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 got goals, I'm motivated ♪
♪ Oh, yeah ♪
♪ While you sittin' there, just waitin' ♪
♪ I got a million-dollar attitude ♪
♪ And makin' money's what I do ♪
♪ Na na na na na na ♪
♪ Makin' money's what I do ♪
Justin: We're in a neighborhood I'm very familiar with.
- Are you really? - I am, dude.
Holden Heights. - Yeah.
My aunt used to live out here.
I love this area.
It's a little hidden gem and I feel like
it's one of the few places you can still live lakefront
for less than half a million bucks.
- Right? - ♪ I'm makin' money move ♪
♪ I'm makin' my money ♪
♪
Keith: Holden Heights is about four miles south
of downtown Orlando,
with a population of about 3,500.
It's always had beautiful parks and lakefront views,
but it's gotten even better in recent years
with improved shopping and dining and entertainment.
And the school district here has greatly improved, too,
making this a highly sought-after neighborhood
for young families.
So do we got a deal here,
or are we just going to grab lunch?
It's that probate deal we've been working on
and it just came through.
The judge signed off on it.
The judge took forever to push this one through.
It was supposed to be like 45 days
and it wound up being like 90.
Yeah.
I mean, that can happen, though, man.
Probate can have a lot more steps in it
than people tend to believe.
- Yeah. - Especially if there's like
multiple heirs on the estate.
Everybody's approved.
Everybody's got to stamp off on it.
Which is why not everybody
can specialize in buying probate, like we do.
Houses in probate are a matter of public record
and any buyer can find them,
but it can take months, or even years,
for the courts to settle rightful ownership.
Sometimes it requires determining who the heirs are
and tracking them all down
and most buyers aren't willing to wait that long,
just to find a house that could be in really bad shape.
But these zombies are often being unloaded at a discount,
so, for flippers like us, patience can pay off.
Hey, here it is. Here it is.
- We ready? - Yeah, man.
[ Suspenseful music plays ]
♪
Wow!
It is ugly.
Do you know the specs on this house?
It's a concrete block house built in 1960.
Almost 1,700 square feet.
It's got three bedrooms,
two bathrooms,
and a decent-sized living room,
plus a large, screened-in back porch
and even a pool.
And get this-- the heirs are only asking
for $300,000,
which is amazing for this neighborhood.
Dude, this is like an overwhelming palm tree.
Sort of robellini that's gone just crazy?
It's probably got 100 raccoons stuffed
up in there, I'll tell you that.
Big old one on that corner, too.
- Yeah. - Problem is, is that one's
scraping the roof line
and, every time an inspector comes,
anything even touches the house,
they're like, "Don't do that!"
Yeah, because if there's any kind of high wind,
those branches could do serious damage to the roof.
Well, let's take a look over here
and see what we got.
Alright. So we got a front door
through the carport.
Oh, bro, we got two front doors?
Is this a duplex, do you know?
I don't think so, bro, because there's
only one power meter, one mailbox,
but two identical front doors.
Okay.
♪
[ Singsong ] Hello!
♪
Um, what color is this?
Uh...
coral pink?
Pepto-Bismol?
No, this is like
dusty old-lady pink or something.
Is this real terrazzo?
Yeah! Except it has
little brown spots all over it.
Yeah, but you can diamond-shine that out.
Finding decent-looking terrazzo under the carpet is a big plus.
Buyers love a vintage vibe and not having to replace
all these floors is great for our budget.
These are like newer windows.
- Yeah. - We can keep these windows.
Yeah, probably. Let's go check out the kitchen.
Bro, this kitchen slaps!
These are solid wood cabinets.
- Yes! - We should keep these.
I don't know. I feel like
you walk into a kitchen like this,
you kind of need like
a ten-gallon hat, chaps,
and six-shooters, you know? - What?
People want mid-century,
but you still want modern convenience
and these drawers are not soft-close.
But if we save 20 grand in the kitchen
because we don't have to put cabinets in,
we just replace these countertops... - Well.
...swap out the backsplash.
I don't think Keith really appreciates
what we're finding here.
This zombie has a lot of great stuff in place.
Between the floors, windows, and cabinets,
it's like we're halfway home
and we haven't even started renovating.
This carpet is everywhere.
I feel like the carpet's coming up to my knees,
it's so thick.
Here's the first bathroom.
It's outdated, but it's not the worst, right?
Like this is really good tile.
- Yeah. - But if we spray this
and put some cool floor tile in,
a new vanity, that might work.
Yeah. Or, if we could chip up this tile
and the terrazzo,
have like a barrier. - [ Laughs ]
Yeah! - Maybe.
Because who doesn't love terrazzo?
I'm saying.
Alright, let's go take a look
at the bedrooms.
Master bed.
It's a decent-size room, plenty of natural light,
and it's got two closets.
Okay, cool.
And that's the master
ah! - Ooh! That toilet looks like--
- Ugh! - Gross.
Alright, this is tiny.
- Dude. - It's not the tiniest
we've ever had, but it's tiny.
- Yeah. - This tile needs to go.
- Yeah. - We can save the hall bath,
but this, we'll probably have to completely
redo this bathroom. - Yeah.
While we can get away with a simple reglaze
and refresh in that hall bath,
the master bath is going to need a full update,
in order to appeal to buyers.
Let's check out the other rooms.
This is a huge second bedroom.
Ah, doesn't look like it needs much work.
This mid-century zombie is starting to win me over.
The majority of the repairs seem to be cosmetic,
which is kind of rare for a house of this age.
On to the next room.
Third bedroom.
Uh-oh, water leak.
That's not a good sign.
And, just like that, my love affair with this house,
it's all wet.
A hole like this pretty much guarantees
we're going to have to replace the roof.
Now, this house could easily be 15 to 20 grand.
Hey, let's go check out the back of the house.
Well, we know where the other front door goes.
It goes to the same house.
Alright, so what was this,
like a breezeway, originally?
These look like exterior walls,
but I don't know.
I don't know, either. There's not an A.C. drop
in here, though,
but there's a wall unit right here.
Yeah, so this is a laundry,
but if we can figure out how to add this,
as far as square footage,
that would be super useful, right?
Yeah. Alright, well, we've seen the house.
Should we go check out the backyard?
Yeah.
Looks like we got a fully screened-in porch.
The screens are all here.
I mean, it needs some degatoring.
Got your outdoor bar, you got your beer fridge.
Hey, look, this is like cabinet-grade wood.
This is really nice.
Not too shabby.
Not at all.
Let's go check out this backyard.
Yeah.
Dude, you know what this is?
This is like a liner pool.
It has like a rubber liner
- Uh-huh. - inside the shell.
- Yeah, yeah. - You never see these in Florida.
If it holds water and it doesn't have
a tear in the liner, then who cares?
Yeah.
This pool might only be marginally better
than an aboveground pool,
but, at the end of the day, it's still a pool.
And a house with a pool in Orlando
sells better than any house without a pool.
Hey, look, there's a tiki bar and a sundeck over here.
The hose pipes in so that the sink works.
That's brilliant, dude.
There's actually supply lines here.
Dude, this is a functioning
wet bar by the pool.
It's pretty cool.
You think we could like rehab this
and make it kind of a cute, little feature?
Absolutely. This has potential.
Let's see what's going on over here.
Alright.
[ Laughs ] I did not.
There you go. We should probably keep
the deck, too, huh? Let's go.
Ow! [ Laughs ]
Yeah, bro.
All this has got to go in the trash.
Well, what if we rebuild it?
Like what if we just get rid of the bad wood
and put good wood in?
I mean, don't you want a deck for a pool?
Yeah, I always want a deck.
Keith: This backyard is an entertainer's paradise.
Not only is there a pool, but the bar and the deck
could be turned into a tropical-vibe hangout
or even your own mini nightclub.
Not to mention the covered patio,
that has another bar.
And there's still plenty of yard space,
especially when we get rid of the old shed back there.
This area is going to be the hook that snags buyers.
Alright, bro, so, what's the game plan?
I like this. I mean,
we got a concrete block house, three, two.
It's a good size.
There's a room that's not air-conditioned
over there, that we can air-condition
and add square footage.
- Yeah. - For $300,000,
there's still plenty of opportunity here.
I mean, this is why we go through probate, dude,
because we couldn't score
something like this, otherwise. - For sure.
If this wasn't off-market, dude,
this could be $375,000, easily.
Yeah, well, but here's the thing,
is it easily also needs
$60,000, you know? -$70,000, yeah, for sure,
for sure. - So.
No, I like it, dude.
In this market, prices are crazy.
It could be worth $500,000.
- Yeah. - Alright, let's go--
let's go get it written up.
I don't want to let this sit.
- No, let's get it done. - Alright.
♪
Justin: We offered the asking price of 300 grand for this property
and our offer was accepted.
We're going to set our renovation budget at 70 grand
and we're going to try to do this flip in one month,
which would cost us about $8,700 in loan payments and points.
When we sell, closing costs should hit around $22,500,
which puts our all-in cost just over 400 grand.
But, if we can sell at the $500,000 mark,
that would net us a great profit
of nearly 99 grand.
The main thing we want to do
to this house is add to the square footage
by capturing some disconnected space.
♪
We'll start with that breezeway in the middle
and its hodgepodge of useless doors.
We'll close off that unnecessary second front door
and we're going to add a pantry to the kitchen,
then remove the double doors
separating that space from the living room,
creating a smooth flow
into the common area of the house.
Next, we'll knock down the wall between the laundry room
and the outdoor closet
and create a larger, more versatile interior space.
We'll complete this open floor plan by taking out the walls
separating the kitchen from the living room,
keeping a peninsula on one side
that'll preserve the cabinet and counter space.
Finally, we'll fix up that backyard into a proper party pad
by cleaning up the pool
and installing new pavers around it,
then putting sturdy new boards on the sundeck.
And the tiki bar?
We'll find a way to dress it up while keeping that low-key vibe.
♪
Demo day.
- Traveling wrecking balls. - I know.
Our demo team arrives to help us kick things into high gear.
which saves us both labor and disposal fees.
This backyard is now ready for its tropical makeover.
But not all the work here is pure destruction.
So, I grabbed the drill because we can start
taking the cabinets down...
- Yeah. - ...pulling them off,
and setting them out for pickup.
Keith convinced me that we should replace these cabinets
with something more modern.
[ Grunts ]
But, since they're in great shape,
we're going to take them down carefully,
so we can either sell them,
donate them, or reuse them later.
But the biggest job is opening up those walls
between the kitchen and the living area...
♪
...to give this house the connected flow
that people are craving, these days.
♪
And, for the grand finale, we're toppling
the janky cinder block wall next to the carport
that was definitely not built to code.
♪
Azhoh!
♪
Whoo! - [ Laughs ]
♪
So, we have a serious problem on our hands.
♪
The central problem of this house is
that this wall-- the wall that was here
- Mm-hmm. - and is not anymore--
was structural.
- Aw, I hate when that happens. - Yeah.
So we took a wall out and then Bill,
our master trim carpenter, called and said,
"Hey, wait a minute.
That's structural.
You can't do that."
We want to have an open plan.
I mean, that's fundamentally
the contemporary design aesthetic, is open.
We just chased it a little too hard.
If we need a wall here, our open kitchen plan is a bust.
[ Suspenseful music plays ]
Justin: What would we have to do
to keep the layout we want?
Right here, we're going to have to put a post,
like a 4x6.
Header's going to rest on these two posts...
- Uh-huh. - ...but it means that we have
more construction to do than we thought.
And it also means we have to have a post
in the kitchen.
Which is going to look really clunky.
My dream for this place was to walk in
and just see a wide open vista.
Now, we're going to see a wide open vista
with a stick in the middle.
I mean, this house is supposed to be a party pad
and this is cramping our style.
♪
We're having bar height-- or, no, counter-height
- Counter-height, yeah. - granite, right?
We need the column pretty much
right into our kitchen countertops,
to support the roof.
I'm disappointed, but, at the end of the day,
it's still going to be a radical improvement over what we had.
I guess it'll work, if-- It seems like there's
supposed to be a post
- Alright. - in the kitchen.
[ Laughter ]
♪
While the kitchen may have some issues,
things are full steam ahead in the bathrooms.
♪
We're refreshing the tile in the hall bath
by patching up some of the cracks,
buffing out years of dirty buildup,
and then reglazing it,
turning that old-school brown into a shiny, new white.
♪
Meanwhile, in the master bath, we line the enclosure
with waterproof cement backer boards.
♪
Now, we can add tile.
The back wall gets large white hex...
♪
...and the sides get a deep, multi-hued,
green rectangular tile.
♪
For the base, it's a small white hex...
♪
...completing a sharp, contemporary look.
♪
Steve: Hello! Anybody home?
- Hey! Hey, Steve. - Hey, Keith. How are you?
Keith: Justin and I are at the Bradley flip today
to meet Steve, our air-conditioning guru.
We got two big rooms that we don't have air-conditioned
and there's no easy way to do it
because this house doesn't have an attic.
We have this big air-conditioning trunk line
running through, with the different drops
coming off of it and the issue we have is
that we want to air-condition those two rooms.
So, you have this room here
and the laundry room in the back has a window shaker,
but that's not good enough because we want to capture that
for heated and cooled
- Sure. - square footage.
How do we get air-conditioning from here
all the way down there
without blowing up the whole house?
We should be able to tunnel some ducts
from this main trunk line through the rafter space,
into these other two rooms.
- The duct will fit in that space? - Correct.
Steve is saying that the A.C. duct
can be run in that narrow space
between the roof and the ceiling,
right alongside the rafters, which should be amazing.
That may require us opening a little gap,
which should save us some money.
I'm going to figure out what exact date
and time we're on for next week.
We might be able to two birds,
one stone this. - Absolutely, yeah.
Once again, the folks at Century A/C come through
with a great solution to a problem.
- Right. - [ Laughs ] Thank you.
Take care. Sure. Cool.
♪
Keith: Today, our family room and laundry room
are getting new flooring.
We've chosen a wood plank tile in an ash-gray hue.
It's a stylish, modern twist on the classic look
and it's a perfect complement to the existing terrazzo.
♪
Now, we're going to work on our kitchen...
♪
...starting with framing out the new pantry...
♪
...and then framing out the new wall
on the dining room side, that'll redefine this space.
♪
Once that's done, our crew demos the old drywall...
♪
...so our plumber can install new lines,
based on our adjusted layout.
♪
It's a bit of a mess.
♪
to build this wall out
to run the plumbing inside the wall.
We're actually shortening this dimension a little bit, too.
We're losing a few inches on that wall
and then who knows how we're going to--
where our cabinets are going to end?
I mean, they could go further than the post.
That's going to look so crazy.
Uh...
Keith and I have just been blowing
through this renovation, getting everything geared up.
We're trying to get this thing done quick.
But when we do things like that, something always falls
through the cracks, so, of course,
we didn't get Ashlee the correct measurements.
Now, we're cleaning up that mess.
The layout is pretty similar.
I mean, we have--
over here, we have the fridge where it was,
the sink goes under the window, like it was.
We have a lazy Susan in the corner.
Yeah, but I think the measurements
are going to be way off here.
Well, here's the cool part.
If it turns out that the cabinets
are two inches too long, we can just pack this out
with another 2x4 to accommodate it.
Mm-hmm. And, if they're two inches too short?
[ Mirthless laughter ]
Two inches too short,
maybe we can add some kind of...
...filler panel, - or what have you. - Both: Yeah.
Well, these ideas are evolving pretty quickly.
We're rapidly evolving the design of this
to make it as good as we can.
I think it's called rushing.
I prefer the term rapid evolution.
Just saying. - Ah, well,
rapid evolution's costing us money. - Yeah.
Okay. We'll get things back on track.
Would you mind redrawing this kitchen and getting it to Ash?
Yeah. In fact, I have it somewhere.
I'll get-- I'll make sure I get it to you.
- Okay, cool. - Yeah, I just need the proper measurements.
- Sure. - We're all on the same page?
- Yeah. - Let's get it done.
♪
It's time to start the transformation of his backyard.
♪
We're resurfacing the elevated poolside deck
with 1-inch-thick wooden boards,
creating a solid platform for a grill
or patio furniture for just hanging out.
♪
The pool area is also getting a major upgrade.
We've demo'd old brick to make way for new pavers,
which are both rectangular and square,
to create a unique, variable pattern.
A stone cutter shapes the pavers at the edge of the pool
and the outside edge is locked in with a frame of concrete.
Then we sweep paver sand across the surface
to fill in all the cracks and make it smooth.
This backyard oasis is shaping up nicely already.
♪
Justin: We're at the halfway point of this one-month flip
and, of our 70 grand renovation budget,
we've now spent a bit over $28,000.
That doesn't seem like much, but the remaining money
still has to cover some big-ticket items,
such as a new roof, new kitchen, and new bathrooms.
So, hopefully, we can work quickly
and efficiently the rest of the way.
♪
Oh, my God. So much stuff going on today.
Yeah, this is-- Well, this is how we like
the jobsite, though, right? - Yeah.
Busy, busy, busy.
Ashlee and I got a call from our A.C. guys, at Century A/C,
that there's a big problem with the plan we had
to air-condition the laundry room and the family room,
so we're coming over to see what's going on.
I'm Keith. - Good. Orlando.
- Orlando. Hi, Orlando. - Orlando, nice to meet you.
- Yeah. - So what are we looking at?
Are you having trouble running the ducts
through the rafters?
You mean open up the ceiling in this other room?
No, we're opening it from the roof, though.
That's not-- We're supposed to go in from the top.
We're going to use the open roof
to get the ductwork run
from here to where it terminates.
Do you want to go up on the roof and look at it?
- Yeah. - Okay.
Our plan was to go in through the roof.
We're redoing the roof right now, so,
with the roof pulled off, we were going to go
underneath the roof decking by pulling it up,
running the ducts, and putting the decking back down.
That should be easier and cheaper
than cutting through the drywall and the ceiling,
but Orlando doesn't seem to agree,
so we're going to check it out.
The A.C. ducts are going to start here
and we're going to run those this way
and there'll be two drops.
We need one in the room and then one
in the laundry room over there. - Yes, sir.
Ah.
Alright, I see the problem now.
This roof deck is made of boards, instead of plywood.
Now, if the roof boards are running the same direction
as the deducting that we want to lay in,
we could just pry up one or two of the boards,
put the A.C. duct in easily that way,
and close it right back up.
Unfortunately, the roof decking is running the wrong way.
It's running perpendicular to the path we want
and we'd have to pull up mountains and mountains of roof.
It'd be really hard to put back down.
This is a way bigger problem than I thought.
♪
Take the drywall off? - Yeah.
Yeah. Okay, we'll do that.
I thought we were going to save money by going through the roof,
but that's actually turned out to be
the most expensive way to do it.
So, now, going through the drywall on the underside,
through the ceiling, is kind of the best bad idea we got.
How am I going to get down?
[ Laughter ]
♪
The A/C crew gets busy
cutting access points in the ceiling below,
then running the ductwork over the wall
and threading through the rafters.
♪
Now, we got new, air-conditioned square footage.
♪
Meanwhile, on the roof,
our team is laying down peel and stick...
♪
...a kind of roll roofing made
from polyester and rubberized asphalt,
with a light, granular surface
to reflect sunlight and keep the house cool.
♪
Alright, so we got this backyard.
What are we going to do?
There's debris there and here from--
so, because we-- we, uh,
put new pavers on the pool deck.
Today Justin, Ashlee, and I are at the Bradley House,
checking out the backyard, the landscaping.
I think this tropical/ party hangout spot,
with its pool and deck,
is exactly what we need to sell this house,
but we have to complete it for it to all come together.
What if we reuse these bricks
in the bar, as the floor?
Oh, just lay them in there?
- Yeah. - Oh, yeah.
What's the floor right now? - Dirt.
Oh, no, it has bricks.
It's--
It already has bricks?
Yeah, but it's not--
Well, they're cement blocks.
Actually, I don't think we should--
We probably don't want to raise this floor
up any more. - No, no, this is good.
Doesn't this have like a cool Caribbean feel to it? Like a--
- Yeah. - Like a Caribbean beach bar kind of thing?
- Yeah, [indistinct] - If you're your height.
- [ Laughter ] - For me, this is uncomfortable.
I think we should put down rocks here,
so you're not like standing next to dirt.
Well, we could use-- We can put the bricks there.
- Yeah. - Yeah, that's a good idea.
- For like a stepdown, I guess. - Yeah.
- Okay. - It's probably the perfect amount.
There's no way to just raise the roof,
like vault it up? We could just add
another beam behind that one there.
Of course. We could take the scrap cuts
that we're going to have from this house
and just pile them on top
- Oh. - and then just drill back in.
We can raise the front of it up and make it like a lean--
- almost like a lean-to. - Yeah.
Water runs off the back of it kind of thing.
- Yeah. I think that amazing. - Cool. That'll be cool.
Between the outdoor deck, the cool beachside bar,
and having a nice patio area to put all your stuff,
I think this backyard is going to have it all.
We should get a name for the bar.
Should be like-- I don't know.
What should we call it?
We could call it the Bradley.
That's got a cool ring to it.
- Oh, the Bradley? - Oh, yeah, the Bradley.
Alright, we'll keep thinking about it.
Justin: It'll come. Alright.
We're down to our last week of this one-month flip,
and out of our 70 grand renovation budget,
we've spent over $50,000.
A lot of that money went to this brand-new roof.
So for the rest of the expensive items, money's tight.
There's a good chance that we're going over budget,
but we want to finish this house quick
and sell it while the market is still hot.
♪
Keith: Our crew in the kitchen's putting up a second knee wall
which will be the base of a peninsula
that finishes outlining the kitchen.
♪
Then it's time to start hanging drywall throughout the house.
Normally in a one-month flip,
drywall's done earlier than this.
But if we can get it finished today,
we might stay on track.
Hopefully, this step will launch us forward
into the rest of our fixes.
♪
Hey, everybody.
Wait. Why isn't there a soffit over that ductwork?
Bill! Hey, Bill.
Yeah, Back here.
Drywall should be finished by now.
They've had enough time,
but they haven't started the kitchen yet
because the ducting soffit hasn't been built yet.
I got to find out why.
We don't have the soffit done in the kitchen.
And the drywall guys are doing drywall.
We got to get that hung right now.
Everything else in here is drywall-ready.
They're gonna put the drywall up
as soon as you guys build that soffit.
We're running into a situation.
You got a 2-inch drop right here.
Keith: You mean that rafter across the living room
is 2 inches lower than the ones above the kitchen?
This has to be furred down.
That or you're gonna have a funky transition.
So you're saying put furring strips on the rafters
to hang it down?
Either that or rip 2x4s to an inch and a half.
[ Sighs ] Okay. But if we do that,
then all the lights have to be redone.
It turns out one of the main ceiling beams
sits lower than the others.
The straightforward solution would be to add a piece of wood
to all the higher beams to make them all even.
But the electrician already installed
all those lights for the higher position,
So we'd have to redo all that work,
and we cannot afford any more delays.
Oh, man.
and where it meets, it'll-- you know, it's gonna be offset.
But we could put a piece of small crown
or something along that line,
and it would be like a design.
Just some small crown molding.
You could nail a piece of flat trim and then...
- Yeah. - You know what I mean?
Yeah, there you go.
It's easy, it's inexpensive,
and it saves us from having to move
every light in this space. Right?
Alright, let's do that.
Let's get the soffit built, and then Jose over there
can just go to town with the drywall.
10-4.
Alright. That sound good?
Done deal.
When in doubt,
turn the negative into a positive.
We're gonna take this uneven ceiling
and turn it into a design flair.
This might keep us on track,
and, honestly, I think it's gonna
look pretty good, too.
Alright. Take care.
Alright, bud.
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Keith: We finally got our drywall up in the kitchen,
which means it's time to install cabinetry.
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We've chosen a set of white Shaker cabinets.
♪
This style was developed in the late 1700s
by the Shaker religious community.
We wanted a simple design to maintain exceptional quality.
And their creation has remained popular ever since.
♪
- Hey, Keith. - Hey, Alynne.
How you doing? - Good, good.
I asked Alynne to come over to the Bradley House
to help me sort out some issues that I'm having
finishing up the tiki bar in the back.
I really feel like this is going to be the centerpiece
of this tropical backyard hangout we're designing.
So we have this great pool deck,
but now this area where you stand
in front of the bar, it's not level,
it's dirt, it's just messed up.
So what would you do?
From here, would you step down
to, like, a second level that's probably this height
for the-- for over here,
or would you try to bring this height out all the way?
- If I come right down here... - Yeah.
...at least I can be at bar height.
Right. Right here, I have to be like this.
Yeah, yeah. Like, bring it--
The lower the better. Yeah.
If you can't lower all of it, lower what you can.
Okay.
What is this?
What are you doing?[ Wood cracks ]
No-- no, don't-- You're breaking my bar.
It's already broken.
No. It's rotted.
It's weathered. This has a patina.
I think it's--Keith.
What? Feel this wood.
Well-- but I like the shabby chic aesthetic.
I'm thinking whitewash it.
You can't whitewash that.
Anybody can come up and just...
Let's not do that, though.
The weathered thing just doesn't really--
No. Really?
It-- It doesn't really work.
And I have a feeling there's probably
a little bit more damage than this, too.
You should lose the wood and use corrugated metal
just like the tiki-bar roof.
I think that Keith was so focused
on his weathered-wood idea
that he overlooked what was right in front of him.
Corrugated metal is cheap.
It won't rot like wood, and it fits the rustic look
of this bar. It's perfect.
That's a great idea! Corrugated metal it is.
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Keith: While I'm figuring out our tiki bar,
our crew is finally getting some fresh paint on this house.
♪
Sticking with the theme of a bright and welcoming home,
we're covering the outside with a white paint...
♪
...and the inside with even more white paint.
The clean look of white suggests a new start,
and that's exactly what this old probate home is getting.
♪
It doesn't look anything like it did before.
- It's incredible. - No, not at all.
Look at this.
Wow. What a transformation.
You know, when Justin and I rolled up,
these palms were so big,
you couldn't see the front of the house.
Roof was terrible.
Yeah, the paint color was like a weird mauve.
It was just--Ugly.
It was so unwelcoming, right? But now?
When I first got here, it had absolutely no curb appeal.
- No. - I was kind of like,
"This place is a dump."
But now it's got beautiful curb appeal.
It's a place you want to be.
The palm trees are manicured, and the change
the pink color makes to the body of the house,
it's something.
Yeah, it just feels tropical.
Just looks so clean and fresh.
I remember the photo you sent me of the carport,
and it was all kind of falling in.
- Yeah. - It's just so bad.
But now it just looks so good.
Without a doubt.
And do you remember, I saw in the photo
there were two front doors,
- which was crazy. - Yeah.
But we sealed off that second door
to create a normal and nice-looking entryway.
- Love it. - You want to go see the inside?
Yeah.
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When we bought this house,
the kitchen was closed off on both sides.
It was so cramped.
And all the walls
were this, like, dusty old-lady pink.
It was just really bad color.
And the old carpet was grungy and torn up.
I mean, it was an ugly mess.
But now...
- Goodness. - Whoa!
What a huge transformation.
- This is gorgeous. - It's so big!
So beautiful.
It's so relaxing in here, isn't it?
With the light and all the windows?
Yeah, everything's brighter.
The terrazzo floors shined up beautifully,
and this white, to me, it makes it feel
so spacious and open.
But then, the kitchen
is much more spacious and open.
The door wasn't even big enough to get the fridge out.
I don't know how they got the fridge in.
But now feels incredible.
I love the bar top and the farm sink.
The backsplash creates sort of this big panorama.
It's just really well done.
The cabinets that were in here
were dated, but they were
in really, really good shape. Yeah.
But, I mean, I compare it to these new cabinets.
- I know. - It's just--
I love the new look of the Shaker cabinets in here.
Feels very fresh, feels very open.
This space is so good for entertaining.
You could have a awesome party here.
It's massive.
- It all just came together. - It did.
Hey, let's check out the hall bath.
You remember what was here before.
That rotten peach color.
It was like a brownie peach.
But the tile was in such good shape
that spraying it just made a lot more sense.
And I love the black fixtures that we used.
The countertops look great. It all just comes together.
Yeah. Let's go check out the master.
This was so bland before.
It could've been almost like a prison cell.
But now this is a place you want to be.
I know it's a very peaceful retreat.
I love all the light, the windows,
the paint color is really nice.
And I love the vaulted ceiling
and the new fan fixture. It looks really nice.
Yeah, yeah, so cool.
Let me show you the master bath.
This bathroom needed some help.
This was all blue.
I saw the photos.
It was so nasty.
Yeah, that's not a good photo to see.
But now this looks fantastic.
We used green tile from Daltile
and the white hex on the back wall
and the little hex on the bottom.
And the vanity was awful.
Now we got a white Shaker vanity.
It-- It goes well, the countertops
Amazing. It matches the rest of the house.
Just so well finished, it looks incredible.
Yeah. It's gonna sell well.
Yeah.
Let's check out the family room.
Before, there were just doors everywhere.
This room couldn't be used for anything.
I mean, it was nuts.
And the worst part was,
there was no air-conditioning in it.
But now this room really works.
I mean, a beautiful view of the backyard.
I love this room.
It just feels like you're in Palm Springs.
You're looking at out at the tropical backyard.
I think the floors look amazing,
and they really tie in well with the terrazzo.
- It's gorgeous. - Yeah.
Good room for entertaining.
And then, the laundry room over here.
This was not air-conditioned.
Just a really janky dividing wall
between the front half of it and the back half,
so we made it all one room, brought it under air.
It's about 200 square feet. That's $300 a foot.
That's $60,000.
It's also a huge, gorgeous laundry room.
Yeah, there is that, too!
I mean, I wish I had it in my house.
It's amazing. It's massive.
And then there was that covered patio,
which was pretty rundown when we first saw it.
It had carpet half rolled up on the floor
and that weird gator-skin decoration.
Kind of nasty.
But we realized how great it could be for parties.
And check it out now.
It looks amazing.
What a great place to have friends over for drinks.
It's a pretty primo hangout spot.
Speaking of which, there's one more spot
we have to check out-- the backyard.
I didn't get to see it at the beginning,
but I saw photos, and it was so nasty.
The pool was this, like, grody green,
and the pavers were kind of all over the place.
That deck was completely rotten.
Ow!
And the bar didn't even look like a bar.
It looked like a--
- An old shack? - Yeah, a lean-to or something.
But look at this place now. It's such a tropical oasis.
It's awesome!
The pool is amazing.
Yeah, pavers are new. The footpath wasn't here.
We recycled the pool deck
into the footpath around the house.
The deck is gorgeous.
And now, like, you want to hang out there
and have margaritas, have a party,
and all your friends could be here.
- Yeah. - It's so nice.
Look at the bar now. I know!
We cleaned it up really nice.
Added all the shells.
It's got a really nice vibe about it.
It just feels like a tropical oasis.
I just love it back here.
We do it all the time, right?
But when we see the finished product
compared to the beginning product,
it's not even.
Honestly, it's-- it's mind-blowing.
Yeah. When we sell this,
I think we're gonna get top dollar.
I think so, too. You ready to list it?
- Yes. - Okay. Let's do it.
- Go for it. - Let's do it.
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Ashlee: Creating this tropical oasis in just one month
was a huge challenge, but in the end,
we weren't the only ones who loved the finished product.
We soon got a full-price offer
of $500,000.
We bought this house for $300,000
and ended up spending just over $76,000
on the renovation.
The loan fees came out over 8 grand
and the closing costs hit just as expected at 22,500.
That puts our total investment at just over $407,000,
which means that this sale price
earns us almost $93,000.
It's a great payday for us
and a great new home for the buyer.
Everybody wins.
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[ Laughing ] Hey!
We did it!
- That's alright. - I know.
So, made you one of these.
Tasty. Hold on, hold on.
You got an umbrella here.
Wait. You're gonna put an umbrella in my drink?
Yes! It's a celebration.
This was a very challenging flip.
Want to take a seat? Yeah.
Chill out? Yeah. Yeah.
Ahh!
This is the best part of the day, huh?
[ Both laugh ]
When the flip's over and you don't have to
do any more work.
No, you just get to sit back and enjoy it.
Mm. You're not supposed to slam it, Keith.
Brain freeze.
[ Both laugh ]