Justin: Real estate is a hot commodity.
But around every corner, danger lurks...
from zombie houses.
♪
These rotting corpses aren't just ugly...
Keith: What happened?
...they're dangerous.
- Whoa! - Fire! Get out of there!
And they can drag down an entire neighborhood...
Justin: It's the ugliest house on the street.
...but their days are numbered.
♪
Here in Orlando, Florida,
taking on these monstrosities is our specialty.
There's a rat, but we don't shy away from things like that.
Ew. Our team tracks these filthy zombies down...
Ashlee: 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.
Justin: ...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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♪ Isn't it fun? Cashed out, money ♪
♪ Money, money, money, make the world go 'round ♪
Keith: Hold up, Ashlee. What are we doing today?
This has popped up in Colonialtown.
- Okay. - I love Colonialtown.
Ashlee: Colonialtown is a fantastic neighborhood
right near downtown, and it's known
Totally. This area is so hot. Yeah.
So what about the house we're checking out today?
People bought it to renovate it like a year ago.
Sure. And then COVID hit, and basically,
now they've decided they don't want to renovate it,
so they want to sell it.
So they're trying to sell it, like, for what they bought it for.
Okay. A year ago. Yeah. Yeah.
The market's come up - so high since then. - Yeah.
Alright, - so it could be a deal. - Yeah.
Yeah, but I didn't tell you the best part.
It's on a lake in Colonialtown.
Oh. Wait.
A house on a lake in a hot neighborhood
that's going for last year's sale price?
This is either a dream come true or it's a nightmare
that even we want to steer clear of.
Either way, we have got to see it.
Here it is. Look. For sale.
Oh, this looks like a zombie.
♪
It's a house.
[ Chuckles ] It is a house on a busy road.
Yeah, a lot of traffic here.
Right off the bat, it looks like it needs new windows.
Justin: The more soundproof, the better,
with that flightpath overhead.
So, Ash, what are the specs of this place?
Ashlee: Well, it's 1,022 square feet.
It's a concrete-block home, and it was built in 1951.
There are three bedrooms and one bathroom
along one side of the house,
and then there's a kitchen in the back
and a living room in the front.
It also has a one-car garage
Hmm.
Smells funky.
You smell that?
Smells like money.
It's a nice green carpet.
Hopefully, it's covering up something good.
- Let's find out. - Oh, my God.
I think that's pine.
Wow, looks kind of like it's in perfect condition.
Ashlee: Finding the original hardwood floors
in good condition--
it's a little bit like finding buried treasure.
If it can be restored,
it's the kind of vintage detail that buyers love,
which can help us raise our asking price.
Keith: Let's go check out the kitchen.
Oh, my God. My favorite floors ever!
Justin: Yeah, dude.
It's just tiny, yeah?
What if we took down these walls
and just made it open?
You know, maybe put an island.
Okay. Something.
Alright, well, I see something over here.
Okay.
We got a bedroom.
Not a huge bedroom,
but it does have a nice corner window.
Guys, what's on the wall? Is that stucco?
No, I don't-- stucco on the inside.
Look at this.
Everywhere we go, the texture on the wall gets chunkier.
Keith: This is the bathroom.
This is the only bathroom,
and holy moly, is this a good one.
Look at this.
[ Laughter ]
Look at that.
Un-freaking-believable.
I mean, actual faucet handles
would have been cheaper than using vice grips.
Maybe I'll add those to my toolbox.
But everything else in here is going to the dump.
Oh. What is this thing? Look.
Oh, this is-- Ta-da.
[ Chuckles ]
That's the air conditioner.
That looks ancient and in need of replacement.
Okay. I think there's a lot of room
in this center area that isn't apparent yet.
This utility closet and the coat closet in the living room
aren't big enough to fill up this entire center block,
so we might need to investigate that later.
Okay, so another bedroom.
A good size if you're a small child.
Yeah.
Let's see what's down at the end of the hallway.
Is this our master?
Hardly a master.
Maybe there's room
to turn this into something else.
- Like a bathroom? - Uh...
No. It's like this big. It's like...
I mean, it's the biggest bedroom in the house,
so if we're gonna make something a master
and add a bath,
this would seem to be the place to start from.
It's not gonna fit in three feet by two feet though. Right?
In this market, a three two is gonna sell
a lot easier than three one, so if we do take on this zombie,
we're absolutely gonna have to add a second bathroom.
The question is where do we squeeze one in?
Here's the breezeway
that was hiding behind those weird louvers,
but it's carpeted?
Could this be a master bedroom?
Block it in and put a window.
Capture the AC here.
I think it's roomy enough.
For a bedroom and a bathroom?
That would be tight.
Let's face it, this house's layout is garbage,
but it might still be worth taking on
based on the neighborhood
and that magical phrase "lakefront property."
Let's go see the backyard
and check out the waterline.
Well, look at this, though.
That is a nice view.
Keith: I would say so.
And look at the size of the bloody lot.
It's massive.
Keith: That's a huge amount of lakefront.
There's, like, a dock here. Let me...
Look at the little dock....see what it looks like.
So cute. Don't fall in!
It's a really big lake.
This is alright.
I'm starting to see the potential of this place.
Justin: Due to the high demand and limited supply,
waterfront property rarely depreciates in value,
so if we decide to take the dive on this zombie,
we stand to make a pretty good return on our investment.
Keith: Hey, check it out. A peacock.
Oh, there's a bunch of them. Look.
Wait. I remember this place.
That's the notorious Peacock House next door.
Dude's got a whole flock of them.
Who doesn't like peacocks?
This feels like an added bonus.
You get a beautiful lake and you get beautiful birds.
What's not to love?
Okay, so what are you thinking?
I think there's a lot to work with here.
Where do we put the second bathroom?
Let's not get ahead of ourselves.
We think there's money here one way or the other, right?
So let's just buy the house and take our time
and figure out what the best use of it is.
Well, let's think numbers real quick.
I'm saying renovation budget,
we give ourselves 100 grand.
100?
We don't have to spend 100...Okay.
...but if we open up this can of worms,
just from looking at the surface,
we know there's gonna be major things.
And then what if we do want to convert and yada yada?
So I say let's budget 100.
I think we could easily get 500 for it in this market.
Might get 500 for this
if it was all fully converted and nice.
So, yeah.
So what do you reckon we can pay for this?
So, it's listed at $330,000,
but that's way too high for all the work that's needed.
I'd say we go in at $295,000 and see what happens.
- Let's just go for it. - I think there's money there.
Yeah, we'll make it out alive one way or another.
- Let's go do it. - Yeah.
♪
Justin: We knew the sellers were motivated,
but our offer of $295,000
was a little bit too low for their taste.
So we renegotiated to $310,000,
which is still a good bargain for us.
We're going to account for that difference in price
by lowering our renovation budget to 90 grand.
Since we'll be financing almost the full amount,
we anticipate about $6,000 in loan interest payments
over the next two months,
and closing costs when we sell should come in around 22 grand.
That's an all-in cost of around $429,000,
but if we can hit our sale price of 500 grand,
that brings the team home a profit of around $71,000.
♪
Keith: We want to make this house a three-two,
but we're not quite sure how to do that yet.
Hey. Hey. Ready? Demo?
Yeah. It's demo day.
Things are a bit different than usual.
For starters, Justin couldn't join us
because he has some other appointments today,
but the bigger issue is we don't really have a design plan yet
other than wanting to open this place up.
So what's the plan? [ Sighs ]
I got a lot of curiosity
about what's going on behind this part.
I just have a feeling
there's more space in there than meets the eye.
Well, don't start knocking stuff down until--
I-- No, I'm gonna investigate.
Okay.
♪
[ Grunts ]
Hey, Ashlee.
Yeah?
Come here. [ Chuckles ]
I think I found the hallway bathroom.
No way.
Yeah, there's a giant chimney right here...
Where? ...that can go away.
It was sealed up inside the walls.
That is an extra 10 square feet,
which doesn't sound like a lot,
but when you add it to the air-conditioning closet,
you're really working on a full bath right there.
I think it's gonna solve the dilemma
of where the second bathroom is gonna come from.
Ah! Love it.
This is a huge find for us.
A two-bathroom house is gonna sell
for much more than a one-bathroom.
Unfortunately, we don't have the manpower
to demolish the chimney right now...
but the kitchen, on the other hand...
♪
Oh, no. Look at the wood on the floor.
- This is not awesome. - Wow.
That is really rotten.
This looks like, you know,
classic leaky faucet kitchen kind of thing,
so I don't-- hopefully, that's not--
that's not gonna be what we find everywhere.
Okay. If you think so.
Let's leave this for now.
I say we take down that wall by the living room
because we want an open floor plan
no matter what, right?
♪
Ashlee: Aah!
Yeah, baby!
♪
- You won! - I won.
You're the winner.
This is super cool.
Look how open it is.
Good job, Keith.
[ Sighs ] Thank you.
[ Laughs ]
On second thought, maybe we don't have the manpower
for this basic demo, either.
Good thing we can call in the reinforcements.
Our demo crew finishes clearing out the kitchen,
removing the classic but too outdated for us bathroom tile
and opens up those hallway walls
to make room for bathroom number two.
With that as our jumping-off point,
we can start fully designing someone's lakefront dream home.
[ Cash register dings ]
♪
[ Peacocks squawking ]
♪
Alright, let's see what this place looks like post demo.
I'm excited to see.
Ooh, wow!
Look at this.
Oh, my God, so open.
That's insane.
Oh, no.
There's a hole in our bathroom floor, too?
Oh, my God. Is it dangerous to stand on?
Holy moly. It's just wet?
It's just like the kitchen problem, but worse.
Oh, geez.
That's just like water that was leaking for years.
Keith: It appears that old tub not only had a knob problem...
but it had a leaky pipe that ate away our subfloor.
Look at this.
Jacked. Oh, my God.
Keith nearly just went through it.
They're gonna have to prop up the whole house.
I don't think they can sister onto this.
They need to remove these structural beams,
remove the structural post, prop it all up.
This happened to another house that we flipped, remember?
- Yeah. - And it was 4 grand to fix the whole crawl space.
This is major.
♪
[ Knock on door ] Come in! Over here!
Keith: Yeah, I can actually--
Hey, buddy. What's up?
He's doing your job - for you. - I see that.
We asked our contractor, Travis, to come assess the floor damage
that we discovered the other day.
Some kind of slow leak has rotted a hole
in the bathroom subfloor,
and it's damaged the joists below.
And we're afraid that fixing it is gonna cost us a good 4 grand.
Ashlee: What do you think, Travis? How bad is it?
This is pretty bad.
- It is pretty bad? - This is pretty bad.
But are you thinking it's easy to fix
or hard to fix or what?
It's gonna be a little tricky.
Yeah?
Any time you're dealing with
the weight of a bathtub is tricky,
so what we'll do is take and replace the joists
and we'll stick a beam underneath
to hold the weight of the bathtub.
Do you have to hold up the house while you're doing it or what?
Yeah, we have to set some jacks, hold up the house,
get the joists out, put new joists in.
So what-- what are we looking at price wise?
$1,200.
Just for the bathroom?
- Yes. - Okay. With all the wood and everything...
Yes....and all the hoisting? Okay.
Only $1,200?
I can't believe the estimate is that low.
Of course, the bathroom
isn't the only place that needs fixing.
We have more issues I want to show.
Keith actually just went over there.
The kitchen has a big issue.
Hopefully, the price doesn't go too much higher.
Okay, let's head that way.
Don't get bitten by a brown recluse.
No, I don't want to get bitten by anything.
So that ledger beam is toast from the water leak.
That beam runs the entire length of the house, and it is...
- Oh, it's soft. - Yeah, it's rotten,
and I think the second one probably has to go, too.
Okay, but it's sitting on the concrete,
so how hard is that to get into?
This one is actually not as hard as the bathroom.
Really?
Remove the flooring next to the wall.
Take the joist out. Put a new one in.
Perfect. Looking at $1,200 for the bathroom.
What do you-- What's the price for this?
About 300 bucks. 300. Oh.
This is incredible.
1,500 bucks for all this work is a steal.
That's why we love having guys like Travis
that we can rely on.
1,500 bucks. Okay.
Yes. Yeah, let's do it.
Okay.
♪
Keith: Travis and his crew get to work,
starting with a screw jack to lift up the subfloor.
They replace the bad joist and add new 2x10 crossbeams.
Then they replace the rotten patches with new plywood.
This house once again has a solid foundation.
♪
It's time to electrify this zombie.
♪
Our electricians remove the outdated breaker box,
which could pose as a fire hazard
under the strain of modern-day demands.
♪
Oh, good. The peacocks are out and as noisy as ever.
Keith: Oh, come on. They're harmless.
This floor plan is a bigger problem.
Guys, this house really needs a proper master,
and I think we should use this back bedroom.
We could just redo the whole floor plan
and make it bigger, I think.
I mean, we could do this much better.
We've delayed making tough decisions around here
for long enough.
If we're gonna get top dollar for this house,
we need a master bedroom that'll impress buyers.
What I was thinking is what if we blow out that wall,
take over some of the kitchen,
and then maybe if we made the existing hallway bath
the master bath, and then those two hall closets
and the chimney space became the new hall bath.
How-- How many times have you said the kitchen's really tiny?
So if we blow that out
and take over some of the kitchen,
then we have a tiny kitchen that's, like, a lot tinier.
Well, yeah, I have an idea for that.
- And you're smirking. - I have an idea for it.
We'll put the kitchen in the one-car garage...
and vault the ceiling.
It'll be amazing.
It'll all be a brand-new kitchen
that adds square footage.
- It'll be huge. - That's a horrible idea.
But then you lose the garage.
But you don't need one. You're downtown.
Who's gonna pay for a non garage...
Yeah....small house on a busy road?
We're already battling the busy road.
- Yeah. - With a gorgeous lake in the back.
Yeah, but that's not like a $200,000 lake.
Well, if we stick to your guys' ideas,
we're gonna have a tiny, little master,
tiny little bedrooms.
The house will have a terrible layout,
and we're not gonna make any money on it.
Ashlee: Well, if we stick to your guys' ideas,
we're gonna have a tiny, little master,
tiny little bedrooms,
the house will have a terrible layout,
and we're not gonna make any money on it.
Justin: What about the breezeway?
We might be on to something there.
- That sounds good. - Take a look.
♪
Keith: Well, I mean...
I mean, guys, imagine if it was all open
and there was a kitchen in there.
No, I think Justin's idea to use the breezeway is a great idea.
I think that if we take the wall down,
you could add an island, cabinets over there.
Then we can widen the back bedroom like I want
and turn what's left of the old kitchen
into a dining room.
It would be amazing,
and then we still have a one-car garage.
Seems like a no-brainer to me.
I mean, it's definitely gonna cost us more,
but I feel like the dollar-for-dollar trade out
is gonna be a lot better.
Yeah, we can smash it up right now, right?
Okay, yeah, but don't forget, it needs a header,
so let's have an engineer come over and look at it.
Yeah, yeah. Okay.
Do all that. Yeah.
It took us some time, but I'm glad we finally
figured out a great layout for this house.
Almost as good as I am that we get to do more demo.
Open floor plan coming right up.
♪
Dude, this is a great time for a burrito break.
Breakfast!
It looks good, though, man. I can see the kitchen already.
♪
Today, we're smashing some glass.
It's out with those old single-pane windows...
and in with some new double-pane windows from Eco Glass.
These fresh upgrades help to not only soundproof the house
from, say, loud peacocks next door,
Then we take some space from the old kitchen
and frame it out as part of our newly expanded master bedroom.
♪
We're even making the living room feel larger
by raising the rafters a couple of feet
to create a higher ceiling.
♪
When we're done, this place will have space to spare.
[ Cash register dings ]
♪
Keith: Next up, it's time to give this house a facelift.
♪
We're applying a fresh layer of stucco to the exterior
to create a nice, modern, uniform look.
♪
Stucco can be applied to cinder blocks
with a simple concrete bonding agent.
No wire mesh needed here, so it's easy to apply.
♪
And when it's dried and smoothed out,
it's a fantastic look that'll last for decades.
[ Cash register dings ]
We're about 1/4 of the way into this two-month flip,
and so far, our costs have been manageable.
Of the 90 grand we budgeted for this renovation,
we spent around 27.
Our contractor, Travis,
was able to save us a couple grand on those floors,
so we're in a good place right now.
Hopefully, we can keep catching those nice breaks.
♪
Ashlee: Now that we have all our framing set up in this house,
it's time to put up some new drywall.
♪
Keith: Alright, let's check out the new paint job.
What?
Why are there piles of trash in here?
I thought we did a jobsite cleanup,
and look at these floors, Keith.
I thought you told them we were keeping them.
Did you tell the guys that we were keeping them
before they came and sprayed texture and paint all over them?
I'm worried about if they got scratch--
if they gouged the floor or scratched it.
This wasn't supposed to be here.
Where's the dumpster at?
I don't know.
I mean, I thought we were finished with the demo.
Keith: Unbelievable.
The painters didn't put down drop cloths
before doing their work.
These sorts of mistakes are happening
far too often these days with inexperienced crews,
and it's impossible to manage them every single second
when we have seven flips going on.
I think these floors are completely ruined.
Keith: How you doing? Getting the nails out?
Yeah.
What about all this grey stuff?
I mean, this literally was not here the other day.
I mean, this paint and drywall mud is everywhere.
Did you say you could fix it?
We'll be able to sand it out.
Thank goodness.
After Keith and I saw the damage to the floors the other day,
I really wanted to find a solution
that would keep them protected,
especially since this house is on a lake
and people will regularly track in mud and water.
Our floor guy, Dave, has a potential fix
that could be just what these floors need.
I have this ceramic finish I want to show you.
A ceramic coating on-- on hardwood floors?
Yeah. Is that it?
Yeah. If you take a penny and you rub it on there...
♪
Making a really cool noise, though.
It's actually...
leaving a little bit of copper on there.
What? Oh, no, I can see it.
It's eating away the penny and not the floor.
No, look at that.
Justin: Does it make it waterproof?
Yeah, it's pretty cool.
Well, so, how much does it cost?
Well, normally, we charge
for regular finishes around $6.50 a foot,
but for a ceramic finish, it's $10 a foot.
That's a lot.
Keith: We have a lot of wood floors here.
Can we get a bulk rate?
Ashlee: Yeah, maybe like $8 a square foot?
♪
Yes, we can do it for $8.
That's something we can sell.
Especially when you live on a lake.
- Keith: Yeah, for sure. - I mean, amazing. You can't even scratch it up.
The ceramic coating is the perfect solution for this house.
It'll look fantastic, and it'll give buyers
peace of mind about their floors being protected.
Okay, - that'd be great. - Awesome.
Ashlee: Now, do you have anything that will protect
against loud peacocks?
[ Peacocks squawking ]
♪
Keith: It's time to turn our attention to the bathroom.
In our newly built master, we're installing Zellige tiles
in a herringbone pattern on the shower walls.
♪
Zellige is a handcrafted clay tile where each piece is unique,
and it gives the space a one-of-a-kind character.
These are complemented by
elongated dolomite white hexagons on the shower floor
and terrazzo tile in the rest of the bathroom.
For the hall bath, the shower is half white Zellige tiles
on the bottom
and multi-hued green glossy rectangles on top
in a diagonal herringbone.
It's a bold look that is sure to wow some buyers.
♪
Justin: Now we're ready to make this house stand out
The dredging team uses
a land-based digger with a claw attachment
and a weed-remover boat to scoop out the aquatic vegetation
that's clogging up the shore.
♪
What's going on? Is there something buried there?
What is that?
Steve: Let's lift it up nice and slow,
see what we got.
♪
It's a boat.
Got a boat. Pick it up and move it around.
♪
Wow.
That's how dense the overgrowth is
that we didn't know we had a boat.
Yeah, that's insane.
You still have - all of this to do? - Yep.
♪
Keith: Wait. There's something else.
What is that?
There's a carpet.
Oh, my God. There's a carpet.
They found a carpet.
What if there's a dead body in it?
Don't people roll them up in carpets
and throw them in?
It would have to be a very small victim.
Ashlee: Okay, maybe there aren't any dead bodies in the carpet,
but I am starting to worry that this shoreline was used
as a dumping ground for decades.
Uh-oh.
There's a bump out there, too. There might be another one there.
There's a lot - of junk there. - Something there.
What are we gonna find next?
If this turns into a nonstop salvage operation,
we're gonna have to sell the house with no dock now.
Oh, my goodness, Keith.
♪
Oh, it's just part of the old dock.
Hopefully that means there's nothing left,
but let us know if you find any more, okay?
Yeah.
Let's get out of here and let them do their job.
You're asking too many questions anyway.
I don't know what kind of a person
throws a carpet into a lake,
but it looks like maybe they've stopped after that.
And we'll be able to get our new dock in here
sooner rather than later.
Did you really think there'd be a dead body in there?
Why not? You fit in it.
♪
Keith: The floors in this place have been an adventure.
We did a little zombie test with the sander,
and it looks like they're gonna clean up perfectly.
♪
The grinder strips off all the grime and stains
and smoothes the floors throughout the house.
Then we add a topcoat of the ceramic crystals
our floor guy told us about,
and we give it a nice, polished shine.
[ Cash register dings ]
♪
As for the former breezeway turned kitchen,
we opted for a terrazzo tile
that really sets this new space apart,
giving it a clean and bright finish.
[ Cash register dings ]
♪
Ashlee: It's here. It's exciting.
Look how weird it looks. It's crazy.
Now that we've cleared out the lakefront area,
I've asked the team from Dock Life to come over
and take out the old dock and install a new one.
Your dock changed.
I know.
Since we seen you guys last year, we, uh,
we have a new cube system that we built our docks on,
and we have our flotation out of the cubes.
Really? These have more buoyancy than the pontoons?
You could actually drive my truck out on the dock
if you wanted to do that.
Ashlee: Oh, my goodness. Oh, yeah.
For you guys, we're actually gonna do a paver stone dock.
It's awesome.
Ashlee: When I heard about
how much weight this dock could support,
I knew we should cover it with something really nice,
like pavers.
It's gonna look fantastic.
What's the shape of the dock?
We can actually do an L-shape on either side,
or we can do a T dock.
Well, let's walk over and see - which way would be best, yeah? - Okay, that would be great.
I got to say, I'm pretty impressed
that we can have a dock that's both sturdy and adjustable.
This buoyant dock will definitely
raise the value of this house.
So open, we could do it down the middle and have a T.
Okay, let's do it.
♪
The Dock Life team gets to work...
connecting the floating dock sections
into our chosen configuration...
and framing them up with wooden boards.
They add the pavers, then they connect the dock
to a ramp... that gets anchored on land.
Now we have a gorgeous
new addition to our lakefront property.
♪
Ashlee: Today, we're starting to build out our kitchen
with white shaker cabinets.
These beautiful and classic cabinets frame out our open,
family-friendly floor plan.
Then, after adding some granite countertops...
we install a grey and white backsplash
with accents of gold triangles,
a beautiful combo that makes this room sparkle.
[ Cash register dings ]
♪
Justin: With this flip in its final few days,
our budget is coming out great.
We estimated 90 grands for this renovation,
and even after an expensive week of clearing the lake,
floor fixes, and kitchen design, we've spent about 83 grand.
That leaves room for some final touches and staging.
Time to bring this project on home.
♪
Such a gorgeous day, isn't it?
Ashlee: Today, Keith and I wanted to come out
and check out the dock at the Bumby House.
We weren't here when they finished the install.
We're eager to see how it looks.
Look at it. I mean, it's amazing.
Oh, Keith!
Oh, my God. Oh, my God!
It's peacock poo. Look at it.
Is it on your-- on your clothes?
You're tracking it everywhere.
That's disgusting.
How about, "Hey, Keith, are you okay?
Wow, that looked a little scary."
Sorry. Are you okay?
Sorry, I just saw the poo flying everywhere.
I don't want to get it all over me.
I mean, at least the dock looks great.
Buyers will love that, but...
Oh, my God. What are we gonna do about these peacocks?
There is, like--
Now that I'm looking, there's poo everywhere.
I mean, between the noise, the poo--
imagine the open house.
Like, everyone's gonna come out to the backyard
and I'll be like, "Look at the lake,"
and next minute, you can hear [Imitates peacock squawking]
There's poo everywhere. What-- Yeah, yeah.
I mean, that could cost us a sale.
With open house in just a few days,
we want to do whatever we can
to deter the peacocks from hanging out in our yard,
so we're installing a privacy fence from the Slipfence
in hopes that they'll learn to respect the boundary.
This fence features aluminum posts with slots on each side
where wooden boards can be stacked horizontally.
If any board ever gets damaged,
it's an easy, inexpensive swap out,
which will keep this fence looking pristine for years.
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And with all that done, it's now time for staging.
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The team from the staging company
brings in the perfect blend of furniture and accents...
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...to how cozy and relaxing this waterfront property can be.
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Buyers will fall in love with it.
[ Cash register dings ]
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Ashlee: This is it.
So exciting to see it finished, finally.
Keith: Hey, check this out.
I mean, it's all finished.
I can still hear the peacocks,
but the house looks great. Yeah.
Justin: 100%.
Slightly worried about the noise issue,
but at least when you're inside,
hopefully, you won't be able to hear it as much.
We had those old single-pane windows.
Justin: Oh, for sure.
But now it's double-pane.
The house is going to be, like, soundproof.
Remember, there was that breezeway,
so it looked like a big, old vent
that you could see through-- crazy.
Yeah, it was smart to close in that room
and give the house that extra square footage.
Let's go check out - the inside. - Yeah.
- For sure. - Come on, sweet girl.
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Ashlee: This was a three-one when we first got here,
and it was all closed off.
Do you remember you guys punched through
that concrete block wall over there?
Justin: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
And that wall over there-- there was walls everywhere.
Now look at it. Whoa.
If this isn't mind-blowing, I don't know what is.
This is a huge transformation.
It's so open and bright now
that those walls and dark wood paneling have been removed.
Do you remember when we first got here,
the green carpet everywhere?
Oh, yeah, but we pulled that up
and found this amazing hardwood floor
that we were able to refinish.
And it doesn't scratch. It's so mind-blowing.
I mean, that ceramic finish, it just looks so good.
You know what else looks so good?
This new kitchen.
Yeah. One of the biggest changes we made
was giving that useless old breezeway a new purpose.
Look at what we did. This is nice.
Love this kitchen.
The old kitchen in this house,
not only was it in a completely different location,
it was about the size of that island.
I love the countertops. They just look so good, right?
This almost looks like a glacier,
you know, with fissures in it.
I think the buyers are gonna love the mixed metals in here
with the high-end stainless appliances
and the champagne gold handles.
And then we also got our backsplash,
which just tied everything together.
Guys, I think the kitchen's awesome,
but let's go check out where the kitchen used to be.
The old kitchen was poorly laid out, way too small,
and cut off from the rest of the house.
Yeah, and thanks to some clever ideas from Ashlee,
this space is completely changed.
It's like the perfect size for a nook, though.
Yeah, for sure.
Now we have a split bedroom plan,
so there's the master bedroom over here,
and then the other bedrooms down the hallway over there.
- It was huge. - Alright.
Well, speaking of bedrooms, let's go take a look.
Yeah.
Guys, do you remember this room back in the day?
You entered over there.
It was like a tiny, little bedroom,
and all of that going for it were these corner windows.
This bedroom looks fantastic.
This is what I envisioned
when I opened up the wall, closed up the hallway.
Look how huge - it is now. - Yeah.
And now we have a proper master,
complete with its own private bathroom.
Do you know what's so astonishing?
This was the hall bath,
and it was - a total gut job. - Yeah.
Do you remember the bathtub had vice grips
to turn on the taps?
Yeah.
This is really nice.
It feels so spacious because it's all white
and bright and light.
And then I love this vanity.
And the same terrazzo we used in the kitchen.
It looks awesome. - Yeah. - Yeah.
I want to go see the other bathroom,
the newer one built.
This was a hallway and an AC closet
and an old hidden chimney.
Take a look at it now.
Wow. You know what I really like?
This green tile has turned out to be some of my favorite,
but with the gold next to the emerald like that,
that looks incredibly sharp.
I love the herringbone top,
and then the bottom is, like, the same tile but in white.
Yeah. I love it.
It goes really well with this blue cabinet.
So the biggest selling feature now
is this house has three bedrooms
and two bathrooms, and that's huge.
So it made this house a functional family home,
which was super important.
Let's go check out the other bedrooms.
These extra bedrooms were completely unremarkable.
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And now look at them. It's very stylish.
We've taken it from unremarkable to remarkable.
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This is a beautiful spare bedroom.
I love that we were able to keep the window trim
because I actually really liked that on the old windows.
Yeah. It just looks really nice.
Yeah, we got ourselves quite the backyard here.
Awesome.
And who could forget that rickety old dock
that was here before?
Don't fall in!
This is super hazardous.
I'm so glad we replaced it with this incredible new one,
which is sturdy enough to hold these gorgeous pavers.
This is so stable.
This is floating, and I can't make it move.
Think about how much value this adds to the house.
We are in the middle of the city,
and it's just a total getaway.
Justin: Yeah.
Well, let's find a buyer for this place.
Open house is about to start.
Yeah, and I hear some-- Oh, there's a peacock.
Hopefully, the guests like them.
Marley, look, woof, over there.
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This lakefront home started out as a puzzle,
but the pieces came together beautifully.
And over the last couple of months,
comps in the area have continued to climb,
so we are now gonna raise our listing price
from $500,000 to $549,000.
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[ Knock on door ]
- Come in! - Hi!
Hi. How are you?
Welcome to our open house.
- You did all this? - Yeah.
Wow. Oh, my gosh.
Wow.
I like the open floor plan.
These are - the original floors. - Woman: Oh, wow.
And then we opened it all up
and added the kitchen over here.
- Beautiful. - Soft close. That's awesome.
That is beautiful.
Ashlee: Did you see the sink? [ Chuckles ]
Woman #2: That's his job.
[ Laughter ]
This is one of the guest bedrooms.
This could be - your room. - I love the windows.
And I like that you kept the original trim.
So this would be a great kid's bedroom.
Man: Yeah, actually, one of the grandbabies
over to the house all the time.
Yeah. They could have this room.
We added another bathroom.
Oh, look at this green in here.
And that showerhead - is phenomenal. - Nice and big.
Oh, yeah.
So this is the master bedroom.
Very romantic. I don't think it's small.
Ooh, look at this bathroom.
I like that. His and her. Yeah.
Nice.
There's so much natural light.
Over here, you have the corner window,
and you can actually see the lake.
Oh, my goodness. This is beautiful.
This deck is nice.
Sip some wine and look at the birds.
Got somewhere for the grandbabies to run.
Ashlee: We have a brand-new dock, too.
You laid bricks here.
Yeah, these are pavers. Awesome.
I love to hear the wildlife.
Oh, good. You'll like it here.
Plenty of wildlife
and not-so-wildlife right next door.
The big question-- how much?
So, we're listing it for $549,000.
Right in our range. Right in.
We got some big things to talk about, huh?
Yeah, we do.
Bye, guys. Thank you so much.
Bye. Thank you so much.
Just as we had hoped, people loved the house,
plus the beautiful lake it sits on.
Within a few days, we got a full-price offer of $549,000.
We first bought this house for $310,000,
and we hit our reno budget almost exactly,
spending just under 90 ground.
Our loan-interest estimate was also spot-on at $6,100,
and the closing costs came in at $24,500.
This makes our all in-cost just about $430,000,
which means we are gonna make
an incredible payday of $118,000.
We know this hot market won't last forever,
but in the meantime,
we're gonna flip as many houses as possible.
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You're right. Circular saws are louder than peacocks.
Keith: - Hey, Mr. Mike. - Ashlee: Hey!
Howdy. We came here with a peace offering
because we feel bad about all the noise we made.
Yeah, it's peacock food.
My 24-year-old will appreciate that.
[ Laughter ]
What you've done to the house over there, I appreciate.
I'd like to put my house up for sale, too.
Really? You're gonna sell your property here?
Wow. Okay.
Yeah, maybe we could feed some peacocks
and do a deal, yeah? Certainly.
Let's go feed some--You could buy it.
Be nice to buy the neighborhood.
First, let's go feed some peacocks.
How much do you think you're gonna get for this house?
Patience, Ash.