nieces and nephews.
Definitely with the family.
Maybe there's a world that you can just help us a little bit,
a sprinkle up there.
Well, just so it's pretty to look at. I love the fake plants from down here.
-They're so pretty. -[Gina] Thank you.
They're the least realistic big plants I have ever seen in my life.
Like, they've come a long way since you bought those.
[all laugh]
I just feel really grateful that he's gonna help us
make something, um, an area that we already also needed help with.
[Joe] We don't quite know how to make the most use out of this yard.
We have so much space, and I'm really excited to see what he does with it.
-I'm stoked. Yeah. -Yeah.
[Jeff] All right, we'll be in touch.
[Gina] Okay, thank you. Bye, y'all. Drive safe.
-How great was that? -Yeah, that's exciting.
I can't wait to see the shit they talk now in the car.
[pop music plays]
I'm gonna install one of those swings in my bedroom.
-For what? -[laughs]
You're gonna just find me on the floor with a concussion.
I mean, those two are so fit and coordinated.
Yeah.
Tyler, don't you think the back yard is the better...
I think you have to do the back yard. It makes more sense.
They're gonna use that more than the small balcony.
Everyone is gonna use it, everyone is gonna benefit... the in-laws, the kid.
No idea what that baby looks like.
Probably real cute.
Yeah, if it's from them, it's probably a hot baby.
[all laugh]
[pop music plays]
Do you want some?
Didn't we just have lunch? Are you taking another...
Yeah, but we no eat dessert.
Yeah, you're due. You're due for another break.
It's just fruit. That's like a dessert.
So, a few things have changed in my personal life.
I sold my house in Hollywood Hills.
All right, I'll see you at the next house.
We found a really nice rental, which we've been really happy in.
-I love how open this is. -[woman] Isn't it a great house?
[Jeff] Monroe and I are very comfortable, but my intention was always to look
for a home that was more permanent.
What's happening with my construction insurance?
You weren't gonna go the whole day without doing that, right?
No, I have it right here.
I had made offers on houses. I was getting impatient.
Six months ago, I found a really great house that I just love,
that's so perfect. It's in Hancock Park and it's under construction.
-[dog whines] -[Aurora] Don't bite. Don't bite.
[Jeff] I kind of thought I would wait till the new house,
but then I did end up adopting a puppy.
Had him a week before we actually decided on a name.
It actually works. It actually works now. It fits. Toby.
[Aurora] Toby, sit. Toby, come. Toby, come.
[Jeff] He loves Monroe and Monroe loves him.
I'm really attached to him, but he gets bigger by the week.
No. No.
He's very smart, but he doesn't really listen.
[Aurora speaks Spanish] He's such a bad boy.
He jumped on the dining room table this morning,
and he seems to have very large bursts of energy.
He just runs around the house, like, gallops like a horse.
I think we might need a new trainer.
[Aurora speaks Spanish]
[both laugh]
[pop music plays]
Oh, God, be careful, be careful, be careful.
-Thanks, backseat driver. -I can't.
-I got 35 years driving experience. -I know, but there was almost a big crash.
-By the way, the car would stop itself. -[Megan] It would?
I don't even have to pay attention anymore.
Okay, well, I think you maybe should, 'cause you almost hit the Tesla.
God, you know what sounds good?
-Birds? -Yep.
-Those onion rings. -I've been craving that.
-Insane. -Oh, my God.
All right, what is the schedule today?
Okay.
Josh will take, what, 45 minutes, half an hour?
[laughs]
If I'm motivated for lunch, I feel like we could get it done in...
-Thirty minutes. -Fifteen minutes.
-In and out. -In and out.
Oh, that sounds good, too.
[Shane] Okay, Josh is at 11:30.
Wife is Audra, who is an American model, much like you.
Like me.
-Yeah, in the '60s. -Aw.
-I love a fellow model. -[Shane laughs]
I remember when he was married to Fergie.
-I've always thought he was hot. -You and Fergie are a lot alike.
We really are.
You're, like, the Fergie of Hollywood Houselift.
[all laugh]
[pop music plays]
[Megan] It looks like a tight spot.
Do you know what that is? Thirty-five years driving experience.
[Shane] It probably did it itself.
All right, let's go.
[gasps] Look at the doggy!
-Go ahead, ring the doorbell. -Okay.
Hi, puppy.
[Josh] You got your greeter?
-Hello. -[Jeff] Hi, how are you?
I love the greeter.
-Hi, Audra. -Hi. Nice to meet you.
Hello. I'm Josh Duhamel.
And I'm Audra Duhamel.
-My beautiful wife. -[chuckles]
[Josh] I am an actor. I am a director.
I am a father.
-And you're a husband now. -Oh, and I'm a husband.
-Mm-hmm. -Oh, yes, that's right.
-You are. [laughs] -I thought they knew that already.
-We just got married last September. -[Josh] September.
And I am a student, actually. Right now, I'm finishing business school.
I'll graduate in May.
-Top of her class. -Yeah.
She'll lick you to death. Watch out.
[Megan] I love it.
She farts a lot, too, so be careful.
-Oh, boy. -Yeah, so does Megan.
-[Josh laughs] -Okay, that's not true. No, I don't.
-[Jeff] She's on Mounjaro. -[Megan] No, I don't fart a lot.
She's been on for how many months? She lost 30 pounds.
-Oh, really? -[Megan] Yeah.
On what? What are you doing?
[Megan] It's the diabetes drug that Hollywood's using for weight loss.
Oh, really?
[Audra] Oh, I need to know about this.
So... So, it's okay for you to take that?
Who cares? I'm down four dress sizes.
-Wow. -[all laugh]
-[Jeff] This is a great space. -[Josh] Thank you.
[Jeff] It feels clean. It feels bright. It feels light.
[Josh] I bought this house in 2018.
This was sort of my landing pad after I got divorced,
and so this place went on a fast track.
I mean, it was simple. There was nothing here.
I'm not even sure this is paint on the walls.
I think it might even still be primer.
The house itself isn't anything special, but the space is really creative.
It's really calming.
There was an energy that it had that I wanted and needed at the time.
And so, I moved in quickly, bought a bunch of furniture,
set it up, and haven't done much since. So here we are.
-And then I met this one. -Aw.
Okay, so how long did you live here before you met Audra?
About a year, I think.
-[Jeff] You were here a year. -Mm-hmm.
When I first came here to see his house, I was like, "Wow."
Like, with him and his son living here, you know,
they put a basketball hoop in, a shuffleboard, a ping pong table,
and an entire man cave, like, complete with a fire pole
-and everything. -[laughs]
Yeah, so what would you need from me, then?
I mean, this space here is fine.
I haven't done anything to it other than put some furniture in.
I put the whole mirror situation back there,
-just to give it some depth. -[Jeff] Sure.
-We built this here. [chuckles] -[Jeff] Okay.
What do you think about this, Jeff?
[Jeff] It's big. It's really big.
[Jeff] Look, I have a six-year-old, so I get it. Um...
But your son is a little older now, right?
-He's nine. Yeah. -[Jeff] Nine? How do you feel about it?
I mean, this whole space is like a playground.
[Jeff] Yeah, it just feels kind of like a frat house.
I mean, it's nice. It's a nice frat house.
-Yeah. -[Audra] Yeah.
It's a nice house, nice back yard, nice view, great neighborhood.
All that's good, but it looks like Chuck E. Cheese.
You know what I mean? There's just games everywhere.
I go to Chuck E. Cheese, I take Monroe there.
I like Chuck E. Cheese, but I don't wanna live in Chuck E. Cheese.
[horn blows]
So, I was surprised that a woman lived there.
So, is this the space you would wanna focus on?
I think either this or the master.
We're supposed to say "primary" now.
-[Audra] Sorry. -It's okay.
But it's not, I mean, it's not horrible, just like this space.
It's set up, again, for him.
I really didn't move in, though, until the last couple months.
Josh and I have been together for four years now,
so I'm excited to have our own space.
It has a vibe that I love, but also I know that I did it and this is not my forte.
So I need... I need help.
It'll be great to have Jeff's team properly get it ready for us,
-for that next phase. -Yeah.
I think it's like the perfect time to do it.
[pop music plays]
[Jeff] Okay, this is a nice room.
You got a lot of exercise equipment, too, I noticed.
[Audra] This used to be here.
But then I needed a space to go when everyone's in the kitchen
working with him and there's nowhere to go,
so I come in here.
I think this room is nice. I might repaint eventually.
[Josh] Well, look at this, Jeff.
[Audra] The vanity is falling off the wall.
-[Jeff] Okay. Yeah. -[Audra] Seriously.
It's really gonna fall off the wall soon.
Yeah, it is.
And every cupboard is a clicky...
The bathtub doesn't work. The steam shower doesn't work.
[Jeff] But this space is nice. I think you just have to repair that.
-Good closets. This feels clean. -[Audra] Yeah, I agree.
[Jeff] Just a couple repairs. Otherwise, it's a nice space.
You've got two needs here.
You've got the primary suite and you have the great room.
For me, when you walk into the house, the great room,
it's where you spend most of your time. And it looks like a daycare center.
Look, if you're entertaining nine-year-olds all day long, that works.
But I'm assuming that they have adult friends that come over.
So, I felt like that was a priority.
I think we could leave this here and work around it.
-You had that custom made? -[Audra] Yep.
[Josh] Yes, I did.
And then you already have dining here,
so I wouldn't put another table here.
-Do you wanna do another sitting area? -I think so.
Like, I always love a space like this to have,
you know, two different sitting areas.
[Jeff] So, that seems more like relaxing, watching TV, lounging.
-What about the mirrors? -[Megan] It needs to come down.
[Jeff] Me, too.
It is a sexy, you know, house, but I think the house
could use a little bit more sophistication.
It's beautiful when you come in. But, like, this.
[Jeff] The hoop, that's gotta come down.
Yes, it can go. He plays outside now.
I think that Audra was on board for that.
But unfortunately, Josh was...
kind of conflicted the entire time.
-Could that go outside potentially, or no? -[Josh] No!
[Jeff] And maybe build some sort of bar in the corner.
I don't think people want a daycare center in their living room.
I agree with that, but I don't think I can take it out now.
-Unless you wanna tell him. -[laughs]
-[Josh] He's gonna be heartbroken. -You're gonna make me be the bad guy.
I mean, yeah, he's very attached to it.
I'm all about functionality. I want spaces that I actually will use.
Then I think, Father of the Year over here,
I'm gonna take my son's play area out and I'm gonna put a bar in there.
What if we bribe him? Like, "I'll buy you this...
We're gonna take this away, but we'll buy you this."
Is there something he really wants?
[Megan] Motorcycle?
I don't know about that. He's nine.
Oh...
I'm a fan of Jeff and his work. I love his style.
So, I was excited about hearing what he was gonna say.
Um... he said most of the things I didn't want him to say.
[laughs]
Like taking out my son's man cave, changing the mirror back there.
You were used to living by yourself, and I think you liked the freedom
of not living with a woman and having her tell you,
"Uh, no, we're not gonna put a basketball hoop
in the center of the living room."
It just was screaming for a basketball hoop.
I mean, it's got plenty of space above,
and it's an open area, and it's a hardwood floor.
It's like, why not? You know, why not?
Mm-hmm.
So, where do we stand, then? Do you wanna talk to him or...
[exhales] Yeah, I'm gonna talk to him. We'll talk to him.
-A little bar. -[Josh] Yeah.
It'd be so great. It would just extend all this out to here.
Like, we would use it more.
It would look amazing over there to do that.
Either you're taking it down or we're taking it down.
-Or she's taking it down. -[laugh]
If I make this shot, it stays. And if I miss...
-Oh! -It goes!
It's going! It's going!
-Yes! -[Jeff] Go get the wrench.
It's gonna be great. Change is good.
[laughs]
Thanks for turning my entire world upside down, Jeff.
-'Cause I'm taking out a playhouse? -[Audra] Yes.
-You're so dramatic. -[all laugh]
[pop music plays]
I spent a year shopping for a new home,
and I found a really great house that I bought six months ago.
I like it because it's a lot of exterior and interior space.
So, Monroe has a nice bedroom plus a playroom.
Plus, we have a gym and two guest rooms, nine bathrooms.
There's this little room that I'm calling a music room
'cause I was gonna get a piano, and hopefully Monroe will take lessons.
Big backyard, pool for Monroe, Toby.
It's great. It's a really great house.
And I specifically wanted a house that was move-in condition.
-Hey, Kevin. -[Kevin] Hi. Hello.
All right, so we'll go room by room, then.
Yeah.
[pop music plays]
I didn't foresee it...
No, I didn't foresee what... what has happened.
The house has been modified over the years,
so it started off as, like,
a 1929 Spanish Revival, kind of.
Now, I'm trying to undo what previous owners have done.
I want that same railing right there.
I'd like to probably bring back some of the original charm and detail.
We need a new one for the...
You know the new one for the balcony out there.
But then there was some sort of plumbing leak.
So, I had to rip out the whole kitchen. We have two washers, two dryers.
-Oh, I think we need a fan in here, too. -Yes.
Yeah, let's refinish the floors.
Let's paint the whole house inside and out.
Can we price a backup generator?
So when the power goes out, we light this place up.
Yeah, what if I wanna blow dry my hair while you're doing laundry?
We're gonna need six generators.
Let's redo the pool and the hardscape and...
Basically, everything is being redone now.
Are we gonna have any outlets for the toilet?
Just in the primary only.
Are they heated toilet seats or just basic?
They're heated.
I'm so glad I spent a year looking for a house
that was move-in condition for me to then demo it.
The windows have to get approved from the HPOZ.
And then, what did he say lead time on that?
Like, two and a half weeks.
-[Jeff] To go to a board meeting? -[Shane] Yeah.
Here's the crazy thing. I've owned, like, seven or eight houses
in Hancock Park. Never was I...
Never did buy a house in that HPOZ zone,
which is it's historically protected,
and you have a very, very rigid board
who is very, very, very strict.
Sometimes the owners go to the board meeting,
but I was told I'm board poison and that I cannot go.
They're angry with me. I took out some trees, which I wasn't supposed to.
And then... what else did I do?
We want approval to remove the stone moldings.
Which I already did.
It's been a little bit of...
No, it's been a nightmare, an actual nightmare.
The windows, what did he say on that?
They're gonna present to the board with one of the manufacturers,
and then we'll get the bid in two weeks.
The windows alone are gonna take, like, 16 weeks to get in.
They've really slowed me down, like months and months and months.
And it's cost me a lot of money.
Okay. You've been in this business a long time.
You worked for me for seven years.
How long do you think it will take for this house to be livable?
Like, for a normal, everyday person?
No, me.
You, like, two years.
Are you kidding? Two years?
Two years.
[Jeff] Vanina, we had a long history together.
I love her aesthetic. I love her work ethic.
But I do not wanna wait two years to move in.
No, because I don't know if I can stay in that rental longer than that.
I don't wanna have to move and then move again.
-No. -Yeah.
April, May, June, July, August, September, October...
I wanna move in eight months. November.
No, you cannot move here in eight months.
-What? Why? -[Vanina] I don't... no.
It's not gonna be done because of this HPOZ thing, yeah.
Well, maybe we try it, but maybe just, like, maybe focus,
maybe positive thoughts that it's gonna be done in November.
[laughs]
[pop music plays]
-[Jeff] So we're seeing Gina today? -[Shane] Yeah.
El Pollo Loco's right there. God, that sounds good.
-This left. -BJ's Brewhouse.
Hey!
Olive Garden. Wow, they've got some...
[both] Buffalo Wild Wings.
Oh, shit, lookit there!
-[gasps] Islands! -Islands!
I mean, this is just heaven.
[pop music plays]
[Jeff] Well, you know what this is?
Thirty-five years of driving experience and 360 cams all over the car.
Yeah, look at that.
-Look at that parking. -That was smooth.
I mean, that was just in one shot.
-That was great. -Thank you.
[dog barking]
Hey, how's it going?
-Hey. All right, that's it. -Welcome back.
-How are you? Good to see you. Hi. -Hi. So good to see you.
Okay, so you remember, this is Frank. He's the contractor.
How are you? How are you?
Okay, so we have a plan for you.
I want Frank to bid it out, but we can show you the ideas.
They have a lot of ideas and wants,
which I think can be accomplished in the back yard
'cause it is pretty much a clean slate.
You've got a lot of lawn and then a pool.
You can live in this gorgeous back yard and have everything you want and more.
So, Frank, what we're talking about is extending this patio out.
-Okay. -That, literally, right here to here.
-[Frank] Yeah. -And then you're pulling it to this.
[Jeff] I would like to try to extend the patio, build another trellis
over an outdoor dining room, some more seating,
so maybe a big outdoor living area.
Maybe make that, like, a fire feature, the focal point for the living room.
-So then, the pergola ends here. -[Tyler] Mm-hmm.
-But it goes all the way out, huh? -[Tyler] To, like...
-To, like, here. -[Jeff] Yes, correct.
To, like, here. So this is all pergola-ed.
Yes. "Pergola-ed" is a verb now?
-[Gina] It is, though. It is. -Okay.
-[Tyler] Yeah. -[Gina] Pergola-ed.
-[Tyler] With a big-ass farm table. -[Gina] Big-ass farm table.
[Tyler] Your fireplace goes on the end of that.
-Chandelier. -Chandelier. Yeah.
Yeah, or two.
And then, like... Or two?
I wanna find a place for that ceiling fan.
-[Tyler] Yeah. -[Gina laughs]
It'll look great in the trash can.
[Gina laughs]
Then there's that whole...
We're gonna do, like, a wood deck here for this,
and then concrete pads across.
-[Tyler] All the way. -[Jeff] All the way.
[Tyler] Yeah, that'd be nice.
So it could go like this.
[Gina] This is so exciting!
That back yard, it's what makes that house special.
I think they did a beautiful job of building the pool.
They just didn't finish it.
So while we're there, why don't we just go ahead
and pour the pads to connect the spa to the pool,
and then some sort of deck area for the lounge chairs.
And then they're gonna end up living out there all summer.
So, the fireplace is, like, here.
Tyler, I gotta do something to block that house.
We need to bring a couple of trees in so they have privacy.
It is pretty plain, in regards to landscaping.
I'd love to bring in more plants, potted plants,
trees to create privacy from the neighbor.
So one, two, three, four trees there and then you're...
I mean, you're gonna see, like, in between, but be really pretty.
Who's that jumping up and down?
That's their kid.
[Jeff] That's their kid?
Yeah. Tree, tree, tree, tree.
[all laugh]
When I was pregnant, we would, like, go skinny dipping,
and it was the greatest thing on the planet.
But we can tell that this side can definitely see in and definitely did,
definitely saw all, you know, 40 weeks of my pregnancy.
You're welcome.
And then, some pots, some plants up there, that'd be nice.
[laughs] Oh, God.
They have sexy time up there on the balcony,
so she wants a little privacy.
Oh, we don't yet, but we want it.
[Jeff] Oh, okay.
Yeah. We have some class.
[all laugh]
Thank you, sweetheart.
It'll be nice to have somewhere to gather
and have a glass of wine and hang out
and just all of us eating together.
I can see it feeling like Tuscany back here.
-I like that. -It'll be really great.
So this is, down here, nothing, flow. Seats, seats, seats.
[Jeff] You could do four or five bar stools there.
I'd lose the swings. Do four or five bar stools.
It would give us a little punch of something delicious?
Yeah, that's awesome.
Please write that down.
Use that at my next meeting.
-[Gina] You should. -A punch of something delicious.
-[Jeff] Yeah. -[Gina laughs]
I can't wait to see what he does.
I mean, honestly, I would let him do anything.
Dazzle me, Jeff.
By the way, it is fast food heaven over here.
Everything you could imagine.
Buffalo Wild Wings.
We saw the Sizzler. We saw El Pollo Loco...
-There's an In-N-Out. -There's an In-N-Out, too?
-Yes, there is. -I didn't see that one.
We're gonna go through the El Pollo drive-thru.
-[Gina] Oh, nice. -[Jeff] Yeah, looking forward to it.
[pop music plays]
You know how, like, you'll write, like, a bitchy text back sometimes?
I wrote a few of those and then erased them.
-Whatever. We'll do the bedroom. -Yeah.
Josh called me over the weekend and he said,
"Hey, Jeff, I... You know, I thought about it.
I just can't take away, you know, Axl's playhouse right now.
If you don't want to work with me, I understand."
It just felt a little dramatic.
I'm not gonna force him to do something he doesn't wanna do.
If he doesn't want to take away the playhouse,
fine, I'll do the primary suite.
I pick and choose my battles.
You know what? The bedroom is fugly.
The bathroom isn't bad, but now we have to address it.
Point me in a room and I'll show up with my little tape measure.
I don't care. I don't care if they wanna do the bathroom.
I don't care if they wanna do the bedroom.
I don't care if the living room, whatever makes them happy.
It's not about me. It's not my house. I don't care.
We're hired to work, so...
And do we care about Audra? She's not the celebrity.
[both laugh]
I don't give a... what she wants.
-We don't care about Audra. -Who's Audra?
-We wanna make Josh happy. -I met you one time. I don't care.
-Yeah, you're not famous. -You're not the icon in this relationship.
It's just whatever Josh wants.
Mm-hmm. It's Josh's world.
[pop music plays]
I'm gonna check my hair. Gotta primp for Josh.
-[Megan] Hello. -[Josh] Hi.
-Hi, how are you? This is Matt. -Nice to meet you, Matt.
-Nice to meet you. -[Jeff] Matt's the contractor.
How are you? Bring it in, Josh.
Matt, I originally met him at Mira Sorvino's house.
-Hi, I'm Jeff. -How are you?
-Nice to meet you. I'm Matt. -Nice to meet you.
-Good to see you guys.
And then I have worked with him since that job.
I like his work, takes my call. I like working with him.
All right, so we're gonna address the primary now.
I appreciate that. And listen, I mean...
[Jeff] You were quick to break up with me.
[Josh] I know how ugly it is,
but I also know how much he still loves it.
It's like, I'm gonna tear out my kid's man cave and put in a bar?
-It's not a good look. -So, it's about optics.
It's not really about Axl.
[Josh laughs]
For me, it's... He's already going back and forth
between his mom's house and my house,
and when he comes here, I want him to look forward to coming here.
And that's one of the things he looks forward to.
I didn't want you guys to do work unnecessarily.
[Jeff] No, look, I get it.
You wanna be on the Property Brothers show.
-That was our first choice. -[Megan] They're real cute.
But this is where we are.
Monroe has a playroom. It's small, but it's...
And it's hard to keep clean and organized.
But I see what Monroe's favorite toys are.
I don't wanna take those away from her, and I don't wanna take that from Axl.
So, if he's still using it and he still loves it, I get it.
How soon can I just start demoing?
[Josh] As soon as we can, the better.
Okay. The closet doors are terrible, so those have to go.
That has to go. 'Cause that looks like shit. Sorry, Josh.
No, believe me.
The second time around, I paid more attention
to the primary suite,
now knowing that we can't really do the great room.
Now you're looking at the closet doors
and those need to come out, and the fireplace needs to come out.
-[Jeff] Megan? -[Megan] Yeah.
-[Jeff] Is anything worth keeping? -[Megan] No.
So we need everything; double sinks, double lav.
I think we should make the vanity lower.
It fell off the wall.
And now, you're redoing an entire bathroom plus all new flooring.
It is ugly and cheap.
[Megan] It's terrible. This is a terrible closet.
It needs more drawers, long hanging.
[Jeff] Then you're looking at the closet built-ins
and those need to come out.
So the scope of work has expanded
and the expense of the project has increased.
When you're taking all this stuff down, Josh,
you're gonna decide what you can get rid of?
[Josh] Yeah, yeah.
[Jeff] 'Cause Audra doesn't have a lot of room.
It kind of sucks for her.
No, I know. Yeah, I've been trying to give her as much space as I can.
I can see, 'cause you've given her absolutely no space.
[Shane] She has the little backup closet back here.
[Jeff] Actually, this could be great for her.
[Josh] She would love that.
Because she didn't get the living room she wanted.
Yeah, I'm all for it.
I'm surprised at how much they wanted to do.
I wasn't expecting to do the closet, for sure.
But Jeff's right. It was a good idea to sort of design it the way she wants it,
and she'll have a beautiful closet. So, thank you, Jeff.
Do I have to thank Jeff?
I mean, I really think this could get you a lot of points.
Yes, I am all about that.
I think this marriage could last if you listen to us.
Hey...
We could have saved the first one.
But you know what? Here we are. Live and learn.
[all laugh]
Where is she today?
-[Josh] She's finishing school. -[Jeff] High school?
[all laugh]
All right, so she'll be home from school soon.
-[Josh laughs] Yes. -[Jeff] Did you carpool today?
She's getting her business degree.
-Okay. -[Josh] And she's...
Is she in a sorority?
-Can we cut for a second? [laughs] -[Megan] Oh, God.
I was actually really impressed by how quick he was.
I was like, "Dude, how many of these do you have?
Did you prepare this before you came?"
I mean, she's younger than I am. I get it.
I've become that guy in Hollywood. [laughs]
Okay, so then everything else, if you wanna send it to storage.
[Josh] But when?
-[Jeff] Say, Monday. Okay. -Okay.
Do we need a desk back in here?
It would help, just because it's one of the only...
This is where she does a lot of her work.
She can draw, she can color.
[laughs]
I'm gonna throw your ass in the pool!
[pop music plays]
[phone rings]
Oh, great. Lisa. Hold on.
[phone rings]
-Hi. -[Lisa] Hi.
How are you?
-[Lisa] I'm good. How are you? -Good.
When you pick up Monroe, I need you to have
a conversation with her in the car on the way over.
I cleaned out her bedroom and her playroom.
All the Squishmallows now are organized in their own closet in the guest room.
So when she goes to sleep at night,
she can pick out which Squishmallows she wants out of that closet.
My daughter spends half the time with her other dad,
and when they're there with you, you want them to be happy and have fun.
And my last house, I didn't have the space for Monroe's toys.
We organized both closets in the bedroom, but it definitely looks clean.
It's gonna be very different.
She's six and a half. She's in kindergarten.
You know, she's very, like, into clothes and makeup and jewelry
and Squishmallows and Barbies.
And I did my best to keep it at bay.
Since then, the toys have grown.
I mean, I'd really love her to spend some more time on her schoolwork.
I've been meaning to talk to her about that.
[Lisa] She feels like that's her space.
She's finding a little bit of independence,
so we just need to veer her into a different direction.
I tried to have another baby last year and it didn't work out.
I do have one embryo left.
I haven't ruled it out completely, but I just turned 53.
Monroe's six and a half.
She's at an age where it's gotten a lot easier.
I can travel with her.
And she's already telling me that she doesn't really wanna take care of me,
'cause I've asked her, and she said that she's not
gonna drive me around and that I have to Uber.
That's what she told me.
You know, I just told her, "I drive you. I drive your... everywhere."
Just prep her, 'cause I don't want her to come in and, like, throw a tantrum.
But I'm not gonna be home when she gets home.
-I'm gonna try not to be. -[chuckles]
-[Lisa] Oh, okay. -I'll let you deal with the tantrum.
-[Lisa] I'll deal with it. I got it. -Okay. Talk to you later.
-[Lisa] All right, bye. -Bye.
-[Lisa] Bye, Shane. -Bye.
[pop music plays]
[Shane] They apparently fixed the driveway gate.
But I have yet to see, like, an invoice, so I doubt it.
Have you asked Anthony if they fixed it?
[Shane] No. We can ask him how it's functioning.
[Jeff] I've been working with Anthony for a long time.
Ultimately, I think he's building his dream house.
We started off with the front yard-- hardscape, landscape, water features...
and then we came up with a backyard design.
You're gonna have a fire feature. You're gonna have an outdoor kitchen,
a beautiful zero infinity edge pool and spa, guest house.
It's gonna be pretty incredible.
[Matt] Need to set up the gas line for the fire pit.
Send it through that door?
-Yeah, like, right... -[Andrew] Right in here.
-Let's just save... -We have room for a chair.
Right, that we have chairs on this side. Is this our fire pit?
-Hey. -[Anthony] Hey.
-How are you? -[Anthony] I'm all right.
Yeah, it makes this a smaller chair, if you're sitting back.
I'm Anthony Anderson. Back for season two.
Probably gonna be here through season six,
given all the work that we need to do at my house
because of slow... Jeff Lewis.
Or maybe right here, Andrew, like, these four squares.
[Anthony] Right now, what we're working on is our pool
and my patio area off the house and an outdoor kitchen area.
I need my pool to be ready so I can get my ass in it.
Literally just my ass. I just wanna dip my ass in it.
I'm gonna keep everything else out.
And here we're doing the lawn, the faux lawn, right along here.
-Yeah. -That's real lawn.
-Why are you looking at me like that? -I'm just saying we're gonna do real lawn.
-Real lawn. -♪ Real lawn ♪
♪ I'm looking for a real lawn ♪
♪ Something to make my feet feel good ♪
♪ Real lawn I'm looking for a real lawn ♪
♪ Real lawn ♪ [laughs]
I have clients that are hands off. Anthony is extremely hands on.
I don't wanna see all kinds of cuts and shit.
But he's very open to new ideas, and he's willing to invest the money.
Maybe we don't always agree,
but ultimately, I do believe there's a mutual respect.
You know, he can joke all he wants, but he knows I have his back.
-The outdoor kitchen, it's way too big. -Yeah.
Not only is it too wide, it's too long.
It just cuts into our whole yard. We gotta take it way back.
I don't know. I can't believe it's this big.
-It's way too much hardscape for you. -[Anthony] I agree.
Considering what happened with the front.
As you can remember... Rewind the tape.
Hey.
[Anthony] What's this nonsense that I'm reading
about those horrible pine trees? Goddamn you, Jeff!
If my house looks bare and barren, it's on your head.
It's gonna have to have an even balance,
you know, hardscape versus landscape.
I'm an outdoorsy kind of person, especially in my home.
I wanna be able to walk barefoot.
You know, there's a lot of hardscape on my property,
and I just wanted to soften it up.
You know, I want a more natural feel.
[stammers] What was our distance, Matt?
This is 20, right now.
It's 45, 20. You just tell me where you think that you wanna do it.
-We'll do it. -What the... am I wearing these for?
[Jeff] He's gonna get his pink shoes muddy.
[Anthony] Don't get your pink shoes dirty.
-[Matt] This is 20 right now. -It is, but...
Right now you're at 20? I think you cut off two feet.
[Andrew] Yeah. I think this way. I just think it needs to be shorter.
The end of the bar, if we did a five-foot bar, would be right here.
Now you've got another furniture setup here.
[Andrew] I say right around here, Jeffrey.
-[Jeff] Yeah, what do you think? -[Anthony] I prefer that.
So, we're not crazy?
Well, no, you are, just not crazy in terms of your design.
No, I like Jeff and what he does, you know.
It's... look... With any remodel, any construction,
things are gonna be a bit overwhelming at times.
Take your shoes off before you enter my house.
[Jeff] I already know that.
[laughs]
But working with Jeff and the team is a joy,
but I prefer to work with the team and less of Jeff.
[laughs]
[Andrew] Did you clean them out in the fountain?
Yeah, they're really good, so don't get 'em to gucky.
That mother...
How'd you clean your shoes?
[Andrew] Huh?
How did you clean your shoes?
[Jeff] Why is there splashes over here by the fountain?
Maybe a bird.
[Anthony] Wait until I find out where Jeff's new house is.
I'm gonna dip my... in his fountain and I'm gonna something.
Yep, that's what I'm gonna do.
Let's see your shoes.
[stammers] I used, um, the hose.
[laughs]
[pop music plays]
I mean, we're gonna have to really start picking up the pace.
It just feels like a boutique hotel.
Should I show you the not perfect?
-Yeah. -The pool house. Enter you.
How many people needed to take a bath and shower at the same time?
They were swingers.
I just want it to be a bathroom that makes sense and not stupid.
A lot of sex happened in that shower.
I mean, you have a 9,000-square-foot house,
but you've got the three kids in the smallest room in the house.
It's kind of hostile vibes.
-[laughs] -[Jeff] Yeah.
If I didn't know you, I would think you were unstable.
Oh, you put a skylight! That's what's different.
Audra wants to leave me for you.
[Megan] Does that mean you're gonna be single?
[Jeff] All I did was take down some trees and light fixtures.
It could be a criminal thing if you don't fix it.
[Jeff] I've been seeing someone.
I mean, he likes you, but you're not compatible.
[pop music plays]
We should find out how he's gonna get a 1,000-pound tub into this house.
Let's say I'm like, "The blue is giving me a headache, I can't do it."
Does that just blow up everything?
I thought you would like it.
Oh. We gotta talk about Anthony. That's a nightmare.
I was hoping my pool was only gonna take three months.
It's been a year. Finish! Mother...
Finish!
[pop music plays]
[all cheer]
This is gorgeous, you guys.
I think it is the prettiest thing I've ever seen.
You're right.
[pop music plays]