Real estate is a hot commodity.
But around every corner, danger lurks...
from zombie houses.
These rotting corpses aren't just ugly...
What happened?
...they're dangerous.
Whoa!
Fire! Get out of there!
And they can drag down an entire neighborhood...
It's the ugliest house on the street.
...but their days are numbered.
Here in Orlando, Florida,
taking on these monstrosities is our specialty.
It's a wreck, but we don't shy away from things like that.
Ew. Our team tracks these filthy zombies down...
This place is a total dump,
but at least this room is huge.
...and pumps new life into them...
Maybe I got heat stroke,
but I'm falling in love with this place.
...flipping them into sweet homes...
- Wow. - This is amazing.
...that we can sell... We are ready to go.
...for an even sweeter payday.
Here's to selling another house.
This...
is "Zombie House Flipping."
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♪ I know that life is kind of like a race ♪
♪ But you got to keep on moving, got to set the pace ♪
♪ Never let 'em see you sweat, they got to see a threat ♪
♪ And never let 'em see your tears, a day you will regret ♪
- Hi there! - H-- Hey. How are you doing?
I'm good. How are you?
Good. Hey, I found a house
that I'm a little bit excited about,
and I want somebody to go take a look at it with me.
It's a side project I might take on myself
since you and Justin are so swamped.
But, you know, I'd love another opinion on it.
Today, I'm checking out a house
in the Conway neighborhood of Orlando.
Conway is a collection of enclaves
several miles southeast of downtown Orlando.
The area has a distinct urban feel,
but it's also family friendly with highly rated public schools
and some of the biggest, most beautiful lakes in Orlando.
The median home price here is up over 20% in the last year.
That shows just how popular this area is.
Justin's tied up, going a million directions at one time.
And what about you? You want to go look at a house?
I can't either. I'm chillin' with the kids.
They're swimming. Oh.
Jump, jump. Show him.
Oh. All right. All right.
Well, listen. Hey, I got an idea, though.
What if I grab Alynne, 'cause she knows
the houses in that area really well
and it'd be a great second set of eyes.
Yeah, go for it. I mean, if she's free.
Yeah, she look-- She would know what she's looking at.
She might even be able to work on the flip with me.
And you could be the Realtor when we sell.
If it looks promising, I'll ring you back,
and we'll figure out what we want to do about it.
Yeah, call me back later. Let me know how it goes.
All right, will do. Will do. Talk soon.
Hopefully it's good. Bye.
Alynne is an architect and designer
that we've partnered with on several houses in the past,
and I think she can add some valuable insight
to this property.
- Hey. - Hey.
Thanks for meeting me.
This neighborhood is super cute.
It is cute. It is really cute.
You don't normally think
of a Florida neighborhood looking like this.
I know. All the trees
in this neighborhood. It's beautiful.
This is what we got.
Yeah.
This house was built in the early '70s.
It's about 2,300 square feet.
The first floor is
concrete block construction
with two bedrooms,
one of which is a master,
and a pool out back.
Then there's a partial upstairs
with another three bedrooms.
So five bedrooms in this house
to go with three bathrooms.
That's a lot of bedrooms for not very much square footage.
- So what is it listed for? - They're asking 475,000.
- Whoa. - No, no. It's-- I-I get it.
I mean, that's a lot of money.
for something like this. - But this is--
I mean, I can do some magic, Keith,
but this is going to require a lot of magic.
I mean, just look at this roof.
It's, like, all discolored. That might be a problem.
Landscaping. It's overgrown over there.
It's going to take some time and effort.
Hopefully, there's something-- some redeeming qualities
on the inside 'cause this is not--
it's not looking so good on the outside.
Whoa.
Okay.
So is this a living room or a museum of tackiness?
What about this right here?
I think there's a period back in the day
when sunken living rooms were cool.
This just isn't that sunken.
A sunken living room is cool.
- This? - But--
It's just a trip hazard.
I think you got to raise it up.
The kitchen is full of junk.
But the cabinets actually look useful.
- Yeah. - If we bought this,
would we have to get rid of it?
Or do you think it could be reused?
We might be able to salvage this
just to save a little bit of money,
but still, there's some dollars here.
Well, hey, look, there's a full-sized pantry.
That's cool. That's cool.
That's definitely a selling point.
And I think this kitchen has a few other good features.
There's a bar sink.
Yeah. Uh-huh. Okay.
Hey. Hey! That's cool.
Well, I've definitely seen worse kitchens.
Okay.
Oh, this is weird.
Looks like an office for children and adults.
Oh. And they even left their trophies behind.
Maybe they're all for participation or something.
Wow. This room is way too dark.
- It's got to-- It's-- - This is too small of a room
in order to be this color
I feel like I'm in a closet right now.
Speaking of which, check this out.
That's the world's worst re-pipe job.
Why didn't they even cover it up?
Look at this. They're holding up the zip ties.
That is-- That is a zip tie there.
Terrifying. Let's see what else we got.
Here's one of the bathrooms. Ugly, of course.
There's nothing contemporary. The floor sucks.
The vanity sucks.
Everything sucks.
Jeez, Keith, take a look at this.
That's a problem right there.
Oh. The whole ceiling's down all the way back.
This is scaring the hell out of me.
Let's keep looking.
Let's check out one of the bedrooms over here.
We got Big Bird Room.
It's got to be the ugliest color I've ever seen.
It's honey mustard dipping sauce.
It's certainly mustard. Yeah.
This has got to be the master. Right?
Um...
There's a bathroom right there.
- I assume it's the master. - What do you think?
Like somebody went to the store. They're like,
"What's the cheapest tile you got?"
They're like, "Oh, you have to get the little squares."
- Maybe it was free. - Double vanities.
It looks like this was homeowner do-over.
Yeah, but, like, check this out.
It keeps going. Everything's old.
The shower has one of those low ceilings.
It's just a cobbled-together mess in a strange galley layout.
That entire bathroom has to get scraped.
Maybe the upstairs will be redeeming, right?
I hope so, Keith.
That's not gonna work. Yeah, this is no good either.
This window, that's not to code.
If somebody went and fell through there, that's a hazard.
What do you think of this bedroom?
I'm a big fan of wallpaper.
Yes, you are.
You could trip and you're in your yard.
- Yeah. - Easily.
Let's go check out the backyard.
This is a lot of work, Keith.
Hey, big redeeming feature right here.
Think about how much value this adds.
As scary as everything was on the inside...
What is that? What are those patches down there?
Oh, man.
That looks like they used roof patching on the drain.
This pool needs to be resurfaced.
Like, just no question.
Wait, what is it?
- Oh. - The swamp here.
Could be an old koi pond...
that certainly needs to be redone.
This is a zombie, that's for sure.
It needs everything.
Okay, so here's the thing.
The inside scared the hell out of me.
But I still think the margins can work.
They're asking 475,000.
We might be able to talk them down to maybe 450,000.
- Right. - We're probably talking
85,000 to 100,000 into it.
In this neighborhood, it could potentially sell for
650,000, something like that.
And maybe with my touches, maybe closer to 700,000.
Ah, maybe.
Are you thinking that you're in favor of this now?
Like we might be able do something with it?
Yeah, I think we can get rid of this Cookie Monster blue,
And I do see some cool opportunities and cool spaces.
I mean, I'm willing to do it with you,
and I think we'll get more money with my touches.
- What do you want out of it? - I want to share on the profit.
- You mean like 70/30? - No, I mean 50/50.
Yeah, I thought that's what you meant. Yeah.
If we can get it for 450,000...
Okay.
...we're in. We're off to the races.
- Okay, okay. I'm in for that. - All right?
All right.
We talked the seller down to our target price of $450,000.
So Alynne and I grabbed it
and we'll be equal partners in this flip.
We decided to set our reno budget at $95,000.
It's a hefty amount because
pretty much everything here needs an upgrade.
We'll try to do this flip in two months,
which would cost about $8,300 in interest.
And then, closing costs when we sell will hit around 37,000.
That's an all-in cost of just over 590 grand.
But we're estimating a selling price of 675,000,
which would earn us a profit of nearly $85,000.
The overall layout of this house is pretty good,
so most of our fixes are going
to be about upgrading the house's style.
One change will be to that big coquina stone fireplace.
We're going to strip off those outdated,
oversized coquina stones and reframe that fireplace
opening with a modern stacked-rock surround.
We'll then add a proper mantel
and take the stacked rocks up to the ceiling.
Outside, we'll give that pool the upgrade it deserves.
First, we'll do a full resurfacing
to get rid of all those ugly marks and patches.
Next, we'll strip off the ugly brown edge tile
and replace it with a colorful mosaic tile.
Once the deck is refreshed,
we'll be ready to reopen this awesome outdoor retreat.
As for that kitchen and even that primary bathroom,
we're still trying to decide on the right upgrades.
Hopefully, we can agree on our approach.
- Yo. - All right, it's demo day.
Today is demo day.
So Alynne and I are smashing this house.
Wait. What is this?
It almost looks like the same floor.
Wait a minute. Take-- Take-- Take up another piece of this.
Why would they do that? No, is that--
Then we're hauling the wall-to-wall trash
in this house... straight to the dumpster.
Okay, Jason.
So we're going to take these cabinets off right here.
And these cabinets over here are going to go up over here.
Okay.
So this one glass cabinet goes right here,
and then, the other one goes right over there.
I'm kind of making an executive call here
'cause I think it's a better plan.
What are you doing?
We didn't agree to this.
We're going to take these cabinets off.
These cabinets over here are going to go up over here.
Okay.
What are you doing?
We didn't agree to this.
This is the better design.
And I think some of your apprehension
came from the costs involved.
But I wanted to do this to show you that--
that it really wasn't going to cost much
to change this whole thing up.
Tell me what the-- what the overall plan is now.
So the overall plan is for this island
to flip this way.
We can get rid of that 24" passageway that isn't even code.
Okay.
All the extra cabinets we're going to put on
this wall right over here and create a bar.
I'm reusing every single cabinet,
and I'm just rearranging them in a better layout.
The further we go into this, the more we keep picking at it,
the more money that we're not saving.
We-- Now we're moving the countertops
and we're cutting them.
If something breaks, then we have to buy new countertops.
And that's an expense I didn't plan for.
My fridge still goes here, right?
No, the fridge is going to go right over here
because I need that space for these glass cabinets.
We're going to frame out this window right here.
Look at all the electrical. That's--
That's time and money to move all that.
I-- I know. That's way too much electrical.
We don't even need that. No.
No, somebody might have a lot of small c-counter--
Wh-What are you gonna have? Seven blenders?
Yeah, somebody might have a lot of small countertop appliances.
I don't know, but why would we waste that?
Like, that's-- that's useful.
And we're going to put a fridge over top of it.
- That's just electrical. - Oh, man.
That's-- That's actually a very simple fix.
I've worked with Alynne a bunch before.
When I've trusted her, she's come through in the past.
So this isn't the direction I wanted to go.
We're just gonna have to see what happens now.
You're going to run this. You're going to use your--
Yes. This is your thing.
Trust me on this one.
- Hey. - What's up?
- How's it going? - Good.
This is the first time you guys are seeing it, right?
Yeah, man. Yeah, you know, it's nuts.
I used to live in that brown house three doors down.
I could have figured that. All these weird neighborhoods
that I've never been to, you used to live in.
Let me come down. I'll give you a tour.
Oh, my God. You're going to hit the window.
Well, he almost hit.
So I know you guys have been busy.
You've been all over the place, and you've been
listing houses, so you haven't seen this yet.
I'm looking forward to showing it to you, though,
'cause I think we're going to smash it.
- All right. - I love it.
- All right? - Let's go see what we're smashing.
- All right. - Well, need a new front door.
Yeah. - Start making your list. - This is nice.
This is a sunken living room that we're going to unsink.
- Yeah. - It's not even sunken enough,
so, yeah, fill it in, fill it in.
Here's the kitchen.
And the deal was that we had a really nice--
These are super ugly.
No, I liked it. I thought we had a really cool kitchen setup,
and then Alynne thought she had a better one, so--
We're going to keep these cabinets?
Alynne's got these ideas,
and she's already started doing stuff, taking cabinets down.
But--Taking them out to throw them away
- or to keep them? Huh? - H-Hopefully. Donate them.
- No. - You're keeping them.
We're-- Yeah, we're just repurposing them.
We're moving them around differently.
What color are we painting these cabinets?
Are you actually intending on keep--
- He wants to keep them. - Yeah.
Well, then we might as well just sell the house as is
if we're just going to keep it ugly.
I didn't think these were ugly.
I thought these were super serviceable.
The fact that you don't think they're ugly lets me know
that there are 100% ugly.
- Dude. - That's true.
Listen. They're-- They're not too bad.
They're kind of like a mid brown.
So I think, with a really nice light countertop...
Yeah....new backsplash,
new hardware, right?
Yeah, new hardware.
Although I do like the hardware, but the-- And...
No black granite, right?
Yes, we're--
You're going to keep the black granite?
If you're going to keep the black granite,
we have to paint the cabinets white.
This is contemp--
We've done black granite in houses this year.
With white cabinets or gray cabinets.
Yeah. Yeah, this is too 1990s or early 2000s.
Well, between y'all's ideas and Alynne's ideas,
I'm getting an aneurysm.
So let me show you the rest of the house before it bursts.
Okay, the stair threads are horrible.
We're definitely going to replace these, right?
Yeah. Yeah, for sure.
What about this railing? It's so low.
It's a little shaky, but it'll hold up nicely.
Oh, look at this.
Yeah.
It's like...
I-- No, no, no, no, no.
One of my boys would have been thrown out this
- by the other boy. - Yeah, seriously.
Well, maybe we'll just do tempered from, like--
Like a solid piece of tempered from here down
and a slider above it or something.
Like keep it like that? That's crazy.
Well, if-- If it were tempered glass, it'd be safe.
Okay.
For you all showing up after all the heavy lifting's done,
you're sure having a good time with it.
Oh, my goodness. This is amazing.
- Yeah. Look at this. - Nice.
- It's gorgeous. - Yeah.
It's really gorgeous. And it's really secluded.
It feels very tropical.
Yeah, it's a huge lot. It's a corner lot.
It's a five-bedroom, two-and-a-half bath house.
- I mean, what's not to like? - This house--
Well, to be perfectly honest, this house is incredible.
Look at these trees. It's gorgeous.
Great side project, dude. I'm happy for you.
Seriously, we're going to smash this house.
It's going to be great,
and we're gonna sell it for top dollar.
- Cool. - As long as we don't let you do the design.
Yeah.
Put this on our line. It looks a little low.
I don't like that.
Taking some time, isn't it?
It's a lot of work.
- You know, nothing's-- - I know.
Nothing's flat in here.
But we just got to do what we can do.
is at a slightly different angle than the regular part.
And it's a mess.
Holy crap.
But this is concrete. - They made it jacked up? - It wasn't flat.
Are you saying this, I guess, represents the-- the plywood?
Yes. Okay. So you're going to level off
this whole sunken area with plywood,
but the surrounding floor is also unlevel?
How do we fix that?
Well, we got a fill where we are.
We can handle this with the self-leveler.
Oh, I guess that's our best option, huh?
Self-leveler is a highly fluid concrete mix
that settles and dries flat virtually on its own.
It's a great material, and a fairly thin layer
should make that floor perfectly level.
But at this point, it feels like we should have just filled
everything with regular concrete in the first place.
We're spending more time and more money.
We're going to wind up spending $1,500
to raise this floor 4".
I'm comfortable that we're doing this.
It's just frustrating that
we're running into these issues with a surface
that's otherwise supposed to be straight and level.
As long as they can make their plywood flat,
we could handle this with self-leveler.
Yeah, let's do that.'Cause we've spent enough time on this already.
Yeah. Let's get it done.
Let's get you guys out of here and onto other stuff.
- All right? - All right. Very good.
It took a few days to get the floors level,
but now we can cover them up with some new tile.
We've chosen a gorgeous,
yet simple rectangular gray tile
we're laying in a herringbone pattern in the living room...
bedrooms...
and hallway, creating a smooth uniformity throughout the house.
Next, we're tiling the bathrooms.
For the back of the master shower,
we're installing large white hex with radiating lines
that create the illusion of three-dimensional diamonds.
That's highlighted by the black hex on the sidewalls
and small white hex on the floor.
And in the upstairs bath,
we've chosen an emerald green subway tile.
That turns this room into an elegant oasis.
We're about a third of the way through this flip,
and of the 95,000 we allocated for construction,
we've spent about 40,000.
We've spent a bit more than we wanted to
on both demo and flooring work.
So hopefully we can stretch the money we have left
because this flip has a long way to go.
- This turned out fabulous. - Yeah, yeah.
No, I'm really happy with this. - Yeah.
So we can't put the ceiling in till the lights are in.
So we're waiting on the electrician for that,
but once the electrician has lights in,
we can go straight to drywall.
Well, we have to move the plumbing over here, too.
That's kind of an issue right here.
This is like a supply line from the outside.
And it's also the toilet supply.
You know, pretty straightforward.
We put this in the wall, this'll get buried.
That, you're absolutely right, though,
that the AC lines, 'cause they're rigid,
will have to sit further out,
which is going to be more problematic.
There's these AC lines that are sticking off the wall
that we can't move
Yeah, for your linen.
So, we put a pantry in, and, so, these actually reside
in the back of the pantry, but we have a false back.
So when you open the cabinets, you don't see grody--
Oh, yeah, you won't see any of that.
Vanities are 21" deep, right?
Mm-hmm. They don't make bathroom pantries.
I can actually cut it down to, like,
maybe 18" deep instead of 21".
Winner, winner, chicken dinner.
- I know. - All right.
That's going to work.
that it overcomes the weight of the pool
and lifts the pool out of the ground.
Now, I know, when we normally pool the drain plug
in the bottom, that equalizes the pressure,
but there's a whole lot of black goo covering that drain.
It doesn't look like it's working.
Yeah. At some point, somebody must
have put some concrete in there.
It's possible that main drain pop was cracked.
Con-- Concrete?
Concrete. That's solid. I was poking at that.
It's not dirt. It is solid concrete in that main drain.
Have you seen this very often?
Like, I've never seen concrete down--
- Yeah. Would it-- - No.
I never heard of that.
That tells me that the damage in that main drain pop
must be pretty extensive,
that it was easier to do that than try and repair it.
As the pool is draining, I will drill a couple of holes
on the way down to that main drain.
- Oh. - That way, any pressure that's underneath the pool
will be released through that-- - through that hole. - Okay.
So we're just not likely to have a drain for this pool
- at the bottom anyway? - Correct.
I have several pools I've done over the course of years
that only have a skimmer.
- Yeah. - And we-- They function fine.
What are you thinking with the chipping and stuff
you're seeing around here, the flaking and whatnot?
You have the surface
delaminating off of the old surface.
There were probably some areas there when it was prepped
last time that failed or it got loose.
And that old-- That new surface is coming off.
- Oh! - The algae is growing quicker in those porous areas
because of how old and deteriorated the finish is.
So what's our best-case scenario
and what's our worst-case scenario?
Best-case scenario, we find more areas like this
that we can chip them out without taking everything off.
- Right. - Make sure it's all secure.
We bond coat over and we put the new surface.
Worst-case scenario, the damage is more extensive,
we need to chip the entire finish off.
We're talking another day's worth of labor,
another $1,000.
Thousand. That's not the end of the world.
I was really worried - about that. - Yeah. Yeah.
Let's get this thing drained and see what we got it.
- All right, great. - Okay.
Hope it's the best-case scenario and not the worst case.
With the pool drained, Chris begins
the pool's renovation by grinding and jackhammering off
all the old tiles.
He looks for hollow spaces in the pool's plaster,
and then he chisels or jackhammers those parts out.
Unfortunately, the damage was extensive enough
that we had to resurface the whole pool.
But with that fixed and with our other upgrades,
this pool will be ready for swimming in no time.
We're now 2/3 of the way through our two-month flip
and our budget is tightening up.
Of the 95 grand we anticipated for reno,
we've now spent just over 63.
The pool is another high-dollar fix for us,
but it could have been worse. So maybe, just maybe,
the remaining funds would get us across the finish line.
- Ohh. - Oh.
- Ooh. - Hey.
- Hey-- Uh-oh. - Yeah. Sorry, guys. Uh...
Wow.
That's why these windows are dangerous, man.
- Yes. - Somebody's trips.
I mean, that could go right in somebody's leg.
Today we're doing window removal demo,
and the window got torqued or something.
It's a really good illustration, though, of why we need
to replace the windows in that room
and a few other rooms in the house.
What are we going to replace this with now?
How's this going to work?
To meet all the requirements for Florida,
we need to put a fixed tempered glass.
Okay. Yeah. On the second floor, we have a similar window,
but you could actually fall out of it.
So how do we know the tempered glass
is going to be strong enough?
- I actually have a sample. - Yeah.
I can show you what the difference are.
- Yeah, let's do that. - Yeah.
There's a bunch of windows
we have to replace to bring this house up
to contemporary Florida building code,
which means that you have to have at least
18 inches of either wall or tempered glass
before a non-tempered glass window starts.
So the first thing you want to look at
when you're looking at tempered glass,
every manufacturer will have a little print on the glass.
It's just like a seal to show you who the manufacturer is.
And it also puts the liability on the manufacturer
who produced that tempered glass.
Oh, wow.
The tempered glass will be the same thickness,
- it'll just be stronger? - Yes.
Tempered glass is four times stronger than annealed window.
This is--Regular glass.
Regular. So--Like a flat glass.
Okay.
Tempered glass is four times stronger than annealed window.
This is--Regular glass.
Regular. So--Like a flat glass.
Okay.
- Okay. There goes the window. - Keith, stop doing that.
No, the window sill just broke off
and I almost stabbed myself right there.
- Um, yeah. - So this is annealed glass,
and that's tempered. It's the same thickness.
That's a lot stronger.
I have actually taken tempered glass.
I got locked out of a house, and I took the door knob off,
and I threw it at it
over and over again, and I couldn't break it.
Your best idea was like, "I know, I'll take
my door handle off and throw it at the window"?
Well, I figured the panel was the cheapest thing
in the house for me to get back in.
I was in my pajamas and a self-locking door.
I was just trying to get in, but I couldn't break it.
You can actually step on it and it's not going to break.
Really? Yeah.
Is it strong enough to stand on? Or--
I guess, yeah, let's try it out. Okay.
Uh... All right.
Oh, crap. That's really supporting me.
- Okay, now I'm going to jump. - Yeah.
What? Wait a minute.
You've got to be kidding me.
I--Why don't you go get some coffee
while he's trying - to get that sorted out. - What the heck?
That's crazy. I--
So, I-- Seriously, I was very concerned that--
that, with these weird windows, it wouldn't be strong enough.
But clearly, that's-- That's crazy strong.
I'm never going to doubt tempered glass again.
It did exactly what it's supposed to do, it's super safe,
and I can't wait to get it installed in our house.
We got our window plan together. I'm satisfied.
Hey, thank you so much.
- Thank you. - All right.
And it's doorknob-proof, too. How about that?
I know.
The installers get right to work on the windows.
In addition to tempered glass,
they're putting in double-paned eco glass windows...
...to keep the optimal temperature inside the house.
...while also adding some beautiful curb appeal.
Next up, it's time for paint.
On the outside,
we're whitewashing those rock walls and columns
to create a bright Mediterranean vibe.
And for the rest of the house, no more Cookie Monster blue.
Instead, we're going with a light gray
that completes the look.
We're brightening things up on the inside, too,
with a light color called silver strand
on both the walls...
...and the ceilings to make these rooms feel big and warm.
Next up, we're redesigning our bathroom.
We start with the classic shaker cabinet vanities
with sleek granite countertops,
but the shower gets a modern upgrade from Alfi--
a panel with six body sprays for the ultimate spa experience.
Hey.
What's going-- What are you doing?
And why are you dressed like
you're going to give a cow a prostate check?
- What is that? - I mean, I had waders at home,
so I thought, you know what?
It's not going to hurt to try and clear it a little bit.
I don't see any electric.
And without that, what we have is a hole in the ground.
I just can't see somebody building this
without having electric. I think it's just gonna be
a matter of time before we find it,
and then we just got to clean it out.
I mean, it's obviously holding water.
Yeah. Well--And I even see maybe a waterfall opportunity.
Hold on. Let's back up then.
If you determine you want to go forward with this,
making it beautiful, making it run, whatever,
how-- what-- what are we going to get into?
Maybe no more than 2,000.
This is one of those features that sells a house faster.
It's these kinds of touches in a house
that-- that buyers really fall in love with a house, and--
and then they have to have it.
All right. Yeah.
No, I mean, I can see buyers telling their friends,
"Oh, my gosh, it comes with a koi pond, too."
So, I mean, if it works out, that's cool.
But $2,000, it better be worth it.
When you're doing a flip,
everything has to be driven by the bottom line.
If that thing costs us $2,000 to renovate,
we better get more than $2,000 extra in our sale price.
Well, if I didn't think it was worth it,
do you think I'd be in here?
Yeah. Yeah.
With the help of our contractors,
we dig to the bottom of the pond
and we find a concrete base in great shape,
as well as plumbing, electrical lines,
and even a resident turtle whom we temporarily relocate.
Then we frame up the pond with rocks recycled
from the old fireplace.
Great money saver.
Soon we'll have a water feature
that buyers and the turtle will love.
It's time to finish our kitchen redesign.
We've repurposed every cabinet that was here before,
even reworking some of them into a new bar area.
And we've recut the old countertops
to fit the new layout.
We're also upgrading the center island with an Adonis granite
countertop with a waterfall edge.
Then we're installing a backsplash called
Starcastle Chevron Milky Way for a beautiful touch of style.
Top it all off with some brand-new appliances,
and we've got a modern kitchen to die for.
And with that, it's time for staging.
Look at this. It's beautiful.
I can't even believe what a change.
- It was ugly. - It was ugly.
Now I'm-- Hey!
Hi. Look at this place.
I know it's such a significant change.
It's like a huge transformation. It's incredible.
Do you remember when we first saw this place,
how the rocks used to be rock colored.
Paint color before was that ugly Cookie Monster blue.
Landscaping was, like, taking over the house.
This went from the worst house in this whole neighborhood
to the absolutely - most gorgeous house. - Yeah.
What a transformation.
This one from the worst house in this whole neighborhood
to the absolutely most gorgeous house.
- Yeah. - It looks much better now.
Much better.
It's such a neat, clean, linear appearance.
It's just-- It's cool.
It's so updated. It looks gorgeous.
I love that we added the new windows in the garage.
They look so modern, right?
Between the windows, the paint, reviving the stone,
and even putting all the landscaping up front here,
I think this is really an amazing transformation.
Well, guys, let's go check out the inside.
Just remembering what it used to look like.
This was a wreck.
Kind of remember when I first came over here,
this room had the sunken living room.
That was just sunken enough to break your ankles.
It just looked bad.
And now look at it, it's gorgeous, so open.
- I think it looks bigger. - Yeah.
You would never know there was
any kind of sunken living room in here.
- I know. - I love the herringbone pattern.
You can imagine entertaining here.
There's a huge fire.
You put doors going out to the gorgeous pool.
This is a place you want to live in.
I mean, it's stunning.
And the way we repurposed the kitchen elements.
Take a look at this.
I remember when I first came over, I was like, "What?
You're going to keep those cabinets?"
I mean, there were so many cabinets.
Don't you remember
the black marble was coming over in a funny shape.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
- It was a really weird L. - But now...
Holy cow, look at this.
We actually found a place for all the cabinets.
- It looks amazing. - And with a bar.
You got the floating shelves, the wine fridge.
- I love that. - Matching bar, matching granite.
This is actually cut from the original slab
- that was the island. - Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
And then we just got that one piece of granite over here...
Yeah....just brightens up the whole room.
And keeping all the dark on the edges.
It just makes this island pop more.
It's a really, really elegant design.
- Yeah. - You want to go check out the master?
- Yeah. - Yeah, sure.
- You remember before? - That color.
- Mustard. - Yeah. It was so ugly.
- And now it looks good. - This is amazing.
This color in here makes it feel much more inviting.
It feels so fresh.
We have new windows.
They're so much more energy efficient,
and they're beautiful,
and they really, really add to the space.
- Yeah. So much natural light. - Hey, guys.
The best part is in here. Come here.
Let's go check it.
I remember this bathroom had that weird layout, you know,
with the shelves between the sinks
and the world's cheapest tiles. But look at it now.
This is absolutely amazing.
We raided Daltile for some of their coolest tile.
Mm-hmm. And made this shower.
- Gorgeous. - She came up with a really great design.
Perfection. I love it-- double sinks.
Yeah. Looks great.
We still have a whole second floor to look at.
- Let's go. - Let's start with the bathroom up here.
I mean, do you remember what this was before?
It had that big triangle bathtub, right?
Yeah, the whole backyard was just ugly.
- Wow. - My goodness. Look at this place.
- Wow. - This is cool.
- I mean, check out this oasis. - I love the new tile.
It's gorgeous. - Yeah. No, this is amazing.
- So it just looks very modern. - Yeah.
Just the paint job is gorgeous.
Super clean. And then, when you look that way.
This was covered with overgrown everything.
List it higher.699,000.
- Yeah. - That's what success looks like, right?
We paid 450,000 for it.
We worked our asses off, turned it into this.
Gonna be a slam dunk at 700,000.
- I think so, yeah. - All right, well,
let's get out of here and get it on the market.
I'm really impressed with Alynne's efforts on this flip
and how well our partnership worked.
And buyers are impressed, too.
After boosting our list price from $675,000 to $699,000,
we accepted an offer for $710,000.
We bought the house for 450 grand
and spent about 99 on reno.
The loan interest for this project landed at 8,100,
and the closing costs hit a total of 39,000,
which includes 7,100 for Ashlee's Realtor fees.
That's an all-in cost of around $596,000,
Well, we got to do our toast out here.
- Oh, yeah. - And then we'll get inside.
- Okay. - All right, cheers.
Cheers.
- All right. - Yay!
- Run away! Run away! - Get in!