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.
It's a wreck, 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."
♪ I'm blowin' up
♪ Can't keep me down
♪ 'Cause once I start, I never stop ♪
[ Horn honks ]♪ I always go the distance
♪ Watch me go
Keith: Hey, where are we headed, Ashlee?
Ashlee: I got a lead on a house in College Park.
I love College Park.
- Yeah. - So nice.
♪ Go, yeah, watch me go
♪
Ashlee: College Park is located
just northwest of downtown Orlando.
It's known for its 20th-century cottages,
abundant green spaces, and beautiful lakes.
Over the past few years, it's been reimagined,
adding new hip gastropubs, boutiques, and vintage shops.
So it's definitely an area we want to be working in.
So what's the story on this house?
The lead came through our website,
this guy, and I end up calling him,
and he pare-- apparently, he is a landlord.
- Okay. - And so he was telling me that it was rented forever,
and he thought there were good tenants,
and then he went over after they moved out
and they totally trashed the place.
- It looks like a mess. - Ah.
Now he just wants to offload it, but he wants to do it fast.
Getting a lead like this is an incredible break,
especially in this market.
The seller hasn't offered the house publicly yet,
which means we can avoid a bidding war,
which drives up the purchase price.
If the house is our kind of zombie,
we could get it at a killer price.
Guy said if he can get $265,000.
Wait, hold on. What's land value here?$230,000.
Yeah. Yeah.
I was going to say, that's just above land value.
I mean, maybe it's a bad lot.
Maybe it's not a buildable lot. I don't know.
But, I mean, who negotiates like that?
You ready to look, though? Yeah, I definitely want to see it.
♪
There it is.
Wow, that's a zombie.
♪
Well, good morning, zombie.
- What an eyesore. - Yeah.
Oh, my God.
The house next door is gorgeous. Yeah.
The house on the corner over there is gorgeous.
Oh, my God, - that's fabulous. - I mean, this is the worst--
The worst house - on this whole street. - Yeah.
So what do you know about this house?
Well, it was built in the early 1950s,
and it has about 1,250 square feet.
There are three bedrooms and two bathrooms,
and the enclosed one-car garage faces the side street,
separated from the house by a breezeway.
It's a decent-sized corner lot for the $265,000 price tag.
♪
- Okay. - It just looks so ugly, doesn't it?
- Yeah. - I mean, it has no curb appeal whatsoever.
Being a corner lot. It has a lot of curb.
So it's a lot of appeal not to have
because - you see it from both sides. - Yeah.
This must be the original paint color.
Yeah, that's kind of grody.
Those are, like, the oldest windows.
And this one's painted over.
- Why would they do that? - I don't know.
Oh, my God. Look at the chimney.
How does it get so bad like that?
Looks like it's going to fall over.
Keith: Well, hopefully the inside of this place
will be a little bit better than the outside.
- You're ready? Let's go inside. - Okay.
It looks like someone tried to close in the breezeway
at some point-- and poorly.
They put a door in that was too small for you opening.
Looks like very shoddy work.
Oh, it's pretty ugly, alright.
Let's see if the kitchen's put together any better.
No, everything in here is cheap and hideous.
There are completely different cabinets
on each side of the room.
This is one of those, like, really generic
do-it-yourself countertops you get at a big box,
and it's just, like, made out of particle board.
It's ugly. But you know what?
At least it has high ceilings, and it has a pantry.
You know, that's kind of funny
'cause you don't ever see pantries in these houses.
- Yeah, it's a good size. - Okay.
Keith: So this looks like a dining area,
and it connects to the living room.
Floors are a bit beaten up, but they're not too bad.
Well, there's a fireplace.
I mean, that doesn't suck. That's a real fireplace.
It's not one of those add-on-later,
self-contained units.
Alright, well, let's see the rest of the place.
This is what, a storage closet leading to a bedroom?
No, this is a bathroom.
At least it wants to be a bathroom.
There's no room in here.
Keith: Everywhere you look, everything's just substandard,
like somebody tried to do something,
and they didn't know what they were doing.
Everywhere.
The more I look around this house,
the more I see DIY nightmare written all over it.
Clearly, someone's put a lot of work
into this place over the years.
The problem is, it wasn't quality work.
I guess this is the master bedroom,
and that bathroom is the en suite.
♪
It's kind of a boring master. It's not very spacious, either.
And, hey, a walk-in closet.
Pantry and a walk-in closet that's original?
Yeah, with wood floors. That's pretty cool.
What a funny little layout.
Let's see what's down this hallway.
- What the heck? - Another room?
- No, it's flag-shaped. - Oh, God. [ Chuckles ]
Keith: This room is barely bigger than a closet.
It's so tiny.
I mean, obviously, - it's a kid's room. - Wow.
So this is how they got a master bathroom.
Oh, they took over part of this,
and they left it so you can't even fit a bed in here.
I'm not even sure what we'd do with this space.
Okay, well, let's see what other surprises await us.
- Look at the wood job. - [ Laughs ]
That looks like a commercial urinal.
- Is this the handle? - Yeah, no-- I--
[ Urinal flushes ] Oh, my God. Look, it works.
Well, hey, at least we know it was a guy
that was making all these terrible choices.
You think? God, that was something I wasn't expecting.
Keith: Oh, hey, we have a courtyard.
A hell hole of a courtyard.
But, I mean, there's potential here, right?
A wood deck a brick paver patio out here,
this becomes the cool, little sitting area.
Isn't this awesome?
- It's just a very bad layout. - We can fix that.
Keith is right. We can fix the courtyard
and the kitchen and the bathrooms
and everything else that's wrong with this house.
The question is, with all these fixes,
could we fix ourselves right out of a profit?
Ashlee: Okay, so what do you think? I mean, now we've seen it all.
It's a total mess. Needs a lot of money.[ Sighs ]
So, wait, what's the buy-in again?$265,000.
- Yeah. - I mean, the budget's kind of big for this one.
It needs everything.
At least 70K, but what can we sell it for?
Could sell it for $450,000... Yeah.
...but it's a lot of work.
- Aren't they all? - Well, let's run it by Justin.
If he's in, we'll call the owner and make an offer.
Yeah, absolutely. I think it's a no-brainer.
Ashlee: Justin heard about the property,
and he wanted to go for it, so we did.
We offered the seller his asking price of $265,000,
and he accepted, which also kept us
from competing on the open market.
We're going to give ourselves a reno budget of 70,000,
which is fairly large for the smaller size house,
but the kitchen and bathroom need a lot of work,
but we think we can get it done in about two months,
which will cost us $7,800 in loan payments.
Then, when we sell, we estimate our closing costs
will land around 20,000.
That puts our all-in cost right around 363 grand.
If we can hit our projected price of $450,000,
that would net us the profit of $87,000.
One thing we want to do to this house
is rethink which bedroom should be the master.
The back bedroom's quieter,
and it doesn't share a wall with another bedroom.
And all we have to do to connect it to the adjacent bathroom
is move the door out to the main hall.
Then we'll create more closet space in the master
by building a new one in the corner.
The other major change will be our kitchen expansion.
We'll take down that wall by the dining and living area
and stretch the kitchen outward,
adding a bar top as a room separator.
Add in new cabinets and appliances,
and we'll have an opened, social flow
throughout the common areas.
♪
Dude, it's like Christmas and New Year's
all wrapped into one. Demo day.
Justin: Yeah, man.
Even though I wasn't able to check this house out
originally with Keith and Ashlee,
I never want to miss a good demo day.
It's time to get rid of some of the ugly in here.
And we're going to start with these bathrooms.
♪
Keith: This stuff-- just falling off in my hand.
This tile is taking a little more work.
This is going to require some additional manpower.
- Hello? - Keith: We're going to leave some of this difficult tile work
to the demo crew,
but now it's time to open up that kitchen.
♪
Justin: [ Chuckles ]
Is it me or is half of this drywall,
half of it's plaster? Some of this is a lot harder.
- There's, like, layers. - Oh, man.
Dude, feel how heavy that is.
[ Laughs ] That's like-- that is straight up
five different layers of material.
This little thing is like 20 pounds, easily.
They don't build them like that anymore.
This old house may have a terrible layout,
but some of it was definitely built to last.
Plug that in. See if the-- see if this does anything.
Time for some tougher tools.
♪
- Alright. - This kitchen feels bigger already.
Sure does. Let's see what this nasty linoleum is hiding.
Show me the floors.
Ugh.
Oh, wow. Check this out.
This is actually probably southern hard pine.
If it's good enough to refinish... Yeah.
...that's like gold.
Keith: Discoveries like this during demo
are almost as satisfying as the smashing we get to do.
Original wood floors that are able to be refinished
are almost guaranteed to boost our asking price.
And on that successful note, we're calling in our demo crew.
♪
The demo team comes in to finish the job
we started-- stripping the bathrooms
all the way down to the studs...
♪
...and removing the remaining ugliness from that kitchen.
♪
Once that junk is in the dumpster where it belongs,
the inside is clear to build back up the way we want.
♪
All right, man. Job site's jumping, huh?
- Yeah. - Yeah.
All kinds of progress.
Keith: But unfortunately, a problem's come up.
The demo crew cleaned everything up
so we can get cranking on our reno.
But they called me about a mess in the central bathroom
that they weren't able to fix.
You guys got to see this wood in here.
It's super sketch.
Ashlee: God, it's soft.
Yeah.
- It's torched. - Bad news.
Keith: Sometimes demo can uncover beautiful wood floors
that can boost your profit margin,
and sometimes it uncovers wood rot that can just destroy it.
It looks like some leaky pipes have caused significant damage,
and that could cost us thousands in plumbing and floor repairs.
- Oh, my God. - That's torched.
♪
Justin: Coming up...
You guys got to see this wood in here.
Ashlee: God, it's soft. Yeah.
- Oh, my God. - That's torched.
We got to get the framing out here and--
and then pull everything up.
Yeah, hopefully, the trusses underneath are good.
Keith: Ashlee makes a good point,
and it's the reason I'm concerned.
If the wood rot extends down to the joists
that support the floor,
we could be in for some serious reconstruction.
If we don't have to replace any floor joists,
we can just go back with a new subfloor like a sheet
and then put the Durock down. - For sure.
You know, that's one cost.
That's kind of - what we anticipate. - Yeah.
But if we got to go back and scab on more wood
to the floor joists,
that's a different ball game, man.
That's a lot more time and a lot more money.
Absolutely. If the rest of this wood looks like this,
there's no keeping it.
♪
Keith: Our floor guys checked out the joists underneath the bathroom.
They gave us good news. They're in great shape.
We just need to patch up the floorboards.
After fixing the leak under the bathroom...
♪
...the team uses Gorilla Construction Adhesive
on the new wood, which is great for bathrooms
'cause it's not only super strong,
but it's also waterproof.
♪
The bathroom is good to go.
♪
It's time to get our utilities going in this place.
♪
First, we're doing the rest of the plumbing work,
connecting new pipes from the supply line
at the street up to the house,
and replacing old and cracked copper pipes
and fittings with new PVC that runs up to the kitchen.
This solid PVC will last up to a century,
giving the new owners peace of mind with their water system.
♪
Next, we're getting rid of that old water heater
and installing a new one that's energy efficient
and will reliably service the house for a long time.
♪
Finally, our electricians are adding some new outlets
so that lights can be controlled for more places
and new switches that can control fans separately.
This is the sort of user-friendly setup
that will add real value to the house.
♪
Wait till you see this. This is pretty cool.
Keith texted me to meet him
at the Amherst house this afternoon.
Apparently, one of the carpenters
found something in the bathroom
that Keith thinks will add value to the house.
♪
Keith: Ta-daa!
They discovered this extra space
in the wall next to the tub.
- Oh, that's cool. - Look at that.
Yeah, that's nice.
If we decide to go with a shower,
it's going to be a much bigger shower.
I mean-- No, no. We're keeping the bath.
If you have kids, you have to have a bath.
Okay, so what should we do with it?
Ashlee: Any time you find extra square footage
in a house you're flipping, it's important to use that space
in a way that's most appealing to buyers,
even if it's a relatively small space like this one.
Because whatever you decide to make it,
it could be that one thing that nudges someone to make an offer.
Maybe it might help the kitchen layout
'cause that's kind of a mess
and maybe we take this for the kitchen.
Uh, you really think that--
you think a foot by three feet
is going to be a big deal for the kitchen?
I think it's going to mean a lot more to bathroom.
Hey, Justin.
It's time we solve our front-door problem.
I just don't love this front-door entry to the house.
Oh, I hate it.
It totally swings the wrong way.
When you're on the inside, somebody's like four feet
into your house before you can see them.
You don't even know who's coming into your house.
- True. - We should probably flip it around.
Yeah, yeah. Change the swing of it.
And then you walk in like this, and you walk into your house.
The issue is the hinges actually stick out.
And over here, the hinges would be digging into the wall here
because the door frame is right on the wall.
The whole opening's barely wider than the door.
Plus, if you swing the door to the left,
the handle might go right through that front window.
Everything about this front-door design is wrong.
It barely fits this narrow space,
and no matter which way it swings,
you got a problem.
- So what do we need to do? - The door's going to have
to shift over this way just a little bit.
Looks like we have a little bit of room on the outside.
Quarter inch or a half inch.
- Such a tight squeeze. - Yeah.
I think we have just enough room to move it over,
Keith: Now that our framing's figured out
and the trades have installed all their equipment,
it's time to seal it up with some drywall.
♪
Our team starts by properly walling in the breezeway
between the garage and the kitchen...
♪
...then we close up the newly framed-out master closet...
♪
...and finish off the common areas
with 4x8 pieces of Sheetrock.
Now we have a clean template for creating a beautiful,
renovated home.
♪
- Alright. - Okay.
Whoa. This is pretty fancy.
Ashlee and I are here at Milcarsky's Appliance Centre,
looking for appliances for our Amherst project.
We're building a house for resale,
so we need appliances
that are more value-friendly for what we're doing.
We're hoping to get a full appliance package
for around $5,500 or less.
This is a TV. - Yes, yes.
Like having a tablet right in your fridge.
- How do you-- - You can write on it.
You can actually upload it with apps.
Most of the appliances we're seeing are designed
for luxury houses.
We need to find out if this store
has any kind of bargain bin.
But we're actually here to buy an appliance package
for a house we're flipping, and--
I think if we're flipping, we might be in the wrong section.
I do have a section where we've got some more value appliances.
- Yeah. - Yeah, let's go ahead. Let's take a look there.
- Okay. - Perfect, yeah.
Here, this looks more like it.
Man: We have two different styles here.
First, we've got a French door here on the left... Yeah.
...and we've got a side-by-side on the right.
And what are the prices on these?
The French door-- somewhere between $2,200 and $3,000,
and then for the side by side, $1,200 to $1,800.
- Yeah, okay. - Yeah.
Keith: That's really more our speed, I think.
I think we'll take this.
Do you have anything to match this?
We need an oven, dishwasher, range.
If we do the single oven in a rear control... Yeah.
...we're going to be able to get the price
down to, say, $1,200 to $1,500.
- Yeah. - That's what we're looking for.
- Is that the ticket? - Yeah, we need the freestanding.
Yes, and also a dishwasher.
Here, all of your controls are on the top edge.
This dishwasher would come in right around $699.
Now we're talking.
These days, the way prices have gone up,
I was afraid we could barely afford the basics,
but at these prices, we might have room
for a little something extra that buyers will love.
So here I've got the two wine units I'd like to show you.
The one on the right is a single-zone,
on the left I've got a dual-zone.
So you can actually set the top for one temperature,
the bottom a for different temperature,
so you can actually - enjoy whites and reds. - Oh, okay.
- So how many bottles here? - This is going to hold
right at 50 bottles. - Mm.
And this specific model going to come in
right at $1,599 for the double-zone
or right around $1,299 for the single zone.
I mean, that's amazing.
I think we'll probably go with the single zone.
Yeah. So adding everything up--It's under five grand,
and usually - we pay $5,500 nowadays. - Yeah.
So I think it's amazing 'cause it includes the wine fridge.
That's so nice. - Yeah.
Ashlee: Clients will love this.
- So does this one work for you? - Yes.
- Yes, let's write it up. - Okay.
Coming here to Milcarsky's and finding out that
we can not only get a full appliance package,
but add a wine fridge for under $5,000?
Talk about an affordable way to boost our sale prospects.
We got to go with it.
- Thank you. - Keith, thank you very much.
- Thanks for the help. - Ashlee, I appreciate it.
Yeah, appreciate it. Awesome.
Wow, 50 bottles.
That'd last you a weekend.
[ Both laugh ] You're so funny.
So far, the renovation budget of $70,000 is looking pretty good.
We've only spent about $25,000,
thanks to some great deals, like our appliances.
With the money we have remaining,
we should be able to finish this house in good standing,
assuming there's no crazy surprises.
♪
Justin: We got ourselves a window problem over here.
I sent all the measurements to the cabinet guys
for the kitchen layout and they're like... Yeah.
"Yeah, kitchen looks great, but if you want to bring it
to here, this window's way too low."
Now that I'm standing next to it,
it's, like, about as high as my kneecap.[ Laughs ]
So I'm pretty sure they're right on that one.
We came up with a great design for our revamped kitchen,
but it's going to force a window redesign,
which isn't good for our timeline or our budget
because custom windows can take a long time to get delivered,
and we already ordered the set that we want.
What do you reckon we do? 'Cause I'm, like,
not opposed to deleting this window
and just blocking it in. What do you think?
I think more light is better than less light.
You always want more light.
But if we have to have a custom window built for this...
Yeah....I'm wondering, is the trade-off there?
a little bit of light in the kitchen for,
like, spending a grand on a single window?
So it's a choice between bad design or overspending on a fix.
Great.
Justin: Coming up... John: The valves and the timer
Keith: More light is better than less light.
But is the trade-off there?
A little bit of light in the kitchen for,
like, spending a grand on a single window?
Let's just see what it would take to make this window right.
If you see where this height is... Yeah.
...that window over there is this height... Uh-huh.
...so it gives it - kind of a uniform look. - Yeah.
So let's keep the same width - and just raise it up. - Yeah.
We would want it uniform - with that window. - Give me the tape.
Alright, cool.
♪
39.25" to where - that block is. - Yeah, you're right.
Let's see where that brings us over here.
Let's go 39.25" off the floor.
And that puts us right there.
And then we just block up to here.
Yeah.
This is 11".
So we-- basically, we'd do one course of block
and put the window sill on top of it.
- Okay, cool. - Alright?
A course or layer of cinder blocks is eight inches tall.
A layer of cinder blocks plus a three-inch window sill
will raise that window height,
the 11 inches that we need.
That's the easy part.
The window itself will be a bit trickier.
We already ordered all the new windows,
so if we're changing this, that's a change order.
and we got to try to catch it
before they manufacture the window
or we're buying two windows. For sure.
Or maybe we don't need a custom window at all.
Let's double check the size of the window opening.
50", 52".
That's a standard width.
And the height is from the top of that mark we made.
Oh, from there? Okay.
- 39". - 39.25".
Alright, so it's roughly 39x50.
We should go to a big-box and see if this size is in stock.
If it is, just grab a window and bring it, and then the mason
will block it up, and we'll put it in.
Okay. That means window shopping today.
Yeah. Literally. We're going window shopping.
- Let's go. - Alright.
♪
Keith: Today, we're giving this concrete-block home a facelift
with a fresh layer of stucco.
♪
There's a lot to like about cinder-block construction.
It's test-proof, it's fire-resistant,
it reduces noise more than wood frame, and it insulates better.
But it can also look kind of institutional.
The stucco crew quickly gets to work.
Stucco can be applied to cinder blocks with a simple
concrete bonding agent.
Stucco hides the blocks,
and it gives the house a smooth, clean appearance.
It's really the best of both worlds.
♪
Now we can give this exterior some color.
♪
First we apply a coat of blue stucco sealant
that's also a paint primer.
♪
Then we cover it with a topcoat of white acrylic paint.
Acrylic paint is easy to apply, and it's easy to recoat
if you want to change colors later.
If you don't, it'll look great for a solid 10 years.
♪
Ashlee: We started this reno budget with 70 grand.
We've now spent more than half of that hitting around $38,000.
We have some big expenses left, like the kitchen and bathrooms,
so we still have to be careful
about how we spend the rest of our budget.
But with about 20 days left in this flip, we're in good shape.
♪
Alright, John, show me what you're finding here.
I'm here at the Amherst project with John,
our irrigation specialist.
This large corner lot's got a lot of grass and planting beds,
so an irrigation system is a huge selling point,
but this one's pretty outdated.
John and I are trying to figure out what has to be fixed,
moved, modified, or repaired.
So where are the issues with the system?
Like, what-- I mean, obviously, it wasn't working,
so that's why we have you out here.
What was the problem?
The biggest thing is the valves and the timer
and the backflow all needs to be redone and removed.
All that has to be replaced?
Yeah, we've got a couple of old valves.
We're going to put--
Those are the valves.
Those are what open to let the water flow
when the system's turned on.
We're going to move the valves over by the timer... Okay.
...get that out of the front yard, and then the backflow,
we're going to move it over by the timer.
Now, the backflow, that just prevents,
like, used irrigation water
from coming back into - the drinking water system? - That's correct.
The backflow stops anything from the yard being able
to come back into the water for the house.
Well, so that's pretty important.
We got to move that? - Yeah, we're going to move it.
Alright. Straightforward.
♪
Hey! Turn it off! Turn it off!
Turn it off!
Keith: So we start by locating - the main line? - So-- right.
I would start between the two valves.
♪
Hey! Turn it off! Turn it off!
Turn it off!
[ Sighs ]
I found it!
I started digging, and I hit water immediately,
and it started spraying all over the place,
and we had to turn the water main off.
I might've created more work for John,
and I might have cost us a little bit of money.
Okay, it's right there.
Is that the way you do that?
Accidentally, yes.
Look, we-- we found it. We have it.
So we can trace it and-- and take it around now, right?
Like, at least we located it.
Yeah. So it's all labor now. - We just get it dug up. - Alright.
Now that we discovered where the main line is,
John's going to take that irrigation system and move
the mechanical components of it around the corner
where they're out of view of the front elevation.
I need to dry off.
Do you have a towel in the truck? Yes.
That's going to take us a couple days,
and it's going to cost some money,
but it's going to add to the value of our flip overall
by making the house look much better
while keeping that valuable irrigation system humming,
so it's going to be worth it.
♪
Today we're installing flooring in a few areas of the house.
Those hardwood floors that we uncovered in the kitchen?
Turns out they weren't worth saving after all.
So we're putting down
two-foot-by-four-foot porcelain tiles.
Now it's time for our kitchen cabinets.
White shaker cabinets are always a great choice
because they're easy to assemble,
and their durable construction lasts a long time.
♪
They feature recessed panel doors
with clean, straight edges.
♪
So it's a smooth design that never goes out of style.
♪
Justin: Then we install some beautiful
light gray granite countertops,
and finish the room off with the great appliances we picked out.
♪
Hey, it's starting to look really pretty good back here.
We got the sod down. Some of the plants are in.
Mulch is coming.
So I'm at the Amherst house today with Joe,
who's putting the finishing touches on the house.
I noticed the urinal's gone. - The urinal's gone.
Had a little ceremony on the urinal,
but it's gone. - Ceremony?
We're doing a check up on the side yard
and the area where the deck is supposed to be.
- This is really the next issue. - Okay. Yeah.
With our original idea
of putting that door in, this was--
the deck here was going to be, like, a focal point,
you know, a real selling feature of the house.
Yeah, lumber-- right now, if I even had this on order,
I probably couldn't touch it for two to three weeks.
I could do the work in probably a day and a half,
but right now it's the lumber issue that's killing us.
- Really? - Yep.
Supply chain issues
are a real thing at the moment, and we're facing them.
That deck in the courtyard
is supposed to be a centerpiece of this house.
We'll have to decide, do we wait... Right.
...or do we clean all this area up
and, like, talk about what it would be?
I don't think we should wait. It's just too risky.
We're aware that interest rates are going up imminently,
and that's going to affect buyers' decisions
and maybe even sale prices.
So we need to get this house listed as quickly as possible,
we can possibly make, - alright? - Alright, I'll focus.
the guys will get on it right away,
and we'll make that happen. - Awesome, man. Thank you.
- Cool. Great. Thank you. - Thanks, Joe.
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Keith: It's time to spruce up that hall bath.
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We're covering the lower walls and shower
with a rectangular tile called Florentine White.
It has subtle streaks of gray
that'll give this space a classic elegance.
We're also putting that tile in the master bathroom
where we've changed the bathtub to a shower,
which everyone wants.
♪
We're also installing a new fence from Slipfence.
♪
It's such a beautiful design,
and the materials are manufactured so well.
The posts are made out of aluminum, so they never warp,
they don't crack, they don't rust, nothing.
And with the horizontal planks, it's such a contemporary look,
so you have excellent build quality
and a beautiful contemporary design.
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Ashlee: The last step to putting this house up for sale is staging.
♪
Our friends at the staging company
know how to make a house look like a home...
♪
...using the right combination of furniture and decorations
to help us get top dollar in this sizzling market.
♪
We managed to hit our timeline exactly on this two-month flip.
And of the 70 grand that we budgeted for this reno,
we came in just a bit under at about 66 grand.
That leaves a few extra grand in our pocket,
and we're hoping the seller's market adds a lot more to that.
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Keith: It's time to check out this awesome house.
Ashlee: Here we are. Wow.
Hey.
Alright. - Looking snazzy.
- Yeah. Check this out. - Oh, my goodness.
- That's so different. - Yes.
Do you remember the day we pulled up here?
It had no curb appeal whatsoever.
It was honestly the ugliest house
I'd ever seen on the outside.
- Had curb unappeal. - [ Chuckles ] Yeah.
Was yellow, the chimney was disgusting,
and then there was the horrible windows.
Plus, the one around the corner was all painted shut.
It was so ugly. I think - we were standing in dirt. - It was sand--
Yeah, it was sand and dirt. It was, like, desert.
- It was like-- - It was barren.
- Yeah. - Mm-hmm.
But now this is so different.
It had no curb - appeal whatsoever. - Curb unappeal.
[ Chuckling ] Yeah. Old paint color was so disgusting.
Well, it wasn't even just a paint.
It was grody, chipped up cinder blocks.
The irrigation system had this massive, like,
backflow thing in front.
But now...
this is so different.
Now it's gorgeous.
It all came together so well.
The new windows are fabulous, and I love the new paint color.
Stuccoing the house is what gave it
this, like, really smooth, uniform appearance.
God, from the ugliest house in the whole neighborhood... Yeah.
...like, literally for blocks and blocks, yeah...
- Absolutely. - ...to, honestly,
one of the best houses, a bright spot
in this already fantastic neighborhood.
Just looks so good now on this corner lot.
It really just looks amazing, yeah.
Now It looks fantastic. I can't wait to see the inside.
- Yeah, let's go check out. - Check out.
Remember this room when we first got here?
This whole space was junked up. I mean--
It was so bland, and the floors were awful.
Oh, my goodness. - Look at this place now. - Yeah.
It's completely transformed.
- It's amazing. - Yeah, this is a huge change.
- So good. - And the paint you picked out
is fantastic. It's a good look.
Yeah, I think it looks amazing now.
So happy we were able to open it up.
Yeah, I mean, the new kitchen and dining area,
it's-- it's a huge improvement.
I mean, you remember what was here before.
Yeah, you remember those old mismatched cabinets?
There was kind of the plywood ones there
and then there was butcher block... Butcher block, yeah.
...and then there was different countertops.
It was a mess.
Now it's all one, uniform, cohesive look.
It's a really great design.
Yeah, I love the white shaker.
I mean, they're just kind of timeless.
And then I love the granite that we chose.
Remember that day we went shopping for the appliances?
- Yeah, here we are. - Yeah.
They look so good. I mean, they're just amazing.
Yeah. Even the wine fridge.
- So nice. - Yeah.
Well, you want to check out the breezeway?
Do you remember this room? We came in.
It was full of trash. There was a fridge.
And then it had block, - like, stripped, green block. - Yeah.
Oh, with the paint - chipping and flaking and stuff? - Yeah.
Now it just looks incredible.
It's totally finished, properly drywalled.
The color is really nice. The new floors. It's fab.
And transformative additions, right?
Window, door, everything.
This is a usable space now.
Before, it was a throwaway. - Yeah.
Hey, let's go check out - the master area. - Yeah.
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Remember the first time we came into this room?
- It was red and murdery. - Oh, my God.
It just felt so enclosed.
You couldn't even see the backyard
'cause the window was so bad.
Right?
And now it's astonishing. Hey.
I mean, Keith, it looks so good, doesn't it?
Yeah, we have a new closet in the bedroom,
and this actually fits.
Everything comes together. The bed fits.
Everything is just the right size.
It's very soothing.
I love the new paint color and the new texture.
It's just really nice in here now.
Yeah, it is.
Shall we go check out the master bathroom?
♪
Remember there used to be a tub here
and this area was, like, built in, covered over.
Yeah, it was kind of a soffit, a downward soffit,
Yeah, a downward soffit.
Opening that up and then creating room for a shower,
toilet, sink, vanity, everything, it just works.
And I like the size of the shower. It's huge.
Now it's really something. It's really something.
It came together so well.
The last thing is the other bedroom.
- Yeah. - Let's go check that out.
You know what I remember about this bathroom?
It felt like somebody had started
to renovate it and just gave up.
Remember all that wood rot? It was terrible.
Oh, yeah. The bottom, the shower was coming apart.
You felt like you're just going to fall through
into the crawl space, but now look at the shower.
It's just beautiful. The shower head is nice
and high up, and the fixtures are really good.
And the herringbone pattern on the floor is very sharp.
And for a hall bath, having the tile
built all the way around, that's kind of nice.
It's a nice little touch. - Yeah.
And I love that we kept the two doors
'cause I think that it's nice for the person in this bedroom
to also have kind of their own master bathroom, too.
Yeah, no, that's something you don't see every day, for sure.
And this bedroom in here. Wow.
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I remember this was a decent-sized bedroom,
but it was a bit small for a master.
I think that was the window that was all painted shut...
- Right? - ...and it was so bad.
Now you have a gorgeous view of the street.
This looks fantastic.
Good size, everything else-- painted, fresh, new windows.
I do love the windows.
I mean, the windows are incredible.
They let in so much light.
It's just a really nice size bedroom.
We definitely rushed this one,
but I'm glad we got it finish correctly.
Yeah, there's a couple things I got to wrap up,
little touches, but, by and large,
we're done, and it looks good.
This house is fabulous. Let's get it listed.
Let's get it sold. Yeah, let's go.
Yeah, you ready? - Let's put it on the market. - Yeah, absolutely ready.
Great.
Finishing this house was a crazy rush,
but our fast work paid off.
Shortly after listing the property for $450,000,
we got a great offer for $460,000.
We bought this house for $265,000,
and we ended up spending about 66 grand on the reno.
Our loan interest landed at $8,000,
and our closing costs at around $22,000.
All told, that's an investment of just over $360,000,
which means this sale price nets us the profit of 99 grand.
Not too bad for a couple months' work.
Keith. - Oh, I'm back here.
What are you up to now?
I'm getting this thing ready to reinstall.
- Reinstall? No way. Ab-- - Yeah.
- No way. - Are you kid-- This is awesome.
Look. - It's not awesome.
You're putting it back? - Yeah.
No. That's ridicu-- You're joking.
Come on. Think about it. A party pad.
You have your own urinal,
We just have to mount it a little lower than last time.
Can you hold it?
- No! - [ Laughs ]
Get rid of it. Just leave it.
You don't like it? - No. Where's the dumpster?
Oh, my God.
I thought that was going to be a real sales feature.
Should I put it on the listing?
Yeah, that's a half bath, right?
Bring it to your house.
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