-[Jeff] Hi. -Oh, my God.
Oh, I always loved Jeff. I loved his aesthetic. I loved his style.
[Jeff] The house looks good.
[Fortune] There's not a lot of closet space.
Maybe we should stage it and sell it.
That's your solution?
[all laugh]
The market is very strong.
There is a lot of buyers and not a lot of inventory.
[Jeff] You have a number?
The corner house just sold, 1.25, but we have a bigger yard.
[Carrie] The house that she's talking about was a much bigger house,
so none of the comps applied.
You're gonna have to explain this to them.
-[Carrie] Hey. -Hey, how's it going?
[Carrie] Good? How are you?
Carrie Lewis is my brother's wife.
She's a real estate agent.
And Carrie found me kind of, like, a dream house, to be honest with you.
I felt this urgency to sell my Hollywood Hills house
because they needed the money from my house so I could buy this next house.
The problem is, although Carrie is a phenomenal real estate agent,
the Altmans are the better fit.
I'm gonna go ahead and list with the Altmans on this one.
At what point do I tell Carrie?
I often consult my dad.
I get a lot of great advice from him.
And I think he's always trying to protect me.
[Jeff's dad] I'd call right now.
No, because I don't...
[Jeff's dad] She's gonna be mad either way.
It's a slippery slope.
Wow, this place is incredible.
Thank you. Welcome. Welcome to your house.
[Amanda] Hi, how are you?
[Jeff] It's beautiful.
I just feel like that dining room we need to open up
and I think you need more comfortable chairs,
and then I would do this as a family room.
Yeah.
It's exciting to make some changes for us as a family now.
[theme music plays]
[pop music plays]
Um, we have haircuts at 5:00.
Shit.
It's okay.
-God, I got so much stuff to do. -Don't worry about it.
I got so much stuff to do.
I know, I just don't want your hair to get fluffy.
A couple more weeks, it's gonna look like Fortune's.
[laughs]
Monroe's hair seems to look and feel healthier
when she comes back from Gage's house,
so we asked him what kind of shampoo that he's using.
It's Le Labo Rose 31 or something, so I want to buy that today.
-That's on the list. -Okay.
-[Jeff] How are you? -[Fortune] Good. How are you?
[Jeff] We're gonna trim this tree.
[Fortune] Are you getting rid of our lemon tree?
Where's your lemon tree?
It took... It took me eight years to grow lemons on it.
-[Carrie] That bush? -[Fortune] Yeah.
[Jeff] Oh, yeah, that's gotta go.
Oh, no!
Maybe you can transplant it into a pot and you could take it to the next house.
[Fortune] There you go.
Yeah. [laughs]
[Jeff] Let's sit down and go over numbers.
You might need a drink. I know you've got a lot of alcohol.
When I first talked to Fortune, she was very confident,
based on the comparable sales in the neighborhood,
that her house was worth, like, a one-four number.
And Carrie does a lot of business in the Valley,
specifically in Fortune's neighborhood.
[Jeff] Carrie, you probably should sit far away from Fortune.
[laughs]
I was a little nervous because I'd like to see them sell
and I know that Jax wants to sell, but if it's worth less,
I don't feel Fortune is prepared to move.
Our goal is to price the house and market it in a way
that's gonna get the most people in the door.
-[Fortune] All right. -Right.
[Carrie] So we look at sales in the neighborhood
to try to figure out how the house would fare in an open market.
Mm-hmm.
And this is not in the preferable school system,
-which is the Colfax school, right? -[Fortune] Right. Yeah.
So, like, my recommendation for a list price
would be somewhere between, like, one-two-four-nine and one-two-nine-five.
I think with that price, you'd have a huge buyer pool.
So for instance, I have a listing for a million-two-twenty-five.
We just opened escrow at just over a million-four.
-Okay. -We had six offers.
And not everyone thinks education is important.
-Not everyone needs that. -So it's okay, yeah.
There are a lot of people in LA with no kids.
Right.
[Fortune] We tried to get Biggie into Colfax. They said no.
-Yeah, it didn't work. -[laughs]
Is that why you decided not to have children?
-Mm-hmm, yeah. -Yeah, that was... That was it.
[Carrie] So inappropriate.
[all laugh]
Yes, the outside looks like a foreclosure, but we're gonna change that.
[laughs]
[Jeff] I think Fortune's a reasonable person
and I know the house across street sold for one-four,
but it had a very large bedroom, large walk-in closet,
and a big bathroom, so she can't base the value on the sale across the street
because it's just not a like-for-like comparison.
The house is really cute
and, you know, it's hard to find a cute house in this price point.
Mm-hmm.
So someone's gonna be willing to overlook
a lot of what could be detrimental to the sales price.
But who knows? We might stay for a minute.
I don't know.
You could be ready six months from now, a year from now,
and there could be 24 houses on the market in your neighborhood.
Mm-hmm.
And then that means you will get less for it.
Which is why I'm gonna throw my house on the market
because there's no inventory.
So, I mean, you guys can just, you know, marinate on that.
[Carrie] Whether you stay here or sell it,
all the improvements that you're making
are only going to add value to the property.
But I will just tell you, like,
just the short amount of time that I spent with Jax,
she's ready to go.
With or without you.
[all laugh]
I think the changes he is presenting gives us the chance to be here
for a little bit longer, and it allows us time
to look towards that next big step without, like, being in a pickle.
You're just gonna keep driving by the house every time.
We won't even know. We'll be like, "This isn't our house."
[Jeff] You're not even gonna recognize your own house.
Look at you keeping that breath fresh.
You never know who you're gonna kiss.
Never know.
-Bye. -Bye.
[pop music plays]
[Jeff] Is this it on the right or...?
Yeah.
[Shane] Do you want a pretzel?
[Tyler] Oh, my God. No, thank you.
You can just heat it up in the oven with some butter.
[Tyler] I don't like pretzels, sorry.
My dad bought 'em. I bought a bunch of pretzels.
Then you put 'em in the back of my car.
[laughs]
I forgot.
You gotta give that pretzel away because if it's in my house, I'll eat it.
Oh, God.
All right.
[beeps]
[gate buzzes]
Is somebody coming?
What's going on?
[Tyler] Does that not just...
[Shane] Listen for the click.
[Jeff] I'm listening.
-[gate buzzes] -Got it.
[Jeff] Whoa.
[Tyler] This is pretty. I love the brick.
-Hi. -Hello.
-How are you? -I'm good. How about yourself?
-Good. Jeff. -Jeff. Lamorne.
-Nice to meet you. -Come on in.
I'm Lamorne Morris.
I'm an actor, writer, director, producer,
all those weird, fun, entertainment things.
I bought this house maybe three years ago.
I love playing basketball, so we put a half basketball court back there.
You can probably find something basketball related in every room in the house.
I just love it. You know, I never got a chance to go pro like I wanted to.
They were calling,
but my phone was disconnected and so I missed the...
-It was close. -Yeah, it was really close.
The rest is history. You know, I jumped into acting.
[pop music plays]
There are some things that I definitely wanted to change to make the house
more appealing to me and to friends and family that come to hang out.
Keep your shoes on. There are roaches everywhere.
It's filthy.
How long have you lived here?
Ooh, it's been probably two and a half, three years.
Everything looks pretty done.
-[Lamorne laughs] -[Jeff] What...
[Lamorne] Thanks to Morgan. Morgan is my friend and designer.
[Jeff] Yeah. Okay. It looks nice, Morgan.
Thank you.
[Lamorne] One of my good friends, Morgan, does interior design.
If I ever have an issue or need for something, I just call Morgan.
She always knows how to handle it or who to talk to or who to call.
We've gone through some different properties
and this was the biggest, most adult one.
And I said, "I'm doing the house."
-Right? -Yeah.
This used to be another bedroom of sorts.
So we turned it into this.
[Jeff] It's a good-sized room too. It worked out perfect for a theater.
Yeah, and it used to be that way.
We tore the door here, two different rooms,
and we kind of merged into...
And this is the closet.
I don't know if I've ever actually worked with the client's designer.
That was a surprise to me,
but I'm also different now than I was ten years ago.
You know, maybe my ego would have gotten involved.
With this particular job, I get it.
"This is your designer. She works for you.
I work for her."
And I'm basically implementing her vision with a couple of my suggestions,
so I just look at it as, like, a business transaction.
What areas are you gonna focus on now? I'm looking around. I don't see anything.
The pool house.
I've always wanted some outside hangout that was a little bit bigger than that.
Whenever I have people over, people usually congregate in there.
Can we go outside and look?
-Absolutely not again. -Yeah, no.
There are roaches everywhere.
[all laugh]
He's always talked about a bar.
-Like, a very clean, modern, marble bar. -Yeah.
[Lamorne] Morgan helped me out.
Yeah, she came through.
The inside, she did it already.
The pool house, there's always been something that we've been discussing.
We hang out outside a lot and so my friends told me about Jeff.
And they were like, "Oh, yeah, he... He's sharp. He's quick. He...
He's snappy."
And so this is the perfect time to be like, "Hey, now I can actually...
I have something, like, official that I need your help with."
This room, it was like a makeshift kind of...
We put the wallpaper up, the TV.
But then I kind of started doing things on my own.
And during the pandemic, it gets really weird.
You started using this as an office and a gym.
Office, gym, and even like a little mini-nightclub.
When you're stuck at home, you get creative.
I got a little bored and Amazon became my best friend.
I started ordering everything.
It's got lights in there that I installed myself,
couple disco balls, couple strobe lights.
So I'm just excited to have Jeff make it a little bit more official for me.
So were you guys thinking more of, like, a big, full-scale, walk-behind bar?
-Yes. -Bar stools? All of that?
-Yes. -Like, moody whiskey bar vibe.
Absolutely.
[Jeff] Almost taking over this whole wall is, like, the back of the bar.
And then I don't know if we enter over here.
We kind of utilize this space.
And then we could potentially have it "L"
so you could have seating all the way around.
And then redo the wallpaper.
And then, um...
Yeah, just don't zoom in on the wallpaper, all right?
If you look closely into the leaves...
[Tyler] I see what it is.
Inappropriate.
I believe that the wallpaper is supposed to be vaginas.
Yes, I think so.
And I have seen a vagina before.
There's penises too? I didn't even see the penises.
So you guys have just been talking about it. Do you have any initial designs?
No.
[Jeff] I mean, I feel like it's such a destination back here.
Yeah.
I think you would completely live out there.
Like, a big bar with lots of seating.
So what I would do is I would bring in the guy from my office,
probably measure everything.
We could start putting together.
Are you my lead on this?
[Lamorne] Yeah.
Yeah, that's what I figured. That's what I figured.
[Lamorne] 'Cause I'm always filming, I'm always gone.
[Jeff] Yeah, no, I get it. It's great.
I do like what you've done, so I kind of wanna stay consistent here.
We can just keep everything cohesive in the house.
Fine. It makes my job easy.
No, I think this is gonna be great.
So, um, we don't have to do 27 revisions. We can knock it out quickly.
This guy is awesome. He just came in like he knew exactly what he was doing.
[laughs] You know what I mean? Uh...
He's very forward and direct, which is...
Which is great 'cause I ain't got a lot of time.
I mean, I would plan on 90 days, probably.
Okay.
[Jeff] And if we finish earlier, great.
Make it nine days and you got a deal.
Nine? Yeah, I don't think so.
[Jeff] All right, thank you very much.
-[Lamorne] Y'all take it easy. -[Morgan] So nice meeting you guys.
-See you. -See you guys.
[Jeff] That was very unusual.
-That appointment? Yeah. -Yeah.
The house is done. He's got everything covered.
She knows what she wants.
Maybe they're big fans of you.
I don't think she was.
[both laugh]
She's like, "Why are you on my job site?"
She's cute. What's her name again?
Morgan.
Oh, 'cause I got thrown off by the necklace that said "Momo."
[Shane] Momo.
It's like, "Hey, Momo."
[phone rings]
Hey. She's clearly HBIC, which is...
[Tyler] Oh, for sure.
Fine with me.
Like, she was there marking her territory.
"You ain't taking my client."
I think we might actually like Momo in the end of all this.
I love Momo. We're getting drinks tonight.
[Tyler] I'm going to get you a Momo necklace.
[both laugh]
[pop music plays]
-[Jeff] Is that his car? -[Shane] Yeah.
Remember, he told us, "You're gonna see my car."
All right, I'll meet with him and then leave at 1:30.
I'm getting ready to list my Hollywood Hills house
and Matt Altman is a real estate agent.
He's partnered with his brother
and they're, you know, powerhouse Los Angeles real estate agents.
How are you doing? Good to see you.
I'm sorry I look like a homeless realtor right now.
No, it's fine. It's a casual visit. It's fine.
I want you to take a look at the house.
There's a few things I wanted to show you.
Tell me what you did since the last time I've seen it.
I saw it literally, like, I wanna say two years ago.
Like, new windows, new doors, new roof, central heating and air.
Are these new?
-[Jeff] Yeah. -[Matt] It looks great.
So what I've been doing is more decorating.
Wallpapering, painting, just layering the house
-'cause it was a little cold before. -Okay.
Huge kitchen for up here.
-Jesus, this kitchen really is huge. -It's huge.
[Matt] You have no concept of it walking over to here.
[Jeff] It's huge.
What's nice about this house in particular
is that it's 4,000 feet on two levels,
where everyone else is on three and four levels.
A hundred percent, that makes a huge difference.
[Jeff] And the pool is on the second level.
That's probably the biggest complaint we get on a lot of these hillside houses
is that you have to walk down four levels to get to a pool.
Yeah.
[man] Why is now the time for you to sell your current residence?
The inventory is low in my neighborhood.
In all honesty, like, I love that house, but I wanted to sell it immediately
so I could get the money to buy the house that Carrie found for me
because I need more of a family house.
I just want to see the view.
Yeah, go ahead. So there's two balconies up here.
And then there's the pool deck.
The pool was redone, new tile, all new railings.
[Matt] It's nice.
Wired AV cameras, all of that.
Check out that bathroom.
I'm painting that, like, a dark, deep blue.
So all the bathrooms will be painted or wallpapered.
Your bathrooms, I feel, like,
are one of your signature things in every house I've seen.
What do you think about the value?
Like, I wanna make a big jump from here to another house.
I know. Where do you wanna go next?
Beverly Hills.
So I gotta get as much as I can from this house.
And then no open houses.
Never.
But you should probably do a broker open.
-A hundred percent. Yeah. -Okay.
I know you guys are gonna get me the most for this house.
I know you're gonna sell it the quickest.
-It's your platform. -Yeah.
It's your... You know, I mean, you have the support.
You've got all of that.
It's just that, um, I've worked with my sister-in-law for many, many years.
We've done a lot of deals together.
When I listed Valley Vista with you, it created a big family rift.
Sorry.
-We got over it and through it. -Okay.
And I've just had this conversation literally 12 times with my dad.
I'm like, "Dad." I've explained it all. He's like, "I get it. It's business."
Ultimately, it's what's best for you.
-It's business. -It is business.
Carrie works, you know, she works in all different cities.
But with that price range,
the Altmans specialize in that exact pocket where I live
and actually have a lot of clients looking for homes in that exact neighborhood.
You can send in your photographers.
It should be ready by mid-next week.
-Okay. -And then...
It's gonna be a twilight photo 'cause this house,
when it sparkles is at night.
-Yeah, it looks great at night. -A hundred percent.
-Yes. -We have a deal. [laughs]
Okay, all right. Thanks, Matt.
They know the kind of work I do and they believe in the product,
which I appreciate.
I just felt like that was the right thing for my business, for me.
Now I want her to represent me in purchasing my next house.
[Matt] I don't see us having any problem.
And right now on the market, the inventory is horrible
for your price house, which is incredible.
Good.
-I can guarantee you that. -Okay, good.
-Not even a problem. -All right, thanks, Matt. Appreciate it.
[pop music plays]
[Jeff] So Frank is at 2:00, Ace is at 2:30?
-[Tyler] Ace is at 1:30. -1:30.
Frank is at 2:00.
-[Tyler] Yeah. -[Jeff] Okay.
-Hey, I'm Robert. -Hey, Robert. Jeff. Nice to meet you.
We need to remove the picket fence starting from there.
[Robert] Okay.
[Jeff] You could remove the step, remove the walkway.
-Okay. -How soon can I get an estimate?
They will get right back to you.
How's it going?
-Good to see you. -Good to see you.
I'm gonna have you pour a new concrete step.
Then I wanna do planters around the two huge trees.
They'll probably have to cut into some of the roots of this guy.
I think we'd be long gone by the time the tree died.
[chuckles]
I don't know if you wanna put lights just kind of like that.
-Yeah. -I mean, not like that but nicer ones.
[Jeff] Right, ones without bird shit.
Okay.
Fortune's house looks rundown on the outside,
so we're going to paint the entire exterior of the house,
relandscape the whole front yard.
I need two gates and then wrought iron all the way around.
We're gonna fence the yard, two new gates.
We're gonna hedge the whole yard.
Remove all of this here in the front flower bed.
Just leave the mature trees.
Sounds good.
Okay, thank you very much.
[pop music plays]
[Tyler] This will be dead space as far as seating.
Uh-huh.
But you could probably get one to two stools here.
[Morgan] So we'll have some people sitting facing the bar and then some people...
[Tyler] Some people could be facing this way.
[Morgan] Okay.
We went, like, dark, masculine, sexy, whiskey bar.
He loves stone, wood, a little smoked glass, and some metal.
Maybe we even do, like, a smoked mirror or something
to kind of reflect out, which would be pretty.
[Morgan] Yeah.
We'll have a couple days to probably put this together.
-Yeah. -Okay. Perfect.
[pop music plays]
[Jeff] Hey, how's it going? How are you?
- [Amanda] Good. How are you? -Good. What do you think?
[Amanda] I'm so excited.
[Jeff] So now we just wanna match the dining room to the living room.
-[Tyler] Yeah. -[Amanda] Mm-hmm.
So that question I would need answered and then also this molding.
If we don't have the molding, the wallpaper is gonna look...
-Yeah. -It's never...
Yeah. Yeah.
-Is he working all week? -Yeah.
-[Jeff] He works a lot. -[Amanda] He works a lot.
Hi, baby. Um, we have a few questions about the molding.
I'm gonna hand the phone over to Jeff, okay?
-[Wilmer] All right, cool. -[Amanda] Okay.
[Jeff] Hey, how are you?
[Wilmer] Hey, man, nice to see your face.
[Jeff] The really ornate, detailed molding,
I'd like to remove that and match both dining room openings
to the living room opening.
That sounds like a good plan.
Okay, all right, thanks. Have a good day.
-All right, boss. -Okay, bye.
Hey, Razmik, we just want to match what's happening here in the living room
on both sides and then both openings.
[pop music plays]
[Jeff] Can you call Carrie?
[phone rings]
[Carrie] Hey there.
Do you think I'm gonna have trouble finding a six-month rental?
[Carrie] You can rent Marcheeta for six months.
Yeah, which one's that?
[Carrie] My listing. It's 100,000 a month. I don't know.
Oh, yeah, no. No. No, I'm not gonna do that.
[Carrie] No, you'll find something.
-Okay. -Okay.
-Bye. -Bye.
[Jeff] I've been working with Carrie for, like, a dozen years,
so I don't know how I handle this.
The last time was so big and it was, like, such drama
that I don't think either one of us wanna repeat that again.
I feel bad. I need to tell her.
Yeah.
[Jeff] I didn't mean to be a dick.
You do mean to be a dick.
No.
[pop music plays]
[Jeff] So Moises is supposed to be here now.
[Tyler] Correct.
[Jeff] Was there a confusion about him coming at 1:00?
[Tyler] Yeah.
-Hi, Moises. -[Moises] Hi, yeah.
-How are you? -Good.
We wanna relandscape this whole front yard.
If I wanna do ficus all the way across the front,
how much space do I need before I install the fence?
[Moises] 24 inches.
[Tyler] So that's enough for the hedge and gravel.
How soon could you start? How many people do you have?
I work more better with four guys. Five guys I don't like.
Or six.
-[Shane] It's better that he's down. -It's more better for me.
So it's better that you have less people?
Yeah.
-Huh. -They're lazy.
-[Jeff] So you wanna work with four guys. -Four guys.
He can stay on 'em.
How long is it gonna take to do the whole job with four guys?
Two weeks.
Yeah, if I have six, one or two guys don't work.
Which one doesn't do anything? Why do you keep him?
All right, I guess I would rather have the four people that work.
Yeah, four guys.
I mean, look, it was a little bit of a manipulation, obviously.
It would be less profit to him if he hired five to six guys.
Maybe he should have hired the sixth guy
because maybe I would have been more likely to negotiate with him
knowing that he's got six guys, he's gonna get it done quicker.
It's more easy because this is a street.
His excuses lacked reasoning.
We're gonna follow the fence line. I wanna start hedges and do ficus hedges.
How tall can I get them?
Eight to ten feet tall.
How many hedges do you think it is?
I think it's a shit ton of hedges.
I think it's gonna be $20,000.
120.
120 hedges?
Yes.
[Jeff] How much per hedge?
-[Moises] 180. -$180 per hedge?
Yes, for... Yeah.
Where do you buy these, Rodeo Drive?
No, they come in from Riverside.
Riverside?
Yeah.
I need you to call a couple nurseries.
Like, right now.
What do you think? Is this gonna be 30,000, 40,000?
500,000?
-38. -38?
38.
[Tyler] For everything?
Shit.
He didn't get the job.
Thank you, Moises.
[pop music plays]
[phone rings]
[Morgan] Hello?
Hey, it's Jeff Lewis. How are you?
-Good? How are you? -Good.
I just got on the phone with Lamorne to go over the format
and he was saying, "Oh, yeah, that could work.
Will you just talk to my real estate agent on the phone?"
Resale value, is that what the concern is?
Yeah.
Having a full bar would be a much sexier option.
Yeah.
But yes, make it more like a kitchen, but it's a sexy kitchen.
And then he could use it as a bar as well. Then it would appeal to a family.
We just make sure we have a real sink and garbage disposal
and refrigerator and ice maker.
Let me go over that with Lamorne. And I think you're right.
-Okay, thank you so much. -Okay, bye.
She's no joke.
And no pleasantries.
"How are you? How was your weekend? What'd you do?" Not one.
[pop music plays]
[Jeff] Can we put Chris' bed under the stairs?
[Shane] Yep.
[Jeff] Before the photographer comes through,
I go through every single room because I have made the mistake in the past
not doing that and having a toothbrush on the counter.
And it's too late, it's too late. It's been... It's been photographed.
Do you want me to do that, Shane?
'Cause I feel like you're just pressing buttons.
So I go through and edit.
I wanted to make sure we took out all the toys.
-Come on in. -Looks amazing.
-Hey, I'm Shane. -How are you?
-Hi, I'm Jace. Nice to meet you. -[Shane] Nice to meet you.
Hi, I'm Brooke.
[Jeff] Um, this is the master.
-[Brooke] Oh, wow. -[Jace] Breathtaking.
It's great.
And it's a good closet. You might wanna get one shot of that.
[Chris] Okay.
-Do you have your balcony? -[Jeff] Mm-hmm.
It'll be super nice at twilight too to open all these up.
-Yeah. -Wow.
Stunning.
[Jeff] It's so much more impressive than the front.
Yeah, the drone shots will be amazing.
-So I'll let you guys get started. -[Brooke] Okay.
[Jeff] When he is done for each room, we can start putting everything back.
[Shane] He's an artist. We'll be here all night.
[Chris] Is it possible to move this chair?
Right over here is fine. Thank you so much.
[Jeff] I'd help you out with that, Shane, but I have a bad back. Sorry.
Yeah, I have one now too.
[all laugh]
[Jeff] Oh, did you want the fireplace on?
[Chris] No, I'm gonna make that happen.
-[Shane] We'll do it in post. -[Jeff] Got it.
[Chris] We'll do it in post. You've heard that before.
Yeah, they say that a lot around here.
Drone shots are so sick.
[Jeff] Yeah.
I have in my head what I know I could sell the house for
and then there's what I want.
Do I think I'm gonna get offers? Yes.
I don't know if I would accept them.
It may take a few months to sell the house. We'll see.
Okay, those were beautiful shots.
-[Chris] Cool. -[Jeff] Yeah.
-[Jeff] Thanks for everything. -[Chris] Of course, guys.
[Jeff] See you.
[pop music plays]
Hey, did you look at the dimensions of the sconces and the shutters?
Sconces were leaving, he said.
I don't know, for 100 and $240, if we get two new sconces,
that'd make a big difference.
-Okay. -I'm over it.
I'm over the budget. I'm not gonna worry about it.
[chuckles] There is no budget.
[Shane] Over it.
I'm not worried about it. I was stressing myself out.
[Shane] So this one is 20 and a half inches.
And then how far out does it come?
-Hey. -Hi.
How are you? What do you think of the house?
It's pretty crazy.
Okay, so you know it's gonna get way worse before it gets better.
Oh, I know. My neighbors are very curious as to what's happening.
What do you tell 'em?
That this was an accident.
[all laugh]
"Wrong house."
"Call somebody." [laughs]
[Jeff] Um, this is gonna be a pretty large step here.
Okay.
-Almost like a mini-landing. -Okay.
The hedges will start here.
-Yeah. -Go all around the front.
And they're going back that way and that way.
-Amazing. -It's gonna be completely private.
The trees will be lit, the fountain will be lit,
and then the hedges will be lit.
Wow. That's really cool. I love that.
[Jeff] I'm gonna do the shutters one color.
-[Jeff] Keep the windows white. -[Fortune] Okay.
And then I'm gonna do the front door a color.
Girl, these are real bright.
Those are real... Did you just call me "girl"?
[all laugh]
Are you drawn to any particular colors?
Like, yellow, orange, green, red, black?
[Tyler] Hot pink?
I have no taste. Biggie, which one do you like?
-Can you hold it up, please? -[Fortune] I don't... I don't know.
I just want it to look good.
I told him we're lesbians. We don't know design.
I mean, that's a pop.
[Jeff] It's not my house. Let's take a risk.
[both laugh]
Our interior design skills are pretty minimal.
Well, so are our exterior too.
-We don't have a lot of house skills. -No.
[Shane] Quack Quack, Banana Cream.
[Tyler] Black Forest.
[Jeff] I think a lot of these names, they come up with them at, like,
the end of the day and they're just like, "...it, Moss Cover."
Can you hold up all three greens?
[Fortune] This is how they're so skinny.
[all laugh]
[Jeff] And I'm sorry, do you mind holding up the other one, the blue one?
-[Fortune] It looks good, yeah? -[Tyler] I mean, that's nice.
I like that together. I mean, it's a huge difference.
Yeah. It's cool, though.
[Tyler] That's the house color.
[Jax] I mean, I think it goes.
[Jeff] All right, done.
I wanted it to be more noticeable.
The house, to me, just went away, like, blended.
So I was looking for something very different and dramatic.
Oh, I like how you run your world. Just...
You got people answering questions at all times.
You need a good assistant.
I'm gonna get there at some point.
You really do. You need a great assistant.
Yeah.
I'll let you know if I... if I have somebody for you.
Tyler.
[laughs]
Are you trying to hire Tyler?
[laughs]
-He's expensive. -I know.
[Tyler] It's expensive to be me.
[all laugh]
[pop music plays]
[Shane] All right, Chick-fil-A will be on the right.
Is this the line?
[Shane] It's 1:00.
I bet people get in fights in this parking lot.
That's why they have security right here.
Does he have a gun? I don't wanna look.
I have no idea.
-Does he have a gun? -No, but his, um, fly's open.
Seriously? [laughs] That's so embarrassing.
[pop music plays]
-[Jeff] There's a trash can right there. -[Shane] Yeah, I know.
Got a lot of trash.
[Jeff] You wanna ask Momo to throw that away for you?
[Shane] She's a queen.
[Jeff] Do you have the inspiration pictures too?
[Shane] Yeah.
God, Shane, you are just so prepared.
-How are you guys? -Hi.
-Good, how are you? -Hey, girl.
-Are you ready? -Yeah.
We have plans.
We do.
-We have a plan, yes. -A plan.
[Jeff] I'm fine with the first plan that we talked about.
Like, kitchen situation.
Yeah, and I went over it with Lamorne and he said that
if we go toward the second kitchen, that works for him also.
Okay, good.
I think Lamorne just wants to make sure, you know, we're adding value.
It's a small pool house,
which I don't see what you could do with it
because the square footage is so small.
It's not a big kitchen. It's just kind of a sink.
I'm adding a useful outdoor kitchen/bar area.
I think it's going to make a really great backyard even better.
So big sink, garbage disposal, dishwasher,
and then we were gonna do ice maker, refrigerator, bar sink there.
[Jeff] Oh, shit, we're gonna have to...
[Tyler] That's what I'm saying, you have to chisel this. This is tile.
So I didn't think about that. We might have to...
Well, it could be cool if we did do a new floor.
[sighs] As long as it doesn't get crazy.
It's just this is gonna be expensive. Um...
So we're doing new wallpaper. We'd have to do new floors.
Sure.
It's just the marble fabrication, which I'm not willing to give up.
I don't know about you. I think it's so beautiful.
I don't wanna spend a ton of extra money fabricating small details
that we could get the same effect if we did something a little more simple.
[Jeff] It could be, like, leathered granite. That could be enough.
I think as long as we're mixing the stone and the wood and the glass,
we're accomplishing enough of the different textures.
Mm-hmm.
But I think, like, a custom pattern floor.
[Morgan sighs] Just not anything too crazy.
I was thinking vaginas.
Just to go with the theme.
[laughs]
She's kind of a hard nut to crack, I will say.
I mean, look, I like teasing people.
Maybe I'm overdoing it a bit, but I, um...
You know what it is?
I think I'm trying to get her to lighten up a little bit.
I mean, it falls on deaf ears. She's not into me at all.
At all.
Thank you. I'll see you later.
[Morgan] I heard you guys had Chick-fil-A.
Who told you that?
We go every day. I can pick it up for you next time.
I like the milkshake.
Oh, I've never had their milkshake.
[Jeff] We'll get you a milkshake next time. Which kind?
-You've never had the Oreo milkshake? -[Tyler] No.
-[Morgan] It's so good. -All right, we'll get that for you.
I can't believe you have that every day. No, you don't.
[Shane] The guy at the drive-through was like, "Hey, Jeff."
[laughs]
[Shane] Bye, Mo.
[Jeff] Momo thinks I'm fat.
I shouldn't be eating Chick-fil-A, I know.
[Shane] We shouldn't have told 'em 'cause we put it all in their garbage can.
[all laugh]
[pop music plays]
Will you text Matt Altman? He just texted me.
And he wants to know if we want a "for sale" sign, which I said no.
I think that's a good idea.
But can you ask him if we've had any calls?
Sent.
Chris is fast if they already have the house pictures.
By the way, we spoke to Carrie at length.
-And she's cool? -Yeah.
I wanted to talk to Carrie off camera. Everything's good.
What she said to me is I think she feels less detached to the listing
because she didn't represent me in purchasing that house.
So I think maybe she was so upset about the Valley Vista deal
because she represented me in purchasing the house.
Right.
So she kind of expected the listing. But with this particular case, she's fine.
I enjoy working with Carrie and I think she realizes that once that house is sold,
more than likely she will represent me in the purchase of the next house,
which more than likely will be more money and a bigger commission,
so I think she sees the bigger picture.
All right, good, so we don't have to plan a separate Thanksgiving.
I think that we probably could spend the holidays with them
without a problem, unlike last year.
[both laugh]
[pop music plays]
[man] Very good.
[Shane] Do you wanna talk to [indistinct] or do you wanna wait till after?
[Jeff] Let's call him now.
[phone rings]
[Francisco] Hello?
Hey, it's Jeff.
We're on our way to Fortune's house, checking everything out.
[Francisco] Yeah.
[Jeff] How is the backyard looking? Is it private?
[Francisco] Uh, the hedges are growing more
on the area where the sun hits it the most.
Yeah.
The landscaping, I mean, it even shocked me how much we spent.
All right. Okay, thanks, Francisco.
-[Francisco] All right, bye. -I'll see you.
Between the sod and the irrigation and the lighting
and the hedges and the plants and hardscape, it was a lot.
It was a lot of money.
There's a ton of restaurants over here. We don't need to go home to eat.
There's The Great Greek.
Fresh and Meaty.
That's not a real one.
Fresh and Meaty. Burgers.
They call me fresh and meaty too.
[both laugh]
[pop music plays]
Wait a minute.
Those are really short hedges. Those were supposed to be taller.
This is a nightmare. Shit.
The hedges at Fortune's were a bit of a fail.
I was promised something else.
I mean, I thought they were gonna be at least two feet higher.
It sucks.
I've had smaller trees and hedges planted before, but never that small.
But I'm not gonna tell Fortune that.
I like it because now everyone can see your beautiful design from the street.
[Jeff] It's gonna look great in, like, six years.
[Tyler] Look at these, like, four-foot, four-foot, four-foot.
[Jeff] They're really small.
[Tyler] He says they lose a foot and a half going in.
It's five feet.
He fertilized them is what he told me.
For the next owner down the line, they're gonna have a really nice hedge wall.
It just won't be in this lifetime. [laughs]
Their grandkids will love those hedges.
Why can't we get a few more hedges here to cover this?
Like, just even two or three more?
I think he should honestly throw it in with these bullshit hedges he gave me.
I spent a fortune on 'em.
-[door opens] -[Jeff] Uh-oh. Is that Fortune?
-[Fortune] Hi, friend. -[Jeff] Hi.
[Jeff] Did you put a little gel in your hair?
-Yeah, it's a big day. -I love it.
I love. What's today?
-Seeing you. -Well, you look great.
Thank you. I appreciate it.
[Jeff] Um, you like it? Color.
-I like it. -It's so nice.
It'll all blend in better once there's grass.
Yeah.
I do like the color of the house.
I think it's cool and unique and, again, more updated.
This is beautiful.
[Fortune] Yeah. What do you think?
[Jeff] If I was a dick, I would have sent all of those hedges back.
[Fortune] Really?
[Jeff] I'm not... I'm not kidding. They're really small.
I just really wish that the hedges were a little more mature.
I mean, once you've planted them, you bought them.
So it's, you know, it's not like I can dig them all up and return them.
What's done is done.
But these will grow fast. In this weather, these will grow fast.
[Tyler] Even in a month, it'll look nice.
I see, okay.
The ficus are in the super, super early stages.
I know it'll look amazing once they gel together into the hedge.
It'll be incredible.
Hopefully they have some great fertilizer.
-[Jeff] Next Saturday is sod. -Yeah.
Then we're gonna start planting the box hedges,
the little olive balls, the gravel.
Cool. That's exciting.
[Jeff] And then we still have to paint the front door.
If you and Jax could pick a color.
We've narrowed it down to what we like.
Okay.
Okay, here are the two colors.
I wanted to go with more of a Dutch blue.
A Dutch blue, okay.
-So... -Oh, Jax isn't here.
-No, no. -Oh, okay.
I'm gonna leave you the color boards.
I got nervous.
No, no, I'm gonna leave these color boards.
You make a decision right on the spot.
I'm so bad at decisions. So we definitely like blue?
That's what we think it should be?
-Yes. -Yeah.
-[Fortune] Okay. -So, okay, so those are the two we love.
-You can't go wrong. -[Fortune] Okay.
So if you and Jax could decide which one you like the best.
-Okay. -Let me know on Monday.
Yes.
I think that Fortune and Jax, they do kind of love the look
and I think that they get it, what it will look like eventually.
I mean, I hope so with all the money that I spent.
It looks awesome.
Any other concerns?
I feel like I have very little concerns.
Okay.
Don't you think? Or do you feel like I'm being high-maintenance?
[Tyler chuckles]
-No. -Jeff.
No, you're not high-maintenance at all.
Are you being sarcastic?
You're one of the easiest clients I've ever had.
Oh, thank God.
Yeah, Jax is another story.
Jax is the hardest I've ever had and you're the easiest I've ever had.
[Fortune] She just doesn't like to communicate.
No. You know, eventually, you're gonna be in therapy talking about that.
-It's just a matter of time. -[laughs]
Right now, you're a newlywed.
You're not gonna worry about it now, but just mark my words.
[Fortune] Okay.
You're gonna say, "I remember when Jeff Lewis said
we're gonna go to therapy about this exact issue."
About communication.
I wanna go too 'cause I have the same problem with her.
-Oh, you're gonna come with us? -[Jeff] Yeah.
That'll be nice. Then we'll all learn to communicate together.
[all laugh]
Love you. Thank you for everything.
[Jeff] All right, do you remember what you're doing?
Picking a color. Bye.
-[Shane] Bye. -[Tyler] Bye.
He's crazy.
[Fortune] He's like a whirling dervish.
[Wilmer] So here's a question.
Is there a world where we can keep those shelves on that wall?
Once this is gone, that's gonna be a lot of wall.
For me, I wanted a blank wall.
I wonder if we bring it out, you let us accessorize,
live in the space.
And then if you're like, "Nope, I want those floating shelves,"
we just put 'em back up.
You and I both know those shelves are not going back up. [laughs]
What do you think of the tile?
Oh. Oh, my God. Well, that's awesome. [laughs]
Lamorne is gonna love and appreciate what we do for him,
but he's not interested in how we get there.
So Morgan is taking the lead.
That's pretty, I really like it when I look at it with the floors.
No.
I've chosen my battles with Morgan.
-How you doing, man? -Good. I'm good.
I'm Anthony Anderson, your favorite uncle.
-[Jeff] Do you have a contractor? -[Anthony] Uh, I do.
[Jeff] So the house itself, when will it be completed?
Uh, a year ago.
'Cause there's nobody here today. There's just nobody.
No, there's nobody here.
What do you need from me?
To make my own private oasis.
What I hear is no budget. That's what I heard.
[Anthony] That's the problem.
This sounds like a great project for us.
[laughs]
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