Real estate is a hot commodity.
But around every corner, danger lurks...
from zombie houses.
These rotting corpses aren't just ugly...
What happened?
...they're dangerous.
Whoa!
Fire! Get out of there!
And they can drag down an entire neighborhood...
It's the ugliest house on the street.
...but their days are numbered.
Here in Orlando, Florida,
taking on these monstrosities is our specialty.
It's a wreck, but we don't shy away from things like that.
Ew. Our team tracks these filthy zombies down...
This place is a total dump,
but at least this room is huge.
...and pumps new life into them...
Maybe I got heat stroke,
but I'm falling in love with this place.
...flipping them into sweet homes...
- Wow. - This is amazing.
...that we can sell... We are ready to go.
...for an even sweeter payday.
Here's to selling another house.
This...
is "Zombie House Flipping."
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♪ Look at me now 'cause I'm comin' in ♪
♪ I didn't want to let the phone drop ♪
♪ I count the times someone messin' with my mind, boy ♪
♪ Ohh ♪
So what's the story here, Ash?
Okay, so this house in Bel Air--
We're not gonna find - a zombie in Bel Air. - It looks like a zombie.
Bel Air is ranked as one of the best places to live in Florida.
It's a mix of middle-class and high-end homes
that can go for over a million dollars.
With its central location and great parks,
it's a highly sought-after area.
It's rare to find a zombie in such an exclusive neighborhood.
But with the competition for houses still tight,
we'll flip any zombie if the margins are right.
Do you know the specs on this house?
Yeah, it's almost 2,000 square feet.
It's a 3-bedroom, 2h-baths, - 2-car garage. - Okay.
- And it also has a pool. - Okay.
The listing price is $460,000.
And no one's grabbed it at that price?
I mean, obviously, it's pretty bad.
Yeah, I mean, I'm sure it's a zombie.
It's probably a wreck, but that's all right.
We don't shy away from things like that.
Yeah. Do we know anything about the house's history?
It said "Living Trusts."
"Living Trust." That sounds-- That sounds like a dead person.
Yes, rumor has it that the previous owner
actually died in the house,
and to be honest, it freaks me out a little bit.
So I've been trying to ignore that part.
Typically, trust properties rarely have a mortgage on them,
Like if somebody has kids, they just want to cash out.
They want their money now.
So maybe we can offer lower amounts.
Yeah.
- Pretty, pretty gorgeous. - Amazing.
I mean, where is a zombie - hiding in all this? - I know.
- Oh, wait. - Uh-oh.
- There we go. - See it now.
- Oh. - There it is.
Oh, my God. You can barely see the house.
"The Fresh Zombie of Bel Air."
Talk about overgrown.
We got to get some gardeners over here
to cut this foliage back
so we can find out if there's even a house here.
What's up with the sheep?
What-- it-- like there's is that a sheep, too?
Maybe this zombie has trouble sleeping.
Like going over...
Guys, you can't tell from here, but it needs new windows,
as far as I can see through the overgrowth.
Chimney looks kind of bad.
And a lot of landscaping.
Yeah, that's all I can see.
I can't see the house yet.
Yeah. So go in?
Oh, no, actually, we have to go around the back.
Oh, okay.
Look at the pool.
This thing is black.
I mean, aside from being a swamp,
looks like it's holding water
and it's - in decent shape. - Yeah.
I wonder how deep it is. Can't tell.
What if it's like a foot-- - foot deep? - Can't tell.
- It's a reflecting pool. - It's a reflecting pool.
You cannonball in, it's just straight to the booty.
Having a pool is nice.
But if it needs anything more than chlorine in the water,
fixing it up could cost anywhere from 2 to 20 grand,
which is definitely something to keep in mind.
All right. Can we - check this place out, Ash? - Yeah.
Yeah, let's go.
Oh, my goodness. Look at this.
Dude, this place is in shambles. What happened?
Oh, there's a fireplace.
Oh, there's two fire-- I can see one over there, too.
Really? Mm-hmm.
A 2,000-square-foot house has two fireplaces in Florida?
- In Florida. - Yeah, yeah, in Florida.
That's like a Buckingham Palace fireplace.
Like, that's pretty big. Like... Yeah.
There used to be some higher-end touches in this home,
but it's pretty clear that the seller's asking price right now
is based on only one thing-- location.
- Oh, guys! - That's cool. - It's pretty cool.
Lambs. Yeah.
It's like "Silence of the Lambs" in here.
That ties into the lambs on the front of the house.
Well, there's a lamb on the--
Oh, my God.
- What? - Look at that, dude.
Yeah.
Everything about this house is odd.
Now we're being watched by this creepy collection of sheep.
Hold on. I propose something.
We should have a scavenger hunt
and see who can find the most lambs. All right.
Because clearly there's more lambs than meet the eye here.
- Let's see. - We're playing Lamb Spy.
Okay, let's go. Let's try it.
Oh, God. Look at the kitchen. Tiny.
Uh, what used to be the kitchen.
Oof! God, this is small.
I mean, this would all have to - be completely demolished. - Yeah.
Let's check out the back of the house.
This place is a little creepy.
What's this? A central closet taking up living room space?
Two central closets? Yeah, we could tear these out.
- Yeah, yeah, totally. - Oh, look at this.
I found two more lambs.
Ash is at two.
I feel like we're gonna go down the hallway
and some old lady's gonna start yelling at us.
"Welcome to my house."
- Totally. - Hey, there's a bathroom.
Wow. Did we just time-warp back to the '50s?
Oh, my goodness, this is amazing!
We definitely have an old lady bath--
Oh, I got two sheep! I got two sheep!
On the toilet seat! Oh, my goodness.
Look-- wallpaper on top of wallpaper.
Yellow and what is this, mint?
I'm not sure what you'd call the style, but it definitely
has some granny vibes working overtime in here.
Hello, old lady. We're in your house.
The bedroom?
All right, this is pretty big. Hey, yeah.
Wait, there's got to be a master bedroom in here, right?
Yeah, this way. Okay.
Look, his and hers closets.
I mean, there's tons of space in here.
Okay, so this is - the main master bathroom? - Master bathroom.
Pretty nondescript and disgusting.
The best thing about this bathroom
- is definitely the window. - No, Ashlee.
This bathroom doesn't have a best thing.
I think it's handmade.
It's real, but I think it's got to go.
Hey, there's another closet over there.
- Closet with pink tile? - No, it's-- wait, this is a whole bath.
Dude, two bathrooms in the master?
How crazy is that? What are we gonna do with that?
Well, it could be really cool.
What if we turned one of them into like a steam room
or like a sauna?
Why? We're in like a--A sauna in Florida?
There's two fireplaces in this house.
Might as well keep the heat rolling, right?
Anyway, do you guys like this house?
What do you think it's worth? $625,000?
I think $650,000, maybe, in this market.
And especially in this neighborhood,
Reno costs on a house this size could be over 100K.
I mean, what do you think we should offer?
I say we scoot in at like $400,000 and see what we can do.
Okay, let me make a phone call and see what we can negotiate.
Are we gonna "buy" this house?
Ah, you're giving me a headache.
We offered $400,000 on this house,
and after some back and forth,
the trust beneficiaries agreed on a sale price of $420,000.
So we were right that they wanted to sell quickly
and move on, earning us a nice deal well below
the list price of 460 grand.
We're setting a renovation budget of 100 grand,
which sounds like a lot, but a high-end house
needs high-end finishes.
And since we're flush with other projects right now
and supply chains are super slow,
we'll give ourselves three months for this renovation.
That means the loan-interest payments
will cost around 10 grand and the closing costs
will be around $29,000.
That's an all in of 560 grand.
But based on other surrounding home sales,
we think we could sell this house
for $650,000, which would net us a nice profit of 90 grand.
This house has several bizarre layout choices
that are crying out to be fixed.
The first is that space-hogging pair of closets
right in the middle of the living room.
We're gonna take those out completely
so we can make that area a wide-open, welcoming floor plan.
The other strange decision was giving the master bedroom
two bathrooms, so in the first one,
we'll change the bathtub to a shower, which everyone wants.
That'll allow us to remove the shower from the second one
and turn it into a half bath that actually connects
with the other bedroom.
Then we're gonna tie that kitchen
into the rest of the common area by removing the wall
separating it from the living room.
We'll shift the fridge to the opposite corner,
opening up space for an island
with appliances on the kitchen side
and seating on the living-room side.
Hopefully, these fresh upgrades will scare off any creepy vibes
that might still be lingering.
Hey, Ashlee's here. You're late!
- Oh, my goodness. - Grab a tool from this tool. Let's go.
I'm ready to shear some sheep. It's demo day!
Time to smash open some walls
and destroy some 1950s Art Deco bathrooms.
Yeah!
How are you doing out there?
Oh, God, you're fast.
I made a pass-through.
I'm getting through.
I'm telling you, there's nothing like swinging a sledgehammer
and telling an old house who's boss.
All right. I'm getting tired.
No, no, you did a great job.
I think your arm's bleeding, dude. Is it?
- What is that? - I got tattooed last night.
Well, and you're here doing this? It burns!
Seriously, you got blood coming out of you?
- You should go home, for real. - All right, bro.
Honestly, that's kind of a freaky injury.
Maybe the former boss of this house didn't like the way
Justin was treating her bathrooms
as she decided to hit back.
What's wrong with you?
Oh, I don't feel well.
I don't know what's wrong. I think I'm like...
You wearing a mask? Huh?
I wasn't wearing a mask, so maybe that's it.
Breathing in all that dust. Yeah.
I think I have to go.
Man, my demo partners are dropping like flies.
I'm not usually one to believe in curses,
but we do know the previous resident died here.
I'm starting to feel like she wants to take us with her.
So I wouldn't leave you on my-- on your own,
but I'm-- I'm not feeling good.
Coming up...
I wouldn't leave you on your own, but I'm-- I'm not feeling good.
Fine. Seriously, it's fine.
I'll finish out the kitchen by myself
and we'll call the crew in for tomorrow.
- You sure? - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I'm all jacked up on energy drinks,
so I'm gonna smash stuff.
It looks like this upper-crust house
has a crusty, old spirit at work trying to shut us down.
Well, it might get my teammates, but it ain't getting me.
Always left to me.
Man, now I'm getting cramps after all this solo work.
I guess Grandma's ghost wins this round after all.
Fortunately, we can bring in some reinforcements.
The demo crew picks up where I left off in the kitchen...
...removing all the old cabinets...
...and appliances
and tossing it where it belongs--
in the Junk It dumpster.
Then they go to work dismantling these outdated bathrooms...
and removing the old parquet flooring.
And hopefully they swept any restless spirits
out the door on their way.
Keith! Hey! I'm de-wallpapering.
I brought Justin over to show him the plan that you have.
I was texting Ashlee about the kitchen plans
we came up with, and she seemed a little confused.
So I figured we could go over it in person
and iron out any little kinks,
you know, before we finish our prep work.
All right, so what's the plan?
So this comes down to counter height, right?
You still have the stove with the hood hanging down,
a massive piece of granite,
starting there and going down to there,
cabinets at counter height to there,
and then there's gonna be one above the fridge,
and then there's gonna be a cabinet pantry.
It's just not open. It doesn't feel good.
- It's terrible, right? - It's super-duper open.
- It's awful. - What?
My idea was to push the island out further
and have a more substantial kitchen.
You want an island in the middle of the living room?
That's not an island.
That's like an information desk at a mall.
You'd have to push it out straight
and make it a peninsula.
Then we lose that walkway over there.
You're gonna have to walk through the kitchen
to get to the other side of the house.
Who gives a crap? It's open-plan living.
How big is the pantry?
So we have this entire space right here.
Do you know how big a fridge is?
36 inches? Yeah.
So you're talking about a 20-inch pantry
in a massive house?
Yeah, like, I want a wall of pantries over there.
- A wall of pantries. - Yes.
Over there? That's a horrible idea.
It's just-- It's just ridiculous, Keith.
You have a pantry on the other - side of the room in the kitchen. - Yeah.
I feel like you rolled up here looking like the angel of death
with your witch outfit and started throwing knives.
Are you listening to that?
Okay, this is ridiculous.
What are we doing fighting over layouts like this?
This just seems to me like this house
has got us on edge with each other.
Justin's right.
Ever since I heard someone died in here,
I've been feeling on edge in this house.
It's affecting my attitude and my mood.
We never fight like this.
This house does feel like - it has a creepy vibe to it. - I agree.
Like, it's just like this house is wrecking my head.
I think we just need to lock up the job site for today,
and all of us go get some fresh air.
We need to hit the reset button.
We can't keep fighting like this.
We got this house because somebody died.
And now between the demo really beating us up
and an ugly fight over this house's layout,
it feels like this zombie is trying to kill
our team chemistry as well.
It just seems kind of cursed.
We took a few days to shake the curse off our boots,
but now we're back at it.
We brought in the pros
from Century Air Conditioning and Heating
to replace our old HVAC system.
Because it's a large house, we're upgrading our system
to a 4-ton HVAC unit
that can cool up to 2,500 square feet,
keeping that intense Florida heat out.
We also have the electrical crew here today
pulling out that old Federal Pacific breaker box.
The Federal Pacific Electric Company was closed
and reorganized in the '90s
in the wake of their panels failing and causing house fires.
But somehow there was never a mandatory
recall on their products.
With an updated box and new wiring,
the electrical system in this house
will finally be up to code.
Now it's time to give this high-dollar home
a grand-sized living room
by tearing out those central closets.
The team builds temporary support walls
that cuts out the crossbeams that currently rest
on the closet frames.
Once the crossbeams are out,
they can bring in a longer power beam
that spans the entire room and rests on the walls.
After they attach the old rafters to it,
we can get rid of that space-hogging closet for good.
It's going to look fantastic.
What's this? The framers are here?
Yeah, and they are knocking it out.
- Oh, wow. - That looks good.
Yeah, that's three LVLs,
and, you know what's really interesting?
If we would have got one beam, a single beam,
it would have been like twice as much as three LVLs
laid up - next to each other. - Oh, really? Wow.
Yeah. And I love how they sistered it
in here with these brackets and everything.
- It looks great. - Yeah, it's really super strong.
Worked perfectly, - actually. - Yeah.
Where are they? I mean, it's so quiet in here.
Aren't they supposed to be--Yeah, anyway.
Steve! Their truck is out there.
Yeah, the trailer's-- the house is open.
We can check back here. Hey, guys! Steve!
Hello? Guys, there's nobody here.
Really? Yeah.
Guys, what is that? Look at that.
That looks like blood. Yeah.
It's all over the floor.
There's a whole bunch of it, guys.
I mean, obviously someone hurt themselves,
and they all ran off to the hospital.
All of them together and left their tools out?
That doesn't sound like any construction guy I know.
Like, that's a zillion dollars worth of tools
out there in the trailer, the house is open.
This is like "Poltergeist" or something.
What's going on?
This is like "Poltergeist" or something.
I've never seen them leave a trailer open
and a house - open like this. - No.
I'd say we go call Steve or the hospital. Yeah.
I am seriously freaking out about this situation.
This House of Death has been creepy from the beginning,
and now people are disappearing and getting hurt.
This is insanity.
The trail of blood doesn't go-- it stops over there.
I'll go get Marley, dude. She'll-- She'll find Steve.
I got a hold of our crew leader on the phone,
and there was an explanation for everything.
Most of the crew went for an early lunch,
and when the last two were there, one gashed his hand,
the other took him to the urgent care.
And of course, they didn't lock up.
So no ghosts involved-- at least this time.
I feel like we all just have it in our heads now
that this house is bad luck.
And now every time we come here,
we're like, "This house is cursed."
- What if it is cursed? - It's all good.
- Everything's fine. - Are you any good at framing?
'Cause maybe you can continue.
No, he's not. He's really not.
One thing that will definitely make this house less spooky
is if we clean up this out-of-control landscaping.
Our landscapers are manicuring the lawn,
trimming the trees, and removing overgrown bushes.
Meanwhile, in the backyard,
they're busy removing those weed-like vines
and grooming the shaggy palm trees.
Now this yard is fit for this upscale neighborhood.
So far, our reno budget is looking pretty good.
We gave ourselves a hundred grand for this pricey flip,
and so far we've only spent around $27,000.
But the expensive finishes have still yet to come.
Staying on track with our schedule
and our budget is quite the task in today's market,
So fingers crossed, we can keep it moving.
Floors got to be first.
Check it out over there. There's some floor tile.
There's a whole wall of it. Yeah, okay.
Ever since Keith and I fought over the layout of the kitchen,
I've wanted to change the energy of the flip.
So I invited him to Daltile
to help me pick some finishes for the house.
I'm hoping it'll be some good team bonding
that'll help us work together better.
What about a cool terrazzo 'cause it's 1960's, no?
That looks like high school bathroom.
Oh, okay, okay.
- You don't want travertine? - Oh, come on, 2006 travertine look?
That's coming back. - I love how the creamy-- yeah. - Really?
- Travertine? - Mm-hmm.
What about something like this?
Um... Like in bigger pieces?
You know, if we were building a prison,
I think that would be... Shh.
Get out of town. What do you think?
Are you thinking wood maybe?
I mean, it's the whole house, so it has to be kind of...
Yeah. ...something that a lot of people are gonna like.
Look, this is--Oh, there's a whole wall of it.
How about one of these?
That's kind of interesting because it's light
and it has a pattern, but it's not overwhelmed with it.
It's also a warmer color. I like that.
Yeah. I think that's cool.
I think that would go well throughout the whole house.
Oh, my God, that looks so great.
Finally, I knew we could find something we both like,
and if we can agree on a few more finishes,
we'll restore harmony to both the house and our team.
Want to pick the tile now for the kitchen?
Oh, man. Check that out right here.
Oh, my God, that's-- look at this.
Every tile has different patterns.
I don't know, and you're - thinking backsplash? - That would-- yeah.
You would never get tired of looking at this. Huh?
- I love that. Yes. - You love it? God.
So much for the curse being broken.
Keith spots this bizarre tile with like hieroglyphics on it,
which for all we know, could summon the dead.
This is an expensive property.
We're supposed to have nice, high-end finishes.
We should steer away from the creepy horror-movie motif.
Honestly, it's just-- that's not a good backsplash.
Most women, I don't think, would like that.
So here's the thing-- I have a vision for this kitchen.
I'm gonna die on this hill.
- Oh, my God. - I'm gonna get my arms wrapped around this.
I like that for the backsplash.
Okay, you can have that,
but I'm designing all the other bathrooms.
Okay. The bathrooms are yours.
Sometimes you got to take the wins you can get.
We might have a highly questionable backsplash,
but we're definitely gonna have some gorgeous bathrooms,
and we'll have peace among the blueprint team.
That's just super badass.
Hey, bud. What's up, bro?
Justin and I stopped at the Pepperidge House today
to check on the flooring progress.
We've got a team scheduled to level the concrete floor
with self-leveling compound,
and we want to make sure it's finished today
so it can set over the weekend.
All right, the self-leveling compound was delivered.
That's good.
Wait. What the hell?
Where is all this water coming from?
Dude, look at this!
Dude, how long has this been going on?
We got to shut the water off.
I might have a water key.
I've got a water key. You got one? Yeah.
Well, that was a fun discovery.
We showed up and found a pool of water leaking through the walls.
Turns out, we have a busted waterline in the bathroom.
- It's still on. - Yeah.
Well, it might just be - the back pressure. - Yeah.
Okay, so that's PEX. That's PVC.
We got to cut this section out right here
and put a new piece in.
Do you have any plumbing stuff on your truck?
I'll look while I call Ash.
PEX pipe is a flexible polyethylene tubing
that's great for snaking through walls,
but it is more prone to puncture than PVC.
Somehow, a section got damaged,
and now we got a huge mess to clean up.
Hey. Hey, Ash.
- Yeah? - Hey, we got a serious water leak over here on Pepperidge.
I wanted you to come check it out.
We might have to make an insurance claim.
Just come over here if you can, all right? Okay.
Here, take that.
That's actually what we need, If you can believe it.
Leftover scraps, bro.
People are always like,
"Why you got all these scraps at your house?"
I'm like, "You got no idea."
And always have SharkBites.
SharkBites are brass pipe connectors
that don't require any glue, clamps, or soldering.
Once you have the two pipe ends you want to connect,
you just push them into the SharkBite
and inner teeth compress an O-ring around the pipe
for a tight seal.
There we go.
- What's happening? - Uh...
Uh-oh. So it's a bit of water.
- Yeah. - A bit.
Like should we not call the plumber?
Well, we just put a patch in there, so see what happens.
All right, it's on.
Yeah, I heard the water slap through the line.
Oh, so you fixed it?
Yeah. Wow! High five.
So we dodged a bullet, but I can't help feeling like
the curse of lamb-loving Grandma seems determined
to get the better of us one way or the other.
Now we're dealing with burst pipes?
If we get out of this job without a major catastrophe,
I'll be amazed.
And here I thought today's work would be worry free.
We're halfway through this flip, and it's time
to start transforming the look of this house,
starting with the windows.
We're removing the hodgepodge of single-pane windows,
Jalousie windows, and that kitschy stained glass,
and replacing them with Eco Glass windows.
These upgrades are double-pane,
and they're designed to block out harmful UV rays.
This uniform look is essential for a high-end home.
We've also started the interior painting,
and we decided to go with pure white.
Pure white portrays the ultimate elegance.
It suggests the cleanest and brightest finish possible.
Oh, my God.
What are you doing, man?
It's like the Exxon Valdez was here.
I've invited Chris, our pool expert, out to see
if he can breathe some life into this dying pool.
Yeah, I've never seen a slick like that.
We'll see what we can do with it.
It all depends on what happens
when I first throw the chemicals in there. Okay.
And see what kind of shape the equipment's in.
Hopefully, he can decontaminate this pool without draining it
or buying a lot of new equipment.
These are major expenses we really want to avoid.
Filter's a little smaller
than I'd like to see on a pool like this.
It's gonna make it a little bit more difficult
to get cleaned up,
but also we want to make sure the pump works.
Sure. All right. Yep.
All right. Hey, thanks, Chris.
Chris is gonna have to start by cleaning out the debris,
then check the pH balance of the water
so he can determine the right blend of chemicals
to shock it back to normal.
He'll add some acid, some chlorine,
and a super algae destroyer to clean up the pool.
Then he'll see if that old, ragged pump is strong enough
to turn this oil slick of a pool
into a slick place to swim once again.
With about a month left to go,
it's time for the big-ticket items
that'll make the big changes in this house.
First up, flooring.
We're going with a ceramic tile
that has a wood-plank look in a gray tone,
a sophisticated twist to the classic beauty of hardwood
with the incredible durability of ceramic.
We're also updating the living room hearth
with a slab of swirling black-and-gray granite,
a stone that's as beautiful as it is indestructible.
The kitchen is our next big project.
We need to make this room a showcase,
so we're starting with gray, solid-wood cabinets.
Gray cabinets will allow other elements
of the kitchen decor to stand out.
Case in point, the gorgeous slabs of granite
that a high-end kitchen demands.
But the backsplash is where I come in.
I found it even more exciting tile than the one Ashlee saw.
And since she agreed that I was in charge of it, I went for it.
It's a small, black, glass subway tile
with a grout that sparkles.
It's a dramatic effect that will really set this house apart.
As expected, those pretty finishes we're doing
cost a pretty penny.
Out of the $100,000 we budgeted for for this reno,
we've now spent around 76 grand.
We're on pace, but with a few weeks left
and major items to still finish, like the bathrooms,
I'm nervous that this cursed zombie
could still cause us some problems.
It's time to tighten our belts for the home stretch.
So you guys are in for a treat.
My pool guy, Chris, told me the chemical treatment
of the water was successful the other day,
so I figured we could stop in
and see what our clean pool actually looks like.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, did you guys call the pool guy
and tell him - to empty our pool? No.
This is supposed to be a clean, full pool.
Where the hell did all the water go?
Hold on. The equipment is still on.
Man! - It's squishy.
Yeah, it's all wet. Okay, turn it off, yeah.
There's a switch.
Oh, look, it looks broken over there.
Looks like the pipe broke off,
and maybe it just kept pumping it out.
This house has had some strange things happen,
but this is by far the strangest.
Somehow, the pump pipe broke and drained the entire pool
out across the backyard.
What is going on here?
Chris, the pool here at Pepperidge--
it's completely drained.
Okay, we've got to make sure that thing doesn't pop.
Okay. Yeah, yeah. Can you get over here really quick?
I'm headed that way now.
The situation is even worse than it looks.
When the weight of all that water is removed from a pool,
it can allow the hydrostatic pressure from the water below
to make the pool lift up or pop.
This can crack the pool and break the pipes.
And even if it doesn't, the cost of resetting the pool is huge.
The only way to counter this
is to remove the plug below the skimmer return,
so some of that pressure can be released.
Hey, not a second too soon. Holy cow.
Crazy. Let me get this plug pulled.
I don't want this thing popping.
- Geez. - Yeah.
Ew! Get it off there. Okay.
Okay. Well, no geyser, right?
I think we're okay, guys.
Yep, it's dry. Wow.
'Cause if we had real pressure under there,
it would like shoot up, right?
Yeah, we would see water pouring out of there
and who knows what else?
We got lucky. - We got lucky. - All right.
Look right here, and somehow this pipe--
look at all that's washed away.
That's why all this is soaked.
We're lucky this wasn't worse
and that we don't have to rebuild our entire pool.
But, man, the curse of the Pepperidge House
just cost us the price of a new pump
and the water bill for refilling the entire pool.
Hopefully, we can find a way to make up for it.
With just a couple of weeks to go,
we're turning our attention to the bathrooms.
I'm in charge of these designs, and I've chosen a ritzy style
befitting this house and neighborhood.
In the hall bath, we are lining the back wall of the tub
with some glass wood-plank tiles laid out horizontally
and some larger, electric-blue tiles laid out vertically.
In the master shower, with the advice of Justin,
we're flipping the script with the blue tiles on the back wall
and the horizontal tiles on the side wall.
Using the same tiles allows us to buy more of it
and get it at a cheaper price.
We're also painting the exterior of the house.
We've chosen a color called aesthetic white.
Then we decide to go bold
and pick one of my favorite colors
for the trim and the doors.
We got as close as we could tastefully get
to McLaren papaya orange,
named for McLaren's orange racing cars.
It'll definitely have people turning their heads
as they drive by.
And with that, all that's left is some basic cleanup,
and we can finish this house up a bit early.
Our budget also came out spot on.
We budgeted 100 grand for this renovation,
and we've now spent $98,200.
With a couple grand needed for staging,
we'll hit our mark almost perfectly.
It looks like the curse of this house has been overcome.
- What are you doing? - I'm cleaning the roof.
Oh, yeah? I'm trying to get these shingles to match.
It's gonna all go back to light gray?
- That's what I'm shooting for. - Nice.
If this roof is 12 years old,
it's the oldest 12-year-old roof I've ever seen.
Time to get Amy the roofer out here.
Well, here she is.
Definitely, you've got granule - loss all around the roof. Okay.
The matting is black, so even if you bleached it,
- you'll never get that light. - Right. Okay.
Permit office says it's 12 years old, though.
I want to say that I doubt it. Wow.
It doesn't make sense that the permit office
would have gotten that all wrong.
Is that a patch right there where the--
see where the ridge color changes?
Yeah, there was definitely a repair there.
Odds are, I would say it could have been
tree damage - or something. You know what?
This could be the permit that was pulled 12 years ago.
- That would make sense. - Yeah.
Which makes sense why
a "12-year-old roof" looks so gnarly.
Yes, I hate to give you that bad news,
but it is time to replace it.
I don't know that this would pass a home inspection.
Price-wise, what are we talking about?
Probably between $13,000 and $14,000.
Just a couple days before our open house,
and we learned that we have to replace the entire roof
just when I thought the curse of this house was broken,
it goes and breaks our entire budget.
We didn't want to spend 13 grand to fix our entire roof.
But if we want to pass inspection, we have no choice.
Our roofers install a new waterproof underlayment
and then a fresh layer of shingles on top
that would keep this house protected for the next 20 years.
Fortunately, we came up with a brilliant way
to make up for that cost.
We realized the garage in this house is much bigger
than it needs to be for two cars,
so we're gonna reclaim some of that space
and make a new utility room.
All we have to do is frame up a new wall
so we can route some air ducting into that area.
Add some insulation and some drywall,
and, bam, you got like 200 extra square feet of interior space,
and at $300 a square foot, that could add like 60 grand
to our sale prices.
And now, since Ashlee and Justin are busy
with some other clients today,
I'm overseeing the staging crew.
Joseph and his team at Systematic Staging
are bringing in the top-of-the-line furnishings
to give this house the high-class feel
that we've been going for.
With one look, buyers are gonna know
this is a house that made no compromises.
Hey, guys. Come on up.
What up, bro?
Dude. Hey! How's it going?
It's going great.
Hey, it's time to check out this awesome house.
But first, think about it in context
All of the sheep.
Not one of the sheep or two the sheep. Yeah.
The fresh paint looks awesome.
The new front door is really cool.
And how do you like the cedar - on the columns? - Love it.
What's not to like about cedar-wrapped columns?
I mean, this house got the spruce-up up that it needed, you know?
Yeah, for sure. Well, let's go check out the inside.
I can't wait to show you the staging.
Can't believe we let Keith handle staging.
I think we gave this dark and creepy space a-a new life.
Check it out.
Voilà. Wow, so nice!
Look at you, man.
I'd almost believe you knew what you were doing after this.
How about that fireplace?
You guys remember what was here?
My least favorite tile of all time.
It's the McDonald's - kitchen floor tile. - McDonald's tile, oh.
Covering the hearth with high-end granite
gave this place a serious upgrade.
It really pops as a centerpiece of this gorgeous living room.
where we're standing would have been
that weird hallway closet.
Yeah, the closet assembly.
Taking that out made this room so spacious and relaxed.
You can see all the way through to the kitchen.
Man, that kitchen was so cramped and uncomfortable.
How could anyone even work in there?
Well, now we've opened it up and given it
all the primo touches of a chef's dream kitchen.
It's not boring now.
You went bold with the granite choices,
but it really works.
I love that we waterfall down the edges,
and I really like the way it juts in-- The bump-out?
Yeah, the bump-out, yeah.
I think the dark granite's awesome against the wall
'cause it bounces off this dark backsplash, which I love.
The grout for just this section--
it had glass pieces mixed in so the grout actually sparkles.
- Yes, it does. - Yeah, it really ties in with this.
Now this kitchen's fancy.
I mean, who doesn't like a slide-in drawer microwave?
I mean, look at that, dude. - It automatic opens. - Come on now.
- It's so fancy. - Yeah.
The family room got fancy, too.
I mean, it was big, but it was boring.
This is high-class - living right here. - I know.
I love this room 'cause you can see the pool and the backyard.
This fireplace is amazing.
The fireplace is huge.
Let's check out the rest of the house.
Hey, wait, don't pass the laundry room.
You got to see the space we added.
Extra square footage!
It's 175 square feet.
$320 a square foot? Yep.
That's a lot of money in this little room.
I love it.
Let's see the bathrooms.
Remember that shabby hall bathroom
that had, like, all the grandma colors in it?
Voilà. Now it looks great.
Thank you.
That tile on the wall-- it's a wood-grain subway.
Yeah, it's very beachy,
and I think it looks really good with the floor.
- Yeah. - And the blue vibe-- I think it's very modern.
Grandma didn't like us changing it,
but I think it came out great.
I want to see the bedrooms.
I barely remember them. They were so dull.
But now look at the light in this room-- it's gorgeous.
Yeah, this bedroom's beautiful.
Another gorgeous room. Everything has such a good feel.
You know, it's very fresh, very modern.
We also took that second bathroom from the master
and added it to this bedroom.
So this is the half bath you never expect.
Yeah, for a house, this price range is a good fit,
having two bedrooms that also have attached bathrooms.
Speaking of which, let's head over to the master suite.
This room was always a good size, but to see it now?
It's huge. It is huge.
There's a whole sitting area with a bottle of wine over here.
Look.
Hey, let's check out the redone master bath.
Oh, yeah, this was that really basic, bland bathroom.
Well, it doesn't look like that anymore.
Dazzling.
Like, how cool is this floor tile?
Oh, it looks good.
I like the floating vanity with the dual sinks.
- Yeah. - It's very cool.
I think we did a really good job with it.
All right, let's go check out the back yard.
Yes, let's look - at the backyard. - Go see that new pool.
Well, when we first got here, it was black.
Yeah, it was totally black.
We couldn't even tell if it was deep or not.
All right. Check it out.
- Looking good. - Yeah, it looks great.
It is looking - really, really good. - Yeah.
This is a masterpiece of a backyard.
Yeah.
All right, well, you got an open house
to tend to in a little bit, don't you?
Yeah, and you guys can help them set up on the inside?
Yeah, yeah, for sure. Cool.
This house gave us a ton of problems,
but we didn't let the creepy incidents get our spirits down,
and we finished strong.
After checking other listings in the area, we've decided
to raise our asking price from $650,000 to $695,000.
It's time to let the public decide.
Hi! How are you? Welcome to our open house.
Excited to see this place. It looks really nice.
It's 2,150 square feet, 3 bedrooms, 2h bathrooms,
really open plan.
This is the living room.
All new tile floor everywhere.
Oh, this is the wood tile.
It's funny-- wood-burning fireplace
was one of the first things on my list.
You're lucky 'cause - we have two of them. - Really?
Yes. Wow.
And then here we have the kitchen.
I really like the amount of counter space.
This material is beautiful, this is beautiful,
but the colors don't match at all.
I think it may be a little too modern for me.
It'll probably grow on you 'cause you'll be looking
- at the pool the whole time. - That's true.
Backsplash is really, really nice.
Come on down here, and I'll show you the hall bath.
Oh, my God, that is so nice.
I really like all this space.
And that tile is really nice. I like that-- the colors.
Here's one of the guest bedrooms.
Oh, wow! It feels very cozy. I really like it.
I really like how you have the same flooring all throughout.
So here we have a huge master.
Oh, my God. This is like massive.
Closets are really nice. There's two of them.
So having two regular size makes up for the fact
that there's not a walk-in like I'm used to having,
but still plenty - of space. - Yeah.
The bathroom - looks so nice. - Wow.
The tile on the floor looks so pretty.
This is a really nice double sink.
No fear of splashing water, apparently.
The frameless glass-- that was held up, so...
Oh, okay, so there will be a panel here to... Yes.
Okay.
So here's our backyard.
Oh, my God, look at this pool!
Beautiful! - It's so big.
This is what I'm talking about.
We kept the vintage tile.
That's what I was looking at.
It's a little '90s, but I do like it.
I really like it. It's perfect.
I could definitely see me throwing a party here.
I really do like everything that you guys did with this home.
Just hit the market, so we're open to offers.
I'll have to bring the girlfriend back here
and have her - check it out, too. - Yeah, excellent.
The open house went incredibly well,
with multiple parties expressing interest,
and nothing strange happened,
which hopefully means old Grandma's ghost
is finally at ease.
It didn't take long for us to receive an above-asking offer
of $720,000, which we gladly accepted.
We initially bought this house for $420,000,
and we spent 116 grand on the reno,
which is more than we anticipated,
mostly because of that roof.
But even when you add in the 10 grand for our loan interest
and the 31 grand in closing costs,
that's still an all-in of just over $577,000,
which means we made an incredible $142,000 on this job.
And I speak for all of us when I say how glad we are
to be done with this flip
and we can move on to others that are way less crazy.
Hey, here is to getting that creepy house, Pepperidge,
off of our books.
Absolutely. Absolutely.
You know, it took a long time to do that house,
and while we were doing it,
the market just kept marching forward.
So we took it from being the worst house on the block
to the highest value per square foot in the neighborhood.
Cheers. Cheers.
Man, didn't that house of some creepy vibes?
Like every time I went there, I was in such a bad mood.
I thought the whole sheep thing was a little unsettling.
Look at that, guys. - You see it? - What?
Get out of here! No!
- What? - It's following us.